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The Historic Towns Forum welcomes the chance to comment on the National Planning Policy Framework. While there is much in the NPPF that is uncontroversial, drawing heavily on existing policy, there are several unsatisfactory elements that the HTF is concerned about and feels need further clarity.
It is difficult to comment on the NPPF in isolation. So much will depend upon the status and content of supporting guidance which should ideally have been issued as part of the same consultation.
Generally the document is less clear than existing policy and is too open to interpretation. To enable economic development, investment and growth, which is the intention, the planning system needs to provide certainty. This is essential for creating investor confidence. It is likely therefore that the NPPF will have a negative impact on investor confidence.
HTF's Director, Noël James, commented that 'there is an imperative need for Government to understand the relationship between the quality of the built environment (old and new) and an area's ability to attract investment. It is essential that the planning system provides the certainty and level of quality assurance necessary to create conditions for entrepreneurial activity. The worry is that the NPPF could actually undermine the ability of many areas to attract jobs and investment. In addition it should be written to apply to all of the country, not just higher growth areas like the south-east.'
'Town and country planning should be a single activity. Our urban and rural settlements are mutually dependent. National planning policies must strengthen the bonds between communities and not become a means of exclusion.'
The HTF feels that much higher priority should be given to the importance of design and heritage protection. The role of both in securing growth and regeneration, physical and economic, should be given greater priority. HTF feels it necessary to highlight the inherent sustainability of historic towns versus the real conundrum implicit in the term sustainable development as the draft guidance would see it applied. More clarity is required here.
The historic environment is a proven driver of economic prosperity. The distinctive character of our historic towns and cities reflect the investment of individuals, businesses and communities over centuries. These places continue to attract investment because they are successful. People choose to live in, work in, and visit them. Businesses will invest where they find custom. It is important that the NPPF recognises that the historic environment is a means with which to promote growth and entrepreneurship, and that this should be allowed and legislated for in a way that protects and incorporates the historic environment, and not in a way that damages it or the inward and external investment it continues to attract.
HTF, in partnership with Bath Preservation Trust, will be holding a practical half-day workshop on 30 September to help you shape your responses. This will be led by CLG and other experts in the field. Find out more and book your place.


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I completed my second week of radiation this past Friday. Honestly I don't know why they fuss so much. I have been fortunate not to have any adverse side effects thus far.
Each day that I walk into The Cancer Institute and scan my card, I feel blessed to be walking through the doors on my own two feet. So far I have seen another woman around my age, otherwise most of the patients are senior citizens. A few days ago I walked into the waiting room and saw a woman who looked a lot like my deceased grandmother. There have been several times during this journey that I have felt her presence along side of me, so when I saw the woman that looked like her waiting to be treated I was caught off guard and startled.
When I was 12 years old my grandmother passed away from Breast Cancer that had metastasized in her liver. My life came to a screeching halt and has never been the same. There have been many procedures along this journey that I have felt her presence in the room with me as I laid there on those tables, however radiation was not one of them. Since she had a mastectomy, she did not receive radiation so I was on my own for this one.
This past week as I laid on the table, I thought about how precise the measurements are and how the technicians have to be perfectly lined up with graphs on my chest. As I laid there and let them do their jobs, I thought about how my life is in their hands. I trust them to do the right thing, make the right measurements and administer just the right amount of radiation. These are people that I don't even know and they don't know me but I trust them to do their job because the State of California has certified them to do it. It got me to thinking about how we can trust people that we don't know, but not willing or able to trust God that knows us better than anyone ever will. Just think about it. He knows the hairs numbered on our heads, our deepest most inner thoughts, and he hold the blueprints to this physical body that we walk around in. I can lay on the table with confidence because I know God to be The Master Physician. Since He designed this body, I trust Him to guide the technicians' hands to the exact points on the graph. Laying there, thoughts of including the technicians in my daily prayers entered my mind. After all they are the instruments that God using to administer my treatments. I don't know why He chose those technicians for me, but I know that I am in their lives for a purpose. I have been able to share my faith in God with them not by waving my Bible around and preaching a heavy sermon, but by letting them know I'm not worried or nervous because He has in under control. I may only be on the table for a few minutes but it feels like an eternity, which reminds me that one day with Him is like a thousand and a thousand is like one day.
Life is short and tomorrow is not promised. If there is one thing that I learned during this journey is that TIME IS PRICELESS. I will continue to live my life to the fullest because God blessed me with this gift called The Present and I treasure it like nothing else.

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From the 'Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society' Volume 8, 1887, an memoriam written by the Reverend Octavius Pickard–Cambridge FRS.
"Since October 7th, 1886, when we were suddenly called upon to mourn for our old friend and staunch member of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, the Rev. William Barnes, B.D., so much has been written and said and published about him that little, at any rate, little new, can now be said; scarcely a periodical or journal has been silent ; all have been necessarily and deservedly eulogistic. Some, it has appeared to me? have placed his claim to public notice of somewhat insufficient grounds, and others on, as it were, the side issues rather than on the main ones of his long life. It would be, however, quite out of place in our Proceedings to criticise here what has been said and published. Want of space, if nothing else, would prevent it. A very characteristic and faithful portrait of Mr. Barnes forms a frontispiece to our annual volume. As regards this portrait, it may be remarked that this has been designedly chosen rather than another, which, while it, no doubt, faithfully gives Mr. Barnes' general appearance according to the costume adopted late in life, was by no means characteristic of the man known to those who had enjoyed his friendship in earlier days, and had watched the development of his simple but strong and almost unique character under the more usual garb of the day. What it is proposed to give here as an accompaniment to our frontispiece will consist of such biographical details as may be necessary for the information of those who would hereafter know who Mr. Barnes was, whence he came, and the more salient points of his life. A list of his works is also appended. Some of these are now not known to many, even by name; and probably few have been read or studied.
On two of them I shall offer a few more detailed observations,—viz., his poems in the Dorset dialect, and one entitled "Views on Labour and Gold," on which last I have not seen or heard any remark made amidst the much that has been said and written on the former. I have not attempted to give any classification of Mr. Barnes' works, but have drawn out the list in chronological order, as, in flict, he himself drew it up in his later years, and, as by the kindness of his son (the llev. W. M. Barnes, Rector of Winterborne Monkton), I am enabled to give it. Mr. Barnes' birthplace was Eushhay, Bagber (or Bagberry), a hamlet of Sturminster Newton, in the Vale of Blackmoor, Dorset. It seems that his family had been anciently landowners in or near the Vale, but had subsequently become tenant-farmers there ; and it was in the place above mentioned that his parents, John and Grace Barnes, were living at the time of Mr. W. Barnes' birth in 1801. From his mother (Grace Scott) he appears to have inherited strong intellectual and poetical tastes, which, becoming marked as he grew up, it was decided to place him in some line of life above that of the toilsome work of the farm. He accordingly, at a very early age, entered the office of a solicitor — Mr. Dashwood—at Sturminster Newton as an engrossing clerk, and from thence afterwards (in 1818) he removed to occupy a similar post in the office of Mr. Coombs, Solicitor, Dorchester.
During the time of these clerkships (about seven or eight years) Mr. Barnes never lost a chance of acquiring knowledge on every possible subject, laying the foundation of his future great knowledge of languages, and qualifying himself for the Mastership of the Boarding School at Mere, Wiltshire ; to this post he was appointed in 1823, and we find him described in 1829 as "Teacher of Perspective and Drawing, and of the Latin, French, Italian, and German languages." With Italian he seems to have become conversant some time before this date, as in 1827 he published translations in verse from the Italian of Metastasio. It was during his residence at Mere that Mr. Barnes first began seriously to study the origin of his own language, both British and English. It is probable that these studies were suggested and actually begun during a visit to Wales in 1831. At any rate in 1832-33 he published papers on these subjects in the "Gentleman's Magazine;" and to his latest days Anglo-Saxon and the British language were his favourite study.
In 1835, an opening for advancement offering, Mr. Barnes (who had previously married Miss Miles, a Dorsetshire lady) removed to Dorchester and opened a school in Durngate Street, from which a further move was not long after made (1837) into more convenient premises within a door or two of the Dorchester Grammar School, next to the Almshouses, on the east side of South Street. Here for some years his school filled and prospered, and while giving every attention to his pupils Mr. Barnes carried on his own private studies with extraordinary vigour and success] no subject, no language daunted him when once he made up his mind for the attack; his clear and logical understanding seemed to get hold of the subject, take it in, absorb and assimilate it as completely as a sea-anemone does its food. And not only did Mr. Barnes thus simultaneously carry on his school work and private studies, but he found time for extra lessons to pupils desirous of getting on, and to his assistant masters, (Mr. Isaac Hann and others), as well as for wood engraving and music ; and a glance at the list of his works shows that during the whole of this time his pen was also pretty constantly at work for the publisher.
In 1817 Mr. Barnes removed from the east side of South Street to the opposite side of the street, and it was now (1847) that, having obtained the degree of B.D. at St. John's College, Cambridge, as a "Ten-years-man," he was ordained Deacon by Edward Denison, Bishop of Salisbury, on the nomination to Whitcombe as a title by the Hon. Col. Damer, of Came. In 1862 Mr. (now the Rev. W.) Barnes gave up his school (which was afterwards for a time carried on by a Mr. de Winton), and accepted the living of Came on the presentation of Captain Damer, son of his former patron, and himself at one time a pupil of Mr. Barnes'. Here in the faithful work of his small secluded parish and in his own studies and literary recreation the autumn and winter of his life passed on in peace, happiness, and usefulness, until from the natural decay of extreme age he passed away on the 7th of October last at 86 years old.
It has been said that there must be blame somewhere that Mr. Barnes, with all his genius and great talents, should have thus passed a long life without any signal or very substantial recognition in high or influential quarters. I think this is unjust both to himself and to the world in which he was known.
