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Guest essay by Eric Worrall
If climate change is predicted to hit "poor people" worse than "rich people", then why aren't green efforts focussed on helping poor people overcome their poverty?
It has long been expected that poor people would bear the brunt of climate change, largely because so many more of the world's poorest live in tropical latitudes whereas, wealthier people tend to live in more temperate regions.
This is inverse to the generally accepted responsibility for climate change, which falls mainly on rich countries that benefited early on from industry, and thus have historically high emissions, compared with poorer countries that have only begun catching up in the past few decades.
It was only in 2014 that China's per capita emissions caught up with those of people in the EU, even after years of above-average economic growth in China.
Those living in the poorest countries also have the most to lose, as so many depend on agriculture, which is likely to be badly affected by temperature rises and an increase in droughts, heatwaves and potential changes to rainfall that may lead to recurrent patterns of floods, droughts and higher intensity storms.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/may/17/global-warming-will-hit-poorer-countries-hardest-finds-research
The suggestion that poor people will be hit by climate change, the implicit assumption they will be unable to adapt, in my opinion intrinsically embraces the old colonialist justifications for interfering in the affairs of others – an unspoken assumption that poor mostly non-white people are somehow less capable than the majority white inhabitants of rich countries, and need to be saved from their own unassailable mediocrity.
China rose from abject poverty to world economic superpower in just a few decades, without outside help. I remember when people spoke of Chinese imports with barely concealed contempt, a byword for shoddy quality and poor workmanship. Nowadays businesses turn to China for their manufacturing expertise. There is nothing lacking in the ability of Chinese people to improve their personal circumstances – all they needed was for their government to get out of the way.
There is no reason why other poor people can't do the same.
If you truly believe poor people will be hit hardest by climate change, stop treating poor people as victims. Find low cost ways to help poor people help themselves, such as eliminating trade barriers. See if there are ways of eliminating other unnecessary impediments to development, such as economically damaging roadblocks to building affordable energy infrastructure.
Stop treating poor people as an intractable group of stupids, who are incapable of improving their own lives, incapable of aspiring to wealth on a par with the privileged columnists who seek to assuage their consumerist angst, by wallowing in the perceived misery of others.


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- Maurice Joseph Rainville
Maurice Joseph Rainville, age 101 years, died peacefully at his Swanton home on Tuesday, March 21, 2017, surrounded by his loving family.
Born in Highgate on July 15, 1915, he was the son of the late Theophile Jr, and Imelda (Boucher) Rainville. He attended schools in Highgate and Canada and on May 22, 1943, was married to the former Lucile Fleurange Boudreau who predeceased him on March 31, 1991.
A lifelong dairy farmer, Maurice had served several years on the Board of Directors for the St. Albans Cooperative Creamery. He was devoted to his Roman Catholic faith and was a faithful parishioner of The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary serving as a Eucharistic Minister and Usher. He was a member of the Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus, Council 7669 and Assembly 2207 in Swanton. He also spent several years as a selectman for the Town of Swanton.
Maurice leaves two sons: Father Marcel R. Rainville, SSE , St. Michaels College, Colchester and Marc E. Rainville of Swanton; nine daughters and their spouses: Sr. Yvette Rainville DHS of Burlington, Lise and Paul Nichols of Enosburgh Falls, Claire and Lynn Raymond of St. Albans, Marie Paule and Peter Winner of Laconia, NH, Jeanne and David Murphy of Voorhees, NJ, Rolande and Kevin Morrison of Leicester, Lucie and Brad Collette of Wheelock, Jacqueline and Scott Bacon of Ledyard, CT and Pauline and Robert Carbonneau of Nashua, NH; 18 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; sisters-in-law: Sr. Frances Boudreau SSJ of Buffalo, NY, Solange Rainville of St. Hyacinthe, Quebec Canada, Elaine Boudreau of Burlington and Jacqueline Boudreau of Swanton; many nieces, nephews and cousins.
The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be concelebrated Saturday, March 25, 2017, at 11 a.m. from The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 65 Canada St., Swanton. Maurices son, Father Marcel R. Rainville, SSE will be the celebrant and homilist. The Rite of Committal and Interment will follow at the Rainville family lot in St. Marys Cemetery.
Friends may call at The Kidder Memorial Home on Friday from 4 to 7 p.m.
Gifts in Maurices memory may be made to the Franklin County Home Health Agency, 3 Home Health Circle, St. Albans 05478
To offer private online condolences please visit: www.kiddermemorialhome.com

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text: Curation research explores the selection, preservation, maintenance, collection and archiving of assets whether digital or physical. Curation research may examine the narrative, the nature of encounter and the mobilisation of knowledge and its contributions to public and civic literacy through exhibitions, festivals, performances in any medium. Equally it may focus on the professional practices of knowledge and information management and the technical and data management and preservation of physical or digital assets


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"My parents have since divorced (believe me parents divorcing when you are an adult is no easier than having them divorce when you are a child … especially when there is 'another woman' involved. Because you are an adult you are not shielded form any of the sordid little secrets as you would have been if you were a child; you are not protected from the screaming matches or the crying or the utter despair, the hurt and the depression. You are put in the middle of it all and made to take sides. My little brother was 6 years younger than me. He was protected. It sent me into a deep depression. I just wish my Dad would have had the guts to end it all sooner […]"
It is both heartbreaking and heartwarming to know that most of us, in any corner of the world, go through the same exact thing.


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What is VAT validation?
There are many terms for "VAT validation" which are used to describe the same process. Oftentimes, the terms "VAT recapitulation" or "VAT Journal" are used.
The VAT Journal is the basis for validation and serves as evidence for the deductions declared on the VAT form, as well as for pre-tax deduction, in which the bookings are broken down per sentence and account.
How do you do your VAT validation?
Validation or recapitulation of VAT is nothing more than checking how the values in the various postings (sales tax & input tax) are calculated from the VAT form.
In addition, you can check all VAT-relevant postings by number and plausibility, whether the individual postings on the relevant accounting accounts and the VAT code used for this purpose are correct.
Click on the VAT form on the desired number next to the declared amount.
bexio lists the following detailed information for every tax-related posting:
- Date
- Accountancy account
- Document date
- Reference (Document number)
- Description (Title or contact/Personal account)
- Tax rate(Code)
- Posting currency(Foreign currency)
- Net amount(Foreign currency)
- Currency(Code)
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Can I export the VAT Journal for further processing?
Yes, you will find a button right at the bottom of the list of all entries for the currently selected numbers and tax period in the form of an Excel file.Next, you have the opportunity to "download all numbers as an Excel file" and export it.
The VAT validation works for all types of billing (after agreed payment/collected remuneration) and tax methods (Effective taxation / account balance taxation).


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Avengers star Patrick Macnee dies
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Actor Patrick Macnee, star of The Avengers TV series, has died in California at the age of 93.
The Briton, best known for playing John Steed in the 1960s television spy show, died at home with his family at his bedside, his son Rupert said.
Macnee, who served in the Royal Navy during World War Two, also played roles in theatre, appearing on Broadway.
Avengers co-star Dame Diana Rigg paid tribute, saying: "Patrick was a very dear man and I owe him a great deal".
A statement on Mcnee's website read: "Wherever he went, he left behind a trove of memories."
He died peacefully at his home in California's Rancho Mirage on Thursday, Rupert said.
James Bond ally
Born in London, Macnee grew up in Berkshire and was educated at Summerfields Preparatory School and Eton.
At the age of 11, he acted in Henry V opposite a young Sir Christopher Lee. He first appeared in the West End while still in his teens.
He played a number of minor roles - including one in Laurence Olivier's 1948 film version of Hamlet - before rising to fame in the original Avengers series between 1961 and 1969.
The series developed a cult following around the world, with Macnee portraying the quintessentially English and mysterious super-spy John Steed.
Steed was known for his dress sense, always donning a bowler hat and carrying an umbrella, which was used as a secret weapon. He never used a gun.
His co-stars during the initial run included Honor Blackman, Diana Rigg and Linda Thorson.
Macnee returned when that series was reprised as The New Avengers in the 1970s, appearing alongside Joanna Lumley's Purdey and Gareth Hunt's Mike Gambit.
Later, he starred on Broadway in Anthony Shaffer's Sleuth, touring internationally with that play and several other productions.
He also appeared in the 1985 James Bond film A View to a Kill, playing an ally of Roger Moore's Bond character, and made a cameo appearance as the head of a record company in This is Spinal Tap.
Sir Roger tweeted: "So very sad to hear Pat Macnee has left us.
"We were mates from 1950s and I have so many happy memories of working with him. A true gent."
Thorson, who played assistant Tara King, remembered Macnee as "a paradox".
"He was the best-dressed man on television and a nudist in real life," she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
"He was always upbeat. He had great stories and great detail and wonderful energy," she continued. "Patrick [had] a very happy and long life and the most wonderful children who took the greatest of care of him, in the last decade in particular."
Macnee also featured as a guest star in dozens of British, American and Australian TV productions; and made a cameo in Oasis's video for Don't Look Back In Anger.
He scored a top 10 hit of his own in 1990, with Kinky Boots - a novelty song recorded with Avengers co-star Honor Blackman - which was championed by Radio 1's then-breakfast DJ Simon Mayo.
'Ahead of their time'
In a 2014 interview with The Lady magazine, Macnee said he believed The Avengers was a success because it "did something different and did it better."
He told the magazine: "It was beautifully written, the ideas were very good, way ahead of their time and they incorporated fantasies for people who dreamed of doing exciting things."
Macnee had two children, son Rupert and daughter Jennifer, and one grandson.
He was married three times, including to actress Katherine Woodville, with whom he acted in The Avengers.
He had been a US citizen since 1959, according to the AP news agency.


