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No Homophobia - George Weigel - National Review Online
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I dislike the term homophobia and agree that it's use is a way to silence critics. That said the rest of this article by George Weigel was nonsensical. Because the Church does not agree with the state's definition of marriage to include same sex couples does not marginalize the Church any more than it not agreeing with marrying divorced Catholics. I think Mr. Weigel is desparate to find reasons to disapprove of the state enacting a law that in no way affects him or his fellow Catholics. MichaelReplyDelete
Utter. Incoherent. Drivel.ReplyDelete
Firstly, the passage of equal marriage in NY did not require one to obtain both a civil and a religious marriage. It certainly did not mean that in Ontario.
Secondly, even if it did, how does this make the US a totalitarian state? Communist Poland also required vehicle registrations, does this mean Ontario is a totalitarian state as well? I fail to follow Mr. Weigels logic here. Seems like a foolish attempt on his part to simply smear progressive states by using the weakest "guilt by association" argument that I have witnessed in some time.
Lastly, how does equal marriage negatively impact anyone's religious rights?
Seems equal marriage is actually expanding religious freedom and not constraining it. For example, if I belong to a religion that permits marriage between same sex individuals - I now have the liberty to have my marriage recognized by the state. Similarly, if I have no religion at all - I am free to seek equal a marriage license directly from the state.
"Orthodox Christians" seem quite content to allow married couples to obtain civil divorces - even though divorce may offend their notion of what is permitted within the boundaries of their sect. Why then do they insist that the state deny equal marriage? This is simply inconsistent and Weigel breezes right past this inherent contradiction as he contorts his thinking to support his personal biases regarding marriage and gays.
Rarely have I seen such incoherence on public display.
Martin, exactly. Mr. Weigel is known to be a rather intelligent, rational individual. Has the prospect of gay marriage that in no way affects him or his church unhinced him that completely that he would publish and article such as this? Or is this the only attack on same sex marriage that is left to its opponents? In which case the battle for same sex marriage is won. MichaelReplyDelete
Marriage by its very definition is between a man and a woman.That the State has decided to change that definition does not make it so.I have no problem with those who want to engage in sexual activity with a person of the same sex.That is their choice.But I don't have to agree with it nor do I have to support it in word or deed.ReplyDelete
If people want to have official papers showing their relationship is accepted by the State then that is the business of the State but it is a sin.
Therin lies the problem. Catholics call this action of same sex a sin. Therefore oppose it because it is a sin.
And it does affect the tradional concept of marriage because the law will now determine that socially,financially and legally same sex couples have the same if not greater rights than tradional marriages.
I have no problem with people wanting to have sex with each other provided I have the right to object to it because I see it as a grave sin that has consequences for those engaged in such acts morally and physically.
My dearest Anonymous - simply asserting that the definition of marriage is "between a man and a woman" does not make it so either. Sneeking your conclusion into your defintion is hardly a valid argument.ReplyDelete
I have no problems with Catholics defining the "sacrament of marriage" in any way they see fit. In fact, most folks who self-identify as Catholic could not care less about the "rules". For example, most Catholics break at least one of these rules (or commit a sin if you prefer): a) no pre-marital sex, b) no cohabitation prior to marriage, c) no use of contraceptives, d) no obtaining an abortion, e) no obtaining a divorce etc... etc...
Why is it that you feel that enshrining your personal religious belief in law about equal marriage is justified, while you apparently ignore all of these other sins permitted by the law?
Do you think our secular laws should be based solely on one sect's religious views? If so, which sect and why?
What happens when 2 sects disagree on a law?
Whose religious view should take precedence over another? What principles will the state utlize to separate the "true" religion from the less true religions?
Be careful what you wish for Anonymous - a theocratic foundation to the civil law is a slippery slope indeed. You might just find yourself with less religious liberty instead of more when you invite the state to decide which religous view is the correct religious view.
Thank you Martin. Because Catholics do not obey church laws re abortion,pre-marital sex etc is no the issue.The discussion is about marriage and how it is defined.You will agree I'm sure that from earliest times 'home-making' was carried on between a man and a woman for the good of society.My only point was that because a government decides another way does not change the basic truth of what marriage is all about.ReplyDelete
And speaking of the slippery slope.Already those who disagree with same-sex unions are unable to keep their jobs if that job relates to 'marriage'.The state has already decided that in most instances one must agree with same-sex unions and teach that such unions are good.
The natural law has taken quite a beating of late but that is a topic for another time.
Thank you for your reply.
"Marriage by its very definition is between a man and a woman."ReplyDelete
Phfffft*** "Marriage" means a blending, a combining. Gender has NOTHING to do with it.
"Catholics call this action of same sex a sin. Therefore oppose it because it is a sin."
The concept of "sin" is important only to those who believe in it. Catholics are quite free to oppose it for themselves, but they are NOT free to oppose it for anyone else. And not all Catholics are opposed to same sex marriage, either.
"And it does affect the tradional concept of marriage because the law will now determine that socially,financially and legally same sex couples have the same if not greater rights than tradional marriages."
Equal rights, yes; not greater. And so what? How are you being harmed by your gay neighbor's marriage?
"...I see it as a grave sin..."
That is entirely YOUR problem. No one else wants it.
Dear Lady Janus:ReplyDelete
Sorry but blending etc has everything to do with marriage and gender is what makes the world go round and what makes for marriage's reality.
And yes, we are harmed by the actions of our neighbours in this regard.
More diseases and family problems because we have agreed to go against what is natural.
And grave sin is not just MY problem. Murder,rape,robbery etc is everyone's problem as are the consequences of the misuse of the sexual drive.
Have a relaxing week-end
The Catholic Church defines marriage as indisolvable. Yet the state allows divorce and remarriage. The Catholic Church forbids marriage between a couple that is living together, yet the state allows this. The state allows marriage for a couple who've announced they are not wanting children, yet the state allows this. Where's the protest against society redefining marriage in these cases? MichaelReplyDelete
"Sorry but blending etc has everything to do with marriage..."ReplyDelete
That's what I said. Pay attention.
"...and gender is what makes the world go round..."
Oh, gee...and here I thought it was gyroscopic precession...
"...and what makes for marriage's reality."
Got news for ya...everyone has their own reality, and if same sex marriage is part of it, then that is true for them.
"And yes, we are harmed by the actions of our neighbours in this regard."
Oh, balls. You're not injured in any way. Your very sensitive religiosity is offended by the choices freely made by those who do not share your religion and values, but you're not being harmed at all.
And yeah, it IS your problem. It sure ain't mine.
Are you harmed by a non Catholic neighbour who remarries? If not, why not, and if so why aren't you demanding that the Catholic view of marriage indissolubility be made normative for all? MichaelReplyDelete
- Anonymous08 August, 2011
Are you harmed by a non Catholic neighbour who remarries? If not, why not, and if so why aren't you demanding that the Catholic view of marriage indissolubility be made normative for all?ReplyDelete
Hi Michael
I think we are harmed by our neighbours failed marriages and remarriages. Unless of course you don't believe there are adverse affects on children emotionally, socially and even financially when parents go their separate ways, often one hostile to the other.There are plenty of damaged children and adults as a direct result of failed marriages and the introduction of step mom or dad into the equation.
Of course if no children are involved it lessons the collateral damage.
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I have heard people talking about "economics" and "economic systems" as if they're this unnatural thing imposed on innocent humans. But the fact that we use the same word for both the thing being studied and the science of studying it is just an unfortunate word choice.
"Economics" is really just the study of a particular class of human activity that pre-dates agriculture. An "economic system" is what you have any time you have a complex society.
Hot take on economics
So "not having economics" just means ceasing to care about a particular class of human activity. It doesn't make that activity stop. And having an "economic system" isn't optional; it's just a question of whether you pay any attention to what that system actually is and how it behaves.
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@freakazoid i agree, but i don't quite understand. who is for "not having economics"?
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@o I don't remember who it was specifically and don't want to point fingers at people anyway. It's even possible I misunderstood them. My point is a general one.
