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BRIGHT, Henry (1784-1869), of 2 Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn, Mdx.
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Family and Educationb. 18 Jan. 1784, 1st s. of Richard Bright, banker and merchant, of Bristol and Sarah, da. of Benjamin Heywood, merchant, of Liverpool. educ. Reading; Peterhouse, Camb. 1801, fellow 1810; L. Inn 1804, called 1810. unm. suc. fa. 1840. d. 26 Mar. 1869.
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Bright came from a junior branch of a family that originated in Worcestershire and had been established as landowners in Herefordshire since the seventeenth century. His grandfather was a West India merchant and mayor of Bristol in 1771 and his father was a partner in the city bank of Ames, Cave and Company, but he never directly engaged in business.1 His academic career was interrupted in 1805 when he was rusticated from Cambridge for a year following a 'little fracas' in a shop,2 but he later became a Perne fellow of Peterhouse and a practising barrister on the western circuit; one of his brothers was Dr. Richard Bright, the eminent pathologist. In 1818 his father inherited the family estates in Herefordshire from a cousin and land in Hampshire from another cousin, Richard Meyler, Member for Winchester. Bright was invited to offer for Bristol in 1820 as the representative of the West India Whig interest, and declared that his aim was to 'restore the constitution ... to the standard' of 1688 by 'reducing the power of the crown to its legitimate bounds', and that he favoured a 'practicable' measure of parliamentary reform, retrenchment and tax cuts. When pressed on the Catholic question, he stated that given 'the moral tendencies of ... Catholic doctrines' he was 'not a friend' to their cause. He was returned at the head of the poll.3
He was an active member of the Whig opposition to Lord Liverpool's ministry on most major issues, including parliamentary reform, 9, 31 May 1821, 24 June 1822. However, he never joined Brooks's Club and his attachment to 'liberal' principles was crucially tempered by constituency considerations. He supported the 'eminently advantageous' Western Union canal bill and was a majority teller, 15 May. He argued that the insolvent debtors bill should distinguish between 'honest unfortunate' and 'fraudulent' debtors, 26 May, and moved on 12 June that its provisions be extended to cover crown debtors, but withdrew as the sense of the committee was against him. He was named to the select committee on agricultural distress, 31 May, but wished he could decline as its membership was so obviously packed. He believed the standing army should be reduced to the level of 1792, arguing that though the country was disturbed 'the principles of the people were sound', 14 June. He warned that the excess of spirits bill would lead to the West of England being 'deluged' with 'ardent spirits' from Ireland, 6 July. He opposed the turnpike returns bill, which showed 'want of confidence' in commissioners 'who performed a laborious duty gratuitously' and sought to vest greater power in government, 12 July 1820.4 He thought the Commons should offer Queen Caroline what financial provision it deemed fit and let her decide whether or not to accept, 31 Jan. 1821. He spoke 'warmly' against the sheriff of Cheshire who had 'fraudulently dispossessed the people of one of their most valuable constitutional rights', 9 Feb., and supported restoration of the queen's name to the liturgy 'in point of law as well as on the ground of expediency', 13 Feb. He complained that some Members were 'disposed to take off taxes from themselves and lay them upon their neighbours', as in the case of the husbandry horses tax, 5 Mar. He supported repeal of the additional malt duty, although it was not the most pressing case for relief, 3 Apr., as it would force ministers to retrench. He opposed the grant to Sandhurst in the belief that 'a better system of education might be promoted at much less expense', 30 Apr. He condemned the country gentlemen for failing to attend to enforce retrenchment, 28 May, and lamented that Britain was becoming 'a military nation' when it should look to the navy as its 'natural protection'. He claimed he was not opposed to the additional grant to the duke of Clarence but saw no ground for the payment of arrears, 8 June. He supported the amended tobacco duties bill, 18 June.5 He warned that 'small tradesmen would be injured' by the proposed extra post bill, 17 May, and moved the rejection of the packet vessels bill, which exposed owners and captains to the excise penalties, 13 June; he was a minority teller.6 He defended the petition complaining of the conduct of Justice William Best† and was a minority teller for its reception, 23 Feb. He favoured a provision in the spoiled stamps bill to permit unstamped papers to be allowed as legal evidence in certain cases, 30 Apr.7 He 'indignantly' repudiated the 'vile, base and atrocious imputations ... thrown upon the judges' by Henry Hunt's* petition complaining of ill-treatment at Ilchester gaol, 15 May, and was a majority teller for discharging the order for a copy of the magistrates' report, 21 June. He opposed the forgery punishment mitigation bill, 23 May, arguing that forgery was 'the crime of education and trade' and that the death penalty was needed 'for the protection of property'. He divided against Catholic claims, 28 Feb., argued that the Protestant Dissenter should 'be first raised to his proper rank in the state', 16 Mar., and opposed the relief bill 'upon every principle of the British constitution', 26 Mar. He condemned the Irish education bill as one that taxed Dissenters for a system biased towards the established church, 10 July 1821. He was a minority teller for omitting the 'monstrous' indemnity clause from the Irish insurrection bill, 8 Feb. 1822. He criticized Canning's plan to relieve Catholic peers of their disabilities as 'one great step to the admission of ... Catholics to political power', 29 Mar. He emphasized the need for retrenchment, 28 Feb., declaring that 'they might ... strike out of the estimates many sinecures ... useless offices ... boards and lords of the admiralty'. However, he defended the grant for fortifications in Barbados, 27 Mar. He presented and endorsed Bristol petitions for repeal of the duties on leather, 30 Apr., tobacco, 10, 14 May, and salt, 30 May, 17 June.8 He denounced the deadweight pensions scheme as a 'delusion', which diverted public attention from the real issue of tax cuts, 1 May. He denied that the king had the prerogative right to dismiss army officers, 12 Mar. He presented a Bristol petition for inquiry into the conditions of Hunt's imprisonment and admitted that a case had been made, 18 Mar.9 He thought the colonial trade bill would 'give a blow to the remains of the slave trade' and benefit the West Indian slaves, 1 Apr., but he urged ministers to declare their intentions regarding the sugar duties, 17 May. He approved of the measures taken to combat piracy in the West Indies, 23 July, but could not 'acquit the admiralty of supineness', 30 July. He warned that the increase in the number of partners allowed in country banks would render the bankruptcy regulations 'entirely inefficient', 9 May.10 He thought it was 'due in equity to the commercial interest' to permit the export of bonded corn as flour and acted as a minority teller, 10 June. He supported repeal of a part of the Excise Licenses Act that was damaging to maltsters, 2 July. He condemned the Canada government bill as 'purely an Upper Canada bill, having for its object to destroy the influence of the Lower Provinces and give a decided superiority to the Protestant over the Catholic population', 18 July; he was a minority teller for instructing the committee to divide the bill into two. He expressed the hope that the ancient histories of the realm would be 'published at full length', 24 July 1822.
