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Liberty Times (LT): Why did the occupation of the Legislative Yuan happen? How did it happen?
Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌): People felt a mixture of emotions, including shock, anger and confusion, when the media reported that Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Chang Ching-chung (張慶忠) unilaterally announced on Monday [March 17] that the cross-strait service trade agreement had cleared the committee. We then started to think: "What are we going to do now?"
We and other civil groups held a press conference in front of the Legislative Yuan on Monday evening and criticized Chang's actions as illegal. We were joined by some students, who left later with [National Taiwan University political science graduate student] Lin Fei-fan (林飛帆) for a meeting of their own.
We were however in agreement that something had to be done, because Taiwan's democracy was forced onto a ledge with no way out except a long drop.
On Tuesday [March 18], we saw the majority of news media reports that considered — with their titles and headline news — the "completion of the cross-strait service trade agreement review" as a fait accompli. The media's response had gone hand-in-hand with the [President] Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) administration's manipulated atmosphere claiming the pact was a done deal and no amount of protests would work to stop it.
However, Monday's legislative committee meeting, from a point of view of constitutional and democratic law, was one that contravened the Constitution.
The importance of the pact could not be highlighted enough without a radical break in the situation as it stood then, and without sufficient acknowledgment, the mistake [of signing the pact] could not be rectified.
We met at an office near the Legislative Yuan on Tuesday afternoon to sketch out a rough plan and, as we were afraid of our plans being leaked, we only informed those who were close to us.
Quite by coincidence, an event titled "Democratic Unity Night" was being held that evening, hosted by Dennis Wei (魏揚), the convener of the Black Island Youth Alliance (黑色島國青年陣線), so we knew some of the students we knew would be attending that event.
We held some face-to-face meetings with other student groups and they agreed they would participate in the event.
We agreed to meet at certain point that night.
After Wei's announcement, the students scaled the walls [of the Legislative Yuan] at Jinan Road and Qingdao East Road at about 9pm.
Although it may have happened in a short moment, in between, quite a lot of preparation was made.
LT: What are the goals the movement hopes to achieve?
Huang: The consensus among all the groups that have participated in the movement is that we are against the passage of the controversial and potentially far-reaching cross-strait service trade agreement under a method that so completely tramples the core democratic values of Taiwan.
We hope to let everyone clearly recognize that the decision to consider the pact as having been reviewed — a process of just 30 seconds — is a great blow against Taiwan's democracy.
This message must be forcefully delivered.
The second goal of the movement is to get the the government to rectify the mistake, and this message must be every bit as strong as the first.
We feel we could most strongly send out this message at the Legislative Yuan. We cannot understand what the lawmakers we have elected are doing, and why they would allow such a ludicrous event to happen.


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Within the Macmillan Unit there is a combination of outpatient facilities including consulting suites, treatment rooms and dedicated therapy and quiet rooms.
Situated upstairs within the Macmillan Cancer Unit is the Cancer Services Team. This team is responsible for the tracking and co-ordination of all patients referred into the hospital with a suspected diagnosis of cancer. The team aims to ensure that patients receive appropriate treatment within the national cancer targets set by the Department of Health. The team consists of a Cancer Manager, Cancer Data Manager and a team of Pathway Co-ordinators.
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Enjoy summer dining with these lesser-known outdoor venues
In the Alaska summer, we chase the light. We follow it down trails and up mountains, we admire it from viewpoints and along riverbanks. We defer sleep and contort work schedules to score as much sun exposure as humanly possible, because the glorious Alaska summers are, for many of us, the whole point of sucking it up and making it through the winter.
Unsurprisingly, this insatiable appetite for vitamin D also influences our drinking and dining choices: we skip after the sun from patio to patio, from deck to deck, selecting establishments most likely to offer us a splash of farmer's tan with our cocktail. After a long winter of watching snow fall on the other side of a foggy window, there's something so peaceful and pleasurable about sipping a beer al fresco and seeing the warm world through the frosty bottom of a pint glass. Plus, everyone knows a margarita tastes better in the sunshine.
Yet so many of Anchorage's establishments with outdoor areas are played out. The powers-that-be know the crowds will come with the sun no matter what, so they skimp and underwhelm. And we're left with disappointing service and overpriced food. A gloom shades the experience. Boo.
Well, forget those places. Skip the generic crowds, too. Consider checking out some of the area's lesser-known patios and decks.