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@o I suspect it's a similar issue to the widely varied definitions of "markets" and "capitalism" that people use. They might have been talking about the combination of macroeconomics and finance, in which case there's a reasonable chance I at least partially agree with them.
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@freakazoid So ...
Back on Google+, there were a set of self-described Libertarians (and @woozle will remember some of these conversations -- they're not one, but were a fellow participant) who I'd occasionally engage with mostly to try to understand what the hell they were on about.
This included a few rounds trying to suss out just what they meant by terms such as "markets" and "capitalism", in particular.
It's one thing to disagree with someone.
It's quite...
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@freakazoid ... tend to go quite poorly.
This includes reading and referencing their generally prefered sources (if you can even wrest these from them at all). Stuff like Hazlitt, Rothbard, and von Mises, if you're lucky.
There was one YT vid in particular @woozle had turned up at one point, I _think_ it was "Objectivist Girl", discussing something. Which we realised was basically word salad. Oh, on von Mises and "praxeology". Let me see if I can find that...
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@freakazoid OK, it's "praxgirl", not "objectivist girl", though I had the gist of it.
Warning: this *WILL* rot your brain:
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@dredmorbius @o @woozle I've read Economics in One Lesson. I've also read Economics for Real People (Gene Callahan's intro to Austrian economics), Free to Choose, and Machinery of Freedom. I think a big issue with libertarians is that they don't realize just how much the framework in which markets exist matters. There's no such thing as a "free market".
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@freakazoid For a long time my trite dismissal of Libertarianism was: "It's a fundamental inability to understand or acknowledge that wealth is in fact power."
When I finally started reading Adam Smith and found his "Wealth, as Mr Hobbes says, is power", I was gobstopped. That had been a principle gripe about economics (Libertarian or otherwise), and Smith directly confronted and acknowledged it.
There's another error I see now that is deeper: Weber & NAP.
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@freakazoid Akerloff's "Market for Lemons" addresses a *part* of this, but only in part, and only in some cases.
The dynamic ends up being a validation for establishing minimum standards which *must* be met for market entry in many instances. Ergo: fully unregulated markets fail, and spectacularly.
(So do *badly* regulated ones, another issues.)
And that's not the only problem, but I'll stop there for now.
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@dredmorbius @o @woozle That's specifically about situations where there's heterogeneous quality and no reputation for the seller, though. People certainly sell high-quality used cars, and you can get used cars with warranties from dealers. I think we do see this phenomenon with some consumer electronics. Often it's not asymmetric information so much as lazy consumers, though.
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@woozle @o @dredmorbius It's a little different from Gresham's Law because in that case the "price" is dictated to the the same for all coins of a given denomination by law, whereas prices of goods in the coinage assume the coins with the lowest actual precious metal content.
(Now that I say this I realize Gresham's Law has nothing to do with non-use of cryptocurrencies, since relative prices can adjust.)
@freakazoid So, #GreshamsLaw dynamics can turn up in various forms. I've tried (unsuccessfully) to catalogue the in the past.
There's fiat or imposed value, as with coin. Also with transjurisdictional standards, such as divorce law and shipping registries ("flags of convenience"). Whatever the *minimum* acceptable *somewhere* is, is acceptable *everywhere*.
There's effective perceived value -- Mencken's "Brayard", or consumer technologies, or bicycles.
@freakazoid Underlying quality is difficult to communicate, so some *quality indicator* is substituted. Accent. Vocabulary. Cultural myths. Clothing. Food. Table manners. Branding. Musical tastes. Books read. Schools attended. Management fads.
These signal *both* quality *and* group alignment -- and the wrong set can easily get you killed in many cases.
*Changing* signifiers is highly traumatic: culture wars and value shifts.
This also leads to cargo culting.
@dredmorbius @woozle @o These fall into a few different possibly overlapping categories: implicit bias, laziness or ignorance (because the information is available but people don't bother to look or don't know it's there), and places where it's genuinely hard to know, like interviewing and managing (though there's a lot we do know about management and interviewing so laziness and ignorance applies there).
@o @woozle @dredmorbius Volume also contributes to this a lot: for cheap things, the cost of research can be a significant fraction of the cost of actually buying it. This is probably why for many things there's not much of a "middle ground", just super cheap and super expensive things.
You can also get seemingly paradoxical effects where the brand with the better reputation has lower quality at a higher price point. I've noticed in general an inverse correlation between marketing and quality.
@freakazoid @dredmorbius @woozle @o
Mature markets tend to end up with two market leaders and a bunch of also-rans. In that kind of market, the #1 is often complacent and of poor quality, but the #2 tends to be better because it wants to knock the leader off the top spot.
e.g. VHS vs Betamax, Windows vs macOS, VW vs Toyota for cars, etc.
(Obviously there are counterexamples, and I think the trend is becoming less clear as markets fragment.)
@mathew @o @woozle @dredmorbius Two of the three examples you cite have strong network effects, where that's certainly true. But car manufacturers don't have this problem. Globally, in 2014 (the year I can easily find data for), the number 8 automaker by number of cars (Honda) sold almost 43% of the number of cars of the number one (Toyota). In the US, the number 7 manufacturer, Kia, sold 43% as many passenger cars as the top manufacturer, GM. And number 3, Toyota, has almost 83% of GM's sales.
@freakazoid ... though cars ship easily, factories don't, so it centralises, at least within countries.
(JIT and improved transport networks are changing that somewhat. Factories are more distributed in the US than they were in Detroit's heyday, but still cluster somewhat.)
But: there are both regional taste differences and economics, as well as national interests involved.
Building cars and military vehicles shares much in common, and military manufacture is ...
@dredmorbius @mathew @o @woozle Is physical colocation a problem? It's generally centralization of control or coordination that somehow discourages defection (cartels have tended to disintegrate rapidly historically) that is the problem, right? And often when a company does manage to dominate that's because new entrants have to face regulatory barriers to entry it didn't, like Amazon with sales taxes.
@freakazoid Colocation used to be highly important because there was a lot of interplay between the automanufacturers themselves and supplier pipelines. Sometimes meeting F2F and getting your mitts on metal is the best way to resolve stuff.
That's either not so much the case, or other factors matter more, but you still have forms of clustering which matter, ranging from support industries to education and infrastructure.
Early colo was driven by bulk materials.
@freakazoid Detroit was where raw iron ore and steel could be directly offloaded via ship and cars shipped by rail to mostly Eastern markets.
Interestingly, Los Angeles once featured pretty much the largest of every factory plant *outside* the primary core group, within the US. Which is to say: at LA's distance from the Rust Belt, 2ndary localisation made sense.
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When people mix crack cocaine and alcohol, they are compounding the danger each drug poses and unknowingly forming a complex chemical experiment within their bodies. NIDA-funded researchers have found that the human liver combines crack cocaine and alcohol and manufactures a third substance, cocaethylene, that intensifies crack cocaine's euphoric effects, while possibly increasing the risk of sudden death.
The short term effects of crack cocaine can be felt upon users initial hit of crack. The individual begins to feel the effects of crack cocaine immediately; they experience an increase in energy, temperature, mental alertness, heart rate, constricted blood vessels, as well as a decrease in appetite. These temporary effects of crack cocaine are as short lived as the users high. Because crack cocaine is smoked causing it to travel through the blood up to the brain much faster than cocaine which is snorted, the user experiences these short term effects more intensely. The duration and intensity of these short term effects of crack cocaine are based on the amount of crack cocaine that is used.
The long term effects of crack cocaine affect the user physically, mentally, and emotionally. An individuals long term effects from crack cocaine vary from person to person depending on their length and intensity of abuse. In general, the long term effects of crack cocaine include restlessness, mood change, irritability, auditory hallucinations, extreme paranoia, and eventually and rather quickly, addiction.
The maximum physiological effects of crack cocaine take place approximately two minutes after the users inhalation. Maximum psychotropic effects of crack cocaine are attained approximately one minute after the users inhalation. Similar to intravenous use, the physiological and psychotropic effects of crack cocaine last for approximately 10 to 15 minutes after the users peak effects occur.