Bright condemned the insolvency laws for 'letting loose a most profligate race of men to prey upon the community', 14 Feb., supported a Bristol petition against the insolvent debtors bill, 17 Feb., and argued that if the law could not be amended it had better be repealed, 13 Mar. 1823.11 He was in 'no way satisfied' with the government's tax reductions, which only affected 'superfluities', 25 Feb., and observed that repealing the assessed taxes would remove a 'host of collectors ... to the very beneficial diminution of the influence of the crown'.12 He supported repeal of the house and window taxes for properties rated under £5, 10 Mar., arguing that the burden was 'felt most in the close and unhealthy quarters of great towns'. He urged the Commons to consider the state of the colonies 'for the purpose of forming wise and wholesome constitutions' and to pay 'due regard ... to their immediate wants and their original habits', 25 Feb. He deplored the 'extreme injustice' of the treatment of the people of Cape Breton, who were opposed to union with Nova Scotia, 25 Mar., and was a minority teller for inquiry into the state of Newfoundland, 14 May. He supported the petition for the introduction of trial by jury in New South Wales, which was 'necessary for the freedom and civilization of the colony', 2 July; he was a minority teller for it to be considered by a committee of the whole House. On 7 July he moved to reject the report on the New South Wales bill, which was 'drawn with such ... utter contempt of every principle of British jurisprudence', but he was defeated by 41-30. He was not satisfied that the admiralty was giving traders in the West Indies sufficient protection from pirates, 4 Mar. He complained of the 'gross exaggerations' contained in the Southwark anti-slavery petition, 27 Mar., maintaining that 'the gradual progress of civilization in the West Indies would do more towards ameliorating the condition of the black population than could be effected by the enactment of positive laws'. He presented two Bristol petitions for equalization of the sugar duties, 22 May.13 He objected to the East India trade bill, 3 July, warning that it would allow opium to be imported into the West Indies, of which 'nothing could be more destructive'.14 He warmly supported the grant for a monument to Edward Jenner, 19 Mar. He pointed to the 'truly frightful' powers which the warehousing bill left in the hands of excise commissioners and lords of the treasury, 21 Apr., and 'derived little consolation' from the promised consolidation of the customs and excise laws, 'many of which he would rather see expire', 3 June.15 He was a minority teller against the reciprocity of duties bill, 4 July. He voted with ministers against repealing the Foreign Enlistment Act, 16 Apr. He put questions to witnesses during the Commons hearings into the Orange plot to murder the Irish lord lieutenant, 2, 5, 23, 27 May. He supported inquiry into the procedure for empanelling special juries, 28 May. He predicted that the silk bill would cause 'distress, confusion and discontent' among the workers, 9 June, adding that it was not 'fitted for the complicated state of society in which they lived', 18 July 1823. He considered the Bermuda naval establishment to be 'of the utmost importance' and hoped the works there could be expedited, 20 Feb. 1824. He supported the grant for the civil establishment of Canada, 12 Mar., arguing that the colony might become 'a counterpoise to the power of the United States'. He supported a Bristol petition for repeal of the tobacco duties, 'perhaps a more fertile source of crime than any other branch of the revenue', 24 Feb. He thought reduction of the sugar duties was 'not advisable' at the present time, 8 Mar. That day he supported a Bristol petition for repeal of the window tax.16 He called for wool merchants to be allowed a drawback on imports, a matter of considerable concern in Bristol, 19, 29 Mar. He favoured repeal of the salt tax to benefit the fisheries, 6 Apr., and was a minority teller against the hides and skins bill, 14 Apr. He supported the warehoused wheat bill as he hoped to see Britain become the 'granary of Europe', 17 May. He presented a Bristol shoemakers' petition against the combination laws, 19 Mar.17 He was a majority teller for the Bristol and Taunton canal bill, 30 Mar. He argued that the St. Katharine's Docks bill should be postponed as insufficient notice had been given to those facing eviction, 2 Apr. He maintained that the Manchester gas light bill violated the standing orders of the House, 6 May, and complained of the 'improper' way that 'night after night, petitions were presented for private bills'; he withdrew his motion on the subject as a select committee had been appointed, 10 June.18 He was a minority teller against the Equitable Loan bank bill, 1 June. He voted against Brougham's motion condemning the trial of the Methodist missionary John Smith in Demerara, 11 June. He opposed the East India possessions bill, 17 June 1824, arguing that it involved a 'breach of faith to the native powers' and that the territory being returned to the Dutch was the 'property of the crown'.
He voted against the usury laws repeal bill on account of its effect on 'the comforts of the middling and lower classes', 17 Feb. 1825. He was 'favourable' that day to the game bill. He criticized the way in which private business was conducted in the House and was 'decidedly of opinion that no Member who had a direct interest in a private bill ought to vote upon it', 23 Feb. He was a majority teller for the third reading of the Newbury improvement bill, 5 May, and for the motion to allow the committee on the Berkshire and Hampshire canal bill more time to report, 10 June. He supported a Bristol petition for repeal of the house and window taxes, 25 Feb.19 In opposing the 'utterly uncalled for' army estimates, 7 Mar., he argued that 'ministers, though they had gained, had not yet deserved any popularity by their reduction of taxation'; they had merely 'obtained the same revenue from a diminished taxation in consequence of the spirit with which the people ... entered into all commercial transactions'. He regretted the 'comparative inattention' to West Indian interests in the budget statement, 28 Feb., hoped that the friends of free trade would 'not ... leave them in the lurch', 18 Mar., and called for 'facilities' to encourage the introduction of new crops, 17 June. He complained of government inaction on the corn laws, 26, 28 Apr. He divided against Catholic claims, 1 Mar., 21 Apr., 10 May, and declared that 'persecution was the essence of Popery', 19 Apr. He voted against the Irish franchise bill, 26 Apr., 9 May. He expressed his 'entire approbation' of the juries regulation bill, 9 Mar., and agreed not to press his amendment to prevent juries from separating until they had given their verdict, 30 May.20 He introduced an arrest for debt bill to prevent frivolous and vexatious arrests for small debts, 16 Mar.;21 it passed, but did not reach the Lords. He approved of the 'urgently called for' felonies pardon bill, 24 Mar. He thought the compensation to court officials for loss of fees in the county courts bill was 'objectionable in principle' and 'pernicious in ... example', 13 May, and he secured the exemption of Bristol, 19 May.22 He gave his 'hearty assent' to the Canadian wastelands bill, which would advance the progress of the colony, 15 Mar. He warned that India was 'in a state of disturbance and anger' and was a minority teller for information about the organization of the Bengal army, 24 Mar. He claimed that the slave trade had increased in Mauritius and was a minority teller against the Mauritius trade bill, 3 June. He presented petitions from Spitalfields silkweavers and Bath mechanics against the combination laws, 3, 17 May 1825.23 He was said at this time to be 'a dull orator'.24 He introduced a debtor and creditor bill, to make the agreement of the majority of creditors binding on the others, 10 Feb. 1826; it passed, but did not reach the Lords. He advised ministers to issue exchequer bills to relieve distress, as in 1793, and declared that it was 'absolutely necessary that some plan should be devised for supplying the provinces with a circulating medium', 15 Feb. He criticized government 'supineness during the late distress' and repeated his call for exchequer bills, 17 Feb., adding that he was 'no theorist' and 'disliked the fashionable philosophy of the day'. He supported the London merchants' petition for relief from distress, which he feared 'must become more extensive', 23 Feb. In the 'very critical situation' facing the country he believed that 'not a shilling should be voted' until the whole of the estimates were before the House, 15 Feb.;25 he supported the motion for detailed navy estimates, 17 Feb. He condemned ministers for not making their position clear on the usury laws repeal bill, 15 Feb., and warned the country gentlemen that it would be 'most injurious ... to their interests' as they would