He had no ambition i.e., no desire to use his talents as a mere means of obtaining either the world's fame or its more solid rewards ; his mind and powers were emphatically himself, and his happiness consisted, and was amply found, in attacking and assimilating those subjects which cropped up at every turn of his path. He would have considered it a prostitution of his powers to have designedly aimed at wealth or position by their means; the attainment of knowledge was the end he always had in view, and that end was to him its own sufficient reward. No greater injury could, I conceive, have been done to him than to have offered, or, perhaps, pressed upon him, the acceptance of honours or position which might have turned him in his course or tended to obscure the end he had in view. So far as concerned himself!; and as respects the fancied neglect of him by others, what was there in his life and work to draw upon him, perforce, the notice of any excepting those of his more immediate circle? From that circle, as occasion called, he did receive such recognition as put him in the very position of all others where his talents would be freely used and his worldly requirements sufficiently supplied for the modest needs of himself and his family. In this view of it Mr. Barnes' life forms a harmonious whole such as the world rarely sees, and if I were going to lecture to young men on the examples set by striking characters gone before, I do not know of one whom I could select, like Mr. Barnes, as so pre-eminent in all that a Christian man's life should be both for this world and the next. A sound mind in a sound body and sufficient food for both ; the result, a long life of physical and mental happiness, and a legacy to posterity from his mind's work, the value of which will be the more felt the more it is used by those to whom it is bequeathed. If the recognition of himself by great men or great minds were an ambition with Mr. Barnes (I am not aware that it was, I think it was not) he did obtain a share of that in the visits paid him while Rector of Came by such men as Tennyson, Allingham, Prince Louis Lucien Bonaparte, Max Miller, Sir Henry Taylor, Coventry Patmore, and others.
With regard to Mr. Barnes' family it is enough to say here that he had the great misfortune to lose his wife comparatively early in life, and has left four daughters and one son (Rev. William Miles Barnes, of Monkton Rectory) surviving him, another, a younger son, having died early. Miss Laura Barnes, the eldest daughter, is unmarried; the others are married. Two are settled in Italy, and from the talented pen of one of them, Lucy Barnes (Mrs. Baxter), we hope shortly to have a biography of our old friend such as none but a daughter so well qualified could possibly furnish. Some have questioned whether Mr. Barnes' career can be pointed to as a successful one; of course that depends on what success in life is taken to mean. If I am right in the remarks I have made above, he must be considered to have been most successful. Some have pointed to his scholastic work and said it is not there that Mr. Barnes succeeded ; others have said his literary works, excepting the Poems in Dorset Dialect, will not live, and most are dead already, and that his clerical life was a mere accident. Well! I think these critics are all wrong. I am very confident that even in these separate parts of his career Mr. Barnes might, were it worth while, be shown to have amply succeeded.
I will only mention one fact in regard to his school work, and that is that he had the faculty of interesting his scholars, and not only of causing them to understand but to love what he taught. I can testify to this from my own experience as his pupil, and I feel confident of the supporting testimony of many others whom he taught. If this be so what scholastic success could be greater As regards his literary labours, perhaps few know anything of them except of the Dorset poems ; but may that not be simply a proof of their ignorance, not of any want of intrinsic value in his other works? And as respects his clerical life, those who know what it was speak of it as being as thoroughly complete as everything else he did; its sphere was no doubt small, but had it been ten, or twenty times the extent it was it could not have been more sincerely or systematically worked. Where is any proof of nonsuccess in these separate parts then of Mr. Barnes' life? But these parts are simply parts of a whole, harmonious life, and ought not to be taken and analysed separately, rudely dissected like a beautiful flower by a would-be botanist! and that these portions of Mr. Barnes' life and works are what they are constitutes, it seems to me, his life's true success.
Space will not allow me to say anything scarcely of Mr. Barnes' published works, excepting the one mentioned before, "Labour and Gold," and his Dorset dialect poem's. Criticism of these poems, in the ordinary sense, would be out of place – impossible! unnatural!
One might with equal propriety criticise a handful of spring flowers plucked fresh from the hedge-row. We might indeed admire one flower rather than another ; we might find greater beauties, greater sweetness, deeper suggestions in one than in another; but criticism, as such, would be, like the dissector's knife—barbarous, almost brutal ! Mr. Barnes' poems are the spontaneous outflowings of his remembrance of persons, things, and scenes, of which he bore away as he viewed them, the bright, the pure, the good side only. Lie looked at Nature, and human nature in his Blackmoor Vale haunts, with a soul only open to its beauties—quite closed (as far as it was possible) to all that might have been disfiguring or unsweet. His mind was attuned to harmonies, not discords ; such discords as may occasionally sound out in the songs he sings are instantly resolved into sweet harmony again. I am told, on good authority, that he never, with perhaps one exception, wrote his poems with "a purpose." With such a purpose (everywhere evident in his poems) as that with which the bird sings, that is from the love that was in his heart and the instinct within his soul he, certainly, always wrote. I leave criticism, therefore, if such be possible, to others. Another thing I think is notable in respect to the Dorset poems; there is, if I do not mistake, not even the smallest reference there to any of the social sins or vices of peasant life. In one only such a reference may perhaps be found (Complete collection of the poems, p. 382), but only there as the product of evil in a higher rank of life, where the selfishness of idle vice has prevailed over the peasant child's ignorant innocence.
Each poem is a picture true to life, without a touch too much or too little, and never a touch put in for mere effect. Those who have lived amongst, and loved, rural life, will, I think, see and feel this. Each poem, as it is read thus, satisfies the reader just as the picture itself, if viewed in nature, would satisfy. If this is, as I think, the perfection of poetry, then certainly Mr. Barnes approached perfection as a poet. I have remarked that he seldom or never wrote his poems " with a purpose," nor ever scarcely brought forward the frail or bad side of his country folk, but it was not that he was ignorant of the latter, or did not desire to have it as he wished to see it and sung of it – No! it would simply have been, in his view and intention, a distortion and blurring of what he saw and felt to have used his powers of song to denounce, or even to correct. Much rather would he look upon country life, wherever possible, from its humorous side, and this he did in his poems, as many of them so abundantly testify. He was indeed possessed with a very keen sense of humour, his laugh, at any sally of genuine wit or humour, was the most infectious that I ever met with ; it must have been a dull-witted one indeed who could fail to be caught by and to join in it. It has been remarked, and with truth, that throughout a volume of nearly 500 pages of poems there is no allusion to the sea, the seaside and its concomitants, or to mountains; but this, if it proves anything, proves the genuine sincerity of the man.
His Jot had been cast and his earliest and deepest impressions had been received inland, where neither sea nor mountain existed, and he sung of what was in him—impressions from the river, the brook, the lake or pond, the coppice, the hedgeside, the farmyard, the country folk of every degree, their thoughts, ways, habits, employments, and amusements ; these and such like formed the staple of his song, and to say that he only sang of these, but not of the sea or the mountain, is only equivalent to saying that a nightingale sings only the nightingale's song, but never screeches like the seagull nor croaks like the raven ; and what better proof could be given than this that he had no keen ambition for any such fame as a great poet, in the world's estimation, might aim at ! No! Mr. Barnes was here, as in all else, himself, and in his songs he was, as he was, and always loved to remember that he was, a Dorsetshire country-man. These few allusions to Mr. Barnes' poems must suffice us here; space prevents any quotations from them. Others (notably Professor Palgrave, National Review, No. 48, February, 1887, p.p. 818-830, and the Rev. Walter Locke in an able Lecture at Dorchester, April 18th, 1887, to be published, I believe, shortly) have gone very fully into them and given numerous and apt quotations. Indeed, if anything I have said be true, the whole volume might be quoted in proof of Mr. Barnes having been a genuine staunch Dorset man; and to that proof I recommend every one who has not yet made a close.
Acquaintance with those genial and pleasant outflowings of a true and loving heart.
Although, as before remarked, Mr. Barnes did not write his poems " with a purpose," he could, and did, write with a purpose much, and to good purpose if some of his other works were studied. I fear, though, that most of them are but little known. I allude now to "Views of Labour and Gold," a volume of 190 pages, published in 1859. He speaks of this work as formed from notes for a course of lectures ; but whether the lectures were ever publicly delivered, or if so, when, I do not know. This work appears to bo the outpouring of Mr. Barnes mind on an old subject, but one at that time cropping- up as a vital one for human society in all ranks, and which has, as we are aware, become the question underlying most of the other questions of the day – the question of the relations and respective rights of labour and capital. Mr. Barnes here, as in all his poems, touching en the temporal welfare of the labourer, is unmistakably in closest sympathy with the sons of toil ; but as in his poems, so here, too, he is filled with the conviction of the need of labour to man, and of its great dignity. But while he extols labour, he is unflinching in his severity upon labour for the mere sake of hoarding, and of labour that injures body, mind, or soul. Some kinds of labour, he observes, have "a painful reaction on the mind," and others "a bad reaction on the conscience" (p. 33), and which, however easy may be "their action, and however great their gain, are not to be earnestly chosen by Christian men, since as they deaden the conscience they likewise do harm to the soul," Weighty words of truth which need to be much taught, and still more learnt, in these enlightened days. As we might expect, Mr. Barnes is severe upon capital ! Not by any means that he objected to the prudent laying up for a rainy day, or the gathering of means to carry out works impossible to be effected without stored-up labour in the shape of gold or capital, but it was the ever-growing "monopoly and tyranny of capital" against which he warns.
A chapter is devoted to this under the above heading. Mr. Barnes' object is "to show the possible effect of the increase of great working capitals and monopolies on the labourers' freedom or welfare." And, is there a doubt but that the present labourers' Unions and Trades' Unions, and the consequent strikes and lock-outs, and other warfare between employers and workers i.e., between "Labour and gold," have been the result of that "tyranny and monopoly of capital" Mr. Barnes speaks of? He humorously, but forcibly, illustrates the benefits asserted to be conferred upon workers by capital when in the enlargement of an already perhaps great business, scores of small businesses of the kind are swallowed up by the outlay of capital ; "The kindness which is done by capital when it affords employment to people from whom, by a monopoly, it has taken their little businesses, is such as one might do to a cock by adorning his head with a plume made of feathers pulled out of his own tail." And as regards these who have sunk from being (though perhaps small ones) masters to mere workers, he says their wages are doubtless better than nothing, but " yet it may have been quite as well for them if the profit on their toil had been taken by themselves instead of the great capitalist, and if they had taken their money on their own desk rather than on the Saturday pay-table." This, of course, at once opens up the whole question of the rights of labour to share in the profits of their work ; and this is the bone of contention still. Mr. Barnes also has a pertinent sentence upon a dogma which one frequently now hears, and sees in print, as addressed to our " masters," the agricultural labourers, and with a view to content them with their lot. It refers to the "identity of interest between the employer and the labourer," or, what is the same, between " capital and labour." Mr. Barnes remarks (p. 70) —" It is often said that the interests of capital and labour are identical, and so in truth they are as long as they are kept so by the law of Christian kindness ; but if the truth or the broad form of it be misunderstood by the hand-hiring capital, it does not follow that the wealth of the capitalist and workman are identical." Mr. Barnes here appeals to a higher law than the mere law of the land, or the market price, as a true and potent factor in all questions between labour and capital.
