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Hands up for Hirst
How the bad boy of Brit-Art grew rich at the expense of his investors
IN 2008 just over $270m-worth of art by Damien Hirst was sold at auction, a world record for a living artist. By 2009 Mr Hirst's annual auction sales had shrunk by 93%—to $19m—and the 2010 total is likely to be even lower. The collapse in the Hirst market can partly be ascribed to the recession. But more important are the lingering effects of a two-day auction of new work by Mr Hirst that Sotheby's launched in London on September 15th 2008.
The sale was memorable for many reasons, not least its name, "Beautiful Inside My Head Forever". The first session took place the very evening that Lehman Brothers went bankrupt. No one on Wall Street or in the City of London knew who might be next. Yet within the New Bond Street saleroom, collectors went on bidding, oblivious to the bloodletting without.
The sale was an innovative, daredevil affair. The art market is divided into "primary", new work sold through galleries, and "secondary", literally second-hand art, which is often put up for auction. This sale was full of primary material straight out of Mr Hirst's studio, some of it not yet dry. (Usually the only new art sold at auction is donated by artists to raise money for charity.) According to Frank Dunphy, Mr Hirst's business manager at the time, the galleries that represent him were very unhappy. Soon after breaking the news to Larry Gagosian, the world's leading dealer, Mr Dunphy recalled their conversation: "Larry said, 'It sounds like bad business to me. It'll be confusing to collectors. Why do you need to do this? We could continue in the old way'." Mr Dunphy went on: "We've had our shouting matches over the years. But there was no shouting that day."
Sotheby's was keen to build its own brand around a celebrity artist rather than the usual assortment of inanimate objects. The sale was marketed on YouTube and through the media around the world, part of a conscious effort to broaden international demand for the work. Sotheby's filled its exhibition rooms with Hirsts. Never had so much of his art been seen in one place. Many art-world insiders saw the sale as an artistic event. Cheyenne Westphal (pictured above, right), European chairman of Sotheby's contemporary art, says: "Damien's auctions will become part of his oeuvre. He has done three sales: 'Pharmacy' (2004), the 'RED' charity auction (2008), and 'Beautiful'. Fast forwarding, they will be very good provenance."
Few people were convinced, though, that the market could absorb 223 lots from one artist in 24 hours. Yet an astonishing 97% of the works sold. "Beautiful" brought in £111m ($198m) and expanded the art market: 39% of the buyers had never bought contemporary art before and 24% of them were new to Sotheby's. Europeans (including Russians) bought 74% of the lots, while 17.7% went to the Americas and 8.3% flew to Asia and the Middle East.
But who exactly bought what? Even Mr Hirst admits, "I'm still finding out." Dealers acquired some works, but 81% of the buyers were private collectors purchasing directly. Miuccia Prada, an Italian designer and longstanding Hirst collector, for example, spent £6.3m acquiring a trio of Mr Hirst's trademark animals in formaldehyde: "The Black Sheep with the Golden Horn", "False Idol" (a calf), and "The Dream" (a foal made to look like a unicorn). "I think it was an incredible conceptual gesture, not a sale," she says.
Several billionaires from the former Soviet Union also took part. Alexander Machkevitch, a Kazakh mining magnate with a taste for metallurgical themes, bought six lots in the evening sale: a large stainless steel cabinet filled with manufactured diamonds, a pair of gold-plated cabinets containing more lab gems, three butterfly canvasses and a spot painting with a gleaming gold background for a total of £11.7m. Other buyers from the region included Maria Baibakova, Vladislav Doronin, Victor Pinchuk and Gary Tatintsian.
Speculation abounds about who spent £10.3m (including commission) on "The Golden Calf", a bull in formaldehyde with 18-carat gold hooves and horns. Many thought the garish top lot carried an ambitious estimate, £8m-12m, and would be hard to sell. In the event it proved a nervous moment—there were only two bidders—and whoever acquired it has not been showing it off. The persistent rumour is that the "Calf" has gone to the royal family of Qatar. (Just over a year earlier the emir's daughter, Sheikha al-Mayassa al-Thani, bought Mr Hirst's "Lullaby Spring", a pill cabinet, for £9.65m, the highest price ever paid for a work by a living artist.) When asked about the Qataris, Mr Hirst replies, "I'm sure they did buy things. But it's all hearsay. I got a call from somebody who said [the Qataris] bought 'The Golden Calf' but I think they're denying it."
Could any other artist pull off this kind of spectacular trade? Mr Hirst is often likened to Jeff Koons, an American pop artist who overtook Mr Hirst as the most expensive living artist when his "Hanging Heart" sold for $23.6m in November 2007 (see chart 1). Although Mr Koons has a larger-than-life persona and his work enjoys international appeal, he is a conservative market player who issues works in controlled editions of five and concentrates exclusively on the very high end. Nothing could be further from Mr Hirst's risk-loving manner and his desire to offer work at a range of different prices. "Beautiful" was a success in part because it offered something for everyone.
Mr Hirst, already rich and famous, became richer and more famous. But what of his investors? Two years after the auction, the second-hand trade in Hirsts has slowed to a trickle. Even Sotheby's, which has had a Hirst in every major contemporary sale in London since "Pharmacy" in 2004, offered none of his art in this year's evening sale in June. The auction house admits it is avoiding Mr Hirst's work because it can't meet its consignors' price expectations.
The average auction price for a Hirst work in 2008 was $831,000. So far in 2010 it is down to $136,000, a sum that does not even take into account the many lots that failed to find buyers. With prices down to 2002 levels, the artist's work is outperforming the S&P 500, but is lagging well behind Artnet's C50 contemporary art index, an industrial average of the 50 most traded post-war artists (see chart 2). The only Hirst pieces that are showing signs of recovery are butterfly paintings, particularly the wing-only works that evoke kaleidoscopes and stained-glass windows. Nine of the ten top trades since the "Beautiful" sale have been butterflies of some sort.
A seller's disappointment, however, is a buyer's opportunity. Alberto Mugrabi, a dealer and devoted supporter of most things Hirst, observed the "Beautiful" sale carefully, but bought little. By contrast, he admits to buying 40% of the Hirst paintings that have come up for sale at Sotheby's and Christie's in the past year. "I believe in the artist," he says. The Mugrabi family owns some 110 Hirsts, including an installation that features 30 sheep, two doves, a shark and a splayed cow in formaldehyde. The Mugrabis offered $35m for the artist's diamond skull, "For the Love of God", but failed to secure the work that was marketed at $100m and has never sold. "The Mugrabis rarely buy directly from me," says Mr Hirst. "We can never work out a deal because they want such fierce prices."
The Mugrabis liken the tumble in Mr Hirst's secondary prices to Andy Warhol's in the early 1990s. "In the long term, the market will be more than fine. I couldn't be more optimistic," says Mr Mugrabi. Yet they have not invested in Mr Hirst's latest line of Francis Bacon-inspired skull paintings, saying that they are "not visually continuous with the old work, which we find more beautiful and relevant." Unlike most of the work, which is made by teams of other people, the artist actually paints these himself. Most of the reviews have been ruthless: "The Worst of Hirst" and "Hirst, Renaissance man, obviously not".
Americans who did not make purchases at the "Beautiful" sale have recently shown more confidence, buying from Gagosian Gallery's "End of an Era" show in New York earlier this year. The Broad Art Foundation acquired "Judgement Day", a giant gold-plated cabinet containing lab diamonds. Millicent Wilner, a Gagosian director, affirms that all 15 new works in the exhibition sold for a total of over $30m.