only be able to raise money on mortgage at the 'most enormous rate'. He favoured abolishing the tax on receipt stamps, which 'pressed heavily upon persons ill able to bear it', 13 Mar. He argued that 'an alteration of the corn laws was ... essentially necessary to the welfare of the country' and accused ministers of 'shirking from their duty', 4 May. He voted against the motion condemning the Jamaican slave trials, 2 Mar. He argued that the county elections bill 'ought to be extended to all the places which had lost their ancient rights', 26 Apr., and voted for Russell's resolutions to curb electoral bribery, 26 May (but not his reform motion, 27 Apr.). He supported the call for papers regarding the 'calamitous, unprovoked and unnecessary' Burmese war, 26 Apr., and warned two days later that if the East India naval force bill were passed Parliament would lose all control over such events; but 'he knew and lamented the indifference with which all subjects connected with India were treated by the people of England'. He said he would 'strenuously oppose' an Act of Indemnity until the allegations of torture authorized by magistrates in New South Wales had been investigated, 2 May 1826.26 At the general election that summer he was returned for Bristol in second place, behind a Tory, after affirming his support for retrenchment and opposition to Catholic emancipation, and defending himself against accusations that he was an inefficient representative of the city's commercial interests. It was stated on several occasions, without contradiction, that he had seceded from the Church of England and joined one of the Dissenting sects.27
Bright attended meetings of the West India planters and merchants' committee in London during the 1826 Parliament.28 He advised against any 'sudden change' to the law regarding the export of machinery, 6 Dec. 1826. On the address, 12 Dec. 1826, he argued that Britain was not obliged to intervene in Portugal as this would be 'taking part in a civil war'. He observed that previous emigration schemes had 'amounted to a total failure', 15 Feb. 1827, and thought 'better and more eligible means' were needed to encourage this desirable objective, such as the mapping and surveying of Canada. He presented a Bristol petition for revision of the corn laws, 26 Feb.,29 and voted for a 50s. rather than a 60s. import price, 9 Mar., and against increased protection for barley, 12 Mar. He divided against Catholic claims, 6 Mar. On 2 May he urged Peel, now out of office, to 'come forward manfully and maintain his opinions', in the belief that 'he would be backed by the country and ... an end would soon be put to the Catholic question'. He rejected the argument that emancipation would pacify Ireland, the condition of which was attributable to its 'low state of civilization'. He was granted one month's leave on account of the illness of a near relative, 14 Mar. He divided against Canning's ministry for separating bankruptcy jurisdiction from chancery, 22 May, and the disfranchisement of Penryn, 28 May. He supported the London petition for a lower duty on marine insurance, 21 June 1827.30 He supported petitions for repeal of the stamp receipt duty, 19 Feb. 1828, and complained of the 'ruinous' system of 'commercial espionage' organized by the stamp office. He approved of the motion for greater control over crown proceedings for the recovery of penalties under the customs and excise laws, 1 May, describing the system as 'oppressive' and arguing that 'if we are to have a free trade all these impediments and shackles ought to be removed'; he was a minority teller. He objected to a 'new field being opened up to the excise' by the passage vessels licensing bill, 30 June. He feared that the silk trade would be 'thrown into confusion and distress' by Poulett Thomson's proposal to cut the import duty on silk goods, 10 July, and voted with the Wellington ministry against this, 14 July. He complained that the import duty on lead ore was virtually a 'prohibition', but did not press his motion for reduction, 15 July. He presented petitions for repeal of the Test Acts, 25 Feb., and voted in this sense next day. He divided against Catholic claims, 12 May. He supported the motion for papers regarding the Canada Company, 27 Mar., observing that it was necessary to dispose of the land known as the crown and clergy reserves, which 'interfered with the communication between one part of the province and another'. He endorsed the New South Wales petition for popular representation and trial by jury, 18 Apr., which would 'advance civilization and ... be the means of encouraging commerce and manufactures'; he therefore had 'very great objections' to the government's bill. He thought the removal of Stephen, counsel to the colonial office, would be 'hailed by the colonies as a most important step of conciliation', 30 May. He argued that the West Indies were entitled to 'claim a preference in our markets', as they had lost free access to those in the United States, 9 June, and maintained that the removal of bounties would be a 'violation of the parliamentary pledge ... that we would protect the interests of our colonies'. He warned that refusing the royal assent to the Act by the Jamaican assembly to consolidate its slave laws had 'produced the greatest irritation', 1 July. He condemned the fact that Greeks from Morea had been sold into slavery by the Egyptians after the battle of Navarino, 3 Apr., and concluded that 'our intercourse with Turkey has been of a very improper character'. He argued that the friendly societies bill must do nothing that could 'possibly have the effect of breaking up such societies', 28 Apr., and advised next day that it should be abandoned as the 'greatest hostility prevails'. He voted against the financial provision for Canning's family, 13 May, and for information regarding civil list pensions, 20 May, and he described the salaries of envoys to the new American states as 'too large', 30 May. He made detailed objections to the borough polls bill, which he considered unworkable, 15 May. He voted for inquiry into the circulation of small bank notes in Scotland and Ireland, 5 June. Next day he asked when a better place would be found for 'invaluable' public records than a wooden box in Westminster Hall. He presented or supported petitions from contractors for the settlement of their claims on the French government, 23 June, 11, 17 July. He divided against the additional churches bill, 30 June 1828.
In February 1829 Planta, the patronage secretary, listed Bright as being 'opposed to the principle' of Catholic emancipation, and indeed he saw 'no reason to change the opinions I have always ... entertained' on this subject, 13 Feb. He admitted that the Bristol pro-Catholic petition showed that 'there is among the respectable people of the city a strong division of sentiment, more so ... than I had anticipated', 19 Feb., but he maintained that the anti-Catholic petition represented the views of 'a great body of the middling and ordinary classes of life', 26 Feb. He divided against emancipation, 6, 18, 23, 27, 30 Mar., and supported the amendment stipulating that the prime minister must be a Protestant, 24 Mar., as a 'watchman' was needed 'to guard ... the British constitution'. He regretted that nothing had been done about the stamp receipt tax, 23 Feb., and said the house tax was the 'cause of the greatest oppression to citizens'. He favoured the appointment of a committee to consider silk trade petitions, 26 Feb., thought French imports were partly to blame for distress in the industry, 7 Apr., presented a Manchester petition for relief, 10 Apr., and voted against the silk trade bill, 1 May. He successfully objected to the addition of names to the committee on private bills, which upset the arrangement by which such committees were appointed, 17 Mar. He favoured inquiry before passing the justice of the peace bill, 25 Mar., as 'the subject of summary convictions ... ought to be looked at with great suspicion'. He had 'a great objection' to the home secretary Peel's metropolitan police bill, which created 'only a partial system' and gave 'new power to the secretary of state', 19 May. He presented a Hackney petition against the bill, 'one of the most arbitrary ever brought before Parliament', 25 May, but later that evening announced that he would not press his opposition further. Although he preferred to rely on the 'good sense of the House' in dealing with cases of Members accepting offices abroad, 6 May, he supported the East India offices bill, 19 May, but not the clause making its operation retrospective, 22 May. That day he thought the case of the Rosanna brig showed the defective state of the law regarding compensation for damage caused by a king's ship, and he suggested that the droits of admiralty should be used to establish a permanent compensation fund. He argued that the sugar duties should not be equalized until the West Indian colonies were allowed to trade freely with other countries, 25 May. He moved