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Accountancy in Shropshire
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Shropshire is an idyllic rural county in the west of England bordering Wales. Filled with charming Tudor villages, the county has a peaceful feel throughout. Shropshire's twenty two market towns are filled with independent shops, traditional pubs, tea shops, quirky eateries and surrounded by rolling countryside. The impressive Clee Hills showcase rare wildflower meadows, and once intensely quarried it is now mainly reclaimed by nature.
Shropshire has a rich history filled with royalty and is home to an abundance of museums, notable listed buildings, and Roman Ruins. Theatre can be enjoyed in Shrewsbury with a varied programme of dance, drama, music and opera.
Traditionally, the county was dominated by agricultural industries, but is now more service-oriented. Several large companies reside in Shropshire and the Royal Airforce has two bases.
Shropshire is well-connected with several road and rail links.
Shropshire is a brilliant location to search for your new job in Accountancy.
Why choose Public Practice Recruitment Ltd for Accountant Jobs in Shropshire?
- We're specialists recruiters, working exclusively for accountancy firms. We also help hundreds of accountants each year to find new accountancy jobs in Shropshire.
- There are thousands of Accountant Practices all over Norfolk who work with Public Practice Recruitment Ltd. These Practices value our extraordinary ability to recruit the very best accountants for Shropshire accountancy practices.
- We have both experience and know-how – 15 years of dedication to specialist recruiting for hundreds of Shropshire accountants.
- Our enviable track record of achieving successful appointments is a measure of our commitment to providing accountants with the best possible support in attaining their career ambitions.
- The keys to our success are our efficiency and diligence. Our focused approach gives us every chance of matching the right accountancy skills with the right accountancy job at the right accountancy practice.
- Are you an accountant? Then we'll leave no stone unturned to give you the best chance of achieving your long-term career goals.
- Do you have an Accountancy firm? We work with:
- Almost all of the UK's top 100 firms of accountants
- the major regional accountancy practices
- the key sole office accountancy firms
- many vibrant start-up accountancy firms across the country
Latest Accountancy Jobs
Semi SeniorAre you a motivated Semi-Senior seeking a new role within an established firm of accountants based in Leicester? Are you an accountant looking for progression within your accountancy career and have the initiative and problem-solving skills to be a Semi-Senior? A family-run, Leicestershire-based accountancy business has a new and exciting vacancy for a Semi-Senior that has, or is willing to study towards, an AAT/ACCA/ICAEW qualification. As a budding chartered accountant, you'll need to have substantial tax and accounting knowledge and experience, be a self-starter, and understand the value of teamwork.Leicester
Semi SeniorAre you a motivated Semi-Senior seeking a new role within an established firm of accountants based in Stourbridge? Are you an accountant looking for progression within your accountancy career and have the initiative and problem-solving skills to be a Semi-Senior? A family-run accountancy business has a new and exciting vacancy for a Semi-Senior that has, or is willing to study towards, an AAT/ACCA/ICAEW qualification. As a budding chartered accountant, you'll need to have tax and accounting knowledge and experience, be a self-starter, and understand the value of teamwork. This friendly firm of accountants based in the West Midlands has recently moved into a new office, offers a competitive benefits package, and opportunities for career progression.Stourbridge
Audit & Accounts Semi-SeniorAre you a client-focussed Audit & Accounts Semi-Senior seeking a new role within a modern and progressive firm of accountants based in Manchester? Are you looking for progression within your accountancy career as an auditor and have the technical proficiency and drive to be an Audit & Accounts Semi-Senior? A multi-office, established firm of accountants based in Manchester has a new and exciting vacancy for an Audit & Accounts Semi-Senior that has experience in leading small audits and those specific to solicitors (SRA audits).Manchester
Client ManagerAre you a qualified accountant that is enthusiastic about helping your clients? Would you like to work with a firm of accountants that values and rewards that skill? If so, this Client Manager role within a dynamic accounting firm in Kettering could be a great fit. Whether you're an experienced Client Manager Accountant or aspiring to be one, you'll need to have at least three years' accounts and taxation experience and be an extremely driven person.Kettering
