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Darigold Egg Nog (2/64 oz) priced at $7.39
Krusteaz Pumpkin Spice Baking Mix (4/16 oz) priced at $7.99
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Libby's Canned Pumpkin (3/29 oz) priced at $7.59
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Holding Company Affiliates and Operating Subsidiaries: Safety-and-Soundness Considerations
In considering financial modernization, two alternative organizational structures have been proposed. One would require that new activities such as securities or insurance underwriting be placed in a holding company affiliate. In order to own such an affiliate, the holding company would have to be well-capitalized. The other alternative would give banks the option of housing new activities in a bank operating subsidiary. This operating subsidiary would be subject to certain safeguards, including: application of the principles of Sections 23A and 23B of the Federal Reserve Act to transactions between a bank and its operating subsidiary; the requirement that the bank be well-capitalized; and the requirement that the bank's investment in the operating subsidiary be deducted from regulatory capital.
Safety-and-soundness issues arise in two situations: when the bank is healthy and the affiliate/subsidiary is financially troubled; and conversely, when the affiliate/subsidiary is healthy and the bank is financially troubled. Each is discussed below. We conclude that the affiliate and operating subsidiary structures offer similar protections when the bank is healthy and the affiliate or subsidiary is troubled, but that the operating subsidiary structure provides superior protection when the affiliate/subsidiary is healthy and it is the bank that is in financial trouble.
Bank Healthy - Affiliate/Subsidiary Troubled
There are a number of safety-and-soundness concerns that arise when a bank is financially strong but its affiliate or subsidiary is financially troubled. First, the bank might transfer funds to the subsidiary in an attempt to save its (or its parent's) investment. However, both the affiliate structure and the operating subsidiary structure provide the same limits on such exposure. In particular, the application of the principles of Sections 23A and 23B of the Federal Reserve Act to operating subsidiaries ensures that any extension of credit by a bank to its operating subsidiary would have the same limitations and safeguards as would apply to extensions of credit by the bank to its holding company affiliate. With respect to equity contributions, the bank might downstream capital to its subsidiary or it could upstream funds to its parent, which could then downstream the funds to the troubled affiliate. However, since the bank's investment in an operating subsidiary is deducted from regulatory capital and the bank would have to be well-capitalized under both the affiliate and operating subsidiary structures, equity transfers are limited to capital in excess of the well-capitalized threshold.
Of course, a bank might risk sanctions and illegally transfer funds to its affiliate or subsidiary in violation of Sections 23A and 23B, even though it would fall below the well-capitalized level. Such a transfer also might go undetected by regulators until it was too late. But, it is important to remember that banking organizations seek to maximize the return to their shareholders; thus, they have the same economic incentive to improperly transfer funds to an affiliate as to a subsidiary. In order for bank regulators to be able to detect improper capital transfers, bank regulators must have similar access to operating subsidiaries and holding company affiliates, and similar mechanisms could be used to monitor capital flows between a bank and its operating subsidiaries and between a bank and its parent or affiliates. In short, banks may occasionally break the rules, and for a short time go undetected, but neither their incentive nor their ability to do so is affected by organizational structure.
Another safety-and-soundness concern arises when an affiliate/subsidiary fails. Despite limited liability, theoretically, the corporate veil may be pierced to make the bank accountable for the liabilities of its affiliate or subsidiary. First, it is important to note that piercing of the corporate veil is very rare. Second, corporate veils can be pierced between a parent and a subsidiary and between affiliates. The critical issue is not organizational structure, but whether the bank controls and dominates its affiliate or subsidiary so that they are held out to the public or operated as integrated entities. Under both the affiliate and operating subsidiary structures, there are certain straightforward steps a bank would be required to take to ensure that its affiliate or subsidiary is in fact separate from the bank. These steps include having separate management and record keeping for the two corporations, and not having identical boards of directors. With some basic safeguards such as these, the legal separation of both subsidiaries and affiliates can be reasonably ensured.
A third safety-and-soundness concern that could arise from a troubled affiliate or subsidiary is contagion, or reputational risk. That is, despite the fact that the bank may be legally insulated from the financial troubles of its affiliate or subsidiary, the troubles of the affiliates/subsidiaries may extend to the bank because they could undermine public confidence in the organization as a whole. This risk is real, but it depends largely on public perception, not organizational structure. If regulators strictly enforce firewalls, there will be less contagion risk. If, on the other hand, regulators encourage banks to bail out troubled nonbank subsidiaries or affiliates, then contagion risk will be a larger problem for operating subsidiaries and affiliates alike.
Bank Troubled - Affiliate/Subsidiary Healthy
Safety-and-soundness considerations also arise when the affiliate/subsidiary is healthy and the bank is financially troubled. As noted earlier, banking organizations seek to maximize the return to shareholders. Thus, if a bank is in danger of failing, banking organizations have an incentive to shift resources from the bank to healthy nonbank affiliates. Since operating subsidiaries are an asset of the bank, no such incentive exists to shift resources out of a troubled bank into a healthy operating subsidiary. Of course, firewalls exist to protect the bank from an improper transfer of funds when a bank is near failure, and regulators monitor troubled banks very closely. Nonetheless, in the case of a troubled bank, there is less reason to be concerned with breaches in the firewalls between a bank and its subsidiary than between a bank and its affiliate.
A second safety-and-soundness consideration involves the support that the healthy affiliate or subsidiary gives to the bank, and hence, indirectly depositors and the insurance fund. Since, as noted above, an operating subsidiary is an asset of the bank, the earnings from or the proceeds of the sale of a subsidiary belong to the bank, and if a bank poses supervisory concerns, regulators can prevent those funds from being directed up to the holding company. In some cases such funds might prevent a bank from failing. If the bank does fail, earnings or sale proceeds before failure will lower the insurance losses of the FDIC. If the subsidiary has not been sold before failure, then the subsidiary becomes an asset of the receivership and directly serves to limit the losses of the insurance fund.
