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Poland Orphans and Orphanages
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Polish Children's Home Oudtshoorn, South Africa, 1942-1947
500 children were removed from Poland and sent to an orphanage in the Union of South Africa, where they remained until after the conclusion of the Second World War.
In 1942, the London government, secured permission from the government of the Union of South Africa to transport 500 children to that country. In 1943 the children were brought to South Africa .
The Polish Children's Home (Dom Polskich Dzieci) was organized in Oudtshoorn for their temporary accommodation, care and education. Under the supervision of the South African Department of Social Welfare, as well as Polish consular and ministry representatives, it remained in operation until 1947.
The archives of the Polish Children's Home at Oudtshoorn were sent to Dr. Lepkowski in Pretoria in 1947. They eventually came into the possession of Mr. Tadeusz Kawalec, a former Polish consular official who had participated in the work of the Home, and were donated by him to the Hoover Institution in 1975. The records are found in the Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford, California in a file entitled Dom Polskich Dzieci (polish Children's Home), Oudtshoorn, Union of South Africa. The file, accession number 75068-8.21, contained in two boxes, comprises a chronological file of the correspondence of the Office of the Director of the Polish Children's Home from 1942-1947, and a subject file for the same period arranged alphabetically by subject.
The children described in these files were either orphaned or were deported from Poland to the USSR. The files contain many lists pertaining to the 500 children at the orphanage, their place of origin, parents names, father's occupations, and then-current location of still-living parents. Lists also exist pertaining to the adults who visited the orphanage, the presumption being that they were relatives of one or more of the children, to the people whom the children visited when on holiday and to courses taken by the children. Finally, there are lists indicating where the children were sent in 1944-5, when the orphanage was disbanded.
The original list in the file is dated September 1943, and lists the 500 students with vital statistics on each one, including:
- FamilyName
- Given Name
- Date of Birth
- Place of Birth (City and District)
- Residence In Poland (City and District)
- Father's and Mother's Names
- Father's Occupation
- Father's and Mother's Current Location
In February 1944, Polish schools in Africa were reorganized. Documents from late 1946 to early 1947 detail the teaching staff, subjects taught, class schedules and teaching hours. One of two undated lists contains the names, ages, professions and current jobs of over 40 adults living on the grounds of the Polish Orphanage in Oudtshoorn. Most of these adults are teachers and retired teachers. Two rosters are found dated 26 February 1944. Also, various transfer lists are found describing transfers to schools and placement to homes. There exists a list of adults staying in the Union of South Africa on temporary permit.
It appears that a number of the children in the Polish Children's Home in Oudtshoorn were Jewish. This Catholic orphanage was placed in Oudtshoom, a town largely settled in the first half of the 20th century by Lithuanian Jews, and once called "the Jerusalem of Africa". A comparison of surnames of the 500 Polish children in the Oudtshoorn Polish Orphans' Home shows that over 50 percent of the names were names known to be used by Jews in Poland.
These lists provide birth dates and places for 500 Polish orphans and refugees born between 1925 and 1935, their parents's names and occupations, as well as data on scores of other Polish exiles taking refuge in South Africa.
The data (nine column table) is presented in two files on the FEEFHS website and contain children's number on the original list, family name, given name, birth date, birth city, birth district, father, mother, destination of the child based on a study of other lists in the file:
Nos. I - 244 (Surnames A - L)
Nos. 245 - 500 (Surnames M - Z)
This is the extract of a lecture Polish Children's Home, Oudtshoorn, South Africa 1942-47 by Robert Weiss, presented at the FEEFHS Convention, Salt Lake City in September 1997. To read the article in its entirety see FEEFHS Journal 5:3-4 (August 1998) or click here.


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Marianne Vos has Olympic gold medals and the road race world champion's rainbow jersey in her trophy cabinet. Now she wants the chance to add a yellow jersey. Olympic road race champion Vos is among a group of cyclists, including British Olympian Emma Pooley, who have launched an online petition urging Tour de France organizers to let women participate in next year's race. In an online letter to Tour director Christian Prudhomme, the riders say that after a century "it is about time women are allowed to race the Tour de France, too." A "Tour Feminin" women's race in France that was staged in the past "lacked parity, media coverage, and sponsorship" the letter to Prudhomme says.
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The son of Japanese parents in Brazil, he began his career life as a machinist, then switched to a table tennis world champion, before opting for moving imagery.
Denis counts renowned Brazilian graffiti artists as his closest friends. This unusual mixture of life experience and inspiration provided the self taught director and animator with a wide ranging basis for the deign of his work.
His animation and direction career kicked off at Lobo in São Paulo, followed by a creative position with Diesel in Italy. In 2005 he moved to Barcelona to work on his career as a film and animation director. His clients include ADOBE and MARTINI, both spots can be viewed here.
He has worked on well known campaigns for advertising agencies such as Wieden + Kennedy and Goodby, Silverstein + Partners. Denis now lives in São Paulo and has combined his most recent work with live action and visual effects. See the proof of the pudding here on GoSee FILM!
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Behold, the track list for Rock Band Beatles. There's no "Strawberry Fields Forever" , but there is "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds." The site ripten published this list today, and some folks are already complaining about this particular omission, but I think that we'll see a lot in DLC for the game. One thing that's not clear right now is if Rock Band 2 will be compatible with Rock Band Beatles, or not. If you can add the tracks to your current game, that'd be great, but I'm not sure that'll happen.
I did get a chance to check out Rock Band Beatles at E3. Now, some of the journalists that I talked to were pretty excited after seeing the game. I think it'll be fun to play Beatles tracks, but there's nothing really all that special about the game to me. The graphics and the movies that play during the game I guess are a nice touch, but like Rock Band Lego, I think it's just a Rock Band title aimed at a particular audience. I'll probably rent it, but right now, I can't say I'm a big enough Beatles fan to justify the purchase.