At the Hong Kong art fair in May a special Hirst stand by his British dealer, White Cube Gallery, was swarming with young people having their photo taken in front of the works. Daniela Gareh, White Cube's sales director, confirms that it sold to first-time Hirst buyers from Korea, Taiwan and mainland China. "The Chinese respond to branding and Damien is a master brander," she says. Other Criteria, Mr Hirst's print business, also did a solid trade at the fair. Photos of Mr Hirst's most expensive unsold work went like hot cakes. The most popular item was a foot-high image of the artist's diamond skull, an edition of 1,000, priced at £950.
In 2008 and 2009, Mr Hirst repeatedly made statements like "The first time you sell something is when it should cost the most" and "I've definitely had the goal to make the primary market more expensive." The artist was frustrated by the speculators who were buying from his galleries then quickly reselling his work at auction. Moreover, the acquisition of a package of 12 of his own works from Charles Saatchi for £6m in 2003, far more than what Mr Saatchi had originally paid, may have led to an Oedipal determination to overthrow all the high-rolling dealers and collectors who thought they might lord it over the little artist.
The goal of making the primary works more expensive may benefit Mr Hirst's personal income in the short-term, but it makes no sense from the perspective of his market. Part of the reason that art costs more than wallpaper is the expectation that it might appreciate in value. Flooding the market with new work is like debasing the coinage, a strategy used from Nero to the Weimar Republic with disastrous consequences. If Mr Hirst were managing a quoted company, he would be unable to enrich himself at the expense of his investors in quite the same way. But Mr Hirst is an artist and, in Western countries, artists are valued as rule-breaking rogues.
Two developments could help Mr Hirst's secondary market. He has started compiling his catalogue raisonné, a complete list of all the works he has made, which will comfort those who suspect he has made hundreds more spot and spin paintings than he admits to. According to Francis Outred, Christie's European head of contemporary art, "As with Warhol, this could bring reassuring clarity to the question of volume within each series." Mr Hirst is also discussing with the Tate a retrospective show to coincide with the Olympic games in London in 2012.
Hirst sceptics point out that the only museum to hold a Hirst show was in Naples, Italy, in 2004. From October 28th a private New York gallery, L&M Arts, will show 18 of his earliest medicine cabinets. The changing shape and contents of these pieces are the most intriguing evolutionary thread in Mr Hirst's work. Indeed, they foreshadow the artist's drive to assemble objects into auction spectaculars.
Where will the Hirst market go from here? The ball is still in Mr Hirst's court. "Beautiful Inside My Head Forever" may have been an historic moment in artist empowerment, but such performances risk destroying the delicate ecology of living artists' markets. Mr Hirst should repair his relationship with his collectors and concentrate on his retrospective. Another "Beautiful" sale could be ugly.
This article appeared in the Culture section of the print edition under the headline "Hands up for Hirst"
Culture September 11th 2010
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The meaning of Stuxnet
A sophisticated "cyber-missile" highlights the potential—and limitations—of cyberwar
IT HAS been described as "amazing", "groundbreaking" and "impressive" by computer-security specialists. The Stuxnet worm, a piece of software that infects industrial-control systems, is remarkable in many ways. Its unusual complexity suggests that it is the work of a team of well-funded experts, probably with the backing of a national government, rather than rogue hackers or cyber-criminals (see article). It is designed to infect a particular configuration of a particular type of industrial-control system—in other words, to disrupt the operation of a specific process or plant. The Stuxnet outbreak has been concentrated in Iran, which suggests that a nuclear facility in that country was the intended target.
This is, in short, a new kind of cyber-attack. Unlike the efforts to disrupt internet access in Estonia or Georgia (blamed on Russia), or the attacks to break into American systems to steal secrets (blamed on China), this was a weapon aimed at a specific target—it has been called a "cyber-missile". One or more governments (the prime suspects are Israel and America) were probably behind it. After years of speculation about the potential for this sort of attack, Stuxnet is a worked example of cyberwar's potential—and its limitations.
Much of the discussion of cyberwar has focused on the potential for a "digital Pearl Harbour", in which a country's power grids and other critical infrastructure are disabled by attackers. Many such systems are isolated from the internet for security reasons. Stuxnet, which exploits flaws in Microsoft Windows to spread on to stand-alone systems via USB memory sticks, shows they are more vulnerable than most people thought. The outbreak emphasises the importance of securing industrial-control systems properly, with both software (open-source code can be more easily checked for security holes) and appropriate policies (banning the use of memory sticks). "Smart" electricity grids, which couple critical infrastructure to the internet, must be secured carefully.
Stuxnet is also illuminating in another way: it reveals the potential for cyber-weapons that target specific systems, rather than simply trying to cause as much mayhem as possible. It infected several plants in Germany, for example, but did no harm because they were not the target it was looking for. Such specificity, along with the deniability and difficulty of tracing a cyber-weapon, has obvious appeal to governments that would like to disable a particular target while avoiding a direct military attack—and firms interested in sabotaging their rivals.
Cyberwar is not declared
But the worm also highlights the limitations of cyber-attacks. Iran admits that some computers at its Bushehr nuclear plant were infected, but says no damage was done. The target may have been the centrifuges at its nuclear refinery at Natanz. Last year the number of working centrifuges at Natanz dropped, though it is unclear whether this was the result of Stuxnet. Even if it was, the attack will only have delayed Iran's nuclear programme: it will not have shut it down altogether. Whoever is behind Stuxnet may feel that a delay is better than nothing. But a cyber-attack is no substitute for a physical attack. The former would take weeks to recover from; the latter, years.
Stuxnet may have failed to do the damage its designers intended, but it has succeeded in undermining the widespread assumption that the West would be the victim rather than the progenitor of a cyber-attack. It has also illustrated the murkiness of this sort of warfare. It is rarely clear who is attacking whom. It is hard to tell whether a strike has been successful, or indeed has happened at all. This, it seems, is what cyberwar looks like. Get used to it.
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12R-lipoxygenase (12R-LOX) and epidermis-type LOX-3 (eLOX-3) are novel members of the multigene family of mammalian LOX. A considerable gap exists between the identification of these enzymes and their biologic function. Here, we present evidence that 12R-LOX and eLOX-3, acting in sequence, and eLOX-3 in combination with another, not yet identified LOX are critically involved in terminal differentiation of keratinocytes and adipocytes, respectively. Mutational inactivation of 12R-LOX and/or eLOX-3 has been found to be associated with development of an inherited ichthyosiform skin disorder in humans and genetic ablation of 12R-LOX causes a severe impairment of the epidermal lipid barrier in mice leading to post-natal death of the animals. In preadipocytes, a LOX-dependent PPARγ activating ligand is released into the cell supernatant early upon induction of differentiation and available evidence indicates that this ligand is an eLOX-3-derived product. In accordance with this data is the observation that forced expression of eLOX-3 enhances adipocyte differentiation.
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Its line is catered to women of all ages as the design is quite versatile. Pieces can be used as beach bags or as everyday purses; it has just enough room to fit the essentials, such as your wallet, keys, lipstick and so on. The bags can also be worn over one shoulder or across the chest and are made out of 100% cotton, lined with waterproof fabric. There is also a pocket on the outside that is ideal for holding your cell phone, making it convenient for easy access.