Crack cocaine is a strong central nervous system stimulant that interferes with the reabsorption process of dopamine, a chemical messenger associated with pleasure and movement. Dopamine is released as part of the brain's reward system and is involved in the high that characterizes crack cocaine.
Because crack cocaine reaches the brain in a highly concentrated dose, it is an extremely strong stimulant to the heart and lungs. Irregular heart beats, heart attacks, cardiac arrest, convulsions, loss of oxygen to vital organs and stroke have all been seen in crack cocaine users. Psychosis is often seen in crack cocaine users as well. They are paranoid individuals who see and hear things that are not there. The most dangerous risks associated with crack cocaine is overdosing and poisoning. This results in nausea, vomiting, irregular breathing, convulsions, coma and death. These may happen with only small doses of crack cocaine or may even happen at a later time after the drug has been taken.
Almost a quarter (24%) of the cocaine emergency department mentions in 2001 were attributed to crack cocaine, which has increased 35 percent since 1994 and 20 percent since 2000. During 2001, there were 46,964 crack cocaine ED mentions.
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As many know, the atomic bomb has been used only twice in warfare. The first was at Hiroshima. A uranium bomb nicknamed "Little Boy" (despite weighing in at over four and a half tons) was dropped on Hiroshima August 6, 1945. The Aioi Bridge, one of 81 bridges connecting the seven-branched delta of the Ota River, was the target; ground zero was set at 1,980 feet. At 0815 hours, the bomb was dropped from the Enola Gay. It missed by only 800 feet. At 0816 hours, in an instant, 66,000 people were killed and 69,000 injured by a 10-kiloton atomic explosion.
Fat Man
The area of total vaporization from the atomic bomb blast measured one half mile in diameter; total destruction one mile in diameter; severe blast damage as much as two miles in diameter. Within a diameter of two and a half miles, everything flammable burned. The remaining area of the blast zone was riddled with serious blazes that stretched out to the final edge at a little over three miles in diameter.
Bomb Explosion over Nagasaki
On August 9, 1945, Nagasaki fell to the same treatment. This time a Plutonium bomb nicknamed " Fat Man " was dropped on the city. Though "Fat Man" missed its target by over a mile and a half, it still leveled nearly half the city. In a split second, Nagasaki's population dropped from 422,000 to 383,000. Over 25,000 people were injured.
Japan offered to surrender on August 10, 1945.
NOTE: Physicists who have studied these two atomic explosions estimate that the bombs utilized only 1/10th of 1 percent of their respective explosive capabilities.
By-products of Atomic Bomb Detonations
While the explosion from an atomic bomb is deadly enough, its destructive ability doesn't stop there. Atomic bomb fallout creates another hazard as well. The rain that follows any atomic detonation is laden with radioactive particles, and many survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki blasts succumbed to radiation poisoning.
The atomic bomb detonation also has the hidden lethal surprise of affecting the futuregenerations of those who live through it. Leukemia is among the greatest of afflictions that are passed on to the offspring of survivors.
While the main purpose behind the atomic bomb is obvious, there are other by-products of the use of atomic weapons. While high-altitude atomic detonations are hardly lethal, one small, high-altitude detonation can deliver a serious enough EMP (Electro-Magnetic Pulse) to scramble all things electronic, from copper wires to a computer's CPU, within a 50-mile radius.
During the early history of The Atomic Age, it was a popular notion that one day atomic bombs would be used in mining operations and perhaps aid in the construction of another Panama Canal. Needless to say, it never came about. Instead, the military applications of atomic destruction increased. Atomic bomb tests off of the Bikini Atoll and several other sites were common until the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was introduced.
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Brand Loyalty
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I dont think its any secret, but I've always been a Ford guy. I don't know why, but since I was a kid I've had to have a Ford. Even now, I get a small pang of resentment that I drive a Pontiac and not a Ford
Up until the point where I gained a little wisdom (read: got screwed over yet again) I was a GM guy, like my dad. He never goes farther than the nearest GM dealership (never mattered which make), and picked one off the lot. Never ordered a certain colour, options, or anything. He is exactly the reason why the Big Three set themselves up for failure.
To answer the immediate question, no, I am the last thing from brand loyal now.
I bought my first VW Jetta in 88 and I have been hooked on German / european cars ever since... but not one brand. ? Does that count as loyal. Not sure. But, I'll take a German produced car over most others..
I've owned over 120 cars in the last 38 years. Crs from most major manufacturers worldwide. I've has British, Italian, American, German, Swedish, French, Japanese and Korean. I've had good and bad from each (mostly good, though there have been a couple beaters that were POS due to age and abuse). And I'd never let a previous experience with a marque or even model sway me from a future purchase, as I judge cars on an individual example basis. Especailly if that example was from 10-20 years ago.
i used to a loyal chrysler guy, but when chrysler was sold to cygnis group that was the beginning of the end, i have since went over to Ford but what i am seeing them make lately i would lean towards mazda or honda, so loyality is pretty much out the window , in my case
I don't know why, but I have been a Mazda fan since I became an enthusiast. My dad would always (and still does) buy a German car - either a VW or Audi - but I don't know where I got the Mazda thing from.3 Replies
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Sadly, I have only driven a 1600 Spider that was rusting (and running) badly.
American and Italian cars are loyal to my adrenaline... so I love them.
Alfas are a special breed, there is something in driving them that cannot be explained in words, you have to feel it, to live the experience. They are not the fastest, or the best road huggers, but when you're driving them, they give back so much more than ordinary cars. Jeremy Clarkson described them best when he said: "You can't really call yourself apetrolhead until you've owned an Alfa Romeo" ... and I agree ...
I sat in a brand-new Alfa Romeo Giulietta Lusso the other day over in Ireland and it was everything I imagined. The new Alfas are beautifully made, smell absolutely wonderful inside, and have a style all to their own!
I don't think anything sounds as good as an old Alfa(in the old Alfa price range,that is)
Interestingly I never became loyal to any brand. My father owned some unique cars such as a Chrysler Airflow, but he went from driving Plymouths to Chevys to Fords to Chrysler Minivans. I must say that of all the makes I've owned my favorite cars were the Triumph Spitfire( a blast to drive) My two Mustang 5.0 liters (fast and reliable) and my MR2 (a blast to drive and bulletproof) I guess I need loads of cash and a large garage to sample the offerings of many brands.
My dad had company cars that changed every couple of years. Earliest I remember was a 4 door '60 Plymouth Valiant with a faux spare tire bubble on the trunk, then a '62 Buick LaSabre, a '66 Chevy Impala, followed by a '68 Plymouth Fury. They all had new car smell, bench seats and skinny bias ply tires on steel wheels. The Buick was a breakthrough in size, power and air conditioning. Woo Hoo.
My dad also turned me on to Car and Driver and Road & Track magazine as an early teen and I started reading about radial tires, disk brakes and the superior handling of German, Italian, Swedish and English cars that were performance tuned for roads less speed limited. You could see it in their stance and the odd half flat look of their radial tires. American cars were all about a smooth ride and big motors. Corners... not so much.
I made myself a fan of whatever brand of car we had but felt no ultimate loyalty because we changed brands often and I was aware of more expensive and exotic brands probably more worthy of loyalty.
I love my 10 year old BMW but feel the growth of the company has taken away some of the performance edge it used to own and dominate. There's so much technology in cars that supports and coddles a driver that we are creating the first generation of drivers who will never know what it's like to drive without ABS and traction control. Like the "Save The Manuals" crowd, the simple purity of a rear drive Lotus Super Seven, Alfa Spyder or Triumph Spitfire will never be known to first time drivers.
It's hard to be loyal to shapes made by wind tunnels that look more the same than different. And to marketing of electronic interfaces for phones, iPods and GPS's.
Those early cars had personalities, character and quirks. They weren't perfect but, like people, you learned to love 'em and accept their imperfections.