The capitalist may ensconce himself behind the law of the land, he may seek to justify himself by the " market price of labour," but no law, in Mr. Barnes' opinion, can ever enforce any true identity of interest between capital and labour, but that one of which he speaks in the passage quoted, " The law of Christian kindness," which, when it works so as to discover that the market price is not always the just, although it may be the legal measure of labour's value, will also operate so as to accord a share of the profits of Labour to the workman ! When will that be ? Echo answers, when? But if we may hazard a guess we shall not be far wrong, I think, in saying that the considerations and discussions continued in "Labour and Gold," if widely spread abroad, will not fail to hasten the day. Mr. Barnes, again, speaking on the effects of the monopoly of great capitals, (p. 70), admits that "one man may leave a million to his wife, earned out of his capital by his workmen, but then fewer men out of every hundred in his trade can leave their children a hundred pounds." Who cannot feel that the loss of the hundred pounds to each of the many is ill compensated for by the gain of a million to one person?
Everywhere throughout this little book the relations of capital and labour are discussed thus earnestly and temperately. If space allowed we might show how fair he is towards capital rightly employed, and how dear to his heart were the interests and well being of the working man, especially in those chapters on " the measure and quantity of labour," on " overwork," on the "reaction of labour," and of " inaction;" as well as on the "dignity and disdain of work," on " machinery," and " congregated labour." But what I consider the essential point in this work is the insistence upon a higher law than the law of the land, and the market price as a factor in the relations of labour and capital—' the law of Christian Kindness." I have gone thus much into this work of Mr. Barnes', not only because of the great and pressing present importance of the subject, but, principally, here, to show that Mr. Barnes was not merely a poet, not simply a singer of pretty melodious songs, but a true, a large hearted, and a just philanthropist; and I venture to think that Mr. Barnes ' fame will not in the future simply rest upon his Dorset Dialect poems, exquisite as they undoubtedly are.
It is time, though, that some mention should be made here of Mr. Barnes in connection with the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club. As we might have supposed, Mr. Barnes was always forward to support anything connected with the interests of natural history and natural science. Every morning during his scholastic life before the regular school work began he gave his scholars a short lecture on some natural history or scientific subject. Each scholar had to take down in writing a proposition, generally embracing one point only, on which the lecture was based. Notes were to be taken upon the lecture, which was always illustrated by objects or experiments, and an examination upon it was subsequently made. I have still in my possession the MS. notes of these lectures during the whole of the two years that I was a pupil of Mr. Barnes'.
He was among the founders of the County Museum, and stood firmly by it through evil and good report until it bloomed into its present fair and prosperous form; and at once on its inauguration in 1875 became a member of the Field Club, frequently attending the Field Meetings, even down to a very recent period, and, whenever called upon to do so, always contributed his quota to the proceedings of the day in his habitually retiring, but simple, clear, and concise way. These contributions were usually of an Antiquarian kind, as are all those contributed in writing to the Field Club's published proceedings. I have given these contributions in a separate list at the end of the general list of his works ; they are 14 in number and are mostly concerned with topics at the moment before the club. The last paper contributed to our Proceedings was in September, 1885, on "Pilsdon," and is published in vol. vii. p. 102. Mr. Barnes was then in too feeble a state to attend outdoor meetings, and I myself had the pleasure of reading (in his absence) his last words to us ; and the very last words (with which the paper concludes) suggest to us a bit of practical work, which, I hope, some one among us may one day carry out. He was speaking of the curious parallelogram on the area of the Great Earthwork at Pilsdon, and, after hazarding a guess on the subject, concludes with these words—"I wonder what is under its turf?" and I will now add " Will not some one institute a search and let us know?"
And now, ill done indeed I fear, but yet, so far as I have been able to do it, my task is done. I should have liked to dwell longer on many points of Mr. Barnes' life and character, and particularly on some others of his published works. I feel little doubt but that if the real value of his philological work were thoroughly gone into he would be found to have been well abreast of the greatest contemporary masters of philological science, but I must leave that to other hands. To say that we of the Field Club most deeply lament our old friend is only to repeat what all the world has said since his death ; to say that we shall never see his like again would be to prophesy when we do not know, a proceeding proverbially unwise ; but I do think that it may well be the ambition of us all, when our time shall come, to have lived as Mr. Barnes lived and to have died as he died.
1822 Orra : A Lapland Tale. A short poem, published by Clarke, Dorchester. 8vo., p.p. 28, with four woodcuts engraved by the Author,
Other Short Poems, also published in this year.
1827 Some Little Essays and other papers, signed "Dilettante," in Dorset County Chronicle from 1827, cir. to 1835.
Some Sonnets and other Poems, some of which were printed in a book in 1846.
Translations in Verse from the Italian of Metastasio.
1829 The Etymological Glossary ; or Easy Exposition for the use of Schools and Non-Latinists, wherein the greater part of the English words of foreign derivation are so arranged that the learner is enabled to acquire the meaning at once. By William Barnes, Master of the Boarding School at Mere, in Wiltshire, Teacher of Perspective and Drawing, and of the Latin, French, Italian, and German languages. Shaftesbury : T. Rutter. London : Whittaker, Teacher, and Arnot.
1831 Papers in Gentleman's Magazine –
1832 Papers in Hones Year Book –
DORSETSHIRE CUSTOMS, p. 1172.
SINGLE STICK AND CUDGELS, p. 1525.
LENT CROCKING, p, 1599.
In Gentleman's Magazine –
1833 In Gentleman's Magazine –
NAPPER'S MITE, Dorchester, with a woodcut.
SILTON CHURCH, with woodcut. Supplement to vol. ciii. pt.
NAILSEA CHURCH, Somerset.
CHELVEY, Somerset.
A CATECHISM OF GOVERNMENT in general and of England in particular. Shaftesbury,
THE MNEMONICAL MANUAL, founded on a new and simple system of Mnemonics. Recommended to the notice of teachers and readers of
history, &c. , &c.
1834 A FEW WORDS ON THE ADVANTAGES of a MORE COMMON ADOPTION OF THE MATHEMATICS AS A BRANCH OF EDUCATION OR SUBJECT OF STUDY.
London : Whittaker. 20vo., and various Local Publishers, 1834.
POEMS OF RURAL LIFE in Dorset Dialect, begun in this year, published in
Dorset County Chronicle.
A DORSET IDYL, written in a sick room coming on to convalescence – " When I was uphalening from a sickness – an ailing of the liver."
"ON THE CROSS AT ST. (?)." A paper in Gentleman's Magazine.
1835 A MATHEMATICAL INVESTIGATION of the principle of Hanging Doors, Gates, Swing Bridges, and other heavy bodies swinging on vertical axes. Dorchester : Simonds and Sydenham, 1835.
In Gentleman's Magazine –
PUNCK KNOWLE HOUSE, with a woodcut.
1837 ON ROMAN MINERALS, p. 573.
1838 On Æsop.
1840 ANOTHER LETTER to Gentleman's Magazine on the distinction between VIR and HOMO. According to the general rule of the 'Elegantitæ Latinsæ " ViR is equivalent to a man, when noticed for praise or excellence; never when blame is expressed. Homo is used indiscriminately. What Mr. Barnes thought was that VIR is equivalent to man, as distinguished from a woman, as of the female sex ; Homo i equivalent to a human being, in distinction from one of a different order, whether higher or lower ; VIR is equivalent to the German Mann, Homo is equivalent to German MENSCH. He quotes from Ovid, Metamorph, Sallust, Horace, Terence, &c, in proof of his idea.
1839 In Gentleman's Magazine –
1840 In Gentleman's Magazine –
DORSET DIALECT compared with Anglo-Saxon.
THE OLD JUDGE'S HOUSE, DORCHESTER, with a woodcut.
LAWS OF CASE. An investigation of the Laws of Case in Language
Published 1840. Longman and Co. and Whittaker and Co , London.
FIELDING'S HOUSE AT STOWER, with a woodcut.
AN ARITHMETICAL AND COMMERCIAL DICTIONARY. Pubhshed by (?)
HINTS ON TEACHING, in the Educational Magazine, pp. 160, March 1841.
PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY of Geographical Names, pp. 249. Published by (?)
1842 THE ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR. London : W^hittaker and Co.
THE ELEMENTS OF LINEAR Perspective and the Projection of Shadows,
16 woodcut diagrams, by author. Published by Longman and Co. and Hamilton and Adams.
NUMEROUS REVIEWS of all kinds of books in Gentleman's Magazine from
1841 to 1849 (inclusive.)
1844 SIX SACRED SONGS "SABBATH LAYS." Poetry by W. Barnes, music composed by F. W. Smith, Dorchester. Price to Subscribers, 5s. ; to Non-subscribers, 6s. London : Chappell, New Bond-street, London.
EXERCISES IN PRACTICAL SCIENCE, containing the Main Principles of Dynamics, Statics, Hydro-Statics and Hydrodynamics, with 14 diagrams in wood, by author, pp. 65 for my pupils. Pub. Dorchester, Clark,
DORSET POEMS (collected from Dorset County Chronicle) with a dissertation
on the Folk Speech, and a glossary of Dorset words. Published by George Simonds, Dorchester.