That said, I know everyone's interested in the track list, so here it is:
A Hard Day's Night
All My Loving
And I Love Her
And Your Bird Can Sing
Baby's in Black
Back in the USSR
Can't Buy Me Love
Come Together
Day Tripper
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Don't Let Me Down
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Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
Get Back
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I'm A Loser
I'm Down
I've Got a Feeling
I've Just Seen a Face
If I Needed Someone
In My Life
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Octopus's Garden
Paperback Writer
Please Please Me
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
She Loves You
She Said She Said
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Carl Zeiss has announced a bundled lens set for Canon and Nikon video-enabled DSLRs. Comprising the Distagon T* 2,8/21, 2/28, 2/35, Planar T* 1,4/50 and Planar T* 1,4/85 lenses, the set comes in a custom-designed waterproof suitcase.
New SLR lens set with custom-made suitcase
Attractive offer for filmmakers and filming photographers in entry-level HD video segment
OBERKOCHEN/Germany, 05.04.2011. During the NAB Show in Las Vegas from April 9-14, 2011, Carl Zeiss will introduce an attractive bundled lens set offer for its SLR lenses. The set contains the following lenses with F (ZF.2) or EF bayonet (ZE): Distagon T* 2,8/21, Distagon T* 2/28, Distagon T* 2/35, Planar T* 1,4/50 and Planar T* 1,4/85. This offer is a response to the strong demand from the HD Video segment for lenses with precise manual focus. With this offer Carl Zeiss supports filmmakers and still photographers entering the booming HD video market with the right equipment that meets their needs.
"Many production budgets don't justify investing in a set of cinematography lenses right away, like our Compact Prime CP.2 lenses. Our SLR lenses with their precise manual focus are a reasonable alternative for getting started in HD video," said Michael Schiehlen, Director of Sales for the Camera Lens Division of Carl Zeiss AG. Schiehlen stressed the benefit of these lenses for videography over lenses with autofocus. "Our SLR lenses feature an outstanding manual focus mechanism, so the precision when focusing is far higher than with a manually operated auto-focus." In addition, SLR lenses by Carl Zeiss are robust, offer a high aperture speed, and feature an especially harmonious rendering of the bokeh (the out-of-focus area).
The five lenses come in a special waterproof case (IP67), custom-made for this set and feature openings for six lenses. As common for photography lenses, each Carl Zeiss SLR lens has a different size and weight. Therefore a special inlay ensures that each lens fits perfectly inside the suitcase and protects the lenses from shock and vibration. The new SLR lens set will be offered at a recommended retail price of €4562 ($6063), excluding VAT, and will be available starting May.
A roll of film discovered in an Argus C2 from an Oregon Goodwill turned out to contain some incredible images – and has been re-united with the original owner's family.
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Nikon's 100th birthday party continues worldwide as a distributor in Italy organized a one-of-a-kind feat: assembling the world's largest 'human camera' from over a thousand volunteers.
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The city of Laguna Beach, California has provided some clarification around the kinds of photography permits it offers.
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What to do if errors on your W-2 or 1099
Since deer season is over, the Lions are mercifully finished for the year, I'm too busy to go ice fishing, NASCAR doesn't start until Daytona next month, and why watch golf without Tiger, I will get my cup of Herman's Boy Pantlind Blend coffee and write an article for this week's Squire.
A few weeks ago, I wrote about not receiving a W-2 or 1099. This week, I will expand on what happens if the W-2 or 1099 is received, but it is incorrect or is the wrong form altogether.
Do you have any recourse if the W-2 or 1099 has the wrong information on it when you receive it? Yes, you do. Remember that the original set of forms doesn't have to be sent in to the appropriate agency, either the Social Security Administration or the Internal Revenue Service, until February 28. Since you normally receive the form in January, the employer has plenty of time to correct administrative errors such as an incorrect street address or wrong zip code. Those types of errors are easy to correct and most employers are quite accommodating.
However, what can you do if the error is of the dollar amount variety, i.e. gross wages is wrong or the federal or state withholding is wrong? Can these errors be fixed? These errors are a horse of a different color. In the federal payroll reporting system within which all employers operate, the dollar amounts that are summarized on your W-2 have been reported quarterly to the Internal Revenue Service. The amounts withheld from your paycheck for federal withholding, Social Security, and Medicare taxes have been paid over to the IRS throughout the year.
When you receive your W-2, it is a summary of the activity that occurred under your Social Security number throughout the entire year. If you believe there is an error in the gross wages reported or in the amount of federal tax withheld from your wages and you are correct, this can be a total nightmare for the employer. The company has already paid in the amounts withheld from your checks as well as the amounts it had to match for Social Security and Medicare taxes. The company has already filed government forms, usually a Form 941, that breaks down the amounts paid between federal withholding, Social Security and Medicare taxes.
If you are correct, the employer may have to amend some of those reports filed and either pay in more taxes or ask for a refund. If the changes result in a balance due, the penalties can be severe. Either way, it can be a mess, so you will be expected to solidly prove your point. The best proof is showing the error with check stubs and working with the employer.
But what happens if the form that is received is the wrong form? You receive a 1099 instead of a W-2, or vice versa. 1099s are issued to taxpayers who are considered subcontractors. Subcontractors are responsible for paying their own regular tax and Social Security and Medicare tax without the benefit of having any tax withheld from their checks. W2s are issued to taxpayers who are employees. Employees have Social Security and Medicare tax withheld from their checks and may have regular federal and state tax withheld as well.
There are immense income tax implications of being taxed as a subcontractor as opposed to an employee. These implications are not all negative, they just are immense. First, non-reimbursed expenses of an employee are deducted as an itemized deduction on Schedule A. They are only deducted after reducing the expenses by 2% of income, and then what is left is only deductible if the taxpayer is able to itemize his deductions. These two factors, in most instances, will negate much of the deduction.
Expenses for a subcontractor, however, are deducted directly against the 1099 income. There is no 2% reduction and the taxpayer does not have to itemize to get the deduction.
The second implication is the treatment of Social Security and Medicare tax. Employees pay their Social Security and Medicare tax via withholding from their paycheck. A total of 7.65% of gross wages is withheld and the employer matches this 7.65% and sends the total on to the IRS. It's somewhat of a seamless transaction.
Subcontractors, on the other hand, start out with their gross income, reduce that figure by all of their expenses, and then calculate Social Security and Medicare tax of 15.3% of that net figure. This tax is then added to their regular tax on their federal tax return and sent in as part of their total tax return calculation.