New cars are for the most part so good and reliable now that it's hard to fall in or out of love with them. They are becoming more and more automated appliances that transport us reliably where we want to go. Money will always determine luxury and power but we are now moving toward automated cars that you'll punch the address into and be taken there while you read a book or listen to you iPod. Hard to fall in love with or be loyal to that because there is no involvement with driving.2 Replies
You know Pat, you expressed very well what I have thought for years. It amazes me that my Midget and Spitfire had no A/C, power windows locks, etc.They were such simple machines. How did the British manage to design them so that they failed so often? There were so few things to fail! As you so eloquently stated, their lack of perfection was overshadowed by their ability to make you smile as you drove a go-kart while everyone around you piloted a barge.
well said Mr Daly !
I've always been partial to Honda/Acura cars not because I drank the koolaid but because they are genuinely good, well made, efficient vehicles with a bit of character. My first car (I turned 16 in 1993) was a 1987 Camaro. Of course back then a Camaro as my first as my first car seemed cool at the time but that level of enjoyment soon came to an end as leaky t-tops, computer failures, catalytic converter issues etc etc ruined that experience. My mother then sold the car and she bought mate a 1989 Honda Accord LXi. Of course at first I was a bit discouraged but this car just made sense. It handled well, it was roomy, efficient, and reliable. I was hooked. I done some research about the company and Soichiro Honda and found a vast level of information that seemed to be almost unbelievable. The levels of challenges, successful racing heritage among other things just made the Honda brand that much more attractive.
A year later I purchased a 1991 Civic Ex 5 speed and in 1995 my parents helped me get a 1995 Honda Civic Ex for graduation. Of course by then I had a better knowledge of cars and Hondas in general and a few years lafer (1999) I had a fully adjustable suspension, a Integra Type R drivetrain, brake upgrade, etc etc. Fun car.
Fast forward to today, and we have a 2002 Honda S2000, a 2005 Honda S2000 (wife), a 2008 Acura TL and a 2011 Honda Odyssey Touring Elite (2 sets of twins and a single) which will soon be replaced with a 2014 Acura MDX Advance.
I know Honda hasnt been on their A game for a few years now but I think I currently own some of the best and most successful Honda products to date. The new Accord seems to be the stepping stone to that previous Honda goodness but Honda has to remain consistent with each new model. However, there are some vehicles that we have strongly considered:
- Audi S4 (me)
- Audi Q7 TDI (wife)
After doing research we found these vehicles were uneccessarily too expensive to purchase and maintain. Not that we couldn't afford them but we saw no need to afford them as its just uneccessary. Of course my wife will still get her MDX but I'm unsure of what exactly I want. I know I want a 4 door sports/luxury sedan with at least 300hp but there are so many great offerings from various manufacturers and I'm still pausing until some more substantial info on the Acura TLX becomes available. If I dont purchase that car the ATS, IS350, 335i all look favorable but I just wish I could get the ATS with the BMW's N55 turbo inline 6 as a top notch chassis (ATS) needs a top notch engine (BMW N55) to match.1 Reply
When I was young my neighbors bought the very first Civic and the rest of the neighborhood looked at them like they were wierdos. A few years later they added an Accord to their fleet and they just kept buying Hondas and passing the older cars down to the next child that turned sixteen (there were seven children in the family) By the time they moved from the neighborhood they were on their fifth Honda and still owned the original Civic. That's brand loyalty.


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Le compromis des coffee shops: la séparation des marchés des drogues aux Pays-Bas
Ce rapport décrit l'approche néerlandaise vis-à-vis du cannabis et le succès continu de la politique en matière de drogues du pays. Pour en savoir plus, en anglais, veuillez lire les informations ci-dessous.
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Though famous for its coffee shops, where cannabis can be purchased and consumed, the Netherlands has accomplished many enviable public health outcomes through its drug policy. These include low prevalence of HIV among people who use drugs, negligible incidence of heroin use, lower cannabis use among young people than in many stricter countries, and a citizenry that has generally been spared the burden of criminal records for low level, nonviolent drug offenses.
Coffee Shops and Compromise: Separated Illicit Drug Markets in the Netherlands tells the history of the Dutch approach and describes the ongoing success of the country's drug policy. This includes the impact of the Dutch "separation of markets," which potentially limits people's exposure and access to harder drugs.
Though coffee shops have traditionally commanded the most media attention, the Netherlands also pioneered needle exchange and safer consumption rooms, decriminalized possession of small quantities of drugs, and introduced easy-to-access treatment services.
These policies, coupled with groundbreaking harm reduction interventions, have resulted in the near-disappearance of HIV among people who inject drugs and the lowest rate of problem drug use in Europe.
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Greetings and best
wishes. This is
my final message in Swine Health
and Production as President of the AASP. It is a privilege to serve this organization. The strength of the AASP is in its dedicated and competent membership. I also recognize the professionalism, dedication, and efficiency in our AASP office of Dr. Tom Burkgren and Dr. Sue Schulteis. My presidential predecessors took a bold step in creating our own AASP office. It was a correct decision, and one that all members of AASP will benefit from in the future.
The activities of the AASP on which I'd like to report include the future of antibiotics for use in swine practice. The Food and Drug Administration-Center for Veterinary Medicine (FDA-CVM) scientists are evaluating information from many sources and attempting to determine safe thresholds for antibiotic resistance development. Unfortunately, the AASP is a minority voice along with other food animal veterinary groups. Special interest groups and individuals are fervently promoting issues such as food safety and antibiotic resistance. These issues are important to all members of the AASP. However, public perception and special interest agendas have the potential to replace science in the debate. One question that needs to be addressed is: "Will the removal of antibiotics from animal uses truly result in fewer antibiotic-resistant bacteria being transmitted to humans?" This question may never be answered during the debate. Once the FDA-CVM enacts more stringent pre-approval and post-approval regulations, the pharmaceutical industry will decide if any potential return is worth the investment.
Another area of concern is our relationship with the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA). The AVMA recently spent about $1 million on a study assessing the future of the veterinary profession. At the outset, the AASP was told that this was a small animal initiative and would examine only small animal practice. Members of the AASP and also of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) were not invited to participate in the study. Unfortunately, when study was completed, it included an assessment of food animal veterinary practice. Leadership of the AASP and AABP have objected to the results of the study, the manner in which it was conducted, and the exclusion of our members' input during the process. Nonetheless, it demonstrates an important issue that the AASP must face. We are a small specialty group with limited political clout. This is true at the FDA-CVM and also at the AVMA. AASP members understand the needs of swine practitioners. Dr. Tom Burkgren has worked closely with the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and the AVMA on various issues, including legislative and other items. In addition, the AASP needs members who are willing to work in these arenas in order to optimally represent our interests. The AASP must not assume that our opinion will be sought on important issues involving our future. Our success in this arena will require clear, open communication and careful positioning of our agenda.
The Scientific Program Planning Committee, chaired by Bob Morrison, has prepared an exceptional program for the 2000 AASP Annual Meeting. I look forward to seeing you in Indianapolis during March 11-14, 2000.
--Alan Sheidt
What's in a job?
We have been through the toughest year on record for prices. It has rocked the foundation of our industry and all who serve it. At the same time, our industry is experiencing increasing public scrutiny over issues such as environmental impact, antibiotic use, animal well being, consolidation, integration, and "industrialization." This may have caused you, as it has caused me, to reflect on our future role and careers within this industry.
As I think about my current and past jobs, three criteria seem to have driven my satisfaction, or lack thereof:
- First is the personal fulfillment that I might get from the job; that is, do I look forward to coming to work? Personal fulfillment could come from making a contribution to those I serve and ultimately to society, having a positive impact on others, enjoying the people I work with, and having an opportunity for learning, and perhaps for career advancement. Also, the amount of autonomy that a job affords me can have an enormous impact on fulfillment.
- Second is the effect of the job on my lifestyle. Work-related travel, worries and stress, and work hours will all impact home life. As well, the more responsibility a job has, the more stress it seems to carry with it.
- Third is the income and benefits that I receive.