1846 POEMS PARTLY OF RURAL LIFE (in national English). London : J. R. Smith. Containing "Some of my Earlier Bits of verse Sonnets and others", with some later ones in Common English.
1847 "POEMS OF RURAL LIFE IN DORSET DIALECT." 2nd Edition. J. R. Smith. London.
OUTLINES OF GEOGRAPHY AND ETHNOGRAPHY FOR YOUTH, pp. 242. Barclay, Dorchester. 1857 A new edition, applied for by H. C. Harris ; published 21, Great Alie-street, Goodmansfields, and afterwards brought out.
1849 SE GEFYLSTA (the Helper) an Anglo-Saxon Delectus. J. R. Smith, London. (Another edition since.)
HUMILIS DOMUS. Some thoughts on the Abodes, Life, and Social Condition of the Poor, especially in Dorsetshire. (Printed from the Poole Herald).
1853 and 1854 Papers in "The Retrosprctivi Review." London: J. R. Smith. Vols. I. and 11.
Art. 4.
ANECDOTA LITERARIA. Extracts from the Diary of John Richards, Esq.,
pp. 97, 201.
ENGLISH MUSIC AND MADRIGALS. Vol. II., Art. 4. The Antiquary.
Art. 6, No. 6. Lelantd, February, 1854.
ASTROLOGY, Xo. 7, Art. 5.
CONTROVERSIAL WRITERS on Waterhouse and Fox, on the Utility of
Learning in the Church. No. 8, Art. 3. Aug. 1854.
1854 A PHILOLOGICAL GRAMMAR, 8vo., pp. 312. J, R. Smith, London.
1859 HWOMELY RHYMES, a second collection of Dorset Poems. J. R. Smith, London.
BRITAIN AND THE ANCIENT BRITONS, pp. 167. J. R. Smith, London.
1859 VIEWS OF LABOUR AND GOLD, pp. 190. J. R. Smith, London.
THE SONG OF SOLOMON, in the Dorset Dialect (for " Prince Louis Buonaparte).
1861 In Macmillans Magazine (May, 1861)
1862 DORSET POEMS, 3rd Edition of 1st Coll , being in fact the 4th Edition: John Russell Smith, London.
TIU, OR A VIEW OF THE ROOTS, and stems of the English as a Teutonic
Tongue, p.p., 324. J. R. Smith.
Macmillan's Magazine –
ON THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF TRIAL BY JURY in Britain, March 1S62.
1863 The "RARIORA" of Old Poetry. May 1863.
Fraser's Magazine –
ON THE CREDIBILITY OF OLD SONG, History and Tradition, Sept. 1863.
ON PATMORE'S POETRY, July 1863.
POEMS IN THE DORSET DIALECT. 3rd collection, with frontispiece and vignette. 4s. 6d. 1st ed., J. R. Smith, London.
DORSET POEMS. 2nd edition of 2nd collection. J. R. Smith, London.
GRAMMAR AND GLOSSARY OF THE DORSET DIALECT, with the history, outspreading and bearing of the South-western English. Published for the Philological Society, by A. Asher and Co , Berlin – 8vo., p.p. 103.
1863 In the Reader –
A REVIEW OF DEAN HOARE on English Roots and Exotics.
In the Ladies' Treasury –
1864 In the Reader –
REVIEW OF COOKE'S "NEGLECTED FACT," in English History.
1865 A GUIDE TO DORCHESTER. Published by Barclay.
1864 and 1865 VERSIONS OF THE PSALMS in English measures (unrhymed), formed upon those of the Hebrew, with some original and other notes – printed in the Dorset County Chronicle. (This appears to have been afterwards published in a vol. by some Liverpool publishers O.P.C.)
1865 "ON DORSET." Read before the Archaeological Society at Dorchester. Printed in the Transactions of the Society.
1866 In Fraser s Magazine –
ON THE WELSH TRIADS, Oct. 1866.
1866 DORSET POEMS A 4th Edition of 1st coll.—in fact the 5th edition. John Russell Smith, London.
In Macmillans Magazine –
In Ladies' Treasury –
A GLOSSARY, with some pieces of verse of the old dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, Co. Wexford, Ireland, formerly collected by Jacob Poole, of Growton. Edited by Rev. W. Barnes. J. R Smith, Lond.
1867 In the Ladies' Treasury –
1867 In Macmillan's Magazine –
SOME BITS OF WRITING IN THE HAWK—a monthly hover from the Vale of Avon. Published by W. Wheaton, Ringwood.
THE CHURCH IN IRELAND. Logical anomalies of the disendowment of. Dorset County Chronicle.
THE RATING OF TITHES. Ditto.
1868 POEMS OF RURAL LIFE, in common English, pp. 200. Macmillan and Co.
1869 EARLY ENGLAND and the Saxon English, with some notes on the Fatherstock
of the Saxon English—the Frisians. J. R. Smith.
1869 A PAPER FOR THE GOVERNMENT COMMISSION on the Employment of children, young persons, and women in agriculture. Printed in the Blue Book. Appendix : Part II , to Second Report, p. 12.
1870 DORSET POEMS 2nd Edition of 3rd coll. J. R Smith.
"ON SOMERSET," read before the Somerset Archaeological Society, at Wincanton.
1871 ON THE ORIGIN OF THE HUNDRED AND TITHING of English Law. Read before the Archaeological Association at Weymouth. Printed in the Transactions.
1878 AN OUTLINE OF ENGLISH SPEECHCRAFT. Kegan Paul and Co.
1879 POEMS OF RURAL LIFE (in the Dorset dialect.) 8vo , pp., 467: Kegan Paul and Co. (This is a complete collection of all the Dorset dialect poems.)
1880 AN OUTLINE OF REDECRAFT (logic) in English Wording. 8vo. pp. 56. Kegan Paul and Co.
In Leisure Hour (a series). Dorset Folk and Dorset, with illustrations.
188(?) A GLOSSARY OF DORSET and West English words as kindred stems from their main roots. Published by (?)
Vol. I. – A British Earthwork, p 94.
Vol. III .- Notes on the History of Shaftesbury, p. 27.
The Tout Hill, Shaftesbury, p. 48.
Vol. IV. – On the Iter xvi., of Antoninus, p. 62.
Addendum to Notes on the History of Shaftesbury, p. 77.
Cranborne, the so called Castle, p. 134.
On the Maze or Mismaze at Leigh, p. 154.
Vol. V. – Some Slight Notes on Badbury Rings, p. 38.
Eggardon and British Tribeship, p. 40.
A Study 0.1 the Bockley, or Bockerly, Dyke, and others, in Dorset, p 49.
Notes on the so-called Roman Roads, p. 69,
Vol. VI. – A Study on the Invasion of the South-West of Britain, by Vespasian, p. 18.
A Study on the Belga:; in South Britain, p. 33.
Vol. VII. – Pilsdon, p. 102.
Several songs have been composed by various composers to words written by
Mr. Barnes. Among these are : –
"There's a Chakm in the Bloom of Youth." Music by F. W. Smith.
" The Mother'.s Dream." Music by Sir A. Sullivan.
"The Bells of Alderburnham." Music by Dolores.
"John Bleake of Blackmoor." Music by F. W. Smith,
- A Second Set of Poems in Common English.
- Hymns on Church openings, Harvest Thanksgivings, Baptism, Marriage, Choir Meeting, School.
- Word Building in English.
- A Word List of EngUsh Words, which have heretofore holden, or would do, instead of others that have been intaken from other tongues,
- A Latin Word-book of Words ranked under their Roots or main Stem-words,
- On Angria the Pirate, and the Indian Wars of his time. (A paper meant for the Retrospective Review.)
- Utilitarianism. An answer to Utilitarianism, by John Mill.
- A Version of the Song of Solomon, handled as poetry, with some out-clearing notes from Eastern poetry, and other sources
- Studies in poetry of less known schools.
- Notes on Persian Word Stems.
- Notes on the Song of Deborah and Barak.
- Alphabetical and Etymological Dictionary of the common names of animals (not polished.)
- Echoes from Zion – a free version of as many of the Psalms.
- King Arthur and Welsh poetry, of and since his time
- Notes on the God-ha-dum, a Redeemer of blood under the Law.
- Latin Word-building in the noun and verb endings.
- A Word List of Grammar terms, out-cleared by wording, and English words in their stead.
- Essay on the Maintenance of the Church of England as an Established Church
Palraam non meruit.
(This is the author's simple endorsement on the rejected essay, which was written in competition for the Peeke prizes in 1872, but failed to win.)
- Dorset Dialogues.
- Preaching.
- Liturgy,
- Hymn for a Harvest Thanksgiving,
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The Frail
Recently named the best up-and-coming act in San Francisco by Deli Magazine, The Frail has already been featured on MTV, won the viewer's choice award in Owl Magazine's "Video Makes The Radio Star" contest, and played alongside the likes of Justice, Moby and Goldfrapp. Of course, momentum like this doesn't happen over night.
Over the past four years, velvet-throated vocalist Daniel Lannon and hyper-prolific producer Kevin Durr have pushed the group from a Craigslist collaboration to a stage-shattering electro-pop act worthy of national acclaim. Pop-indie hybrids, the group's electro-tinged cuts now toe the line between falsetto homage to Michael Jackson and the hyper-literate electro experimentation of DFA acts like LCD Soundsystem.
Sporting Life
This agreement will confirm the understanding between SPORTING LIFE ("Sporting Life"), a California band with a principal office located in San Francisco, CA, and ROCK MUSIC FANS ("RMF"), regarding the creation by Sporting Life and listening by RMF, as detailed herein, of kickass rock n' roll tunes (the "Sporting Life Singles"), which such tunes are created by recording the amplification of sounds caused by: (i) the vibrations of an assortment of wooden stringed instruments, including, but not limited to, Guitar ("Keith Brasel," "Andrew Gomez," "Ryan McGee") and Bass ("Mike Soss"); (ii) an electronic approximation of the act of striking steel cords with a felt-covered hammer, thus creating a vibration at the resonant frequency of said cords, such approximation being more commonly referred to as "keyboards" ("Keith Brasel," "Andrew Gomez"); (iii) the rhythmic striking of a set of membranous percussion instruments with wooden sticks, such activity being colloquially described as "drumming" ("Terry Yerves"); and the use of controlled and sustained vocalizations at such pitches and rhythms as to serve a complementary function to the sounds created by the various professional musical implements described herein, such vocalizations as shall hereafter be known as "singing" or "vocals" ("Keith Brasel," "Andrew Gomez").


