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Hyundai's Norbert Michelisz stole a march on his World Touring Car Cup title rivals by claiming both qualifying pole positions ahead of the final round of the season at Sepang.
While Michelisz scored the maximum 10 points on offer across the two qualifying sessions, his nearest rival Esteban Guerrieri was the only one of the remaining three contenders to score on Friday after he was second fastest in second qualifying.
Cyan Racing Lynk & Co drivers Yvan Muller and Thed Bjork fared worse, and will both start all three races outside the top 10.
Michelisz was fastest in four of Friday's six timed sessions, finishing second in the other two, and claimed pole for the opening race by 0.380 seconds from the Comtoyou Cupra of Aurelien Panis - who recorded his best qualifying result to date in WTCR.
Nestor Girolami, Mikel Azcona (PWR Cupra) and the Comtoyou Audi of Frederic Vervisch will start the opener from third, fourth and fifth respectively, ahead of the BRC Hyundais of Augusto Farfus and Gabriele Tarquini.
Michelisz was again the form man come second qualifying, held under floodlights, and though he was beaten in the opening segment by teammate Nicky Catsburg, he would go on to seal his second pole - and fourth of the season - by a huge 0.784 seconds.
He now leads Guerrieri by 15 points, with 75 on offer in the remaining three races.
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Guerrieri, who will start race one ninth, gave himself a fighting chance in the title race, as he will start both the reversed-grid second race and the season finale alongside his main rival.
The Munnich Motorsport Honda Civic Type R driver ran last in the Q3 shoot-out session, and was afforded the chance to clinch second thanks to scruffy laps from Michelisz's stablemates Catsburg and Tarquini.
That also opened the door for standout 2019 rookie Azcona to claim third, with Catsburg - who qualified seventh for the opening race but later received a five-place grid penalty for a full-course yellow infringement - due to start ahead of Tarquini.
Augusto Farfus was fastest of those eliminated in the second part of qualifying in the fourth BRC Racing Hyundai i30 N, ahead of the leading Team Mulsanne Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce of Kevin Ceccon.
Two cars - Vervisch's Comtoyou Audi, and the Honda of Guerrieri's teammate Girolami - separated Ceccon from his teammate Ma Qing Hua, who will start the reversed-grid second race from pole after finishing Q2 10th fastest.
Muller recorded the best result for the quarter of Lynk & Cos by qualifying 13th for both the second and third races.
The four-time world champion missed the cut for the second part of second qualifying by 0.078s.
He trails Michelisz by 21 points, while Bjork - who was 28th fastest of 30 cars in first qualifying, then 19th in the second session, is a further 17 behind.
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The school is run by Wake Opportunities. Teachers, who have direct deposit accounts, say their paychecks were not in the bank. They walked out.
"We are supposed to get direct deposit in our accounts," says teacher Barbara Burks. "It's not in there. They didn't send us a memo letting us know we would not be paid."
The teachers had been hearing for about a week that they would not get paid through direct deposit. Instead, they received printed checks Thursday.
Paychecks in hand, teachers later returned to work, but not before parents started arriving. Clara Eason went to the school just after 7 a.m. to drop off her 4-year-old daughter.
"I was stopped at the door and told no teachers were in," she says. "I can't go to work. I can't leave her here."
Wake Opportunities' Grace Wright is the director of the school. She says the teachers did get a memo about the problem, telling the employees they would be receiving a printed check Thursday. She blames a computer glitch.
"The system was hung up printing W-2 forms," she says. "It was going to be faster to print a physical check, because we could use another computer to do that."
Wright says she hopes to improve communication with her staff.
Six other Head Start programs run by Wake Opportunities were affected. Schools in Raleigh, Garner, Knightdale, Holly Springs, Orange County and Chatham County had the same problems.
Teachers there did not walk out, but local school directors had to go to Raleigh to pick up the printed checks. They were upset with the glitch.
"We wish we would've known yesterday, so we could've prepared our staff yesterday," says Head Start employee Myra Bradley. Teachers say they never received the memo Wright said she sent.
The teachers who refused to work Thursday will not be disciplined. Regulators from the Dept. of Health and Human Services say Wake Opportunities could lose its Head Start funding in six months if it does not show improvement.


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I return to my school-year schedule at work on Monday -- just after school hours -- so I will have more time to write. Less money on my paycheck will mean that I'll also have to make up the difference by freelancing, so I'll have more client writing work demanding my attention, but I am still hoping to make more time to work on my novel.
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It may have been the seven-hour flight over the Atlantic. Perhaps the loss of seven hours of my life added to it. I was in a place where my ability to speak English fluently was of minimal benefit. Or it could have been the shock of a handshake instead of the expected kiss factored into it.
My senses went on overdrive. It went beyond the whiff of diesel fumes. It was just something for which I had no olfactory memories. To this day, if you were to blindfold me, and open a jar full of Portuguese air under my nose, I would immediately iria começar a falar Português. The language reverberated in my ears. Sounding like a merging of Spanish and French. I kept trying to hear the conversation. Unsuccessfully! The golden orb in the azure sky gently warmed the morning without the harsh summer blast to which I was accustomed in the states.
Harry interrupted my reverie to ask if those two suitcases were all there was of my luggage. When I admitted that they were, he grinned and said, "I've never known a woman to travel with so little luggage." Score? I thought I had brought a lot. It had seemed more than enough as I had dragged it through the airport. Was it meant as a compliment?
We stopped in front of a white car where Harry deposited my bags in the trunk. As he put the key in the ignition, I noticed the flow of the traffic. The cars were small, and zipping around like they were practicing for Grand Prix of Monaco. Suddenly, we were in the flow. Harry took me on a roundabout but short sightseeing excursion of which I remember little apart from my white knuckles. Then he announced that we needed to get moving. He was taking me to eat breakfast with some of the Portugal team.
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Here's a riddle for the forum. I have the below family in my tree: George KEENUM b. 1782 in VA, son of James Keenum and Elizabeth Dale MASON, m. Elizabeth STONE (daughter of Stephen Turner Stone and Bathsheba HURT) 24 January 1814 in Henry Co., VA, d. 16 August 1850 in Decatur, Meigs Co., TN, had the following children: Stephen S. Keenum born 12 December 1814 Millie Keenum born 29 June 1816 Barsheba Keenum born 12 March 1818 Berry Keenum born 17 October 1820 Winnie Keenum born 29 July 1825 Susan Stone Keenum born 8 March 1826 in Decatur, Meigs Co., TN Mary Keenum born ca. 1829 Susan Stone Keenum is my ancestor. However I am also interested in Stephen S. Keenum. There is a Stephen S. Keenam in Walker Co., GA on the 1850 census, with the following household: Stephen S. Keenam, 33, b. VA Polly, 32, b. SC Joel, 12 b. TN Milton, 10, b. GA Elias, 8, b. GA Augustus, 6, b. GA Sally, 4, b. GA George, 1, b. GA This census was conducted on Sept. 19th, 1850. BUT there is also a Stephen S. Keenum in Dekalb Co. on the same census, with the following household: Stephen S. Keenum, 37, farmer, b. VA Mary, 32, b. SC Joel T., 12, b. TN Berry M., 11, b. GA Elias E., 9, b. GA Augustus G., 5, b. GA Elizabeth, 3, b. GA George, 1, b. GA That census was conducted on Dec 25, 1850. Do you think it&'s possible that the same family was surveyed twice? How else to explain the same names and very close ages? I am baffled and confused and don't know which to use. Thanks in advance, Brookes
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Thanks for your reply and the info about Dekalb Walker counties. If these were different census years I would take it for granted that this is the same family, at least, it seems obvious to me that the slightly different names are just from different enumerators, but is it possible for the same family to be surveyed twice in the same year? I guess that's my biggest source of confusion.
