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Janet Yellen had the perfect response to a question about Donald Trump causing a global economic crisis
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen spoke in Philadelphia on Monday.
The topic, of course, was the economy and monetary policy and the question of when the Fed will raise interest rates. (Short answer:It's unclear.)
After giving her prepared remarks, Yellen took questions from the crowd at the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia.
The final question put to Yellen, naturally, was about Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
A gentleman asked Yellen a question regarding commentary the person — who was not a member of the media — had heard on the morning and Sunday political shows (think "Meet the Press" and "Morning Joe") about the potential for a Trump presidency to cause "an economic crash all over the world" because of how the rest of the world sees Trump (namely: as a loose cannon).
This gentleman asked simply, "Is this a possibility?"
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Back in May, Trump said that in business he had borrowed knowing that you could "pay back with discounts," which is another way of saying your lenders won't get all their money back.
And while issuing the high-risk debt of a casino company might allow for this possibility, Trump floated this idea with respect to US government debt, considered the safest and most liquid noncash asset in the world.
Oil storage levels fall. But the losses were quickly regained on June 2 as the fundamentals continue to provide some reassurance. Storage levels in the U.S. fell by another 1.4 million barrels, the first time that the U.S. has posted consecutive weeks of declines in a long time. Also, U.S. oil production fell by yet another 32,000 barrels per day last week – the losses continue to mount and output is down by more than 900,000 barrels per day from last year's peak at nearly 9.7 mb/d. The oil markets were buoyed by these figures, pushing WTI and Brent back towards $50 per barrel following the disappointment from Vienna.
Of particular issue is the rise in opaque loans given noises surrounding China's circular financing schemes, which involve banks lending to non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) as opposed to directly to companies. While this "round-tripping," as Goldman dubs it, does help boost bank profits, it also means more investments on bank balance sheets and more money meandering through the financial system as opposed to moving into the real economy through an increase in M2 money supply.
Thanks to their strong antimicrobial properties, secondary metabolites have long been exploited in medicine for use against infections. Penicillin and ethanol are both products of fungal metabolites. Lovastatin and cyclosporine, too. Focused on defending his mushrooms, Cotter at first didn't see any medicinal potential in his discovery. But after two years of experimenting, it clicked: If his mushrooms could grow tailor-made weapons against any other types of fungi, would it be possible for them to do the same against any type of bacteria, too?
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Mahana, a New Zealand film directed by internationally acclaimed director Lee Tamahori is set to hit national screens on March 3, 2016.
Set in the 1960's, Mahana tells the story of two Māori sheep-shearing whānau and the fierce rivalry between them.
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Mahana introduces the talent of Akuhata Keefe who stars alongside Temuera Morrisson and Nancy Brunning.
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Medal of Honor
Rank and organization: Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, 74th Infantry Detachment (Long Range Patrol), 173d Airborne Brigade
Place and date: Binh Dinh Province, Republic of Vietnam, 13 November 1968
Entered service at: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Born: 21 September 1939, Budapest, Hungary
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. S/Sgt. Rabel distinguished himself while serving as leader of Team Delta, 74th Infantry Detachment. At 1000 hours on this date, Team Delta was in a defensive perimeter conducting reconnaissance of enemy trail networks when a member of the team detected enemy movement to the front. As S/Sgt. Rabel and a comrade prepared to clear the area, he heard an incoming grenade as it landed in the midst of the team's perimeter. With complete disregard for his life, S/Sgt. Rabel threw himself on the grenade and, covering it with his body, received the complete impact of the immediate explosion. Through his indomitable courage, complete disregard for his safety and profound concern for his fellow soldiers, S/Sgt. Rabel averted the loss of life and injury to the other members of Team Delta. By his gallantry at the cost of his life in the highest traditions of the military service, S/Sgt. Rabel has reflected great credit upon himself, his unit, and the U.S. Army.
Larry Warner < [email protected] > sent the following message on 20 September 1999.
Alas, Lazlo,
I keep you in my mind and in my heart. I remember you well. When we were students together at the MACV Recondo School in Nha Trang in 1967, you were so much older than I was. I was only twenty years old, half way through the first of two tours In Country. You were 27. You seemed so impossibly older than me then. On breaks, those of us who were students from the 173rd Airborne Brigade would gather together and tell stories. You regaled us with stories of the shock to your most innocent youth in Hungary in 1956, when you were a 17-year-old lad, being caught up in the Revolution that was brutally crushed. Your recounting of escaping and evading through Russian lines was a harrowing tale. I remember the twinkle in your eyes when you recalled how you took out a couple of Russians who were in your way during your escape to the West. Here it was 11 years later and you puffed up your burly chest with the pride of the opportunity to rid the world of more Communists and get paid for it. Your dedication and commitment to your mission and to your fellow soldiers both awed and inspired me.
Thanks for being in such good humor when I threatened to "pop" you one. It was my arm that was extended before you during the Medical Module / Intravenous exercise. You were trying so hard with your thick fingers to inject me with the proscribed amount of sterile water. On the first attempt, you rolled the needle off the vein to the right. On the second attempt, you rolled the needle off to the left. On the third attempt, you rammed the needle through the vein. On the fourth attempt, after my "threat", you got it right. While I was thankful, I was sore.
In 1968, however, I'd heard of your selfless act from friends of mine who were there. Recently, I read the citation language that accompanied your Congressional Medal of Honor. Your final act was so consistent with the dedication and commitment you professed while we were at the Recondo School. These days, Lazlo, I feel honored to have shared that little bit of blood with you. Does that make us blood brothers? If not, we remain brothers in spirit.
Eternal Peace is Yours,
Larry Warner
173rd Airborne Brigade, 1966-1967
5th Special Forces Group 1967-1968
--- General / Personal ---
Last name: RABEL
First name: LASZIO
Home of Record (official): MINNEAPOLIS
State (official): MN
Date of Birth: Thursday, September 21, 1939
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Married
--- Military ---
Branch: Army
Rank: SSG
Serial Number: 17738385
Component: Regular
Pay grade: E6
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 11F4P
--- Action ---
Start of Tour: Monday, June 6, 1966
Date of Casualty: Wednesday, November 13, 1968
Age at time of loss: 29
Casualty type: (A2) Hostile, died of wounds
Reason: Other explosive device (Ground casualty)
Country: South Vietnam
Province: Binh Dinh
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Michael Levenston, born 1951, whose web site you are visiting, is named after Michael Levenston the theatre manager, born 1855. Michael's(1951) father Gerald was told as a young man by his father, Frederick, about theatrical Michael, a cousin.
It is an odd coincindence that Michael's(1951) family lives on Trafalgar Street in Vancouver in the Trafalgar Housing Cooperative and that Michael, the theatre manager, opened the Trafalgar Square Theatre, London, 1892.
Michael Levenston Theatre Manager 1855-1904
Michael Levenston was a well-known theatre manager in late Victorian England. He worked closely with actress Marie Tempest, was a right hand man of George Edwardes of the Gaiety Theatre, and in 1892 he opened the Trafalgar Square Theatre, renamed the Duke of York's Theatre, still in use today. Members of his family were mentioned in James Joyce's 'Ulysses'. "There he goes into Frederick Street. Perhaps to Levenston's dancing academy piano." His Irish cousin, Philip Michael Levenston, led the Dublin Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. Actress Kitty Gordon, his third wife, was named by famed sculptor Rodin "the most beautiful woman in the world". Released December 08, 2014
By Michael Levenston (Born 1951)This book is available for download on your iPad with iBooks or on your computer with iTunes.
See it in iTunes here.
Also available on Amazon Michael Levenston Theatre Manager 1855-1904============================================================================================================
The book above contains all new material.
See letter at bottom for further information about the connection between the two Michaels.
What follows are bits of information about Michael's(1855) history.
In Gaiety: Theatre of Enchantment by W. Macqueen-Pope, [1949, W. H. Allen, London, p.341] the author notes "Yet another of Edwardes's lietenants was Mike Levenston." George Edwardes was a famous theatre manager of the time and our Michael worked for him at the turn of the century.
From: The London Stage 1890-1899 - A Calendar of Plays and Players By J.P. Wearing
Michael Levenston was the Theatre Manager for the following plays.
