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The latest figures from the National House-Building Council (NHBC) have revealed sustained growth and consolidation in the UK housing industry for the start of 2014 – with encouraging growth in London and the rest of the UK.
In total, 33,816 new homes were registered in the UK during Q1 2014, compared to 31,739 for the corresponding period a year ago – an increase of 7%.
Following a record 2013, with the highest new housebuilding volumes in London for a generation, Q1 2014 London registrations also grew 6% on the comparative period last year.
NHBC has also identified how other major UK cities are performing compared to the capital. The figures show that Birmingham, Manchester and Bristol are the top three cities with the highest number of new home registrations, broken down below.
Top 10 cities outside of London - NHBC registrations in 2013
· Birmingham 3,406
· Manchester 2,625
· Bristol 1,570
· Newcastle 1,496
· Liverpool 1,494
· Sheffield 1,169
· Leeds 990
· Nottingham 700
· Glasgow 618
· Bradford 560
Commenting on the latest statistics, NHBC chief executive Mike Quinton, said: "Our new figures show further sustained growth and consolidation in the UK housebuilding industry following a strong year last year. Over the past 15 months we have seen a genuine return of confidence to the industry as builders strive to meet the growing demand for new homes that the country clearly needs.
"London continues to be the major driver for growth in housebuilding. But our figures also show that other UK cities outside the capital are also showing some encouraging signs of growth."
Mr Quinton added: "However, we have been clear that this growth is from a historically low base. The UK still has a chronic shortage of new homes so we must not get complacent in our continued attempts to meet the growing housing needs of the population."


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Indiana Jones actor Harrison Ford has been quick to deny reports that he has recently been spotted in a number of sleazy New York strip clubs, ogling the performers and shoving ten dollar bills down the cracks of their arses. Indeed, according to the sixtysomething swinger, the real culprit has been a New Jersey meat-packer named Bob, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Ford. "He's like some kind of evil doppelganger – forever undermining my reputation," says Ford, who claims that not only has 'Bob' been impersonating him in strip clubs and brothels all over New York State, but also starred in several unsuccessful movies attributed to Ford, including K-19, Regarding Henry and What Lies Beneath. "As if I'd make crap like that – even I've got standards! He'll be hearing from my lawyers!" Ford apparently hopes to obtain a court order forcing 'Bob' to have compulsory plastic surgery. However, meat-packer Bob Blowstick of Hoboken has launched a counter-claim against Harrison Ford, accusing him of defamation. "Thanks to that bastard, my wife is threatening to divorce me after seeing newspaper pictures of someone looking like me hanging out in strip joints," he rages. "Who does this guy think he is, stealing my identity so he can visit tittie bars with impunity?" Witnesses to Ford/Bob's activities remain mystified as to the real identity of the nudie show enthusiast. "I don't know if his name was Bob, but he sure as hell could pack meat," observes prostitute Candy Nugg, who once thought that she had provided Harrison Ford with personal services, but is now not so certain. What does seem certain, is that if Ford's legal action proves successful, a number of other Hollywood stars are likely to follow his example and take action against the evil lookalikes who have been dogging their careers for years. According to industry sources, Val Kilmer is planning to accuse a Wisconsin tyre re-groover named Ned of having impersonated him in just about every film he has allegedly made since The Doors, as well as a bogus marriage to Joanne Whalley-Kilmer.
Meanwhile, back in the UK, Buckingham Palace has strenuously denied suggestions that Prince William was propositioned by an older gay man last summer during a shooting party on a private estate in Wiltshire, and had to seek police protection when his admirer became enraged by his rejection . A major security alert was allegedly triggered when the Prince's sports car was pursued by a Range Rover – reportedly driven by the estate's owner, seventy-eight year old Lord Trent, brandishing a double-barrelled shotgun – in a high speed chase along the estate's private roads. However, a spokesman for Lord Trent, who was eventually arrested by police, denied any suggestions that the peer had made any improper suggestions to the Prince. "It was all a huge misunderstanding. His Lordship never told the Prince that he wanted to take him to a local gay bar, nor did he suggest any improper sexual acts. Having heard that His Highness shared his enthusiasm for modern beat music, he was merely quoting the lyrics to zany American rhythm combo Electric Six's most recent hit – 'I'd like to take you to the gay bar, gay bar. I've got something in you, at the gay bar, gay bar'. It is an easy mistake to make," explained Lord Trent's secretary. "His Lordship knows the lyrics to all of Electric Six's hits – 'Gay Bar', 'Danger, High Voltage' and that other one, you know…" Whilst the police who originally stopped Lord Trent at first attributed the incident to road rage, believing that Lord Trent had mistakenly thought that Prince William had cut him up and mooned at him whilst pulling away from his own stables, they later accepted his explanation that he had merely been trying to catch up with the Prince to return the shotgun that William had inadvertently left behind at the shoot. "I admired the way he handled it, gripping it with both hands and displaying a firm cocking action," he told the officers. "Just like his father, he seems more than capable of handling both barrels at once."
Finally, UK government sources have categorically denied that the Prime Minister has been in talks with President Bush to establish an international agency aimed at the early detection of lesbianism in famous women. Alarmed by the number of favourite celebrity pin-ups who had turned gay in recent years – including Ellen De Generes, kd lang and Samantha Fox – Tony Blair had been said to have been considering using the combined intelligence resources of the West to monitor his other favourite actresses and entertainers for signs of impending lesbianism. "At no time has it ever been suggested that satellite imagery, communications intercepts or close surveillance be used to see if Jodie Foster or Callista Flockheart have taken to wearing comfortable shoes," said a Downing Street spokesman.
If you have any unsubstantiated rumours, grainy videos, out of focus and obviously faked photos or dubious tape recordings concerning the debauched behaviour of celebrities, send them to us at the usual e-mail address. Remember, just because its not true doesn't mean its a lie, it could just be – Total Bollocks!

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I was in the field that morning a few weeks ago because the day had dawned at about 32 degrees and the mosquitoes were lulled, so I walked down by the river to get a picture of Fisherman's Island to go along with the writing I wanted to do on the shifting of the island. So a sharp, sunny morning with only a few hardy skeeters. A camera. Perfect.
|Fisherman's Island 2012.
A rush of snowmelt this spring lifted the river to great heights, and Fisherman's Island has shifted, has moved, one could even say has disappeared. The island is now a large, sandy beach on the river's south bank. Perhaps the island did not move so much as grow as the waterway between it and the land filled with sand. However you look at it, not much has really changed, but by definition all is changed. The island remains, but the island is history.
|Fisherman's Island 2013.
I walked along the river's wooded steep bank and noticed some birch trees that seemed melded into one another. The outer birch, the one closest to me, had a trunk and roots that wrapped around the trunks and roots of others, as if hugging them in an effort to hold on. So many trees do this, growing around and through and into obstacles, clinging to banks and rocks and other trees, the other trees and obstacles then becoming part of the tree's foundation, part of what keeps it in place, part of what keeps it alive, part of what bends and shapes it even as the tree leans away, searching for a patch of light.
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Earlier this week I heard a story on NPR about gravity, Falling: How To Meet Einstein In An Elevator, by Adam Frank. It has stuck in my mind because it took something we all experience and think we know about and made it something else—for me, anyway. I recommend the whole story, but here's the gist.
Gravity, Einstein saw, is what happens when you take away forces and let things go with the flow — the flow of space. Cut the cables on your elevator and what happens (other than a lot of yelling and panic)? Inside, everything appears to go weightless. During the fall you'd float like an astronaut in a space capsule.
That was how Einstein realized that apples don't fall because of forces; they fall because that is what space wants them to do. Gravity is space bending and stretching like taffy. Even though you can never touch space you can see it has a shape just by watching how things fall.
|After the morning rain.