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Do not rule out the fact that the family may have relocated or moved between the counties. I won't start into telling any stories, but take this scenario for example: Stephen was a coal worker or similar in Georgia, then moved to Alabama where farming grounds were richer and more suitable for farming, he starts into the farming industry in Alabama after a relocation. This would make it possible for the same household to be surveyed twice. Once in Georgia, once in Alabama. As I stated, this is just pure speculation, but is very possible.
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Prior to Joshua Oppenheimer's "The Act of Killing" (2014) and "The Look of Silence" (2016), the truth behind the 1965-66 Indonesian genocide had been buried in the benign, false history that the perpetrators of the killings elected to perpetuate, and have used to dictate the class and power structures of Indonesia ever since. What's remarkable about Oppenheimer's twin documentaries is not just that they exhume this buried history, but that also they use cinema to exorcise the demons that have been left deep within the soul of the country.
On the occasion of the two films being named #4 on IndieWire's Best of the Decade list, we asked Oppenheimer to reflect on the profound impact his films have had on the politics of Indonesia, on himself as filmmaker, and on the life of his "Look of Silence" star Adi Rukan, who put his family's safety at risk to speak truth to the powerful men who slaughtered his brother and hundreds of thousands like him.
When we spoke three years ago, these films were still haunting you in a very present way. How much of that trauma still lingers with you today?
My connection to the characters remains vivid and intimate, both in the regular contact we still have after all this time, and also in my heart. I dream of it. I dream of Anwar, I dream of Adi — I speak to Adi and his family a lot. And I'm working on what would seem to be a totally different project, which is a musical, but it's actually all about guilt and [there's been a] number of times that I've gone back to what I learned making these films, which has something to do with how we can hurt each other in ways where it becomes too painful to change, because change requires facing who you are. There's a moral warning in the guilt that I explored in Indonesia, which I suppose is what happens when we hurt people in ways that are so bad that we can't face ourselves afterwards, and we retreat into denial and prevent ourselves from changing. So, I'm thinking about them each and every day.
And also I am kind of constantly arrested by the amount of time I spent making those two films. My inability, if I think I can go deeper, to say, "Okay, that's enough." I feel the need to go deeper. So even as I'm preparing new projects, always with the hope that it'll be faster than those two films, I still feel that I just have this inability not to give whatever time and whatever part of myself is necessary if I see there's deeper truths to be unearthed and explored.
Do you feel like you are done, as filmmaker, with this specific subject? You had indicated that after 10 years working on these two films about Indonesia you were finished exploring this part of its history.
I think that's true. You never know what the future brings. I can certainly imagine one day feeling that I can safely return. I still haven't returned to Indonesia. Everyone there who knows the situation well, and knows what I've done and has followed the debates around the films, still says there's a lingering animosity, from the military especially, and that it wouldn't be safe for me to return.
That's something, as time goes on, I do wonder: Maybe I could go back and just see people and be with people, the people who made the films with me and became like family to me, but that moment I just don't think has come. And if it ever does come, it would be yet another milestone if I were actually able to shoot there again. Would I consider making another film there? I certainly would be open to it, but I've moved on and I've moved on to other stories, even if the themes remain the same.
The themes — specifically the idea that the stories we tell ourselves are what make us who we are — is something that I think is deeply personal, and it was funny to bring that personal conviction to a film about a country on the other side of the Earth from where I'm from. But as I move onto new work, I'm discovering just how personal the work always was. Those same human dramas resurface elsewhere, and they're always the stories that I want to tell. I'm exploring human behavior, really.
How are Adi and his family?
Adi and the family are well. After "The Look of Silence" came out in the United States, his family was able to safely move back to the city from which they came and where we made the film, and — with the help of support that came in through the True/False Festival True Life Fund and other support we were able to raise — they were able to open an optician shop, a glasses shop, and get a house in the city where they had been living very much hand-to-mouth when we were making the film. And Adi's son, who is in the film, is starting university and moving actually into human rights law, which is a choice that moves me tremendously.
So the family is well. Adi's mom died last year, so that was sad, but the family is well and healthy. Adi, I think, has taken a step back from activism, maybe in relation to moving his family back to the city where he's especially well known, maybe that was part of the security decision, but he's never said that. I think he's just happy to be back with his extended family around and building a new life after the films.
Do you sense the country is in the process of truth and reconciliation in terms addressing its past? And do you have a sense of the role your two films played in starting that process?
I think the films have — and this is the most humbling thing that I've ever been part of — but I think the films have helped catalyzed a transformation in how Indonesia talks about its past. That was really true when the films were coming out, but I understand that it's endured; that there's an openness in the discussion of the killings, and a newfound understanding. [There are] now resources for younger people to turn to in order to help them understand what is the most important event in modern Indonesian history, which is the 1965-1966 genocide. So I think there is a national reckoning that has occurred around how the events are talked about. A space has opened in which the media can speak openly about the killings in a way they could not before.
But I think there are a lot of people and institutions with real powerful political and economic interests that depend, for their perceived legitimacy, on the continued demonization of the communists. There's a continued celebration of the killings as something heroic, and I'm speaking specifically of the military and the oligarchs, who have enriched themselves through their patronage relationships with the military, and these institutions won't give up their wealth and power without a struggle.
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In 2014, there was the election of Joko Widodo [the first Indonesian president to come from outside the military and traditional elite, and pledged an inquiry into 1965-66 genocide], and he was re-elected this year with a wider margin. In both cases he was up against a totalitarian strong man, retired general, son-in-law of the former dictator who came to power through the genocide, Prabowo. So as the discussion has opened up, there has been predictably a backlash and propaganda against the survivors of the genocide.
The struggle for justice, the struggle for genuine official truth and reconciliation, then justice, and anything like reparations, will be a long struggle. But what has happened is a lifting of silence. So I think there's a national reckoning, even if I don't think there's been a satisfactory, officially sanctioned truth and reconciliation, let alone justice.
You were excited about the potential of doing a musical last time we talked. Where are you in the process with that?
So we're moving along [laughs]. We are in development still, but we're well into the writing process, we have a script we're all very happy with, but we're still working on it, and we're composing songs. I don't think I can make any big statements of who I'm working with on the music, but it's exciting and the whole thing is coming together in a thrilling way.