Reilly's Irish Pub is a personal favorite. Long-time residents may still refer to this little log cabin bar on Fireweed Lane as Cheechako, its name while owned and operated by Joseph Reilly from 1970 to 2005. He sold it to family, who reopened it under the new name.
Reilly's occupies a charming log structure that was once a homestead, and in the summer, it features a surprisingly peaceful patio out of the bar's back door, on the north side of the property. Buffered by the building from the busy street, it provides a quiet haven with picnic table seating, slatted wooden Adirondack chairs, and bar stools along a wooden counter. Above the back door, an Irish flag flaps in the breeze.
The crowd here is casual and amiable, generally people in their 40s on up. It's a great stop-off during a bike ride, as there are plenty of places to prop up a bicycle during a beer break. Drinks are cheap, basic, and satisfying. A crockpot of free soup always simmers inside.
Further down the road on the south side, Long Branch Saloon unfurls a carpet of AstroTurf each summer to lure in sun-loving bar-hoppers. Here's a spot to pull over for dinner. The "patio" is nothing fancy – just a fenced off corner of the parking lot off the building's west side, complete with the green carpet and white plastic tables and chairs.
But this small corner of summer gets great sun exposure and it's all worth it when you bite into one of Long Branch's legendary burgers – juicy, dripping with cheese and all the fixings, on a famously homemade buns. It's near perfection.
Some of Anchorage's other lesser-known outdoor venues include Don Jose's on Northern Lights Boulevard, where umbrella tables dot a quiet patio. Bradley House on the south side serves up killer steak in the sun. The Slippery Salmon in the Ramada Inn on Third Avenue downtown offers a patio with Sleeping Lady views, and low-priced munchies like cheeseburger sliders and hummus during "Appy Hour," 4-6 p.m. and 9 p.m. to close.
Up for a road trip? Few decks or patios beat the Seaview in Hope, about 80 miles from Anchorage. The bar is now 117 years old and feels every bit its age, in the most delightful way. The cozy interior is all wooden and rustic, with historic photographs and mining tools decorating the walls. Adjacent is a sprawling sundeck that offers incomparable views of Turnagain Arm. There's a modest but delicious offering of food, with beer and wine, and live music every Friday and Saturday, 7-11 p.m. The best part: If you decide to make a night of it, pay the bartender just $6 to pitch a tent in the campground across the street.
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November 1, 2013
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WASHINGTON – November 1 – U.S. PIRG and Americans for Tax Fairness will present over 150,000 petitions to the Department of Justice calling for the agency to bar JPMorgan Chase from writing off the cost of an expected $9 billion settlement as a tax deduction. The petitions insist that taxpayers should not be forced to pick up the tab for the billions in lost revenue that the tax write-off would cost the country.
Boxes of signed petitions will form the backdrop of the press conference.
Speakers: Francisco Enriquez, U.S. PIRG; Frank Clemente, Americans for Tax Fairness
When: Monday, November 4th, 11:00 a.m. EASTERN
Where: Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.
The event will take place in front of the building on the Constitution Avenue side.
U.S. PIRG, the federation of state Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs), stands up to powerful special interests on behalf of the American public, working to win concrete results for our health and our well-being. With a strong network of researchers, advocates, organizers and students in state capitols across the country, we take on the special interests on issues, such as product safety,political corruption, prescription drugs and voting rights,where these interests stand in the way of reform and progress.


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Chicken & mushroom hot-pot
Get the kids in the kitchen to help use up leftover cooked chicken in this hearty pie topped with slices of potato
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- 250g cooked chicken, chopped
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Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Put the butter in a medium-size saucepan and place over a medium heat. Add the onion and leave to cook for 5 mins, stirring occasionally. Add the mushrooms to the saucepan with the onions.
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Carefully lay the potatoes on top of the hot-pot filling, overlapping them slightly, almost like a pie top.
Brush the potatoes with a little melted butter and cook in the oven for about 35 mins. The hot-pot is ready once the potatoes are cooked and golden brown.


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Doha, Qatar, 21 September 2014: The QFC Regulatory Authority has released two consultation papers containing proposals that will strengthen and streamline the QFC Regulatory Authority's prudential framework for banking, investment management and advisory activities undertaken by authorised firms in the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC).
The papers call for public comment on draft Rules that are designed to clearly differentiate between the sectors of banking business, and investment and advisory business.
It is proposed that the current Investment and Banking Business Rules 2005 will be repealed and replaced by the draft Banking Business Prudential Rules 2014, and Investment Management and Advisory Rules 2014.