The belted bags are stylishly designed so you can sport them without worrying about looking tacky. The Marewo purses are ideal for days when you want to add some playfulness to your outfit.
The Marewo Collection Offers Adorable Cotton Purses
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During our firm's five-decade history, Swift Currie has handled an extensive amount of wrongful death and catastrophic injury claims. Backed by a comprehensive background of representative experience, an expansive network of lawyers and a strong familiarity with the investigation, litigation and judicial processes, our team serves as a strong advocate for our clients.
We have handled cases involving motor vehicle accidents, construction site injuries, equipment-related accidents, product-related accidents, premises liability and medical malpractice. We have defended against a broad spectrum of claims, whether minor or those involving significant exposure, including traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries leading to partial or full paralysis, amputation, severe burns, toxic exposure, disfigurement, death and more.
Our deep bench of litigators allows us to identify the issues involved and take the appropriate steps to defend our clients in a cost-effective manner. Our team serves as a trusted business partner that strives to understand our clients' businesses, challenges and objectives.
Swift Currie is proud of the national reputation we have developed over the years, not the least of which is our high standard for ethical representation. Through our experience handling traumatic claims in the Southeast and throughout the country, we have developed an understanding and awareness of how courts and juries assess and respond to various legal claims and strategies.
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Local Reviews: I Hate Girls with Bruises
Local Music Reviews
I Hate Girls with Bruises
First Night
Red Light Sound
Street: 08.15
I Hate Girls With Bruises = VCR Quintet + Ghastly Hatchling + Night Terror
The Salt Lake City noise scene is blowing up and it is no small part to the concerted and concentrated efforts of one Aaron Zillionaire. On this release, Zillionaire and collaborator Tia Martinez, haven't gone the usual route of penetrating noise and obtuse shocking visuals that subordinate the sound, but have taken this one track opus and made it sound as if you were in an industrial warehouse full of machines moving blending and echoing in harmonious unison. The tape loops the sound of what could conceivably be the hum of an industrial fan while the electronics jump and twitter like a conveyor belt with liquefied metal pouring off of it. The composition is repetitive without being boring, but you can easily zone it out as it plays in the background. Not too harsh assaultive or brutal, First Nights is a cognizant noise album.


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Switching clothes over for the fall/winter season?
Please consider donating clean coats,hoodies, hats, mittens/gloves, snow pants and boots to the Annual UCFSD Coat Drive. All sizes & styles, infant through adult are needed – please spread the word.
Donated items can be dropped off in the lobbies of any UCF district school now until December 7th. The Patton collection box is located in our front lobby. Items should be clean and in good condition. New items and monetary donations are also gladly accepted.
Collected items will be distributed in December to over 500 families in need in our area.
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About Shams n Wags1 min read
Saurabh Sharma & Paresh Waghela aka Shams & Wags, the deadly cricket crazy duo promising to cover the reviews, comments and more on cricket.
It was way back in Feb 2007 when the duo met in a company where they used to work. Besides working, discussing over cricket matches, watching cricket and enjoy their favourite player play was the best way they could spend the time.
About Shams:
Shams is originally from Jabalpur, now working in Mumbai. He is a Hindi Guru. He comes up with some deadliest of words in Hindi which makes even a serious person laugh. He plays a major role in stats and facts that appear in the article.Cricket is his passion
About Wags:
Paresh, born and brought up in Mumbai is a simple yet stylish tall left hander who likes to play around with words.Coming up with small tag lines or crisp articles is his speciality. Needles to say, a die-hard cricket fan.
Stay tuned for some interesting and exciting articles on https://shamsnwags.com


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TempZone™ Flex Roll now in Twin Conductor
CHICAGO, IL – March 2012 WarmlyYours Radiant Heating, makers of energy-efficient radiant electric heating solutions for any flooring surface and bathroom spas, announced the addition of a new product to their popular floor-heating product line. The TempZone™ Electric Floor Heating Collection for applications for tile, stone, or hardwood, will now include a Twin Conductor line for the TempZone Flex Roll.
The TempZone™ Twin Conductor Flex Roll has the intrinsic advantage of maintaining low electromagnetic fields (EMFs). The addition of the twin conductor version of TempZone™ Flex Roll, allows WarmlyYours to enhance their superior flagship product – the hottest in floor heating (utilizing a full 15-watts/sq. ft.).
With the twin conductor there are two main benefits:
Easy layout for installation. With a single termination cable, you can layout the entire length of the cable without returning the end back to the thermostat. Installation is faster, allowing for easy free form design with the ability to remove the cable from the tape adhesive.
Easy connection. The main difference between the single and twin conductor roll is the 'cold lead.' With the twin conductor, there is no second connection 'lead' to return to the thermostat, making it easy to connect, with only one single lead wire to connect to the thermostat. The single conductor has a 'cold lead' at each end of the mat and they must be brought back together at the connection point. WarmlyYours Radiant will continue to carry the single conductor version for a limited time.
Both the single and twin conductor TempZone™ Flex Rolls are a part of WarmlyYours Radiant's TempZone™ Electric Floor Heating Collection and are all made for installation under tile, stone, and wood floors, which includes:
- TempZone™ Flex Roll for full coverage and optimal in-field, on the job flexibility in installation (available in single and twin conductors). The twin conductor roll is suitable for wet locations and is cULus listed.
- TempZone™ Mini Mat for heating smaller areas and small bathrooms
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- TempZone™ Custom Mat for uniquely shaped rooms, and quick application
About WarmlyYours Radiant Heating Inc
With trusted industry experience, 19+ years of business, WarmlyYours, located in USA and Canada, offers the industry's most innovative energy-efficient and maintenance-free electric radiant heating solutions for virtually any flooring surface and radiant heat solutions for any room. WarmlyYours offers the hottest floor-heating mat on the market, with a fully heated roll that utilizes a full 15-watt per square foot.


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Archive for April 2019
Private Landlords – Gas Safety Services
If you own a property which you rent out you will know the importance of making sure that everything in the property is in good working order if you want your tenants to be comfortable and happy with the service that you provide.
Having adequate reliable heating is one of the key things that all tenants require, and many private landlords find that if they aren't well prepared the winter months can be an expensive and busy time if their tenants heating systems fail when they need them most. It is important to make sure that you have the number of a company that provides reliable heating services.
Arktek Heating Services are able to provide a specialist service to private landlords to take care of all your heating needs no matter what happens. Not only will they be able to take care of any repairs at short notice, they can also offer a full heating care service so you can ensure that all of your properties are well looked after all year round. All you need to do is give them the details of the properties you own and they will take care of everything else for you.
As a private landlord you are required by law to carry out annual gas safety checks to ensure that all appliances are in good working order, at Arktek they will be able to carry out these essential tests for you and make sure all the paperwork is fully completed. They will also be able to carry out a full service on any boilers or heating systems so you can ensure that they are running as efficiently as possible, take note of any potential problems and arrange to have any issues repaired straight away.
With a wide range of heating services on offer to both residential customers and private landlords Arktek ensure that every customer gets the best possible service for great value. Whether you just want a general annual safety check or are looking at replacing your entire heating system they will complete the job to the highest possible standard every time, and give you any help or advice that you may require. With a twenty-four-hour emergency call out line you can be certain you can rely on Arktek to help you out when you need it most.