The Wedding Eve - Trafalgar Square
The Wooden Spoon - Trafalgar Square
The Statue of Albemarle - Trafalgar Square
Dorothy - Trafalgar Square
The Gay Parisienne - Duke of York's
Lost, Stolen, or Strayed - Duke of York's
Francillon - Duke of York's
Oh! Susannah! - Royalty
A New Leaf - Royalty
The Cat and the Cherub - Royalty
Julia - Royalty
My Innocent Boy - Royalty
The Land of Nod - Royalty
Great Caesar - Comedy
The Weather Hen - Comedy
The Ghetto - Comedy
The Duke of York's Theatre
(The Trafalgar Square Theatre. The Trafalgar Theatre)
St Martin's Lane, W.C.2
Capacity: 700
Opened, as the Trafalgar Square Theatre. 10 September 1892 with The Wedding Eve, a comic opera by F. Toulmouche, adapted from the French of Bisson and Bureau-Jattiot by C. W. Yardley; lyrics by Frank Latimer. Produced by Thomas W. Charles under the management of Michael Levenston.
[Transcribed from the graphic above]
Private View of the Trafalgar Square Theatre
As seen from the Prompt Stage Box
Wednesday Evening August 31st, 1892
"Would the ladies like to dance?" [asks theatre manager Michael Levenston from the stage.]
Premier, Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt and Mr. Levenston request
Marie Tempest
Michael Levenston's second wife was Florence Etherington the sister of the famous actress Marie Tempest (born Mary Susan Etherington), later to become Dame Marie Tempest, DBE (15 July 1864-15 October 1942). See Marie Tempest.
Marie Tempest's Little Joke
A Musical Director of a London Theatre the Victim.
"Although it is not intended to open the Trafalgar Square Theatre until the middle of September, preparations for the production of the opera with which Mr. M. Levenston proposes to inaugurate the undertaking are active. ... It was Marie Tempest. She had persuaded her brother-in-law, Mr. Levenston, to allow her to figure on that occasion only as Miss 'Pickwick or Noakes or Stokes or Styles,' and in that disguise had delighted the musical director of the Trafalgar Square Theatre." See article in The New York Times, July 17, 1892.
The Building
The Trafalgar Square Theatre was built on a site at the south end of St Martin's Lane backing on to the Garrick Theatre (opened 1889) and was the first to be built in this street.
It was designed by Walter Emden for Frank Wyatt and his wife Violet Melnotte, and the builder was Frank Kirk. The Era of 3 September 1892 says:
The new Theatre is pretty and unpretentious, the general effect being created by the judicious use of cream and gold and yellow tints, the back of the boxes being of a warm russet hue. The corridors are ornamented with coloured portraits of well-known actresses, and the decorations generally are remarkably chaste and refined...
The stalls and dress-circle will be entered from St Martin's Lane. On the upper-circle tier are a large and ornamental vestibule and a pleasant saloon, with a balcony facing the roadway. The pit entrance is on the north side, and the entrance to the large gallery on the south side. The theatre is completely isolated, and from each of its four sections an extra exit has been made. It will be lighted by electricity, but in case of need gas will be available. The dressing rooms are in a detached building, connected to the theatre by a short, covered iron bridge; and a broad stone staircase leads from the stage to the open air.
The new three-tier theatre was the only one in London at that date with real fires in the auditorium.
In 1894 the theatre became known as the Trafalgar, then in September 1895 the name was changed to the Duke of York's.
In the Second World War it was closed from 1940 to 1943 owing to blitz damage. Taken over by the present management in 1950 the theatre was completely reconditioned, and given an entirely new scheme of decoration, designed by Cecil Beaton and carried out under the supervision of W. Wylton Todd. It is one of the few London theatres still to retain its unreserved gallery. Another redecoration took place in May 1960. The theatre belongs to the Sir John Leigh family trust.
The Plays
The Trafalgar Square Theatre opened on 10 September 1892 under the management of Michael Levenston with an adaption from the French, The Wedding Eve. This opening piece was not a success and was followed by a revival of Dorothy in November of the same year. In January 1893 the theatre was closed owing to a disagreement between Levenston and the Wyatts. but it reopened in February with The County Councillor. During its run matineés were given of Ibsen's The Master Builder with Elizabeth Robins. Later the same year Frank Wyatt produced Mam'zelle Nitouche, then he and his wife let the theatre on a lengthened lease to Charles Cartwright and Henry Dana in July 1895.
In September 1895 the name of the theatre was changed to the Duke of York's and in April 1896 Louie Freear made her debut here in The Gay Parisienne. with Ada Reeve. which scored 369 performances.
[October, 1896, Michael Levenston again leased the Duke of York's Theatre. In October, 1897 "Application by Michael Levenston on Behalf of St. Martin's Syndicate Ltd., not granted as he was bankrupt."
A most important chapter in the theatre's history began in 1897 when Charles Frohman, the American theatrical manager, took a long lease. Frohman made a point of encouraging the interchange of artistes between this country and the States, introducing many American players of distinction to London. For two or three years Evelyn Millard was his main attraction, creating the parts of Lady Ursula in Anthony Hope's comedy, The Adventure of Lady Ursula (1898), Glory Quayle in The Christian (1899), and the title role in Jerome K. Jerome's Miss Hobbs (l899); Belasco's one-act play Madame Butterfly was the curtain raiser. Also in 1899 Frohman introduced Maxine Elliott and her husband Nat Goodwin in The Cowboy and the Lady and An American Citizen, and in 1901 Pauline Chase and Joseph Coyne. both of whom were afterwards to become popular stars. were seen with Edna May in The Girl from Up There, written by the same team as The Belle of Ney York, but which did not achieve the same success.
In 1902 Marie Tempest appeared in The Marriage of Kitty, and the same year saw the first production of Barrie's The Admirable Crichton. A sensation was caused on the first night of this play because the scene-shifters went on strike after the second act and the members of the cast had to shift the scenery themselves. Many of Barrie's plays first appeared here: 27 December 1904 saw the first production of Peter Pan, which was revived annually each Christmas until 1914 at this theatre. The Peters were Nina Boucicault (1904), Cissie Loftus (1905), Pauline Chase (1906 to 1913) and Madge Titheradge (1914). It is also interesting to note that Charles Chaplin played Billy in Sherlock Holmes, a revival with William Gillette in 1905 at this theatre.
Other notable productions were Barrie's Pantaloon, with Alice Sit by the Fire (1905), plays with Marie Tempest, Pauline Chase, Gerald du Maurier, Cyril Maude, John Hare, Irene Vanbrugh and many other stars follow and in 1908 What Every Woman Knows was first produced with Hilda Trevelyan.
In 1910 Frohman started a repertory season, presenting plays by George Meredith, Pinero, Shaw, John Galsworthy, Barrie, Granville Barker and others. It commenced on 21 February 1910 and lasted until June 17 of the same year, during which eight new plays were staged and two old ones revived. They were produced under the direction of Dion Boucicault, Granville Barker and Bernard Shaw. The new plays were Galsworthy's Justice. Shaw's Misalliance, Barrie's Old Friends and The Twelve Pound Look.
The Lease
(bound) Counterpart Lease of the Trafalgar Square Theatre, St. Martin's Lane, London, 19 pages (in the possession of Roger Cookman, Bromley, Kent, England)
dated, 4th August, 1892.
Mrs. Violet Wyatt and Another,
Michael Levenston, Esquire. (of 4 Tavistook Chambers Oxford Street in the said County of London)
Lease of The Trafalgar Square Theatre, in St. Martin's Lane, London.
From 11th August, 1892
For Years, 7
Expires 11th August, 1899
Renewable as within.
Rent, 5,400 pounds per annum.
Cooper & Bake, 6, Portman Streetm W.
Michael's Marriages
1st Marriage: (13 Sep 1876)
Michael married Rebecca (Rose) Simmons when he was 21.