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Prototypes for Mac
Prototypes for Mac turns your flat mockup images into tappable and sharable prototypes that run on iPhone or iPod touch.
A new Mac app, Prototypes joins the growing number of mockup-related tools to add to your iOS arsenal. We'll be experimenting with it, along with InVision (thanks, Harold) in future internal and client projects.
One of the reasons Prototypes is slightly more appealing to us though, is that it provides on-device testing. Unfortunately, however, it seems there are many more tools that only support this kind of functionality for the iPhone or iPod touch and not the iPad.
In any case, InVision could be used earlier in the process, just to get a high-level overview of application flow, moving to on-device testing once the user experience is refined or approved by a client. So, I don't see these kinds of tools as mutually exclusive. Give them both a look and see what best fits your workflow.
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9 and 9a, High Street.
There were, at times, references to Number 9 and Number 9a and this causes some difficulty in identifying exactly which property was being occupied by particular traders. The frontage was wider than that of No. 8 but the main shop extended a similar distance back. There were some yard dwellings at the rear, accessed by an archway to the left of the shop. When advertised for sale in 1890, the details described extensive premises that had not been fully utilised, including a disused residence at the rear. Two cottages were rented out to a Mrs. Thompson and a Mrs. Harvey, each at £12 per annum. The frontage premises comprised of the ground floor shop and the main residence with drawing-room, dining room, kitchen and nine bedrooms. Like many of the High Street shops, there was a secluded walled garden, the one here extending to some 410 square yards. For a few years at the beginning of the 20th Century these were the premises of Matsell & Targett, stationers and printers, following their move from No. 10. The yard became known as 'Targett's Yard' at that time and is marked as such on some maps.
On 27th December 1897, the shop was slightly damaged in the big Jermyn's fire but Matsell & Co., managed to continue their business without a break.
c1836 (Jonathan Townley)
In White's Directory for 1836, attorney Jonathan Townley is listed as having his office at this address. He was also an agent for Phoenix Insurance. Born in Outwell in about 1803, his parents were the Rev. Jonathan and Elizabeth Townley.
He was articled to Lynn solicitor Charles Goodwin in 1819. His brother William followed the same career path, working as a solicitor in Downham Market (1851).
On 29th May, 1834, he married Lucy Taylor at St. Stephen's church in Norwich. They had four children:-
1) Charles Brooke (b. 24/05/1835 – d. 1855, aged 20). 2) Lucy Elizabeth (b. 23/12/1836 – m. John Henry Bartlet on 03/05/1860 – d. 07/01/1911, aged 74). 3) Richard – a Major in the Army – (b. 21/02/1837 – m. Hannah Ward on 09/12/1865). 4) Edward Peregrine (b. 16/08/1848 – d. 06/10/1886 in Grahamstown, South Africa, aged 38).
In 1836, Jonathan and Lucy were living at 22, St. James Street in 1836. By 1841 they had moved house to Queen Street but left the town after Jonathan was appointed as treasurer to the County Courts in Norwich. They were living at Lakenham in 1848, when their son Edward Peregrine was born. After retiring from the courts, Jonathan and Lucy moved to Chandos Lodge, Lambseth, in Eye, Suffolk, where they lived for the rest of their lives. The lodge was later the home of Sir Frederick Ashton, Director of the Royal Ballet, and is well-known for its distinctive crinkle-crankle wall.
Jonathan Townley died in 1880 aged 78. Lucy died in 1883 aged 72.
c1836-c1841 (James Parlett Saddleton)
The shop at these premises was that of James Parlett Saddleton, a watch and clock maker, silversmith and jeweller and he was listed here in White's Directory for 1836. His business was listed in Pigot's Directory for 1822/3 but with no number.
Born in Lynn on 02/07/1775, he married Martha Fysh on 13/03/1774 at St. Margaret's church, Lynn. James and Martha had one daughter, Mary (b. c1803 – m. John Marsters on 27/03/1823 – d. 1871, aged 69).
Martha was born on 07/06/1778, the daughter of Francis Fysh and Elizabeth Wollaston and the aunt of John Francis Fysh (see Thorley & Fysh at No. 12, High Street).
James Saddleton was one of the town's elder statesmen. He served as a churchwarden at St. Margaret's church for several years, and was elected as an alderman. He had retired from business by 1841 but remained on the aldermanic bench. In 1841 he was living in London Road with Martha Ann Plowright, 25, the niece of his late wife, Martha Goodwin Saddleton who had died in Lynn on 23rd August, 1839, aged 61.
Martha Plowright stayed to look after him and was living at the London Road house in 1851.
James Saddleton died in Lynn on 26th July, 1854, aged 79.
c1841-1861 (John King)
By 1841 John King, another watchmaker, silversmith and jeweller, had taken over the business from James Saddleton. Although no numbers are given in that census, Slater's Directory for 1850 lists him here at No. 9. The family were living in High Street in 1851 but again no numbers were recorded.
John King born in Lynn in about 1798 and had worked in Great Yarmouth for some years before returning to open his own shop in the town. In White's directory for 1845 he was listed at No. 9. In Kelly's Post Office Directory for 1846, he is listed at No. 10, but the numbering in the directories cannot always be relied upon.
On 17th September, 1820, John married Anna Iveson in Norwich. They had six children, the first four born in Great Yarmouth:
1) Anna Elizabeth (b. c1821 – d. 14/02/1875, aged 53). 2) Arthur John (b. c1825 – m. Blanche McMahon Hare 29/03/1854 in New York – d. 28/09/1896 in Bloomfield, New Jersey, aged about 71). 3) Ellen Maria (b. c1827 – d. 1904, aged 77). 4) Edward Iveson (b. c1829). 5) Horace – a watchmaker; see below – (b. c1832 in Norwich – m. Elizabeth McCrackin in 1863 – d. 1904, aged 71). 6) Jane (b. c1836 in Lynn).
John King's wife Anna (spelling varies in the records – could have been Ann or Anne) died in March 1841 at the age of 43. His daughter Anna Elizabeth, then aged 19 (born c1821), was probably helping to look after her four younger siblings.
John King married for a second time, to Maria (née Blomfield), the widow of Thomas Goskar, in 1856. They were living at Oak Cottage, Wisbech Road, South Lynn in 1861, together with three of Maria's children by her first marriage: Fanny (born 1846), James John (born 1848), and Emma (born 1841/2). Thomas Goskar was a painter, glazier and plumber who died in 1854. The Goskar family were living at 83, High Street in 1851, where more details of them will be found.
John and Maria King had moved to Guanock Place by 1871, when another of Thomas Goskar's children, Maria (born 1845), was staying with them.
Maria King died in 1871/2 aged 55 and John was staying with his son Horace at the time of the 1881 census (3rd April).
John King died on 24th February, 1883, aged 85.
Arthur John King (born Gt. Yarmouth c1825), was working as an assistant to his father John in 1851. He then emigrated to New York, where he married Blanche McMahon Hare on 29/03/1854. He died in New Jersey on 28/09/1896, aged about 71.
Another of John King's sons, Horace, (b. Norwich c1832), was already running his own watch-making business at No 4, Saturday Market Place by 1861. In 1863 he married Elizabeth McCrackin in Leicester and they lived over the shop for many years. In 1881, two years before he died, John King was staying with Horace and Elizabeth. They later moved to 'Sea Side Villas' in Heacham and Horace was living in the village when he died in 1903/4, aged 71. He did not have any children.
1860 – 1885 (Henry Wright)
Henry Wright, a linen draper, opened a shop here in March 1860. The following year at census time (7th April) he and his wife were living here.
Henry married Emily Barker (b. c1827) in London in 1857, and they had six children, all born in Lynn:
1) Emily (b. 1857/8 – m. Alfred Joseph Browning, a clerk, on 06/05/1879). 2) Arthur – a hosiery assistant – (b. 1861). 3) Walter – a shipping clerk – (b. 1864). 4) Kate (b. 1866 – m. Arthur Edwin Trimmings, a cricket bat manufacturer, in 1888 – d. 1904, aged 37). 5) Ernest – a jeweller's clerk – (b.1868). 6) Charles – a commercial clerk – (b. 1870).
In 1861, Henry employed one 'shopman', William Christmas (born March Cambridgeshire c1839). William's parents were William and Ann Christmas from March, where his father was an innkeeper. His grandparents William and Mary also lived in March, where his grandfather was a brick maker. Henry Wright also employed a 16-year-old apprentice, Grant Sheppard (born in Lynn in1845) at that date. Henry Wright retired in 1885 and went to live in Islington. In 1891 Emily and Henry had four of their sons living with them: Arthur (a draper's assistant), Walter, Ernest and Charles (all working as commercial clerks).
Henry died in 1901, aged 69, and later that year at census time Emily was staying with her daughter Kate and her husband Arthur Trimmings, a cricket bat manufacturer, in Gedling, Nottinghamshire. In 1911 she was staying with her son Arthur, a hosiery assistant, in Ilford, Essex.
When Henry Wright retired in March 1885, he sold his shop at No. 9 to Joseph, who moved his business there later that month.
1885 – 1890 (Joseph Wright)
One of Henry's assistants in the 1870s was Joseph Wright (no relation) who was a native of Waltham in Lincolnshire (b.1847), and who had come to Lynn by 1871.
Joseph was the son of Lincolnshire carpenter and builder John Wright (b. c1809 at Barnoldby-le-Beck, Lincs.). John and his wife Sarah had eleven children, all born in Waltham:
1) John N. (b. c1835). 2) William Henry (b. 1837 – m. Maria Phillipson in 1874 – d. 07/05/1889, aged 32). 2) Alfred (b. 1839). 3) Mary A. (b. 1841). 4) Robert (b. 1842 – d. 1871, aged 29). 5) John (b. 1845 m. Sarah A. Marshall). 6) Joseph – see below (b. 1847 – m. Ellen Rands in 1877 – d. 1890). 7) Jane (b. 1849 – m. William Taylor – d. 27/06/1874). 8) Charles (b. 1850/1 – m. Ellen Page – d. 1927). 9) Alfred (b. 1852 – m. Eliza Rutter Stones). 10) Frederick (b. c1854). 11) Amos (b. 1857 – m. Lucy Hannah Allen).
In 1876/7 Joseph married Ellen Rands in Lynn. They had two children:
1) John Robert – a grocer – (b. 1878 – m. Agnes Rose Mackay in 1904). 2) Claud Rands – a tobacconist – (b. 1880 – m. Maude Green in 1907 – d. 1955, aged 74).
Ellen was the daughter of a butcher, Robert Rands and his wife Harriett (née Bowles). Robert and his family had moved from Marham, where Ellen was born, to Wellingborough but had settled in Lynn by 1878, where he ran a butcher's shop at 6, Saturday Market Place. Robert died in 1888/9 at Lynn and the business was continued by Harriett and her sons William and Alfred. They also had another butcher's shop in North Street.
Following their marriage, Joseph and Ellen left Lynn for Boston, Lincolnshire, where their son John Robert was born in 1878. They next went to Luton, where their son Claud Rands was born in 1880. Returning to Lynn, Joseph bought the business of James Ashley at 106 High Street, in 1882. Seven years later he bought Henry Wright's business here at No. 9 on the latter's retirement. The following notices were placed in the Lynn Advertiser on 14th March, 1885:
In retiring from business at the above address, desires to tender his sincere thanks to his many friends, and to the public generally, for the kind and generous support he has received during the past twenty-five years. Also to inform them that he has disposed of his premises to Mr. JOSEPH WRIGHT, of 106, High Street (formerly in his employ), for whom he confidently solicits a continuance of the support so liberally accorded to himself. JOSEPH WRIGHT, in announcing the removal of his business from 106, High Street to the above address, begs to thank his friends and the public for their liberal support during the past three years, and respectfully solicits a continuance of the patronage so liberally bestowed upon his predecessor, which he will do his best to merit. He will re-open the above premises shortly, of which due notice will be given. King's Lynn, March 11th, 1885.'
He placed the following notice in the wanted column of the Lynn Advertiser on 14th September, 1889:
'WANTED, a respectable Youth as an Apprentice, in or out door. – Apply J. Wright, Draper, 9, High Street, Lynn'.
Joseph Wright was a prominent Nonconformist and Liberal. He was a noted local preacher and a class leader in the Wesleyan Society at Lynn. Tragically his stay in Lynn was cut short when he died after a long illness on 21st February 1890 aged 42, leaving his widow Ellen to raise their two young sons. She was running a confectionary business in Cromer, Norfolk in 1891. Their elder son John became a grocer and had a shop at Enfield by 1911, and their younger son Claud was running a tobacconist's shop in Finsbury Park that same year. Ellen, however, had been admitted to the Home for Confirmed Invalids in Highbury with a chronic illness by this date.
1890-c1897 (John Cornelius Bird) (Foster & Bird)
On the death of Joseph Wright, the shop was advertised in the Lynn Advertiser on 31st May, 1890, by Miles & Son for sale by auction at the Globe Hotel on 5th June.
At the time of the 1891 census, John Cornelius Bird, 47, a printer from Lynn, was at this address. Living here with him and his wife Susanna, were their ten children, aged between two and seventeen. In August that year he applied for permission to build a new printing office on the premises.
Born on 10th August, 1843, John Cornelius was the son of John Bird, a shopkeeper at 68, Norfolk Street, Lynn, as listed in Slater's Directory for 1850, who died c1850/51 at Lynn. John's mother Mary, born c1811 in Lynn, took over the shop and he was living at the Norfolk Street address in 1851, together with two of his siblings Elizabeth, 15, and Agnes, 10. Mary Bird became Assistant Matron at the Downham Union Workhouse for a while, being there in 1861. She lived in Johnson's Yard off Albert Street in Lynn for many years until her death in 1885/6. John was living at his mother's house in Johnson's Yard in 1871.
John was apprenticed to John Thew and then worked for some years as a compositor before starting up his own business in Purfleet Street, where he was listed in the directory for 1879. In 1881, he was living at No. 27, Purfleet Street. At that date, he employed two men, two apprentices and two boys. By 1883, he had moved his business to High Street. From 1876 his foreman compositor was George William Watts, who left to form Watts & Rowe (see No. 10) in 1892.
At about that same date, John Bird entered into a partnership and the business became that of Foster & Bird, described in Kelly's Directory for 1892 as 'printers, stationers, lithographers, account book manufacturers, label makers & bookbinders; specialities chemists' and florists' labels, St. Margaret's works, Baker Lane & 9, High Street'.
John's business partner would appear to have been Charles Hardy Foster, a printer born in Pontefract in 1855, who moved down from Yorkshire in about 1890 and who had premises in Baker Lane. He was living with his family in Goodwins Road in 1891. Foster & Bird were listed here at No. 9 in Kelly's Directory for 1896. In their 1900 directory, the address of Foster & Bird was Paradise Parade, which was where Jermyns had their extension premises, at the rear of No.114, High Street.
John Bird married Susanna Starne in 1872 in Lynn. She had been born c1847 at Shouldham, the daughter of Peter Starne, a blacksmith (b.c1818 in Thetford), and his wife Susan, (b. c1818 in Marham). John and Susanna had ten children, the eldest two born in Shouldham and the others all born in Lynn:-
1) Arthur John (b. 1873 – m. Rose Betts). 2) Mabel (b. 1874/5 m. Sidney George F. Gough in 1900). 3) Edith Susanna (b. 1876). 4) Sarah Elizabeth (b. 1878). 5) Agnes (b. 1879). 6) Charles Keeler (b. 1881/2). 7) Harry – a printer – (b. 1883 – m. Florence Kate Searle in1907). 8) Cyril (b. 1885). 9) Horace (b. 1886/7). 10) Olive (b. 1889).
Arthur became a commercial traveller and spent some time in India. His wife was Rose Betts who came from Larling, and they married in about 1895. Their daughter Mona was born in Calcutta c1901.
Mabel married Sidney George F. Gough in 1900 at Wandsworth. He had been born c1875 in Salisbury Wiltshire and was working as a hairdresser in 1901. Their daughter Sadie was born in Ilford c1907 but Sidney had died by 1911.
Harry went into the printing business. He married Florence Kate Searle in 1907 at Lynn. They were living at Sidney Terrace, Saddlebow Road in 1911 with their children Harry (born c1908) and Nola (born 1909/10 at Lynn). Harry's recently widowed sister Mabel Gough was visiting them with her daughter Sadie in 1911.
Susanna Bird died in 1914 aged 65, and John Cornelius Bird died on 25th July 1929 aged 85.
1896 (C. G. Barrett & Co.)
In Kelly's Directory for 1896, C. G. Barrett & Co. are listed here. They may have had a small part of the premises for their High Street laundry receiving office. This office moved into different premises from time to time, according to the availability of rented accommodation. Between 1891 and 1900, the receiving office was at No. 86, High Street, where more details of the family will be found.
c1895 – 1910 (Matsell & Targett)
Matsell & Targett, the printers and stationers, was the next business to occupy these premises. They had been at No. 10 High Street but moved from there into No. 9 at some time between 1892 and 1900, at which latter date they were listed here as: 'Matsell & Targett, printers, booksellers, stationers & bookbinders & depot of the British & Foreign Bible Society'.
The premises were slightly damaged in Jermyn's big High Street fire of Monday, 27th December, 1897, but the business managed to carry on.
Following the death of John Matsell in 1898, the business was run by Henry Targett, with his son Percy as an assistant. They occupied these premises until the end of 1910, when they moved to King Street. Their move was announced in the Lynn Advertiser on 6th January, 1911:
'NOTICE of REMOVAL. MATSELL & TARGETT Have Removed their Old-Established STATIONERY, BOOKSELLING, PRINTING and BOOKBINDING, etc., BUSINESS, From 9, HIGH STREET, To 9a KING STREET, (Directly Opposite Messrs. W & T BAGGE), And hope to receive a continuance of the kind support of their many patrons and the public generally which has been accorded them for so many years. J. TARGETT'
By 1922, the business had become 'Targetts', run by Percy, and had moved back to the High Street at No. 69.
More details about John Matsell and his family will be found at No. 11, High Street. More details about Percy Targett and his family are at No. 69, High Street.
1911-1932 (Pamment & Smith)
On 30th December, 1910, Pamment & Smith, the music business, advertised their move from 90, High Street into these premises. More details about the family will be found at No. 90. They brought with them the name of 'Handel House' to No. 9. Pamment & Smith advertised the following prices for gramophones, records and needles on 4th May, 1912:
'Double sided 10 inch records for 1s 9d, three for 5s; Edison Bell records for 2s, or 1s 10d each for three or more; Pathe for 2s and Zonophone for 2s 6d; sixpenny boxes of 200 needles on sale at 4½d and threepenny boxes of 100 needles for 2½d; gramophones from 19s 6d'.
In September, 1914, they took delivery of a consignment of Union Jack Accordions, advertising:
'These instruments have been carefully selected so that intending purchasers will have a large assortment to choose from. These melodians are noted for their large bellows and powerful tone.'
Thomas Smith's wife Charlotte (née Pamment) died in 1922 at the age of 62.
On 28th May, 1927, Pamment & Smith held a sale offering 'PIANOS, GRAMOPHONES, JAZZ SETS and other Musical Instruments at greatly reduced prices'. The aim of the sale was to reduce their stock prior to the commencement of alterations to the shop.
Pamment & Smith continued here until 1932. Their closing down sale was advertised in the Lynn Advertiser and commenced on 9th April that year: PAMMENT & SMITH. Prior to Change of Ownership, A SALE Commenced On SATURDAY APRIL 9th. All Stock Must be cleared, and PIANOS, GRAMAPHONES, MUSIC, etc., Are to be Sold at BARGAIN PRICES. Pamment & Smith will continue their Piano-Tuning Connection and Pianos will be attended to as usual. 9, HIGH STREET (near the Church), KING'S LYNN
Thomas Smith continued with his piano tuning business until shortly before his death in 1937 at the age of 78.
1932-1935 (Miller's Music Shop)
Mrs. Poppie May Miller, who had been Pamment & Smith's shop manager, while Thomas Smith concentrated on piano tuning, took over the business, which became Miller's Music Shop.
Poppie May Offord had been born in London in about 1883 and married Ronald Daniel Miller in Sussex in 1909. They had two children:
1) Ronald James Bellamy (b. 17/06/1910 – m. Martha E. K. Petts 1936 – d. 2003, aged 92), and Jean (b. 1915 – m. Bernard Clarke – d. 26/06/1946, aged 30).
Mrs. Miller's music shop was here for just three years because she was taken ill and died at the Thorpe Mental Hospital in Norwich on 18th April, 1935, at the age of 52.
1935-1961 (Easters)
W & F Easter moved into No 9 from No 3 in August 1935, their shop now being called 'Easters'. In their advertisement following the move to No. 9, in the Lynn Advertiser on 23rd August 1935, Easters announced:
'We are about to open the largest display of Radiolympia Models ever shown in the town. We have taken over the establishment recently occupied by Millers, at No. 9, High Street, where everything that is best in Radio will be housed. You cannot be up-to-date unless you have seen and heard these 'wonder instruments' straight from the National Exhibition. Please accept our invitation to inspect at your leisure, also to hear under ideal conditions the really wonderful improvements which have been made since last year. The exhibition will include a full range of HMV 'Pedigree' Models, from £7 19s. 6d. to £54 12s. 0d. 'ULTRA' will also be well represented, and we feel sure you will be interested in the 27 guinea Radio-Gram with auto record-changing. It's wonderful! Then there will be the new 'EKCO' sets; these certainly are an improvement although we thought last year it couldn't be possible. If you have a soft spot in your heart for 'PHILIPS', you will be impressed with their new machines. What about a universal model for 9½gns? The 'FERRANTI' dials are a rage; so very easy to tune in that the simple operation is a pleasure to those not 'radio-minded'. As your local 'MARCONI-MEN' we shall be able to offer these high-class instruments as usual – further description of these is totally unnecessary. 'EVER-READY' radio is well to the fore again this year, and you will like the nice selection offered. You will be able also to see and hear the 1936 'PHILCO', 'REGENTONE', 'AERODYNE' and GEC models. Your present set will be taken in part payment for any you may choose, and we arrange easy payments for the balance. Don't delay; Now is the time'.
King George V had made the first Christmas broadcast by a reigning monarch on Christmas Day 1932 from a room in Sandringham House. This became an annual event that caught the public's imagination and thousands tuned in to listen. The advertisement placed by Easters in the Lynn Advertiser on 20th December 1935 took advantage of this public interest to promote the sale of their radio receiver sets ('wirelesses'): Hear H.M. THE KING Perfectly on a MODERN SET . You cannot realise the strides radio has made until you hear a new set against your old. What a difference! We Can Show You the Newest Models for Immediate Delivery. EASTERS. 9, HIGH STREET, KING'S LYNN. Phone 2566
In the event, this proved to be the last broadcast to be made by King George V, who died less than a month later. His voice was much weaker than it had been and he spoke of his people's joys and sorrows. Two months later, on 28th February 1936, Easters placed another advertisement again promoting the sale of radio sets to receive a message from the King. On 1st March 1936 King Edward VIII gave his first and only broadcast as reigning monarch, from Broadcasting House, London. His next broadcast was to be the historic one that he gave after his abdication on 11th December 1936 from Windsor Castle.
Servicing was a big part of Easters business and they advertised:
'WHAT WE SELL, SO WE CAN SERVICE. We have the finest Servicing Dept. in the town. The best equipment and service engineers are sat your command. We will undertake any type of servicing of Radio Receivers in any part of the district, and you will not find it expensive.'
In addition to their sales and servicing of radios, gramophones and televisions, Easters provided public address systems and relayed broadcasts for local events. One of their regular bookings was the relaying of the Christmas services attended by the royal Family at the church of St. Mary Magdalene Sandringham to the crowds outside.
Walter Easter played a significant role in the King's Lynn Chamber of Trade and he was the Chamber's representative on the Eastern Area Council for eleven years, having been elected onto it at their first meeting on 24th July 1946. He served until 1957 when he resigned for business reasons. He was preparing to retire at this date and was to sell-up within the next year or two. Shortly after selling his business and shop for redevelopment, Walter Easter spoke at a meeting of the Lynn Chamber of Trade in October 1960, during a debate about the position of independent traders in the town and the soaring price of property. He said that since he had been trading on the High Street (a period of some 25 years), he could only recall one other business moving onto High Street, and that was a sweet shop. He said 'It is all a question of finance. One needs thousands of pounds to alter premises. Rates are also high. Vacant premises fall now to the multiple shops. It is also a question of getting started. King's Lynn is a very good shopping centre. Very few towns can boast a street like High Street. Every shop you want is in the same street. Lynn is very fortunate. Competition was very keen. The small shop could not keep up with the multiple shops when prices were being cut. The small shops could not afford to do that, but where service is concerned, the public like the private trader.'
For many years before and after his retirement from business, Walter Easter lived at Dersingham with his wife Stella. She died in 1968 aged 66 and Walter died in 1976 aged 83. They did not have any children. More details of Walter Easter's family will be found at No. 3, High Street.
The business had closed by June 1961 when the property was demolished, along with the former 'Cheshire Cheese' public house next door at No. 8. Two new shop units were built on the site.
c1961-1973 (Crown Wallpapers)
Crown Wallpapers were listed as occupying No. 9 in the directories for 1966, 1970/1 and 1973.