These initiatives support the QFC Regulatory Authority's ongoing commitment to meet high international regulatory standards, and support the continued development of the QFC as a leading financial and business centre in the region.
The consultation period is open until 2 November 2014. The consultation papers and draft Rules are available on the website of the QFC Regulatory Authority at www.qfcra.com.
Banking Business Prudential Rules 2014
The proposed Banking Business Prudential Rules 2014 update and expand the prudential framework for banking business firms and are designed to align with the principles established by the 2012 revised Basel Core Principles for effective Banking Supervision and Basel Accord (I, II, 2.5 and III) frameworks. The Basel framework as set out by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, is aimed at promoting a more resilient global banking system.
The proposals will apply to authorised firms that accept deposits, provide credit, deal in investments as principal, or undertake Islamic financial management.The proposed rules focus on the following:
Investment Management and Advisory Rules 2014The proposed Investment Management and Advisory Rules 2014 are designed to simplify and tailor the rules that apply to firms undertaking investment management and advisory business.The proposed rules focus on the following:


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ECB Issues Surprise Rate Cut, and More
What's News: The European Central Bank unexpectedly lowers interest rates and announces new asset purchase programs. Goldman Sachs lands role in Alibaba IPO. Lego becomes the world's largest toy maker. Veronica Dagher reports. Photo: Getty Images
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A taxi from Kuta to Uluwatu will take 30-40 minutes and cost about 150,000Rp one way. From Nusa Dua, it is a 45 minute drive. It is advisable to hire a car to visit this temple, since you may also visit other places in Bali along with it.


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Rainbow Rising: Deluxe Edition
Ritchie Blackmore's formation of Rainbow with lead vocalist Ronnie James Dio and members of his band Elf in 1975 had produced the solid debut album Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow containing the minor hit 'Man On A Silver Mountain'. By the following year however, only Dio remained from the Elf musicians with Ritchie recruiting a completely different rhythm section in drummer Cozy Powell and bass player Jimmy Bain along with keyboard player, Tony Carey, for their sophomore offering.
Released in 1976 and produced by Deep Purple's engineer and producer, Martin Birch, Rising was a much stronger album to its predecessor, containing the Rainbow classic, 'Stargazer' and further solidly performed tracks such as, 'A Light In The Black' and the unusually short n' catchy, 'Do You Close Your Eyes'.
With stunning artwork by Marvel comics fantasy artist, Ken Kelly, Rising went on to achieve formidable chart success reaching number 48 in the U.S. and an impressive number 6 in the U.K. This was the album that saw Rainbow equalling anything that Blackmore's previous band, Deep Purple had ever produced.
This Deluxe Expanded Edition of the album adds a mouth-watering raft of bonus tracks with Disc 1 comparing both the New York and Los Angeles mixes of the entire album, whilst Disc 2 contains previously unreleased rough mixes of all the album tracks along with a tour rehearsal version of the classic 'Stargazer'.
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David Kersey, Ph.D. is a native Southern Californian. He earned his Ph.D. in Environmental Science from George Mason University and conducted his dissertation research on the reproductive and adrenal physiology of the giant panda at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park.
Professional Experience
He has more than11 years experience in the use of non-invasive fecal and urinary steroid techniques to assess the reproductive status of diverse wildlife species. While working at the Smithsonian National Zoo, he became among the first to validate enzyme immunoassays for estrogen, progestagen, androgen and glucocorticoid metabolite monitoring in giant panda feces. After developing these techniques he applied them in a comprehensive assessment of hormonal relationships in the female giant panda during estrus, pregnancy, pseudopregnancy, acyclicity and adrenal seasonality; and in the male during seasonal changes in testicular and adrenal function. Dr. Kersey's expertise in giant panda reproduction has been, and is continually sought by US and international giant panda holding institutes to aid in the difficult task of timed breedings/artificial inseminations and during periods of suspected pregnancy. At Western U, he continues his conservation focused research by studying the reproductive biology of other rare and endangered species while still being involved in giant panda reproductive studies.
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Brown, J. L., Kersey, D. C., Freeman, E. W., Wagener, T., 2010. Assessment of diurnal urinary cortisol excretion in Asian and African elephants using different endocrine methods. Zoo Biology. 29, 274-283.
Kersey, D. C., Wildt, D. E., Brown, J. L., Snyder, R. J., Huang, Y., Monfort, S. L., 2010. Endocrine milieu of periestrus in the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) as determined by noninvasive hormone measures. Reproduction, Fertility and Development. 22, 901-912.