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Archive for category Organisations, Businesses or Charities
Mothertown Fish & Chips
Posted by clarewhite in hypARlocal, Organisations, Businesses or Charities on May 26, 2012
In March 2012, after standing empty for over 2 years, the former Lloyds Bank opened its huge, imposing front doors to a new venture known as 'Mothertown Fish, Chips & Salad Bar'. The old bank vault door still remains in place and is a lovely feature of the building – our kitchen is now in the vault!
The origins of Lloyds Bank date from 1765, when button maker John Taylor and iron producer and dealer Sampson Lloyd II set up a private banking business in Dale End, Birmingham. The first branch office opened in Oldbury, some six miles (10 km) west of Birmingham, in 1864. The symbol adopted by Taylors and Lloyds was the beehive, representing industry and hard work. A rectangular panel with a relief of a beehive above a garland can be found at the uppermost point of the building.
City Voices and Age UK
Posted by Fresh in Education, Goldenhill, Good stuff, Ideas or Campaigns, Organisations, Businesses or Charities on September 26, 2011
City voices were delighted to welcome two members of the Age UK North Staffordshire, Goldenhill and Sandyford memories group. The group meets at Goldenhill community centre to talk about their memories of the area and to raise funds for good causes. The group is currently working on a book about the area and so sent Jim Dutton and Jenny Bell on a fact-finding mission to one of Stoke on Trent's most popular writing groups based at the City Central Library, Hanley on September 23rd to ask for help and advice, as well as poems and stories relating to Goldenhill.
The pair was then treated to poetry recitals from Paul Williamson, Tom Larvin and Derek Payne. There were also stories and comedy quips from local authors Stephen Harvey and Alan Barnett. To finish the session local short story writer and poet Lily Meigh sang a ditty that she had composed to the group and guests. City voices will be guests at the Goldenhill group in the following months so watch out for that one!!
Anyone interested in either group can contact:
Alan Barnett – City voices writers forum – 01782 814023
Jim Dutton – Goldenhill memories group – 01782 200729
Date for traders – *visitors*!
Posted by cw in Events, NoMa, Organisations, Businesses or Charities on October 16, 2010
Key date for your diary – the Queens Theatre are hosting a concert in the evening of 4th November 2010 – this event is sold out, in the region of 1400 tickets have been sold.
Two impressive people, two impressive new businesses « Bizfizz Burslem's Blog
Posted by cw in Organisations, Businesses or Charities on September 30, 2010
Bulls Head and Gorgeous Homes in Burslem to be renovated with help of Townscape Heritage Initiative | Titanic Brewery
Posted by cw in Market Place, Organisations, Businesses or Charities, Pubs, St Johns Square on September 25, 2010
Bulls Head and Gorgeous Homes in Burslem to be renovated with help of Townscape Heritage Initiative | Titanic Brewery.
The Torch Burns On | Stoke Street Culture & Music
Posted by cw in Creative Arts, Organisations, Businesses or Charities on August 28, 2010
Ideas flowing in the Old Post Office
Posted by clarewhite in Burslem Park, Canals, Ceramics, Festivals, Holidays or Wakes, Green spaces, Ideas or Campaigns, Middleport, Nile Street, Organisations, Businesses or Charities, Port Vale on August 27, 2010
With a new exhibition being put up around us, around 15 people gathered for this first experimental meeting. 10 ideas were presented with discussion inbetween. While some were ideas that fit the category of "would be great if enough people got behind it", many more were already active pieces of work that can inspire other people.
All the ideas will be developed into individual posts and in the meantime here's a brief summary of the discussion. We think we'll get together again in a month to continue the discussions.
Many thanks to Rob and the Old Post Office for hosting. This space will be open all weekend for a sales exhibition of pottery and also hosts a Social Media Surgery on September 1st – this is a chance for anybody in the community to come and get free advice about helpful ways you can use the internet. More information here. Read the rest of this entry »
The Ben Howard Warehouse
Posted by cw in Longport, Organisations, Businesses or Charities on August 24, 2010
The Ben Howard Charity Warehouse is trading 7 days a week, 10am-4pm at Fraylings Furniture site, Davenport Street Trubshaw Cross (Near Longport)
Come along and bag yourself a bargain! All goods are donated items, from shoes, books, furniture, ornaments, TVs.
We even have a full sized theatre organ here today! Prices are very affordable as we aim to help our community furnish their homes in style at low cost. Donate items if you like… call the warehouse on 01782 826531. We will collect your donated items where possible, but NO FRIDGES or FREEZERS please.
ECHO celebrates 10 years of supporting people who self harm
Posted by cw in Organisations, Businesses or Charities, Waterloo Road on August 12, 2010
So what do you do? – Urban Vision North Staffordshire
Posted by clarewhite in Organisations, Businesses or Charities, Sneyd Green on July 6, 2010
Urban Vision North Staffordshire is an architecture and urban design centre. We work with partners to promote high quality architecture and urban design in and around the North Staffordshire conurbation as a means of:
• Bringing about successful physical and economic regeneration, and social inclusion
• Creating a better and more sustainable urban environment
• Improving the image of the area
• Raising the quality of life for the citizens of today and tomorrow.
Urban Vision is a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee and a registered charity.
Urban Vision is based in the Burslem School of Art in Stoke-on-Trent and is a full member of the UK's Architecture Centre Network.


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During an assignment in the Serengeti in Tanzania, I was photographing a group of hippos congregated at a pond that had formed as a result of the recent "long rains" season. There were literally dozens of hippos of all ages and sizes in an area no larger than half of a football field. There was little running water going into this natural pool, but the hippos did not seem to mind the seemingly unsanitary conditions.
Hippos can be territorial, aggressive and unpredictable, so my first priority was safety. I found a spot on the shore that was protected by a high bank of granite, and my guide doubled as a spotter and lookout.
I had a wide area to cover, with photographic opportunities involving the entire scenery, the far banks, as well as up close action. I prepared 3 Nikon cameras, one with a 200 – 400 mm f4 lens, one with a 24 – 70 mm f2.8 lens, and the last one with a 70 – 200 mm f2.8 lens. The sun would be setting during the shoot, so I had to be conscious of my shutter speed, aperture and ISO as the light conditions changed. I always keep my cameras turned on, in continuous shooting mode, and I prefer to shoot shutter priority to ensure sharp images. I held my long lens on a folded tripod with a ball head, and sat on the rocks to get closer to the animals' eye level.
While I was photographing two hippos mouthing directly in front of me, my peripheral vision caught some movement on the bank to my left. To my surprise, I turned to find a cow (female hippo) out of the water along with her newborn calf. Such sightings are rare in the natural world as hippo mothers are very protective of their young, rarely allowing them out of the water.
To capture the moment I had to drop the camera I was using, grab my second camera with the long lens option, focus, and take the shot. I was able to take only three rapid sequence shots before the pair disappeared back into the murky waters. The moment lasted less than 20 seconds. I went on to capture many more images that afternoon, the whole time praying that I had not messed up this once in a lifetime shot.
When I was finally able to download and backup images that night, I was thrilled. I had captured a very tender moment between the mom and baby that afternoon. On close examination, I noticed that the baby's eyes and ears are almost the same size as the mother's, yet it will take years for the baby to grow into a full size adult.
These are the moments we live for in photography – a single image that conveys an emotion, a feeling, or brings back a flood of memories. So, be prepared. You do not want to miss too many of these opportunities!
Photographer's Tip
Boy scouts and assignment photographers have one thing in common – be prepared!
In the 44 years that I have held a camera in my hands, I can literally recall hundreds of images I wish I could have made, if I had only been a little better prepared. These lessons are often difficult to take, but they ultimately make you a better photographer.
Being able to anticipate the action and having the right equipment with you are the first steps to improving your chances of getting that once-in-a-lifetime image. For wildlife photographers this means understanding the behaviors of the animals along with the environment you will encounter during an assignment. Researching patterns such as feeding, mating, play and migration can be the critical difference between getting the shot and missing it entirely. As for equipment, having the right lenses on multiple cameras, charged batteries and plenty of memory cards are a must. It is a rule in nature that the best photographic opportunities will come when your batteries are dead, or your memory cards are full!


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How Can a Car Accident Attorney Help Me? If you have been injured in a car accident, then you need an experienced lawyer who can help you. Car accidents can result in a serious injury or maybe even several injuries. And the stress doesn't end there. With medical bills, perhaps loss of time at work, … Continued


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MIAMI – (CBSMiami) – Surveillance cameras and a bumbling bandit's not-so-bright plan led police to arrest a 36-year-old lobster fisherman suspected of breaking into a popular Miami seafood restaurant and taking off with $400.
Angel Conde, of Miami, didn't get very far. Police caught up with the suspect a short time after surveillance cameras captured him "prying open a cash register with a screw driver and taking seafood products from the business," according to the police report.
Conde's demeanor was more subdued as he appeared before a bond court judge Monday who ordered him held on $25,000 bond. He's charged with burglary, grand theft and vandalism.
The fishy plan unfolded early Sunday at the Casablanca Fish Market, 404 NW N. River Drive and was captured by cameras that track him from the time he allegedly broke into the roof until he allegedly fled with the cash and seafood.
The bandit waited until everyone had left the market on the Miami river.
The manager of the market said the man apparently climbed up on the roof and used a stairway down into an enclosed entrance which was under the watchful eye of a security camera.
Conde apparently knew the camera was there, or suspected it, because he tried to hide his face as he broke in.
But that's where his criminal tradecraft ran out.
There are two things you should know about the Casablanca market. Fans say they have good fish, and there are security cameras everywhere to keep an eye on it.
The bandit apparently knew about the fish, but not the cameras, because once inside he stopped hiding his face and went to town. First, he went to a cooler to steal fish. The camera caught every grab, with a great shot of his face, in the light from the cooler.