Arktek also offer excellent help and advice to help you make sure that your property is as energy efficient as possible, so if you are concerned about the impact your properties may be having on the environment, or are worried that your tenants are experiencing higher than average bills you may want to give them a call. They will be able to advise you of the most environmentally friendly new combi boilers on the market if you are thinking of upgrading or if you are happy with your existing system, they will be able to give you advice about changes you can make to ensure your property is more energy efficient.
So why not get in touch with Arktek to find out more about the excellent heating services packages they are able to offer private landlords? With competitive rates and a flexible and individualised service for each customer you can be certain that they will make sure you and your tenants are prepared for the winter this year.
For further information about the range of the landlord and heating services available from Arktek Heating Services, please call 0191 516 6911 or their heating & plumbing services website.
Your Options for the Perfect Aircon repair Service
Like all appliances, even air conditioners have an energy label that indicates their efficiency class. The best, and therefore the preferable, is the class A. If it is true that the products in class A are more efficient than the others, it is also true that within this class live devices with very distant performances: higher differences can be found at 50%. The advice is then to compare their EER and COP levels, that is their performance indexes in cooling and heating: the higher they are, the higher the yields and the lower the electrical absorption. The best in aircon repair singapore comes within budget now.
The Best Companies
Many companies in the sector are members of the Technical Data Certification Association. Opting for one of these companies protects the consumer in the choice of the product, because the data reported on the energy label or declared on the catalogs (performance and consumption), is periodically subjected to verification.
- Another advice is to choose air conditioners that use Inverter technology, which adapts the operating power to the actual needs and reduces the on and off cycles. This system allows a longer life of the appliance and an energy saving of more than 30% compared to the devices that do not have it (on-off).
- It is preferable, in a split only cooling, one heat pump. Spending little more, you buy an air conditioning system that can cool in summer and heat in the intermediate seasons, but also in winter.
To air condition multiple rooms, it is necessary to have an indoor unit in each room. Only in this way can each environment be managed independently. The choice, in this case, is whether to combine several indoor units with one external (multi-split systems) or to combine each internal with an external one (mono-split systems). The variables are many, even if the multi; often offer a lower initial cost, smaller dimensions and lower management and maintenance costs.
Make sure the appliance has adequate power for the real climate control needs of the room. A properly sized system avoids unnecessary energy waste. An oversized air conditioner costs and consumes more, is noisier and often has a larger outdoor unit. For this it is good to rely on an expert and qualified technician who, after viewing the room to be air-conditioned, recommend the most suitable machines. For the right and reliable aircon repair company in singapore this is important now.
Silence is a feature that should never be overlooked when choosing an air conditioner. It is useful to know that the noise level ("sound pressure") of an air conditioner is calculated in decibels. To be clear: 20 decibels correspond to the rustling of leaves, 25 to the chirping of a bird, 40 to murmurs in a library and 50 to office work. Modern air conditioners, with a rated power up to 3.5 kW, maintain minimum noise levels between 19 and 26 decibels (practically imperceptible.).
Details You Need for the Perfect Home Cleaning
Keeping your home clean and tidy at all times can sometimes be complicated. There is always something out of place. In this article we explain how to always have a perfect home.Imagine going home after a hard day and finally finding a quiet, orderly and relaxing atmosphere. Read in this article how to keep the house clean and tidy and experience this pleasant feeling every day.
- · Would you like to keep your home clean and tidy and find every time you enter that welcoming atmosphere that improves your day? We present you some suggestions so that your home is always a welcoming haven of rest.In small houses, this problem turns into a real dilemma. Finding the right place for every object in a small room can become a puzzle that sometimes seems to be without solution. If we add children and the little time available because of work, achieving this goal becomes practically impossible.
But don't lose heart. In this article we explain some tricks you can use to keep your home clean and tidy without jumping through hoops. Follow our advice, and your home will breathe again. For the right Home Cleaning Services this is the best deals here.
Set a time for cleaning
If your daily pace is very urgent, we advise you to set a weekly schedule for cleaning the house. Between works, the gym, friends and all other commitments, in the end there is never time to devote to cleaning. With a set time you will know every day what to do so that the disorder does not take power over your home.
Decide, for each day, a specific job to do at home. It will be much easier and more practical to have everything under control. First, identify the free moments you have during the day and dedicate 10 minutes of this time to the housework you have set for that day. Finally, prepare a list of all the housework you will need to do during the week, such as making dust, cleaning the bathroom, making a dishwasher, hanging out the laundry … This way you can plan quickly and easily all week.
Sometimes, however, unforeseen events also remove the little time available. What to do in these cases? Simple, activate an alternative plan and don't be too demanding with you. Try to be flexible. This will help you take action in the event of unforeseen circumstances.
The importance of new habits
Below we present a list of new habits that you can easily introduce into your daily routine:
Make the bed before leaving home. The easiest thing is to postpone it for the return. But you already know that when you come back from work or from other activities outside the home you have no desire to make the bed, and at the same time you will be sorry to have left it undone all day. Therefore it is important to fix the bed before doing anything else. In addition to keeping the bedroom tidy, it will also gain the decor and decoration.
If you use something, put it back in its place. Often the newly used items are left untidy for the house. It happens above all with towels, cleaning products, medicine boxes, but also with other everyday objects. At the end of the day the house looks messy, even more so if you have children. We advise you to establish a new rule at home: "if you use something, put it back in its place".
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Southwest Airlines ticket sale offering Orlando deals
Southwest Airlines has rolled out its popular 72-hour airfare sale that offers flights from Orlando international to 21 destinations for under $100.
The day of travel limitations are more restrictive than in previous sales offered by the airline.
These limitations posted on the Southwest Airlines website include:
Travel in the U.S. valid Aug. 23, 2016 through Dec. 14, 2016. Travel to/from San Juan, Puerto Rico valid Sept. 7, 2016 through Dec. 8, 2016.
International travel valid Aug. 23, 2016 through Dec. 13, 2016
Flights from Orlando start as low as $79 one-way to the following cities:
Atlanta, GA
Baltimore/Washington, MD
Birmingham, AL
Chicago (Midway), IL
Memphis, TN
Philadelphia, PA
Washington (Dulles), DC
Washington (Reagan National), DC
Flights from Orlando start as low as $99 one-way to the following cities:
Aruba, Aruba
Columbus, OH
Houston (Hobby), TX
Indianapolis, IN
Long Island/Islip, NY
Louisville, KY
Milwaukee, WI
Nashville, TN
New Orleans, LA
New York/Newark, NJ
Pittsburgh, PA
Raleigh/Durham, NC
St. Louis, MO
Flights from Orlando start as low as $129 one-way to the following cities:
Denver, CO
San Antonio, TX
San Juan, PR
Flights from Orlando start as low as $141 one-way to the following city:
Montego Bay, Jamaica
There have been similar three-day sales around June and October for the past several years.
This current sale ends at the end of the day Thursday.


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Raymond Linnane, along with his son John, operates a 50-cow suckler herd in Bellharbour, Co. Clare – right in the heart of the Burren.
Operating a spring calving system, 50% of the calves produced are sold as weanlings; the remainder are sold at 18 months.
Raymond keeps the cows outdoors on the Burren during the winter. However, these cows are housed come January – just as calving commences. The weanlings are generally housed in a slatted unit from November 1.