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US retail giant Overstock has installed a bitcoin ATM in the lobby of its Salt Lake City, Utah, headquarters.
Part of an effort to further encourage digital currency use amongst its staff, the news coincides with the announcement that it is in the process of offering its employees the option to receive their pay in bitcoin. Further, it comes just one year after it first began offering US customers a bitcoin payment option through Coinbase.
Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne, who has been an outspoken advocate of the digital currency, spoke to CoinDesk about the endeavor to give bitcoin a greater part of the global economy by first increasing its mainstream use.
"Right now you mention and bitcoins and for most people it's like you're talking about space cash," he said, adding:
"Things like an ATM machine and seeing people standing in line in front of you are what's going to make it start registering for people."
The ATM unit (pictured above) was manufactured by North Carolina-based CoinOutlet.
Employee bitcoin bonuses
Byrne said he is "confident" that a year from now Overstock could see its employee bitcoin pay scheme begin implementation, adding that it might even try it this year with employee bonuses, offering a 1% to 2% bonus should the employee choose accept it in bitcoin.
Overstock communications director and general manager of Overstock's Cryptocurrencies Group Judd Bagley said that since the company has incorporated bitcoin into its business, the internal attitude toward the digital currency has developed significantly.
"I compare how people felt about it one year ago with today – when one year ago most people found it confusing, it was not at all intuitive," he said. "Now, a year after accepting bitcoin on the side and people doing their own research, it's just part of the parlance; it doesn't surprise anyone here anymore."
He added:
"I thought wed have to send out a company email explaining what this machine is in the lobby … everyone I've spoken to is really excited."
Byrne still bullish
Overstock's continued support for and interest in bitcoin remains despite its missed sales expectations.
In September, Overstock launched internationally, and although earlier in 2014 the company had estimated it could record up to $20m in sales, by December the figures were closer to $3m.
"I was really counting on a big year and nothing came," he said. "There's almost no international use of bitcoin."
Nevertheless, Byrne said he sees bitcoin "as the fruition of a 500-year political movement" and has been especially vocal on the subject as the chief executive of a major retail company, a speaker at the Cato Institute and as a principal reporter of the website DeepCapture.
He said he sees bitcoin as representative of about 15 basis points of economic activity that the community can power to 1% or 2%.
"That's growing gradually," he said. "The wallets are growing tremendously but people aren't using them very much … Like other technologies, it'll gradually move from 15bp to 20bp to 30bp and then it'll hit an inflection."
ATM image via CoinOutlet
Part of an effort to further encourage digital currency use amongst its staff, the news coincides with the announcement that it is in the process of offering its employees the option to receive their pay in bitcoin. Further, it comes just one year after it first began offering US customers a bitcoin payment option […]