Kersey, D. C., Wildt, D. E., Brown, J. L., Snyder, R. J., Huang, Y., Monfort, S. L., 2010. Unique biphasic progestagen profile in parturient and non-parturient giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) as determined by faecal hormone monitoring. Reproduction. 140, 183-193.
Kersey, D. C., Wildt, D. E., Brown, J. L., Snyder, R. J., Huang, Y., Monfort, S. L., 2010. Gonadal and adrenal hormones change in parallel and seasonally in male giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca). Journal of Mammalogy, 91, 1496-1507.
Brown, J. L., Kersey, D. C., Walker, S. L., 2010. Assessment of luteinizing hormone and prolactin immunoactivity in Asian and African elephant urine using assays validated for serum. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 169, 138-143.
Charlton, B. D., Keating, J.L. Kersey, D. C., Rengui, L., Huang, Y., Swaisgood, R.R., 2011. Vocal cues to androgen levels in male giant pandas. Biology Letters, 7, 71-74.
Kersey, D. C., Wildt, D. E., Brown, J. L., Snyder, R. J., Huang, Y., Monfort, S. L., in press. Rising fecal glucocorticoid concentrations track reproductive activity in the female giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca). General and Comparative Endocrinology.
Willis E. L., Kersey D. C., Durrant B. S., Kouba A. J., in press. The acute phase protein ceruloplasmin as a non-invasive marker of pseudopregnancy, pregnancy, and pregnancy loss in the giant panda. PLoS One.
Giant Panda Species Survival Plan, Association of Zoos and Aquariums, member, 2003 – 2010
Endocrine Specialists Advisory Group, Association of Zoos and Aquariums, member, 2008 – current
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Smithsonian Research Associate (3 yr appointment), 2009 – 2012
International Society of Wildlife Endocrinologists, member, 2010 – current
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In his free time, Dr. Kersey enjoys fishing in the Sierra Nevada, building furniture, and taking his dogs (Iggy, DeeDee and Ollie) to enjoy the local mountains and beaches.


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text: Jack London's classic story explores wilderness adventure and the return to the wild. Focalised through a sled dog known as 'Buck', this story takes readers from California, to Alaska and into Canada's Klondike country. London explores the tension between domestication and the wilderness and readers are presented with the allure of the wild. 'The Call of the Wild' is a reminder that the earth was not always subdued and that sometimes it takes a return to animal instincts in order to thrive. A sweeping dog story that reminds readers of the connection to man and connection to nature that play tug of war within the great beasts that helped chart the northern reachers of North America.


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lululemon's Align Pant
I know I've done a post about the Align capris, but now that I've been wearing lululemon's Align capris and pants for a while now, I feel I can really give a good review.
I. Love. These. So. Freaking. Much.
Not only are they comfortable, but the feel of this Nulu fabric is ridiculous. They describe it as buttery soft, and they are not lying. It is SO soft. What surprises me the most is even with the buttery softness, these really do wick away sweat. I like to wear these under sweaters with boots, too…so they are not just my workout gear.
I tend to like high waisted pants, and as you can see in the picture, these come up just enough. The tall waist has a pocket too in the front to hold any locker keys while you are at the gym.
When you pick these up, you may think they are really thin. That's the beauty of them though. They are not a heavy pant, BUT they still hide any trouble areas. They slim you out without being tight and uncomfortable.
You seriously have to try on these pants – and buy them. If you wear workout gear as much as I do, they are completely worth the money. (And I've washed these a hundred times and they still look brand new.)
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Fitness Friday – Don't Hold on to the Treadmill
I don't have that many pet peeves when I'm at the gym, except this one that tops it all.
People holding on to the treadmill!!
When I look over and see someone looking all proud of themselves walking at 4.2 speed at a 10 incline holding on for dear life, I just want to say, "I dare you to take your hands off that treadmill. Just do it. See if you can still walk for more than 10 seconds. Do it. Do it. Do it!"
When you walk outside, do you walk with handrails next to you? Are there handrails when you are hiking up a mountain? Do you walk without moving your arms? Seriously, people, let's use our brains here for a second.
People obviously don't understand that they are reducing the effectiveness of their workout by about 40%. That's right. 40%. Think you just burnt 300 calories by going full speed up an incline? WRONG.
There is a good article on Popsugar that describes how ineffective this is. If you don't believe me, then listen to these fitness experts.
Ok. My rant and rave is done for the day. But, is this a pet peeve of you, too? Or am I alone in this?!