It's that time of year when I think of the trip I made nine years ago that moved me from a life I thought I knew well to a life I knew nothing about. And now the funny thing is I don't think I knew that other life at all. I navigated through and held onto it because it was my life. Then, something shifted.


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Take a deep breath.
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Friday, May 30, 2008
Amnesty Intenational Report on State of the World's Human Rights
The Law Librarian Blog has the links to the Amnesty International Report and a video on the 2008 State of the World's Human Rights. Click here for more information.
Hat tip to Joe Hodnicki from the University of Cincinnati Law Library


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Listed below are the primary types of work currently included in what is known as "Workflex". They can be used alone or in combination. They can be a permanent or a temporary arrangement. There may be other, emerging variations that have not been defined here. As an institute of higher learning, managers should be aware of and understand the benefits of using such strategies to recruit and retain a highly skilled workforce. At the same time, because the University has so many, varied types of employment, it is important for managers to assess when and how it is appropriate to use workflex, and to talk with employees about what might be an option for their particular position.
Flexible Start/Stop Times
Starting and/or leaving earlier or later than the "normal" office hours. This type of flexibility is becoming more and more common as we move beyond time-bound types of work that were typical in the factories of the 20th century. In fact, this type of flexibility is currently so common that many do not think of it as workflex. Flexible start/stop times change an employee's regular schedule to one outside the standard office hours of a unit. So, an employee that works in an office open from 9:00a.m. – 5:00p.m., requests that they come in from 8:00a.m. – 4p.m., or 10:00a.m. – 6p.m. Or that they change their schedule in a similar way a few days per week.
Compressed Schedule
Work scheduled within fewer than the normal five day week. The most common compressed schedule is "4 10s" – meaning 4 ten hour days rather than 5 eight hour days; or as is common for nurses, 3 twelve hour days and an additional 4 hours. Another variation that combines a part time and compressed schedule might be working MWF for ten hours each day rather than M-F for six hours per day.
Part-time Employment
A position that is less than 40 hours per week. This option is very popular for units with limited funds as well as with employees who have other obligations such as attending school, young children/school age children or elderly/disabled relatives who need care. UM benefits are generous (benefits for those working 20 hours per week or more) although employee contributions to medical benefits increase for those who work between 20-32 hours per week, and some of the benefits may be prorated based on the number of hours worked. UM benefits are not available for employees working less than 20 hours per week.
Job Sharing
One full time position shared by two part time staff members. Staff members have the same job description and divide the responsibilities equally. When this happens at the University, it generally includes a full benefit package for each person, making the health insurance cost to the unit higher than it would be for one single employee. This type of arrangement is relatively rare, but can be a good solution in some circumstances. Benefits of job sharing for employees are the same as the benefits of a part time position – increased time to attend to other life responsibilities and goals. An example of job sharing may be two nurses that cover one position during the week, both working with the same patients.
Flexplace (telecommuting)
A job performed at a site other than a University office, either all the time or part of the time. This could be done from home, or from a remote location such as a satellite office, or even a public location such as a coffee shop or library. Technology opens many opportunities for this type of work – including sites anywhere on the globe. Confidentiality policies regarding sensitive data need to be addressed, as do ergonomic and worker's compensation issues in terms of workplace set up. Many companies routinely use off-site work in order to decrease the cost of company office space and utilities. Employees benefit by decreased travel and other work related costs. Although caring for young children while working should be discouraged, telework can reduce the cost of after school care for older children and allow parents to be more involved in the neighborhood, school and community (due to decreased travel time).
Phased Retirement
A gradual decrease in hours and responsibilities before full retirement. This option is very attractive to employees nearing retirement as it allows them to continue to be productive and engaged rather than experiencing a dramatic shift from full time employment to full retirement. It is attractive to employers as it allows for knowledge transfer and retains highly skilled employees longer than might otherwise be the case. Issues with social security, health insurance and Medicare eligibility need to be addressed.
Gradual Return to Work
A gradual increase in hours after a leave of absence for birth, adoption, illness, injury or other life altering event. This option is very attractive to new parents and others returning after illness or trauma as it allows for gradual acclimation to the workplace, greater bonding time for new parents and less stress for anyone experiencing a major life event. It is a win for employers in that it keeps talent on board and engaged rather than risking losing valuable employees and the ensuing costs of turnover.


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Because of the bloody history of Ariel Sharon, there is not a single Palestinian who would mourn the death of that war criminal who committed horrendous massacres against the Palestinian people and Arabs general. Sharon was the butcher at the massacre of Quibia (Palestine) in 1953, the murderer of Egyptian prisoners in 1967, the ringleader behind the massacres in the Palestinian camps of Sabra and Shatila (Lebanon) in 1982, and the one who gave the orders to murder children in Gaza and the West Bank.
Sharon is the spiritual father of the extremist colonial movements and the person who created and put into practice the plans to usurp the Palestinian territories. He was a man who rejected peace and loved war and murder.
We hope his disappearance opens a path to true change in the Israeli political map and strengthens the forces of peace within Israel so that we can see an end to violence, the seas of blood and the existing conflict that has drawn out for more than a century. We hope that this will allow us to play a part in the reconstruction of the political process on the basis of international law, contribute to global peace and stability, serve to grant Palestinians their right to an independent state in the territories occupied in 1967 and ensure the return of the refugees by virtue of the Resolution 194.
The reorganization of the political process and negotiation call for new transformations in the internal structure of the Hebrew state. These must lead to Israel's recognition of the United Nations resolutions and the creation of mechanisms for their execution. Without this, the violence, blood, tears and conflict will continue.
Israelis will be faced with a test in the upcoming March 28 elections. They can opt for the path to peace while recognizing the legitimate national rights of the Palestinian people, or they can opt for the continuation of the policies of occupation and colonialism and assume the consequences of that violence and conflict – because our people will continue to resist until obtaining their full rights.
We are working so that the forthcoming Palestinian legislative elections to take place on January 25 are the beginning of the reconstruction of the Palestinian political régime and the creation of a united strategy to present to our people, Arabs, the world and Israeli society. We foresee this being a united Palestinian position in the face of plans that run counter to our legitimate and inalienable rights to independence, return to our homeland and self-determination with Jerusalem as our capital.


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A Dutch company, Smart Parks, has installed its fourth and largest African smart park to date in Malawi's Liwonde National Park in October 2018.
In just two weeks, the 548km2 size national park was equipped with gateways and sensors that gather information to help improve park management and protection. The construction of the network in the Liwonde National Park was implemented alongside a team from African Parks, a conservation NGO that manages the park on behalf of the Malawian government. The group was trained by Smart Parks for the construction of the site.
The Liwonde smart park was equipped with smart sensor technology which helps track the animals' activity, but also the rangers as well. It also helps the park management monitor the equipment from a greater distance in real time.
The installation in Liwonde National park included improved wireless IP backhaul setup, real-time monitoring and power management or all active equipment, including a solar power setup. The organization also introduced a new vehicle tracker that has an external GPS and LoRaWAN antenna so that it can be mounted on vehicles. Liwonde is the second site to be outfitted with a LoRa (long range) network – the first was Akagera National Park in Rwanda.
The team also added Bluetooth programming, a smartphone app as well as new wearable trackers based on geolocation for the rangers. The team also added a ground frame solar station which they say will make maintenance easier and increase deployment speed.
Tim van Dam, Co-Founder, Smart Parks says that Liwonde deployment continues to help African Parks in their management and protection of these natural areas.