Are there other projects that you are shooting or researching on the nonfiction side?
I have a few projects in development. One of them, that I'm just now thinking through by getting close to this village in Greenland, is dealing with climate change and its impact on one particular community, but really my primary focus is… [pause] I'm juggling a few different things. I'm sorry, I'm being careful because the topics of some of these projects are sensitive, but I'm extremely excited about the musical and it's probably the one that has the most momentum at this moment.
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A new study from the New America Foundation shows that personal privacy and U.S. credibility were not the only thing damaged by the NSA's activities – American tech companies are also being hurt.
Over a year ago Edward Snowden exposed the widespread mischief that the NSA was involved in – the surveillance, the massive gathering of mountains of data, the pressures placed on technology companies and basically spying on everyone including our closest allies. There has been a lot of backlash and outrage (both at the NSA and at Snowden for letting people know what was really going on). But the actions of the NSA did more than just damage the credibility of the U.S. in the eyes of the world, it is having negative effects on how U.S. companies do business overseas.
A new report from the New America Foundation titled, "Surveillance Costs: The NSA's Impact on the Economy, Internet Freedom & Cybersecurity," by Danielle Kehl, Kevin Bankston, Robyn Greene and Robert Morgus points out some of the more frightening repercussions that the NSA's actions have caused to American technology businesses.
As the report states, not only have the NSA's shenanigans caused world-wide outrage it's questionable how effective their bulk surveillance was in stopping terrorist plots.
While intelligence officials have vigorously defended the merits of the NSA programs, they have offered little hard evidence to prove their value—and some of the initial analysis actually suggests that the benefits of these programs are dubious. Three different studies—from the President's Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, and the New America Foundation's International Security Program—question the value of bulk collection programs in stopping terrorist plots and enhancing national security. Meanwhile, there has been little sustained discussion of the costs of the NSA programs beyond their impact on privacy and liberty, and in particular, how they affect the U.S. economy, American foreign policy, and the security of the Internet as a whole.
The report also points out that "American companies have reported declining sales overseas and lost business opportunities. The cloud computing industry is particularly vulnerable and could lose billions of dollars in the next three to five years as a result of NSA surveillance."
The NSA has done serious damage to Internet security through its weakening of key encryption standards, insertion of surveillance backdoors into widely-used hardware and software products, stockpiling rather than responsibly disclosing information about software security vulnerabilities, and a variety of offensive hacking operations undermining the overall security of the global Internet.
The U.S. government has already taken some limited steps to mitigate this damage but the reform efforts to date have been relatively narrow, focusing primarily on the surveillance programs' impact on the rights of U.S. citizens.
We have already seen countries like Germany ban certain American mobile phone carriers due to suspected security issues, Brazil canceled a multi-billion dollar deal with an American airplane manufacturer due to security concerns and China has also banned newer versions of Microsoft Windows claiming it had backdoors allowing the NSA (or others) to steal data from users. A few weeks ago China also claimed that Apple iPhones posed a threat to national security. At the time everyone thought the Chinese press was just being paranoid yet a week later we reported on a talk given by forensic scientist and author Jonathan Zdziarski where he revealed there really are backdoors, attack points and surveillance mechanisms built into iOS Devices.
Just this week Russia proposed that Apple and SAP hand over their source code to make sure their products are not tools for spying on state institutions. Russian Communications Minister Nikolai Nikiforov said, "Obviously, companies which disclose the source code of their programmes are not hiding anything, but those who do not intend to establish cooperation with Russia on this issue may have undeclared capabilities in their products."
Unfortunately American technology companies are the ones who are going to suffer the most from the NSA's actions – and since even our own government either can't or won't do anything to reign in the NSA more and more U.S. companies are going to suffer.


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10 Emerging Black Female Artists to Collect
represented by Black-owned art galleries
by Shantay Robinson
"We polled 10 galleries from around the country to provide you with a list of artists currently blazing a trail among black collectors" – Najee Dorsey
Female artists, regardless of race, are typically overlooked in Western art where the white male dominates. But it must be known that black female artists have been making a valuable imprint on the art world for generations. Black women artists participate in every medium and offer alternatives to the narratives created by the dominant culture. Offering narratives that include black pride during the Harlem Renaissance or black power during the Black Power Movement, black women artists asserted themselves in spaces where they may have been marginalized, but where their voices could not be ignored.
Today black female artists are being centralized as women's movements force the hegemony of the art world to be more inclusive. Shows like We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women 1965-85 and Magnetic Fields: Expanding American Abstraction 1960s to Today prove that Black women have been putting in the work for generations. And while they are only recently being celebrated, their fortitude has influenced a new generation of Black women artists who continue to work in the legacy of artists who have used the canvas to convey alternative accounts of black life.
These contemporary artists who are represented by Black-owned art galleries across the country have continued the work of their predecessors by offering narratives that speak to the black experience, but especially the black female experience.
Lavett Ballard is a visual storyteller. In her latest work she places prints on old fences. The prints are manipulated to create narratives that speak to the black female experience. And the fences are symbolic. They represent the societal barriers that keep people out. While actual fences physically keep people from existing in a space, Ballard recognizes the societal barriers that have kept women and nonwhites from acceptance in our society, as well.
April Bey uses photographic images of some of contemporary culture's most outspoken feminists in addition to mixed media to create art that speak of the narratives black women are currently creating about their identity. Using images of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Solange, Issa Rae, and Michaela Cole, her Made in Spaceseries employs text to relay feminist themes associated with the aforementioned personalities' overall ideology. She uses paint and photography but also sews fabric onto the canvas to add dimension to the flat surfaces. Bey creates commentary on contemporary black female rhetoric by also incorporating themes about the natural hair movement and the language that surrounds that discussion.
Lillian Blades uses reflective mirrors, in her most recent work, to create slightly monochromatic glass assemblages. She has refined her assemblages, whereas those of the past were made of found object. Unlike the assemblages of her male counterparts, Blades assemblages utilize small objects placed en masse on the canvas. Blades plays with the eye by color association. With the colors of her objects, she produces color gradients that guide the eye in one direction or another creating movement in her work.
Bisa Butler masterfully renders the images of noted personalities onto quilts by using a range of colors and fabrics while still maintaining the integrity of form. While the facial features are colorful, the rendering of popular personalities like Marvin Gaye and Nina Simone are very recognizable. The patterns used in the quilts are reminiscent of African textiles. And she uses fabrics to create shading that adds depth to the portraits she creates.
Dana King is a sculptor who studies the strength and resilience of black people. Guided by Justice, a site-specific sculpture commissioned by the Equal Justice Initiative, memorializes the 4400 known victims of lynching in the United States. The skill used in rendering the life-like sculptures of three women who walked wherever they needed to go during the Montgomery Bus Boycotts reminds us of the sacrifices made for our rights in this country. The detail rendered in her sculptures reminds us of the humanity of the people that fought for our rights. King's sculpture of William Byron Rumford depicts the first African American Assemblyman from Northern California who authored the Fair Housing Act that allowed minorities to rent and buy wherever they desired. King's work is important as it places history in contemporary contexts so that we are reminded of those who fought for our freedom.