The bottom line is the tax return of a subcontractor with a 1099 can be more complicated than the tax return of an employee with a W-2.
One of the questions I started this article with was: "What are your options if a 1099 is received instead of a W-2 or vice versa?" The IRS has a set procedure in these instances, and I will discuss that next week. This is Jerry Coon signing off.
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Hardwood Subfloor: OSB vs. Plywood vs. OSB + Plywood
Oh, please help. Bought the 3rd floor of a triplex, and we're putting in hardwood floors. Under the carpet, we have found what appears to be wafer board or OSB, and we suspect under that there is plywood. Everything I'm reading seems to indicate that plywood is the way to go. Can we put it on top of the OSB (possibly wafer board), or should we rip out the OSB (possibly wafer board), and THEN put in the plywood? I need this answer in the next few days. :(
Also, for 1400 square feet, does 4 days x 2 men seem like a lot of time to put in the plywood?
On the 4 days thing - it seems excessive to me. Do they have to move furniture? Tear out old carpet/flooring? Repair damaged areas? How cut up is the space? Several small rooms will be more labor intensive than a few big rooms. 4 days does seem excessive. More info would help.
I know I replaced the subfloor in a 250 sq ft kitchen in less than a day by myself, including repairing about 20 sq ft of rot requiring some structural repairs.
4 day timeframe
the apartment is empty except they have to lift the kitchen stuff to put in a complete floor. however, that 4-day 2-man "option" was only if we put in plywood. they were going to have to do it anyway, for the first quote of $10k (knocking down a wall, then installing the 1400 sq feet of hardwood). again, that 4-day timeframe was JUST for the plywood.
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The 2012 BMWCCA Oktoberfest just finished in Ohio! We sadly missed the whole week (doh!!), which included the autocross, races, test drives, concours, fun rally and more!!
We showed up Friday night and left Sunday morning. I had hoped to do some test drives (some by
, some by BMW) but sadly those ended Friday. We showed up just as the Friday night awards dinner had started. We enjoyed a nice dinner and met some new friends, who were happy to tell us about all the fun they had during the week.
Saturday we drove up to the track (almost an hour away), hoping to do the test drives, but
and BMW had both packed up and left. The last of the races and autocross were still going on. It was fun to watch, but after a few minutes, the wife and kid were clearly interested in doing something else.
We headed back to the hotel and split up. Lara and I went to the hotel pool, spent two hours at the mall across the street, and played at Dave and Buster's for an hour. LondonBlue bravely suffered through an hour long massage at the hotel spa, followed by peace and quiet back in the room. Poor thing!!
We then headed to the sat night BBQ, which was awesome!!!
There was a contest for most creative use of wire pipe cleaner (M colors)! Some created scale models of race tracks, some did 2-D cars. Lara and I combined ours to make a 3-D car and she won!!! The winner was chosen by applause, and she was grinning from ear to ear as over 100 cheered loudly for her!! Later in the evening, we heard stories from Mike Valentine! As in Valentine 1 radar detectors! It was hilarious hearing about how he did early testing for his radar detectors late at night on the Ohio highways! LondonBlue started talking to him after the dinner, and they spent almost an hour talking about everything from his business to his kids to her family, etc, etc. I joked about how flattered I was that Mike Valentine was hitting on my wife!
The bbq was the result of hard work of many people, including Nikki from the Ohio chapter. Nikki was actually LondonBlue's driving instructor about 6 years ago!! She remembered Lara as a little baby, and was impressed by how much Lara had grown!
A big thanks to all the Ohio chapter members and BMWCCA members/volunteers who put together an awesome Oktoberfest, and special thanks to Steve Schlossman who put up with countless emails from us and did an awesome job with the website!!
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Tongue-Stuck-On-The-Pole Scene From "A Christmas Story" Recreated By Kids On The Subway
A comedy group called Improv Everywhere recreated the tongue-stuck-on-a-frozen-pole scene from "A Christmas Story" on the New York City subway. And they used actual kids to do it.
They used a fake tongue with a magnet on it. And at the end, a "firefighter" jumped on the train and rescued him.


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Highlights from the Bisons Hot Stove Luncheon will air multiple times starting Monday, February 4th (11:30pm) on Time Warner Cable SportsChannel HD 713. Hear from Blue Jays CEO Paul Beeston, General Manager Alex Anthopoulos, former MVP George Bell and current prospect Anthony Gose as they get you ready for the upcoming season. Also, check out the Bisons uniform unveiling with special help from the Jr. Bisons high school baseball team.
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Re: NDSolve and DAEs
What you show is not a DAE. Even if you correctly state the invariant as x3[t]^2 + x4[t]^2, it can still be regarded as an ODE system because it is fully determined by the DEs and ICs. So you can solve it directly via
sol = NDSolve[
Join[eqns, ics], {x1[t], x2[t], x3[t], x4[t]}, {t, 0, 16}]
That said, when an invariant exists it does make sense to have NDSolve enforce it. Otherwise one can get drift off the invariant manifold. This enforcing can be done via the Projection method.
solP = NDSolve[
Join[eqns, ics], {x1[t], x2[t], x3[t], x4[t]}, {t, 0, 16},
Method -> {Projection, "Invariants" -> x3[t]^2 + x4[t]^2}]
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Opinion: Big Soda, Good Government and the Nanny State Lie
The "soda ban"—or, more accurately, the portion limit on excessively sugary and unhealthy commercial beverages—is easy to ridicule.
In a city of big issues—poverty, education reform, police-community relations—it feels like a small one. In the landscape of public health, it seems a lopsided solution when recreation, parks and physical education remain underfunded. Even as an attempt to target soda itself, the city would seem to have other tools—its subway ads promoting the caloric count of sodas are particularly memorable—without resorting to a seemingly arbitrary ounce count.
However, the fact that a mayor known for being strong on public health has chosen to pursue this particular restriction says a lot about the limited options public officials have when responding to public threats. And the push-back against the soda ban says as much about the questionable motivations and tactics of the industry that wants to defend the status quo.