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"Grace tells us to check our pride at the door. We have to leave our arrows and our expectations out at the welcome mat, and come unarmed into the place where love lives."
―Ash Parsons
I stumbled across a post about grace this morning, and it resonated for so many different reasons. I especially loved that line about grace telling us to "leave our arrows and expectations" at the welcome mat.
Of course, my (flawed, human) brain went straight to the people who haven't extended grace to me in recent situations. Asked me irresponsible questions. Deflated me with their pointy arrows and weighty expectations. Conscience was kind to swoop in soon thereafter though, and swiftly reminded me that, of course, I'm guilty of doing all those things to others too.
So, this Thought-Full Thursday, I want to celebrate grace. For a God who answers the mess of life with His, and for the reminder that "grace is the love that won't quit being offered to the least deserving…even ourselves".


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Original text by Philip Rushworth of Idle, Bradford, Yorkshire - ca. 1970
(Electronically scanned and transcribed by Edward Rushworth of Comrie, Perthshire - 1998)
Rushworth is now a prolific surname in and around Bradford. It is considerably
more common than surnames such as Rishworth and Rushforth with which its
history is closely linked. These variant spellings frequently existed within
the same family as the pedigree of Daniel Rishworth / Rushworth / Rushforth in
Vol. 12 of the Yorkshire Archaeological Journal clearly demonstrates. However,
before it can be assumed that all those who bear one of these names share a
common ancestry one or two points need to be made.
The most obvious is that there are localities outside Yorkshire, such as
Rushford in Norfolk which may well have given rise to an independent family
name and the second is the confusion which has arisen in the West Riding over
two similarly named localities. Rishworth is a township in the ancient parish
of Halifax which has an 800 year history. It is pronounced 'Rush(w)orth' in
local dialect and means simply 'an enclosure where there are rushes'. It is
said that until comparatively recently large beds of rushes were still a
feature of the landscape there. This place certainly gave rise to a hereditary
family name and there would be no problem surrounding the origin of Rushworth
and its variants were it not for the similar place name Ryshworth which is
situated in Airedale where the main road crosses Morton Beck. The present
spelling of Ryshworth hides its real origin, in fact, for it was spelt Riseford
in 1276 and this, taken in conjunction with its position, suggests that it
meant 'ford where there are rushes'. Place name experts agree that the present
spelling of Ryshworth has arisen because of Rishworth only a few miles distant.
However, I have found in a subsidy roll of c.1335 the name Walter de Risford of
Weardley so obviously this locality too gave rise to a surname. Whether this
survived as an independent and hereditary family name is difficult to say and
the evidence of the great subsidy rolls suggest that it did not, at least in
the West Riding. In the Poll Tax of 1379 and the rolls of 1524 and 1545 there
is no single reference to Ris(h)ford as a name in those areas where it might be
expected to have survived. It is true to say that in 1472 a Nicholas Risthforth
is mentioned in the rolls of the Merchant Adventurers of York but he is
probably identical with Nicholas Rissworth who had been made a freeman of the
city in 1461. It seems, therefore, that the variant spellings of Rushworth go
back 500 years at least and the most that can be said for Ryshworth is that it
has permanently influenced the spelling of several families originally named
Whilst the above names are the most important variants they are not the only
ones. Both Rushfirth and Richworth survive in Yorkshire and there are possibly
other alternative forms in areas further removed from the original family home
near Halifax. Curiously, Rishforth does not seem to have survived in Yorkshire
although there were people bearing the name comparatively recently in Leeds.
This same family also used Rish as an alias. Of course many other spellings are
to be found in local documents which have not survived and some are included in
this account. However, in the text, I use the form Rushworth for convenience,
unless quoting or referring to a specific family.
Early History
The first reference to the surname which I have located occurs in an undated deed:
c.1200 "Gift by John son of Assolf de Holdsworth, to Elias de Rissewrth of a moiety of all his lands in Holdsworth; paying 12 pence yearly for all services".
Although this does not say precisely where Elias lived, it is likely that the family home was at Rishworth, and a succession of references in the next 100 years provides some evidence of family continuity in the township.
1251 "The assize comes to recognise if John the clerk of Crumbelbotham unjustly disseised (dispossessed) Elyas de Rissewude (sic) of his common pasture in Rissewurth. Elyas claims he holds 16 acres of John de Heland (Elland)."
In a second document dated 1251 this same man is referred to as Elyas son of William de Riseworth. There are other references in the manor rolls linking the family with the township as late as 1324, e.g.