The relative priority that I have placed on each of these criteria has changed over the years. In high school and college, money was the only driving factor. I could put up with an unpleasant work environment, unfulfilling tasks, disagreeable bosses, and long hours if it paid "enough." Today, I am interested in balancing the three. I take on extra tasks to supplement my income and further my learning at the expense of home life. And I suspect that late in our careers, many of us hope to be in a position where we are least motivated by income. So given that we spend the better part of our adult lives in the workplace, how can we remain fulfilled?
Think about the relationship between autonomy and job fulfillment for a moment. As independent business owners, private practitioners have a substantial amount of autonomy. But this can be reduced when one answers to someone else and too much external control is exerted over that individual's environment. Individuals and organizations benefit most when autonomy is supported within the workplace.
A second key to job fulfillment is lifelong learning. To remain satisfied, competent, and content, we need to remain mentally challenged. Lifelong learning is critically important for all of us and one of the main functions of the AASP is to help us stay abreast of new developments. The AASP Annual Meeting is one of the cornerstones of our educational effort, and Swine Health and Production is another. Board certification, Masters programs, reading, and writing are other stimulants.
As we contemplate our place in this industry, our strengths are profound. Veterinarians are smart, capable, and well-educated. Incoming veterinary students continue to have the highest GPA of all colleges at the University of Minnesota. Veterinarians are hard working, conscientious, and driven to succeed. You cannot get into and through veterinary school without being so. And veterinarians are scientists with a unique understanding of the production system and especially the impact of disease. In the new industry, we will need to constantly look for ways to add value to the farm or company. Veterinarians will need to have an interest in and experience with managing people and projects. Finally, veterinarians will need to have a desire and dedication to make that farm's or company's performance the best in its market.
Your AASP can help you achieve your career goals. We have a culture and community that freely shares experience and knowledge. You should know that your career concerns are shared by many, and perhaps most, of your colleagues. Look for examples of success--we have many individuals who are leading the way.
To comment, please email me at firstname.lastname@example.com or call me at 612-625-9276.
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Sony Entertainment Europe Files 'Eyepad' Patent
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Sony Computer Entertainment Europe filed a patent for the "PlayStation Eyepad" device on July 23, 2012. The European patent application was published on Wednesday. The "input device" is described to work with an "entertainment device," and uses motion sensors and two stereoscopic cameras.
The patent's official description is:
An input device for an entertainment device comprises a first main surface, one or more side edges, one or more motion sensors operable to generate motion data, and a wireless communicator for transmitting the motion data to the entertainment device, wherein an elongate illuminated region extends along some or all of one or more of the side edges; in addition the input device may comprise a first stereoscopic camera and a second stereoscopic camera having respective viewpoints located at opposing corners of a first area of the main surface, the field of view of each stereoscopic camera encompassing a first volume of space immediately above the first area, wherein the first and second stereoscopic cameras are operable to generate respective stereoscopic images, from which a first depth map and complementary second depth map may be generated for opposite sides of an object placed within the first volume of space.
The PlayStation 3 console already utilizes the PlayStation Eye, a digital camera used for motion capture with the PlayStation Move for various games.
Sony will host the "PlayStation Meeting 2013" event in New York on February 20. The event's official website is streaming a teaser video and a "PlayStation Evolution: The Beginning" video that outlines the early history of the Sony's PlayStation console.
Sources: Gamechump via Kotaku, Famitsu via Hachima Kikō


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Lost Leamore I: A Horse of a Different Colour
This article has its birth, like many other articles I have put on Wyrleyblog, in the records of the Walsall Coroner; however, as I read the case notes I also became intrigued by some of the incidental background to the story and, as such, I intended to write two articles under a 'Lost Leamore' banner. The case that started it all dates to 1910 and dealt with a terrible and somewhat bizarre tragedy – the apparent suicide of publican Robert Walker Hall. Hall was the publican at the Black Horse in Leamore, his death was a little peculiar and a few unanswered questions clearly remain; it is the Hall family's tenure at the pub that is the subject of part II of the article, which ironically was written first and is already on Wyrleyblog.
When the incident occurred the servant girl, Elizabeth Stones, ran to fetch the publican from the pub opposite – a pub also called the Black Horse. Initially, I thought this was an error for two reasons: firstly, I only remember the Butler's Arms being over the road from the Black Horse, and secondly, Hitchmough's Black Country Pub Guide, a superb site, lists two Black Horses in Bloxwich – one at Leamore and the other at a place called Mount Pleasant (http://www.longpull.co.uk/HBCPdownloads/HBCP%20Walsall%202.pdf); however, as I investigated, it became clear that prior to the building of the Butler's Arms that the pub on that site had in fact also been called the Black Horse. Further, that the site of the Black Horse was also known in the 19th century as Mount Pleasant.
I was intrigued as to how all this came about and so part I is all about the relationship between the pubs (and the Leamore cross-roads) from the murky past of the 1820s through until the 1920s, when one of the Black Horse pubs vanished for good…
Our story really opens in 1819, with our first source – the map and description of the Foreign of Walsall by Henry Jacobs. For those that have not heard of the term 'the Foreign' before it was really an old Poor-Law term (pre-1835) for all of the part of the parish of Walsall that was not in the Borough. The Borough covered just the town of Walsall – one border being at Intown Row for example; therefore the 'Foreign' covered from just outside the town all the way up to Bloxwich. Jacobs' map and description were copied in 1835 by HS Brindley, but not added to it appears.
The landscape, shown above, is very different to that of today, although the road pattern can still be made out. Harden, Blakenall and Leamore are clearly separate and defined. The area is clearly a rural one, with a scattering of farms and cottages, although local industry was beginning to come alive. The roads are likely medieval in date, with the main Walsall to Bloxwich road being turn-piked in 1766. It is possible that this elevated status of the road attracted the business acumen of locals that decided to offer hospitality to the passers-by.
In 1819, the Leamore cross-roads had little in the way of buildings. The plan shows, if one approaches from the Walsall direction, that on the corner of what is now Bloxwich Rd and Harden Rd there is a building numbered 652: this is the current site of 'ASK Motors' and previously the Black Horse pub. In 1819 it belonged to and was occupied by Walter Horton. It was described as 'farm buildings'. What is interesting to note is that the he also owned the large field behind (654, House Close). Horton also rented a swathe of land (now under the flats and shopping precinct) from a Mr Curtis.
Over the Harden Rd from the farm was building 655, which stood on the site of the Butler's Arms and the current petrol station; this was described as a house and garden belonging to William Heath. It is interesting to note again that the large field behind (653, Kiln Close), and from which Heath's property seemed to have been cut from, was also owned by Horton. A Roman Catholic chapel is also in this field.
Opposite, on the corner of Leamore Lane and Bloxwich Rd was building 882, which is now the car park for the shopping precinct: this was simply described as a cottage with no owner/occupier listed. Across the Leamore Rd and now the site of the old Rosum Cinema stood buildings 676, described as a cottage, and 677, described as the Rose and Crown public house. The pub was occupied by a John Mayo and it seems that this was the first pub that we can currently prove which existed at the cross-roads.
Before we continue, one major piece of legislation is passed in 1830 is vital to our story. The brewing process killed bacteria then present in all water, so even children would be encouraged to drink a 'small beer' (now classed as 2.8% and below) as it was also considered nutritious. As such, the weaker beers had been seen as a solution to the drunkenness caused by gin-mania, which is represented by Hogarth's etchings of 'Gin Lane' and 'Beer Street' as early as 1751. The legislation came in the form of the Duke of Wellington's, the then Prime Minister, 'Beer-house Act'.
The Act meant that two guineas would secure a beer-house licence which allowed you to sell beer or cider on your own premises, but not wines and spirits. Within a few years, 46,000 of these so called beer-houses were registered and the solution then became the problem. These beer-houses became so profitable that the owners would end-up extending them or they became full 'alehouses' and sold the very gin they were supposed to replace. We know that by 1871 the Black Horse (ASK Motors) was trading on an alehouse licence, whereas the Black Horse (Butler's Arms) was a beer-house – which mean't that it could not have opened until 1830 at the earliest.