It's easy to deride a soda ban as "nanny state" policy. Let's start by dismissing that phrase. Is our military a "Nanny Army"? Are our fire departments "Nanny Firefighters" when they demand certain safety precautions in public accommodations? Is our legal system "Nanny Justice" for cracking down on consumer fraud and other deceptive business practices? I don't know about you, but I've never called a bartender a "Nanny Bouncer" for turning someone away who has had too much to drink.
There's nothing wrong with wanting to be protected from harms, to invest in guards—whether they are people, physical structures or policies—that turn back danger. To dismiss all of it as "nanny state" policies is an absurd attempt to demean an entire argument.
Two good guidelines for us to do our best in finding the right balance are: first, does the risk assumed by an individual potentially harm or cost society; and second, is the individual assuming the risk being deceived about the potential danger.
There is reason to believe that like smokers who were, for many years, manipulated into addiction and consumption by a mixture of chemicals, marketing, easy availability and outright deception, soda drinkers are also the victim of concerted efforts to sell them more and more soda without regard to their health.
Just look at some of the disingenuous lengths the soda industry has gone to in order to convince the public that the size restrictions are bad policy. From the Christian Science Monitor:
Canvassers wearing "I picked out my beverage all by myself" have been collecting signatures opposed to the proposal in all five boroughs. A plane flew by the Coney Island and Rockaways beaches on July 4 and the weekend after with a banner that read, "NO DRINK 4 U!"
Like other effective lobbying groups, Big Soda won't go away on its own, and it won't change its habits unless it has to. Its deep pockets and broad reach make it difficult for legislatures to challenge them, which is why we may need executive and administrative decision-making of the flavor pushed by Bloomberg's Department of Health. It's not the ideal approach, but it isn't a meaningless one. It should be coupled with education, with recreational opportunities, with healthy alternatives—but just because it is a limited approach doesn't make it a wrong approach.
It would be naive to pretend Americans are making consumption choices purely on their own. There is a lopsided power relationship between the soda industry and their consumers, just as there was between mortgage lenders pushing sub-prime mortgages and homeowners who took them. Maybe we excessively trust industries and professionals to offer us honest assessments and reasonable products, but then we need some safeguards to ensure that trust isn't betrayed.
The beverage lobby efforts against the soda ban, from their astroturf campaigns to their disingenuous and distracting subway ads to their promotion of industry-backed studies, has had the impact of strengthening my support for the Bloomberg Administration. The efforts have reminded me that the soda companies are like so many other industries that play a counter-productive role in our society. Soda's counter-campaign has precedent: look at steps taken by Big Tobacco, Big Pharma, Big Finance and Big Oil. Public good wasn't and isn't in their interest—so it has to be somebody else's.
There are people I like and trust who think the ban is bad policy, and I'm willing to hear them out. But let's not get rid of it because it's limited; let's not just settle for it. Let's not trust the soda industries who have been busy reminding us they aren't worth our public trust. And let's not let it all get grouped in as "nanny state" activities, a dishonest and, understandably objectionable, bit of rhetoric.. I, for one, would rather have some defenses on my side against all attacks, be they foreign, domestic, or carbonated.


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The Florida Gators and the Texas Longhorns haven't met on the gridiron since a 1940 contest in Gainesville. Prior to that, the two met in Austin in 1939 and 1924.
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The geographical location of the area has been a major influence of its growth throughout time. The crossing of the river Aire at Ferrybridge has been possible for many years. Ferrybridge was referred to as Fereia in the Domesday Book of 1086 and also appears under the names of Ferybryg or Feribrige later in 1198 which indicates that a bridge or crossing had been erected by that time. In 1359 the town had grown around this crossing point and was given the right of collecting toll.
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Ferrybridge had been a very important postal station from around 1660 and from 1786 Royal Mail coaches followed the route north and south along the Great North Road
To many people the idea of stage coach transportation might seem to have been a peaceful, easy-going method of conveyance but in reality it was a swaggering, rakish, hurried race to complete the journey as quickly as possible. What a thrill it must have been to witness the hustle and bustle amid the excitement of a constant arrival of coaches and chaises. To hear the distant bugle call of the fast approaching mails completing their stage and see the hurried exchange of horses to enable it to continue at high pace along the next stage of its journey.
The air of romance surrounding stage coaches is matched only by the type of locomotion, who's arrival was to signal the demise of coaches, the steam railway locomotive. The recollections of those who were witness to stage coaches bear striking similarities to those people who hold a great fondness for steam locomotives and the two types of locomotion were worked in similar fashions.
From point to point, the task was to complete the stage as quickly as possible and just as a steam locomotive would need to be coaled and watered along the way or relieved by a fresh locomotive, so each team of horses would be exchanged over each stage of the journey. Stage coaches worked over a series of short stages between local towns and villages and within each village horses would be stood or stabled in readiness to replace those of an incoming coach. This enabled the coaches to continue along at a high pace.
Before the arrival of any public stage coaches, travellers would normally assemble in groups, many on horseback, and set forth together for the company and the added protection that travelling together afforded. The first coach of any description seen in England was in 1555 when the Earl of Rutland had a state carriage constructed for him by Walter Rippon. However, the process of locomotion by this method was so slow and met with such opposition that it was almost a century later before the advent of any public stage coach.
In 1600 a broad wheeled type of wagon came into use and it was this cumbersome piece of locomotion to which the term ' stage' was first applied. It was slow, tiresome work, the roads being in such poor condition and the general width of the carriage wheels impeded its general progress. The condition of roads in those days was the main reason why stage coaching advanced so slowly
In 1662 the first act of parliament was passed for making turnpike roads and though a slight improvement was effected, the turnpikes were not welcomed by local taxpayers and were met by strong opposition.
The strategic location of Ferrybridge made it an important centre along the stage coach routes. From just above Ferrybridge, coaches to all parts of the country would divert. The Edinburgh coaches going via Tadcaster to York, the Glasgow, Carlisle and Newcastle coaches going via Aberford and coaches through to Leeds going by Peckfield Bar. Ferrybridge became a great rendezvous point for the private travelling carriages of Yorkshire Noblemen and Gentlemen who wished to join the London coaches.