1275 "Elias de Richewet gives 10 shillings for licence to take 12 acres of land in Litheseles (Lighthazles) from Adam de Litheseles, doing servis and customs but reserving to Adam the crop of what has been sown this year."
1286 Henry de Rissewrth was accused by John the Miller of "unjustly taking and impounding his oxen in the bounds of Rissewrth." The forester testifies that Henry had no right to impound them.
1324 This year seven men were charged fines ranging from 2 pence to 6 pence for "withdrawing from suit of the mill"! All of them bore names relating to hamlets in Rishworth. Three were called Cockroft, one Godley, one Wormald, one Snape and the seventh was Thomas, son of Robert de Risheword.
In the period 1250 to 1325 there are many other references to the family - far too many to quote in detail and mainly concerned with minor offences on the manor. The following are the most detailed:
1284 "Henry de Rissewrth comes and (reclaims?) his cattle seized for homage which he owes the Earl (of Surrey) for the tenement formerly belonging to Amabel the mercer, on condition that he bring before the next court the Earl's letter of warranty". Hugh de Eland was his pledge.
1324 "Alice, widow of Henry de Godelegh, sues Nigel de Russheworth for killing a cow worth 15 shlllings."
The Rushworths were tenants of the Warenne family who held Wakefield Manor - a vast territorial unit stretching from the Lancashire border in the west to Normanton in the east. This partly explains why the surname was found in villages away from Rishworth in this period, e.g.
1277 "Thomas de Rissewrthe and Hawyse his wife give 4 shillings to have an inquisition touching 6 acres of land from which Thomas de Cartworth is ousting them." (Holme, a locality in Almondbury parish).
1286 "Robert, son of Richard de Risseworth of Wakefieid and John his brother come and crave the land of Thomas de Wakefield as his heirs. John says Robert ought not to be heir because he was born before marriage was soleemizedi at the Church porch, but after the plighting of troth privately between them. Robert the elder brother says it is the custom on the lord's land in these parts for the elder brother born after trothiplight to be heir." Judgment was given to Robert.
1307 "Alice, widow of Henry de Risseworth gives 2 shillings to take 3 acres in Warley, left waste on the Lord by Henry de Willeys."
1309 "William Strekayse gives 12 pence to take 2˝ acres of lane in Thong
(Upperthong) from Robert, son of Thomas de Ryssewrth."
The Rushworths of Coley
Coley is in Hipperholme township eight miles down the Calder Valley from
Rishworth, and the original owners of the estate there were called the 'de
Coldleys'. A 13th century deed relating to Coley bears the signatures of Henry
and Robert de Rysseworth and in 1339 Robert de Rishworth and his son Henry
acquired lands in the townshlip. The name of Robert appears as a juror in the
manor rolls until 1343 when Henry took his place and from this period it is
possible to construct a family tree. Just when the family moved to Coley is not
absolutely certain, probably between 1330 and 1340 but after this period there
are several explicit references to them, e.g.
1356 Henry de Ryssheworth of Coley Hall paid heriot for 3 acres of pasture and
an assert (cleared land) called Henrerod, his uncle Henry de Coldlay being dead.
There is an enormous amount of information in the court rolls relating to this
man, most of it of a fairly trivial nature - failing to attend the manor court,
not paying fees, etc, or concerned with the letting of land. Occasionally also
we find him involved in disputes and in 1355 he was fined 12 pence for drawing
blood from Richard de Hartshead. Only four years previously he and his brother
Nicholas had themselves been the victims of an assault by the Bentleysv. When
the Poll Tax of 1379 was levied - supposedly a full list of the population with
the exception of children and the poverty stricken the only Rushworth taxed
was a Henry de Rysseworth. He was evidently a.man of some wealth paying 12
pence tax compared with the almost universal 4 pence of his fellows. As his
status was given as 'merchant' it seems likely that the Rushworths were already
one of the most prominent local families. Actually it is difficult to decide
whether or not this Henry was the same.man or the son of Nicholas and therefore
his nephew. This christian name, perhaps first used as a tribute to Henry de
Coley, remained in use for over 100 years in this family, one of the last
references to it occurring in 1461:
1461 Henry Rishworth, being dead, his son Edmond (or Edward) paid 6s.8d. heriot
for a messuage, 2˝ bovates of land and 7 acres of roid land (clearing).