The Federal Reserve's "source-of-strength" doctrine provides some of the same support for banks from bank affiliates, but not as completely and not as well as outright ownership. First, the source-of-strength doctrine has never been fully litigated, and bank holding companies have occasionally successfully balked at meeting the Federal Reserve's demand for capital injections into their insured banks. Second, even when bank holding companies have injected capital into banks that subsequently failed, the FDIC has twice been sued to recover some of those funds. In the First Republic failure, the recovery of funds downstreamed to the bank was one of several issues in a suit eventually settled out of court. A suit by the Bank of New England Corporation trustee in bankruptcy to recover funds and assets downstreamed by the holding company into the bank before failure was settled on January 6, 1999, with the payment of $140 million by the FDIC, as receiver and in its corporate capacity, to the bankruptcy estate. Finally, despite the source-of-strength doctrine, once a bank fails, the depositors and the FDIC have no claim whatsoever on the nonbank assets of the holding company. This differs markedly from an operating subsidiary, which, as noted earlier, would become an asset of the receivership and whose full value would accrue to depositors and the FDIC.
The operating subsidiary structure and the holding company structure provide similar safety-and-soundness protection when the bank is sound and the affiliate/subsidiary is financially troubled. However, when it is the bank that is financially troubled but the affiliate/subsidiary is sound, the operating subsidiary structure has a definite safety-and-soundness advantage.
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On July 4, 1971, when I was four years old, my family was having a picnic with Elmer and Ruth Towns, and we walked up to the top of Sharp Top, the highest mountain in Virginia. It was hot, and I was tired and wouldnt go on. So Elmer lifted me onto his shoulders and took me to the top. I thank God for the many different ways Elmer has carried me over the years. Now, it is my privilege to be his pastor and to "carry" him and the work of Thomas Road Baptist Church forward. One of the things I like about this book is that Elmer honors my father, noting it was Jerry Falwell, Sr., who had a vision to start Liberty University and had great faith to make it happen. This book talks about what God has accomplished at Liberty and how Dr. Towns was involved. Read this book and praise God for what He has done.
Jonathan Falwell
Senior Pastor, Thomas Road Baptist Church, Lynchburg, Virginia
Elmer Towns is a gifted Bible teacher and faithful preacher of the Word of God. His lifes story will warm your heart as he shares the deepest hurts of a young boy who overcame the struggles and turmoil of a difficult childhood by meeting the Savior. His commitment to Jesus Christ has led him into pulpits and classrooms, and many young men and women have learned the great truths of Scripture under the careful teaching of my friend, Elmer Towns.
Franklin Graham
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Walking with Giants is a moving account of how God used a man who was committed to service, righteousness and humility before the Lord. As a graduate of Liberty University, I walked behind the giants mentioned in this book, and God used them to influence my life in profound ways. I would not have had the family, the husband or the life Im living if they had not served the Lord so well. Those who are unfamiliar with the circumstances of Elmer Townss life will read this book with wonder . . . and those who have been blessed to know him will read it with gratitude.
Dr. Angela Hunt
Christy Award Winner and Bestselling Author
Walking with Giants takes us on an insightful journey through the last 70 years of evangelicalism from the perspective of one of its key movers and shakers. During the trip, you will laugh out loud as the 19-year-old preacher, Elmer Towns, motivates the recently regenerated town drunk to help paint their dilapidated church. Six decades later, you will weep as he relates the loss of Jerry Falwell, his dear life-long teammate. Walking with Giants is a great read.
Dr. Bill Jones
President, Columbia International University
Elmer Towns has been my mentor for more than 40 years. He first touched my life through his books and then through his life. He has spent his life challenging pastors and church leaders around the world to enlarge their vision and passion for the cause of Christ. His life has touched mine and now will touch yours as you read this book. To Elmer, my great friend and mentor, I say, "Well done! You have lived well!"
John C. Maxwell
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Dr. Towns is one of the most influential Christian leaders of the twentieth century. As co-founder of Liberty, the Lord worked through Dr. Towns to truly change the course of history. All of Libertys now-innumerable graduates carry within them the influence of Dr. Elmer Townsmyself included. This giant of the faith has shaped my life as a minister. Dr. Towns has been my Sunday School teacher, professor, ministry colleague and friend. I am confident that his amazing story will continue to point lives toward Christ for decades to come.
Alex McFarland
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Walking with Giants gives helpful insight into the life of Elmer Towns, one of the greatest giants of our day. This great man has served as my teacher, mentor and friend. He has influenced me to be a better husband, father, pastor and author. Now, in this revealing book, you too will have the incredible opportunity to learn and gain from his many years of experience. This book will inspire you to love God and do great things for God.
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I remember joking about my friend Dr. Towns in front of thousands of Liberty University students at convocation. I said, "Dr. Towns has no unpublished thought," to the roaring laughter of those who know and love him. It seems to be truemy shelf is filled with his wisdom, just as that convocation arena was filled with those influenced and touched by his life. Read this memoir of a man who changed the world.
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I first met Dr. Towns when I was a college student working on staff with John C. Maxwell in Lancaster, Ohio. From 1972 until this day, he has been a friend and mentor to me. Ive had the opportunity to co-author books and share speaking events with him. What you see is what you get! Elmer Towns is a good and godly man whose walk matches his talk. Walking with Giants is a reflection of a life well lived by one of my heroes of the faith.