The following information is written by Kurt Gänzl, author of Encyclopaedia of the Musical Theatre, for his forthcoming book titled In Search of a Singer about Emily Soldene, her life in music, the theatre and the limelight."ROSE LEE (née Rebecca SIMMONDS or Polish variation, Mrs Levenston) came to Emily as a teenager, and proved good value. However, her career didn't really take off in spite of the efforts of her husband, producer Levenston, to make her a star. When she didn't prove star material he walked out. And her voice developed a fatal wobble. She ended up singing ballads on the halls. I have Rose-Rebecca's marriage certificate, on which it is revealed that her father was a Polish furniture dealer called .. Mark SIMMONDS?! It also indicates that she was born in 1856. Another hint I have picked up points to 30 March being her birthday.. but can I find Rebecca Simmonds, Szymsonds, Szy-anything born in London round that time? Nope. Nor do I know what happened to her after Levenston departed. I suspect she had an affair with Bignell of the Trocadero Music Hall .. my last sighting of her is in 1903."
Kurt G�nzl has written a new book,Emily Soldene: In Search of a Singer , which includes more information about Rose Lee. I have not read the book yet.
And this about the marriage in "The Illustrated Police News" June 15, 1889
Levenston v. Levenston. �
This was the petition of Mrs. Rebecca Levenston, an actress, better known as "Miss Rose Lee," for a divorce by reason of the desertion and misconduct of her husband, Mr. Michael Levenston, a theatrical manager. He filed an answer denying the charges, but there was no defence. Mr. Rose-Innes appeared for the petitioner, and Mr. Barnard for the respondent. The petitioner deposed that she was an actress, and was professionally known by the name of "Miss Rose Lee." She was married to the respondent on September 13th, 1876, according to the rites of the Jewish faith, at St. Alban�s Synagogue, Haymarket. Her husband was now a theatrical manager. In July, 1883, when they were residing at Bloomsbury, she had occasion to complain more than once of his using strong language towards her, and he left her without giving any reason.
Mr. Justice Butt: Had there been a quarrel?
Witness: Not more than ordinary. (Laughter.)
Mr. Justice Butt: That accounts for it. (Renewed laughter.)
Examination continued: During the period he was away she had to support herself by performing in different companies to which she belonged. In the early part of this year she was told that he was employed at a theatre, and she had an interview with Alice Goldby in the presence of her husband. While he was away from her he had not contributed towards her support. Alice White, formerly Goldby, of no occupation, a single woman, gave evidence as to having known for three years the respondent, who had visited her when she was living in Edith-grove, Fulham.
Mr. Justice Butt granted a decree nisi, with costs.
2nd Marriage:(Dec. 1889)
His second wife was Florence Etherington (daughter of Edwin Etherington, dcsd).
3rd Marriage: (Dec. 1903)
Almost at the end of his life, Michael married actress Kitty Gordon. See new site and photos of Kitty: Kitty Gordon Site
Photo of Kitty Gordon
Another Photo of Kitty Gordon
Only months after Michael died his widow married Henry William Walter Horsley-Beresford on 6 Oct 1904.
Mrs Henry William Walter Horsley-Beresford
Obituary of Kitty Gordon from "Variety", an American entertainment paper, May 29, 1974.
Kitty Gordon (Mrs. Ralph) Ranlet, 96, stage and vaudeville actress, retired for many years, died May 26 at a Brentwood, N.Y. nursing home. Born in England, she started her theatrical career there. Between 1901-02 she was seen in "Kitty Grey" and "The Girl From Keys", as well as in a Gus Edwards company.
In New york she was seen in the 1904 "Veronique", as well as "Three Kisses" and "Nelly Neil" plus roles in "Dollar Princess", "Girl and the Wizard", The Enchantress" and "La Belle Paree". She toured in "Lady Kitty" and was seen in vaudeville in "A Pink Nightgown" and Alma's Return".
Her last appearance was in 1952 on television in "Life Begins At 80". There are no known survivors.
Variety's "New Acts" file has entries on Miss Gordon going back to 1906 as "Kitty Gordon and her Broadway Commediennes", plus later reviews of her vaude turns in 1906, 1911 and in 1913. In a 1919 review of her turn by the late Joshua Lowe (Jolo) afterwards chief of the London Bureau, citied her gowns. "She is as beautiful as ever and knows how to wear clothes" but her voice appeared to have grown tired. One song number was "Nowadays It's All The Craze To Have A Jazz Band".
Mrs. Beresford Wed to Ralph Ranlet
Former Kitty Gordon, Actress, Widow of the Brother of Lord Decies is Broker's Bride.
"The bride several years ago was a noted British actress, appearing on the stage under the name Kitty Gordon. Before her marriage to Captain Beresford, she had been the wife of Michael Levenston. Article in New York Times, September 16, 1932
More about Kitty Gordon
From: Who Was Who In Theatre 1912-1976
Published 1972
Gale Research Co.
Gordon, Kitty
Actress and vocalist: b. Folkstone, 22 Apr., 1878; e. Dumfries; d. of the late Lt.Col. Blades, R.A.; m. (1) Michael Levenston; (2) the Hon. H.W. Horsley-Beresford; (3) Ralph Ranlet; made her first appearance on the stage at the Prince's Theatre, Bristol, Mar., 1901, as one of the "six little wives", in "San Toy"; subsequently toured as Olivia in "Kitty Grey"; made her first appearance in London at the Apollo Theatre, 7 Sept.., 1901 as Olivia in "Kitty Grey"; appeared at the Apollo Theatre, Nov., 1902 as Nancy Lowley in "The Girl from Kay's"; at the Lyric, Oct., 1903 was seen as the Grand Duchess of Berg and Cleves in "The Duchess of Dantzic"; at the Apollo, May 1904 played Agatha in "Veronique"; went to New York to play in the same piece, appearing at the Broadway, New York, 1905; appeared at the Aldwych, Jan., 1907, as the Princess Rasslova in "Nelly Neil"; at the Apollo, Aug., 1907, played Teresa in "The Three Kisses"; subsequently appeared at the Palace Theatre; at the Waldorf Theatre, Nov., 1908, appeared as Speranza in "The Antelope"; at Prince's, Manchester, Dec., 1908, played Olga in "The Dollar Princess"; then went to America, and at the Casino, New York, Sept., 1909, played Murietta in "The Girl and The Wizard"; at Rochester, New York, Sept., 1910, appeared as Mdlle. Alma in "Alma Where do you Live?"; at the Winter Garden, New York, Mar., 1911, played Lady Guff Jordon in "La Belle Paree"; at the New York Theatre, Oct., 1911, played Vivien Savary in "The Enchantress"; subsequently toured in this play, and also played in "vaudeville"; at the Burdock Theatre, Los Angeles, Jan., 1914, played Mrs. Smith in "Pretty Mrs. Smith"; subsequently played in "vaudeville", in "The Pink Nightgown" and "Alma's Return"; at the Winter Garden, Oct., 1915, played Sylvia Stone in "A World of Pleasure"; subsequently devoted herself to the cinema stage, and has appeared in several successful picutres; during 1919 toured in "That's It"; during 1920 toured in "Lady Kitty (Inc.)"
Michael's Death:Certified Copy of an Entry of Death
Registration District: St. Marylebone
1904 Death in the subdistrict of All Souls in the County of London
Died 29th March, 1904
Where: 57 Beaumont St.
Michael Levenston, Male, 48 years
Theatrical Manager of 34 Queensborough Terrace, Hyde Park
Cause of Death: Generalized Sarcoma 2 Months, Exhaustion, Certified by W.H White M.D.
Signature, description and residence of informant: Nora Levenston, Sister, Present at Death, 27 Lilybank Gardens, Hillhead, Glasgow
Michael's Birth:Michael Levenston, Male, born July 19 1855 at 41 London Street Glasgow.
Father: Samuel Levenston, Medical, 30 Years, London
When and where parents married: 1851, Glasgow 2 Girls deceased
Mother: Rebecca Levenston, maiden name Lazarus, Her 3rd Child, 34 years, London
Michael's Sister:Samuel and Rebecca had a daughter born 19th Dec.1857 at 48 London Street. Her name was Leonorah, sometimes known as Norah, Leonora, and Nora in later census documents. She is the sister named in Michael's death certificate.
Census Material:
1861 Census:
at Samuel's house, 48 London St., Glasgow
Michael son aged 5
Norah daughter aged 3
1871 Census:
at Samuel's house, 6 Hope St., Glasgow,
Michael son 16
Leonora daughter 13
1881 Census:
at Samuel's house, 6 Hope St., Glasgow,
Nora aged 23, unmarried
Death of Michael's Mother
Death of Rebecca Lazarus or Levenston:
On the 31st Jan.,1875 at 6 Hope St, Glasgow, Rebecca Levenston died aged 57; married to Samuel Levenston, MD and the daughter of Eleazer Lazarus, draper and Eliza Lazarus.