Partner DesignateAre you an experienced Accounting Tax Manager, Senior Manager or Director supporting the medical and healthcare sectors? A well-established, leading accountancy firm based in Bristol, Avon has an opportunity for an ambitious Partner Designate Accountant to join their team supporting the medical and healthcare sectors. As a Medical Accountancy Partner Designate, you'll have the ability to develop the firm's business and help clients realise success through demonstrable experience within the medical accounting field. For the right person, this Bristol-based accounting firm is fully committed to your progression and sharing in the financial success of the business. Accounting Partner Designate (Medical) Job Purpose The successful Partner Designate Medical Accountant will report to the Partners and be accountable for a list of clients for whom they will prepare accounts and tax computations. Be committed to supporting the firm to grow and further demonstrate their excellent reputation for offering excellent professional service and level of customer care. Use a significant level of technical skill, first-class communication skills, and confidence to represent the accountancy practice. Be confident pitching for and winning business and will showcase skill in written communications. Demonstrate a commitment and willingness to delegate, oversee and nurture the abilities of a team of accountants within the firm. Nurture existing relationships with clients by using an advisory approach to support success.Bristol
Senior AccountantWe are working with a Devon based accountancy practice to recruit a Semi Senior or Senior Accountant into their firm for at least two months. Working with the accounts team this a full-time job opportunity with potential for agile working. The ideal accountant will be confident in accounts preparation work and the completion of both personal and corporate tax returns. You will have good communication skills and be a team player who can hit the ground running.Devon
Partner DesignatePublic Practice Recruitment Ltd are working in support of an award-winning firm of accountants to recruit an ambitious Partner Designate. The Partner Designate will manage a sizable fee base and play a lead role in the strategic growth of the firm. Having a proven track record the ideal candidate will have broad experience across accounting and tax.Bolton
Senior AccountantOur client is a multiple office accountancy firm and one of the leading firms of accountants in Bath. Having enjoyed significant growth a new opportunity to join this brilliant firm has been created. The ideal Senior Accountant to join this high-quality firm of accountants should be ambitious with a general accountancy background.Bath
PartnerAccountancy Partner job in Bolton Are you looking for accountancy jobs in Bolton? Job alert for Partners seeking a new challenge. If you are looking to reach the highest levels within an accountancy firm apply for this job. Having an envious track record for the delivery of excellence our client leads the field. As a key member of the Partnership team, you will lead the firms offering across the whole of Greater Manchester. This exceptional opportunity represents the chance to help our award-winning client take market share. Leading a dynamic team of qualified and part-qualified accountants the Partner will have the support of the wider Partner group.Bolton
PartnerAccountancy Partner job in Weston-Super-Mare Are you a Partner level accountant looking for a new challenge? Job alert - a job for an accountancy Partner in Weston-super-Mare. Working exclusively on behalf of a leading firm of accountants we are searching for an ambitious accountant to join their practice. Your background in accountancy practice will be progressive with notable achievements. With wide-ranging technical skills gained within a general accountancy practice you will be seeking a career move to Partner level. Your previous client base will have included medical professionals to which you have provided advisory services. You will now be looking to further develop your working relationship with a broad range of medical professionals. This will come about through the development of existing relationships and the forming of new ones.Weston-super-Mare
Candidates - a career in Accounts
To succeed in Accounts, you need a healthy mix of interpersonal skills and an acute eye for detail. You also need to be reasonably computer literate.
As an Accounts Assistant
You'll be providing admin support to accountants, undertaking clerical tasks such as
- typing
- filing
- making phone calls
- handling mail
- basic bookkeeping
- helping to keep the office running smoothly
- dealing with customers and external agencies
Accounts assistants are usually expected to be in work during typical daytime office hours.
Working as part of a team within a business environment, you'll be full or part-time and your contract could be permanent or temporary, depending on the specific vacancy you go for. You may have to travel too.