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27 years after the fall of communism, radical left returns to the slogans under which the Bolsheviks decimated the Polish elites in the twentieth century. Perhaps it is time for discussion about justice in Poland?
The debate, which broke out following the purchase by the Polish Ministry of Culture of the art collection from the Czartoryski family, was very surprising for many observers. Yes, some decisions of PiS can be considered controversial, but this decision was one of the best, and thanks to it the Minister of Culturem Prof. Piotr Glinski probably go into the history of Polish museums.
Abroad, the foreign media has been writing a lot about a great decision that the Polish government made by buying such a priceless collection. But in Poland, hysteria broke out. After purchasing the "Lady with an Ermine" stanch communists joined the traditional critics of Law and Justice. The party "Razem," produced materials, in which they expressed outrage that the state pays aristocrats for the collection that they originally acquired from profits obtained through toil of serfs. "The descendants of peasants never received compensation for years of serfdom "- they wrote.
The head of "Political Critique" Sławomir Sierakowski spoke in a similar vein. In a debate on Radio TOK FM, he argued with the author of this text, returning to the serfs. "Our ancestors lived like animals," he argued and suggested that the state should nationalize this collection instead of paying the descendants of Czartoryski aristocrats 100 million euro.
This is quite a surprise that so many years after World War II, during which the lion's share of the Polish elite was exterminated, after inhumane treatment of former landowners in the post-war Stalinist Poland, after the "land reform" which robbed them from everything that was left after the war, and finally now, 27 years after the fall of communism in Poland, there are people who do not have a problem with the proclamation of the Bolshevik mantras, under which the Polish gentry was decimated in the twentieth century. After all, the communism was to be the remedy to compensate the masses of workers and peasants for centuries of real and alleged exploitation. We all know too well what the consequences of this remedy were...
But such neo-Bolshevik voices could be heard earlier. Similar comments were made when the property restitution scandal broke out. The left concluded that the problem is not irregularities in the process of returning the confiscated properties, but rather the very fact that the properties were being returned.
But it is naive to be surprised here. The problem is not only that after 1989 Poland has not regulated the ownership of property seized by occupying fascists and communists, but rather that it did not carry on any broad discussion on this issue. As a result, today we have a situation in Warsaw where the Bierut Decree still governs ownership relations because an obscure agrarian reform decree from 1944 has not been repealed.
That's right, today the real reprivatization is probably impossible. It is impossible to repair the injustices of the past, without doing injustice today. But maybe it's time for a discussion on how we imagine justice in our country?
Written by: Michał Szułdrzyński
Source: www.rp.pl
Photo: Ars Mundi