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Jesus teaching on humility would preclude any establishment of a Christian Leaders Hall of Fame. However, if there were one, Elmer Towns would surely be inducted as our "Number One Number Two Leader." His obedience to Gods call to enable Jerry Falwell to skyrocket to a legendary Number One did not detract in the least from his own destiny to emerge as a top-ranking history-maker in American Evangelicalism. The chronicle of Elmer Towns is like no other, and I speak for multitudes when I express deep gratitude that his story will now be perpetuated through this superb memoir.
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Elmer Towns is my friend, my mentor, my golfing companion and, most importantly, my prayer partner! Walking with Giants is the story of a life well lived. You will be inspired, encouraged and motivated to make yourself available to the power of God. These memoirs are proof of what God can do through one individual who fully surrenders himself to God. After reading this book, I am reminded of the words of missionary C. T. Studd: "Oh, let us not rust outlet us not glide through the world and then slip quietly out, without having even blown the trumpet loud and long for our Blessed Redeemer. At the very least let us see to it that the devil holds a thanksgiving service in hell, when he gets news of our departure from the field of battle."
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D. L. Moody once said that when a believer is fully dedicated to the Lord, it is amazing to see what God can do through that persons life. This is certainly true of Elmer Towns. As you read this book, you will marvel at how God has used Dr. Towns in numerous ways around the globe for His glory. Elmer and I were students together at Dallas Seminary in the fifties. He and his wife, Ruth, and I and my wife, Dottie, were good friends. His dedication to the Lord was obvious even then. May you glorify the Lord as you read how He has worked in Dr. Townss life and ministry. To quote his favorite Bible verse, "Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass" (1 Thess. 5:24, NASB).
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Whenever some item or other breaks in my household, I always intend to return it or have it repaired. But then it languishes on the side in my study or by the back door because I mean to deal with it myself but never quite get around to it. Nor do I have the time to explain to someone else what needs doing. Thus a pair of Cost Centre #2's worn-out shoes have been in a canvas bag next to said back door for some time, failing to make it anywhere near a cobbler. But I am not going to be the sort of person who throws things out, especially now that I have a TV programme that extols frugal living.
For TV, books and so on I have a manager, a Prominent Theatrical Agent. PTA recently decided to host a dinner for those of us managed by him, and their partners, plus for some reason Cost Centre #1, in a pub with rooms off the A3; his own CC#1 is the chef/manager.
I dressed up for the occasion; a Little Black Dress with more than a hint of cleavage, evening jewellery, hair newly washed, lots of eyeliner, lace stockings, my highest heels. I also packed carefully because after staying the night at PTA's party we were having morning coffee at the Surrey mansion of My Wealthiest Girlfriend, who happens to be married to my former boss. I have known MWG for 25 years and she is always immaculately attired. I selected grey trousers, shoes, matching silk T-shirt and cardigan in plum, minimal but tasteful jewellery, daytime make-up, and put them all in my bag with my PJs and washbag.
When Mr M and I arrived at the pub, I suggested that we put our bags in the bedroom before joining the assortment of wacky talent that PTA had assembled. It was then that Mr M opened the car boot to reveal the bag containing CC#2's battered old shoes. To say that I was incandescent with fury is something of an understatement. Well, he said, not apologetically enough for my liking, you said your bag was near the door, and this was exactly there. Mind you, he added, I did think it was rather light. Really? I observed through gritted teeth. Then why didn't you check? Also, only two days before, we had been away to celebrate our 24th wedding anniversary, and Mr M had carried my overnight bag several times then. I only possess one piece of Louis Vuitton luggage. Is it too much to remember what it looks like?
PTA took one look at us as we entered the pub and immediately assigned us a room with separate beds, but even so Mr M took the wise precaution of staying up until after 3am to make sure I was asleep (in his pyjamas) before he dared retire. As soon as the shops opened the next day I braved the Esher one-way system to find some muted make-up, but still turned up to MWG's pile looking as though I was going straight on to Annabel's.
Meanwhile, CC#3, left behind in the care of his former nanny, had taken himself off to the Apple store in Reading because his one-month-old iPod Touch had stopped working. The staff said that at 14 he was too young to consign it to their care so he returned the next day with the nanny. Sorry, they said, you were misinformed, no need to trek to a store – you just call Apple and they send you a Jiffy bag to post it back in. It would have been good to know this the previous day.
Soon after, I visited my parents whose Dyson vacuum cleaner, 18-months-old and under guarantee, had packed up. You can't just send stuff back to Dyson these days, they talk you through DIY fixes over the phone. As this is beyond my 84-year-old parents I found myself on the line to a charming young man, taking lessons in how to dismantle the cleaner and put it back together again. Fixing things these days doesn't seem to need anyone to leave home. Except, perhaps, in the case of shoes. Which are back by the door, no closer to the cobbler's.


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Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 213 EXTRA Edition
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This Week In Doctor Who - July 10, 2010
Psst - on July 17, let's crush the internet. See a few paragraphs down the line ...
This Week In Doctor Who - Section A
July 10, 2010 - Vol 13, Number 25
by Benjamin F. Elliott
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6.12 Million People Watched the Big Bang officially on BBC 1. with 0.72 Million watching the Repeat on BBC 3. as of yet I am unable to find the BBC HD numbers.
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Former Habs defenceman Mathieu Schneider guested on Mitch Melnick's program on Friday over Team 990, giving a wide-ranging interview that touched on his career in Montreal, the death of his former Vancouver teammate Rick Rypien and the recently concluded NHL Research Development and Orientation Camp where new rules were tested.
Schneider played for the Canadiens at the outset and also near the end of his 21-season NHL career, breaking in with Montreal briefly in the 1987-88 campaign as an 18-year-old before sticking the following year. He played five and a half season for the Habs, was on the 1993 Stanley Cup champions and the team that lost in the finals to the Flames in 1989. He scored 20 goals from Habs the blue line in 1994-95, adding 32 assists in his best season in Montreal.