"One way of addressing the problem of poaching for wildlife reserves effectively is creating more situational awareness for park management, and one of the ways to create this is with wildlife tracking," said van Dam. "In addition to tracking for traditional research and conservation purposes, animal security has always been an issue that necessitates remote monitoring of different kinds of wildlife."
"To protect endangered animals, one needs to know their location. Larger mammals such as elephants and rhinoceros are at risk of poaching, so we set out to help large African game parks mitigate this risk and effectively conserve endangered wildlife," adds van Dam.
In 2017, Smart Parks was asked by the Frankfurt Zoological Society to build a network for rhino protection in the Serengeti where the group was adding sensors into the rhino's horns so they could be tracked and monitored. In the horn.
"These are very well-known and established conservation organisations embracing the possibilities of the LoRAtechnology," adds van Dam. "The World Wildlife Federation (WWF) also jumped on board when they chose us as winners of the Wildlife Tech Challenge, which gave us the opportunity to use our solution for fence protection in India where they have massive issues with elephants breaking through."
Van Dam says that in addition to the importance of direct protection of the wildlife, park management has the responsibility of also operating and maintaining the infrastructure of these parks.
"Road, gates, graders, cars, water and fuel tanks, buildings and other important assets need to be in top condition all the time. In large and remote areas managing these assets is challenging," said van Dam. "Having real-time information about the position and condition of these assets may improve operational planning and capacity management of staff resources."
Va Dam adds this also applies to human safety as well.
"If tourists visiting the park find themselves in trouble outside of the cell-phone coverage of the park, having real-time information about the location of park visitors will improve overall park safety," adds van Dam.
Most of the technology solutions that monitor park areas and track wildlife are traditionally based on satellite technology (GPS) which can lead to high usage costs.
"These usage costs are because of the expensive, heavy tracking devices which also use a lot of power," said van Dam. "Another limitation of most monitoring systems currently in place is that there isn't any real-time monitoring and this means that the data is historical and can sometimes be several weeks old. This makes the systems expensive and unreliable."
Smart Parks takes a different approach by building a completely private network infrastructure using LoRa Gateways to cover the entire area, tracking up to thousands of animals, vehicles and other assets, at a low cost of around $100-200 USD per tracker and $3,000-4,000 per solar gateway, which in some cases reaches up to 100 kilometers.
"The approach we use generates real-time data and is more sustainable and advanced than many other GPS monitoring systems in place," said van Dam. "Unlike the easily interceptable radio frequencies many other tracking systems use, the Smart Park's signals are sent on a closed network across multiple frequencies, making the network difficult to access for outsiders such as poachers."
"What makes us unique is that we create the feasibility study, physically build the network (towers, gateways, placing sensors) and integrate all the collecting information into our self-built app, making us the only company that provides the complete solution," added van Dam. "Smart Parks can be deployed anywhere, is scalable (can include up to 100,000 sensors) and all devices we use are designed to endure harsh weather conditions."
The installation cost of the smart parks is around $150,000 to 300,000 USD depending on the lay of the land and the number of sensors needed.


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We're a hawk on the issues.
Corporate Welfare: NFL, ESPN Cost Taxpayers Billions
A new New York Times investigation has found that ESPN, the nation's largest sports network, has received $260 million in tax breaks and credits over the last 12 years despite earning more than $6 billion in viewer subscription fees each year. Worse, the network's biggest focus, the NFL, has been completely exempt for over 40 years despite bringing in more than $9 billion in revenues per year.
The Times report focuses on new Connecticut Governor Daniel Malloy's cozy relationship with one of the state's largest employers. ESPN employs 4,000 Connecticut residents. In August of 2011, Governor Malloy showed up at ESPN headquarters with a hard hat and a $25 million taxpayer-funded incentive package to celebrate the opening of the network's 19th building. Since 2000, the network has received $260 million in tax credits.
Supporters of the taxpayer funded subsidies believe it's important to keep ESPN happy since they create jobs in the state and could opt to move their headquarters elsewhere. Critics argue that the network is highly unlikely to abandon their 123 acre headquarters in Bristol.
While the media giant collects hundreds of millions in tax breaks, the National Football League doesn't pay a cent in taxes on their $9 billion in annual revenues. Despite the massive profits, and the fact that the league's five highest paid executives each earn more than $60 million a year, the NFL is considered a non-profit.
The non-profit status goes back to an obscure law in 1966 that allowed the NFL and AFL to merge and monopolize television rights. In return, they were banned from scheduling games on Fridays and Saturdays in the fall when high schools and colleges play football. That law, very quietly, also changed a section of the tax code that amended the 501(c)6 non-profit status law from "business leagues, chambers of commerce, real-estate boards, or boards of trade" to "business leagues, chambers of commerce, real-estate boards, boards of trade, or professional football leagues."
That's not to mention building of football stadiums, 70 percent of which has been taxpayer-funded.
For all the talk about the 47 percent and "the lazy welfare state", the nation's most popular sport and most popular sports network bring in over $15 billion per year combined and still manage to remain a burden on the tax system.
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When the basketball world learned that James Harden and the Houston Rockets would face Russell Westbrook and the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round, it became inevitable that the MVP race would be distorted by the results of the series. If the Rockets lost, Harden would be considered a perennial choker who continually disappears in the playoffs. If the Thunder lost, Westbrook would be viewed as a selfish ball hog unable to lead a team without Durant, Ibaka, or Harden. Well I'm here to say that this playoff series should not define Westbrook or Harden's seasons, and that Russell's record-breaking performance should place him first in this year's MVP voting.
Continue reading "Opinion: Russell Westbrook Deserves MVP Despite the Thunder's Playoff Failure"


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Epoque Hotels has a nice autumn offer in Barcelona,
15% discount at the Hotel Alexandra, see the new newsletter here.
Hotel Alexandra is one of the best located boutique hotels in Barcelona. It is located between Paseo de Gracia and Rambla Catalunya. This hotel overall has 109 rooms and they are all decorated in different styles and categories.


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Daily Highlights
Thursday 19 | On Thursday morning, 19 June, the co-chairs of the four working groups reported to plenary on the discussions carried out during the four parallel sessions held in the mornings and afternoons of Tuesday and Wednesday, 17 and 18 June. Participants had the opportunity to comment on the reports of each working group and highlighted issues for incorporation into the final report of the meeting. The discussions included the importance of: income generating opportunities from waste recycling for poor communities; integrating consumption aspects into the activities of cleaner production centers; recognizing stakeholder participation as one of the elements of sustainable development; elaborating sustainable consumption and production policies that can also assist poverty reduction; and replicating successful experiences while taking into account countries' specific needs, priorities and capabilities.
Co-chair Bohn presented the draft summary of the meeting and highlighted the Marrakech Process on Sustainable Consumption and Production as the basic step towards the development of a 10-Year Framework of Programmes. She made a number of recommendations for future work in the 10-Year Framework of Programmes, including: UN DESA and UNEP should expand the survey on sustainable consumption and production patterns and make it available to all countries; best practice should be disseminated via interactive websites and expert meetings on specific issues relating to sustainable consumption and production; concrete partnerships should be established involving stakeholder participation; UN DESA should, together with UN HABITAT and UNEP, prepare a report based on the working groups' discussion with respect to priorities for sustainable consumption and production; the working groups' suggestions should be incorporated into government policies at national level; and regional cooperation should be strengthened through the organization of workshops to identify countries' priorities and actions relating to sustainable consumption and production.
She explained that the
report of this meeting will be submitted to the UN by the host country and
that the meeting's findings may be taken into account during the CSD-12.
Co-chair Bohn expressed her appreciation to the Kingdom of Morocco for
hosting the meeting, thanked all participants, especially the co-chairs of
the working groups and UN DESA and UNEP staff for their efforts, and
closed the meeting at 4:50 pm.