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Staff Pick: We Are Columbus showcase
Chris DeVille, Columbus Alive
When you're on the outside looking in, you gotta start somewhere. Last year's We Are Columbus: Ohio X Southwest showcase was a blip on the radar screen of the massive festivities surrounding Austin's annual South by Southwest festival. But it was a prosperous blip, with a steady stream of onlookers popping into the tiny Treehouse Pub all night. Now a new lineup is headed back to Texas for round two, hoping to gain a stronger foothold in the music universe. But first the majority of the bands will play a fundraiser for the trip Saturday at Ace of Cups. Among the entertainers: Phantods, Andy Shaw Band, The Floorwalkers, Maza Blaska and more.
Ace of Cups
7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25
2619 N. High St., Campus


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Marketers know how important it is to stay in contact with the customers. Even those businesses that have established market share need to keep marketing, even when they do not feel the need to. Why? This is sort of a reminder to the customer of your existence and that whenever they need a particular product or service, they can choose you. Through these marketing tactics, the name of the brand stays fresh in the mind of the people.
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According to a study by IBM, the chances of a customer buying again increases by 48% if the marketers regularly send them emails. This goes to show that people will most likely buy from the brand if they are familiar with it and have knowledge about their products.
What Is Drip Marketing?
Marketing a brand through several different mediums like messages, calls, emails or newsletters to inform the customer about the products is called drip marketing. This is like a reminder to people about your business. It can help enormously the sales team in cultivating leads. Even if the customer is not interested in buying a product at that moment, he will buy from you whenever the need comes up thanks to the knowledge they have of your brand.
The term drip is derived from the agricultural practice of slowly and consistently dropping water on crops so that they get enough moisture to grow without flooding them in too much of water. Drip marketing works in a similar fashion by reminding people and creating just enough awareness to develop interest, but not too much to push the customer away. It cannot only bring back old customers but also create new customers and inform them of any upcoming ventures or offers.
Technology and Drip Marketing
Drip marketing has never been as easy as it is now thanks to technology. Many companies use automated phone calls to target customers who have shown interest. With one click an email can go to thousands of accounts. One post on social media can be seen by tens of thousands of people.
Technology is also used to measure the performance of drip marketing campaigns. With these analytical tools marketers can see how well their campaigns have performed. They can see how many people received their emails, how many opened emails, and how many clicked through. They can see how many people saw their post on Facebook. This data helps them identify what works with whom and understand their customers. Using lead management software, they can track leads – i.e. people who have interest in the product and may actually buy.
Implementing a Drip Marketing
Like any other marketing project, drip marketing also requires careful planning and a smart strategy. The planning phase is well thought out as to how the campaign will be carried out, what technology will be used and what customers will be targeted. It will usually require listing customer contact information like phone numbers or emails. The timing is also very crucial in planning. Marketers need to identify what times customers will be more inclined to open their emails or even respond to the call to action. Then comes the frequency as to how many times a week or month the customer should be approached as doing too frequently will push away the customer.
Then comes the phase of segmenting the audience so that the campaign reaches relevant people. Design is also part of the strategy because among so many marketing messages and emails, yours needs to stand out so a lot of work must go into that. These plans are usually designed for a whole year. Lastly, the implementation also hinges on performance. You need to continuously monitor your campaign and make your strategy adaptive to any changing consumer behavior or market trends.
Why Drip Marketing?
Drip marketing essentially has many benefits as it keeps the brand image alive and at the same time promotes it to newer customers. Here are some benefits of drip marketing:
Customer Loyalty
Marketers know that attaining customer loyalty is like hitting a jackpot. This is not an easy task but one that has tremendous long term benefits. Through constant interaction with the customers through calls, emails or messages you are there in the mind of the customer. It initiates a connection and one sale leads to another eventually earning the loyalty of the customer. It creates a familiarity between the brand and customer.
Cost Effective
Drip marketing is very cost effective thanks to modern technology. You can include it as part of your regular marketing plans and it does not need many resources.
Timing is another great benefit of drip marketing campaigns. You can roll your campaigns just in time for a sale season or an upcoming holiday. The message reminds the customer to visit your website during a sale or holiday season.
Increased Sales
The ultimate goal of any marketing campaigns is to increase sales. Through various ways drip marketing helps increase sales in the short term and over the long term. This is why there is a high ROI on these kinds of subtle but effective campaigns.
Drip marketing differentiates from regular marketing in that it is more relevant. Instead of reaching out to everyone, you reach out to people who have shown interest. These could be one time old customers or people who have signed up to receive emails or newsletters.
Drip marketing can be used by any business, big or small, old or new. It is especially beneficial for businesses that deal directly with their customers. Marketing professionals all over the world use it and find it to be very effective. It is equally important to focus on your website and make it better because that is where the customer will arrive if your campaign is successful. You can do that by yourself or find solutions like DevriX – which is a WordPress development team that also offers maintenance plans. Through these plans you get inside information about visitors that can improve your leads strategy. Remember, everything works together to pull off a successful marketing campaign, from planning to implementation to feedback.