"When the cows are out in winter, one thing that they are guaranteed is dry-lying conditions up in the mountain.
"It might be a little bit exposed when it is 300m above sea level; nevertheless, they have shelter and dry lying. The weanlings are housed indoors in a slatted unit, which has been fitted with rubber matting," Raymond explained.
Animal comfort and welfare
Animal comfort and welfare is extremely important to Raymond, saying: "A happy herd is a productive herd.
"The slatted housing unit was built 11 years ago. We installed it with EASYFIX Slat Rubber at this point. There were a couple of pens built subsequently and there is no rubber on these, so we can see the difference that the slat rubber makes to our herd."
The Linnanes intend to fit the remaining pens with EASYFIX Slat Rubber, based on the benefits it has brought about in the original slatted house.
Concrete vs rubber flooring
Raymond continued: "There is no doubt that the animals are much more content on the EASYFIX Slat Rubber.
"In the concrete pens when a calf is born, if you put down some rubber mats, they will lie on it sooner than the concrete. This is indicative that they are more comfortable on the rubber."
The Clare-based farmer graded the rubber on a number of criteria. These include: impact of rubber on lameness; average daily gain (ADG); overall productivity; cleanliness and hygiene.
1. Impact of rubber on lameness
Raymond believes that lameness is not an issue because of the rubber.
"We would not see lameness at all on the rubber. Before the cows go into the shed, they are scanned and they are dressed for lice.
"Any animal that needs hoof paring is looked after. We have noticed a drastic decrease in the number of lame cows as a result of using slat rubber."
2. Average daily gain
He now feels that the average daily gain has also increase significantly, saying: "As the cows are in much better health, they are gaining more from what they are eating.
"In terms of grass utilisation, we are getting a much greater return from the herd when we started housing them on slat rubber than before.
"When the cows are let out to grass in spring, we would see a notable improvement in the herd – they are much more content."
3. Overall productivity
He added: "The major advantage of the rubber is comfort; but the herd's overall productivity has also increased significantly."
Another benefit of the rubber flooring that Raymond has noticed is increased safety.
"Sometimes the weanlings that are housed on the slats without rubber, slip and hurt themselves because they have no grip.
EASYFIX Slat Rubber ensures that my herd does not slip and potentially hurt themselves.
4. Cleanliness and hygiene
He admits that his animals are noticeably clearer on the slat rubber flooring, saying: "My cows and weanlings are much cleaner when they are on the rubber. This is really important when it comes to selling in the mart.
"The dirt does not stick to them. It's also much more hygienic, as the rubber can be power washed once the animals are let out of the shed."
Quality and value
In terms of quality, Raymond is quick to note the durability of EASYFIX Slat Rubber, adding: "The slat rubber was installed when the shed was built 11 years ago. So far it is showing no sign of deterioration.
"It cost €969 (including VAT) per pen. If you look back over the last 11 years, that's an average of €88/bay per year. It really is value for money," he concluded.
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Hidden away in an atmospheric brick vault, French restaurant Cyrano de Bergerac is highly recommended for romance.
One of Kraków's pricier restaurants, Cyrano de Bergerac shows a strong Gallic influence on its menu and wine list, with steak, lobster, and pigeon as favourites. The food is excellent, as is the staff, although you may find better value elsewhere. However, located in a cellar with high, round, brick ceiling, as a romantic location, this is very hard to beat. Advanced booking is essential.
Read more reviews on TripAdvisor.
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UNION SQUARE — Greenmarket cheesemongers were celebrating on Friday as a regulation that barred them from slicing cheese and their stands came to an end.
Vendors said the New York Department of Agriculture and Markets began fining vendors during the winter for slicing and packaging their cheese at the markets. This came after the agency started to enforce a 40-year-old regulation stipulating sellers need to follow rules, including having hot running water and a three-basin sink, to prepare their food.
"They fined a lot of people this year. That's ridiculous," said Luisa Somers, 32, of Dancing Ewe Farm, who sells her homemade cheese at the Union Square farmers' market. "One week we tried to vacuum pack, but everybody complained."
Somers said prepackaging cheese can change the taste and forces customers to buy a predetermined amount.
Somers also said not being allowed to cut cheese at the markets kept them from handing out fresh samples.
"The people that are the most happy are the customers," said Luisa's husband, Jody Somers, 40. "It's the freshest piece of cheese."
Jody Somers said some of his cheese has been aged for up to 60 days and the health risk of cutting it was non-existent.
"Nobody has gotten sick," he said. "No one has died."
Vendors were allowed to circumvent the regulations by using a plastic knife, but Luisa said it was difficult to cut some of the harder cheese without a proper knife.
The New York Department of Agriculture and Markets decided to exempt cheese vendors after listening to their complaints.
"We heard the concerns of farmers. That it's very hard to maintain a food processing license," said Jessica Ziehm, an Agriculture Department spokeswoman.
Ziehm said while it is easier now for cheese sellers to prepare their food on-site, they still need to follow food safety regulations including using clean utensils, keeping cheese protected from pests and having a hand-washing facility.
Despite the joy of the vendors, the people who seemed the most happy about the cheese developments were those walking through Union Square.
One woman got a mischievous look on her face after buying some goat cheese from vendor Patches of Star.
"I think people should be able to cut the cheese wherever they like," she said.


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Your marketing efforts never end.
They don't even take a day off.
If that sounds like a daunting task, you can relax. Many of your marketing strategies can be automated and even outsourced. However, there are some things that only YOU can do to build your client base the way you want it.
People who don't market themselves correctly – regardless of how they run their business – are the ones who fall short of reaching their career goals.
Here's how you can quickly, easily and effectively market your services to new and returning clients so you can enjoy a thriving career beginning right now:
1. Start now. Just start. It won't be perfect, but you will gain experience along the way.
2. Be consistent. It never ends. The most successful coaches and trainers all have an ongoing marketing campaign of some type. You want to be viewed as "consistent over time".
3. Be omnipresent. Be everywhere. Always. Yes, this is challenging at times. It's tough to be active on all social media platforms because there are only so many hours in the day. This is why you should start with your primary platform (Facebook or YouTube most likely). Then, build out from there. You can use services such as Buffer or IFTTT to schedule and syndicate your social media posts and announcements. You can and should post every day.
4. Not every post should be a promotion. In fact, only about 10% of your posts on social media should be a promotion of some type. You should focus more on educating, information, discussing and facilitating lessons to your audience. Show you care. Actually, care. Help people. Often times coaches or trainers say, "I don't know what to talk about on a video!" Well, you just need to be creative. Think of the last 10 great questions a client asked you. Those are 10 video topics. What are the last 10 eating/food-related questions you were asked? Those are 10 video topics. What are the last 10 exercises you did for yourself and why? Those are 10 video topics. What are the top 10 discussions related to your niche in a discussion group? Those are 10 video topics. Your ideas never end. You just need to implement.
5. Remember the old school. Some old methods of marketing are still best. Write a hand-written note to a client thanking them. Then, kindly ask for referrals. Because it is rare to receive a hand-written letter, people take the time to really enjoy it and appreciate it. You will stand out in their mind. And, they will be grateful. And, they are more likely to refer others to you.
6. Go meet people. You cannot always live on your phone or computer. As strange as it may sound, people really do exist offline. Go out in your community and network. Go to an event. Go to a local concert. Work from Starbuck's for the day. Attend a grand opening event. Don't be that weird person who is overly aggressive handing out cards at a rapid pace. Just meet people. Talk. Laugh. Engage. Connect.