to reduce the duty on tobacco by 9d., which would enable the West Indies 'to become rival producers ... with the United States', 1 June, but was ruled out of order. He voted to reduce the grant for the sculpture of the marble arch, 25 May. He supported a petition for continuation of the fishery bounties, 2 June 1829, as this industry was 'not ready for free trade'. He voted that day for the issue of the East Retford writ, not on the basis of innocence or guilt but because the Commons had 'not proceeded in the inquiry with due diligence'. He divided for Knatchbull's amendment to the address on distress, 4 Feb., and tax reductions, 15 Feb. 1830. He declared that distress could only be relieved by 'a great reduction in ... national expenditure and a great reduction of taxation', 19 Feb., and suggested that lowering the tax on servants would create employment, 5 Mar. In presenting a Bristol petition for tax remissions, 8 Mar., he expressed the opinion that 'distress has been mainly occasioned by our reversion to a metallic currency'. He opposed the appointment of a select committee to inquire into taxation as it was 'our duty to act collectively as a body', 25 Mar. He obtained a return of the number of surcharges under the Assessed Taxes Act, 27 May, and argued next day that this provided 'proof of a most oppressive system' and that 'repeal of the ... taxes would diffuse good and afford general satisfaction'. He regularly acted with the revived Whig opposition that session on retrenchment motions. He complained that the opinion of the House had not been taken before commissioners were appointed to inquire into colonial expenditure, 22 Mar., and objected to the way it was being asked to grant money for a hospital in Malta when the building was nearly complete, 26 Mar. He had 'little hope of any good result' from the select committee on the East India Company, 9 Feb. He supported the West India planters and merchants' petition for lower duties on sugar and rum, 23 Feb., pointed to the 'unparalleled' distress of the 'colonial body', many of whom had been 'reduced to absolute penury', and argued that there was no chance of ameliorating the condition of the slaves while the colonists felt unjustly treated. He appealed for measures to encourage tobacco cultivation in the West Indies, 8 Apr. He said he needed to consult his constituents before expressing an opinion on the government's plan for reducing the sugar duties, 14 June, but was advised that it was 'partial, complicated, unjust and difficult of execution', 21 June; he suspected that 'there are some other measures which are to be kept back until this one is passed'. He supported Lord Chandos's amendment for further reductions, 30 June, and maintained that the planters were 'entitled to the approbation of this House' for their efforts to improve the condition of the slaves, 1 July. He presented a Bristol West India planters and merchants' petition for a lower duty on rum, 17 June, but was 'sorry to see that their interests can be so trifled with'. He divided against Lord Blandford's reform plan, 18 Feb., but supported the 'practical proposition' for enfranchising Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester, which would develop the constitution by 'replenishing Parliament from quarters not hitherto properly represented', 23 Feb. He rejected the argument that county Members could be the advocates of manufacturers as their interests were 'entirely different'. He did not vote for Russell's general reform motion, 2 May. He presented two Bristol petitions for Jewish emancipation, 4 May, and paired for the relief bill, 17 May. He presented a petition against the Avon and Gloucestershire railway bill, 12 Mar., and accused the Kennet and Avon Canal Company of 'monstrous' conduct towards the Bristol and Gloucestershire Railway Company; he was a majority teller against the second reading. He advised ministers to reduce the stamp duty on advertisements, insurances and small receipts, 7 Apr., and expressed dissatisfaction with their Stamp Act, 28 May. He thought there was an 'absolute necessity' for revision of the insolvency laws to afford greater protection to traders, 29 Apr., and condemned the 'quite abominable' practices and procedures in the bankruptcy and insolvency courts, 14 May, declaring that 'there never was a system better calculated to corrupt a community'. He regretted the clause in the administration of justice bill abolishing arrest for debt in cases involving less than £100, which would 'open a door to the grossest frauds upon the honest creditor', 18 May. He paired against abolishing the death penalty for forgery, 7 June. He regarded the sale of beer bill as 'nothing but a half measure', as innkeepers would be subject to the excise regulations, 3 May. He feared that the bill would operate against 'the establishment of a small system of brewing' and that 'large capitalists will have a greater monopoly than they have at present', 4 June. He voted to prohibit sales for on-consumption, 21 June, and to postpone them for two years, 1 July. He thought the benefits of the labourers' wages bill were 'obvious', 3 May, and warned that it was 'totally impossible' for the country to 'go on in peace while the only property of the poor ... the wages of their labour [was] taken away from them'; he defended the bill's wording, 1, 5 July. He voted for inquiry into the state of Newfoundland, 11 May, and of Ceylon, 27 May. He praised Huskisson's speech on relations with Mexico, 20 May, and argued that 'any course of conduct' would be justifiable to prevent it and Cuba from being absorbed by the United States. He was 'very suspicious' of the proposed changes to the four-and-a-half per cent duties, 21 May, and feared that the crown was 'endowing itself with a large revenue by means of obsolete and forgotten views of fiscal regulations'. He hoped there would be no restrictions on the rights of Members when presenting petitions, 15 June, as they afforded a 'better opportunity of being heard, and of giving satisfaction to those whose interest they represent, than in set debates'. He also complained of the way public business was conducted in the early hours of the morning, by which means 'the vigilance of Members is deceived and objectionable measures are passed without receiving due investigation'. On 17 June he protested against the resolution that public business should commence at 5.30 pm, as this left insufficient time for petitions. He regretted that there was to be an early dissolution when so much urgent business remained to be dealt with, 30 June 1830, observing that it was particularly inconvenient for lawyers on the circuit.
At the dissolution Bright announced his decision not to stand again for Bristol, 'being as he says tired of it and the expense'.31 A Whig diarist later recalled how Canning had compared 'the snapping, barking, cur-looking Member for Bristol to a dog tied by a string under a pedlar's cart'.32 In 1840 he inherited his father's estates in Herefordshire and Hampshire, along with a one-fifth share of the Jamaican property and a one-seventh share of the residue.33 He died in March 1869 and divided the bulk of his property between various nephews.
Ref Volumes: 1820-1832
Author: Terry Jenkins
- 1. C. Cave, Hist. Banking in Bristol, 220-1.
- 2. Palmerston-Sulivan Letters, 40.
- 3. Bristol Jnl. 26 Feb., 4, 11 Mar. 1820.
- 4. The Times, 13 July 1820.
- 5. Ibid. 19 June 1821.
- 6. Ibid. 18 May, 14 June 1821.
- 7. Ibid. 1 May 1821.
- 8. Ibid. 1, 11, 15, 31 May, 18 June 1822.
- 9. Ibid. 19 Mar. 1822.
- 10. Ibid. 10 May 1822.
- 11. Ibid. 15, 18 Feb. 1823.
- 12. Ibid. 26 Feb. 1823.
- 13. Ibid. 23 May 1823.
- 14. Ibid. 4 July 1823.
- 15. Ibid. 4 June 1823.
- 16. Ibid. 9 Mar. 1824.
- 17. Ibid. 20 Mar. 1824.
- 18. Ibid. 11 June 1824.
- 19. Ibid. 26 Feb. 1825.
- 20. Ibid. 31 May 1825.
- 21. Ibid. 17 Mar. 1825.
- 22. Ibid. 20 May 1825.
- 23. Ibid. 4, 18 May 1825.
- 24. Session of Parl. 1825, p. 452.
- 25. The Times, 16 Feb. 1826.
- 26. Ibid. 3 May 1826.
- 27. Bristol Jnl. 3, 10, 17 June 1826; J. Latimer, Annals of Bristol, 129.
- 28. Inst. of Commonwealth Stud. M915/4.
- 29. The Times, 27 Feb. 1827.
- 30. Ibid. 22 June 1827.
- 31. Bristol Jnl. 10 July 1830; Hopetoun mss 167, f. 153.
- 32. Hatherton diary, 17 Mar. 1836.
- 33. The will was proved under £50,000 (PROB 11/1928/390; IR26/1538/421).


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Live NetTV is an Android APK offering over 800 official live IPTV channels updated daily. This application has many great channel categories that include free television shows, movies, live sporting events, news, kids programming, and more. Live NetTV is well worth having on your Fire TV Stick or any other Android TV box.
UK and international sports channels can be seen in this image. There are also many network stations from the Middle East and Asia.
Live NetTV provides premium IPTV service without a subscription. Watch it all with the latest version of Live NetTV APK working on Android devices using this MTM guide.