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The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Furs (skins)
FURS are articles made from the skins of fur-bearing animals prepared with the hair left on. A fur-bearer, in the language and practice of the fur-trade, is an animal that has a short, fine, soft coat through which grow longer hairs. (For a list of fur-bearing animals and their residence, see Fur-Trade). This overhair is straight, smooth, somewhat stiff and serves as a protection against cold and wet. The beauty of such pelts as those of foxes and the weasel tribe is due largely to this long overhair, and when it is at its best, in preparation for winter, the animal is said to be "prime." In some, however, as the otter, beaver and sometimes the skunk the pelt is improved for use by pulling or "plucking" out these long hairs. Conversely, long hairs are sometimes inserted, or "pointed," into manufactured skins, as in making a fraudulent silver-fox.
The underfur, or "fur" proper, consists of soft, silky, curly filaments. It is usually short and thick, and toward the skin it grows lighter in color. It is barbed lengthwise and hence is capable of felting — whence the value of rabbit-fur in hat-molding. "In a prime pelt," says Jones, "the underfur is hardly discernible unless the overhair is blown apart. Then the light color of the underfur appears. If it were generally known that the undyed skin is whitish, and that the underfur close to the skin is a light drab, or pale blue color, it would not be so easy to sell dyed skins as 'natural.' "
Two methods are used in taking the pelt off the animal's body and saving it for market. The larger animals, as bear, wolf, wolverine, beaver and others, are regularly skinned and the hides are scraped clean of flesh, stretched on a flat surface and dried in a cool place. Small skins are opened by slitting inside the hind legs, the bones of which are removed, clipping and taking out the tail-bones and then stripping the skin from the body. The pelt, then wrong side out, is stretched by means of hoops or wedged boards fitted to each kind, cleaned and permitted to dry in this stretched form. This is called "casing." Much of the value of the pelt depends on the care of this original preparation and the subsequent packing for shipment. Sealskins are packed with salt in barrels as soon as flayed.
Dressing and Dyeing.— Until the modern introduction of machinery, the dressing of the "raw" pelt began with the placing of them in a bath of lye. "When the pelt has become soft," it was prescribed, "the skins are tubbed and then shaved, by passing them over a large knife, and placed in an upright position; they are next buttered, and put in a large tub of sawdust by men half naked, who tread on them for some time . . . rendering the leather soft and supple; they are then beaten out and finished." The complicated operations of the art, varying with different pelts, are now performed mainly in great factories, and by special machinery. The process in general is as follows: The skins are first dampened on the flesh side and left all night to soften. In the morning they are placed, perhaps 2,000 at once, in a tramping-machine and kneaded for 8 or 10 hours, then taken out and left to soak over night in a mixture of brine and sawdust. The next morning they are fleshed by hand, then stretched and hung up to dry. When thoroughly dry they are again moistened with salt water and left over night. Brushed on the leather side with some animal oil or fat, they are then laid together in pairs, hair side out, and the next day are kneaded again in a tramping machine until perfectly soft and supple, after which they are stretched in every direction.
The next process is cleaning, 300 or 400 skins being placed in revolving drums exposed to steam heat, with sawdust which in time absorbs all their grease. The skins are next incased in a beating-drum, where they are revolved and hammered for two or three hours. On removal they are beaten by hand with rattans, and finally the hair is combed.
Well-dressed furs as clothing furnish a maximum of warmth with a minimum of weight, due to the air entangled among the hairs, excelling any practicable garment of cloth of the same shape. Their durability varies greatly, however. Jones gives a long table exhibiting the comparative value of most furs in this respect. The otters, both land and sea, are the most durable, and are reckoned at 100 per cent. Others follow: Beaver, .90; seal, .75; raccoon, .70; skunk, .70; Persian lamb, .65; martens and sable, .60 to .40; fox, .40; muskrat and opossum, .37; nutria, .27; and others from .25 down to hare or rabbit only .5. These facts should be borne in mind in purchasing any article made of fur.
The dyeing of furs is a distinct branch of the industry which heretofore has been almost wholly in German hands, except that until recently all seal-skins were dyed and otherwise dressed in England. Now, however, much of this preparation is done in Canada and the United States. The Bureau of Manufactures recorded that the value of the seal-skins prepared in this country in 1916 was $74,530.
Almost every sort of fur, raw as well as manufactured, has quadrupled in price during the last 30 years, although with many fluctuations. Coincidently, the demand for, and utilization of, furs in garments, and as trimmings, has enormously increased since the beginning of the present century. Political disturbances in Europe, and especially religious persecution, caused the emigration to western Europe, and to North America, of great numbers of workmen skilled in the preparation and sewing of skins and furs. This influx of comparatively cheap, yet competent labor, and other influences, led the capitalists of the trade, in concert with the controllers of fashion, to stimulate, and then to cope with, an unprecedented expansion in the use of ornamental furs — even in summer. This was followed by the setting up, almost wholly, as is natural, by Russian and Polish Jews, of thousands of small factories in every large town. Meanwhile the decreasing supply of first-class skins, competition resulting from the wide diffusion of business and much doubtful responsibility, and the great demand for showy appearance at a cheap rate, have led to a sad disguising and counterfeiting of materials by means of dyeing, manipulation and the invention of trade-names.
The deceptive misnaming of furs is encouraged by the ignorance of buyers, most of whom are willing to believe it when told by an unscrupulous salesman that a cape or muff offered at a ridiculously small price is true sable or seal or other rare and expensive article. It will be interesting and useful to mention some of the frauds constantly perpetrated — though less so than formerly. Take, for instance, sable. Precisely, it is the pelt of the Siberian marten, of which only about 75,000 skins were received annually previous to 1914, worth wholesale perhaps a million dollars. The price of even a small cape of Russian sables must be reckoned in three or four figures. But experts tell us that most "sables" in the fur-shops are made of dyed skins of the Canadian or pine marten, or of polecat, or mink, or plucked skunk ("Alaska sable"), muskrat, marmot, hare or even rabbit. Genuine sealskin now has a price far beyond the reach of ordinary purses; but when the fur-dressers produced a clipped and dyed muskrat pelt that resembled sealskin almost perfectly it could be sold far cheaper — not, however, under its own name. Consequently this popular, and even now, high-priced product is sold as "Hudson Bay seal" (no true fur-seals live or ever did live in Hudson Bay; and the seals that do live there are not used). The fur of the common wild rabbit of Europe and elsewhere is the raw material of "electric seal," "clipped seal" and "Baltic seal." The rabbit and hare indeed may become almost anything in the hands of fur-dressers and salesmen. When white it may masquerade as coney, ermine, white fox, "foxaline," "mock fox" or "chinchilla," and when dyed may become seal of various trade varieties, sable or French sable, fox, lynx, marten, fisher, chinchilla and "muskrat-coney." Skunk fur was formerly disguised under more elegant names as Alaska sable, black marten, etc., but its beauty and really excellent quality have become recognized and it is now sold for what it is; and curiously the Australian wallaby (a kangaroo) often figures in the market as skunk. Nutria, the fur of a South American aquatic rodent, is so nearly like beaver and otter, that it ekes out those rare skins without much harm; but it also becomes "seal." Black domestic cats are valuable as fur-bearers and their coats go to market as "genet," and the ponies and great dogs of Tibet, Manchuria and western China furnish thousands of shaggy hides to the modern furrier. Finally the demand for furs of high class is being met by breeding in captivity foxes, martens, skunks, Astrakan sheep and other animals yielding valuable pelts.