7. Focus on your existing clients. All too often, we focus on getting new clients. If we would just keep our current clients happier, we could also reduce marketing costs and efforts and likely do even better with our businesses. We certainly hope you see all of our new efforts here at NESTA/Spencer Institute in regards to making your relationship with us even better. This is why we are doing more for you each week. We've increased our video content on YouTube, and have dramatically increased the blog content as well. https://www.
8. Keep "On Brand." Keep your colors, fonts, logo, messaging and likeness consistent over time. Yes, we know it takes time to create. Once you have it down, stick with it. People grow to understand – even at a first glance – that it's your business doing the post/email/promotion. Think of Starbucks. Could you take a 1-second glance at the storefront or the counter and know you are at Starbucks? How about Walmart or Target? What about the Apple store? In reality, I bet it would only take 1/10 of a second for your brain to register any of these brands. Why? It's all about conditioning our subconscious mind with consistency, colors, smells, thoughts, ideas, and feelings. This is why you must be consistent over time with all your marketing efforts.
That's it for now!
Take action.
The NESTA/Spencer Institute Team
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How to Market Yourself to Get More Clients
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LeBron James had 21 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers routed the visiting New Orleans Pelicans 112-95 on Friday.
Anthony Davis finished with 17 points, six rebounds, three blocks and three steals for the Lakers, who won their fifth in a row. Davis also had five assists. Six Lakers scored in double figures, including Montrezl Harrell and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope each with 16, Dennis Schroder with 12 and Kyle Kuzma with 11. Kuzma also grabbed 13 rebounds.
Zion Williamson, who returned after a one-game absence due to the NBA's safety and health protocols, had 21 points and 12 rebounds and Brandon Ingram scored 20 points for the Pelicans, who lost their fifth straight.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker, who scored a career-high 37 points in a loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday, and J.J. Redick had 12 points apiece.
Pelicans guard and former Laker Lonzo Ball (knee) missed his second consecutive contest.
The Lakers dominated the second half. They used a 17-4 surge to end the third quarter for an 84-74 lead. The Lakers held the Pelicans scoreless for almost six minutes in the quarter.
The Pelicans pulled within five early in the fourth before the Lakers blew the contest open. Los Angeles outscored New Orleans 55-37 in the second half.
The Pelicans went up 45-30 after a 3-pointer by Alexander-Walker with 6:37 left in the second quarter. However, an 11-0 Lakers' run cut the margin to 45-41 after a three-point play by James at 4:58 of the quarter.
After a tip-in by Steven Adams gave New Orleans a 54-44 edge, Los Angeles closed the half on a 13-4 rush and sliced the deficit to 58-57 at the break.
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If you are a martial artist who does push ups, iether knuckle or palm, and would like to really increase your punching power then this is for you.
No, you don't have to buy any special equiptment or apparatus. All you need is a good hard floor and a couple of face cloths.
Fold the face cloth in half and then in half again so you have a simple four layer square. Lay down on the floor in the push up position and place your fists on the cloths at your side. (Start with your fist in the supinated postion, that is palm towards the shoulder) No do your push up as if it were a double punch, making sure to rotate the fist to the pronated position and to slide your fists on the cloth towards your shoulder.
If the floor you are training on creates too much friction to allow rotation and slide of the cloth simply place a piece of wax paper between the cloth and floor.
In the begining this movement will require a lot of work from your shoulders and wrists but there will be great dividends paid out with diligent practice. Until you master the movements use the GTG (grease the groove) method of training. Do a few push ups several times a day every day. In the matter of a week you will be amazed at how much strength and power you will gain.
This method of doing pushups specifically targets the muscles used in punching plus you train the muscular and nerve pathways to move in the correct way. All of that translates into better, faster, stronger and more powerfull punches.
Play with hand positions and heights to really challange yourself.
May the Lord bless you and your household.


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L'Encyclopédie de l'histoire du Québec / The Quebec History Encyclopedia
Feasts and Feasting of the Indians of Canada
[This text was originally published in 1907 by the Bureau of American Ethnology as part of its Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. It was later reproduced, in 1913, by the Geographic Board of Canada. The work done by the American Bureau was monumental, well informed and incorporated the most advanced scholarship available at the time. In many respects, the information is still useful today, although prudence should be exercised and the reader should consult some of the contemporary texts on the history and the anthropology of the North American Indians suggested in the bibliographic introduction to this section. The articles were not completely devoid of the paternalism and the prejudices prevalent at the time. While some of the terminology used would not pass the test of our "politically correct" era, most terms have been left unchanged by the editor. If a change in the original text has been effected it will be found between brackets [.] The original work contained long bibliographies that have not been reproduced for this web edition. For the full citation, see the end of the text.]
Among all tribes there were feasts, ranging in importance from that of the little child to its playmate up to those which were a part of the great sacred ceremonies. These so-called feasts were never elaborate and were simply served, each portion being ladled from the kettle by the hostess, or by one appointed for the task.
Feasts were held at stated times. On the N. Pacific coast the coming of the salmon was celebrated in a feast of thanksgiving by all the tribes able to secure the fish from inlets or rivers. Farther S. the ripening of acorns and other fruits was similarly observed. The maturing of the maize was the occasion for tribal festivities; at that time the Creeks held their 8-days' ceremony known as the Buck when the new corn was eaten, the new fire kindled, new garments worn, and all past enmities forgiven. In November, when the [Inuit] had gathered their winter store, they held a feast, at which time gifts were exchanged; by this a temporary relationship was formed between the giver and taker, which tended to good feeling and fellowship. During the full moon of December the [Inuit] held a feast to which the bladders of animals killed during the year were brought. These were "supposed to contain the inuas, or shades of the animals." On the sixth and last day the bladders were taken out to a hole made in the ice, and thrust into the water under the ice. They "were supposed to swim far out to sea and then enter the bodies of unborn animals of their kind, thus becoming reincarnated and rendering game more plentiful" (Nelson). Among the Iroquois a feast was held to keep the medicine alive. Religious ceremonies to insure fruitfulness took place at the planting of the maize, at which time a feast was held.
Feasts were given on the completion of a house, at a marriage, and when a child was named. Feasts in honor of the dead were widely observed. The time which must elapse after a death before the feast could be given varied among the tribes. Among some of the Plains Indians it occurred after 4 days, with the Iroquois after 10 days, and with other tribes after nearly a year. The [Inuit] held their memorial feast late in November. The near relatives were the hosts, and the dead were supposed to be present beneath the floor of the dwelling where they enjoyed the festivities in their honour, partaking of the food and water cast there for them, and receiving the clothing put as a gift upon their namesakes. At the feast for the dead held by the tribes on the N. Pacific coast, the spirits of the departed were also supposed to be present, but the portions of food intended for them were passed through the fire and reached them in this manner. The Huron held their ceremonial feast in the fall, when all who had died during the year were disinterred by their kindred, the flesh stripped from the bones, and these wrapped in new robes and laid in the clan burial pit. The feast was one of tribal importance and was accompanied with religious rites.