While he was playing for a poor Atlanta team in 2008-09, GM Don Waddell asked him if he'd like to be traded and where; eventually Schneider said he would and Montreal was on the top of his list. Two weeks later, Waddell accommodated him. "That's gonna be one of the best memories of my career, when I came back to Montreal. I was so excited to be back," he told Melnick. "I couldn't imagine being more excited than playing in the old Forum, but they've just done a great job there. The fans are tremendous, better than it's ever been, I think."
Schneider was injured in early April, 2009 but had 17 points in 25 games and was a highly effective power play specialist teamed with Andrei Markov on the points. He was limited by injuries to only two post-season games for the Canadiens that spring.
Retiring after the 2009-10 season, Schneider is now a Special Assistant to NHLPA Executive Director Donald Fehr. Among his responsibilities is sitting as a non-voting member of the NHL-NHLPA Competition Committee. He had a long history of involvement in the NHLPA when he was still skating, serving as a player representative on the NHLPA Executive Board eight times, as vice president of the Interim Executive Committee, as a voting player member of the Competition Committee and as a member of the Executive Director Search Committee.
There is some thought that because Schneider has a very friendly relationship with his former teammate in Detroit, Brendan Shanahan — who is now an NHL executive — the course of NHL-NHLPA relations might be less rocky than in the past, that Fehr and NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman will be able to use these former players to foster a spirit of cooperation, help iron out CBA issues between labor and management and reach common ground on how the game can move forward and become more safe without compromising its competitive integrity (points made earlier on Melnick's show by Pierre McGuire).
Schneider agreed with that optimistic sentiment. "Things are headed in that direction more and more," he said. "Brendan and I were good friends and teammates and we see a lot of things the same way and I think that helps as well."
Because of Derek Boogaard's death earlier in the offseason and other early deaths of NHL enforcers like Bob Probert and former Canadien John Kordic, there's a line of thinking since Rypien's death that fighters are more predisposed to suffer from depression and other emotional problems (here and here, for example). Melnick asked Schneider if he agrees with that.
"No, I wouldn't say that," he answered. "And it's funny, because typically the guys I played with who were the enforcers throughout my career have been loosest in the dressing room, the funniest guys, the guys you just look to and count on. Great guys in the room. And they seem like the guys that are least likely this would happen to I've found in the past."
In any case, Schneider added, Rypien had been portrayed inaccurately in the recent accounts of his career, saying he was more than a fighter and there was a lot more to his game. "He was an extremely talented player and I think that's being overlooked a little bit as well."
Schneider said all players know they have access to the NHLPA/NHL Substance Abuse & Behavioral Health Program 24/7 from the day they enter the NHL. "It's helped an awful lot of guys in this league. I've had friends that have used it for death in the family, someone to just talk to, and I know it's gotten most publicity for alcohol and drug abuse, but it's there for so many different purposes, whether it's just problems at home and obviously a case like this as well, so I don't know if there's anything else that could have been done.
"But at the same time, it's important that we examine if there's something else that could have been done and if so, what?. Can we use it to learn from and possibly help players in the future?"
For his thoughts and observations on the NHL's RDO Camp, you can jump to my SI.com blog post reviewing last week's activities, which includes all of Scheinder's relevant comments.
Schneider calls Fehr, "just a tremendous person. One of the most intelligent people I've ever come across in my whole life." Asked what is so impressive about Fehr, he says, "He uses a lot of common sense. Things that you think, 'Oh, yeah. We should be doing all along. Why didn't I think of that?'"
Another attribute of Fehr Schneider finds noteworthy is that "he engages everyone. He gets opinions out of everyone….Whether it's a guy who's been in the league 25 games or a guy that's been in the league 15 years, he gets stuff out of them and that's something I've never seen anyone in that position able to do, going back to Bob (Goodenow). And Bob was great; I was a huge supporter of Bob Goodenow, but he wasn't able to draw guy's opinions out the way that Don can."
Telling Melnick he was "extremely grateful for the opportunity," to work for the NHLPA, he said he hasn't had any problems adjusting to not being on the ice any longer. "It was one of the easiest decisions when I finally decided to hang 'em up. I haven't looked back since. I played long enough."
Melnick offered the Schneider must be proud to have been able to be a factor as an NHL player into his 40's.
Schneider answered with a chuckle, "Well, I guess some people would argue with that."
The entire interview can be heard on the Team 990 website.


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Norman Davies
Norman Davies CMG, FBA, FRHistS |
Born | Ivor Norman Richard Davies 8 June 1939 Bolton, Lancashire, UK |
Fields | European History |
Institutions | |
Alma mater | |
Notable awards |
Ivor Norman Richard Davies[1] CMG FBA FRHistS (born 8 June 1939) is a British-Polish historian[2][3] noted for his publications on the history of Europe, Poland and the United Kingdom. He is widely regarded as one of the preeminent historians of Central and Eastern European history. He is UNESCO Professor at the Jagiellonian University, professor emeritus at University College London, a visiting professor at the Collège d'Europe, and an honorary fellow at St. Antony's College, Oxford.
Academic career[edit]
Davies was born to Richard and Elizabeth Davies in Bolton, Lancashire. He is of Welsh descent. He studied in Grenoble, France, from 1957 to 1958 and then under A. J. P. Taylor at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he earned a BA in history in 1962. He was awarded an MA at the University of Sussex in 1966 and also studied in Perugia, Italy.
Davies intended to study for a PhD in the Soviet Union but was denied an entry visa, so instead he went to Kraków, Poland, to study at the Jagiellonian University and did research on the Polish–Soviet War. As this war was denied in the official communist Polish historiography of that time, he was obliged to change the title of his dissertation to The British Foreign Policy towards Poland, 1919–20. After he obtained his PhD in Kraków in 1968, the English text appeared under the title White Eagle, Red Star. The Polish–Soviet War 1919–20 in 1972.