"That was a dumb move. Everything he did was a mistake," said Juan Gomez, manager of the fish market, who has more video of the man now than he can use.
Next, the man moved to the cash register. As another camera rolled, he tried to pry open the cash drawer. No dice. He smashed the register on the floor. No luck. So, under the watchful; gaze of yet another camera, he took the cash register into a workroom where he was finally able to get the money out.
Police say he damaged the cash register, which is worth $5,000.
From start to finish, his TV performance is unlikely to win an Emmy, but it's likely to be the star when he has his day in court.
"It was unbelievable what this guy do," said an amazed Gomez.
The burglar was caught a nearby marina when he was recognized, early Sunday morning. When police caught up with him, they found that he had "a register key that belongs to the Casablanca Fish Market."
Police say he confessed to his involvement.
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Despite the yeoman's job done by the security system at the store, Gomez said the break-in will cause security to be beefed up, and that means even more cameras.
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Reza Aslan (b. 1972) is an Iranian-born American author and member of the American Academy of Religion with a PhD in Sociology. He has written two books, No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam, and Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth, and frequently appears on news magazine shows and the talk show circuit as a religious expert.
Aslan appeared in The Muppets episode "Hostile Makeover" promoting his book Zealot as a guest on Up Late with Miss Piggy. His appearance follows a brief makeover of Up Late after Miss Piggy starts dating Josh Groban and suggests making the show more refined.


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Hunting Hitler: Series 2
The second season begins with Bob Baer and John Cencich has new experts and new technology to research increasingly Hitler's possible escape. They uncover new information which is useful for their investigation.
Part 1: The Hunt Continues
Bob Baer and John Cencich return with new experts and new technology to examine Adolf Hitler's possible escape from every angle; the team returns to Berlin, where Lenny DePaul and Sascha Keil discover an unknown fifth exit from Hitler's Fuhrerbunker.
Part 2: The Compound
While investigating makeshift runways, the team finds reason to believe Adolf Hitler would have had a stopping point on the way to Spain; Lenny and historian James Holland head to Denmark, where they investigate an airstrip and a bunker system.
Part 3: Eyewitness Accounts
A document shows Adolf Hitler and Leon Degrelle may have moved from Denmark to San Sebastian, Spain; the South American team speaks to an eyewitness who claims his father worked for Hitler's right-hand man, Martin Bormann, after the end of the war.
Part 4: The Web
While investigating a Nazi escape network, the teams discover vast tunnel systems in southern Spain and northern Argentina.
Part 5: The Factory
Bob and John's investigation continues in Spain, Morocco and Argentina; the teams look into Adolf Hitler's possible escape route while uncovering a plan for a Fourth Reich.
Part 6: The Secret Island
Digging deeper into reports about the Fourth Reich, Bob and John send the team members to a rumoured weapons testing site in Germany and to a mysterious deserted island in Argentina that may have housed nuclear facilities with Nazi ties after the war.
Part 7: Unmarked Grave
Following leads from declassified files, Bob and John send their teams into Chile and Paraguay to investigate Adolf Hitler's whereabouts, assuming he was forced to flee Argentina following the downfall of President Peron.
In Chile, Bob and John investigate a secretive German community with purported Nazi ties; inside the compound, they find clues pointing to the potential formation of a Fourth Reich.


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text: 2 0 0In this video guide I will show you what a tome of knowledge looks like and go over how to get traits, upgrade them, how to get mods, and upgrading weapons. Now right from the start you can simply upgrade one trait you start with to level ten first, if you want for the achievement. You will need to get some trait points first. You will be able to get more trait points by doing missions, killing enemies, and picking up the tomes of knowledge throughout the maps. The tomes are random so keep an eye out for an easy upgrade. I have at the end of my video what they look like. Just be sure to keep upgrading the traits until you get all the achievements related to them.Now for the upgrading the weapons. You will be given a tutorial on how to get them and upgrade them. Just talk o the armory guy in the back room to be able to upgrade them as well as buy new guns. Now you won't be able to get the level ten achievement right away because you will need harder resources in the game to get them to level ten. Same will be for the higher the weapon gets. Just pay attention to the items you pick up from enemies and go get the upgrades you want. The upgrade materials required will be on the bottom right of the screen when selecting the weapon to upgrade. Make sure to keep upgrading your weapons to get all the related achievements to them and make the game easier.Now for the mods. The woman that is behind the guy that upgrades you weapons will be the person giving them to you. There will also be a tutorial for her as well. Just go up to her to either buy the mods or craft them. Later on in the game you will get the option to craft more. You will see the requirements in the bottom right of the screen when selecting the mod to craft. Once you get the item by either killing an enemy or looting, return to her for the mod. Keep acquiring mods until you get all the achievements related to them.Leave a comment


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(October 21, 1936 — August 4, 2000)
Ken M. P. Cheslin was a British fan who was a member of the Stourbridge Circle, BSFA, and The Fellowship of the Ring. He was on the Brumcon committee and was a member of the Birmingham Science Fiction Group. He was made a Knight of St. Fantony at Loncon II.
He published The Adventures of Hemlock Soames (and Flotsam), ATom 2000, Childs Garden of Olaf, Les Spinge, Olaf Alternative, Outhouse, and Sally-Port. With John Berry, he published Fables of Irish Fandom. He published Envoy (for OMPA) and the first British Tolkien fanzine, Nazgul's Bane. He republished Vince Clarke's ATom: A Tribute, and also collected the Goon Defective Agency tales — by John Berry, Atom and others — in several volumes as The Bleary Eyes.
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Thank you so much to Bloomsbury Australia for sending me a completed copy of A Court of Frost and Starlight in exchange for an honest review. I promise that receiving a copy has no way impacted my views and all thoughts are my own.
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Rating: ★★★★☆
Release Date: May 1st, 2018
Trigger Warnings: alcohol dependency, excessive alcohol drinking, PTSD, depression, death, sex
Pages: 224
Publisher: Bloomsbury Australia
Genre: new adult, fantasy, magic
Goodreads blurb:
The Winter Solstice. In a week. I was still new enough to being High Lady that I had no idea what my formal role was to be. If we'd have a High Priestess do some odious ceremony, as lanthe had done the year before. A year. Gods, nearly a year since Rhys had called in his bargain, desperate to get me away from the poison of the Spring Court to save me from my despair. Had he been only a minute later, the Mother knew what would have happened. Where I'd now be. Snow swirled and eddied in the garden, catching in the brown fibers of the burlap covering the shrubs My mate who had worked so hard and so selflessly, all without hope that I would ever be with him We had both fought for that love, bled for it. Rhys had died for it.
I have so many feelings about A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J Maas that I'm pushing all my other reviews aside so this can go live earlier. Should I? Probably not, but I don't care at this point because y'all are going to hear me scream. I also know that this series is problematic but it helped with my recovery so if you want to brawl, let's go but I'm allowed to enjoy something that helped me get better.
Now, that the formalities are over: A Court of Frost and Starlight takes place six months after the end of A Court of Wings and Ruin. The timeline is a little weird but essentially it has only been one year since A Court of Mist and Fury and this novella. I was a bit confused by that, honestly, because the time gap feels so much bigger. The events of this book don't add too much to the plot, I will say, it is mostly the characters getting ready for the Winter Solstice which is a big day in the Night Court since it is the longest night. The characters are buying gifts for one another and really just drinking a lot (I'll get into this later because I have complaints). The gang has to deal with some of the ramifications of the war still, mainly Tamlin. I didn't like his parts at all because I felt I was meant to pity him? I would rather not give him a redemption arc as an abuse survivor but go off SJM.
We get several new perspectives through this 200-page novella. The main view is obviously Feyre but we get some Rhysand, Mor and Cassian thrown in there. The strangest thing here was that Feyre and Rhysand had a first-person perspective, whereas Mor and Cassian were third person perspective. I didn't have any problems with it, I just feel the stylistic choice made is worth mentioning.
I am just struggling with how to feel about this novella. I enjoyed it so much but it was just…problematic in some elements. I will obviously get into this later in the review.
A Court of Frost and Starlight is ultimately a nice welcome back to the world we know, a welcome cuddle after the intensity of A Court of Wings and Ruin.
I've made it pretty clear that Nesta is my favourite character. I know I don't want Tamlin to have a redemption arc, but I am perfectly okay with Nesta because I relate to her, I see pieces of both my mum and I in her and it is pretty intense to see.
We don't get much of her perspective and I won't say too much because I feel this is something people should read for themselves if they're curious, but there was an utter rawness to it. The representation of mental health had me crying and I thought I was doing okay mentally. It was real and something that I have personally felt. I am so excited to read from her perspective fully because I feel that her struggles, while similar to Feyre's, are going to be different from anything we have ever seen before.
It was good to see everyone again. The humour of the interactions between The Inner Circle was truly enjoyable and it feels good to laugh while reading a fantasy novel. I laughed so hard at the fact Amren is adjusting to being in a body with more human functions. I enjoyed learning about the periods for the Fae, as well as finding out little tidbits of information of the past. It all just added to the world we know and love that SJM has created.
I talk about PTSD rep a lot, but it's apart of my recovery that I do. A Court of Mist and Fury was the first book I saw with someone struggling with something like I do. It was life-changing for me. I truly had my eyes opened. I can already feel that the following books are going to help me with my struggles more. I felt the representation, the depression and the torment. I was speechless. It wasn't something I was expecting to see in such a raw format but I needed it. I've been pretty good lately, but in a couple weeks, I'm visiting the place where a lot of my trauma is. I needed this book and to be reminded of who I am and how much I've been through.
Ultimately, I am speechless on the representation. It's the one thing I think SJM does excellently. Her PTSD rep just speaks to me personally and I love it.
Unlike this review, A Court of Frost and Starlight is short and sweet. You will be able to read it in one sitting like I did considering it is just over 200 pages. I was seriously blown away by how quickly I did read it. I am so ready for more of this world now, the love has been resparked via this novella and I am going to be anxiously awaiting the next release.