Michael's Father Remarries2nd marriage of Samuel Levenston
On 6th Nov. 1905 at 27 Lilybank Gardens, Hillhead, Glasgow,
Samuel Levenston, doctor of medicine, widower, aged 79
and Jane Findlay, spinster, aged 41 of 9 Dumbarton Road, Glasgow: the daughter of William Findlay, ship wright (foreman) and Jane Findlay, maiden surname Guthrie.
Michael's Father's Death:Extract of an Entry in A Register of Death
Samuel Levenston, Doctor of Medicine, Married to:
1st. Rebecca Lazarus
2nd Jane Findlay
When and Where died: 1914, January 21, at 27 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow
Male. 93 years old,
Father and Mother: Michael Levenston (deceased) Sarah Levenston Maiden name Josephs (deceased)
Cause of Death: Senile debility, Pneumonia cert. by F.K. Monro M.D.
signed Jane Levenston Widow, (present)
Letter from my Great Aunt Nellie to my parents just after my birth in 1951. (Mike)
21 Eade Road London N4 August 5th, 1951 (I was born July 10, 1951)
Dear Ruth and Gerald, (my mother and father)
I'm so pleased to hear that Michael arrived safely and that he is a fine baby and put on weight. I expected it would be a boy, as I am the 'only' girl in my family with six brothers, and my Mother was the 'only' girl with eight brothers. But it is nice to have a girl. Anyhow in a few years the boys will be such company for each other.
He is not the first Michael Levenston. The other Michael, my uncle, was very well known in London theatrical circles. He was partner with George Edwardes and ran the Gaiety and Dalys Theatres. He first of all married Marie Tempests' sister and then Kitty Gordon American Star in the early 1900's.
I've just finished reading a book called "The Naughty Ninetees" by McQueen Pope, and his name is mentioned several times. He was a very handsome man, tall, and very charming. In fact, quite by accident last week I met an old lady of 81 at my Conservative Club, and we started talking about the Theatre. When she knew my name, she told me that she remembers Mike, and that he took her and a Company to all the Capitals of Europe. She was an old Gaiety Girl, Molly Montrose, and to look at her you would never have thought so. I wrote to McQueen Pope and told him and he said he was very interested and would contact her as soon as he could but at present was very busy writing the life story of Ivor Novello. It really was very unexpected to meet such a person at our local club.
Let us hope your Michael will grow up tall and handsome and charming and be remembered after all those years.
Auntie Nell
Helen (Nell) Francis Levenston 1882-1972 My father's aunt, sister of his father Fred Levenston
Enclosed in the letter was this photo of actress Kitty Gordon.
Levenstons Migrate to the Internet
The Levenston and Stibbe Families (5000 names)
Some Irish Levenstons
Scottish Levenstons
A Century in Western Canada
Mike's Martial Arts - 8th Degree Black Belt - San Sho Do
Michael Levenston, Theatre Manager, 1855-1904
Gerald Levenston, born 1914, Toronto, Canada
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Elspet Gray
|Elspet Gray, Lady Rix
Elspet Gray playing Gertrude of Flanders in Blackadder
|Elspet Jeans MacGregor Gray
12 April 1929
Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland
|18 February 2013(aged 83)
|Television actress
|Years active
|Brian Rix, Baron Rix (1949-2013; her death); 4 children
Elspet Jeans Gray, Baroness Rix (née Gray; 12 April 1929 – 18 February 2013) was a Scottish actress, who became well known for her partnership with her husband, Lord Rix, and was later familiar to British television audiences for various roles in the 1970s and 1980s.[1] She was best-recognised as Mrs. Palmer, in the British TV comedy Solo, alongside Felicity Kendal, and as Lady Collingford in the British TV series Catweazle.
Gray appeared in many television programmes, her first appearance being in Love in Waiting in 1948. She had several roles in the 1970s including parts in Fawlty Towers, as the wife of a psychiatrist baffled by Basil's behaviour,[2] The Crezz, Catweazle, and in the 1980s with Doctor Who story Arc of Infinity and the World War Two drama Tenko. She appeared as the Queen in the BBC sitcom The Black Adder (1983), with Rowan Atkinson as her son in the title role, and as Mrs Palmer in Solo (1981–82), another comedy, this time with Felicity Kendal in the lead as her daughter.
She remained active until the late 1990s, appearing in Agatha Christie's Poirot, the films The Girl in a Swing (1988) and Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), and as Hilary in the British TV comedy Dinnerladies.
Personal life
In 1949 Gray married actor and later Mencap chairman and president Brian Rix, who became a life peer in 1992. They had four children - two sons and two daughters. Their eldest child, daughter Shelley Elspet (b 1951),[3] had Down's syndrome and died in July 2005 in Hounslow, Middlesex, aged 53.[4]
Their other daughter Louisa (b 1955)[3] is an actress. Eldest son Jamie (b 1959)[3] is a children's author who has produced television programmes such as My Hero. They had one other son, Jonathan (b 1960).[3]
Lady Rix served on the Council of the Actors' Charitable Trust for many years, particularly giving her time to the management committee of the actors' care home, Denville Hall.
Elspet Gray, Lady Rix, died in hospital on 18 February 2013, aged 83.[5]
- ↑ Anthony Slide, Some Joe You Don't Know: An American Biographical Guide to 100 British Television Personalities. Greenwood Publishing, 1996. pp 80-82
- ↑ The Herald, Scotland - obituary, 1 March 2013, accessed 1 March 2013
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916-2005 (registration required)
- ↑ England & Wales, Death Index: 1984-2005 (registration required)
- ↑ Notice of death of Elspet Gray, Lady Rix


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Regarding Joseph Giovannini's review of Michael Cannell's "I.M. Pei: Mandarin of Modernism" (Feb. 18): As someone who has a background similar to that of Pei (graduated from the same university in China, emigrated to the United States during the same period), I have followed Pei's career with great interest and am quite proud of what he has accomplished in his adopted country.
This biography, being written by a non-architect, is meant to chronicle the highlights of a remarkable life and little else. If it is Giovannini's wish to critique Pei's architectural style and substance, let him make the time and effort to create his own book, confined to an analytical discussion of architecture and nothing else.


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Drinking Water Filters – Discover How They Will Improve the Health of Yourself and Your Family
Consuming water filters are important to us for several factors. A good drinking water filter will give enough chemical free, healthy and balanced water to help us replenish the fluids that we shed on a daily basis. If you have kids, you actually should purchase great alcohol consumption water filters, just bear in mind that every one of them are not the very same.
There is a lot of microorganisms in faucet water. Youngsters are specifically vulnerable to water birthed health problems. Many treatment facilities utilize chlorine to eliminate bacteria, yet several of the more unsafe ones are resistant to chlorine sanitation. In order to shield your household's health and wellness, you need to seek an alcohol consumption water filter that is accredited to block "cysts", the term made use of to explain bacteria during the spore stage, when they can live beyond a host for long time periods.
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One of the most highly innovative drinking water filter uses ion exchange to stabilize both the mineral material as well as the pH degree of your tap water. Most of alcohol consumption water filters on the market do not have this action. A lot of them just eliminate chlorine as well as smell. You need to be a smart consumer to discover the most effective alcohol consumption water filters.
The history of the contemporary drinking water filter is long. Years ago in India, they took a rounded clay pot as well as put alcohol consumption water in it. The clay taken in some of the contaminations and also left the water sampling good. Some drinking water filters make use of a type of permeable clay in their systems. Others utilize copper and also zinc. Still others utilize activated carbon.
The most advanced alcohol consumption water filter systems use a mix of different filters to supply the cleanest water possible. You see, years earlier, clay might have sufficed, since there were couple of chemical impurities in the water.
Today, there are hundreds of different chemicals in tap water. The federal government states that consuming these chemicals is safe, at certain levels. However, there are 2 large problems with the EPA requirements.
The very first is that the "secure" levels think that everybody is an adult evaluating 175 extra pounds. The 2nd, they think that only "one" chemical will exist at once. That's why alcohol consumption water filters that remove chemicals are so crucial, particularly if you have youngsters.