From 1971, Davies taught Polish history at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies of University College, London, where he was professor from 1985 to 1996, when he retired. He subsequently became Supernumerary Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford, from 1997 to 2006. Throughout his career, Davies has lectured in many countries, including the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, China, Poland and in most of the rest of Europe as well.
Stanford University's history department denied Davies a tenured faculty position in 1986 (on an 11 against, 10 for and 1 abstaining, vote).[4] Davies subsequently sought to obtain $3 million in damages from the university, arguing he had been the victim of discrimination on the grounds of his political views (with the claim being "defamation," "breach of contract" and "tortious interference" with a business). The case ultimately collapsed when Davies was unable to depose Professor Harold Kahn of Noe Valley as to what Kahn (who refused to be deposed) had said about Davies in closed faculty hearings. The court ruled that because of California's right of privacy "even if we assume that... a candidate may be denied tenure for improper" [e.g., defamatory] "reasons, we are of the opinion that the right of a faculty member to discuss with his colleagues the candidate's qualifications thoroughly and candidly, in confidence and without fear of compelled disclosure, is of such paramount value that it ought not to be impaired." The court then upheld the university's right to decide on faculty appointments on the basis of any criteria .[1][5]
He is a visiting professor at the Collège d'Europe.[6]
Davies' first book, White Eagle, Red Star: The Polish-Soviet War, 1919–20 was published in 1972. His 1981 book God's Playground, a comprehensive overview of Polish history, was published officially in Poland only after the fall of communism. In 1984, Davies published Heart of Europe, a briefer history of Poland, in which the chapters are arranged in reverse chronological order.
In the 1990s, Davies published Europe: A History (1996) and The Isles: A History (1999), about Europe and the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, respectively. Each book is a narrative interlarded with numerous sidepanel discussions of microtopics.
In 2000, Davies' Polish publishers Znak published a collection of his essays and articles under the title Smok wawelski nad Tamizą ("The Wawel Dragon on the Thames").
In 2002, at the suggestion of the city's mayor, Bogdan Zdrojewski, Davies and his former research assistant, Roger Moorhouse, co-wrote a history of Wrocław / Breslau, a Silesian city. Titled Microcosm: Portrait of a Central European City, the book was published simultaneously in English, Polish, German, Czech and Italian.
Davies also writes essays and articles for the mass media. Among others, he has worked for the BBC as well as British and American magazines and newspapers, such as The Times, The New York Review of Books and The Independent. In Poland, his articles appeared in the liberal Catholic weekly Tygodnik Powszechny.
Davies' book Rising '44. The Battle for Warsaw describes the Warsaw Uprising. It was followed by Europe at War 1939–1945: No Simple Victory (2006). In 2008 Davies participated in the documentary film "The Soviet Story".[7]
In 2015, Davies wrote Trail of Hope, a History of Polands' II Corps During the Second World War.[8]
Anne Applebaum comments that harsh criticism of the book Europe: A History was "the inevitable revenge" for Norman Davies's "downgrading the efforts of his predecessors, whom he derides as the promulgators of cliché and received wisdom".[4]
Jewish historians Lucy Dawidowicz[9] and Abraham Brumberg[10] object to Davies' historical treatment of the Holocaust in Nazi-occupied Poland. They accuse him of minimising historic antisemitism, and of promoting an idea that academic views of the Holocaust in international historiography largely overlook the suffering of non-Jewish Poles. Davies's supporters contend that he gives due attention to the genocide and war crimes perpetrated by both Hitler and Stalin on Polish Jews and Poles. Davies himself argues that "Holocaust scholars need have no fears that rational comparisons might threaten that uniqueness. Quite the opposite." and that "... one needs to re-construct mentally the fuller picture in order to comprehend the true enormity of Poland's wartime cataclysm, and then to say with absolute conviction 'Never Again'."[11][12]
In 1986, Dawidowicz's criticism of Davies' historical treatment of the Holocaust was cited as a factor in a controversy at Stanford University in which Davies was denied a tenured faculty position for alleged "scientific flaws". Davies sued the university in this respect, but the court eventually ruled that it did not have jurisdiction over academic administration and disputes, see section "Academic career" for details.[1][4]
Awards and distinctions[edit]
Davies holds a number of honorary titles and memberships, including honorary doctorates from the universities of the Jagiellonian University (since 2003), Lublin, Gdańsk and Warsaw (since 2007), memberships in the Polish Academy of Learning (PAU), the Academia Scientiarum et Artium Europaea,[13] and the International Honorary Council[14] of the European Academy of Diplomacy, and fellowships of the British Academy and the Royal Historical Society.[15] Davies received an honorary DLitt degree from his alma mater the University of Sussex.[16]
Davies is also an honorary citizen of Polish cities of Warsaw, Wrocław, Lublin and Kraków.[17]
Member of the committee for the Order of the Smile.
Edward Bernard Raczyński, President of the Polish government-in-exile, decorated Davies with the Order of Polonia Restituta. On 22 December 1998 President of Poland Aleksander Kwaśniewski awarded him the Grand Cross (1st class) of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland. Finally, on 11 November 2012, Davies was decorated with the Order of the White Eagle, Poland's highest civilian award.
In 2001, Davies was made a companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George for service to Central European history.[18]
Davies has been appointed to the Advisory Board of the European Association of History Educators – EUROCLIO. In 2008, he was awarded the Order of the Cross of St Mary's Land 3rd Class by the Republic of Estonia.