There were three old coaching houses in Ferrybridge, the most important of the three being the Angel, a rambling series of buildings with endless amounts of stabling, coach houses, chaise houses and abodes for post boys, horse keepers and assistants. The postal business was briskly carried out at the Angel where relays of horses were also held in readiness for private carriages. In its heyday it was kept by Doctor George Alderson, the son of the vicar of Birkin, who was also a doctor of medicine and coach proprietor as well as the host of the Angel. Doctor Alderson horsed the Highflyer and the Leeds Union from the Angel to Doncaster and two Royal Mails both in and out to Robin Hoods Well. Over the Ferrybridge to Sherburn stage, the coaches were horsed by Thomas Hall who changed his horses at the Angel but stabled them further up close to the bridge.
Mr Hall was once the host of the Swan, another coaching house in Ferrybridge and although he gave it up sometime before the end of coaching days, he continued to horse the mails over this stage. Mr William Thwaites took over the Swan from Thomas Hall and he horsed the Wellington on both the Tadcaster and Robin Hoods Well stages although due to the location of the Swan, over the bridge close to the river, the horses were changed in front of the Golden Lion where the coach stopped. The Golden Lion was frequented by heavy luggage wagons and was also the shipping and receiving point for goods coming along the river from Hull.
The other coaching house in Ferrybridge was the Greyhound whose stables could accommodate fifty horses although both the stabling and coach houses as well as the tap for use by the post boys and horse keepers were across the road. The Greyhound was kept by Mary Moody, who in 1803, took her son-in-law Samuel Rusby into partnership. Rusby had previously been involved in the wine and spirit trade in Pontefract and after the death of his mother-in-law he continued to horse the Rockingham and the Express from the Greyhound.
As previously mentioned, the progress of stage coaching advance was very slow, mainly due to the state of the roads. The slight improvement brought about by the turnpike trusts saw a gradual increase in coaching and while the first coaches began to run in approximately 1640, the earliest mention of them in Yorkshire was not until 1658 In 1683 there was a London coach running from York through Tadcaster, Ferrybridge and Doncaster although any passengers from Leeds were obliged to ride on horseback to York or Ferrybridge in order to join it.
In 1694 the journey from Doncaster to London took 4 days. Gradual improvements to road conditions and the design of coaches meant that by 1815 the Leeds Union was making the trip from London to Doncaster, a total of 162 miles, in just over 16 hours including two hours for stoppages. The Royal Mails commenced running in 1786 and it was these that marked the real glory of the road although they reigned and fell in little more than half a century.
The opening of the railways in 1840 was to signal the demise of the coaching trade. At that time, the centre of the railway communications in the local area was Normanton. Knottingley was given prominence itself when the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company obtained an act for a railway from Wakefield to Goole via Knottingley. This received the royal assent on 31st July, 1845, and the line was duly opened in 1848. This line ran to, and through, the very heart of the town of Knottingley, which acquired a splendid station consisting of five covered platforms and one stabling road. At around the same time, a single road locomotive shed was constructed with outside turntable and accommodation for up to 5 locomotives of the 0-6-0 and 2-4-2 type. The Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole railway had a length throughout of just over 27 miles and comprised of two branch lines; the first from Pontefract to Methley Junction where it joined the North Midland line to Leeds and the second from Knottingley to a point mid way between Askern and Arksey, where it joined up with the Great Northern Railway Company's line, then in course of formation to York.
Before the line had even opened, an Act had been obtained the previous year to merge the Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole railway into the Manchester and Leeds Railway empire and that railway became a constituent member company of the new Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&Y). The Great Northern Railway was busy at this time constructing a railway from the junction of the Wakefield-Goole railway at Askern Junction (Shaftholme) via Doncaster to London, which eventually opened in 1850. Knottingley station then became jointly administered by both the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and the Great Northern Railway.
Another railway was constructed by the York and North Midland Railway Company, just west of the town running via Ferrybridge and Brotherton, to Burton Salmon, where it made connection with their line to York, and with the opening of this line in 1850, it became possible for trains to run from London to York via Knottingley. The town became a major railway junction where connection could be made to and from trains throughout the West Riding. However, the importance of Knottingley as a major junction lasted only a few years as the newly opened West Riding and Grimsby line from Doncaster to Bradford via Leeds began to take importance. In 1871 traffic to the North East and Scotland was diverted away from the Great Northern line via Knottingley, to a shorter and more direct route via Selby.
The area regained some significance in May 1879 when the Swinton and Knottingley Railway opened, connecting Sheffield and York via Ferrybridge where a small station was opened in May 1882.
8F No.48670 runs through Knottingley station with a train of empty wagons
No.41253 leaves Knottingley
Of the many aspects surrounding the history and prosperity of the town of Knottingley, none played a bigger part than the Aire and Calder Navigation. Knottingley was of major importance along the river Aire as, up until the Aire and Calder Navigation Act of 1699, the town had the strategic position of being the highest navigable point on the river which effectively turned it into a major inland port. A glance through the Baines Trade Directory of 1822 shows that Knottingley was home to several master mariners, a curious fact for a town so far inland.
The first proposal to make the Aire and Calder navigable had been put forward in 1620. At that time the textile industry in Britain was suffering a depression and an East Anglia textile merchant suggested making several rivers navigable to improve the facilities for the trade and also as a job creation scheme for unemployed textile workers. The proposals were rejected after a lengthy debate, and it was almost 80 years later, on the 18th January, 1698, that a similar bill was presented to the House of Commons by Lord Fairfax. It was entitled, "An Act for the making and keeping navigable, the rivers Aire and Calder, in the county of York." After much opposition to the bill, the navigation scheme was passed on the 3rd April, 1699 and it received the royal assent on the 4th May following. It became the first navigation scheme in Great Britain formed under the authority of an Act of Parliament, preceding all other enactments of its kind by more than half a century.
In the 1690's, the textile trade was booming and expanding and this resulted in the urgent need for improved transportation. Local merchants wanted more control over the sale and distribution of their products which had, up to that time, been carried out at nearby York. For centuries, York had been the centre for the cloth industry in Yorkshire, with textiles being carried there by road from all corners of the rapidly expanding West Riding district. Merchants from Leeds and Wakefield put forward the proposals for the Aire and Calder to be made navigable to their own towns and it was these merchants who financed its construction.