We just do unknown exactly what the long-term effects of consuming these chemicals will certainly be. Researchers report that if there are two various chemicals in the water, the effectiveness can be as much as 6000 times better. The only means to be absolutely safe is to invest in a drinking water filter that obstructs chemical contaminants.
We may unknown what various other chemicals will certainly do, but scientists believe they understand just what long-term usage of chlorinated water will do. A boosted danger of cancer is discovered in people who drink chlorinated water.
Most drinking water filters remove chlorine, yet some do the whole job, by obstructing various other chemicals as well as cysts, while stabilizing mineral web content. For the healthiest water, for the wellness and also health of your kids, it's worth your time to look for the most advanced drinking water filters on the marketplace.


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Three Androids and a BlackBerry walk into a bar. Who are you leaving with?
With the coming arrivals of both the Samsung Galaxy S4 and BlackBerry's Q10, the Canadian company's new phone with a physical QWERTY keyboard, the battle to try to convince you to upgrade is in full swing. Here we compare and contrast these hot new devices. While the Q10 and Galaxy S4 are taking up most of the hype, we're adding two other new Android phones, the HTC One and Sony's Xperia ZL, into the mix.
BlackBerry Q10
Issues: Lack of apps still hurt the phone. They just got Skype, but many big names are still missing. Also, the smaller screen means that it is not as good for watching videos or other multimedia.
What it does best: The keyboard, which is excellent, sets it apart. Otherwise the benefits come from the new BB10 operating system, which shows the company's strength in messaging. It also has a really fast browser.
Samsung Galaxy S4
Issues: One of the best things you can say about Android phones is that you can customize them. The S4 has so much stuff going on you will have to fiddle with the various control; if all of them are on at once, they tend to climb all over each and get confused. For instance, if you are using the Smart Scroll eye-tracking software (which follows your eyes as you read a web page) and the Air View (which highlights things on web pages as you hover your finger over the screen), other things begin popping up.
What it does best: The latest from the leading Android phone manufacturer wins out on hype alone, but beyond that it implements every trendy control feature of the past few years. It has voice and gesture control, as well as health and eye tracking software. It works as a universal remote, which has led to some reviewers wondering if this phone has too many features.
HTC One
Issues: It's not really an issue, but this phone is the one that looks and feels most like an iPhone 5. It's a great phone and perhaps the one that Android-curious Apple devotees (do they even exist?) might want to switch to.
What it does best: This is a great all-around phone, with some nice features, such as its headphones powered by Beats by Dre. As well, like Samsung, the company has created its own layer of software called Sense, to automate features that could come in an app. Blinkfeed is one that lets you log in and add information from your social media channels and pick your news sources. A constantly updated screen shows the latest news and updates.
Xperia ZL
Issues: Battery life tends to top out at about five or six hours, and less if you do more demanding things with it, like consuming multimedia.
What it does best: Sony debuted this new phone at CES in January. While the company has had issues in the past with its mobile devices, this is a fine update, but it doesn't feel like it has any distinguishing factors other than the big round silver on/off switch on its side. Even its sister phone, the Xperia Z, is waterproof, which sets it apart. With common NFC technology, which allows you to touch other devices with a phone and connect, the ZL is a key part of the company's ecosystem and will play very nicely with upcoming Sony products. The screen and 13-megapixel camera are two of the best things about the phone.
Quick Notes on Specs: It has become a cliché to say that our phones are computers now, but just looking at the heft and power of the chips in all of these, it is absolutely true. The S4 is the lightest of all the phones. The HTC comes with the most on-board memory, but is also the only one of these phones without a card slot, which means the other three can have additional storage capacity added.
Design: While both the S4 and BlackBerry designs have evolved — the Q10 in particular is a throwback to the company's heyday — the HTC One and Xperia ZL that feel a bit slicker and more solid. Three of the phones have backings that feel like cheap plastic, but the HTC One is all metal — very iPhone 5-like — and its curved back feels best to hold in your hand.
Screen: The BlackBerry loses out on this one, as all the other phones are bigger and share the same resolution. All of the Android screens are big and beautiful, so it is pretty much a wash among them.
Camera: With both the ZL and the S4 topping out with 13-megapixel cameras, they are leading the arms race in these categories. The HTC One has what they are calling an Ultrapixel camera, which is bigger and supposedly lets more light in, but all of these take really good pictures. The Q10 has the Timeshift function, which takes a series of photos and uses facial recognition software to let you mix and match frames to get a perfect shot. The S4 has a number of crazy features, including adding sound to pictures and recordings with both cameras, so the person shooting can be digitally inserted into the video they are shooting.
Final Thoughts: The physical keyboard sets the BlackBerry apart and will appeal to the already converted folks who have been waiting for the new phone. Of the other three, Samsung's S4 will clearly get the hype and, after testing its settings and control schemes, it deserves it. If any of these are underrated, it is the HTC One, which is a gorgeous phone that feels great to hold.


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Report: GameStop To Get Into The Tablet Business Next Year
Tablet computers can be many things to many different consumers: An easy way to surf the Web, a portable digital-video player, a color e-book reader, or maybe a lightweight, laptop stand-in. But would you buy a tablet just to play video games? And would you buy one from perennial Worst Company In America contestant GameStop?
The video game retailer has reportedly been toying with the idea of selling its own branded tablet computer specifically geared toward mobile and online games–areas that the brick-and-mortar chain has been trying to dive into more deeply.
Yesterday, GamesIndustry.biz, a trade website, revealed that GameStop has taken a step closer by choosing Google's Android operating system as the basis for its gaming tablet, which will be built by an undisclosed computer manufacturer.
Tony Bartel, President of GameStop, didn't reveal specific details of the GameStop-branded tablet to the trade publication. But he did confirm that the company has been testing units with consumers in Dallas for the past two weeks. And unlike other Android tablets, GameStop's portable unit will feature a dedicated gaming controller, in part because, "It's hard to imagine how to stream a game–let's say Modern Warfare 3–onto a tablet and then play it with your finger," Bartel said.
According to GamesIndustry.Biz, Bartel plans to have the GameStop tablet (with a number of game titles preinstalled) in its stores by next year. Pricing was not disclosed.
GameStop chooses Android for own-brand gaming tablet [GamesIndustry.Biz]
GameStop Confirms In-House Android Gaming Tablet [PCMag.com]
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Accueil > Research > Research groups > Bacterial Pathogenesis Group (A.Dessen) > Bacterial secretion systems
Architecture and toxin secretion
Collaborators : I. Attree, iRTSV Grenoble ; G. Schoehn, IBS Grenoble
Bacteria possess a number of secretion systems whose goal is to transport toxins and effectors from the cytoplasm into the exterior environment, or into the cytoplasm of target cells. The type II secretion system (T2SS) consists of a dynamic assembly of 12-15 proteins that secrete, for example, multipartite holo-toxins and hydrolases such as pullulanase, through the outer membrane in their folded state. The type III secretion system (T3SS) has a membrane-embedded base and a hollow needle formed by a single polymerized protein through which effectors that manipulate host functions are translocated directly into the cytoplasm of target cells.
Fig.1.- Scheme of the type III secretion system of Pseudomonas aeruginosa highlighting structures solved by our group. (from Izoré, Job, and Dessen (2014) Structure 19, 603-612). Movie
Architectural proteins : secretins
Tosi T, Estrozi LF, Job V, Guilvout I, Pugsley AP, Schoehn G, Dessen A. (2014) Structural similarity of secretins from type II and type III secretion systems. Structure 22, 1348-1355.
The outer membrane component of both T2SS and T3SS is the secretin, a protein that forms a homo-multimeric ring-like channel for needle assembly and toxin and hydrolase secretion. Our group, in close collaboration with the EM group headed by G. Schoehn at the IBS, has recently structurally characterized the secretins PulD (T2SS) from Klebsiella oxytoca and PscC (T3SS) from Pseudomonas aeruginosa, both of which were produced in a cell-free system, by cryo-EM and single particle analysis. Both structures display 'cup and saucer' architectures. These structures reveal internal details, such as a cavity at the level of the 'saucer' ring (that had not been observed in previously published structures), as well as a central plug and a periplasmic grid, that provide indications that the C-terminal portions of secretins consist of structural elements that can assume different conformations within the membrane.