The United States is not only a large producer, but the greatest consumer of furs. Our export of skins in 1916 were valued at $9,288,786, and our imports of furs and fur-manufactures at $16,891,699.


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On 12 October 2017, CEFL Bandar Baru Rawang conducted a Half Day Camp at SJK(C) San Yuk, Rawang. The purpose of the Camp was to show students that English can actually be fun to learn and to encourage them to learn English through activities outside the classroom. The half day camp started out with a speech entitled "English is Fun" by Ms Shari Wiemer and was followed by group games. At the end of the event, the group with the highest marks won a prize. The camp was exciting and a lot of fun for the students at SJK(C) San Yuk.
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Land disputes in Haiti have not only economic, but also human rights implications. Due to factors starting during the colonial period, land ownership is unclear in much of Haiti. After the 2010 earthquake, this caused many problems for groups hoping to build developments for the displaced. Now, it's causing problems for residents of Ile-a-Vache, whose land is being taken by the government in hopes of bringing tourists to the island off Haiti's coast.
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Who Owns What in Haiti?
Jacob Kushner, The New Yorker
January 18, 2015
The island of La Tortue, off the northern coast of Haiti, has become best known as a place where Haitians facing hard times set sail for lot bo dlo—the other side of the water. When President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was first ousted, in 1991, the U.S. Coast Guard intercepted and repatriated some eighteen hundred "boat people" who had fled Haiti's north coast en route to South Florida. Recently, though, one British-American company has been working to bring large numbers of people in the other direction, from South Florida to La Tortue. In July, Carnival Corporation, the cruise-ship company, signed a memorandum of understanding with the Haitian government, which would allow a port to be opened on the island's Pointe-Ouest beach, to serve as a stopover for its Caribbean ships. Haitian officials claimed that the development would create two thousand jobs, and would represent a major step forward in a plan for tourism to propel the nation's economy. Five years after an earthquake caused an estimated $8.1 to $13.9 billion in damage—more than the country's G.D.P. at the time—Haiti remains plagued by chronic underemployment and poverty.
The port deal is now at risk, however, because the ground onto which Carnival's passengers would disembark may not have been the government's to offer. In 1970, François (Papa Doc) Duvalier, Haiti's President at the time, agreed to lease much of La Tortue to a Texas businessman named Don Pierson, with the aim of creating a free port; Pierson's son, Grey, now holds the lease. The contract gave Don Pierson's company a ninety-nine-year lease, and specified that he would develop the island's infrastructure for tourism. Though Pierson soon began signing deals to that end, including one with Gulf Oil, for three hundred million dollars, the development project never got off the ground.
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Jessie was enormously happy with the box C.J. gave him after they went through the drive thru of the McDonald's. At first, he was very upset that they weren't going inside the restaurant because he loved the Playland where you took off your shoes and went through the tubes with the other kids and jumped in the colored balls.
But when they went inside, C.J. usually sat with his coffee while Jessie played and never got anything to eat because he was too excited with Playland to actually eat anything.
C.J. called the box a Happy Meal and it was certainly doing its job of making Jessie…well, happy. There was chicken and French fries and a toy Shrek and Shrek was Jessie's favorite movie of all time.
Jessie was eating fast because he was so hungry. He didn't want to eat breakfast when Mommy made it for him and then it was time for her to go to work and then the breakfast was gone. But when he saw the green Shrek toy in the bottom of the Happy Meal box, he forgot all about eating and a half chewed fry dropped out of his mouth.
The car went fast then. It got real loud and growly underneath and Jessie felt a big bump as they flew over the curb and into the street and he almost dropped Shrek. There was a loud squealing noise and a stinky smell.
C.J. was talking on his phone and he must have been mad because he was using the words that Mommy said were bad and he was using his loud voice to say them. Then he said the really really bad F word and threw his phone against the window of the car and it fell on the ground.
"Uh Oh!" Jessie said.
C.J. turned around and looked at Jessie. He gave him a great big smile, but his eyes were still mad.
"It's okay, buddy. Are you having fun with your new toy? Make sure you eat your chicken!"
It must have been okay then, because C.J. didn't use any more bad words. He rolled his window down and the cold air came in with the smelly smoke from C.J.'s cigarette. Mommy smoked cigarettes too, but not in the car with Jessie.
He coughed and C.J. threw his cigarette out the window and rolled it up. Jessie took a piece of chicken out of the box and bit it.
C.J. stopped the car and opened his door.
"I'll be right back, buddy. I'm gonna lock the door and turn the radio on so you can listen to the music. But I promise I'll be right back."
C.J. shut the car door and went into a building Jessie had never been to before. There were no windows on the building, so he couldn't see inside. It was kind of dirty with junk and garbage cans like Oscar the Grouch lives in, so Jessie didn't feel scared. He was hoping Oscar would pop out of one of the cans when the door that C.J. had gone through flew open and a man was thrown right out of it.
The man looked like a big ball and rolled head over butt and tipped over one of the garbage cans when he landed on the ground. There was trash all over the ground that spilled out of the can, but no sign of Oscar.
Then C.J. came out and picked the man up by his shirt and started shaking him. The man must have been real sad because he was crying and shaking his head. But that must have made C.J. mad because he shook the man more and slapped his face.
Then he shoved the man real hard and he flew backwards and slammed against the car. Jessie jumped in his car seat and almost dropped Shrek when the man's head hit the window next to him.
The man fell to the ground then and C.J. walked towards him real fast. He spit on the man and said a lot of bad words. Jessie saw his leg move back and forth real fast and hard like he was kicking something.
C.J. sucked real hard on his cigarette and then threw it on the ground and opened the car door.
"All set, pal?" C.J. said to Jessie. "We gotta go for another ride now. How's that Happy Meal coming? Want some more juice?"
Then they were driving real fast again with lots of squealing noises until they came to another building. C.J. stopped the car on the side of the street where there were lots of other cars.
There was trash here too, but the cans weren't against the building, they were out by the curb. And there were lots of people all around. Some of them were sitting and lying right on the sidewalk.
"Shit! I can't leave you in the car in this friggin' neighborhood," C.J. said.
He got out of the car and came around and took Jessie out of his car seat. Jessie dropped a half eaten piece of chicken, but held on tight to Shrek.
"Come on, kiddo," C.J. said. "This'll only take a minute."
The building they went into was real stinky and Jessie wanted his pacifier, but it was in the car. C.J. carried him up a bunch of stairs and then down a hallway where they stopped in front of a door.
There were babies crying and people yelling in lots of different languages. It was a very noisy place.
C.J. took Jessie's Shrek and put it in Jessie's pocket.
"We're gonna put Shrek away for a minute so you don't drop him," he said. "Okay? Now we're gonna play a game. I want you to put your hands over your ears and hold them real tight, okay?"
Jessie covered his ears like C.J. told him and then C.J. held Jessie tight against his chest while he knocked on the door.
There were foot stomps and C.J. reached in his jacket and pulled something out.
The door opened as far as the door chain would let it.
"What you want!" A man shouted through the crack in the door.
C.J. kicked the door in and the chain broke and the man behind it fell backwards to the ground with a shout.
C.J. pointed the gun at the man on the ground and fired it a bunch of times until the man on the ground stopped moving. The gun was real loud, even though Jessie's hands were clamped tight over his ears, and it smelled real bad.
Jessie looked over C.J.'s shoulder as he turned to run down the hall and he saw the blood that was all over the man on the floor.
When Mommy came home from work, C.J. got up from the kitchen table where he was feeding Jessie carrots and applesauce. Shrek sat on the corner of the high chair tray.
"How's my baby? Eating something healthy, I see."
She walked over and kissed Jessie on the head.
C.J. was putting his coat on.