In this Firestick APK app tutorial, I demonstrate on an Android Firestick 4K and second generation Fire TV Stick. Download Live Net TV on Fire TV Stick, Fire Cube, Firestick 4K, Android TV Box, NVIDIA SHIELD, or virtually any other Android streaming device.
The application install and download steps detailed below work on all of these devices.
We use Downloader to side-load the Live NetTV APK file. This is a free Android application found in both the Amazon App Store and Google Play Store. If you need assistance getting it installed on your device, look farther down the page for a link and detailed instructions.
You'll also find an illustrated step-by-step guide to installing Live NetTV APK on FireOS or Android streaming devices.
Live NetTV Quick Download & Installation
- Install Downloader APK and Open the App.
- Click Allow for app permissions and then OK to close the update notes.
- Type
https://mytm.pw/livenettvin the URL box with a remote or the virtual keyboard and click Go. You can also click this download link to download the LiveNetTV APK onto your current device.
- Once the APK download finishes, click Install and Done.
- Return to Downloader and Delete the APK.
Watch Live NetTV Anonymously
Streaming IPTV services such as these only through a securely encrypted virtual private network is wise. It's difficult to know if content being delivered on the Live NetTV service is appropriately licensed for distribution. If you aren't protected, then your ISP, government agencies, corporate marketers, and other hackers monitor and log everything you do online.
It's easy to download or stream free live TV channels, sports, and movies safely and privately.
When using free streaming apps such as Live NetTV, a securely encrypted VPN is highly recommended to hide your identity, location, and online activities. Many experienced free video streamers, including everyone here at My True Media, prefer Surfshark VPN for price, speed, and privacy.
Providing the fastest VPN server speeds available and helpful 24/7 live chat support, Surfshark VPN has easy to use apps, including a Fire TV Stick native app. We've also arranged a special discount exclusively for My True Media readers.
Right now, you can try the Surfshark VPN app free for 30 days. Get the fastest, most secure VPN available risk-free with their 30-day money back guarantee.
Why is VPN Important?
If unsure what a VPN is, how it works, or why you really should use one, save yourself a lot of trouble and learn more about them.
Read Why Encrypted VPN is so Important: What is VPN?
Guide to Installing Live NetTV
The following tutorial is for users with little experience downloading a streaming application onto a Firestick 4K or other FireOS device. I walk you through the step-by-step process of putting Live NetTV on your Firestick in no time. It's easy to download Live Net TV APK once you know how.
With this free application working, enjoy all the movies, sports events, news shows, and live cable TV channels available with Live Net TV on your Android, FireOS, or mobile smart phone.
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Enable Third-Party Apps on Firestick
Before side-loading Live NetTV on your Firestick, you must enable unknown app sources. Whenever installing an app not found in the official Firestick applications store (or Google Play on Android), you need to make this quick settings hack.
Get Downloader App on Firestick
Install this great utility APK installer on your Firestick, Mi Box, Android TV Box, NVIDIA SHIELD, Android phone, or any other compatible streaming device. If you like, use this official Amazon link . Otherwise, you can follow each step below.
- Select the search icon that looks like a spyglass at the top of the Firestick home screen.
- Type
Downloaderin the search text field until it appears in the list below.
- Scroll down and click the application.
- Click to start downloading.
- Open the application.
With the step-by-step Live NetTV download and installation below, you can finally watch movies, football, cable and local TV from around the world. Stream them all free on your television, phone, or Fire devices.
Install Live Net TV on Firestick
- Launch Downloader if its not running and click "Allow" if prompted.
- Next, click "OK" to close the updates notification.
- Carefully enter the
https://mytm.pw/livenettvlink into the text box and begin the download by clicking Go. Download Live NetTV to your current device with this direct link if appropriate.
- Once the livenettv APK file downloads, click the "Install" button.
- After the APK file installs, click "Done".
- You will automatically be returned to the application. Then, click "Delete".
- Click "Delete" again when prompted.
- Under Your Apps & Channels select "See All".
- Find and long click on "Live NetTV".
- Drag and drop the application icon to the top of your applications, then open Live Net TV.
Live Net TV Features & Details
Once you download and have Live NetTV APK installed on your Fire TV Stick or Android device, the application may offer to update to the latest version. Connect through your virtual private network to watch all the available live channels. Stream free TV shows and movies along with sports on your mobile phone, tablet, or Fire OS device connected to your big screen television.
The easy-to-use Live NetTV menu helps you browse all available channel categories in the application. These include sports, entertainment, news, music, kids, cooking, documentary, and religious networks. You can also watch 24/7 streaming TV from over 15 different countries on Live NetTV.
Enter the Live Net TV application setting and option areas by using the top left menu icon. Within this menu, you may select any current TV channel along with real-time events and video-on-demand.
Countries / Languages in Latest LiveNetTV Channels List
Choose to ignore channels from countries you're not interested in watching. Access this option by going into the application preferences area and choosing Hide Countries.
The application then provides a list of available countries you may ignore.
- Pakistani
- Indian
- International
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Arabic
- Irani (Farsi)
- Turkish
You can also hide individual categories from the live and VOD sections within the settings options.
The app offers media player options for you to choose from once you select a channel or show to watch.
Live Net TV has typically more than one server available for each video stream offered. Try using another server if you find the channel you want to watch is not working correctly.
One of the best features of Live NetTV is the new VOD section for free movie streaming. Add specific titles to your favorites by clicking on the heart icon in the upper left of the screen.
If you can't find what you're looking for, simply request a channel. There is a link within settings appropriately called "Request a Channel" where you can ask for movies, sports, or a local TV channel. How cool is that for absolutely stunning application support?
Live Net TV FAQ'n'A
Can I watch free with Live NetTV?
Watch live TV absolutely free of cost with LiveNetTV.
If you want to watch a live TV channel, chances are you'll find it here. If your channel isn't included in Live NetTV, you can request it from within the application.
There are also many movies available from around the world in the Live NetTV app. Some of these specialize in movie franchises, while others cater to specific genres. Some movie networks seem broadcast directly from cable TV providers.
Do I need a VPN to use Live NetTV?
A VPN isn't necessary to run the Live Net TV application, but will keep your viewing access private. Depending on where you are located, you may also be blocked from viewing most of the available streams by your ISP or government agencies if you don't connect through your Surfshark VPN app.
What TV channels can I watch with Live NetTV?
This application provides an impressive number of popular USA, UK, Arabic, Pakistani, Indian, Irani, Turkish, and many other international cable networks and VOD movies.
Is LiveNetTV illegal to use?
Due to various regional copyright laws, it's unclear if LiveNetTV has a legal right to provide all of the streaming contents found within. To safely check whether available content is legal in your area, connect through your Surfshark VPN app for anonymity.
Watch LiveNetTV Responsibly
Live Net TV application provides live TV absolutely free. Download the popular Mobdro APK as well then let us know which works best for you to replace expensive cable services.
Enjoy cord-cutting savings and stream movies and TV shows along with plenty of sports including football games and live cricket TV. Watch unlimited news and entertainment shows with Live Net TV installed on your Fire TV Stick, mobile phone, or any other Android device and…
May your streams never run dry!


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Emergency contraception is a way to prevent unwanted pregnancy after unprotected sex. Post-coital pills, emergency contraceptive pills, and morning after pills all refer to emergency contraception. These drugs contain the hormones progestin and estrogen and are not for routine use. Some drugs contain estrogen or progestin, while others contain combination of both. Plan B is quite a popular choice and is available in the form of two levonorgestrel pills, each of 0.75mg.
Can Plan B Delay Your Period?