Fig.2.- Three-dimensional cryo-EM reconstruction of the membrane-imbedded region of PscC from P. aeruginosa. Top, side, and bottom views shown at 1.3 sigma.
Fig. 3.- Cross-section view of PscC. The saggital density slice shows a cavity within the outer ring of the secretin, measuring approximately 70 Å, as well as a central plug and a constriction at the level of the periplasm.
Toxins : ExoU
Gendrin C, Contreras-Martel C, Bouillot S, Elsen S, Lemaire D, Skoufias DA, Huber P, Attree I, Dessen A (2012) Structural basis of cytotoxicity mediated by the type III secretion toxin ExoU from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. PLoS Pathog. e1002637.
ExoU is the most detrimental toxin injected by the T3SS of P. aeruginosa. ExoU is expressed by approximately 30% of clinical strains, 90% of which cause acute illness. It is encoded on a pathogenicity island together with its cognate chaperone SpcU, which is required for ExoU's efficient secretion from the bacterial cytoplasm. ExoU is a 687-residue protein that, once translocated through the T3SS, induces cytotoxic effects leading to rapid necrotic cell death ; exoU knockout P. aeruginosa strains display greatly decreased virulence in mouse models of acute infection. In clinical settings, ExoU-expressing P. aeruginosa strains lead to poor patient prognosis, since the toxin causes acute lung epithelial injury and is linked to the development of septic shock.
Our work reveals the crystal structure of ExoU in a 1:1 complex with its chaperone, SpcU. ExoU folds into three distinct domains, which fulfill catalytic, bridging, and membrane-binding functions (Fig. 4). ExoU is a phospholipase, and thus its active site is localized deep within an a/b hydrolase fold in a cleft sheltered by flexible loop regions.
Fig.4.- ExoU folds into three interconnected domains. SpcU, its cytosolic chaperone (green), clasps the initial b-strand of ExoU in order to complete its 6-stranded b-sheet.
Upon translocation into the eukaryotic cytoplasm, ExoU binds to the plasma membrane, where it is ubiquitinated on Lys178. We showed by bifluorescence complementation using the Venus fluorescent protein (Fig. 5) that Ub-ExoU not only localizes to the plasma membrane, but also co-localizes with markers of the endocytic pathway (Fig. 6) :
Fig.5.- HeLa cells transfected with clones expressing Ubiquitin and ExoU cloned downstream and upstream of N- and C-terminal domains of the Venus Fluorescent Protein reveal fluorescence not only on the cell membrane, but also within the cell
Fig.6.- ExoU co-localizes with typical markers of the endocytotic system, such as EEA1 (early endosome antigen 1) and lysotracker red (lysosome marker)
Despite the cell's effort to destroy ExoU by shuttling it to lysosomes, it quickly dies as its bilayers get disrupted by ExoU's potent phospholipase activity
Pseudomonas T3SS
Credits : Jean-Luc Parouty


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Wonderful World of Animation Art Gallery
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Culver City, CA 90232
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Courvoisier cel of Some Deer and some animals.
The aperture measures 6.5" x 6.25" while the matte measures 13.75" x 12.75".
There is evidence of paint separation in some of the characters, which is visible only upon close examination. There is some glue residue from the cel which can be seen as the cel has separated slightly from the background. Still in great condition for a vintage cel and we do not recommend restoration unless to move the cel back into position.
The size of the image is 4.5" h x 4.75" w.


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Ray Rice is reportedly blaming alcohol for causing him to spit on his wife's face and sucker punch her unconscious in an Atlantic City casino elevator in February.
According to TMZ, the outlet the leaked the video, "Rice told the Baltimore Ravens he and Janay Palmer had been drinking HEAVILY before the altercation" and "is telling friends he becomes a different person when he boozes it up."
The Ravens cut Rice and the NFL suspended him indefinitely after TMZ released the elevator footage on Monday.
Rice broke his silence on Tuesday.
"I have to be strong for my wife," Rice told ESPN's Josina Anderson on Tuesday. "She is so strong. We are in good spirits. We have a lot of people praying for us and we'll continue to support each other. I have to be there for (Janay) and my family right now and work through this."


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The bloom is surely off the rose of Common Core, the new English and math standards pushed by Washington, D.C. education trade organizations and the Obama administration, according to the Hechinger Report. In the last few months, a number of states have paused or de-funded implementation of the standards; others have pulled out of the consortia developing tests tied to them. In recent years, the Obama administration has made a number of federal goodies, such as Race to the Top grants and No Child Left Behind waivers, contingent on states' adoption of Common Core standards and assessments. But now that Race to the Top money has been spent, states are belatedly taking a clear-eyed look at Common Core. High-performing states in particular won't like what they see…
Why states are backing out on common standards and tests
By staff and wire services reports
August 15th, 2013


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Economies of scale by definition make it possible to lower unit costs. And by manufacturing the same product over and over again, product quality can rise, production rates can grow, and safety can improve.
But what if you build one product per month and a different type of product once a year?
That was the dilemma facing Holland LP until a couple of years ago. Even though the company served a narrow market—trucks and equipment for railroads—the product line within that market is diverse. Some of these niche products really were something the company only built on rare occasion. One order for one truck, maybe once a year.
Then another dilemma surfaced—demand for these myriad products began to grow. Not enough to match Ford or GM standards, but certainly enough to get management to ask itself how—and ultimately where—they would build a growing number of diverse trucks and equipment one small order at a time.
"At one point, we only had a 30,000-sq-ft plant," says Tony Brummel, general manager of the Equipment Business Unit of Holland LP. "As the company grew, we added facilities wherever we could find them. We had one facility for polishers, one for hydraulics, and other locations for storage. Oh, we need high rail gear? Where is it? We had 11 different facilities. Things became very inefficient."
Management concluded the company needed a minimum of 80,000-100,000 square feet if they were going to get everything in one building. Holland began a two-year process of evaluating options—to either build a new plant or convert an existing building into a place to produce low-volume vehicles with high levels of efficiency.
Teams of Holland personnel toured some of North America's most innovative manufacturers to help design its new 185,000-sq-ft plant in University Park, Illinois, 15 minutes from corporate headquarters and about 40 miles south of downtown Chicago.
Holland also considered how a potential move would impact its employees. The company compiled a list of where its employees live and weighed that against each of the 20-30 potential sites that Holland considered along both sides of the Illinois-Indiana border.
The company selected an existing building in an industrial park relatively close to its previous location. The 185,000-sq-ft structure also was well above the minimum size that the company had in mind.
"The facility we chose is much larger than originally anticipated, but we want to have plenty of room to expand in the future," Brummel says.
Doing their homework
When it comes to designing a new plant, most companies don't start from scratch. Holland Equipment wanted to make sure they got this opportunity right the first time.
To help make that possible, Holland formed a team to see what other manufacturers have done, learn the techniques they are using, and come back with ideas they could implement in the building that formerly housed a distribution center.
"We gutted the offices and basically created for ourselves a clean slate," says Bill McLaughlin, operations manager.
The company also had a clean slate in terms of plant layout and design. As part of the company's two-year project, the team toured what Brummel describes as world class manufacturing facilities, including Duncan Aviation, Oshkosh Corporation, Pierce Manufacturing, and Harley Davidson.
"Most companies are proud of the plants they have designed, and they want to show them to others," Brummel says. "We developed a list of 25-30 questions for each of the manufacturers and sent a team to tour these facilities. The teams took pictures and reported back what they found. When it comes to implementing the ideas, we chose the best of the best."
Configurable manufacturing
The result of the research and implementation is what Brummel calls configurable manufacturing.
"We need to be able to change the production line easily," he says. "Depending on the type and quantity of product that we are building, we can use an assembly line or cellular manufacturing. To do that, we place as much as we can on wheels and just move things around."
The company has designed tables that take on the roles performed by other manufacturing tools: something that is partially a work fixture, a substitute for a bridge or jib crane, and a vehicle that moves components through the assembly process. The tables typically are built approximately 15-18 inches above the floor in an effort to reduce the need for workers to bend over.
One example is the company's slewing crane—a crane that railroads use to position rail welding equipment. These heavy products are assembled on carts and rolled to the place where they are installed.