Take advantage of offers of training and you may find promotion opportunities come your way. The next step on the career ladder would be as …
...Assistant Accountant
The typical qualities of a successful Assistant Accountant include
- part-qualified AAT –
- excellent Excel skills
- the ability to be diplomatic and discrete
- a pro-active approach and the ability to focus on system and reporting improvements
- payroll experience
- experience in preparation of statutory and balance sheet accounts
Your duties might include
- monthly management account preparation
- production of profit and loss statements
- to complete and maintain sales invoices and reports
- accruals & prepayments
- assisting in the preparation of statutory accounts for review
- bank reconciliation, posting and balancing
- weekly wages, petty cash and other journal posting
- bookkeeping
- quarterly VAT return preparation
Accountants go through a rigorous qualification and recruitment process. Employers generally look for graduates and school leavers who are
- self-motivated
- able to reflect on their own work, as well as the wider consequences of financial decisions
- genuinely interested in business and possess a degree of business acumen
- organised and can manage deadlines
- good in a team
- skilled communicators and have good interpersonal skills
- proficient in IT
- able to be analytical
- methodical in their approach and have proven problem-solving skills
- highly numerate
What exactly does an Accountant do?
An Accountant provides financial advice to clients. These clients could range from solo professionals to multinational organisations or any scale of business in between.
Accountants frequently specialise in specific areas of practice
- audit
- management consultancy
- recovery
- forensic accountancy
- taxation
- assurance
- corporate finance
A general overview of the role of an Accountant
- preparing accounts and tax returns
- administering payrolls and controlling income and expenditure
- auditing financial information
- compiling and presenting reports, budgets, business plans, commentaries and financial statements
- analysing accounts and business plans
- providing tax planning services with reference to current legislation
- financial forecasting and risk analysis
- dealing with insolvency cases
- negotiating the terms of business deals and moves with clients and associated organisations
- meeting and interviewing clients
- managing colleagues, workloads and deadlines.
"Garry was really helpful from the very start. He was able to organise numerous interviews in quick succession, his communication was faultless, and he managed to sort all the queries I had, no matter how minor. He managed to arrange for my study debt to be paid off and I couldn't have asked for anything more. I would recommend Public Practice Recruitment Ltd!"
"I have worked with Garry over the last 9 years during which he has helped me with strategic job moves which have seen my career progress from Tax Advisor to Tax Director. I have always found Garry's market knowledge and career advice to be exceptional. I cannot recommend Garry and Public Practice Recruitment Ltd highly enough as they really are experts in their field."
"Garry and Public Practice Recruitment Ltd have great connections and contacts throughout accountancy firms across the UK. This means that they can match the needs of both the firms and candidates rather than just dealing with volumes. Garry is great to discuss matters with and is honest and open with his knowledge and opinions and keeps up to date with developments across the profession. I would highly recommend him and his business to both candidates and firms."
Accountant Jobs and Careers in Shropshire
With our proven track record, we'll find the right Accountancy Job in Shropshire to match your career aspirations.
We have thousands of accountancy candidates on our database throughout Shropshire. In the unlikely event that an ideal candidate isn't amongst them, we'll go out and recruit – fully confident that we'll quickly fill your Accountancy vacancy with a great candidate.
We've helped dozens of Shropshire accountancy firms to source the very best accountancy candidates. Where firms have traditionally struggled to recruit accountants, we've soon helped them to become the accountancy firm of choice in their area.
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St Vincent DePaul Meal Service
November 11, 2019 @ 5:15 pm - 6:30 pm
We have a monthly event and it's at a very familiar place, All Peoples Church in the Harambee neighborhood of Milwaukee. We serve dinner for the St. Vincent De Paul meal program they host in their basement. Dinners are covered by various charitable organizations 5 nights a week and Kids Impact Community has signed up to bring and serve dinner for 100+ adults and children.
**Please see the "activities" info below for the multiple entry points this service project provides.**
PURPOSE: Cooking and serving food for individuals living with food insecurity. Allow children to use their culinary talents to act with compassion and selflessness towards others.