By 1704, the Aire was navigable throughout from Airmyn, just above the mouth of the Aire, to Leeds and Wakefield. Leeds bridge was the head of the navigation and this was also the place where the local cloth market was held at that time.
The Aire and Calder became a great success making huge profits and its owners very wealthy although little of those profits was to be reinvested in the scheme and the navigation began to fall into disrepair. However, the success of the scheme soon had merchants all over the country promoting their own river navigations and it became a major factor in shaping the Industrial Revolution.
In the 1760's improvements were carried out to combat the threat posed by the proposed Leeds and Liverpool canal. A proposal had been put forward to by-pass the navigation with a canal to Selby from Leeds due to the poor state that the navigation had been allowed to fall into. Loads being carried on the navigation were becoming greater and locks required deepening and widening to cope with this increased tonnage.
One of the main problems with the navigation concerned water usage. Along the Aire were several mills. These required large amounts of water for their operations, which often meant that water levels became too shallow for fully laden boats to use the navigation. Over the years these mills were purchased, often at great cost, so that there was less interruption to the waterways trade. Knottingley Mills in particular had been the cause of much warfare between itself and the navigation for many years, particularly during times of drought when the mill required to draw off a lot of water which had to be compensated for further upstream. This often prevented navigation below Castleford dam and meant vessels could take a whole week to complete the journey from Airmyn to Leeds or Wakefield. Many plans were put forward in an attempt to solve these ongoing disputes between the navigation and Knottingley Mills, none of which were put into practice with any degree of success. Eventually in 1772, the navigation purchased outright Knottingley Mills and a new weir was constructed.
Trade along the navigation continued to increase and once again as a result of a proposal for a new canal between Knottingley and the Dutch River at Newbridge, the Aire and Calder Company submitted plans for its own canal from Knottingley to Goole. This was duly completed and opened in July 1826 and allowed a connection with the Aire route at Airmyn to the Leeds-Selby canal, along which four-fifths of Knottingley trade passed. Vessels were still able to use the old route down the Aire from Knottingley or gain access to it at Bank Dole lock. The new canal was able to take vessels of one hundred tons and also provided docking facilities at the newly established port at Goole.
In 1825, Thomas Bartholomew became engineer for the navigation and together with his son William, they were to completely modernise the waterways. Locks were lengthened and deepened to allow larger vessels through, steam towage was introduced and William designed the compartment boat train, better known as the 'Tom Pudding'. The compartment boat train was very profitable and carried millions of tonnes of Yorkshire coal through to the port of Goole for markets both at home and abroad.
The textile industry had been a major factor in the initial creation of the navigation scheme, but it was left to the coal industry to safeguard its prosperity.
The Aire and Calder Navigation was nationalized in 1948 and became a part of British Waterways in 1973.
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I like to use this with flounder and talapia filets. Its a very flavorful breading.
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- 1 batch
- 2 cups of Italian seasoned bread crumbs.
- Twelve to fourteen capers, chopped fine.
- 2 teaspoons dry basil.
- 1 teaspoon oregano.
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder.
- 1/2 teaspoon salt.
- Mix all ingredients thoroughly together. To Use: Either dip thawed fish filet in olive oil and then bread both sides, or, for a crunchier effect when frying fish, dip fish filet in an egg and water mixture that has been beaten together, then into flour, then back into egg and water mixture and into Italian breading on both sides. The egg mixture approch is good for frying fish fingers (which pair well with "chips").


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|by R. R. Belsha "Insatiable Reader/Shopper"
|Date Added: Thursday 14 March, 2013
The lounger went together easily - simple instructions (more pictures, really, which I prefer), but was missing one wood screw and one connecting piece to receive and hold a bolt in place - found both at Lowe's and it all works perfectly - very comfortable and rolls easily, which is what I needed to "follow the shade". Outstanding price. Saw it on other websites for $100 more. The sliding shelf which can be used on either side is a great bonus.
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Squishy2K is a language which is a hybrid of string rewriting and finite state automata; as an added twist, it also lets program states serve as functions. It was based largely on an earlier grammar-based language called SQUISHY, taking also some ideas from the language Thue. The original SQUISHY was conceived sometime around 1998, but is now lost. Because it was based largely on EBNF, the author wanted to name it Wirth, but the name SQUISHY was proposed and (somewhat unfortunately) stuck.
Sample Program
* main { start many finish? "Hello, world!"! }
Computational Class
Programming Paradigms
Defined by
squishy2k.pl in the Squishy2K distribution
Github: catseye/Squishy2K
Issue tracker: on github
Previous Releases
- squishy2k.pl (the reference implementation), an interpreter in Perl in the Squishy2K distribution


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The library is closed on weekends, holidays and other days as designated by the College. Official closed dates include the observance of Martin Luther King's Birthday, Spring Holidays, Easter Holidays, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Fall Break, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Summer hours are posted on the building doors. All facilities are closed at night when classes are dismissed.
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Olbermann awarded National Review writer third "Worst Person" award; Limbaugh named "Worst Person" for still defending Michael J. Fox attacks
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On the October 30 edition of MSNBC's Countdown, host Keith Olbermann awarded National Review writer Stephen Spruiell "the bronze" in his nightly "Worst Person in the World" segment for, as Media Matters for America documented, "[c]omplaining that I [Olbermann] too often refer to President Bush as 'Mr. Bush,' that it's my, quoting him, 'way of saying that Bush holds office illegitimately.' " Olbermann credited Media Matters for drawing attention to Spruiell's assertion, stating: "[I]t turns [out], and we thank the Media Matters website for this, so does Mr. Spruiell's boss. Writing in National Review since 2001, William F. Buckley himself has referred to the president as 'Mr. Bush' more than 150 times."