Yes, it can. It happens because Plan B contains levonorgestrel, which is a kind of progestin. Progesterone helps regulate your menstrual cycle and prepare your uterus for pregnancy. It thickens the lining of your uterus to provide safe environment to a fertilized egg. The levels of progesterone start coming down once there is no fertilized egg, and this causes menstruation to begin.
Plan B contains high doses of progesterone, and it makes your body think that it is already pregnant. This stops the ovulation process. However, the ovulation process starts all over again once the levels of progesterone comes down, and that is when you notice spotting or bleeding after taking Plan B. Thus, some women may experience their periods earlier than expected after taking Plan B.
How Does Plan B Affect Your Bleeding Pattern?
Now you have the answer to your question--Can Plan B delay your period? You may still wonder how it affects your bleeding pattern and when your period will become normal. Your period is most likely to become regular within a month after taking day after pills. You may notice that your period comes a week earlier or later than usual. If you notice unusual delay in your period, you may want to take a pregnancy test to confirm if you have already conceived.
Researchers have found that Next Choice, Plan B and other progestin-only pills can affect your bleeding patterns according to three studies:
- In the first study, women experienced their period sooner than expected when they took 1.5mg levonorgestrel in the first three weeks of their monthly cycle. However, there was no change in the menstrual cycle for women who took Plan B in the fourth week of their cycle.
- The second study showed that the period arrived at usual time for women who took 1.5mg levonorgestrel within two days before or after ovulation. Some women had their period a day earlier when they took contraception more than two days before ovulation.The duration of menstrual period increased when emergency contraception pills were taken three days before ovulation. About 15% of women experienced inter-menstrual bleeding when they took ECPs during the pre-ovulatory phase.
- A third study was conducted to examine the effects of two 0.75mg levonorgestrel pills when taken 12 hours apart. The pills shortened the cycle significantly when taken within the follicular phase, but there was no change in the length of cycle when pills were taken in the luteal phase.
Another study has been conducted to compare the effect of ulipristal acetate (Ella) and levonorgestrel like Plan B, and researchers found that women who took Ella had their period on average 2.1 days later than usual, whereas women who took Plan B had their next period 1.2 days earlier than usual. There was no difference in the duration of periods though.
Precautions of Taking Plan B
Can Plan B delay your period? Yes, it definitely can. It is therefore important to take some precautions when you decide to use this type of emergency contraception. Here is a bit more about Plan B.
Who Can Take It
- Anyone can take it on as-needed basis–there is no age restriction.
- It is important to take emergency contraception as early as possible after having unprotected sex. It proves effective when taken within 72 hours of having unprotected sex. You can take it when you did not use any birth control method, you forgot to take your regular pill before sex, or your partner's condom slipped or broke.
- Be sure to talk to your doctor when you have any confusion about taking Plan B.
It is important to consult your doctor before taking the pill because there are certain situations when you should not take Plan B. For instance, you should avoid it when:
- You are already pregnant.
- You are allergic to any ingredients in Plan B, especially levonorgestrel.
What's more, you should know that using Plan B as your regular birth control method is not a suitable choice, and it does not offer any protection against HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.


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Deputy cleared in boy's fatal shooting on Wisconsin Bad River reservation
MADISON – A prosecutor has cleared a sheriff's deputy in a 14-year-old boy's death.
Ashland County Sheriff's Deputy Brock Mrdjenovich shot and killed Jason Pero in November. Investigators said the deputy saw Pero walking around with a knife outside his house on the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa reservation and fired after the boy lunged at him.
Ashland County District Attorney Michael Nieskes said in a letter Friday to the state Justice Department and Sheriff Mick Brennan that the shooting was justified.
Nieskes noted that Pero called police from his home and said someone was walking around outside his house with a knife. He also said an autopsy showed Pero had fentanyl, an opioid pain medication, in his system and a number of apparently self-inflicted cuts on his arms.


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1. Who succeeded George Washington as President of the United States?
John Adams
2. In which year was compilation of the Domesday Book completed?
3. Which monarch was on the English throne at the time of the Great Fire of London?
Charles II
4. In which century did the mass starvation in Ireland commonly referred to as the 'potato famine' lead to around a million deaths and mass emigration?
19th century (1845-1852)
5. The Battle of Little Bighorn took place during which war?
Great Sioux War of 1876/Black Hills War
6. In which country did the first human to human heart transplant take place in 1967?
South Africa (Cape Town)
7. Who was the last British monarch to have been born outside of the UK?
George II (Born in Hanover)
8. What was the name of Lord Nelson's flagship?
HMS Victory
9. How was New York known prior to 1664?
New Amsterdam
10. In which battle did King Richard III meet his end?
Battle of Bosworth Field


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Answer: Both. For many people, it was rational to participate in the mortgage bubble even if they thought it might (would) end in tears. On the other hand, even smart people can be taken in by bubble logic if everyone around them is convinced. For example, here is a 2006 discussion from Brad DeLong's blog of a column by Paul Krugman, making the case that most of the country was not experiencing a bubble, and that zoning was the main culprit for coastal price increases (hence prices were sustainable). If you were a CDO modeler in 2006 and believed that argument, you might not have even considered that your model assumptions were way too optimistic -- even with people like Robert Shiller (and me) shouting that we were in the midst of a gigantic bubble.
Some of the best journalistic coverage I have found of the mortgage bubble is from Ira Glass and This American Life (audio, pdf transcript). They get the "local color" right from top to bottom: self-interested individual borrowers, local mortgage brokers rushing to assemble as many loans as possible, to be sold to Wall Street banks and repackaged as CDOs, rated by agencies like Moody's and S&P that were making record profits from fees, and sold to investors chasing yield in the midst of a liquidity glut caused by low interest rates. From their coverage you can see the incentives were messed up from top to bottom, and that many individuals anticipated trouble ahead, but couldn't put up a fight without risking their careers or bonuses. Some excerpts below.
borrower: ...I wouldn't have loaned me the money. And nobody that I know would have loaned me the money. I know guys who are criminals who wouldn't loan me that and they break your knee-caps. I don't know why the bank did it. ...Nobody came and told me a lie: just close your eyes and the problem will go away. That's wasn't the situation. I needed the money. I'm not trying to absolve myself of anything. I thought I could do this and get out of it within 6 to 9 months. The 6 to 9 month plan didn't work so I'm stuck.
mortgage broker ...it was unbelievable. We almost couldn't produce enough to keep the appetite of the investors happy. More people wanted bonds than we could actually produce. That was our difficult task, was trying to produce enough. They would call and ask "Do you have any more fixed rate? What have you got? What's coming?" From our standpoint it's like, there's a guy out there with a lot of money. We gotta find a way to be his sole provider of bonds to fill his appetite. And his appetite's massive.
...my boss was in the business for 25 years. He hated those loans. He hated them and used to rant and say, "It makes me sick to my stomach the kind of loans that we do." He fought the owners and sales force tooth and neck about these guidelines. He got same answer. Nope, other people are offering it. We're going to offer them too. We're going to get more market share this way. House prices are booming, everything's gonna be good. And ... the company was just rolling in the cash. The owners and the production staff were just raking it in.
Wall St. banker ...No income no asset loans. That's a liar's loan. We are telling you to lie to us. We're hoping you don't lie. Tell us what you make, tell us what you have in the bank, but we won't verify? We're setting you up to lie. Something about that feels very wrong. It felt wrong way back when and I wish we had never done it. Unfortunately, what happened ... we did it because everyone else was doing it.
...All the data that we had to review, to look at, on loans in production that were years old, was positive. They performed very well. All those factors, when you look at the pieces and parts. A 90% NINA loan from 3 years ago is performing amazingly well. Has a little bit of risk. Instead of defaulting 1.5% of the time it defaults at 3.5% of the time. That's not so bad. If I'm an investor buying that, if I get a little bit of return, I'm fine.