"The carts serve the purpose of cranes, forklifts, and conveyors," Brummel says. "One of our goals is to eliminate forklifts. Studies have shown that forklift utilization in North American manufacturing average only 25% of the time. In addition, 50-60% of forklift travel is done without any load on the forks. The driver is moving empty to go pick up the next job. This is pure waste that we wanted to eliminate. Plus, we wanted to eliminate the safety issues associated with forklifts."
Incentives for new ideas
Holland management recognizes that the real production experts are those who actually build the products. To tap employee expertise, Holland has developed an incentive program to encourage plant personnel to design their own workspace and other aspects of their work environment. The program also rewards them for improvements they make to work processes.
"What can we do to work smarter? If our standard process takes four steps, can they do it in three?" Brummel says. "It's easy to identify inefficiencies when you are trained to look for them. Our incentive program gives people an extra reason to improve work processes. The same holds true for safety. We look for potential problems, and encourage employees to take courses that help them become safer and more productive at work."
Truck body manufacturing
Holland began manufacturing its own truck bodies recently.
"We had been buying basic truck bodies and then modifying them to meet the needs of our customers," Brummel says. "We had been buying from multiple manufacturers, but there are several advantages to building them ourselves. It provided the workforce with a new skill set, and it gave our company the ability to control our own destiny.
"We hired engineers who had experience designing truck bodies and learned that we can manufacture our own bodies at almost 50% of the price we had been paying. Plus, we reduced our tare weight by almost 1,000 pounds by using our own aluminum design instead of FRP."
Truck body and trailer manufacturing has enabled Holland to expand its product offerings beyond its core railroad market. Other recent activities include building trailers for NASCAR, refurbishing mobile medical trailers, and potentially producing specialized trailers for Briggs & Stratton.
"With the new plant, we can take on different projects and be able to change over quickly," Brummel says.
Keen on lean
In designing its new plant, Holland built in plenty of lean principles. This is to be expected since Bill McLaughline, the man responsible for its operation, holds green and black belts in lean manufacturing. The tours of other manufacturing plants further reinforced McLaughlin's commitment to lean principles.
"Here's what's important: getting the right parts to the right place at the right time," McLaughlin says. "Produce only what you need. Put it on the plant floor for that day's production. Anything else is waste."
One of the plants that really impressed him was the Harley Davidson facility
"Harley Davidson can deliver a custom motorcycle in about an hour," McLaughlin says. "We don't need to be that fast, but we need to be that flexible. Our products are all high-spec trucks and trailers. We can't build 100 at a time—they are all going to be different. We need a system that gets the materials delivered, staged, and made into subassemblies. Plus, we need to get the final product assembled efficiently, with no waste. No one wants to pay for waste.
"We are big proponents of continuous improvement. The benchmark tours were helpful. Whether the companies we visited were new to lean or experienced, the thing we wanted to learn was how do you do it? Fortunately, we have a lot of 'get it done' type employees. The ideas we get come from the manufacturing and warehouse floor."
The facility is designed to keep people working in cells.
"Everything comes to them," McLaughlin says. "Body assembly, welding, hydraulic, and miscellaneous work cells. The result: the system is able to build every type of truck body that we produce."
The cart system is something the Holland teams saw as they toured other manufacturing plants.
"If people are bending over all the time, it's easy to get back strain, even if the load that they are required to lift isn't all that heavy," McLaughlin says. "Additionally, if you do a time study, you will appreciate how much difference a 15" cart makes.
Safety concerns
The company gave considerable thought to plant safety when designing the new plant.
"Safety is our Number 1 priority," McLaughlin says. "We have had no injuries here in the past 17 months. That includes the time we were moving. The one-month period during which Holland sequentially moved its various departments into the new plant was a time of concern for management.
"Risk of injury goes up when people do things that they aren't used to doing," McLaughlin says. "We worked with the moving company to minimize the things employees had to do around their workspace to move into the new location. There are plenty of reasons to get people back to their normal routines as quickly as possible. Safety is one of them."
The move was brief, but management also wanted the plant to be safe for the long term. The company focused on how things were to be lifted.
"The previous plant had full-length cranes," McLaughlin says. "But with a cellular approach, no one has to wait for a crane. Instead, we developed ways to handle material. We have strategically placed cranes at the places where they are needed. None of these cranes have a capacity of more than five tons. We also use lift jacks where appropriate."
Let's communicate
A key component of making manufacturing efficient: communication. Holland has implemented graphic concepts that keep the plant floor informed but also relies on old-fashioned business meetings.
"Between six and eight people work in the engineering department—both mechanical and electrical engineers," says Mark Eenigenburg, chief mechanical engineer. "We meet Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays to review each work station to be sure that each one has what it needs."
The Holland engineers use SolidWorks, three-dimensional CAD software. They also use 3D printers to make low-volume functional parts, as well as to produce prototypes.
What they do
Holland is both a manufacturer and user of specialized rail trucks. One Holland LP business unit offers specialized contract services for the railroad industry. These include various types of rail welding, such as mobile, fixed plant, and containerized welding services.
Additionally, other business units offer track testing, rail measurement, track maintenance, construction services, and railcar components, railroad car cleaning, repair and sanitation services as well as transloading services for bulk commodities.
The company celebrated its 75th birthday in 2015. It was started in 1935 by Cyrus Holland to service railcar snubbers. ♦
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I started my writing career in the arts with a self taught crash course in nonprofit management, public relations, grant writing, marketing and artist personality shuffling. I'm now pretty focused on the food thing, but have written business and lifestyle articles for an long list of regional papers and magazines. I can write pretty much anything you need, but I'm picky about the jobs I choose. If there's not a spark, I don't go on the date. Short term projects are my thing, but I'm open to long term relationships.
Want to pitch a gig? email me at nichole at gapcreekgourmet.com.
The thing I dig most about writing? The awesome people I have met along the way. I have interviewed Nicholas Sparks, Sue Monk Kidd and Dorothy Benton Frank (I have a thing for authors.), and Christo and Jeanne Claude (world famous artists). I've interviewed restaurant owners, food artisans and chefs, teen heroes, athletes, artists and people who have forever changed our community and the world. Here's a list of the credits, mags and tags:
Family Travel Insider for DiscoverSouthCarolina.com
USA Today's City Guide to Greenville, SC: link coming as soon as the site goes live.
Nothing is sacred at The Owl, Greenville Journal, May 31, 2012.
Sweeteeth Chocolate Sets Bar for Chocolatiers, Greenville Business Magazine, January 2012.
Clemson Students Build a Better Future for People of Haiti, Greenville Business Magazine, January, 2012.
Councilman Joe Dill to Serve as President of SCAC, Greenville Business Magazine, October 1, 2011.
New Life for Abandoned Horses, Greenville Journal, August 18, 2011.
Chow Town, Spartanburg Journal, July 7, 2011.
Local Teens Start Revolution, Greenville Journal, June 17, 2011.
An investment, of the writing kind, Spartanburg Journal, June 2, 2011.
Sue Monk Kidd shares her journey to becoming a writer from the South, Greenville Journal, April 24, 2011.
Chairmen of the board: they are skating here and everywhere, Spartanburg Journal, April 24, 2011.
Mike Bauer, Greenville Business Magazine, April 2011.
Tech-for-all, Greenville Journal, November 30, 2010.
Our Town: Agents of Change (Trey Pennington Profile), G Magazine, January-February 2010.
Tobacco Road, Verve Magazine, July 2009.
Pickin' Time, Carolina Home + Garden Magazine, Summer 2009.
Asheville's Ace of Cakes, Verve Magazine, September 2009.
A Room of One's Own, G Magazine, July/August 2009.
Social Media and the Arts, Black Box Magazine Online February 2009.
Unwrapped: Jeanne-Claude and Christo, Verve Magazine, January/February 2009.
Over the River, Bold Life, December 24, 2008.
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WASHINGTON – You give a prisoner an inch of beard, he'll take a mile. And the next thing you know he's Jasper Beardly. At least that seemed to be a concern plaguing the nine justices at the Supreme Court on Tuesday as they explored the burning penological question: What kind of things might lurk in a half-inch beard that don't lurk in a quarter-inch beard? What kind of dangerous things can a prisoner hide in his half-inches of beard? Razor blades, SIM cards, tiny little pistols, an entire Hobby Lobby franchise? These are the issues the court grappled with Tuesday morning.