The situation at Coley meant that the Rushworths also became involved in the
affairs of Bradford manor and it seems that they owned or tenanted some land
there. In 1411 Joan Risschworth was accused of digging a coal pit at a locality
in Horton called Ruschworth Wyfzhard (Rushworth's wife's yard). The pit filled
with water and when it overflowed it "destroyed the highway to the grave harm
of the common people." Joan was fined 12 pence and ordered to fill it in.
The Rushworth family owned Coley for nearly 250 years and the probable line of
descent is as follows:
It was in the 16th century that the population began to increase and the
Rushworth family also ramified successfully. The sale of the manor of Coley did
not mean that the surname became extinct in the area. Indeed it soon became
very numerous there as a result of the expansion of younger branches of the
family. There had been one Rushworth in the clothing district in 1379. In the
1545 subsidy roll there were eleven and in 1641 when the oath of protestation
was taken there were over 40. The main homes of the family on this last
occasion were Haworth (7), Halifax (7), Wyke (6), Bradford (4) and Barkisland
(4), the majority of them in precisely those localities where the Rushworths
had held land for many generations. There had also been continuity between 1545
and 1641 in places such as Honley near Huddersfield and Crofton near Wakefield.
What this analysis fails to show is the extent to which the surname had spread
away from its traditional centres. John Rishworthe of Coley had moved in fact
to 'Stanrode' in Lancashire and his descendants lived at Colne. Other
Rushworths as we have seen had moved to York in the 1400s and an examination of
fines over land in the period up to c.1650 shows how the several branches of
the family acquired interests well away from Calderdale. One example may serve
to illustrate this:
1565 Alexander Risheworth, gent., the plaintiff in a fine over ' 6 messuages, 3
cottages and a water mill with lands in Warmfield, Heath, Kirkthorpe,
Wakefield, Sandal, Walton, Sharlston, Pontefract, Knottingley, Burghwallis.'
The deforciant or seller was Charles Sheffield.
Rather earlier a fine of 1503 records the acquisition by Robert Rissheworth
senior of a messuage with land in Houghton near Castleford and there is an
interesting sequel to this. Robert died c. 1519 leaving his messuage called
Halywell to his son Christopher. 'l'he records of the court of Star Chamber
contain the following petition from Christopher:
c.1534 "In most humble wise compleylnyth unto your good grace your poor oratour
Cristoffer Rishworth, how that John Rishworth, Edward Rishworth with othre to
the nombre of 12 persons unknown to your said oratour, araid in harness, with
their coottes (coats) ternede and thair faces covered with hoodes; with bowes,
arows, swerdes, buklers, and other weppins came to the house of your said
oratour called Halywell ......... about 12 of cloke in the nyghtt the said
house riottously and burgarely brayk, and entered" . etc. Clearly internal
family quarrels did occur.
It is interesting to speculate how long this branch of the Rushworth family had
been established in the Wakefield Pontefract area. As we have seen the name
was located in Warmfield near Crofton in 1641 and in the subsidy rolls of 1545
and 1524 it was actually in Crofton. Christopher, mentioned in the Star Chamber
proceedings, was the man taxed there in 1524. Robert, the father of Christopher
was buried at Pontefract in 1519, having acquired Halywell in 1503, but he may
well have been in the area for a long time. A Robert Rysshewo:rth is listed
among the tenants of Nostel Priory who held land at Purston Jaglin in 1478 and
among the wills registered at York in the 15th century are Oliver Russheworth
(1471) and John Ryshworth (1454), both of Pontefract, When Alexander Rishworth
of Coley purchased lands in Heath, Pontefract, Warmfield and other nearby
villages in 1565, he was perhaps reuniting himself with a branch of the family
which had been settled there well over 100 years. Certainly the tendency to
move eastward down the Calder Valley and into the area around Wakefield had an
important effect on the distribution of this surname in the first 400 years of
its history, and the area settled by Rushworths in 1641 was to serve as a
springboard for further expansion in the troubled years ahead.
Opportunism was to play an important part in this expansion and there is some
suggestion that occasionally new territories were acquired by rather sharp
practice. When Alexander Rishworth moved out to Heath, his younger brother
John, as we have seen, was already living at Kinsley. John, described as a
yeoman, died in l597 and was buried at Hemsworth. He left 12 pence to the
pooreman's box and 12 pence to his son John. His other sons did rather better;
Bryan had Ł3, Robert 50s and Francis 50s. It was probably John's grandson who
was mentioned in a succession of land transactions 50 years later, e.g.
1651 Jonn Rishworth or Rushworth of Hemsworth, yeoman accused of falsely
obtaining possessions and lands belonging to the Hospital of Hemsworth.