Delita Martin centralizes the black female form in a space that has traditionally marginalized them. Overlaying prints onto figures beckons African textiles and speak to the connection of the African Diaspora. Her subjects are unapologetic black women who at times gaze directly at the viewer, or who sometimes don masks that cover their faces. In some other paintings, two women are present and they interact with one another in attempts to show and evoke compassion. Martin's subjects are inclusive of the variety of black women, as they range in size and shape. This focus on black women urges viewers to see black women for who they really are and to consider their humanity.
Keris Salmon captures the architecture of slavery in her latest works. The nonthreatening images of structures built during that time, are laden with centuries of history that allude to the contribution of the enslaved, as we know slaves built many of these spaces and they still exist today. The contributions of the enslaved are integral to the fabric of the quality of American life. And Salmon captures that notion with thoughtful and well framed shots of the buildings that played such a vital role in the institution of slavery.
Sherry Shine uses quilting to portray both figuration and landscapes. Through the use of fabric and patterning, Shine advances the traditional quilt into her artwork where the black female form, African masks, the beauty of the land are rendered for aesthetic appreciation. The history of quilting reminds us of the function of the quilt as an item to keep us warm by using discarded remnants scraps of materials. She transforms the quilt into an item that begs for its own agency. Her quilts tell their own stories. And the bright colors used in the quilts lend themselves to the African narrative evident throughout her cannon of work.
Beverly Y. Smith creates quilts that are inspired by African and African American textiles. While quilts are functional, as they create warmth for people who use them, Smith's quilts also function by storytelling. Smith's narrative can be playful featuring the likenesses of black women donning European royal dress while drinking tea, but they can also reckon with African spiritual practice. Some of Smith's choices of muted colors is reminiscent of Southern textiles of the enslaved who didn't have the luxury to choose pretty fabrics for their quilts but used what was available to them and made the best of what they had. The quilts she creates have a worn look to them that reminds of the functional and traditional nature of quilts. In this way, Smith shows a mastery of craft by designing quilts with simple fabrics but intricate thematic construction.
Evita Tezeno creates collages using mixed media that remind one of quilt making as the texture of the figurative forms are palpable. Using brightly colored patterns and cubism to depict the human figure in her paintings she complicates perspectives that help to see the subjects in her artworks in a nuanced way. Tezeno takes ordinary scenes like women standing at a bus stop or a man selling watermelon and adds depth to these experiences with the media she uses. In other works, she accentuates the feminine with bouquets of flowers that seem simple in their rendering but add to the notion of the feminine essence.
Shantay Robinson participated in Burnaway's Art Writers Mentorship Program, Duke University's The New New South Editorial Fellowship, and CUE Art Foundation's Art Critic Mentoring Program. She has written for Burnaway, ArtsATL, ARTS.BLACK, AFROPUNK, Number, Inc. and Washington City Paper. While receiving an MFA in Writing from Savannah College of Art and Design, she served as a docent at the High Museum of Art. She is currently working on a PhD in Writing and Rhetoric at George Mason University.
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Song: Splendeur inaltérable
The following song, titled "Splendeur inaltérable," was composed to the quotation below revealed by Bahá'ú'lláh, and put to music by Geneviève Labbé:
"Hear Me, ye mortal birds! In the Rose Garden of changeless splendor a Flower hath begun to bloom, compared to which every other flower is but a thorn, and before the brightness of Whose glory the very essence of beauty must pale and wither. Arise, therefore, and, with the whole enthusiasm of your hearts, with all the eagerness of your souls, the full fervor of your will, and the concentrated efforts of your entire being, strive to attain the paradise of His presence, and endeavor to inhale the fragrance of the incorruptible Flower, to breathe the sweet savors of holiness, and to obtain a portion of this perfume of celestial glory. Whoso followeth this counsel will break his chains asunder, will taste the abandonment of enraptured love, will attain unto his heart's desire, and will surrender his soul into the hands of his Beloved. Bursting through his cage, he will, even as the bird of the spirit, wing his flight to his holy and everlasting nest."
– Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, pp. 320-321.


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Relationships are tough. And even though there are a lot of great developments in the world, nobody will have all the answers for two people in love. Sometimes it works, and sometimes you need to know when to call it quits. Because in some instances, you and the person you are breaking up with are better off with other partners.
But how exactly do you know when the relationship isn't working? Are there even signs you should be seeing? Unfortunately, there are. But given that you are so deep in the situation, they are tough to spot. Plus, an article is definitely not enough ground to determine whether you should be thinking about breaking up.
Although, this article can point out some instances and issues that are usually associated with failing relationships.
Constant Fighting
When all you seem to do is fight and argue when you get into the same room, it can either mean one of two things. Firstly, there might be an issue between you, but nobody wants to bring it up. Secondly, it could be a sign that you have out-grown each other as individuals, which happens a lot.
Keep in mind that you will never stop changing. Even if you think you won't, you will never stop going through transformations. And this makes it unfair to expect your partner to always stay the same. So, if you can't change together and for the better, it's probably time to get out.
A Lack Of Communication
Communication is a very important part of a relationship. And communication during the initial dating stages and communication after a couple of years will definitely be different. That's because you get used to your partner, and this habit can make or break healthy communication.
The point is that when you don't feel like you connect with your partner anymore, it could be a sign the relationship is not working out.
You Avoid Spending Time Together
Would you rather be at work or with friends than with your partner? As blunt as this sounds, but this is a clear sign you are in the wrong relationship. Because if you can't stand the person you are supposed to love, the relationship is doomed from the start.
Advice would be to try and improve your intimate relationship if possible. Sites like this often recommend improving your sex life with adult toys or other romantic ways to spice things up in the bedroom. If these can't make you and your partner happy, it's another sign that things are not looking great.
Your Thoughts Sabotage The Relationship
Many people sabotage their relationship without knowing it. And how exactly do they achieve this? Well, internal dialogue can be incredibly powerful. And in addition to being the core of your self-confidence, it influences how you approach conversations with your partner.
For example, if you are mentally fighting with your partner all the time, you are likely to be tense around him or her. That means you are sabotaging the relationship and it could be a signal to have a serious talk.
As mentioned earlier, you should never base a breakup on an article you read. But if there are signs that have been catching your attention, it might be time to pay attention. Otherwise, you are going to remain stuck in an unhappy relationship.