Davies also received the Knight of Freedom Award in 2006 for his promotion of Polish history and the values represented by General Casimir Pulaski.[19][20]
In 2012, he received the Aleksander Gieysztor Prize for his promotion of Polish cultural heritage abroad.[17]
Norman Davies married Maria Korzeniewicz, a Polish scholar born in Dąbrowa Tarnowska. Norman Davies lives in Oxford and Kraków, and has two sons.[21] His uncle Donny died in the Munich air disaster.[22]
- 1972: White Eagle, Red Star: The Polish–Soviet War, 1919–20. (2004 edition: ISBN 0-7126-0694-7)
- 1977: Poland, Past and Present: A Select Bibliography of Works in English. ISBN 0-89250-011-5
- 1981: God's Playground: A History of Poland. Vol. 1: The Origins to 1795, Vol. 2: 1795 to the Present. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-925339-0 / ISBN 0-19-925340-4
- 1984: Heart of Europe: A Short History of Poland. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-285152-7
- 2001: Heart of Europe: The Past in Poland's Present. Oxford University Press, USA; New edition ISBN 0-19-280126-0
- 1991: Jews in Eastern Poland and the USSR, 1939–46. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 0-312-06200-1
- 1996: Europe: A History. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-820171-0
- 1997: Auschwitz and the Second World War in Poland: A lecture given at the Representations of Auschwitz international conference at the Jagiellonian University. Universitas. ISBN 83-7052-935-6
- 1999: Red Winds from the North. Able Publishing. ISBN 0-907616-45-3
- 1999: The Isles: A History. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-513442-7
- 2002 (with Roger Moorhouse): Microcosm: Portrait of a Central European City London: Jonathan Cape. ISBN 0-224-06243-3
- 2004: Rising '44: The Battle for Warsaw. London: Pan Books. ISBN 0-333-90568-7
- 2006: Europe East and West: A Collection of Essays on European History. Jonathan Cape. ISBN 0-224-06924-1
- 2006: Europe at War 1939–1945: No Simple Victory. Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-69285-3
- 2008: To and From. Modern Poland: A Journey Through Postal History. Rosikon Press. ISBN 978-83-88848-64-3
- 2011: Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe. Allen Lane. ISBN 978-1-84614-338-0
- 2015: Trail of Hope: The Anders Army, An Odyssey Across Three Continents. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-47281-603-0
- ^ a b c "State appellate court upholds Stanford in Davies case". Stanford University News Service. Stanford University. 5 September 1991. Retrieved 3 August 2008.
Davies's works have been criticized at Stanford and elsewhere, by such experts as Lucy S. Dawidowicz (author of The War Against the Jews: 1933–1945) who said they felt Davies minimized historic anti-Semitism in Poland and tended to blame Polish Jews for their fate in the Holocaust. Davies' supporters contend that Poles suffered as much as Jews did in the war and could have done very little to save any of the 3 million Jews living in Poland at the time of the Nazi invasion in 1939. Davies had sought $3 million in damages from the university for what he called fraud, misrepresentation, breach of contract, discrimination and defamation.
- ^ "UK historian Norman Davies granted Polish citizenship". Polskie Radio dla Zagranicy.
- ^ "We must not forget the real causes of the war". The Independent. 28 August 2009.
- ^ a b c Applebaum, Anne (May 1997). "Against the old clichés – Review of Europe: A History by Norman Davies". The New Criterion. New York. Retrieved 2 August 2008.
- ^ http://law.justia.com/cases/california/calapp3d/188/752.html.
- ^ http://www.coleurope.eu/sites/default/files/uploads/page/coebrochure2013_lr.pdf, College of Europe | Collège d'Europe Brochure
- ^ "The Soviet Story " People in the film". Retrieved 3 August 2008. Archived 18 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Trail of Hope
- ^ Lucy Dawidowicz, "The Curious Case of Marek Edelman". Observations. Commentary, March 1987, pp. 66–69. See also reply by Norman Davies and others in Letters from Readers, Commentary, August 1987 pp. 2–12.
- ^ Abraham Brumberg, "Murder Most Foul", Times Literary Supplement, 2 March 2001. Essay on Neighbors by Jan T. Gross. Tony Judt and Abraham Brumberg. Letters, Times Literary Supplement, London 6 April 2001. See also response by Norman Davies, Letters, Times Literary Supplement, London 13 April 2001.
- ^ Norman Davies, "Russia, the missing link in Britain's VE Day mythology", The Times, London, 1 May 2005.
- ^ Norman Davies, lecture, University of Cincinnati Department of History and the Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education, Cincinnati, OH. 26 April 2005.
- ^ "Gesamtliste der Mitglieder". European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Salzburg. Archived from the original on 10 October 2007. Retrieved 3 August 2008.
- ^ http://diplomats.pl/en/component/content/article/464.html
- ^ "Fellows of the Royal Historical Society, D – F". Archived from the original (MSWord) on 19 December 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2008.
- ^ Sussex Lectures 2006: Europe at war, 1939–45: not freedom's victory
- ^ a b "Poland honours historian Norman Davies". Polskie Radio dla Zagranicy.
- ^ United Kingdom 2001 New Year Honours List: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 56070. pp. 3–3. 30 December 2000.
- ^ http://pulaski.pl/en.html/
- ^ "Kazimierz Pulaski - Polish patriot and United States army officer". Encyclopedia Britannica.
- ^ Davies, Norman, Biography.
- ^ "Norman Davies: "Podejrzewaliśmy Niemców"" (in Polish). Wawrzyn Info. Feb 6, 2015.
Further reading[edit]
- Schwarz, Benjamin (December 2002), "God's Playground: A History of Poland", Atlantic Monthly (review): 127.
- Snowman, Daniel "Norman Davies" pp. 36–38 from History Today, Volume 55, Issue 7, July 2005.
- Taylor, Gilbert (15 December 1997), "A History of Europe", Booklist: 682.