In 1830 we get the first evidence of a Black Horse public house – when an auction is held near there and advertised in the Birmingham Gazette. In the White Directory of 1834 and the Pigot Directory of 1835, a Black Horse is listed as an alehouse under the occupation of publican and butcher, John Kirk. I am confident that this is was the Black Horse on what is now the ASK Motors site, as every publican that followed at that pub, until around 1868, was both a publican and a butcher.
On 18 March 1837 an advert was placed in the Stafford Advertiser regarding the sale of what was called Black Horse Farm, with its proved mines of coal and ironstone, including mining equipment, and three shafts are also mentioned. Further, 'that old established' Black Horse Inn, fronting the main turnpike road was also up for sale. This was clearly the Black Horse on the site of ASK Motors and would indicate that it had been in operation way before 1830 – although this cannot be currently proven. Further, it seems to indicate that its own agricultural and mining workforce (small scale, of course), as well as the passing road traffic, may have been the target clientele. The land was being sold as a building opportunity.
The area was subjected to another mapping exercise around 1843, this time for the Tithe Commutation Act in 1836. This Act valued certain lands in order to assess a monetary value for the payment to the Church – up until that point people had paid their tithe to the Church in chicken and eggs 🙂 . This new map showed significant growth around the cross-roads, where part of Elizabeth Curtis' field (next to their farm) had been used for development by Thomas Adams.
Building 652 is now 813. The same Thomas Adams that had developed the field next to Curtis' Farm was holding this farm from owner Thomas Bastock – possibly the purchaser in 1837 – and, significantly mentioned separately, was the Black Horse Inn. Adams, 40 year-old from Bloxwich, had married into the Horton family who had occupied the farm in 1819. It is worth mentioning that a part of Kiln Close had been sold off by this stage.
The Rose and Crown had closed, now becoming a private residence for a Joseph Mayo (number 849); however, a new build had taken place on a small plot of land to the rear and building 848. Owned by John James and occupied by Samuel Birch, who also ran the Trooper in Harden, this became the new Crown Inn – a site it still occupies today. The buildings on the old Butler's Arms site, now 845, were still described as a house and garden and were owned by a John Whitgreave; they were occupied William Wilcox, a snaffle-bit maker.
The 1841 census shows a William Wilcox and a Thomas Adams of a 'Leamore Lodge Farm' rather than Black Horse Farm, in close proximity on what was then called Leamore Lane. Samuel Birch was described as being a bridle bit maker in Harden. Sadly, this census gives no information as to the names of the pubs or if Adams actually operated the Black Horse himself. So, at this point, we know that the Leamore cross-roads hosted the Crown and the Black Horse on the ASK Motors site, but there is still no evidence that a second Black Horse, or any other named pub, is on the Butler's Arms site.
In 1841, Kirk is living and butchering in Blakenall – his wife, Sarah, having died of consumption at the pub in 1835. On the same census, a 55 year-old publican by the name of Benjamin Boulton was running the Black Horse and his son, the 15 year-old Benjamin, was a butcher. We know this is Leamore as it is listed next to Broadstones (as in Broadstone Avenue). He is still there in 1845, when he is found in the Post Office Directory – this time under the Black Horse, Mount Pleasant.
We do know that another attempt was made to auction off the Black Horse's mining property in 1845: the advert describes it as such, 'containing 18 acres or thereabouts; comprising of the Yard Coal and the Four Feet Coal (seam names), a small portion of which has been gotten [proving mining had taken place]. The Thick Coal remains whole, together with six seams of Ironstone known by the names of the Robins, the White Ironstone, the Blue Gubbias, the Blue Flats, the Silver Threads and the Diamond Ironstone.'
In 1847 the Black Horse hosted an inquest into the death of a child, Henry Birch. Birch, a four year-old, was struck and killed by a cart being driven by his uncle, Richard Allen. A verdict of accidental death was recorded.
All we can say is that sometime between 1845 and prior to 1851, Simeon Bird appears to take over both the pub and the butchery shop that must have been attached. Bird had been born in Bloxwich around 181o. He and his wife, Elizabeth, had four children when they moved in: the eldest at 19 years was John, who was a brewer according to the 1851 census; next was George at 13 years, and he was a butcher. Simeon Bird also seemed to use the pub as a base for 100-yard sprint matches in the 1850s, his son George being one of the participants. The census shows that Thomas Adams is also listed as a licensed victualler and while both are located on the turnpike road near the Leamore cross-roads, it isn't clear as to which order the census was taken and if the two were occupying the Inn and the farmhouse or whether Bird lived nearby and worked at the Inn.
On the same 1851 census, the 34 year-old Samuel Birch was now described as a victualler and while the pub isn't named, he is living on Leamore Lane – so it seems certain he is at the Crown. He and his wife, Lucy, have three children, all at school, and a couple of domestic assistants. In 1861, their residence is described as the Crown Inn and of his two children remaining at home, both were listed as being scholars – at 21 and 17. Clearly they had plans for their children. This is where the Crown leaves this story on the Black Horses, saving to say, out of interest, an inquest was held there in September 1865 on a boy named Charles Dyke: Dyke had collapsed during a fight with other boys and was actually declared dead in the Black Horse yard.
1854 supplies a potential clue as to there being a second Black Horse, when on 30 May of that year Thomas Adams or Thomas Bastock (Adams is still living there) puts the land around and the 'Old Black Horse' up for auction at the George Hotel in Walsall – however, I have seen the 'old' being used before in sales, as it perhaps gives a little pedigree to the building. It isn't known if it was sold or to whom but if it was it was most likely to the Williams family from Wolverhampton.
1857 is an interesting year: the owner of a 'newly erected and commodious dwelling house, now used as a public house, comprising of tap room, parlour, kitchen, bar, pantry, club room, sleeping rooms, cellars, garden, yard, water pump, brewhouse, stable, piggeries, with a blacksmith's shop and other out buildings… situate on the road leading from Walsall to Bloxwich near the 'Black Horse Inn' and now occupied by William Birch' decided to auction it at the Horse and Jockey down the road.
These premises were on the corner of Bloxwich Rd and Leamore Lane (as shown be the adjacent houses sold in the same lot), opposite the Black Horse. It seemed to be offered several times for sale over the next year or so and was called the 'White Lion' in 1858, when it was occupied by John Birch. This pub is non-existent by 1871, which suggests that it was converted back into a house. I think it likely appeared and disappeared before the second Black Horse pub appears on the corner of the Harden Rd. The building can be seen on the 1886 25″ OS Map further below.
Another interesting article appears in the Walsall Free Press in September 1859. Simeon Bird, described as a 'beer-house keeper' (he would have been an alehouse keeper, technically) had had an application refused by the Licensing Committee. We don't actually know what it was, but it was turned down as it was seen as a 'non-necessity for such an establishment in the locality'. One wonders if this was an application for a new beer-house and as the White Lion was still in existence, it was turned down. Frustrating.
While John had flown the nest, the Birds would still be in occupation of the Black Horse in 1861 (although Adams would be listed as at the Black Horse in one directory that year – but likely meaning the farm). Adams would be dead by 1863. Simeon would be declared bankrupt in 1865, while he was at the Red Lion on the edge of Bloxwich – although he seemed to pass the Black Horse pub and business onto his son, George.
The 1860s give several indications of a second Black Horse pub. A tea party is held at the Old Black Horse in 1864, for example. In the Post Office directory for 1868, Simeon's son, George Bird, is listed as the publican of the 'Old Black Horse' and butcher, Leamore. No 'New Black Horse' is listed, but a Richard Marshall is as a beer retailer both in that directory and in a hand-list, of the same date, of publicans in the Licensing Authority records at the Walsall Local History Centre. This directory is a very important piece of evidence, as it gives us continuity of ownership for the original Black Horse Inn – also proving that it is older – and gives a date that the Black Horse on the Butler's Arms site is in operation by. The 1871 census would prove Marshall as being in occupation of a 'New Black Horse'.