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In the last issue of Iron-Men Album I noticed Mr. Howard Comp
peeking out of his 1916 Advance Rumely bomb shelter. By the looks
of the picture I would say it is a 12 or 15 HP. Now Howard, did you
back into it or did you turn around inside? I have tried both ways
but find it quite inconvenient which ever way I do it, say nothing
about doing the work after you are located inside. Now as to safety
measures, you are on the right track. The man behind the gun must
know his onions if he don't want to go to the moon. I also
noticed on the opposite page Mr. Elmer Allshouse's article
about building his own boiler and asking the Department of Labor
and Industry for specifications on boilers. To date you have not
received them and I bet you never will. I think I know why you did
not get an answer for your request. But at present I would rather
not say. I have also built many boilers in the past but could never
get a rating on them. My father was a boiler maker for many years
and he taught me the trade, and believe me, without this experience
I would never attempt to build one.
Now will someone tell me why the different states will not
license a boiler that is made outside of a boiler factory? If a man
has the know-how and has a good certified welder to weld the boiler
and it is made of open-hearth steel, having tensile strength of at
least 55,000 lbs. per square inch and the stay bolts are properly
spaced and it will stand the required hydrostatic test, why do they
refrain from giving a license. I feel that a boiler like this is
much safer than some old kettle that's over 60 years old and is
still used at some of our steam shows.
I am a director of the Zumbro Valley Steam Shows, therefore my
interest in model boilers. I hope that in the near future a
national meeting be held of all steam show fans. It could be held
at some place convenient to all. Each unit to send one or two
delegates to this meeting and elect officers for a term of two or
four years. I bet there would be more threshed out at this meeting
than there is grain threshed out in all of our steam shows put
together. Well, the steam is going down and so am I. I hope all the
steam shows in 1962 have a very prosperous year.
Eisner Machacek 714 Union St. North field, Minnesota
To The Gazette. The accompanying photograph affords an idea of
how 200 acres of flax were harvested during December and January
with a blanket of five inches of snow on the ground, and the
mercury from 15 to 30 degrees below zero.
The late and wet harvest season made it impossible to cut the
grain at the proper time. After we thought the crop was lost we
secured binder engines and mounted them on the rear of the binder
to drive the mechanism independently of the bull wheel. The bull
wheel and binder were then mounted on ordinary bob-sled runners.
The horses merely had to pull the binder through the snow while the
binder engine, by means of a chain drive to the pitman shaft, cut
the flax. In this manner we were able to save over $3,000 worth of
flax which would otherwise have been a total loss.
We covered the lubricator and carburetor of the motors with
cloths to protect them from the cold winds. We heated the water
each morning before starting and ran all day. The weather was very
unfavorable, some days blowing so hard we could not work at all.
The days we were a field the temperature varied from zero to 25
degrees below. We cut one day when it was 30 degrees below zero. We
finished on Jan. 24.
At the start we tried cutting without the binder engines and
could not do it. We therefore know that we could not have saved the
crop without the use of the engines. We figured that left until
spring it would all be lost, as it would all fall down by that
C. A. Conklin Ward Co., N. D.
Many of you will be saddened to learn of the passing of John
Jenkins. He will be remembered as the white-haired old gentleman
with the moustache, seen at the reunions, who always had steam up
long before most engineers even had a fire. John was born in
Genesee, Illinois, Oct. 21, 1882 and passed away June 5, 1962 after
a lingering illness. Left to mourn his passing are three sons and
one daughter. His wife preceded him in death in 1950. Mr. Jenkins
was an active member of the Church of Christ.
My being a close friend and neighbor, I will try to write a
little of his life. When John was still a small boy he moved with
his parents to Iowa. Several years later they moved to Missouri
where John first became interested in Steam. As a result of this
interest he was promoted from off-bearer to engineer on a
saw-milling job at the early age of 16. Some time later the Jenkins
family moved back to Iowa where John hired out to work around all
kinds of harvest machines as well as garage mechanic and farm hand.
Finally the day came when he was asked to go along to Canada with a
fellow to run his big Under mounted Avery breaking prairie sod.
This proved to be quite an event in John's life. When this job
was over he returned to Iowa and became owner of his own steam
outfit, a 16 H. P. return flue Huber. In all he owned eight or ten
steam rigs; his favorite being a 30 Russell Compound, a large
engine for this part of the country. A picture of this engine
appeared in the May-June 1962 Album. For around forty years he
served this community in all types of work, from threshing and
shelling corn to playing his guitar at dances. It will have to be
said that there was never a more eager hand when asked to mount the
footboard of a steam engine nor anyone more proud to be there.
John Jenkins and Quentin Shultz are sitting on the engine and
Bill Shultz is sitting on the back step.
These past twelve years since the loss of his wife have been
devoted entirely to a timely hobby. With his farm shop to work in
and the steam gatherings to attend, the loneliness of his loss has
been softened. Countless evenings, I have driven the three odd
miles to sit and listen to old experiences in a jargon only an old
thresherman could possess. He was the last in the Groswold
community of a rugged breed of men, who, these days could spread
himself over three threshing rigs, shell corn on the side and more
often than not work far into the night moving on the road or making
repairs in order to insure an early start the next day.
Next to his family he loved the old Steam Engines which had
served him so well in his life's work of threshing, shelling,
shredding, silo filling, grading, sawing, plowing. He did them all.
A lifetime spent doing everyday what we chase all over the country
to see now. This writer wishes he had been born fifty years
So with John's passing a door was closed on an era. He was
the last of the genuine old-timers who coaxed his engines over
rotten bridges and down weed choked roads of the Groswold
Quentin W. Shultz Rt. 2, Groswold, Iowa
As a 77 year old who has spent a good share of his life running
a steam locomotive, I want to tell you how much I enjoy your Album.
I grew up on a farm so it has brought back a lot of nice memories
when the neighbors really 'neighbored' and we thought steam
was really wonderfulwhich I still do. Your magazine proves that
folks today are still neighborly if just given a chance. After a
long time of reading train orders, book of rules and formal worded
bulletins, those down to earth letters that you print give me more
faith and trust in my fellow man.
My best wishes to you and all yours.
Steve Cook 824 Berry Street Toledo 5, Ohio


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Hungary has a continental climate, with cold, cloudy, humid winters and warm to hot summers. It is normally not much snow in Budapest, only a couple of days every year. In the winter the temperature has an average around 0 and -5 °C. The spring comes early, and is followed by a long summer. The summer of 2007 Hungary had almost two weeks were the temperature changed between 35 and 40 °C. In average it is between 27 and 35 in the summer. The autumn lasts until November, and then it normally gets colder and the temperature is between 0 and 8 °C. If you are interested in the average temperatures in Budapest, check out the table on the average temperature page.
All hotels with 4 or 5 stars and has air condition in the rooms, most of the 3 star hotels has, but it is always useful to check out beforehand, at least if it is important to you. During the summer it can always be nice with some air condition in your room.


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Dietary Therapy
Dietary therapy is a key component in Oriental medicine, and differs from western nutrition. The focus is placed not only on the nutritional content of a specific food, but also on its properties such as season, color, taste and temperature. Emphasis is placed on awareness of the foods we eat, when we eat them, and even how we cook them. Through diet we believe that one can maintain internal balance, both mentally and physically, prevent disease, and assist the body in healing itself holistically.
"Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food."