CDO packager: ... In 2005, we had an internal debate here because there were two banks coming to us, why don't you do a deal with us, BBB securities, you get paid a million bucks in management fees per year. Very clear, just like that, in 2005. And we declined those deals. We just don't believe those BBB RMBS assets are money-good. And we thought if we do a CDO of those, that's gonna blow up completely. We were early in '05 by not wanting to do those deals. People were laughing at us. Saying you're crazy. You're hurting your business. Why don't you want to make ... Per deal, you could make a million dollars a year.


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A Checklist for Starting a Clothing Company
Starting a clothing company requires a few extra steps beyond starting up a small business. In addition to the licenses, permits and insurance required by your state or city, you'll need to figure out who will produce the clothing and how you will get it into customers' hands. As with any small business, you'll also need to raise money or take out a loan to get your clothing company off the ground.
Pick Style and Audience
Choosing your company's style is essential before you take any other steps. Your new clothing company should somehow stand apart from any other companies out there already. If you are producing witty T-shirts, your T-shirts need to be different from other T-shirts. Your dresses and other apparel need to stand out from the offerings of established companies. Think about what you want in clothing and ask friends, family and other potential customers what they want. Choose a market, whether you'll make women's, men's, children's or unisex clothing. Design a few items for your line based on what the people you surveyed want. The style of clothing you end up making will determine how much financing you need. Printing T-shirts is considerably cheaper than producing ball gowns out of silk.
Find Producers and Suppliers
Unless you plan on producing every garment yourself, you need to find a company to assemble the clothing. You'll also need to find suppliers for fabric, T-shirts, ink for screen printing and materials needed to sew clothing together. Get quotes from several suppliers before choosing a company to go with. The ethics of the company you choose to use to make your clothing may be important to you. For example, you may want a production company that pays its workers fairly or a company that is based in America, which will be more expensive than a company in a foreign country that pays workers poorly.
Come Up With Money
Draw a up a budget and determine your starting costs before starting your clothing company. Use the information you've gathered about the cost of production and supplies to figure out how much money you will need to get your business going. If you plan on renting a space to sell your clothing or an office to work out of, add the rent to your expenses. Research any grants for clothing companies, seek out investors or take out a business loan to get things going.
Find Customers
Determine how you will get your clothing line onto the bodies of customers. You can set up an online store so that people can order items directly from you. Prepare samples to show buyers at larger area stores and present your clothing to them. If you make the clothing yourself, you may be able to place it in a consignment shop meant for local designers and artisans. Create a profile on a social-network site and place advertisements in a local paper so that customers learn about your new company.
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Based in Pennsylvania, Emily Weller has been writing professionally since 2007, when she began writing theater reviews Off-Off Broadway productions. Since then, she has written for TheNest, ModernMom and Rhode Island Home and Design magazine, among others. Weller attended CUNY/Brooklyn college and Temple University.


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PROVIDENCE,RI– On Monday, February 1, from 5-7 p.m., Save The Bay will host the final Teachers in Action Showcase in its three-year partnership with Providence Public Schools. The showcase is a science-fair style exhibition, put together by 20 teachers and their students, demonstrating how their classrooms have applied marine science and environmental education they received with Save The Bay's Project Narragansett Program throughout the year. Featured teacher-speaker Teresa Sangermano, of Smithfield and a fourth-grade teacher at F.D. Spaziano Elementary School, will kick off the event, to be held at Save The Bay's Bay Center, 100 Save The Bay Drive in Providence.
Funded by a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Bay Watershed Education Training program, Project Narragansett Providence Schools Edition has been a three-year partnership with Providence Public Schools. Each year, teachers from Providence Public Schools participate with Save The Bay educators in four days of Bay-based professional development that ties directly into the Next Generation Science Standards and expectations for classroom teaching. Then during the academic year, the teachers bring their students to Save The Bay for marine science programming, including boat-based experiences aboard one of Save The Bay's education vessels and two land-based units focused on such topics as climate interpretation, watershed education, live animal encounters, water quality and habitat.
The Teachers In Action Showcase is the opportunity for teachers and students to show parents and other community members what they have learned and how they have applied it in the classroom. Participating schools are Lillian Feinstein, Fogarty, Veazie, Pleasant View, William D'Abate, George J. West, Carl Lauro, Vartan Gregorian, Spaziano, and Young-Woods elementary schools, as well as Nathaniel Green Middle School and Mt. Pleasant High School.
Last year, exhibits made and presented by schoolchildren included a working watershed model that shows how runoff collects pollutants along the way to our waterways, a presentation comparing the trash created from individual versus bulk food packaging, and a display of artwork and storytelling centered around marine science and environmental education.
Save The Bay has been running Project Narragansett since 2002, in partnership with school districts throughout R.I. and Mass. It has been so successful and well-received by Providence Public Schools that the district has applied for funding to continue the program with Save The Bay beyond the current three-year partnership. Save The Bay has begun a similar program with Warwick Public Schools.


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picked the above category to pay tribute to Jack in because he had been several different things in his life. Priest, Michael Jackson's Highschool principal, fortune 100 company director, wandering minstrel.
I am leaving out his last occupation, because I know it was not one he was proud of, though he was a director.
Jack was a man who believed in pride. I am sure I have left out a few, but to Jack the most important and rewarding jobs he ever had were the ones when he was caring for his family and lover in their last stages of life. Or counseling a friend.
Jack gave everything to keep Hector and his mother alive and ensure a bit more quality of life. Unfortunatley Jack gave all of his self,and soon upon their passing was diagnosed wih H.I.V. With no family to care for him. He had friends though.
Jack, my best friend and mentor in this life passed away August 26th, 2006. It was a Saturday and on the Friday before he went to go see a particulary difficult client and asked him if he remembered their first encounter. The client did and with a bit of a sheepish grin said they were a long way from there. Jack made several visits that day, only to the most challenging. I like to think he did it because he was an idealist and believed in what he told people and wanted to make sure that since he was leaving, would go feeling pround of him self, and perhaps that he had somehow effected the change he was brought in to do.
That Friday on his way out Jack paused just before putting his hand on the door. He turned to the owner who was in the hall, I was exiting the kitchen. I did not hear their exchange, but it ended in a hug, one of those hugs that go on for a bit longer than usual. I watched him open the door and turn back one more time to walk down the hall. We waved to each other and wagged our toungues at each other, like we did since the day we met. I watched him turn and close the door. It was summer and about 4:00 the sun radiated through the windown above the door.
I remember it being a little brighter that day. Jack always said when he went, which was on a daily basis the last 9 months of his life - Remember me, bury, and remember me when you need me.
We all need you Jack, but more importantly we need more Jacks. The following is my tribute to him.
don't shed a tear because you died.
I know you are here, oh so very near.
I will not sit at your grave and cry.
We talked about why.
I feel you everyday, in everyway.
You walk with me this I know is true.
The other day I felt your hand as if
you were still here.
I think I even heard your voice. It
made me cry.
You gave me light and the strength
to fight for what is right.
I still hear your voice and smell your
pipe late at night.
You will always be here.
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Mid-Autumn Festival is weeks away. The festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar. This year it falls on September 19th. The festival often involves the gathering of family and friends, lots of food, and fun times.
One of first foods that comes to mind is, of course, the mooncake, which are often shared among family and friends in celebration of the festival. There are traditional mooncakes, regional varieties, as well as modern and innovative versions of the treat.