At this stage, I could find no link between the two pubs regarding ownership or the tenure of any of the publicans. I cannot offer a reason for the duplicity in the name, just a suggestion or two: the first two are obvious, that it was done as a jest or to annoy those of the 'Old Black Horse' in some way. Another possibility is that a licence was secured and that no real name had been attributed to the beer-house and that it became known unofficially at first as the Black Horse as that was the closest landmark. The pubs were always registered as the 'Black Horse', the old and new epithets seem to only have been used locally to distinguish between them.
The Changing Landscape: 1886 – 1930s
I now intend to follow the stories of the two pubs separately, looking at the ownership and development of the buildings themselves; however, the wider landscape in which they stood was of course the same. The New Black Horse was likely opened in the 1860s as the Leamore area was developing quickly: transport-wise the railway had seen Bloxwich and Birchills Stations open-up, the latter just the Walsall side of where the Railway Inn is today, and the main Walsall – Stafford road would be de-turn-piked and made free to use from the mid-1870s. Leamore Board School would be opened in 1873 to accommodate the need for children's education – which was now required by law.
Industry was everywhere, replacing the old agricultural community; we know the Black Horse itself had small mining operations as far back as 1837. By 1886 the Leamore cross-roads would be surrounded by a series of old and current pit shafts operated by the Harden and Forest Collieries to name but a few. The Forest Colliery (think of the location of the Forest Arts Centre) had a series of tramway lines that ran up to the rear of the Black Horse Inn. The Black Horse Beer-House would have a couple of shafts located right behind it and I can only speculate that sating the thirst of the increasing number of workers have been the raison d'etre for the place.
Further afield were the Hatherton furnaces, next to the Wyrley & Essington canal on Leamore Lane, as well as the Walsall Glue Factory and Birchills Iron Works to the south. Housing had crept up the main road and what is now the shopping precinct car-park had been lost under housing too.
By 1900 a couple of brick works had also opened locally and further housing had been built. By 1914, development had increased yet further, including on the Harden Rd, with the cross-roads becoming a clear hub for the area.
By 1938, the mines had long-gone and the post-industrial landscape had been turned-over wholesale to housing. The community hub now even supported its own cinema- the Rosum – which opened on 24 August 1936, a library reading room and there was also a Methodist Church.
In the 1960s the flats and shopping precinct were built to reflect housing and shopping needs of the time. Christ Church school was also opened. A garage was in existence, but has since moved to its current site and there were a couple of doctor's surgeries. The cinema passed away in 1966, being replaced for a while with a bingo club; it is now a supermarket and bookmakers, reflecting the shopping and leisure needs of today.
The Black Horse Beer-House
Richard Marshall was born around 1806, within the Walsall area. In 1841, he was married to Mary and they already had a family, with the 6-year old Thomas being relevant to our story later. At this time they were in the Leamore area, I believe near where the Leamore School would later appear. Richard was a coal miner.
By 1851, the family had grown and Marshall was now described at an ironstone miner, possibly at the mines that were a part of the Black Horse Farm estate – if he was employed by them, and there was a pit behind the beer-house at one time on land that was a part of the Black Horse Farm estate (Kiln Croft), then this must be considered a plausible suggestion for the naming of the beer-house after the Black Horse.
In 1861, the family were living on Victoria Terrace (later becoming 'The Terrace' and now surviving only as Comwall Close – entrance to the Leamore flats from the Walsall Road). Thomas had followed his father into ironstone mining. We know by 1868 the family were living and operating the 'New Black Horse' Beer-house. They were licensed to sell beers and ciders. What is not surprising, as many beer-house keepers and publicans of the time did it, was to see that Richard was described on the census as both a miner and a beer-house keeper. In short, the beer-house would be a family concern that added to the family revenue and not aimed at replacing the mining income. Richard was around 68 at this stage and, of course, there were no old age pensions.
Interestingly, the 1872 licensing register shows the owner of the premises to be J Whitgreave, of Ribley Terrace, Kirkham, near Preston. If you remember, the Whitgreave family had owned the site according to the Tithe apportionment of the 1840s.
Richard died in June 1877 and the pub licence was passed over to his widow, Mary. Mary, herself from Darlaston, followed her husband to Bloxwich cemetery in February 1881 and the pub passed onto their son, Thomas.
It appears that Thomas also became the owner of the premises. The licensing registers show that ownership was transferred to Thomas from a Mrs Badger (no address given), but no transfer was ever noted between Whitgreave and Badger. This becomes important as a Mr Badger was listed as the owner of the Black Horse Inn at that time (around 1882). If correct, and it may be an error, this would seem an obvious link between the two properties and a source for the name of the Black Horse for both – the problem is, is that the pubs carried their names before the Badgers owned them, if indeed they ever did.
Whatever the truth, the potential ownership by the Badgers is the only other connection I can find and may, somehow, be behind the duplicity in name.
Thomas Marshall had left home in the 1860s, although he stayed in Leamore; he had married Margaret, started a family, and was working as a coal miner when his father passed away. In 1881, we find him at the Black Horse Beer-house with his family, although he too remains a working miner. By 1891, the family was complete, with the eldest, Alfred (22), being a saddler; Jabez (21) being a collier; Thomas (18) and William (17) being curriers; George (15) a clerk and Laura (10) a scholar. Thomas is still a miner and Margaret must have carried the pub to a large extent.
By 1901, Marshall had ceased to be a miner and was described as a 'licensed victualler'. All but George had left the pub. In 1902 Thomas was elected into the Walsall & District Licensed Victuallers' Beer Retailers' Friendly and Protection Society. Marshall was described as being from the 'Old Black Horse Inn', Walsall Road. This is because the original Black Horse Inn was considerably remodelled in 1899 and became the 'New Black Horse Hotel'. Confused?
In the early months of 1911, Thomas Marshall died. On 26 April the pub passed to his wife, Margaret. She stayed as the publican until her death at the age of 80 in 1922, after which her eldest son, Alfred, took over. Alfred had married Clara Davies in 1896 and set-up home with her and her mother 😦 in Portland St, Leamore. Over time he gave up the saddling trade and became a brewer – and I think it was likely him that was supplying the pub with home brewed ales, as shown by the pub signage. Alfred was certainly on the premises when Lizzie Stones sought help on 20 July 1910, after Robert Hall was found shot in the Black Horse Hotel (see Lost Leamore part II).
As far as we know, they didn't own it before, so it appears to have been Alfred that sold the pub off to the Bloxwich Brewery Company on 21 November 1922. Alfred himself seems to have ran the pub from around then until when Joseph Wall as installed as the publican on 4 February 1924. The Bloxwich Brewery Company, based at Elmore Green, were taken over along with its tied-houses by Butler's Brewery the following year. It is likely that the anachronistic beer-house was seen as out of date for the new post-industrial clientele and it was replaced in 1925 with a mock-Tudor building by the then owners, Butlers.
What evidence do I have to suggest this? Well, there appears to be no development at the pub from when started operating until its closing in 1925. A line in the Walsall Free Press on 18 October 1924 suggests that plans to revamp the existing buildings were turned down by the Licensing Committee, who felt that only a rebuild would suffice. Further, the only building plan at the Walsall Local History Centre – which date from 1877 – is for a bay window was inserted in 1896, when it was still the 'New Black Horse'. The 1886 25″ OS map shows quite clearly that extensions had been built since the Tithe Map of the 1840s and 1877 (due to the lack of a plan at the History Centre), although it isn't clear if this was done by Richard Marshall and specifically to accommodate a pub.
We have little idea as to the internal layout of the pub, other than it was reported that in 1901 there was an out-door, where beer was served through a small hatch – in this case it was served to an on-duty policeman, which nearly landed the both the copper and the Marshalls in trouble 🙂 .