― Hippocrates


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At a race meeting that few thought would even take place, there were the usual numbers of winners, losers and fortune of all shades and colours, but it was Happy Valley itself which emerged as the hero on Wednesday night.
The crowd was down and betting was down but more than a billion dollars of turnover was saved by being able to hold the meeting at all.
The facts of the rainfall were relatively simple, if impressive, with 159mm on the track up to 9am Wednesday but another 173.3mm then fell on Happy Valley before the first race, some 125mm of that hitting the course between 3pm and 5.30pm.
Yet the track was immediately upgraded from Soft to Yielding after race one and a further upgrade to Good To Yielding followed race three and by race seven, track Good was posted as the condition of the surface for a meeting which was almost in doubt just after 4.30pm.
At that stage, the track was already very much rain affected but raceable, however the terminal blow seemed to be the black storm signal that went up around then.
When chief steward Kim Kelly and the club's racing operations executive John Ridley initially walked the course just after 4.30pm, there was surface water but it cleared in 10 minutes, before the track walk had finished, and the likelihood of a couple of hours of recovery time once the worst of the weather was over encouraged the club to press ahead with the meeting.
"Tonight this track even surpassed my expectations, and my expectations, after working with these tracks for many years, are very high," said Ridley. "This track can drain at a rate of about 100mm per hour, although surface tensions can slow that a little. But I kept thinking how can this track cope as the rain just kept coming? I think we have the best tracks team in the world and what happened tonight backs that up.
"To think we went all the way to good before the night was over is just remarkable."
The problems didn't end with the state of the track though as the black storm signal meant the jockeys, trainers and stable staff were unable to travel from Sha Tin to Happy Valley.
"We had buses all ready to go as soon as the black storm was downgraded to a red storm at 5.20pm to get everyone here to the course," executive director of racing business and operations Tony Kelly said.
"I think the last jockey walked in at 7pm. Had the black storm gone much longer, we would have been in more trouble."
But the first race was pushed back to 7.30pm, run and won by St Yazin and Douglas Whyte, 13-times champion jockey and a rider in Hong Kong for the best part of 20 years, was quick with his assessment after landing the first half of a winning double on the eight-year-old.
"I came in after the first and they asked me 'how's the track' and I said straight away it was good to yielding," said Whyte. "The tracks here are fantastic but that tonight was phenomenal – I've never seen a track take seven inches of rain and still only be good to yielding."
Whyte completed his double on the Tony Cruz-trained Wah May Baby in the featured Fakei Cup, 1,650m, the five-year-old stretching out impressively to win his first race beyond a sprint trip, and the double pushed Whyte to joint second on the table.
"Wah May Baby has lost that speed he had and he really appreciated the mile tonight – once he had Mr Potential to give him a lead, he relished it and gave me a really strong kick," Whyte said.


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When it comes to home improvement roof maintenance and roof repair in Fort Lauderdale cannot be neglected. Roof damage is a very serious problem and can also destroy your property completely if not maintained properly and regularly. Most roofs have a life of around 15- 20 years if they are well maintained. Everything on this earth is prone to wear and tear and same is the case with your roof. If you see the symptoms of roof damage such as leaking drains, drainage, clogged drains, missing shingles or tiles then it's time to consider roof repairs. To confirm that whether you need roof repair or not you can conduct two basic observations-
- From outside
- From inside
Once you trace the place of damage, then you can contact roofing contractors in Fort Lauderdale. They can fix your roof by repairing leakages and by adding tiles and shingles. However, if the damage is more extensive then it's better to go for a roof replacement. You must always keep this thing in your mind that that roof replacements are quite expensive and very trickier and you must choose that only if you have to spend next 15-20 years in the same house and if not, then it is better to simply go for roof repair.
It is very important to conduct annual or biannual checkups of your buildings to see if any repair work is needed or not. Missing slates, shingles and tiles can be substituted with alike ones from the market. Roofs must be cleared of all debris, twigs and leave accumulation from time to time.
Having roof replacement or roof repair in Fort Lauderdale is a big deal and therefore, it is very important to not to take the matter into your own hands. Before hiring roofing contractors in Fort Lauderdale always do a little research about them. Always ask for a company's contractor's license, references, and insurance proof before hiring them. Once you hire a company in Fort Lauderdale, make sure that the roofing contractor is a professional and not a newbie because he is going to be the one carrying out the whole roof repair or simply hire roofing contractors fort lauderdale for handling your all kinds of roofing issues.


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We are conveniently located in the Brookside area of Kansas City, MO. For customized driving directions, please use the interactive map below. Simply click a red indicator on the map, click on "directions", and enter a starting address. To switch between Map view and Satellite view, please select the corresponding button at the top-right corner of the map. You can also zoom in and out using the sliding bar or the "+/–" buttons on the left.


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Two Spanish Senoritas.
One French Belle.
One Filipina Fighter.
One Ethiopian Jewish Diva.
And a Japanese Eye Candy.
These six lovely women, in my opinion, are the most memorable non-winning* faces in the major pageants of 2013.
Marine Lorphelin
The Frenchwoman who almost gave Miss World 2013 Megan Young a run for her money is one of the most beautiful Miss France ever. Up to the dying minutes of the finals, she was in the thick of the hunt for the blue crown. If only she competed in another year, then her country would have snatched its 2nd Miss World win (after 1953's Denise Perrier).
Patricia Yurena Rodriguez
The "crossover casualty"** of Miss Universe 2013 was supposed to be the one wearing the Diamond Nexus Lab crown up until the actual announcement when it was Gabriela Isler's name that got called. Her evening gown performance was unforgettable and it remains permanently etched in my mind as the most elegantly seductive turn in a Miss Universe final.
Elena Ibarbia
The cosmopolitan chick of Miss World 2013 is actually part of the original trifecta (along with Megan and Marine) that was expected to take it to the top until the finals. Sure, she got included cut after painful cuts. But when there were just five (plus People's Champion Gibraltar) left, she started losing grip of the competition and was sadly left out of the Top 3 after a less-than-convincing monologue on why she deserves to win over the others.
Angelee delos Reyes
She wanted so much to win Miss Earth 2013. Her determination was exceeded only by a lingering frown coming from the two consecutive Top 4 placements of her predecessors that were deemed undeserving. And despite predictions that she might be a sacrificial lamb by way of just entering Top 8 max, she went on with a fierce gameface during the finals. She was the vision of a potential victor who should have made it as an elemental choice based on Q&A alone.
Yityish Titi Aynaw
Being the first Ethiopian to actually wear the Miss Israel has its unique perks. Aside from having actually been given the chance to personally meet US President Barack Obama, all eyes are feasting on the tall Titi from the time she won the nationals all the way to Moscow where she was tipped to make a big impact during the prelims and finals of Miss Universe 2013. Alas, her alleged diva attitude did not go unreported and was, in fact, a good fodder for pageant gossip followers. She clapped in the end.