- America, 18 December 1982, p. 394.
- American Historical Review, April 1991, p. 520.
- American Scholar, Fall, 1997, p. 624.
- Booklist, 15 September 1996, p. 214; 1 February 2000, p. 1006; 1 May 2004, Jay Freeman, review of Rising '44: The Battle of Warsaw, p. 1538.
- Commentary, March 1987, p. 66.
- Current History, November 1984, p. 385.
- Economist, 6 March 1982, p. 104; 10 February 1990, p. 92; 16 November 1996, p. S3; 4 December 1999, p. 8; 27 April 2002, "What's in a Name: Central European History."
- History Today, May 1983, p. 54; March 2000, Robert Pearce, "The Isles: A History," p. 55.
- Kirkus Reviews, 15 March 2004, review of Rising '44, p. 256.
- Library Journal, 15 March 1997, p. 73; 1 February 2000, p. 100.
- Nation, 21 November 1987, p. 584.
- National Review, 5 June 2000, John Derbyshire, "Disunited Kingdom"; 17 May 2004, David Pryce-Jones, "Remember Them," p. 46.
- New Republic, 15 November 1982, p. 25; 22 September 1997, p. 36.
- New Statesman, 21 May 1982, p. 21; 31 August 1984, p. 26.
- New Statesman & Society, 20 December 1996, Norman Davies, "How I Conquered Europe," pp. 36–38; 17 October 1997, David Herman, review of Europe: A History, pp. 30–32; 15 May 1998, Michael Pinto-Duschinsky, "The Hunted, Not the Hunters," p. 35. 15 November 1999, Alistair Moffat, "Jobs and Foxes Will Flee to England," p. 35; 13 December 1999, Geoffrey Wheatcroft, "Forging Our History," p. 57.
- New York Review of Books, 29 September 1983, p. 18; 15 May 1997, p. 30.
- New York Times Book Review, 5 December 1982, p. 52; 4 March 1984, p. 34; 23 December 1984, p. 5; 22 June 1986, p. 34; 7 December 1986, p. 84; 1 December 1996, p. 15.
- Observer (London, England), 10 October 1999, Andrew Marr, "A History Lesson for Wee Willie," p. 29.
- Publishers Weekly, 26 August 1996, p. 83; 24 November 1997, "A History of Europe," p. 64; 24 January 2000, p. 301.
- Sunday Times (London, England), 17 October 1999, Niall Ferguson, "Breaking up Is Hard to Do if You're British," p. NR4.
- Times (London, England), 30 October 1999, Richard Morrison, "Britain Dies as Mr. Tough Rewrites the Past," p. 21.
- Wilson Library Bulletin, October 1986, p. 68.
- World and I, August 2004, Richard M. Watt, "The Warsaw Insurrection: How Polish Capital Ferociously Resisted World War II Occupiers."*
External links[edit]
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- Small English homepage at www.normandavies.com
- "Review of Europe at War"
- Britain and the Warsaw Rising. Essay, 2004.
- Official press release on the case of Davies vs. Stanford University
- A Polish site about Norman Davies (in Polish), includes a gallery and parts of translated text
- Commonwealth of Diverse Cultures: Poland's Heritage
- BBC Interview with audio and transcript
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Civil War Trust
For Immediate Release: 05/17/13
Civil War Trust Announces National Campaign to Save Brandy Station Battlefield
Preservation group announces national fundraising campaign to save 56 crucial acres of hallowed ground on historic Fleetwood Hill at Brandy Station
(Brandy Station, Va.) – The Civil War Trust, America's largest nonprofit battlefield preservation group, today announced a $3.6 million national fundraising campaign to preserve 56 acres of historic Fleetwood Hill on the Brandy Station Battlefield in Culpeper County, Va. Brandy Station is perhaps best known as the largest cavalry battle ever fought on the North American continent. The campaign announcement comes just weeks before the anniversary of the battle, fought June 9, 1863.
"This is a tremendous opportunity to preserve the critical heart of the Brandy Station battlefield," remarked James Lighthizer, President of the Civil War Trust. "Even in historic Culpeper County, the unique history of Fleetwood Hill makes it exceptional. While the Trust is extremely proud of the work we have done at Brandy Station, securing Fleetwood Hill would be our crowning achievement."
Historians agree with Lighthizer's assessment of extraordinary significance of Fleetwood Hill. Historian and preservation advocate Clark "Bud" Hall calls Fleetwood Hill "without question the most fought over, camped upon and marched over real estate in the entire United States. This unpretentious little ridge has seen more military activity than any other piece of ground in American history."
Historian Dan Beattie, author of Brandy Station 1863: First Step Towards Gettysburg, describes Fleetwood Hill as "the jewel in the crown" at Brandy Station. To Beattie, Fleetwood is "the most important place in the largest cavalry battle in American history."
The $3.6 million price tag makes the campaign to protect Fleetwood Hill one of the five most ambitious private battlefield purchases in the Trust's history. However, thanks to the availability of matching grants from the American Battlefield Protection Program and Commonwealth of Virginia, the assistance of like-minded conservation groups and generous commitments from major donors, the Trust has lined up 95 percent of the purchase price before soliciting donations from its members. This means that each dollar contributed at this stage of the fundraising campaign will be multiplied more than 18-fold.
Joining the Trust on this ambitious national fundraising campaign are an assortment of historic preservation groups with deep commitments to Culpeper County and the region, including the Brandy Station Foundation, the Central Virginia Battlefields Trust, and the Journey Through Hallowed Ground. Thanks to their pledges of support and gifts already received, just $193,000 remains to be raised prior to the transaction's scheduled closing in early August.