This new flagship of Butler's Ales was operated by the same Joseph Wall who ran the Black Horse before it. It would at least have a longer life span, but as drinking habits were forcibly changed through the divorcing the brewing companies from owning too many pubs, prices shot up and punters left. After a period of closure it was demolished in 2009 – the space currently left acts as a memorial to the vanity of inter-War grandeur.
The Black Horse Inn
In 1871 the Black Horse was owned by John Williams, a victualler from Wolverhampton. The same year saw Lydia Jones described as a victualler in a property where 1 Harden St was next door. Lydia was 23 and living wither her brother in the home of her married sister, Ann. Ann had married Henry Farrow in Aston in 1859 and now had a family. The fact that Lydia is described as the victualler isn't surprising when you realise that she and Ann grew up in a pub in Bilston, where their father was the victualler.
By 30 Aug 1872 the Farrows had left. The occupier of the pub was Lloyd Smith. Smith was born in Kinnersley, Shropshire, around 1841 and had moved to Willenhall by 1861. He married Sarah Phillips there in 1864 and they settled down to have a family. Around 1870 the moved to Darlaston, Lloyd remaining a blacksmith. In 1872, they are at the Black Horse and the family grows. The pub is transferred to Sarah sometime prior to her premature death in 1878, at the age of 48. Lloyd is still at the pub in 1881 and a licence under Sarah's name appears to have been granted in 1882, when the pub was supposed to be owned by Mr Badger.
Lloyd left the pub not long later and leaves our story too. He was replaced as publican by Thomas Chidlow, certainly by 1884. We get the first dated transfers of the pub from 1888, when on 26 November a Joseph Stackhouse took charge of the pub. My suspicions regarding the ownership of the pub by a Mr Badger are heightened when the pub has a change of owner at some stage in the 1880s: it moves from Badger to a Mr Thomas Williams of Vale House, Goldthorn Hill, Wolverhampton; yet a Williams family of Wolverhampton had owned it previously – was it the same one and so an error?
The pub would be taken on by the Wedges in May 1890. Josiah Wedge was born in Walsall around 1830; his wife, Elizabeth, was from Wednesbury and 11 years his junior. Wedge was a harness manufacturer and doubtless, Elizabeth ran the pub. No children were living with them at this stage. Josiah died in the pub in early 1898 and his wife vacated the pub by July 1899, passing away a few years later.
The new publican was Jephthah Wilkinson. Wilkinson was also the owner and had been since at least the tail end of 1898. In November of that year he submitted plans for what was basically a complete rebuild of the pub. Wilkinson had gone into business with Tomas Henry Bill and, trading as Wilkinson & Co, decided to invest in the pub. He had been born in Dudley around 1833 and he had by 1871 taken on the running of the Hare & Hounds pub there, with his wife and family. He was still in the pub in 1891. By 1901, he was living in Edgbaston.
Wilkinson first oversaw the pub's rebuild. Two shops were built into the pub, which existed at the front. All the domestic accommodation was off to the one side. The bar was at the back, and served and outdoor passage and a smoke room at the rear. The yard can also bee seen.
The original front entrance can still be seen on the photo below, with the boarded-up rounded window being for the second shop. The pub was renamed the New Black Horse Hotel and a couple of bed rooms did exist on the first floor, with the room under the gables and the round tower being a 'club room'.
Wilkinson's plans continued. After the pub was rebuilt, he looked to brewing. He had run his own place for many years and was possibly skilled himself in brewing techniques. He submitted plans, which were approved, to build a brewery behind the pub. This was nothing out of the ordinary at that time, after all, the Crown Inn had its own brewery at that time.
Bill and Wilkinson would retain the pub and brewery for another few years. What generally happens is that individual owners sell to small brewery chains that in turn sell to bigger ones – as seen with the Black Horse Beer-house, which was sold to the Bloxwich Brewery Company, then onto Butlers. Wilkinson sold the Black Horse to Eley's Brewery of Stafford around late 1904 (itself acquiring small breweries). I believe the brewery behind the pub had a short life-span, and may have been closed upon take over by Eley's. Eley's would, ironically, be taken over by Butler's in 1928, but it offloaded the Black Horse onto the Wolverhampton & Dudley Brewery (now Banks's Brewery, which own Marston's) around 1907. They held it until it was demolished in 2011.
A flood of publicans came in for short periods, the first of these being Frederick Webster Chinn. He arrived in 1902, but was gone by 1904. He was replaced by Ernest Whitehead. Whitehead was the last of Wilkinson's appointments it seems and was from Moseley in Birmingham. He lasted a year.
Eley's appointed a Wallace Jones as manager of the pub at a salary of £3 per week – although domestic help and certain other expenses came from this. Jones' wife, Nellie, was not paid for what she did. What is interesting is that Jones, originally from Ross-on-Wye, was not a publican but a butcher and was living very nearby at the time. Jones appeared not to have taken to it and the family had left after a year – although in 1911 he is butchering and holding a license at his shop in Bescot St, Walsall.
In April, David Charles Lawrence was appointed. He was from Clarendon St, Bloxwich. He stayed a few months, possibly as they appeared to be paying him a lot less. In July 1906, John Walsh then took over. Walsh was a publican and had most recently been at the Thatched House in Bloxwich. Saying that, despite his wages going up to £3, the 33 year-old from Bilston only lasted a year.
Around this time the pub changed hands – going to the Wolverhampton & Dudley Brewery. Also, the pub had a rifle range built at the back – likely on the land behind the houses on the map below. It was a miniature rifle range, for small calibre rifles. These were shot at 25, 50 and 100 yard ranges. Miniature rifles became popular after the poor British showing in the Boer War. The pub ran a team in the local league in Walsall.
1907 saw Enoch Astley arrive, but not without a little controversy. He was initially refused a licence due to problems between his sons and the Chief Constable in the past, but eventually was granted it. Again, he did not stay long. He was replaced by Yorkshireman Robert Walker Hall. Hall was to take his own life with the miniature rifle that was used by customers on the range behind. He had fallen down the cellar steps a week before and this was seen as the cause at the inquest, but I am not so sure and Lost Leamore part II covers the story in more depth.
Hall was followed by his widow, but she and her daughter left in the following January when she married her fiancee – they moved to a pub in Bilston. William Hodges was installed as the new landlord in February 1911. He operated the pub with wife, Annie. He was 50 and from Birmingham, she 49 and from Barnsley, Yorkshire. They had no children. They stayed just a year before moving to the Red Lion in Park St, Walsall.
Finally, a landlord arrived that stayed for longer than a year. It seems likely that Edward James Perry was previously a bag frame maker in Bloxwich, but I cannot be certain. Perry would remain at the pub until 1922, when he was succeeded by George Henry Merrett. Merrett remained until 1929, but is the last publican in our story as he would preside over this Black Horse as the Black Horse Beer-house closed, was demolished and re-emerged as the Butler's Arms.
At some stage between 1899 and 1925 the two shops at the front of the pub were converted into a bar room and a 'vaults' – a snug or lounge. Merrett would also preside over a further extension, when the old smoke room at the rear became a billiard room, with space for a couple of tables. The brewery building is still there, but marked as 'the old brewery', indicating it hadn't been used for some time.
The Hotel continued, being extended again – the outdoor passage being lost and the billiard room being enlarged (later changing use). It would see off its old rival, now the Butler's Arms, in 2009. Sadly, this would not save the once proud Hotel and after a couple of failed publicans and a few periods of closure it was torched by some troubled soul that cared more for a thrill than a century of history – much more if you think of the previous buildings on the site. While the pub was lost in 2011, a part of the structure of ASK Motors is that from the pub and so it will live, in part, longer than that troubled soul.
This article has aimed, through two pubs, to introduce to Walsallians and Bloxwegians alike, a little history of a once important cross-roads and centre of an agricultural and mining estate. Nobody bats an eyelid there anymore; and while these buildings have mostly gone, like the miners and the farm workers, the area in many ways is not so different. This article is dedicated to the one constant in our story – the people of Leamore. Salut.
My Thanks to:
Walsall Local History Centre
Peter Barker
Stuart Williams
Libby Warren
National Archives


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