"Thought I should make up for giving him a Happy Meal for lunch," C.J. said.
"Oh, did you get a new Shrek?"
Jessie pointed his finger at Mommy like a gun.
"BANG!" Jessie said. "BANG BANG BANG Mommy!"
Mommy made a funny sad face at C.J.
"Was Mr. C.J. watching bad movies again?"
"I thought he was sleeping and I'm afraid he caught a few minutes of a crime thriller I was watching. I won't let it happen again."
"That's okay. I'm sure there's no harm done," Mommy said. "See you tomorrow, C.J.?"
"You betcha. See you tomorrow, Jessie."
BIO: Dana C. Kabel's work has appeared in The Flash Fiction Offensive, Out of the Gutter, Yellow Mama, Mysterical-E, Powder Burn Flash, and Muzzleflash. He can be contacted at http://www.thenonstopbullet.blogspot.com/
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Ben Rosenbush's 'Disparate Spheres' is 'my letter to my grandkids'
When musicians disappear for a bit, that doesn't always mean they're not still crafting new work. Maybe they're simply rearranging their priorities.
On Ben Rosenbush's new record, Disparate Spheres, he and his band, the Brighton, revisit some themes from past albums, but this time through the lens of someone older, wiser, and more intent on creating purpose. Disparate Spheres is a meditation set to music, eyes to the sky, palms open. Rosenbush allows notes to linger, reveling in a world of vast possibilities before reminding us that we walk a thin line between life and death.
City Pages sat down with Rosenbush before his album release at the Hook and Ladder on Friday to find out what he's been up to—and to ponder the afterlife.
City Pages: It's been about six years since your last album. What have you been up to since you last released music?
Ben Rosenbush: It's been a long journey finishing this record. Life happened. Since I began this record I've welcomed my two kids into this world and started school on the side as well. I'm glad we finally got to this point, but pushing this music out into the world has asked us all to be committed to the long game.
CP: During that time, were you ever worried that you were taking too long to put out new work? How did you calm those fears?
BR: Of course, I was worried! But though taking this long may have sacrificed some of the initial momentum we had going into this project, the waiting helped me personally to remember why I make music in the first place. The effort is pure in itself and isn't beholden to a clock. The effort to make something that holds meaning for yourself and hopefully for others is one that lives outside of time. In that sense, I think I'm right on time because this is when the final notes fell into place.
CP: The songwriting on your last album had so many pastoral elements, but this new one took on an almost otherworldly feel. What shifted you into this kind of writing?
BR: I used to have a clearer process in my songwriting. But now it feels like my writing is more defined by forgetting what my process is, or at least not focusing on what it is or isn't, and instead allowing myself to be opened up by something—a word, a moment of interaction, a passing billboard, whatever—and letting that be a start of some kind. Most of these songs have a spiritual reaching to them which I think would translate as this otherworldly sense. But as much as the lyrics and sounds reach for the stars so to speak I feel that they are just as much looking for a solid ground—for the unknown to collide with the known, for these disparate spheres to combine.
CP: How did you develop your talent for crafting melodies?
BR: I don't know what crafts each of our ears but mine has certainly been shaped by growing up singing in the church where we all sang melodies that everyone could grab ahold of. I think that experience combined with my own need and want to be close to something beautiful causes me to try and string the melodies together I do.
Another aspect of this has to be forgetfulness. We are all surrounded by a constant flow of music. We all internalize floods of sound, and I think that often a key to writing a good melody is getting a bunch of good melodies inside you, forgetting them and their source in a cognitive sense, and then singing them out in a kind of creative misremembrance. There must be something like this happening with songwriters.
But another way melodies come for me often is via the piano. I often feel something like the shape of a melody that is connected to a mood—maybe a mood brought on after a hard moment with someone, or even a good moment in the day—and I'll sit at the piano and try to draw out that shape so to speak. That's sometimes where the best melodies come from, an emotion I'm weighted with that needs attention, that has an interior shape, that then finds its sketch on the keys.
CP: What was the process of making this album like?
Ben Rosenbush: Much of these songs came the year before we started recording, which was about two years ago. But over the course of recording we started each morning with some "morning stretches" where each person played something spontaneous and then responded to each other. From those "stretches" came the collaborative vignettes, "Eric Garner et al." and "Exiles."
Not counting those two, the oldest song on the record is "Miner of the Mountain," and the youngest is "World to Come." Matt Patrick also has a few co-writes with me on the record. He was and is one of my favorite musical collaborators, and that sentiment truly goes for all involved as well.
CP: Why did you decide to crowdsource to fund the album? Was this a positive experience for you?
BRo: I couldn't have done it any other way to be honest, and I'm so glad I did it. It's both nervewracking and freeing to use crowdsource funding as the fuel for a record. I'm so incredibly grateful for all who pitched in to make these songs come to life. It's always humbling to ask for support, but even more so to receive it, coming into contact with the genuine generosity of others. I have great people in my life and this music belongs to them.
CP: On the last song on the album, "On the Last Day," you ponder a life lived and death and where you end up. Why do you think we, as humans, are so fascinated with how we've lived and what happens when we're gone—enough so that we continually write songs, books, poems about existence? How do you take this topic and write it in a way that doesn't sound trite?
Ben Rosenbush: You're right that death, notions of the afterlife, and a desire for meaning in our short existence has consumed the imagination of human beings for years upon years. Why it has is always and forever both easy to answer and also beyond answering, of course. We are creatures who hold at the center of our psyche the terrifying concept of our mortality and finitude. It shapes how we live, and how we think about how we live.
As a person who identifies as a Christian, I am always reaching for the intimate mystery of Christ's resurrection to be present with me. It shapes my finite life toward practices of love that give it a meaning and purpose beyond itself, and also, at the same time, by being itself fully. This song then is a form of prayer, both a lament and release at the same time. We'll of course never understand the mystery of death, nor what will or will not, come after it. But we will never stop singing ourselves into this mystery—this living endlessness that keeps breathing within the dying moment of right now.
CP: What other songs stand out for you on this album?
BR: " World to Come" is about my daughter and about her entering into this world and into the blooming of her life.
"Ghost" is another form of prayer, a modern-day psalm. It's all the incoherent and inadequate things I've found to say to God that yet feel like the right words to sing for now. "I Am I Am" is about a relentless hope forming and reforming our present. "The Shape that Stands" explores the last moment of death and of new becoming.
"Eric Garner et al." is a song I'm not sure I even have the right to sing from my social location, but it is my humble meditation on the racial injustices alive within our world that I and us all need to awaken to more and more. It's a hopeful gesture of solidarity and of grieving for the pain that is right now so that we can take one more step toward realizing the new reality that is not yet.
"Echo-Echo" is a folksy singer-songwriter writing a rock song that wants to be a punk song. It spins a dystopian narrative in which the past repeats itself as an echo of echoes as human being relive erasing "the other" from the greater "us." "Exiles" was written to invite us toward empathy for those fleeing oppression in distant countries and even in our own country.
"Miner of the Mountain" is a story song that explores humanity's innate impulse for spirituality. "Turning of the Page" is a commentary on a variety of turning pages within our common experience that range from the effects of fundamentalism, to the impacts of climate change, to what it means to love someone, and to the entrenchment of hate within society.
"Kyle" is a song written in memory of my cousin Kyle Rosenbush. He was someone with a great deal of kindness and inquisitiveness in his heart. He loved the woods, his family, and tinkering with mechanical things. He left us too soon, taking his own life. I've never felt the right time to write about him until now.
CP: You've had a little time between the album release and the release show. How are you feeling about the album now? Do you feel it's lived up to your expectations of what you wanted to do with it?