Michiko Tanaka
The roommate from heaven who made the over-extended stay in Bali more bearable, Michiko benefitted from having a pre-Miss World 2013 Megan Young keeping her company at the end of each day. And she reciprocated by becoming the sweetest and most thoughtful friend to our rep. Oh, and she also has the one of the most charming faces of a Japanese delegate that I've seen.
So there. My six memorable non-winning* beauties of 2013. Would you like to share your personal inclusions? 😉
* 'Non-winning' refers to not being able to get the top crown.
** Patricia crossed over from the riskier Miss World to Miss Universe route than the safer opposite.


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The Chronicles of Downton Abbey: A New Era
The Earl & Countess of Grantham
Lord Grantham - Robert- has many good qualities: he is kind, loyal to his family, loving to his wife, adoring of his daughters, a fair employer and generous to those around him. But, for him, all these things are 7th peripheral in the face of his most important role in life- as the Earl of Grantham. As he sees it, he has been put on this earth with one prime objective: to keep Downton Abbey in its proper state and hand it over in this condition to his heir. Yet the gods appear to be against him in this enterprise the American heiress he married to safeguard the future of the estate failed to produce the required son and heir; the next in line (a first cousin) was lost on the Titanic, leaving a distant, unknown, middle-class relative-Matthew Crawley-as heir. A brutal war undermined Robert's certainties and prosperity, and now, in the post-war years, he has lost the family fortune in an unwise business venture and faces an uncertain financial future.
Shattered by this recent sequence of events, the mere mention of hiring a new footman is enough to rattle him. Hugh Bonneville, who plays Lord Grantham, explains: 'His purpose is to preserve the estate and hand it on to the next generation. So whenever anything occurs that threatens him and this idea, it sets him off kilter.' For someone as well-meaning as Robert, this situation seems terribly unjust.
It's not all had. The American heiress he married was, of course, Cora -a woman of resilience and unfailing supportiveness. Where Robert is emotionally insecure, she is sure of herself and undaunted by the difficulties they could face. His daughters may not be able to inherit Downton, but his eldest has done the next best thing and become engaged - at last - to the man who will. And that man, Matthew, is someone who Robert has grown to love as a son.
If anything gives Robert an advantage in these shifting times, it is probably his marriage to Cora. Elizabeth McGovern, who plays Cora, the Countess of Grantham, says of her character: 'She finds it much easier to assimilate change than Robert, although whether that is because she is an American or because of her character is debatable. But it is this readiness that places her in the middle between her children and the older generation.
Cora draws Robert into his role as a parent and reminds him that he should mind less about tradition and reputation and more about the happiness of his children. 'Cora is much more able to see Branson as a young man, rather than as a chauffeur,' says McGovern. As a mother, she has a role in life, no matter what else is going on, but being Robert's wife is also very important to her. Cora recognises both her position as countess and the responsibilities that it entails, but also her husband's need for her emotional support. That said, her determination to get stuck into the war effort did mean that she withdrew from her marriage
for a time, leaving Robert feeling isolated.
Furthermore, much of what Robert sees around him, and particularly what he reads about in the newspapers, can only serve to underline his fears that he is becoming an outmoded, defunct element of society .As Britain began to recover its senses after the war, it became clear there was no hope of returning to the way things had been in 1914. In 1920 Devonshire House, one of the most famed places on Piccadilly (the venue for a party for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897), was sold by the Duke of Devonshire to a financier. The Duke had been crippled by the debts of his predecessor and the first death duties his family had had to pay, which amounted to around half a million pounds. (The house was later demolished and only the wine cellar and gates remain-the latter form the entrance to Green Park.) The sale of the house marked the end of an era. For Robert it would have been a vivid sign that even the grandest, richest families were not immune to the stringent financial pressures of the post-war world.
One duchess wrote, 'There was a good deal in the Press at the time about the New Poor and the New Rich (the former being admirable and the latter despicable) and the ladies who came to lunch with my mother deplored Modern Times. They said how crippling the taxes were, how dreadful the housing shortage, how expensive the shops, how high the wages, how spoilt the children... ' There was, in short, an atmosphere of difficulty and change. Many were prone to a sort of depression, a lingering dissatisfaction, referred to as 'le cafard'. There was a feeling amongst the landed classes that despite having fought and won a war, and sacrificed so many of their sons, they had no place in their country anymore.
Robert's own small kingdom had been turned upside down by Sybil running off with the chauffeur. He is almost unable to reconcile himself to the fact and has to be reminded by Mary to be nicer to Branson, or the village would dine out on the story for evermore. She herself has caused much worry for her parents, but she seems to have found contentment at last in her engagement to the man she loves, although the matter of the cost of her wedding and where she and Matthew will live is weighing heavily upon Robert. Then there's Edith, who seems destined either to be a spinster or to marry a man for whom she must be more nurse than wife. But Robert admires each of his daughters for their individual merits. 'Despite everything, he does have quite liberal tendencies,' says Bonneville. 'He always makes a token gesture of disapproving of his daughters' decisions. Much as he disapproves of Sybil's methods, he admires her spark. And he secretly approves of them ploughing their own furrows-in Edith's case during the war, literally.'
While all these things would unsettle Robert, they are not the main cause for his concern. More pressingly, Robert is facing the fact that he no longer knows quite how to fulfill his role in life, the one thing of which he had always been so certain. During the war, Robert had learnt for the first time how it felt to be useless-and he didn't bear it well. His uniform, worn proudly during the Boer War, had become lithe more than a costume, each military honour only serving to mock his old age and inadequacy. While his wife and daughters seemed to be busier than ever, genuinely contributing to the war effort, he had nothing to do. And any hope that he could resume his seat of power once the battles were over was soon dashed.
It was this feeling of impotence that led to Lord Grantham's kiss with the maid, Jane, believes Bonneville: 'During the war there was a sense of him losing confidence; of having a dose of the Black Dog. He feels a loss of purpose while Cora and the girls are throwing themselves into war work. His old regiment only want him as a figurehead. And this is what leads to him coming off the rails a bit, morally.' Happily, he gets himself back on track quickly. 'I remember Julian once saying that his default position when writing was that people essentially want to be good,' says Bonneville. 'They can end up doing bad things, but they rarely start with that intention. That is very true of Robert.' He's fortunate, too, in that he and Cora generally have a loving, intimate marriage, unusually sharing a bed every night. As one peeress of the time wrote: 'In a big house, husband and wife could live their own lives without treading on each other's corns. Intimacy was not considered a necessary ingredient of a happy marriage: there is the story of a girl who remarked, on marrying a dull man, that at least she would never have to sit next to him at dinner again.'