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In the two preceding chapters we dealt mainly with what in Russia is usually called "handicraft" industry; we may now try to answer the question put in the heading.
Let us begin with some statistics, so as to judge which of the forms of industry analysed above figure in publications among the general mass of "handicraft industries."
The Moscow statisticians, in concluding their investigation of the peasant "industries," summarised all and sundry non-agricultural occupations. They listed altogether 141,329 persons (Vol. VII, Pt. III) engaged in local industries (in the making of commodities), but among these were included artisans (a section of the shoe-makers, glaziers and many others), wood sawyers, etc., etc. Not fewer than 87,000 (according to our calculations of the different industries) were domestic workers employed by capitalists.[1] The number of wage-workers in the 54 industries for which we have been able to combine the data is 17,566, out of 29,446, i.e., 59.65%. For Vladimir Gubernia we have obtained the following results (from five issues of Industries of Vladimir Gubernia ): altogether, 18,286 engaged in 31 industries; of these 15,447 were engaged in industries in which capitalist domestic industry predominates (including 5,504 wage-workers, i.e., hirelings of the second degree, so to speak). Further, there are 150 rural artisans (of whom 45 are hired) and 2,689 small commodity producers (of whom 511 are hired). The total number of capitalistically engaged workers is (15,447 + 45 + 511 =) 16,003, i.e., 87.5%.[2] In Kostroma Gubernia (on the basis of Mr. Tillo's tables in the Transactions of the Handicraft Commission ), there are 83,633 local industrialists, of whom 19,701 are lumber-workers (fine "handicraftsmen"!), while 29,564 work in their homes for capitalists; some 19,954 are engaged in industries in which small commodity-producers predominate, and some 14,414 are village artisans.[3] In 9 uyezds of Vyatka Gubernia there are (according to the same Transactions ) 60,019 local industrialists; of these, 9,672 are millers and oil-pressers; 2,032 are pure artisans (engaged in fabric-dyeing); 14,928 are partly artisans and partly commodity-producers, the overwhelming majority working independently; 14,424 engage in industries partly subordinated to capital; 14,875 engage in industries entirely subordinated to capital; 4,088 engage in industries in which wage-labour completely predominates. On the basis of the data in the Transactions regarding the other gubernias we have compiled a table of those industries on the organisation of which more or less detailed information is available. We get 97 industries employing 107,957 persons, with an output totalling 21,151,000 rubles. Of these, industries in which wage-labour and capitalist domestic industry predominate employ 70,204 persons (18,621,000 rubles); industries in which wage-workers and workers occupied at home for capitalists constitute only a minority employ 26,935 persons (1,706,000 rubles); and, finally, industries in which independent labour almost completely predominates employ 10,818 persons (824,000 rubles). According to Zemstvo statistical materials regarding 7 industries of Gorbatov and Semyonov uyezds of Nizhni-Novgorod Gubernia, there are 16,303 handicraftsmen, of whom 4,614 work for the local market; 8,520 work "for a master," and 3,169 as wage-workers; in other words, 11,689 are capitalistically employed workers. According to the returns of the 1894-95 Perm handicraft census, of 26,000 handicraftsmen, 6,500 (25%) are wage-workers, and 5,200 (20%) work for buyers-up, in other words, 45% are capitalistically employed workers.[4]
Fragmentary as the data are (no others were available), they nevertheless clearly show that, taken as a whole, a mass of capitalistically employed workers are classified among the "handicraftsmen." For instance, those working at home for capitalists number (according to the above-quoted data) over 200,000. And this is for some 50 or 60 uyezds, by no means all of which have been investigated thoroughly. For the whole of Russia the number of workers of this type must be something like two million.[5] If to these are added the wage-workers employed by "handicraftsmen" – and, as may be seen from the above-quoted figures, their number is by no means as small as is sometimes thought here in Russia – we shall have to concede that the figure of 2 million industrial workers capitalistically employed outside the so-called "factories and works" is, if anything, a minimum figure.[6]
To the question – "What is handicraft industry?" – the data quoted in the last two chapters compel us to give the answer that the term used is absolutely unsuitable for purposes of scientific investigation, and is one usually employed to cover all and sundry forms of industry, from domestic industries and handicrafts to wage-labour in very large manufactories.[7] This lumping together of the most diverse types of economic organisation, which prevails in a host of descriptions of "handicraft industries,"[8] was taken over quite uncritically and quite senselessly by the Narodnik economists, who made a tremendous step backward by comparison, for example, with a writer like Korsak, and availed themselves of the prevailing confusion of terms to evolve the most curious theories. "Handicraft industry" was regarded as something economically homogeneous, something sufficient unto itself, and was "counterposed " (sic !) to "capitalism," which without further ado was taken to mean "factory" industry. Let us take Mr. N.-on, for instance. On p. 79 of his Sketches we find the heading "Capitalisation (?) of Industries,"[9] and then, without any reservation or explanation, "Data on Factories.". . . The simplicity is positively touching: "capitalism" = "factory industry," and factory industry = what is classified under this heading in official publications. And on the basis of such a profound "analysis" the masses of capitalistically employed workers included among the "handicraftsmen" are wiped off capitalism's account. On the basis of this sort of "analysis" the question of the different forms of industry in Russia is completely evaded. On the basis of this sort of "analysis" one of the most absurd and pernicious prejudices is built up concerning the distinction between our "handicraft" industry and our "factory" industry, the divorcement of the latter from the former, the "artificial character" of "factory" industry, etc. It is a prejudice because no one has ever so much as attempted to examine the data, which in all branches of industry show a very close and inseparable connection between "handicraft" industry and "factory" industry.
The object of this chapter has been to show in what precisely this connection consists and precisely which specific technical, economic and cultural features are represented by the form of industry that in Russia stands between small-scale industry and large-scale machine industry.
[1] Let us recall that Mr. Kharizomenov (article quoted above) calculated that of 102,245 persons engaged in 42 industries of Moscow Gubernia, 66% were engaged in industries where there was an absolute predominance of the domestic system of large-scale production.—Lenin
[2] Unfortunately, we are unable to acquaint ourselves with the latest work on handicraft industry in Yaroslavl Gubernia (Handicraft Industries. Published by Statistical Bureau of Yaroslavl Gubernia Zemstvo. Yaroslavl, 1904). Judging from the detailed review in Russkiye Vedomosti (1904, No. 248), it is an extremely valuable piece of research. The number of handicraftsmen in the gubernia is estimated as 18,000 (the number of factory workers in 1903 was placed at 33,898). Industries are on the decline. One-fifth of the enterprises employ wage-workers. One quarter of the total number of handicraftsmen are wage-workers. Of the total number of handicraftsmen 15% are engaged in establishments with 5 and more workers. Exactly one half of all the handicraftsmen work for masters, with materials supplied by the latter. Agriculture is on the decline; one-sixth of the handicraftsmen have neither horses nor cows, one-third cultivate by hiring a neighbour; one-fifth have no land under crops. The earnings of a handicraftsman are 1 1/2, rubles a week! (Note to 2nd edition.)—Lenin
[3] All these figures are approximate, for the source does not give precise figures. Among the village artisans are included millers, blacksmiths, etc., etc.—Lenin
[4] See Studies, pp. 181-182. The figures for "handicraftsmen" here include artisans (25%). If we exclude the artisans, we get 29.3% wage-workers and 29.5% working for buyers-up (p. 122), i.e., 58.8% are capitalistically employed workers. (See present edition, Vol. 2, The Handicraft Census of 1894-95 in Perm Gubernia. –Ed.)—Lenin
[5] For example, capitalist work in the home is particularly developed in the ready-made clothing industry, which is growing rapidly. "The demand for such an article of prime necessity as ready made clothing is increasing from year to year" (Vestnik Finansov, 1897 No. 52, Survey of Nizhni-Novgorod Fair). The enormous development of this industry has taken place only since the 80s. At the present time, in Moscow alone ready-made clothing is produced to a total value of not less than 16 million rubles, with some 20,000 workers employed. It is estimated that for the whole of Russia the output reaches the sum of 100 million rubles (Successes of Russian Industry According to Surveys of Expert Commissions, St. Petersburg 1897, pp. l36-137). In St. Petersburg, the 1890 census gave the number employed in ready-made clothing (Group XI, Classes 116-118) as 39,912, counting members of industrialists families, including 19,000 workers, and 13,000 one-man producers with their families (St. Petersburg According to the Census of December 15, 1890 ). The 1897 census shows that the total number of persons employed in the clothing industry in Russia was 1,158,865, the members of their families numbering 1,621,511; total 2,780,376. (Note to 2nd edition.)—Lenin
[6] Let us recall that the number of "handicraftsmen" in Russia is estimated at no less than 4 million (Mr. Kharizomenov's figure Mr. Andreyev gave the figure of 7 1/2 million, but his methods are too sweeping)[10]; consequently, the total figures given in the text cover about one-tenth of the total number of "handicraftsmen."—Lenin
[7] Cf. Studies, p. 179 and foll. (See present edition, Vol, 2, The Handicraft Census of 1894-95 in Perm Gubernia. –Ed.)—Lenin
[8] The desire to retain the term "handicraftsmanship" for the purpose of scientifically defining forms of industry has led in our publications to purely scholastic arguments about, and definitions of, this "handicraftsmanship." One economist "understood" handicraftsmen to mean only commodity-producers, while another included artisans in this term; one considered connection with the land as an essential feature, while another allowed for exceptions; one excluded wage-labour, while another allowed for it where, for example, there were up to 16 workers, etc., etc. It goes without saying that arguments of this sort (instead of investigation of the different forms of industry) could lead nowhere. Let us observe that the tenacity of the special term "handicraftsmanship" is to be explained most of all by the social-estate divisions in Russian society; a "handicraftsman" is an industrialist belonging to the lower estates, a person who may be patronised and in relation to whom schemes may be concocted without compunction; the form of industry is left out of account. The merchant, however and the member of the nobility (even though they be small industrialists) are rarely classified as "handicraftsmen." By "handicraft" industries are usually meant all sorts of peasant, and only peasant, industries.—Lenin
[9] This term "capitalisation," of which Messrs. V. V. and N.-on are so fond, is permissible in a newspaper article, for the sake of brevity, but it is totally out of place in an economic investigation of which the whole purpose is to analyse the various forms and stages of capitalism, their significance, their connection, and their consecutive development. "Capitalisation" may be taken to mean anything in the world: the hiring of a single "labourer," buying-up, and a steam-driven factory. How can one make head or tail of it, with all these things jumbled together!—Lenin
[10] Lenin refers to Y. N. Andreyev's Handicraft Industry in Russia According to the Investigations of the "Commission of Inquiry into Handicraft Industry in Russia" and Other Sources, St. Petersburg, 1885 (the estimate of the number of persons engaged in "subsidiary trades" as 7 1/2 millions is given on p. 69 of the book). Lenin also refers to the pamphlet by the same author entitled Handicraft Industry in Russia, St. Petersburg, 1882, p. 12. [p.451]