This is my biggest problem. Alcohol is something that makes me uncomfortable. I don't think it should be thrown around or used excessively in books. Almost every second paragraph in A Court of Frost and Starlight alcohol was mentioned. I understand that it was implied that one character has an addiction but the other characters have no excuse. It was uncomfortable, that there was such an undertone of reliability on wine. I think it's inappropriate and definitely normalizing excessive drinking.
In other comments and to people who have read the teaser, do you think SJM will show the side effects of coming off an alcohol addiction with the character? I know alcohol withdrawal is intense so I'm wondering if she will show this. Thoughts?
Some of it was just so over the top and I was not here for it. I can't even pinpoint an exact moment but I just know that at several points I was 100% not here for what was going down on the page. It felt as if the conversations were being incredibly forced in several circumstances, which is just not how I imagine these characters being.
This is mainly just an amusing thing in the text that had me laughing because I was like 'wtf?' Instead of gentlemen Feyre internally corrects herself to gentlemales. I literally choked on the water I was reading, I was like WHAT?! I know it's because SJM wants it to be clear that the Fae area different species from human but gosh that was so amusing to me.
Overall, A Court of Forst and Starlight was enjoyable. It was lacking some of the plot and depth I expected but I guess my expectations were a little too high. It carries the tone of a typical Sarah J Maas book and I sincerely enjoyed the lack of sex that was present throughout this. It was overall a really nice story that made me feel warm inside. I am excited to read more about Nesta since I can already feel that the rawness of her PTSD is going to be much different from what Feyre experienced.
I wish this novella had been longer in several parts as I really wanted more on certain things. However, there were so many happy moments that had me giggling, like the snowball fight that Az, Cassian and Rhys had. It was filled with little moments like this. So, don't worry about my complaining, is basically what I'm saying! If you're a fan of SJM's other books, you'll enjoy this.
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133 candidates from all over the world are nominated to the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2007. In total, 52 countries are represented among the nominees.
Here you find web links to the nominated candidatesCATEGORY: AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR/STORYTELLER
Ali, CarolynTrinidad and Tobago
Almond, DavidUnited Kingdom
Alonso, FernandoSpain
Asare, MeshakGhana
Bairami, MohammadrezaIran
Biegel, PaulPaul Biegel, The Netherlands, has passed away and is no longer a nominated candidate since the prize cannot be awarded posthumously. (6 November 2006)
Blake, QuentinUnited Kingdom
Bruna, DickThe Netherlands
Burningham, JohnUnited Kingdom
Butenko, BohdanPoland
Carmi, DaniellaIsrael
Chambers, AidanUnited Kingdom
Cneut, CarllBelgium
Da Coll, IvarColombia
Daly, NikiSouth Africa
Delessert, EtienneSwitzerland
Derib, (Claude de Ribaupierre)Switzerland
Dodd, LynleyNew Zealand
Doyle, BrianCanada
Düzakin, AkinNorway
Ekman, FamNorway
El-Touni, Abdel-Hamid HelmyEgypt
Erlbruch, WolfGermany
Gaarder, JosteinNorway
Gandolfi, SilvanaItaly
Gay, Marie-LouiseCanada
Grech, LeonardMalta
Gripe, MariaSweden
Hartnett, SonyaAustralia
Helgadottir, GudrunIceland
Helguera, MagdalenaUruguay
Hellsing, LennartSweden
Hevier, DanielSlovakia
Hoban, RussellUSA
Hughes, ShirleyUnited Kingdom
Huovi, HanneleFinland
Härtling, PeterGermany
Höglund, AnnaSweden
Ibbotson, EvaUnited Kingdom
Innocenti, RobertoItaly
Isol (Marisol Misenta)Argentina
Jensen, LouisDenmark
Jones, Diana WynneUnited Kingdom
Kalman, MairaUSA
Karrebaek, DorteDenmark
Kellenberger, MartinSlovakia
Kuijer, GuusThe Netherlands
Kunnas, KirsiFinland
Kunnas, MauriFinland
Làzàr, ErvinHungaryErvin Làzàr, Hungary, has passed away and is no longer a nominated candidate since the prize cannot be awarded posthumously. (January 2006)
Leeuwen van, JokeThe Netherlands
Lindgren, BarbroSweden
Lingard, JoanUnited Kingdom
Jean LittleCanada
Lukk-Toompere, ReginaEstonia
Lööf, JanSweden
Madsen, PeterDenmark
Mhlope, GsinaSouth Africa
Moeyaert, BartBelgium
Moradi Kermani, HooshangIran
Morpurgo, MichaelUnited Kingdom
Nabwani, NajeebIsrael
Niit, EllenEstonia
Nyhus, SveinNorway
Okoro, AneziNigeria
Pacovska, KvetaCzech Republic
Palecek, JosefCzech Republic
Panandiker, SurekhaIndia
Paterakis, YolandaGreece
Pervik, AinoEstonia
Piumini, RobertoItaly
Pludra, BennoGermany
Ponti, ClaudeFrance
Poulin, StéphaneCanada
Praprotnik Zupancic, Lila Prap LilijanaSlovenia
Psarafti, LitsaGreece
Pulcheriou, KikaCyprus
Qin, WenjuanChina
Radoicic, Vjekoslav VojoCroatia
Reuter, BjarneDenmark
Robson, JennyBotswana
Sandberg, Inger och LasseSweden
Sandman Lilius, IrmelinFinland
Schroeder, BinetteGermany
Sequera, Armando JoséVenezuela
Sìs, PeterUSA
Skármeta, AntonioChile
Solanke, JimiNigeria
Sortland, BjornNorway
Soto, GaryUSA
Spang Olsen, IbDenmark
Stark, UlfSweden
Tadjo, VeroniqueIvory Coast
Tellegen, ToonFrance
Torres, WalterPuerto Rico
Trivizas, EugeneGreece
Uliciansky, JànSlovakia
Ungerer, TomiFrance
Welsh-Rabady, RenateAustria
Verplancke, KlaasBelgium
Vestly, Anne-CathNorway
Wikland, Ilon Sweden
Yasnov, MikhailRussia
Zwerger, LisbethAustria
AWIC (Ass of Writers and Illustrators for Children)India
Banco del LibroVenezuela
Bibl. Thuruchapitas de CochabambaBolivia
Bishwo Shahitto KendroBangladesh
Illus AfricaAfrica
Internationale Jugendbibliothek MünchenGermany
Pushkin Library FoundationRussia
Tamer Institute for Community EducationPalestinian areas
Worldwinde Art Association of Greek Children's Book IllustratorsGreece
Asahi Reading Promotion Award, IBBYInternational
Biennale of illustrators (BIB), BratislavaSlovakia
BiblionefSouth Africa
First Words in PrintSouth Africa
Granito de ArenaUruguay
Mala de LeituraBrasil
Nati per LeggereItaly
Read to me! – Nova Scotia Family Literacy ProgramCanada
Stichting LezenBelgium
The Dutch National Reading Aloud Contest/Stichting LezenThe Netherlands
The Library Opens the WorldRussia
The Section for Libraries Serving Disadvantaged Persons/ IFLAThe Netherlands
Abu Nasr, Julinda Lebanon
Caballero de Cueto, LillyPeru
Chambers, Nancy och AidanUnited Kingdom
Cowley, JoyNew Zealand
Lucan, Talabi AisieSierra Leone
Mirhadi, TouranIran
Patte, GenevièveFrance
Segun, MabelNigeria
The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) is the world's largest award for children's and young adult literature. The award amounts to SEK 5 million and is given annually to a single laureate or to several. Authors, illustrators, oral storytellers and reading promoters are eligible for the award, which is designed to promote interest in children's and young adult literature. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is the foundation of our work. An expert jury selects the laureate(s) from candidates nominated by institutions and organisations all over the world. The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award was founded by the Swedish government in 2002 and is administrated by the Swedish Arts Council.
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Matt Margolis – 2/25/14
Credit Suisse $18 PT Grade B+ 2015 EPS $1.38 on $1.559B of sales, 2016 EPS $2.12B on $2.122B of sales. No specifics were provided of product detail but they cited: "normalized earnings of PV, polysilicon, and sapphire businesses with upside from new products".
UBS $18 PT Grade B- 2015 EPS $1.20 on $1.249B 2016 EPS $1.50 on $1.608B. Apple sales estimated at $505M in 2014 and $980M in 2015. 2015 total sapphire revenue at $1.055B out of $1.249 (84% of Total Sales). Estimated Mesa capacity at 1,500 furnaces.
Stifel $12.50-$14.90 PT Grade F 2015 EPS $0.45 on $1.086 sales. 2016 EPS $1.25 EPS on $1.637B sales. No breakout was given on mix between Apple and other sapphire revenue. 2014 sapphire revenue $0.559B, 2015 sapphire revenue $0.94B and 2016 $1.1B "We view the company's current product mix supporting $1.25 (2016) and look for the company's March 15 new product and technology briefing fur further earnings growth drives into 2016". Stifel earned their grade, because it's obvious they haven't spent any time to dig into GT's corporate overview that was published in January 2014 to understand the growth factors for GTAT beyond sapphire.
Canaccord Genuity $21 PT Grade F 2015 EPS $0.50 on $1.109B sales. 2016 EPS $1.52 on $1.887. Estimated 2,000 furnace capacity for Apple operations. "We reiterate our BUY pm GTAT as we believe the combination of Apple related earnings and the recovery in its LED and Solar business will result in above-consensus earnings growth and multiple expansion. Canaccord earned their grade, because they failed to do any modeling for 2015. They expect revenue in Q3 2014 of $324m followed by $264m in Q4 2014. An annualized run rate of Q4 $264m x 4 is $1.056B versus their full year forecast of $1.109B,which tells me Canaccord assumes no new business coming online in 2015. Canaccord doesn't even give GTAT any credit that they will recognize any sizable chunk of their $600m order backlog.
Bank of America $15.50 PT Grade Double F 2015 EPS $0.70 on $1.086B sales 2016 EPS $1.28 on $1.518B sales. Bank of America cites that, "GTAT is becoming more of a Sapphire story". Bank of America earned their grade, because they failed to understand that GTAT is on it's way to becoming a fleet of of thoroughbreds and not a "1 trick pony". I really wonder if Bank of America has even read the corporate overview or can cite one product GTAT sells besides sapphire.