It was incumbent on an aspirant to tribal honour to give feasts to the chiefs, and one who desired initiation into a society must provide feasts for the society. Respect to chiefs and leading men was expressed by a feast. On such an occasion the host and his family did not eat with their guests; they provided the food and the dishes, but the head chief appointed one of the guests to act as server. At all feasts the host was careful not to include in the food or the dishes used anything that would be tabu to any of his guests; a failure to observe this important point would be considered an insult.
The meetings of secular societies among the Plains tribes, whether the membership was of one or both sexes, were always accompanied with a feast. There was no public invitation, but the herald of the society went to each lodge and gave notice of the meeting. The food was provided by the family at whose lodge the society met, or by certain other duly appointed persons. The preparation for the feast varied in different societies within the same tribe. In some instances the food was brought ready cooked to the lodge, in others it was prepared in the presence of the assembly. The people brought their own eating vessels, for at these feasts one had to eat all that was served to him or take what was left to his home.
In most tribal ceremonies sacred feasts occurred, for which certain prescribed food was prepared and partaken of with special ceremony. Feasts of this kind often took place at the close of a ceremony, rarely at the beginning, although sometimes they marked a particular stage in the proceedings. Among the Iroquois, and perhaps other tribes, the owner feasted his fetish, and the ceremony of the calumet, according to early writers, was always concluded with a feast, and was usually accompanied by an exchange of presents.
At every feast of any kind, on any occasion, where food was to be eaten, a bit or small portion was first lifted to the zenith, sometimes presented to the four cardinal points, and then dropped upon the earth at the edge of the fire or into the fire. During this act, which was an offering of thanks for the gift of food, every one present remained silent and motionless.
Source: James WHITE, ed., Handbook of Indians of Canada, Published as an Appendix to the Tenth Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, Ottawa, 1913, 632p., pp. 162-163.
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I'm a fairly meticulous planner, and I did not have my bag, I did not have the jammies I wanted to have, or the CDs I wanted to have.
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By now it's 3 A.M. I'm fairly exhausted, and I turn to my husband and said, "This is really hurting. Can I get the drugs?" And he was like, "Absolutely, I can't believe you haven't asked for them before." He's like, "You're crazy." So I got the epidural and, oh, my goodness, highly recommend the epidural. The pain goes away fairly quickly. I could actually lay down and rest because I wasn't dilating. So rested for another 6 hours and then started to dilate and went into labor, but the epidural got it tipped off as they call it.
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The word was originally coined during 19th century British India to refer to persons born of European fathers, primarily British, and South Asian mothers, primarily Indians. The term has seen some use in anthropological literature from the 1960s.
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Constructing the first municipal-level GIS for France and a multi-modal transport network
The project is funded as part of project COMMUNE HIS-DBD (COllaborative Micro Mapping of UNExploited HIStorical District-Boundary Data) by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR, France) and INED (France).
Our Research Blog (in French) contains all the details about our work and progress so far.
The COMMUNE HIS-DBD project will build the first historical-GIS capturing all changes in the boundaries of French communes since the Revolution and create a multi-modal dataset of transport networks from 1750 to the present.
It combines the strength and expertise of INED (team led by Isabelle Séguy), the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure (CAMPOP) based at the University of Cambridge (team led by Alexis Litvine), and the ThéMA lab at the Université de Bourgogne (team led by Thomas Thévenin). It also counts with the technical expertise of the Institut National de l'Information Géographique et Forestière (IGN) and the active support of some of the most prominent European scholars in our Advisory Board.
Previous attempts have not succeeded in producing a reliable and accurate database of boundary changes mostly because they did not rely on historical records to reconstruct historical administrative units. As nobody has yet undertaken the painstaking historical reconstruction on a national scale the exact shape and delimitation of French administrative units in the past remain largely unknown. The unique combination of the historical and cartographic expertise of our teams will allow us to fill this major historical gap. Thanks to the seminal work by Séguy and Théré, who compiled a list of all boundary changes since 1801, we have devised a method to reconstruct historical administrative boundaries efficiently and accurately. We will be using a combination of historical and cartographic sources drawing upon administrative records, official maps from both the Service Géographique de l'Armée (SGA) and IGN, and other cartographic material such as cadastral mapping, and recent land surveys. Overall c.15% of all communes, will require exhaustive archival research all over France in order to digitise contemporary maps of administrative boundaries.
Figures (1) to (4): Georeferencing the commune boundary between Louvignies-Bavay and Bavay
(1) BD TOPO boundaries (2) Georectified map including corrections
(3) Drawing historical boundaries (4) Resulting GIS boundary
Over the years the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure (CAMPOP) has developed significant expertise by reconstructing English and Welsh parish-level boundaries for the period 1831-1881 with sources scarcer than in the French case. The English and Welsh parish and place GIS is now the standard resource used by historians, geographers, archaeologists and economists for mapping historical data for England and Wales, and the GIS shapefiles that resulted from this work have been used by a great number of scholars in very different fields.
Thanks to a team of highly-qualified research associates and research assistants working both in France and in the UK we will put France on an equal footing with other European countries, and will unlock new fundamental comparative and quantitative analyses.
By the end of the research grant we will have produced the first and only set of GIS boundary data for all French communes from 1790 to the present linked to several key demographic, socio-economic and environmental data available at low level. Linking these data to fine spatial units through time and, critically, through them to each other will be a major breakthrough in the application of quantitative analysis of large datasets to French history. This will also enable us to compare spatial and historical variations in those key variables among several countries with a level of details and accuracy never reached before. Finally, our tool will be made available to the entire scientific community providing both transparency and traceability. Through a dynamic database linked to a set of annualised GIS shape files all historical records and maps used to reconstruct boundaries will be built in the data and accessible to all researchers.
Archival work and some case studies
Our work often requires forensic cartographic and archival work to understand complex cases, especially changes that occurred early in the nineteenth century, when non-contiguous communes, enclaves and disputed territories were common occurence.
Case study 1: Tanneron-Callian-Montauroux, three gorgeous hilltop provencal villages, a non contiguous commune and a coal field.
Reconstructing historical transport networks in France, 1750 to the present
The existing geohistorical data on French transport infrastructures have been partially digitised by different institutions, with varying degrees of completeness: the railway network has been fully digitised from 1832 to 2015 with data on opening, closing dates and the evolution of technological innovation (electrification, rolling stock, high speed line…). The road network c.1750 has been digitised from Cassini maps (1750) by the COGIT laboratory at IGN (Perret et al., 2015). In this project we are: i) adapting existing railway data to fit to the much higher accuracy standards used for the GIS of French Communes; ii) digitising roads for two benchmark years (1830 and 1910). We use French military maps (Etat Major) for the period 1820 to 1866. For the second date, the 1900 maps (type 1900) digitised by IGN are our main source; iii) digitising navigable waterways 1700 to the present. The most consistent part of the data collection concerns French waterways. We use existing database of links, locks and tunnels, and complete it with data created by the Babel project. It includes construction dates, opening time and the technical evolutions for all existing canals. We complete this with data extracted from works by Delalande (1778), Grangez (1855) and Pinon (1886), allowing us to provide speed and cost assessment based on rights of way.
The French railway network since 1860 (Thévenin/Mimeur)
Building a multimodal model of transport accessibility in the long run
We are also creating homogeneous and comparable data on accessibility since 1750. This will greatly improve our understanding of the morphogenesis of transportation networks in France. In this way we will be able to quantify rigorously how changes in transportation networks contributed to spatial inequalities, and conversely we will be able to explore the extent to which public policy influenced network organisation.