Jerry Brent, Executive Director of the Central Virginia Battlefields Trust, a nonprofit group that has saved more than 1,000 acres in the region, noted: "Fleetwood Hill is the 'missing link' as far as the preservation of the Brandy Station Battlefield is concerned. It is particularly fitting that this crucial tract is being preserved during the sesquicentennial of the battle and through such a dynamic partnership between conservation groups."
The Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership, which is committed to conserving and promoting the swath of land from Gettysburg and Monticello, including Brandy Station, concurred. According to Journey President Cate Magennis Wyatt, "Fleetwood Hill is one of the most striking terrain features within the Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area. Its history and scenic beauty have long made it a site coveted by the preservation community. As we remember the events that occurred on these slopes 150 years ago, the Journey is honored to be part of this preservation effort and looks forward to a time in the near very near future when this area is restored to its historic appearance."
Joe McKinney, President of the Brandy Station Foundation, also expressed his excitement about the preservation opportunity at Fleetwood Hill. Noting his organization's work to preserve the battlefield and the Graffiti House, a nearby historic landmark, McKinney stated, "It would be impossible to tell the full story of Brandy Station without Fleetwood Hill. We are pleased to partner with the Civil War Trust to save this unparalleled piece of Culpeper history, knowing that it will be a valuable resource for generations who wish to study and understand this period in our history."
The Battle of Brandy Station is considered by historians as the beginning of the momentous Gettysburg Campaign. Union cavalry, long considered inferior to their Confederate counter parts, launched a bold crossing of the Rappahannock River in the early hours of June 9, 1863. They initially surprised the Southern horsemen, with charge and countercharge raging across the landscape for much of the day before the Federals retired back across the river. All told, more than 20,000 cavalrymen fought at Brandy Station. The epicenter of the fighting was Fleetwood Hill, which overlooked much of the battlefield and served as headquarters for Confederate chieftain, General James Ewell Brown "J.E.B." Stuart.
Stuart's great-grandson, J.E.B. Stuart IV, wrote in a letter to Trust members that his namesake always connected the struggle with the land the Trust and its partners are working to save, calling it "the Battle of Fleetwood Heights" in official reports and correspondence. He calls Fleetwood Hill "the most important remaining unprotected land at Brandy Station."
The Civil War Trust has protected more than 1,800 acres at Brandy Station, and opened an interpretive trail of the battlefield in June 2003. Still, according to Lighthizer, despite these successes, "it was hard to feel satisfied as long as Fleetwood Hill remained unprotected. Development of this historic property would have diminished all that has been accomplished at Brandy up to now. Protection of Fleetwood Hill turns a success into a preservation triumph."
The Civil War Trust is the largest nonprofit battlefield preservation organization in the United States. Its mission is to preserve our nation's endangered Civil War battlefields and to promote appreciation of these hallowed grounds. To date, it has preserved more than 35,000 acres of battlefield land in 20 states, including nearly 18,400 in Virginia. Learn more at www.civilwar.org, the home of the Civil War sesquicentennial.
(Learn more about this ambitious national fundraising campaign at www.civilwar.org/fleetwood2013)


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Performance Reviews: Dreaded Conversations can be Productive Opportunities
It's that time of year when managers and supervisors sit down with their subordinates and have that annual dreaded conversation, the performance appraisal.
This conversation is made more difficult this year by the fact that there is less to go around in salary increases and bonuses. There cannot be a minimum increase to keep up with inflation, because there is no inflation to offset. In some cases, a company can provide some increase by returning a portion of the wages previously reduced in order to survive the recent economic downturn.
A question that needs to be pondered by management is what type of appraisal system we should use this year. Believe it or not, some employers are revisiting an old favorite, FDS. The forced distribution systems method is where the individuals being appraised are ranked into four categories: A, B, C and D. This method of performance appraisal gained fame and popularity based on the endorsement of former General Electric CEO, Jack Welch.
According to the Journal of Management, up to 20 percent of all U.S. business organizations and up to 25 percent of the Fortune 500 firms use some type of FDS. In recent years, Yahoo! Inc. has stripped away its performance labels in hopes that reviews would center more on substance and less on explaining away a grade. Yahoo also instituted a "stack-ranking†system to determine how compensation increases are distributed. It asks managers to rank employees within each unit, with raises and bonuses distributed accordingly.
Any structured approach to the performance appraisal process has positive and negative consequences. Let's look at both.


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DALLAS (AP) — You might say Orville Rogers is a late bloomer.
The 95-year-old began getting in shape by running at age 50. And he started competing as a runner even later in life. Rogers began running in master's track and field events five years ago, and the Dallas man now has more than a dozen medals and records.
The WWII and Korean War veteran says he started running the day after reading "Aerobics" by Dr. Kenneth Cooper. That was 1968 — and he never looked back.
Cooper became Rogers' physician and says Rogers is a testament to getting in better shape as you age. One thing Rogers is proud of is having run a 10-minute mile in recent years.
Rogers says he'll compete in events at a Kansas track meet this weekend.
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by David Guas and Elizabeth Falkner
from Fine Cooking #103, pp. 76-79
The sinful chocolate classic faces off against a contemporary reinvention. Which will, um, take the cake?
The classic
The Classic: Southern Devil's Food Cake | |
Native New Orleans pastry guru David Guas gives us the best-ever classic. Devil's food cake was created in America at the turn of the 20th century as the counterpart to the popular angel food cake—it's as dark and rich as angel food cake is light and airy. In a nod to tradition, this classic devil's food cake is made with cocoa powder and not chocolate. A simple, luscious ganache of semisweet chocolate, cream, and butter does double duty as filling and frosting. Want to know his secret? A bit of mayonnaise in the batter—a southern touch of goodness that makes the cake extra moist.
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The Update: Devil's Food Cake Verrine | |
Photos: Scott Phillips