This accusation is contained in the Royalist Composition Papers, but John seems
to have suffered no harm fron it and in 1653 alone we find him purchasing from
the treason trustees the manor of Roecliffe and lands at Boroughbridge, the
manor of the Abbey of Drax, manors at Haselwood and Water Fryston and the
capital rnessuage of Nidd. These properties and lands were widely distributed
throughout the West Riding and acquired at the expense of such well know
families as the Tankards and the Constables. The practice was for younger sons
to move to the outlying properties in this period and John Rushworth's
speculation must have helped the surname to be more widely established.
The Rushworths of Mirfield
A contemporary of this John Rushworth was a Mirfield man called Thomas whose
family spelt their name Rushworth, Rushforth or Rishworth, and a detailed
family tree of his descendants illustrates just how and why the surname became
so numerous and widespread as the Industrial Revolution gathered momentum. It
also shows the lengths to which families went to ensure that a particular
christian name was carried from generation to generation.
Once the population began to increase dramatically after c.1700 surnames such
as Rushworth became so prolific that it is impossible to follow every
individual line of the family's ramification. The Trade Directories of the 19th
century illustrate just how widespread the surname had become and the extent to
which Rushworths had infiltrated every layer of society and every type of
occupation. The name was inevitably very common in Halifax itself and
particularly so in Ovenden and Sowerby. For the most part the standard spelling
was Rushworth but in Northowram, close to Coley we find Rushforth and in
Halifax itself Rishworth. Further east and south the name was common in
Huddersfield and Brighouse and there were families established at places such
as Mirfield, Horbury, Heckmondwike etc. The basis had been laid for a further
massive expansion in the next 100 years and it is true to say that the surname
is now found wherever English is spoken.
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Saturday, December 26, 2009
Merry Christmas!
Just a quick note to say Merry Chirstmas to everyone! We haven't has Christmas at our house yet ( we are doing that the 26th) but I hope everyone has a great holiday season!
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Our Soilders and their families...
I want to take a moment to say thank you, thank you to those that serve and thank you to those that are standing in the silent ranks at home. Having a loved one gone on deployment at Christmas time has to be one of the hardest things to deal with, I am lucky, although Mike works for DoD and on a base I don't have to worry about him ever really being gone. Yes, he does work on the holidays- the day it's self and yes, sometimes he does get sent on a strike team in the summer, but never anything like those that are enlisted or those that are called to active duty. I was listening to one of my favorite Christmas song eailer today Bring Him Home Santa and it just crushes and touches my heart all at the same time. There is so much to get done at christmas time, the gifts and wrapping, getting Christmas pictures taken of the family, the shopping and food prep, then all the cooking, keeping the gifts hidden until the big moment on Christmas morning, and the list goes on and on...
But I think we all should take more then just a 'moment' to say thank you.... and May God bring each and everyone home safely.
here is another great song...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
And tell me WHY again...?
Well here it is 0235 and here I am awake, why you ask...? well I have really no clue, as I AM tired but for some reason to restless to sleep so here I sit at my computer wasting time away. You would think that I would take this time to clean up my messy house but ...nope! I sit here clicking away at the key board with nothing really to say.. just that I need to sleep!
Things on my mind:
I am missing my family and friends right now, with it being so close to Christmas I sit and tend to wonder what my baby sister is up to and where all of my friends are headed for the season. I am not sorry for the move to Texas, it is a step on to the path in life that Mike and I want to be on, but it is a Oh So Hard step to make and take! It's even harder when I see Melessa down in the dumps and crying because she wants to go back to her friends and see family again. It's hard to hear Morgan ask when 'so and so ' is going to come see him again. I know that with each holiday and passing year things will get eaiser and easier but this year they are hard, they are loney, and at times they are sad.
I also tend to sit and think about my Mom at this time of year, even as I type this I have tears. I miss her more at times like this- Christmas, birthdays, ect... just like anyone who has ever lost anyone in life. I wonder what she would have thought of my children, I know that they would have been her whole world, she always talked about how she wanted grandkids- one boy and one girl, funny how I now have both, lol. How she would buy them ponies and all that they could ever want in the world. I wonder what she would think of Mike. Would she like him? respect him? be buddies with him? Mike and Mom are a lot a like in a lot ways. I think she would have liked him, or at least I hope so. I wonder a lot about what she would think of me, how I 'came out' in life. I haven't always made the best choices in life but I have a great life now with a great husband who makes me and his children his whole world. How could I even pray for more in life? I am so very Blessed in life.
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