Gregory Holt, also known as Abdul Maalik Muhammad, is an inmate serving a life sentence in a maximum security prison in Arkansas after being convicted of cutting his girlfriend's throat and stabbing her in the chest. He is a devout Muslim who, under the dictates of his religion as he understands them, is required to grow a beard. Arkansas' prison policy states that prisoners may not have beards unless a doctor has diagnosed a dermatological problem, in which case the beard can only be one-quarter of an inch long.
Under a statute known as the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act – a stepbrother statute to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act – government institutions cannot impose a "substantial burden" on the "religious exercise of a person residing in or an institution," without showing a "compelling governmental interest" and demonstrating that the way they have imposed that burden is the "least restrictive way to do so."
Holt wants to grow a full beard and would settle for a half-inch beard, but Arkansas prison officials said no. Both the federal district court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit ruled against the prison, and Holt filed a handwritten petition to the Supreme Court asking the justices to intercede.
None of the fractiousness of last term's Hobby Lobby dispute surfaced Tuesday. This court likes religion and it hates pretext. After an hour it seemed clear that the justices were deeply skeptical of the prison's claims that their security needs outweigh Holt's religious liberty.
Douglas Laycock, who teaches law at the University of Virginia and who filed an amicus brief in Hobby Lobby on behalf of the Christian Legal Society, represented Holt Tuesday. He opened his argument by noting that "40 other prison systems permit beards without a length limit, yet Arkansas prohibits even half an inch."
Justice Antonin Scalia, while not inclined to dispute prisoner Holt's religious beliefs, questioned his apparent reasonableness: "Mr. Laycock, the problem I have with your client's claim of religious requirement is the religious requirement is to grow a full beard, isn't it? Now, let's assume in a religion that requires polygamy. … Could I say to the prison, OK, I won't have three wives; just let me have two wives. I mean, you're still violating your religion, it seems to me."
Laycock replied, "I don't think he should be penalized for being reasonable here."
Scalia cut him off: "Well, religious beliefs aren't reasonable. I mean, religious beliefs are categorical. You know, it's … God tells you. It's not a matter of being reasonable." He looks amazed. "God, be reasonable?"
Reasonable or not, God let Laycock persuade a skeptical Scalia and an even more skeptical Chief Justice John Roberts that he needn't find some limiting principle between a challenge to a half-inch beard policy and a future challenge to a two-inch policy. As the chief said: "You just say, well, we want to draw the line at half-inch because that lets us win. And the next day someone's going to be here with one inch. And maybe it'll be you. And then, you know, two inches." Laycock urged the court to wait for that case before creating a categorical rule.
"I don't want to do these cases half inch by half inch," retorted Scalia. And the case inched on.
Justice Elena Kagan noted that "whether it's a full beard or long hair or whether it's a turban, there will be some ability to say, even though it's just teeny tiny, there is some increase in prison security that results from disallowing this practice." Given that the statute requires that courts defer to the prison staff, how much of a security difference should they look for? "Teeny tiny isn't enough," says Kagan. "But how about, you know, measurable, although small?"
Laycock replied, "In fact, they have no examples of anything hidden in beards, and certainly not in a very short beard." He adds that there is no reason to defer to prison officials when "they haven't done anything to deserve deference."
Anthony Yang had 10 minutes to argue for the solicitor general's office, which is in the case on the side of half-inch (as opposed to quarter-inch) beards. Roberts wanted to know, "Where are you on the full beard?" Yang replied: "A state may well be able to show that a full beard would run real risks that are just not present in the half-inch beard that we have here."
It was only a matter of minutes before Arkansas Deputy Attorney General David Curran was fully exposed to the many dangers that lurk in the 5 o'clock shadows: in this instance, Samuel Alito. Curran opened by explaining that the Arkansas prison's interests in a close shave are twofold: deterring prisoners from altering their appearance and ensuring they are not concealing contraband.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg posited that inmates can probably conceal a good deal more contraband in long hair and turbans, which the prison nevertheless permits. This is because, as she noted, if you "hide something in a beard and it might drop out."
Curran then clarified that the prison seems to have changed the quarter-inch beard policy for something that sounds more like a Don Johnson policy in the recent year (although this new argument appears nowhere in the briefs).
The truth is, as Justice Stephen Breyer pointed out, Curran was having a hard time providing any examples of dangerous things dropping out of half-inch beards. He just wants us to know that they might be there. Dangerously. Hidden among the stubble.
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QUEBEC - The NDP leadership candidates had their French-language skills put to the test at a leadership debate Sunday in Quebec, where the party is hoping to regain the momentum that led to its official opposition status.
There were few heated exchanges in the debate, aside from a few notable jabs by party strategist Brian Topp to fellow leadership candidates Paul Dewar and Martin Singh.
Topp himself acknowledged the cordial tone of the debate, held before a few hundred people in a Quebec City hall.
"If there's one thing we learned from the Liberals, it's that we shouldn't have a civil war in our party," Topp told reporters afterward. "We try to not be too mean to each other."
While the focus of the debate was Canada's role in the world, there weren't many clear disagreements over foreign policy as some of the candidates struggled to express themselves in French.
French skills are expected to be an important factor in the leadership race, with the party losing ground in opinion polls in Quebec since grabbing 59 seats in last May's election.
The leadership debate was the first to take place in French, with only a brief segment in English during the 90-minute session.
NDP deputy leader Thomas Mulcair and former party president Brian Topp appeared most comfortable, while Ottawa MP Paul Dewar had trouble at times.
Dewar faced questions from Topp over his decision to appoint fellow NDP MP Charlie Angus, another anglophone, as deputy leader of his campaign.
Toronto MP Peggy Nash also took aim at Dewar over the issue, stressing the party should recognize the support it received from Quebec in the last election.
"It is for him to determine whether (the appointment of Angus) is respectful to Quebec, but I think the diversity of our country is very important," she told reporters afterward.
Dewar shot back at Topp saying he doesn't even have a seat in the House of Commons, and questioned what he would do if he lost in a by-election.
Mulcair, meanwhile, played up his Quebec ties right from the start, recalling his experience as a cabinet minister in the provincial Liberal government before making the jump to federal politics.
With Romeo Saganash dropping out on Friday, there are now seven candidates in the running to succeed Jack Layton.
The other candidates are British Columbia MP Nathan Cullen, businessman Martin Singh, and Manitoba MP Niki Ashton, the youngest candidate in the race, who has a solid grasp of French.
Speaking with reporters, Topp acknowledged the NDP could do more in Quebec, saying the party should have taken a stronger stance when the Conservative government appointed an auditor general who can't speak French.
Topp said the new leader will have to work hard to prove to Quebecers they made the right choice in the last election.
"We will have three years to do the job of four years," he said. "It's tough, but that's the consequence of losing your leader."
This was the third of six debates before a March convention in Toronto, where the party will select Layton's permanent successor.
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Kevin J. Sage, DO was recognized as the 2018 Mentor of the Year, an award honoring physicians who exemplify a compassionate commitment to developing the next generation of physician leaders. The award is named in memory of Dr. Eckert, a family physician from Columbus who was a mentor and role model to medical students, residents and new osteopathic physicians throughout his 57 years in practice. Dr. Sage is an anesthesiologist and director of the anesthesiology residency program at OhioHealth Doctors Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. In recognition of Dr. Sage's achievements, the Osteopathic Heritage Foundation provided a donation in support of the OhioHealth Foundation Doctors Hospital Residency Education Fund.
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How to make a microwaveable flower press:
I used the papers inside for filling, and some sketching paper for the folds to put the flowers in...
I used to do this with my mother (with a dictionary) and I'd end up forgetting them after a day and find them later that year. I'm excited to try this out for nostalgic reasons! thanks for sharing!
Thanks for popping by anonymous! Yes , flowerpressing is very nostalgic to me as well! a nice thing to do with kids!!
Do the rubber bands not melt in the microwave?
Hi Megan! In the two years or so I've been using my microwave flowerpress, the rubber bands are still the original ones and have never melted in the microwave...I did use the thick office ones, though, maybe they are more robust??
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What adhesive do you use to stick the flowers on the paper. Is there a spray that I can use to keep the flowers in tact afterwards.


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