Additionally, Olbermann named nationally syndicated radio host Rush Limbaugh "Worst Person" for "claiming that TV networks speeded up the video from the day he first called [actor] Michael J. Fox a faker." Olbermann added: "He also denies that he was mocking or making fun of Fox's symptoms of Parkinson's disease." As Media Matters noted, Limbaugh purported to have apologized for his comments about Fox, who has Parkinson's disease and appeared in a campaign ad for Missouri Democratic Senate candidate Claire McCaskill, yet continued to attack Fox and baselessly question the veracity of Fox's condition in the ad. Limbaugh frequents Olbermann's "Worst Person" segment and recently received runner-up for stating that "terrorists around the world, especially these in Iraq, are voting Democrat [sic] today," as Media Matters also noted.
From the October 30 edition of MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann:
OLBERMANN: The bronze to someone named Steven Spruiell of National Review. Complaining that I too often refer to President Bush as "Mr. Bush," that it's my, quoting him, "way of saying that Bush holds office illegitimately." In fact, Mr. Spruiell, it's my way as not referring to him as, quote, "Bush." I call him, quote, "Mr. Bush." And it turns out, and we thank the Media Matters website for this, so does Mr. Spruiell's boss. Writing in National Review since 2001, William F. Buckley himself has referred to the president as "Mr. Bush" more than 150 times.
Our runner-up, Congresswoman Jean Schmidt [R] of Ohio. She says she's not advocating it, but she believes, quote, "It's something we need to look at." What is it? Storing nuclear-waste shipments from around the world inside her own congressional district. She says this a week and a half before the people in the district will decide whether or not to send her back to Congress. She thinks it could create hundreds, maybe thousands of jobs. To say nothing of a nice, healthy green glow in the community 24 hours a day.
But our winner, comedian Rush Limbaugh, who is now claiming that TV networks speeded up the video from the day he first called Michael J. Fox a faker. He also denies that he was mocking or making fun of Fox's symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Well, just look at this again. And by the way, nut job, it is regular speed.
LIMBAUGH [video clip]: He is exaggerating the effects of the disease. He is moving all around and shaking and it's purely an act.
OLBERMANN: We didn't alter it; maybe we should have. Limbaugh actually says, quote, "It is absurd and ridiculous for them to make this charge that I would make fun of somebody in this circumstance."
I'm going to make a controversial suggestion here on behalf of mankind, I think. Rush, your lies used to be slightly entertaining, but no more. Please go back on the drugs.
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Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Wizard Chicago Report
Wow! another crazy convention. This one was very enjoyable though, let me explain: San Diego Comicon is great but is so massive it's hard to find time to chill, the crowds are ridiculously huge and parking is a big nightmare, Chicago's Rosemont Convention center is not as big and even though this was a well-attended show, it still pales by comparison to SDCC, we were able to relax a bit more and enjoy the company of friends and foes alike, a welcomed change of pace.
There was a snafu with the table numbers but it was sorted out nicely and we ended up in a great spot. By Friday we were sold out on the 'Pistolas' copies we brought to the event and on Saturday Sketchbook #4 met with similar fate, which gave us the entire Sunday to draw and have fun -which of course, we proceeded to do-.
Megan 'The Pagan", was busy throughout the weekend doing commissions, she's developing into quite an artist. We sat next to an incredibly annoying nerd, who, for 8 hours a day, did not stop yelling at the top of his lungs in the most disturbingly high pitch: "Please buy my comic", that was sooooo gay! Luckily he left on Saturday, otherwise I would have lost it. He made a few bucks by bullying all kinds of saps and low-self-steem-individuals into buying his poorly drawn comic, I kept my composure and minded my own business, pretending to ignore this asshole but at times what I really wanted to do was to beat this guy 2 inches from his death, maybe I have become a sissie in my old age or something, I find myself avoiding confrontations more and more these days, I know for sure ten years ago i would have reacted in a violent way.
That was pretty much the only issue with the show, sitting on the other side of us were the Image Comics Superstars: the awesomest Jason LaTour, who I must say is a magician with the color markers, the enormously talented Jeremy Haun, B. Clay , Tony & Kara Moore, Paul Azaceta and the NYC Mech crew. Just ike in San Diego, Megan and I had a whale of a time, we'll be back next year for reals!
Much love to the people of Illinois!
From the Top: Y. B. Truly setting up on preview night, a banner day, location location location, the great John 'Star Wars' Higashi commissioned Megan a portrait of Princess Leia, 'Electronique' Batwoman sketch in progress and 'finished' (bottom)
23 comments:
- John Beatty said...
Nice, my friend! Glad to hear you had a great show, besides the 'nerd'!!!
Had I been there...maybe we would have taken him out? :)
Nice banner!!! I remember you telling me you were making a BIG one for the book...well...you did!
See you soon-
- August 08, 2006 3:33 AM
- manucha said...
I'm really pleased to see the pictures! They give me a visual feel with your up-date on the convention. As for Megan, she looks so cute and very happy!! The best of times in the beginning process. It's also good to hear there was no chaos, for that matter, running out of books is on a positive note!! :P
Thanks for sharing.
- August 08, 2006 10:11 AM
- Process Junkie said...
BigGuy Hey!, I mailed you a book last Wednesday, you should have received it by now.
Manucha Yeah, Megan had a great time drawing non-stop. Thanks for the pics!
- August 08, 2006 11:55 AM
- Mark said...
I received Pistolas yesterday. I don't see how you're making any money on that thing. Hell, the paper's got to be worth what I paid, not to mention your time and considerable talent. Excellent job!
- August 08, 2006 1:14 PM
- JoePekar said...
it was great seeing you again alberto! and what a pleasure it was to meet Megan! That Leia piece turned out very nice, great job girl! Maybe someday I'll get to color something of hers :)
oh and that 'buy my comic' guy was aggravating as hell, just for the few minutes I was around your table...that you didn't punch him in the gut shows you what a compassionate person you are...either that or you were just too busy selling all your books ;)
- August 08, 2006 2:40 PM
- John Beatty said...
I just got it today...have been to busy to get to POBox!
Thank you much, my friend!
- August 08, 2006 3:50 PM
- AphroditeIX said...
It was great to meet you, though briefly! This was my first comic con, and I'd stupidly only bought a one day pass. It's obvious to me now that in order to fully appreciate a comic con, you need at least 2 days! Next time I will know that.