At least if Robert bumped into any of his fellow peers at his London dub he
would have soon realised that his situation was not unique. Almost all members of the aristocracy were feeling the pinch, thanks to massive increases in income tax and death duties (the latter, introduced in 1894 at 8 per cent, had risen to 40 per cent in 1919). Land, the traditional basis of aristocratic wealth, continued to offer poor returns. Agricultural revenues and rents had been declining since the 188os because of cheap imports from around the world, while agricultural wages had risen steadily. The process had been exacerbated by the war. Many small estates went to the wall. The old Landed Gentry was decimated. But even large estates struggled. Many aristocrats decided to sell off some of their land in order to raise money to pay off debts or for investments. The years immediately after the First World War saw land sales on an unprecedented scale. Over a million acres changed hands in 1919 and the following year even this record was surpassed, with vast estates sold off by the Dukes of Leeds, Beaufort, Marlborough, Grafton and Northumberland. The Duke of Norfolk sold some 2.o,ooo acres of his Yorkshire estate.
To lose land meant more than losing face or being embarrassed at having failed where ancestors had not. It meant that one was no longer able to serve the local county as a significant employer and landlord, which was the main purpose of a great house. Robert feels the responsibility keenly- his sense of duty towards his tenants and workers is one of the reasons the state of his financial affairs matters so much. It may also be the reason it is in disarray; benign landlords would not be keen to force rents up and thereby push their tenants into hardship. It is Robert's duty as keeper of the estate that shores up his belief in himself and gives meaning to his relationships: he has a deep respect for Carson, with whom he practically shares the responsibility of the house, and in Bates he believes he has crossed the class divide to achieve real friendship. (Although I am not always convinced that Bates shares this feeling in equal measure.)
Besides land and wealth, the British aristocracy had also traditionally enjoyed prestige and political clout. These, too, however, were being fatally undermined. The power of the House of Lords had been greatly reduced by the Parliament Act of 19II, which abolished the right of the Lords to veto bills passed by the House of Commons. The social prestige of the Lords had been compromised by the massive increase in the number of new peers. Lloyd George, the Prime Minister, an implacable foe of the landed aristocracy - together with his fixer, Maundy Gregory-shamelessly sold off tides to wealthy individuals. The going rate was £10,000 for a knighthood, £30,000 for a baronetcy and £50,000-plus for a peerage. Plutocrats who had made vast fortunes in industry, the City or the Press-and whose wealth now surpassed that of all but the largest landowners were quick to take advantage. The arrival of such 'new men' was a challenge to the old order. Britain might be becoming more meritocratic and more democratic, but these were unsetting changes for Robert to come to terms with.
Cora may not be excited by these changes, but she is quick to react with a positive attitude. As an American, she has a different view of tradition, is less weighed down by the expectations of dead ancestors and is more concerned with ensuring her nearest and dearest are happy than with keeping the ancient roof over their heads. An upbringing surrounded by money has given Cora security and confidence, and having conquered her own realm, on her own terms, she is less frightened by the thought that it could disappear. If she has to do it all again, she will. In fact, she rather relishes the challenge: she, like her daughters Edith and Sybil, found a role for herself during the war and now that it is over, she misses it. When Robert turns to her, she is only too glad to be able to help and regain a more prominent position in her marriage and household. 'She is unbelievably loving and patient with his shortcomings,' says McGovern. 'But then, she is very much in love with him. She fills in the cracks-as we all do with those we love.'
Cora would be glad of the distraction for other reasons. She would have been acutely aware that many of her friends were mourning their sons; one in five aristocrats who went to the war died - a far higher proportion than any other group. (Across the rest of the British forces the ratio was one in eight.) And although the conflict had ended, it was hard not to be haunted by its effects. As the Countess of Fingall recalled, 'I used to think and say during the war that if ever that list of Dead and Wounded could cease, I would never mind anything or grumble at anything again,' she recalled. 'But when the Armistice came at last, we seemed drained of all feeling. One felt nothing. We took up our lives again or tried to take them up. The world we had known was vanished. We hunted again but ghosts rode with us. We sat at table and there were absent faces. 'There was another, unexpected side-effect of the war. Before, the aristocracy had seemed remote to those of the lower classes, but at the Front they lived side by side in the trenches, while the women worked alongside each other as nurses. Something of the mystique of the aristocracy had been lost. Cora, as an American, is unfazed by this, and perhaps even welcomes the softening of the old rigid hierarchies. But she is also aware of how disturbing such changes must be for Robert.
Like her husband, Cora can draw strength from the fact that she is not alone in her situation. In 188o (some ten years before her marriage to Robert) there had been only four American peeresses in England; by the time of the First World War there were so. What is more, the flavour of English social life was becoming increasingly American and informal, thanks to a new generation of transatlantic hostesses - women such as Elsa Maxwell, Nancy Astor and Emerald Cunard. The first 'Buccaneers' marrying into the British aristocracy had found Society intolerably stuffy, with its rigid hierarchies and formal rules. But in the post-war world, things were beginning to loosen up. Cora- in distant Downton Abbey - might be far removed from Lady Cunard's artistic salon in London, but she would have saluted her fellow American's style and achievement.
The prospect of leaving Downton and taking on a smaller house, while sad, gives
Cora a satisfying occupation. Before the war, her leisure activities were few. Some women were accomplished painters or needle workers, but many others passed time making 'spills'-old letters cut into 2-3-inch lengths then folded, concertina? like, into tapers. They would be held in the fire to take light and used instead of a match. 'It was such a pleasant and peaceful occupation to make unwanted letters into spills and fill the boxes,' recalled Lady Hyde Parker. 'The study and library, and also the boudoir, all had spill boxes on their chimney pieces at Melford.'
The war, of course, also changed fashions for women and the general preoccupation with dressing and changing for every small occasion started to lessen. Cora is elegant and sophisticated, maintaining more length to her hemlines than her daughters, so the costume designer looked for dresses that showed her 'American openness to change, mixed with a certain formality'. For one evening dress, they drew up a design inspired by Lanvin, a 1920s designer whose looks harked back to the eighteenth century. 'We used that idea and created a soft pannier effect with netting over a silk under-dress in a dark cherry colour,' explains Caroline McCall. 'I had a beautiful old beaded chiffon panel which had been found by a textile dealer and had the dress made up to incorporate it.' Robert is more conservative and less responsive to changing fashions, although he would take the lead of his Savile Row tailor. His black tie was made there by Huntsman and doesn't have the narrow waist fashionable in 1920. 'But even so, we've tried to make him move with the times a bit,' says McCall. 'His suits aren't as high fastening as they were. They have three buttons now, rather than four. He sometimes wears soft collars in his country gear, but usually sports a "double round" and "Albany" or, on formal occasions, a "tipped imperial".'
Robert conducts his life at a different pace to those around him, and he is unlikely to speed up in the fast-paced modern world. 'He can afford to have a slower pulse than anyone else,' says Bonneville. 'If you live in a world where the main concern is what you are going to wear for dinner-and you know you will be wearing white tie-you are able to take things more slowly. From the acting point of view, that is one of the key things to hold onto.' The world as Robert knew it in his formative years may be beginning to crumble around him, but he recognises he must try to keep up with the times if he is to live a fulfilling life and support his dependents. With Cora by his side, he has every chance of doing so.
The Chronicles of Downton Abbey: A New Era
- Genres: Television
- hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: St. Martin's Press


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