In time for Mid-Autumn Festival, Godiva recently released a limited edition chocolate mooncake gift set. The gift sets have been available in Asia for a few years already, but this year they are available in the US. The red round box is embossed with gold lotus flowers and features a dark chocolate mooncake with a layered filling of orange, red currant and lemon zest, with chestnut pear rice crisp as a centerpiece.
The collection also includes eight smaller mooncake pieces:
- Three pieces of milk chocolate filled with apricot and peach ganache with a hint of ginger on a layer of Turkish hazelnuts and Louisiana pecan praline
- Two pieces of dark chocolate filled with passion fruit juice and mango crystal ganache on a layer of Australian macadamia praliné, caramelized hazelnuts and soy nuts, and
- Three pieces of white chocolate filled with pomegranate juice and strawberry crystal ganache on a layer of Belgian almond praliné and caramelized crispy rice
Godiva chocolate mooncake gift boxes retail for $50 a box and will be available at select locations and online for a limited time only, until September 19th.


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Stronger economy seen in housing market
Developer: 'We are finally getting going in Ohio again. People are buying.'
After years of struggling, the housing market is experiencing growth and, say officials, no slowdown is in sight.
According to the National Association of Realtors, 2016 existing home sales were the strongest they have been since 2006.
More than a decade after the worst housing crisis in U.S. history, things are looking up.
New home construction also is seeing growth.
Around Stark County, builders are busy. In the first quarter of the year, construction on 78 new homes began across the county. In Massillon, nine new homes are underway, 23 in Jackson Township and six in Perry Township — causing developers' confidence in the market to be strong.
Recently, the Massillon City Planning Commission approved 88 new residential building lots in the Kenyon Creek Estates and 21 new lots in Westbrook Estates.
Bob Lockhart, owner of Lockhart Development, the Akron-based company developing Westbrook Estates, said the 21 lots are the last phase of the development off Manchester Road NW near Tuslaw Local Schools.
"The economy is moving," Lockhart said. "We are finally getting going in Ohio again. People are buying."
Westbrook Estates was established about 20 years ago. When the market took a downturn in the early 2000s, construction slowed. Now things are turning around.
It's about jobs
The developer believes people are more confident about the economy.
"My take on it is, if you don't have a job, you are not buying a house. When you have a job, you start buying things. That's what makes the world go around," he said.
The further north, Lockhart said, the more houses they are selling.
Area builders' good fortune is, in part, related to a shortage of inventory of existing homes for sale, he said.
Real Estate agent Marcy Klee said there is an abundance of buyers and few homes available.
Homes priced under $300,000 that are in good condition will sell almost overnight, she said.
"It's a great time to buy and sell," Klee noted. "Consumer confidence is at an all-time-high, interest rates are lower and whether they like Trump or not, the economy is better."
Not only are homes selling in record time, the Jackson Township agent said, houses are selling above the asking price in some cases. Klee recalled a recent home listed in the Lake Cable area, which sold for $50,000 more than the asking price.
Some buyers have turned to building new homes, she said. Others are scared off by the cost, which continues to rise.
Experts believe existing home prices will increase 4.6 percent this year.
Cost factors
Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors, said prices will continue to climb at a steady pace.
The median cost of a home nationwide in March was $250,400, up 5.8 percent from the same time last year.
During a recent review of the market, Yun said there were 73 consecutive months of price increases and one of the main reasons is the lack of inventory.
New construction costs continue to rise with the demand, Robert Dietz, explained.
The chief economist for the National Association of Home Builders said new construction costs are increasing due to a number of factors, including the price of lumber, which is up 60 percent. That's adding about $7,000 to the cost of a typical single-family home.
Some of the rising costs are policy related, he said. The administration is imposing higher tariffs. A third of the softwood lumber used in U.S. home construction comes from Canada. A 21 percent tariff rate is being imposed on those goods, Dietz said.
Another problem is the shortage of laborers. During the downturn in the market around 2006, many lost their jobs and are not returning to the field.
Dietz said the industry needs help from housing leaders and local officials to reduce some of the construction costs by encouraging faster permitting for construction and land development, managing and lowering fees associated with construction.
Markets that are able to maintain costs are the markets that will grow, he said. They will be able to provide affordable housing, attract a younger population that will put down roots, and employers will see those areas as places for expansion, he said.
Slow but steady
Brian Simpson, president of the Business Industry Association of Stark and East Central Ohio and president and CEO of Canton Construction Group, said Stark County has seen a steady rise in new home construction but it has not been as fast as he would like.
"There was a time when we had 1,000 (housing) starts in a year. Now we are in the 400-a-year range," Simpson said. "It's growing steadily but I don't think we will see the days of building 1,000 houses in a year."
He said fellow builders that survive the recession are pleased with where the market is heading.
"My personal opinion is people feel they are in a better place now and the economy has a lot do with it," Simpson explained.
Simpson expects the growth to flatline at some point but for the coming few years there will be steady growth."
Klee and her group at Marcy Klee & Associates of Keller Williams Legacy Group Realty are preparing buyers and sellers for the best outcome.
Sellers, she said, can expect a great return on their home. Buyers need to be prepared and ready to jump on any home that enters the market.
"They need to get a Realtor and get a pre-approval (for a loan) and be ready," she said. "You have to jump on it. If you wait, boom it's gone. Some people are compromising. You have to have a plan of attack."
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Classic Cinnamon Buns
photo by abeginner
- Ready In:
- 3hrs 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Yields:
14 buns
- Serves:
- 14
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 (1 1/4 ounce) envelope active dry yeast
- 1⁄4 cup warm water (100 to 110 degrees)
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1⁄4 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 4 1⁄2 - 5 cups all-purpose flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1⁄4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1 cup pecans, coarsely chopped
- 1 cup raisins
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 -3 tablespoon milk
- Heat the milk in a small saucepan over medium heat until it just begins to boil.
- Remove from heat and let stand until cooled to room temperature.
- Meanwhile, sprinkle the yeast over the warm water in a large bowl.
- Add 1 T of the sugar and let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes.
- Beat in the remaining 2 T sugar, eggs and butter.
- Beat in cooled milk.
- Gradually add the flour and salt, scraping down side of bowl, until a soft dough forms.
- Turn dough onto a floured work surface and knead the remaining flour into the dough, adding more flour if too sticky.
- Knead for about 10 minutes until smooth.
- The dough will be soft.
- Grease a large bowl.
- Place the dough in the bowl.
- Cover with plastic wrap and place in a warm spot until doubled in size, about 1 1/2 hours.
- Coat two 9-inch round baking pans with nonstick cooking spray.
- Line bottoms with waxed paper; coat paper with spray.
- Prepare Filling: Mix butter, both kinds of sugar and cinnamon together in a medium-size bowl.
- Punch down dough.
- Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface to an 18 x 12-inch rectangle. Spread the butter-sugar mixture over the dough.
- Sprinkle with nuts and raisins.
- Starting on one long side roll up jelly roll fashion and pinch seam to close.
- Cut crosswise into 14 generous 1-inch pieces.
- Arrange 7 pieces, cut-side down, in each prepared pan.
- Cover with plastic wrap and let sit in a warm spot until buns double in size, about 30 to 45 minutes.
- Or cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate until the following morning.
- Heat oven to 350°F.
- Uncover pans and bake buns until they are golden-brown and bubbly, 30 to 40 minutes.
- Transfer to a wire rack and let cool 10 minutes.
- Glaze: Mix confectioners' sugar and 1 tablespoon of the milk, adding more milk as necessary, to make a smooth glaze.
- Invert buns to a serving platter.
- Drizzle glaze on top of buns (about 1/3 cup per pan).
- Serve warm.
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