The multimodal approach will allow us to combine microscopic and macroscopic analyses in order to look at the multi-scalar effects of spatial interactions. Combining roads, railways and waterways in the same model will help us assess the impact of innovations on territories suggested – but never quantified - by Dupuy (1991). We will provide measures of potential substitution effects and/or the complementarities of transportation networks. Finally, we will apply a morphological analysis of networks, in order to observe the impact of the co-evolution of transportation systems on population dynamics and notably emergence of centralities. These different hypotheses will be assessed by systematic comparisons between UK and France.
Population Density Hotspots 1794-1881/ Accessibility to Paris (Mimeur/Thévenin)/ NW European population density (NL and BE data provided by R. Stapel and I. Devos)
Description of the methodology
- PI for Cambridge: Alexis Litvine, University of Cambridge, CAMPOP, [email@example.com]
- Isabelle Séguy [email@example.com], INED
- Thomas Thévenin [firstname.lastname@example.com]
- Raphaëlle Boissard [firstname.lastname@example.com], INED
Raphaëlle is a data manager. After studying history at Paris IV - Sorbonne, she chose to specialise in the management, conservation and valorisation of the archives. She spent the last two years working at the Archives Nationales, and she is passionate about the wealth and diversity of the archives. Over the next two years, she will be visiting 90 departmental archives! Her familiarity with the arcane arts of the archival world will be of invaluable help throughout our project.
- Arthur Starzec [firstname.lastname@example.com], INED/UCL
Arthur is an historical archaeologist, geospatial analyst and current PhD candidate at UCL's Institute of Archaeology, investigating the development of transport networks in the UK and France and their relation to regional movements. Alongside his work with GIS, Arthur's research interests are in nationalism, identity, and landscape archaeology.
- Christophe Mimeur [email@example.com], Laboratoire MRTE, CY Cergy Paris Université
Christophe is Assistant Professor in CY Cergy Paris Universite, in the laboratory Mobility, Network, Territory, Environment. He is specialized in transportation geography. He has a geohistorical approach to qualify the interactions between space and network. He is interesting in the diffusion of networks according to population settlements, by the combinaison of network. He also works on the relationship between accessibility in low density space and public policies.
- Hanae El Gouj [email@example.com]
Hanae is an architect and urbanist who graduated both from the Ecole nationale d'architecture de Rabat (Morocco) in 2017 and from the INSA et ENSA of Strasbourg (France). She currently work on her PhD. in geography and urban planning at ThéMA (Université de Bourgogne - Franche-Comté, UMR CNRS 6049) with Claire Lagesse. Her thesis looks at the modelisation and simulation of road networks' morphogenesis using geohistorical data.
- Doriane Hare [email@example.com]
Doriane recently graduated in both history and DH from the very prestigious Ecole des chartes. She is joining the team to develop our data capabilities and expand her Master's research project on linking Ancien Regime parishes to post-1790 communes.
- Gaëtan Peyronel-Béra, ThéMA
Gaétan graduated in Géographie et Aménagement from Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne. He joined the project as part of his Master's degree TMEC (Transport, Mobilité, Environnement, Climat) at the University of Bourgogne. His dissertation looked at the topology and evolution of France's inland waterways.
- Claire Lagesse, ThéMA
- Patrick Mille, ThéMA
- Arnaud Bringé, INED
- Christine Théré, INED
- Bénédicte Garnier, INED
- Leigh Shaw-Taylor, Cambridge
- Max Satchell, Cambridge
Data use
With just over 6,000 boundary changes in two-hundred years reconstructing French historical boundaries is a manageable task, and it will lay the groundwork for many future historical enquiries. Since we launched our pilot project in January 2018, we have been contacted by numerous colleagues working in diverse fields inquiring about our data. In some cases, we were able to supply boundary data specially recreated for their projects:
- Schwartz (2010) used the French railway database to assess the effect of the railways on the restructuration of agriculture after the agrarian crisis.
- Henneberg (2013) used the railways GIS data for a comparative study of the role of the railways in the European integration over time.
- Dehdari and Gehring (2018) use the new information about administrative changes to evaluate the credibility of exploiting a natural historical experiment in the French-German border regions. This was previously impossible, but geo-referencing the changes and linking them to historical census and other data enables them to conduct meaningful estimates at the micro-level. More specifically, they use information on population and population density to evaluate whether the drawing of a border following the Franco-Prussian war was related to demographic factors.
- Heblich, Redding and Sturm (2019) use the commune population data to derive weights for a consistent definition of the center of Paris before and after the Haussmann reforms in 1860. The rearrangement of arrondissements led to substantial area changes which make it hard to justify area weights to derive a consistent population measure. Breaking population down to Quartiers and Communes is a far more credible way to generate consistent spatial units over time. We use this information to test the external validity of our findings for London which suggest that the rise of transportation technologies that facilitated commuting led downtown areas to depopulate while surrounding areas in commuting distance increase in population.
- Ryavec (2019) has used our data to develop a case study between France and China for a geohistorical course (Mapping political history over time).
- Teirlinck and Remigereau (2020) will use our data for their project on the 'Historical Persistence in Right-Wing Voting: Evidence from the Postcolonial Repatriation of French Algerians' to merge census data at the commune level from 1962-1999. Using censuses and electoral data, they estimate the immediate effect (in 1967) of this migration shock on political outcomes at the electoral district level. They also measure the effect of repatriates' settlement on the vote shares of the Front National for both national and local elections from the years 1978 until 2002 using their 1968 settlement patterns at the electoral district level and the municipality level.
Fertig and Gohrisch (2020 - Quellen und Forschungen zur Agrargeschichte) used our data to construct maps on French agriculture for a translation of Bernard Derouet, 'Pratiques successorales et rapport à la terre : les sociétés paysannes d'Ancien Régime'. In: Annales. Économies, Sociétés, Civilisations. 44e année, N. 1, 1989. pp. 173-206.
Peyronel-Béra (2022 - Unpublished master's thesis under the supervision of Thomas Thévenin and Christophe Mimeur) wrote his dissertation on historical inland waterways in France using our data. The work can be consulted here: [LINK TO THESIS].
Other endorsements:
- Prof Eric Brian: 'Ce projet servira à tou(te)s les historien(ne)s qui voudront examiner les phénomènes démographiques et économiques de l'époque moderne en étant dès lors en mesure d'en saisir de manière réaliste la dimension spatiale. En son principe, il servira sans doute d'exemple pour d'autres pays ... C'est pourquoi j'appuie sans réserve ce projet, et s'il venait à aboutir, je peux annoncer dès aujourd'hui que je m'y associerais avec enthousiasme : pour ma part ce serait une nouvelle étape dans une recherché conduite depuis 1990, soit près de trente années, et dans la perspective plus longue qu'offre l'histoire des sciences, ce serait l'aboutissement de travaux commencés à Paris vers 1770, soit il y a près de 250 ans !'.
In all publications and online communications our datasets should be referred to as follows:
French Historical GIS, 1700-2020. Administrative units, Populations, Transports, Economy. (forthcoming 2022), doi. 10.5281/zenodo.3727274
If you would like to use our data or request specific data for one of your projects please contact Alexis Litvine (email@example.com).
You can also directly fill in the following form:
- Université de Bourgogne
- INED (Institut National d'Études Démographiques)
- IGN (Institut Géographique National)
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