I also wish I'd have bought a book from you. But...I landed at the Midway airport instead of the CORRECT O'Hare, and had to pay $130 to get to my hotel. That was most of my spending money right there :(
Any plans on going to the NY Comic Con in February? I'm strongly considering going to that one, and will bring mucho mucho moneys!!!
Also, do you have myspace? If so, I'd be honored if you would add me!
www.myspace.com/aphroditeIX . Excuse the minimal clothing. Surely you're a man who appreciates a mormon-esque modesty ;)
I remember the guy (I'm glad you've cleared that up for me, first off, that it was indeed a guy) that was in the next booth. JESUS he was annoying. He tried hollering at me to come to his table. "BUY MY COMIC!" It was the SHITTIEST thing I had ever seen. Jesus Christ.
What a beautiful sight it would be...to see you punch him out mid-holler. *sigh*
- August 09, 2006 7:40 PM
- Process Junkie said...
Mark: Money is over-rated :)
thanks for purchasing the book, I'm glad you are enoying it.
Joe: Yes, it was a treat to hang out with you, we'll do Texas for sure, let's get 2 tables. :)
Chelsea: Amen, sister! a punch in the throat would feel so good!
Sorry to hear about your experience, next time stay for 3 days, I'll see you in NYC.
- August 10, 2006 12:45 AM
- mantaux said...
ey! k tal alberto?
hacía tiempo que no te escribía pero paso mucho por aqui y miro y re-miro todos tus dibujos desde el '05.
me gustaria que te pasaras por mi blog, he hecho un par de ilustraciones con un retrato de keira knightley y me gustaria que me dieras tu opinion.
me podrias hablar tambien de los vectores... en ingles no me entero demasiado bien, je!, y si utilizas el ¿adobe ilustrator? para dibujar?
gracias y hasta otra
- August 10, 2006 4:53 AM
- Alex Senna said...
Hey! Nice blog! You have a good taste for drawings!
- August 10, 2006 9:30 AM
- Process Junkie said...
Mantaux: Paso por tu blog en un par de horas.
Alex Senna:Thanks!
- August 10, 2006 11:39 AM
- dan szilagyi said...
awesome drawings man! good to hear that you had a nice time, and i totally agree with your feeling about that nerdy annoying guy, but oh well i'm sure he's sad enough anyway
- August 11, 2006 1:30 AM
- inkwaster said...
Hey bud, Congrats on having done a great job at the shows. I'm glad to see the new book doing. I'll be placing my order soon. Thanks for sharing your work with us, Can't tell you how much you continue to inspire and motivate me.
Much blessing bro!
- August 11, 2006 11:39 AM
- Process Junkie said...
Thanks dan & Ray.
- August 11, 2006 2:43 PM
- Mauricio said...
Hola Alberto,
Very good, te felicito!!!
Saludos de acá!
- August 14, 2006 7:41 PM
- FrogDaddy said...
goddamn if Megan didn't absolutely nail
Carrie Fisher's pout...The apple doesn't fall
far from the tree, man- god bless!
- August 14, 2006 7:59 PM
- TMALO70 said...
Buenas Tardes Alberto,
This is Antonio Maldonado, we always run into each other at Wizard World Chicago... Anywho, I just wanted to let you know that it was a Pleasure as always to reconnect with you at the con, as well as buyin' any of your new sketchbooks... I also added you to my links section on my blog, hope you don't mind...
Take Care Bro',
- August 14, 2006 9:14 PM
- UrbanBarbarian said...
Way to go! That banner looks great!
- August 16, 2006 1:06 AM
- Process Junkie said...
Gracias mil!Mauricio & Antonio.
FroggDaddyO: She's something else this kid, :))
UrbanBarbarella Hey, man! if was nice to finally have met you. Take care!
- August 16, 2006 5:19 AM
- Grant Gould said...
**We sat next to an incredibly annoying nerd, who, for 8 hours a day, did not stop yelling at the top of his lungs in the most disturbingly high pitch: "Please buy my comic"**
holy shit, i totally remember that guy :) talk about a fast way to scare me away from your table.. heh.
anyway, it was good seeing you again, man. thanks for the great sketchbook and crazy wonder woman doodle for jess. ;)
- August 20, 2006 6:10 AM
- Andrew Glazebrook said...
Fabulous work !! Your Blog in way cool !
- August 29, 2006 8:34 PM
- Process Junkie said...
Thank you, Mr. Glazebrook!
- August 30, 2006 6:43 AM
- boob said...
Alberto - It was terrific meeting you in Chicago this year. Thanks for the signed print - I traded my own sketchbook with you. I've been a fan of your work for years and it's always so great meeting artists you look up and finding out they're the nicest people too. I'll be linking you shortly.
Thanks for the kinda words and keep fightin' the good fight. Awesome work as always!
- September 02, 2006 12:27 PM


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Speed dating goes 'halal' in Muslim-majority Malaysia
By Emily Chow
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Dressed in a headscarf and full-length robe, 24 year-old Nurnadille Edlena takes notes intently as the man before her introduces himself.
The two are at Halal Speed Dating, a new matchmaking event in Kuala Lumpur that is helping Malaysian Muslims find partners in a largely conservative society where courtship is frowned upon and marriages are often arranged.
The dating service is halal, meaning permissible under Islamic law, as it is practiced with an Islamic twist: women speed daters must be chaperoned by a wali, or guardian until she gets married and who grants her the permission to do so.
"I brought my parents as they are the best people who can guide me to find someone," said Nurnadille.
"I'm focusing on finding someone who can willingly accept me for who I am."
Malaysia is a largely moderate Muslim country, where Islam is the official religion and ethnic Malay Muslims make up two thirds of the 30 million people.
Many young Malaysians meet as young people do in many places, including through the dating app Tinder and on Facebook, but dating is complicated for young Muslims in Malaysia, where public displays of affection and intimacy before marriage is strictly disapproved of.
Halal Speed Dating's founders say most of their clients hope to find a spouse. A client can shortlist up to three possible partners but can only negotiate marriage with one at a time, in accordance with Islamic rules. Continued...


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