BR: My expectations are and have been few. The point of this music has been to make it and share it with those willing to listen and within earshot. I've even called it my letter to my grandkids (though I don't mean to place any pressure on my own kids!) because of the content is speaks of. I think there's a great deal of success in simply creating something beautiful, or at least something that you believe and hope is beautiful, and offering it up.
Ben Rosenbush and the Brighton
With: JØUR
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When: 7:30 p.m Fri. Jan. 11
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As We Age, Healthy Fats Help Brain Function
Which fat is best?
Researchers questioned 6,183 senior women about their eating habits to study the relationship between dietary fat and brain (cognitive) function. The women were 65 years of age or older, and participated in tests of brain function beginning five years after providing dietary data. They were retested after an additional four years, which allowed the study authors to look for connections between dietary fat and changes in thinking ability over time.
The results indicated that cognitive functioning and verbal memory were significantly better in women who ate the most monounsaturated fat (approximately 14% of total calories) compared with women eating an average of 8% of calories from monounsaturated fat. Women eating the most monounsaturated fat were also 48% less likely to have the poorest cognitive function and 44% less likely to have the poorest verbal memory compared with women eating the least monounsaturated fat.
On the other hand, cognitive functioning and verbal memory in women eating the most saturated fat (approximately 13% of total calories) were significantly worse compared with women eating an average of 7% of calories from saturated fat. Women eating the most saturated fat were also 64% more likely to have the poorest cognitive function and 65% more likely to have the poorest verbal memory compared with women eating the least saturated fat.
High marks for monos
This study is observational, so it does not prove that saturated fat harms brain health or that monounsaturated fat protects the brain. Still, these results make sense, for, as the study authors point out, "the results regarding saturated fatty acids are similar to those from prior large-scale studies." We know that too much saturated fat can harm health in a variety of ways, and many health experts believe monounsaturated fat is a better choice. Try these tips to trim the saturated fat and get healthy monounsaturated fat into your diet:
- Know the numbers. This study suggests that eating 7% or fewer calories from saturated fat is a good goal. For a 2,000 calorie diet, this means eating no more than 16 grams of saturated fat per day. If you eat 1,500 calories, this translates to 12 or fewer saturated fat grams daily.
- Munch on monos. This study found that eating 14% of total calories from monounsaturated fat may protect brain health. For a 2,000 calorie diet, this translates to about 31 grams of monounsaturated fat per day, and for a 1,500 diet, this translates to 23 grams daily.
- Snack smart. Nuts and seeds are loaded with healthy monounsaturated fat. Try a handful of almonds, walnuts, or pumpkin seeds, and skip the processed snack foods such as chips, crackers, and cookies.
- Dial in on dinner. Limit the amount of red meat and high fat dairy you eat to a few times per week. Instead, try fish, chicken, or beans for a protein source. When you cook, use olive oil instead of other vegetable fats.


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1. Study Participants
2. Genetic Families using the Irwin Surname (or variants thereof)
3. Comments on individual gentic families, including Border Irwin L555 haplotree
LATEST UPDATE OF ANALYSIS OF TEST RESULTS (No. 27, November 2019)
The following analysis is of the Latest Main Results Table as of end October 2019. This analysis will be next updated in May 2020.
Our Study includes participants from the Erwin, Genographic and Irish Heritage projects, and participants with other surnames who appear to be close genetic matches. It also includes a few participants with yDNA test results obtained from companies other than FTDNA.
As of end October 2019 we have 513 participants with yDNA test results. This total is less than the 598 "Project Joins" advertised by FTDNA as the latter figure includes kits that have not been returned, kits undergoing initial analysis, and some participants who have taken atDNA or mtDNA tests but no yDNA test!
Details of participants' year of joining and country of residence are:
To place these figures in context, our participants represent about 0.16% of all Irwins alive today (or about 0.3% of all Irwin men); and while 86% of our participants reside in the New World, only 82% of the total population of Irwins etc. live there (see section 2 and Appendices A and B of the accompanying Supplementary Paper No.1 ("Towards Improvement ...."), and Supplementary Paper No.2 ("Surname Statistics").
Participants have volunteered the name, date of birth and place of origin of their earliest confirmed paternal ancestor:
The "Other" spellings are participants with surnames unlike Irwin but whose DNA indicates their ancestors were genetically related to an Irwin genetic family (see below).
Some participants have given more specific details about their earliest confirmed paternal ancestor, or where their ancestors first settled after migrating, from which the following was derived in 2016:
These distributions can be interpreted as representative of a general trend of migration from the Scottish Borders to Ulster in the 17th century and migration from Ulster to Eastern America in the 18th century.
No. of STR markers tested:
i.e. 96% of participants have tested to 37 markers or more.
Analysis to 37 markers has proved the most popular and cost effective. Lower resolution tests, i.e. with less than 37 markers, have been found to be inadequate for most participants. The 67-marker tests have yielded little additional benefits, although the initial indications of the 111-marker tests suggest these may become more interesting. The new Panel 6 (markers 112-561) which now accompanies the BigY tests, has negilgible value.
Upgrading to 37 markers is recommended for all participants with less than 37 markers. Upgrading to 67 or 111 markers is not recommended without prior consultation with the Study Administrator. For members of our Borders genetic family (see below) who have not taken a BigY test, the new L555 SNP Pack test would be a much better investment.
46 (9%) have BigY test results, and a further 84 (16%) have SNP panel test results. 23 have BigY700 test results. 55% of Border Irwins can now be placed on the L555 haplotree (see section 3.1 below).
2. GENETIC FAMILIES USING THE IRWIN SURNAME (or variants thereof)
At end April 2017, SNP tests ro FTDNA's prediction based on STR data show the 462 participants to be members of the following haplogroups:
However of more significance on the basis of STR data it has been possible to identify 43 genetic families using our surname that are apparently unrelated to each other during the surname era (i.e. roughly the last millennium):
*: SNPs are introduced in "Interpreting yDNA Test Results", section 3.
Although these genetic families are unrelated during the surname era, all men are descended from a "genetic Adam", and the enormous haplotree of all his descendants, still being developed, can be simplified to show only how these Clan Irwin genetic families are related to one another thus:
The short "codes" in red and green shown in this table represent the genetic families indicated by similar codes in our Main Results Table. The dates and the Surname/Pre-surname threshold on the right only relate to the L555 ancestral line and are only indicative (experts disagree on the exact datres). The purpose of this figure is not an exercise in "deep ancestry", but simply to show that the 44 Irwin genetic families are not related to one another within the surname era.
3.1 Borders genetic family. This is thought to be the largest such families in all the DNA surname studies. It includes nearly two thirds of all our participants. All of the Study participants included in this family share a single paternal ancestor whose identity is unknown but who apparently lived in the Scottish Borders, probably Dumfriesshire, in the 14th century. Although no genealogical records survive form this period, we know he lived there because a few participants in this genetic family are still living in Dumfriesshire today; we know roughly when he lived from SNP TMRCA estimates (see "Interpreting y-DNA Test Results"), the absence of hereditary surnames of amongst low ranking Scots in the 13th century and some contemporary records of Irvings in Dumfriesshire in the 14th century. Many of the Study participants living in USA and who were previously unsure of their distant paternal ancestry are gratified this link to the Scottish Borders has now been established. Most of these American participants are probably "Scots-Irish", i.e. they had an ancestor who migrated from Dumfriesshire to Ulster, typically in the 17th century, and a later ancestor who migrated from Ireland to USA, typically the eastern seaboard states from Pennsylvania to the Carolinas, and typically in the 18th or 19th centuries. Both these migrations were probably for reasons that were primarily economic, although some migrations to Ulster may have been by Border reivers fleeing the courts, and some migrations from Ulster may have been by Presbyterians seeking less discrimination.