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This group originally started out as a "Fractal Progression Group" to run every Friday and work on the CM's. Since then, we've had rather intermittent availability of people and have done mostly T4 dailies (which is fine, since that's fun). We've also gotten to get practiced with some other folks outside of our initial group who are successful with T4's, so our group has actually grown. So I'm changing the purpose of this Group as a way or organizing fractal runs, for folks that have run the T4's a good number of times together and been very successful at them. The reason to do this in a website "group" rather than use the main calendar is because it's coordinating a very small number of people and isn't open to the whole guild because of the event requirements (experience, proficiency, having played T4's together a bunch of times successfully, yada, yada), and putting it on the calendar isn't really appropriate since open-signups really don't work for it.
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I have put together our experience after much frustration searching through the scattered information online. A special mention should go to this trip advisor thread and the posts made by Nastya_Aktau as it has proven to be the most helpful.
Firstly, anyone wanting to take a ferry across the Caspian Sea knows that there is no timetable and ferries come anywhere between 3-10 days apart. At the time of writing (1st August 2009) the ferries are supposedly running quite frequently at about every 3-4 days.
We initially went to the ferry terminal which is 10km outside the city to try and buy tickets only to find no one around willing to help. After returning to the city and searching online we found the trip advisor information about a travel agency called [email protected] and their address.
A quick visit to their office and we had our name on a list for tickets. They said they would ring as soon as a ferry arrives at which time we could come down and pay for the tickets.
NOTE: It is important to get your name on the list as soon as possible.
When I asked the price of a ticket they said it would cost around $100 USD.
UPDATE: We paid 17100 Denge each which is about $113 USD for a room with no window. I would suggest paying 18100 for a room with a window as it was extremely hot on the ferry. We actually paid more money on the ferry to upgrade to a bigger room with windows
Directions to [email protected]:
[email protected] is very easy to find and is marked in the lonely planet. Go along the main road until you find the WWII memorial. Just before the memorial on your left is a small office – not marked very well. [email protected] is in this office.
NOTE: Across the road from the memorial is Ardager supermarket, a well stocked place.
[email protected] Office
[email protected] Office with big building beside it
[email protected]'s Office Hours
They also have a website with map but it is all in Russian. As mentioned in the Azerbaijan Consulate information, areas in Aktau are broken down into districts and then building numbers.
[email protected] address : District 7, Building 12


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From sewing to scented curtains, the startling breadth of the first Hepworth Sculpture Prize
Visually, the work of the four artists nominated for the first Hepworth Sculpture Prize couldn't be more different. Under the surface, the eclectic group share a progressive attitude, a desire to interrogate their materials and a penchant for audience interaction. Just a few reasons they've been chosen for this pioneering award – the first of its kind in the UK to focus on innovation in contemporary sculpture.
David Chipperfield's commanding architecture creates a natural gravitas around exhibitions at The Hepworth Wakefield. This one feels more important and timely than ever thanks to the prize's high stakes. The £30,000 award will be judged by a panel including Chipperfield himself and announced on 17 November. What's more, the winner will be forever linked to the esteemed mother of contemporary British sculpture, Barbara Hepworth. Accolade indeed.
The Hepworth Wakefield, designed by David Chipperfield. Photography: Iwan Baan
As well as innovation, diversity is key to the award, aided by its limitless age parameters. A good job, because apparently no one knows the eldest entrant David Medalla's exact age. It's in the region of 80, his assistant informs. Still sketching with veracity (even during the press walk through), the Filipino-born artist could be mistaken for someone much younger. His enthusiasm is reflected in the effervescent sculpture Cloud Canyons, a kinetic work comprising a muddle of transparent tubes that emit torrents of soap bubbles. Kept sensibly away from these is his other offering, A Stitch in Time – a room full of hanging linens that visitors are invited to thread messages into, in a sewing box of colours. It's just as entertaining today as when we reviewed it earlier this year.
Medalla, his celebrated career unspooling before us in this two-part display, is an early tip for the 'people's choice award', to be announced at the end of the show's run. On the other hand, Dalston-based Steven Claydon is seen by some as the left-field critics' choice. His probing work is essential to the award's premise of innovation. Fittingly, his space in the Hepworth is entered through a curtain of plastic orange sheets imbued with citronella – 'a pernicious membrane' – providing a refreshing, if pungent, redefinition of what sculpture is.
Moving past the wall of Claydon's fluorescent blue lights and through another orange curtain, we enter Helen Marten's space. It's been a great year for the 31-year-old from Macclesfield. Her imposing works slide from 2D to 3D with an elegance fit, appropriately, for the Turner Prize 2016 shortlist – the winner of which will be announced in December. Like Claydon, her work hits the prize's progressive brief. 'Marten is truly interrogating sculpture,' chief curator Andrew Bonacina explains. 'From the words, ideas and thoughts that go into her months of research, into the 2D silkscreens, which push out into space through sculptural "appendages", as she calls them, it's a material journey.'
Bonacina has saved the most arresting work until last. Phyllida Barlow 'takes over the architecture' with a reconstruction of her monumental 2013 work screestage, created for Des Moines Art Center. 'The idea of re-installing a work I'd already created some years ago was exciting,' she explains. 'This space has a completely different dynamic; conflicting angles, which of course, I love.' Her room is entered through a door positioned directly under the abstract, architectural work, and visitors must duck under tiles of cardboard and polystyrene, not seeing the decorative, colourful roof until they're deeply immersed. 'I wanted it to be a surprise,' the artist smiles.
It's all too easy to pick a favourite based on the works on show at The Hepworth, but it's important to remember that the award will be judged on life-time achievement and contribution to sculpture, as well as what we see in the galleries. With this in mind, we're sensibly hedging our bets as to who will clinch the prize. To a certain extent, it doesn't seem like the most important thing. That the prize exists at all is cause for celebration, and we hope it returns next year with even more bubbles, citronella, material interrogation and surprises.
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But today, when a third rate, non-nuclear Middle East neighbor of Iraq is only suspected of possibly supplying a questionable quantity of questionable roadside bombs, and the only focus of Bush is to use this 'weak and contrived evidence' to justify launching nuclear attacks, then "you're no Jack Kennedy, Mr. Bush."
An earlier OpEdNews column "It's Coming Like Clockwork: New Evidence on Iran" by Gatto, makes the point that the Iraqis were already provided with hundreds of railroad cars full of high explosives, compliments of the Bush invasion plan that focused maximum effort on securing the stolen oil fields and none on securing the ammo.
Several recent articles and columns, including Paul Krugman's ("Scary Movie 2" 2/12/07), have documented that the vast majority (93%) of all US casualties are caused by Sunni insurgents, and not Shiite forces in any way related to Iran. In fact, it has also been extensively documented that financial and weapons support from Saudi Arabia to Sunni insurgents is a far greater factor than any Iranian 'meddling' in the Iraqi civil war.
However, let's suppose that some quantity of weapons have leaked into Iraq from its bordering countries --- which is likely in many wars. Were the possible IED EFPs (and a few mortar rounds) shown in the 'secret briefing' really supplied by Iran? Were any weapons supplied by the "highest level" of the Iranian government? --- which even Joint Chief of Staff, Peter Pace, doubts. Does this constitute 'state terrorism' by Iran?
For comparison purposes let's take a recent case where a highly sophisticated weapon which was 'clearly' beyond the capability of the invaded country, and which was 'explicitly' provided by direct order of the president of the 'meddling' country, and which 'clearly' turned the tide against the invading 'superpower', by 'slaughtering' and 'bleeding' tens of thousands of the young soldiers of that 'superpower' --- and yet that other 'superpower' despite its frustration and the wailing of its dead soldiers' mothers did not plunge the whole Middle East into nuclear holocaust ---- even though it had the nuclear weapons to do so.
In other words, just because Bush conspired to intentionally put his own soldiers in a war theater of his own making for the prize of oil, is he now going to launch nuclear hell and make a worse decision than the Soviet Unions' communist leadership in the 1980's, when they knew beyond a doubt that President Reagan at the 'highest level" was specifically providing 'Stinger' missiles that were destroying hundreds of their army's helicopters and 'bleeding' the youth of their army in Afghanistan --- and yet, those godless commies had the manliness to finally admit that they had put their troops in an unnecessary war for oil, and finally withdrew without further recklessness, rather than plunging the Middle East into a nuclear war?
Is Bush going to be less willing to accept reality than the old Soviet leadership --- and just keep fighting over whose football the oil is, like a cheating poor-sport --- or is he willing to admit his stupidity and bully tactics and withdraw from this deadly game before he kills half the people in the world?
The Soviet era leaders knew they had tried to take a 'bridge too far' in their Afghanistan war. They knew that they had been caught with their hand in the 'cookie jar' of an oil-war. They even knew that the people of their country would not take much more 'bleeding' of their sons. But those godless commie leaders apparently didn't have the stomach to allow more slaughtering of their own people, or the stomach to expand the immoral war into an insane nuclear conflagration. And they finally let human survival prevail --- even through it probably cost them their empire and their wrongful pride and vainglory.
But unlike those godless commies who stepped back from the abyss, our godhead Bush and Cheney have the 'stomach' to keep the killing going. They applaud having the 'stomach' to continue the killing. They even go on national TV and brag about how they have the 'stomach' to keep the killing going, and exhort us all to have the same 'stomach' for blood and gore, and to 'stay the course' for victory in such killing, regardless of the drastically increasing deaths.
Clearly, Bush and Cheney are no weak-willed, godless commie leaders who might take the approbation of the world and the deaths of thousands of their own young soldiers as a sign that their personal vainglory has reached the breaking point. No, Bush and Cheney are truly omnipotent godheads in their own minds and don't need to defer to the will of their people.
"This will not stop us", shouts Cheney on national TV.
Soviet era leaders might bend to the will of their people after years of bloody and senseless invasion and occupation. But Bush and Cheney are much less concerned with the outcries of their supposedly democratic people than the Soviet leaders were of the cries of Russian mothers.
"What wimps", Cheney would bellow with a shotgun in his dead cold hands.