Obscure Message to the Analyst Community
GT's management was very clear that 2014 was the year of Apple and execution. GT's pipeline is currently $600m strong and very little of this will be booked in 2014. GT's management stated that equipment orders would start flying in 2H 2014 and will be ready for revenue recognition at the beginning of 2015. GT mentioned that one of their customers (OCI) is already restarting their PV expansion project. If the analyst community wants to learn about GTAT's up and coming products and industries they support perhaps they should try a google search. The information is readily available and makes for a very interesting late night reading.
Every analyst cited Apple and sapphire as a major driver, but not one of them wanted to get into the Apple product ecosystem to adjust future growth for expanded sapphire usage across the portfolio. The facility at Mesa is 1.3 million square feet or approximately 52 times greater than GT's Salem, MA manufacturing facility. GT's salem facility held approximately 80-100 furnaces inside, using the same furnace to square foot ratio as Salem the Mesa facility can house between 4,200 and 5,200 furnaces. Do any of the analysts follow Apple and industry growth projections? Do the analysts understand the Apple portfolio of products and how GTAT can and will pair Hyperion with sapphire to create sapphire laminates that can be out rolled across Apple's product portfolios once Hyperion is ready for commercialization in 2015.
The Obscure Analyst's Analyst Report takeaway :
As an investor I was glad to see upward revisions to GTAT's target price. As the Obscure Analyst, I was surprised at how ignorant the analysts are to the markets that GT will begin serving in 2015. Not one analyst understands GT's Hyperion technology, that was purchased in November 2012.
GT management left us with this information during Monday's call which relates directly to Hyperion and Solar Cells:
we have a deployed a new technology that we expect will significantly impact the economics of producing solar cells and modules. This technology was developed and comes out of a research operation we established in the Bay Area over a year ago to focus on advancing the state of the art and the design and assembly of solar cells and modules. We look forward to talking with you about this development on our March '14 webcast.
Well here is your spoiler alert: Hyperion is going to be a "disruptive technology" and a "game changer" that can and will be applied across all of GTAT's platforms in the foreseeable future and for the foreseeable future. During the March 14, 2014 webcast GT management will most certainly focus some of it's attention on the design and assembly of solar cells and modules. I've done my best to translate the patents so everyone can understand the key takeaway. I'm sure the sci-fi team at GT Advanced Technologies will give a cleaner explanation but this is my best shot! Essentially GT has patented a new process that likely creates the lowest cost, thinnest and most efficient solar cell technology on the market The process to create this amazing innovation begins by leverage GT's Hyperion technology (which is protected by over 50 patents) to fire hydrogen ions against a solar cell to create super thin solar cells that can be used in PV technology (solar panel). The super thin solar cells are more efficient due to design (cutting angle) allowing them to improve efficiency. They are lower cost due to Hyperion exfoliating abilities which allow for one of if not the thinnest solar cell produced in the industry (I hope the analysts ask if TG doesn't tell us anyways). Further cost reductions are found because the Hyperion method of exfoliating the solar cells reduces waste that results from through traditional "kerf" methods.
Obscure Analyst's Spoiler Alert Takeaway: GTAT may have just come up the most efficient solar cells available on the market today due to the degree of the cut plane of the solar cells which allows for more light absorption than traditional methods. The cost of the solar cells is greatly reduced because Hyperion allows up to a 2 for 1 benefit on thinness (current benefit might be 1.75 to 1) but it was 2:1 when GTAT acquired Twin Creeks in 2012. Lastly, the method of using Hyperion versus traditional kerf methods of cutting solar cells will greatly reduce the amount waste, which will lead to further cost savings. If I had to put names on who they are partnering with I would go with Yingli Green Energy or Trina Solar, who finished 2013 as #1 and #2 in PV supply. Below are two of GTAT's key patents related to the growth and bonding of thin lamina.
[0001] Sivaram et al., U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/026,530, "Method to Form a Photovoltaic Cell Comprising a Thin Lamina," filed Feb. 5, 2008, owned by the assignee of the present invention and hereby incorporated by reference, describes fabrication of a photovoltaic cell comprising a thin semiconductor lamina formed of non-deposited semiconductor material. Using the methods of Sivaram et al., photovoltaic cells, rather than being formed from sliced wafers, are formed of thin semiconductor laminae without wasting silicon through kerf loss or by fabrication of an unnecessarily thick cell, thus reducing cost. The same donor wafer can be reused to form multiple laminae, further reducing cost, and may be resold after exfoliation of multiple laminae for some other use.
[0002] Referring to FIG. 1A, in embodiments of Sivaram et al., a semiconductor donor wafer 20 is implanted through first surface 10 with one or more species of gas ions, for example hydrogen and/or helium ions. The implanted ions define a cleave plane 30 within the semiconductor donor wafer. As shown in FIG. 1B, donor wafer 20 is affixed at a first surface 10 to receiver 60. Cleaving is most easily achieved by heating, for example to temperatures of 500 degrees C. or more. Referring to FIG. 1C, lamina 40 is heated and cleaves, or exfoliates, from donor wafer 20 at cleave plane 30, creating second surface 62. It has been found that the step of implanting to define the cleave plane may cause damage to the crystalline lattice of the monocrystalline donor wafer. This damage, if unrepaired, may impair cell efficiency. A relatively high-temperature anneal, for example at 900 degrees C., 950 degrees C., or more, will repair most implant damage in the body of the lamina.
[0003] In embodiments of Sivaram et al., additional processing before and after the cleaving step forms a photovoltaic cell comprising semiconductor lamina 40, which is between about 0.2 and about 100 microns thick. In other embodiments of Sivaram et al., lamina 40 may be, for example, between about 0.2-50 microns thick, between about 1-20 microns thick, between about 1-10 microns thick, between about 4-20 microns thick, or between about 5-15 microns thick, though any thickness within the named range is possible. FIG. 1D shows the structure inverted, with receiver 60 at the bottom, as during operation in some embodiments of Sivaram. Receiver 60 may be a discrete receiver element having a maximum width no more than 50 percent greater than that of donor wafer 20, and preferably about the same width, as described in Herner, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/057,265, "Method to Form a Photovoltaic Cell Comprising a Thin Lamina Bonded to a Discrete Receiver Element," filed on Mar. 27, 2008, owned by the assignee of the present application and hereby incorporated by reference. Alternatively, a plurality of donor wafers may be affixed to a single, larger receiver, and a lamina cleaved from each donor wafer.
0004] In summary, the primary stages of producing a lamina are ion implantation, exfoliation (cleaving the lamina from the donor wafer), and annealing (to repair defects in the lamina).BONDING OF THIN LAMINA
[0002] Sivaram et al., U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/026,530, "Method to Form a Photovoltaic Cell Comprising a Thin Lamina," filed Feb. 5, 2008, and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 8,481,845, owned by the assignee of the present disclosure and hereby incorporated by reference, describes fabrication of a photovoltaic cell comprising a thin semiconductor lamina formed of non-deposited semiconductor material. Using the methods of Sivaram et al., and others, photovoltaic cells and other electronic devices, rather than being formed from sliced wafers, are formed of thin semiconductor laminae without wasting silicon through kerf loss or by fabrication of an unnecessarily thick cell, thus reducing cost. The same donor wafer can be reused to form multiple laminae, further reducing cost, and may be resold after exfoliation of multiple laminae for some other use. Methods are needed for handling thin lamina in order to process them into electronic devices.
[0003] Methods and apparatus are provided for bonding a thin lamina to a carrier, the methods may comprise providing a thin lamina wherein the lamina has a first side and a second side and wherein the first side of the lamina is separably contacted to a support plate; providing a first carrier having a first side and a second side and wherein the first side comprises a layer of adhesive material; contacting the second side of the thin lamina to the first side of the first carrier; fixing the lamina to the first carrier wherein the fixing comprises applying a first application of heat and a first application of pressure to a portion of the lamina and the first carrier; removing the support plate; applying a second application of heat and a second application of pressure to the lamina and the first carrier wherein the second application of heat and the second application pressure promotes an adhesive bond between the lamina and the first carrier and wherein the second application of pressure comprises moving the lamina, the first carrier and the cover sheet between a pair of rollers.
Two additional relevant patents are below
Photovoltaic Cell Comprising A Thin Lamina Having A Rear Junction And Method Of Making ASYMMETRIC SURFACE TEXTURING FOR USE IN A PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL AND METHOD OF MAKING
The Obscure Analyst's Analyst Report takeaway :
My Final Closing Thoughts: I am very disappointed in the lack of research and analytics that went into these reports with the exception of Credit Suisse and UBS. My brother-in-law jokes that I am the "couch" analyst, because he knows that's where I do all my research. In closing, I wanted to reference to one of my favorite movies, Good Will Hunting, because one scene in particular resonates very well right now. Will Hunting (played by Matt Damon) was obviously brilliant and but he was working as a janitor at MIT and he kept solving the MIT professor's math problems that not even the MIT students could understand them. If you recall during one of the bar scenes, Will Hunting was vying for the attention of a young college co-ed and he was competing against a 1st year grad student named Clark. Will and Clark starting a heated debate on history, a test of wits. Will's perfectly fitting retort to Clark:
"You got that from Vickers. Work in Essex County, page 98, right? Yeah, I read that, too. You gunna' plagiarize the whole thing for us? Do you have any thoughts that...of your own on this matter? Or do you-- is that your thing? You come into a bar, you read some obscure passage, and then pretend you, you..pawn it off as your own..as your own idea...."
I think it's time the analyst community comes up with some original thought of their own rather than taking GTAT's guidance as gospel and pawning it off as their own idea. Will Hunting received his education for free at the public library, in this regard I am just like Will Hunting. I conduct my own research using the tools and information that are available to the public. At times it can be a painful act, but in the end you are handsomely rewarded with information and enough support to connect the dots and come up with your own original idea. But hey what do I know? I'm just the Obscure Analyst!
Full Disclosure: I am long GTAT and have no plans to buy or sell any holdings over the next 72 hours