Several participants using surnames unlike Irwin are included in this genetic family as they evidently share this common ancestry, and so are NPE's (see sections 2.6 and 2.7 of Interpreting yDNA Test Results); Armstrong, Elliot, Graham, Johnston and Little are common Borders surnames, while Byers was a common name in Annan. Errand is probably not a name change but a different surname. The Cahill, Hamblen and Hutchinson participants know their relevant recent ancestry included such events. However all such NPE's should take a L555 test (single or Pack Test) to confirm they are NPE's rather than False Positives.
In early 2011 a tentative classification of most of the participants in the Borders genetic family into 14 sub-groups was attempted using cladograms and FTDNA's TiP tool. The modal DNA signatures of these sub-group were denoted thus BA (modal), BB (Bonshaw), BD (Dumfries), BE (Eskdale), B9, B10, B15, B16, B17, B23, B29 and BX (for the "left overs"). For background to these sub-divisions see the accompanying Supplementary Paper No.3 ("Identifying Sub-groups ....").
This tentative division of our large Borders genetic family into these sub-groups represented a significant development at the time and served well for five years, even though it placed some known close cousins in different sub-groups. With the arrival of BigY tests in 2015 we initially got one such test for each sub-group. This development did not it itself confirm or disprove the reliability of these sub-groupings, but with the advent of the cheaper SNP Pack tests in spring 2016 it became apparent that most of these tentative sub-groupings were incompatible with the new and more reliable SNP test results (see below).
The test results for the Border Irwins in the Main results table are thus now split into two categories: B(1), for those Border Irwins who can now be placed on the L555 haplotree, and B(2), for those who have still to take the L555 SNP Pack test. Both categories still include the old sub-grouping codes.
Thanks to the investments of an increasing number of L555 participants in BigY tests and Pack tests, the L555 section of the Clan Irwin haplotree above can now be expanded downstream thus:
Click on this image for the Excel version, which can be printed on a legible scale on two portrait sheets of A4/legal paper.
This haplotree includes some participants who have been added on the basis of STR predictions, Family Finder tests or previously known genealogical relationships. Note that the haplotree is essentially the same as that presented in the B1 section of the Main Results Table, but turned through 90 degrees.
Parts of this haplotree can be further developed and integrated into a more conventional genealogies thus:
Please note that details in these haplotrees are evolving rapidly, and are liable to change. However already many interesting and important points emerge that relate to the Border Irwins:
All the other genetic families in the Study are much small that the Borders genetic family, the largest containing only 10 participants.
3.2 Aberdeenshire participants are members of the senior line of Drum. One of the prime objectives of this Study has been to test the tradition recorded by Dr.Christopher Irvin in c.1680 that William de Irwyn, to whom Robert the Bruce gave the forest of Drum in 1323, was a son of Bonshaw. At face value these DNA results now imply the present senior male representatives of the Bonshaw and Drum lines do not share a common male ancestor. Expressed another way, these results mean that either:
3.3 Fourteen participants claiming descent from 'Orkney' ancestors apparently represent two genetic families having different paternal ancestries. A possible relationship between these two lines is shown in slide 36 of Supplementary Paper No. 9. Contrary to tradition, it is now clear that neither of these two lines is descended from either Bonshaw or Drum. This in turn means that the American author Washington Irving (1783-1859) is not a descendant of Drum.
3.4 Shetland now has three small genetic families genetically unrelated to one another, or to Orkney or other genetic families. However despite the excellent genealogy Shetlands now have access to (www.bayanne.co.uk/Genealogy), no genealogical linkshave yet been identified.
3.5 Four participants whose DNA signatures confirm they are distant cousins from a 'Perthshire' genetic family. It is still unclear whether this family is an NPE or adopted their name from a laird, perhaps the laird of Drum.
3.6 One participant whose ancestors came from 'Forfarshire'. As with the Perthshire name, the origins of this family are unclear.
3.7 The Newton family is another branch of the family whose origins are unclear.
3.8 NPEs. Although participants in the 16 small 'NPE - Beattie, Bell, Carruthers, Dodd, Elliot (2), Fleming, Graham, Johnston, Kerr, Kincaid, Latimer, Little, MacFarland, Napier, Todd' genetic families today all use the surname Ervin/Irvin/Irvine/Irving/Irwin, their DNA tests show they share a common ancestor with many in the Borders clans of these surnames, implying a NPE in their ancestral lines, probably in the 13th-17th centuries. To quote the Borders Reivers website:
"The intermingling of peoples along the Anglo-Scottish border produced a tough, hybrid culture claiming many lines of descent. It is unlikely that all the members of any Border family were descended from the same ancestor. The pervasive social upheaval increased the chances that men sired by members of one clan might be born or raised under the surname of another. So did the matrimonial customs of Border families, which encouraged trial marriages and allowed wives to keep their maiden names. Moreover, the clans themselves were political entities as much as families, and many men adopted the surnames of other clans to obtain their protection and a franchise on their power. There is [also] particular uncertainty in the case of the Scotch-Irish, as much of their genealogy was lost or scrambled when they were forced to resettle in Ulster."
3.9 Ten other small genetic families have been identified (UJ, U4, U5, U6, U7, U8, U9, U10 (formerly Nixon) and U11) but their origins are still Unknown; most are probably Scots or Scots-Irish; some may be recent NPEs.
3.10 Uniquely to this Study the small Ireland - Drumcarney genetic family share the R1a haplogroup, but do not match any other surname that has tested with FTDNA. They are probably a Scots-Irish family.
3.11 The 'Ireland - ?Leinster' genetic family share a common ancestor whose haplogroup 'I1a' is quite different to other participants. The origin of this group may be the gaelic family O'Hirewen from Leinster in Ireland, that was later anglicised to Irwin, but further evidence is needed to substantiate this possibility.
3.12 The small 'Ireland - Munster' genetic family,formerly thought to be three separate genetic families, share the same SNPs and so are now regarded as a single family. One member came from Co. Limerick and whose gaelic surname O'Ciarmhachain was anglicised to Irwin. It is clear this family never had Scottish connections. Members of this genetic family are recommended to also join the Munster Irish DNA Project (http://www.familytreedna.com/public/MunsterIrish/ ).
3.13 Two small 'Ireland - Roscommon' genetic families have been identified. The Roscommon - Rathmoyle family includes the senior representative of this line, which was settled there in 1584, i.e. before the "Plantation" of the early 17th century. Their DNA suggests the line is a NPE of the Rutledge family, a Borders surname. The Roscommon - Roundfort family is also apparently a NPE of the native Leinster family of Reilly.
3.14 The small 'Germany/Netherlands' genetic family share a common ancestor who evidently had the surname Arwine or Arnwine and migrated from Germany or the Netherlands (see www.jowest.net/Genealogy/John/Arnwine/Arnwine.htm). Subsequently, perhaps in the 18th century in New Jersey or SE Pennsylvania, it seems the name became confused with unrelated neighbours named Erwin. It seems likely none of these participants ever had Scottish connections. We also have what appears to be a NPE of this branch.
3.15 An 'Africa' gentic family is represented by an African-american whose ancestors were slaves, and probably took their surname from their slave-master.
3.16 About 6% of the participants are classified as Singletons until a closely matching participant joins the study. Some of these Singletons may turn out to be recent NPEs.
NB Not included in these statistics are several individuals, known as False Positives, participants whose surname does not sound like Irwin but who have a genetic distance of 4/37 or less and who have tested, or are expected to be, L555-. Such "matches" can probably be attributed to "convergence" of random mutations, and are unlikely to have a genealogical relationship with any Irwin etc.


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