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"Leslie and Roger build great relationships with their franchisees. When they come to our bakery they say hello Emily and Craig, how are you doing? How is your dog? They know our staff. And they have built those relationships with more than 700 franchisees in Australia and Canada. That flows all the way through the organization," Ms. Mirsky says…"It also brings you closer together. It is a family affair. This story is about two people who opened up a bakery in Australia and they had the recipe for success."
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May 27, 2013
How COBS bread sliced into Canada with its growing franchise
Mary Teresa Bitti
Emily Mirsky and Craig Cochrane have seen a 15% rise in sales at their COBS Bread franchise in Toronto. Tyler Anderson/National Post
Emily Mirsky loves going to work each day. Of course, it helps that the work is the COBS Bread franchise she and her husband Craig Cochrane own and operate.
"People are generally pretty happy when they go to a bakery," she says. In addition to smell of fresh-baked bread, Ms. Mirsky, who handles the front-of-house duties, makes a point of getting to know her.
"As much as bread is a necessity for some people, some of our products are more expensive than what you'd find at the grocery store but you are paying for that experience, for fresh-baked, for the staff to know who you are — that is a big thing we try to instill in our staff. This is an experience, not a business transaction. Know your customer and their kids. Build that relationship in your community. They are the people who help to grow your business."
And it is growing. Since purchasing the Toronto-based store in 2011, sales have grown between 10% and 15%. It's a philosophy that starts at the top, with Australia-based franchisors Leslie and Roger Gillespie who own Baker's Delight — the company that started what is now a successful franchise brand across Australia and since 2003 in Canada.
"Leslie and Roger build great relationships with their franchisees. When they come to our bakery they say hello Emily and Craig, how are you doing? How is your dog? They know our staff. And they have built those relationships with more than 700 franchisees in Australia and Canada. That flows all the way through the organization," Ms. Mirsky says.
Being able to export that family feel from Australia was among several key considerations when the Gillespies decided to expand. "My parents opened the first bakery in Melbourne, Australia in 1980," says Aaron Gillespie, vice-president and head of Canadian operations.
"They started franchising in 1988 and began looking at global opportunities in the U.K., the U.S., Ireland and Canada." He said Canada was the best choice for a number of reasons: similar government, social and economic systems and equivalent costs in terms of ingredients, equipment, labour and rents. COBS Bread opened its first corporate store in Canada in November 2003 in Edgemont Village in North Vancouver.
"It was incredibly important that our corporate culture travel with us," Mr. Gillespie says. "I was one of a team of 10 to come over to Canada to set up the bakeries. The culture is one of high energy, fun, connecting with customers in the community. Together with the fact that we make bread from scratch every day, our great customer service is what sets us apart."
Providing career opportunities to young franchisees through its manage-to-own program also made the move from Australia. That's how Ms. Mirsky and Mr. Cochrane were able to qualify for financing to purchase their franchise.
"We recognized a lot of great people with potential to be great business operators. It was successful in Australia and we formalized it here in 2008," Mr. Gillespie says.
"Good franchisees care about their people, great bread, love connecting with customers and supporting the community. That's true of our franchisees in Australia and it's the same here in Canada."
Lorraine McLachlan, president and chief executive of the Canadian Franchise Association, says there are several key areas franchisors should consider before exporting a franchise brand.
Are there cultural different differences that will impact how the brand may operate in another culture? Are you providing the types of goods and or services consumed in the desired country? Take a culturally sensitive look at the norms and customs, she recommends.
She says there are two ways to start a franchise brand in a new country. One is to "open a corporate location first to make sure all the elements are in place and working," she says.
This is the route COBS Bread took. In fact, its first 20 locations were corporate stores with the first franchisee opening for business in 2006. Now, there are 75 locations across British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario.
"As we grow, we plan to keep 15 to 20 corporate stores because it makes sense to stay connected to the business. It also allows us to develop future franchisees who don't have capital to buy straight away, as well as future support staff," Mr. Gillespie says.
The other way to get started in a new country is to find a local partner to serve as master franchisee.
"In either case, you are establishing the brand, testing the market and addressing supply chain issues. Can you get what you need? Do you need to import things? Can you use your existing supply chain?," Ms. McLachlan says.
Another thing that is important is to understand local laws. For example, Alberta, Ontario, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Manitoba all have franchise disclosure legislation that requires franchisors to provide franchisees a significant amount of specified information. If you don't comply, you are in violation of the law and it can become an expensive mistake, Ms. McLachlan says.
She recommends franchisors get local advisors: lawyers, consultants, accountants, bankers who specialize in franchising.
"You are creating a system that will help somebody operate the business exactly as it is intended to be operated so there is consistency from location to location," Ms. McLachlan says. "It's up to you to provide ongoing guidance and support to the master franchisee or individual franchisees.
At COBS Bread, that support includes encouraging area managers to share what's working and what isn't. "It's a partnership," Mr. Gillespie says. "It's up to us to ensure the brand is progressing and moving forward and up to franchisees to meet brand expectations. We work together to achieve those things."
It's also something Ms. Mirsky appreciates. "They foster transparency. Every Thursday, we receive an e-newsletter and get to see what's going on with other bakeries and the good things people are doing to increase sales and give back to their community. If someone had a fantastic weekend, you can call them up and ask what they did to achieve those sales," she says.
"It also brings you closer together. It is a family affair. This story is about two people who opened up a bakery in Australia and they had the recipe for success."
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Vision Statement
"A soul centered ministry that is unified in purpose, having Jesus Christ as its foundation and the Holy Spirit as its guide"
The Bible tells us in Proverbs 29:18 "Where there is no vision, the people perish". The New International Version (NIV) of the same passage gives us additional insight into the value of vision informing us "Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint".
The purpose of having a vision is to keep the Ministry focused on those things God has set the Ministry out to accomplish. Without vision, people lose sight of why they are putting forth effort and only see the effort they are expending. If this pattern of behavior continues it is easy to see why restraint would be cast off and self indulgence would become the order of the day. A life of self-indulgence will ultimately end in destruction; a Ministry of self-indulgence would be faced with the same fate!
The vision of the Grace and Truth Apostolic Ministry can be categorized into 4 key segments; the first being "A soul centered Ministry". This Ministry has been established to draw new souls to the body of Christ and as such we are evangelistic in our approach. Jesus left these simple instructions for us in Mark 16: 15 "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature."
A second segment of our vision is being "Unified in Purpose". Paul gave us this command in I Corinthians 1:10 "that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgement." The sum of the whole is greater than the sum of the parts; much more can be accomplished when our efforts are focused in the same direction and on the same tasks. The purpose of this Ministry is to win souls to Christ, it is our prayer that everyone affiliated with this Ministry will be unified in this purpose.
Next we move into the foundation of our Ministry and that is Jesus Christ! Jesus tells us in Matthew 16:18" upon this rock I will build my church". The rock Jesus referred to was not an actual rock, rather he spoke metaphorically about Peter's revelation. God revealed to Peter that Jesus was not just a man or a prophet, Peter had the understanding that Jesus was the Christ, our anointed savior, the son of the living God! The foundation upon which the church is to be built, is this revelation of who Jesus is.
The fourth and final segment of our vision is the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Our endeavor is to have a Ministry that is inspired and lead by God as we move ahead in the fulfillment of his purpose. This is accomplished through the work of the Holy Spirit, "Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth." John 16:13
This is the vision of the Grace and Truth Apostolic Ministries, "A soul-centered Ministry that is unified in purpose, having Jesus Christ as its foundation and the Holy Spirit as its guide." Now that you know and understand our vision, it is our sincerest prayer that the Holy Spirit will guide you into becoming a part of this dynamic purpose driven Ministry.


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Work Orders
All requests for event setups, custodial services and maintenance issues MUST be submitted through the online work order system. We will only accept work orders submitted through our online system.
When scheduling events on campus, please adhere to the following lead time for setup needs:
- Small events with a basic room set-up: Submit your work order at least 14 business days in advance of the event
- Large events that require special attention: Submit your work order at least one month in advance
- Make sure you submit only one work order per event set-up request
- You may attach a .pdf or word document to your work order, such as room diagrams or set-up details
- List all event details listed in the description
All work orders for the residence halls must be submitted to the Director of Residence Life, Pamela Ghigliotti.
Please note: If you have a custodial request or maintenance issue that needs to be addressed on the weekend, call Public Safety at 516.323.3500. They will notify our maintenance/custodial services department to dispatch personnel to accommodate your request.
Contact Us
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Of course, feel free to Contact Us.Office of Facility Management
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