IMPACT: Children and their caregivers can prepare a healthy meal for their families. They will also provide freshly prepared food to the guests of the St. Vincent De Paul Meal Program.
ACTIVITIES: Food preparation prior to arriving in your home, serving food at the event, and clean up at the site. Hairnets, gloves, and aprons are required and provided at the event. If your family would like to bring their own aprons and baseball caps, you are welcome to do that. Please note there are several levels of participation prior to the evening!
Families can sign up to prepare part of the meal and drop it off at a designated home in the North Shore area.
Families can sign up to prepare and bring part of the meal AND serve the meal at All Peoples Church.
Families can join us to serve at All Peoples Church.
Families can donate online to help us purchase supplies (Kids Impact Community picks up the extra food costs after volunteer sign-up).
WHEN & WHERE: Monday November 11th , 5:15-6:30pm, the basement of All Peoples Church (2600 N 2nd St, Milwaukee, WI 53212)
REGISTRATION: Available Here
CANCELLATIONS: Please email email@example.com if you are unable to make it so we can invite another family to share in the experience.
PARTICIPANT CAP: There is a limit of 7 families to serve at All Peoples Church
AGE: All Ages. You know your children and their needs best.
COST: Up to $20 if you are providing part of the meal. If you choose to donate food, after registering, you will get an email from us with a specific items to make or purchase along with delivery instructions (if you are not bringing your food to the meal site).


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Detailed and etched by hand, this bold three domed women's ring is made from oxidised silver and comes generously embellished with three 5mm garnet stones. A truly brilliant statement piece!
Immediately available in ring size P 1/2, but other sizes can be made to order; please enquire using the "Ask a Question" tab.
New for 2014, ADORN is a collection of intricately patterned forms with semi precious stones which dangle, layer, and stack . Delicately etched drawings cover the metals surface. And each piece can be worn individually or merged to make a statement. From start to finish, each of these little nuggets of luxury are all attentively handmade in the designers London studio, making every piece completely unique and ready to wear.
All of Becky's jewellery is influenced by a deep-rooted passion for the wonders of pattern and texture. Her pieces, although modern and highly detailed, still maintain an air of unrefined rusticity about them, and gives her collections a very unique kind of charm.
Handmade using a wide range of traditional etching and craft techniques, Becky's eye-catching designs are an impressive exercise in the the conjuring of personalised interpretations and individual narratives. Her trademark etched designs originate from her background as a mixed media artist whilst at University.
All of our products come with free delivery to mainland UK.
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A French court of appeal has rejected a move by Twitter seeking to shield the identities of those responsible for posts last year contravening French laws on hate speech and carrying the hashtag #unbonjuif (a good Jew).
The appeals court upheld a ruling in a case brought last November by the French Jewish Students Union (UEJF) and four other French antiracism organizations, seeking to compel Twitter to reveal the identities of the posters and to provide a simple way for its users to flag similarly illegal messages.
On Jan. 24, the court ordered Twitter to reveal the posters' identities, giving it 15 days from receipt of the order in which to comply.
Twitter lodged an appeal against the ruling on March 21, just days after the UEJF filed a criminal complaint against it and its CEO Dick Costolo, alleging they had failed to provide the information and seeking €38.5 million (US$51 million) in damages.
The court rejected Twitter's appeal on Wednesday, ordering it to pay the UEJF €1,500 in compensation and all costs relating to the appeal.
The UEJF welcomed the court's rejection of the appeal. "The French courts are taking a harder line," said UEJF President Jonathan Hayoun in a statement.
While Twitter and companies like it say they are not responsible for the comments posted by their users, the UEJF has maintained that they should no longer be able to claim ignorance of their users' behavior in the face of repeated complaints about content associated with a particular phrase or hashtag.
"The court has confirmed that, after a while, Twitter becomes responsible for racist and anti-Semitic comments posted by its users, as the UEJF has been saying for months," Hayoun said.
The anonymity associated with pseudonymous accounts on services such as Twitter is another problem, Hayoun said. "Our goal is to put an end to racist and anti-Semitic authors' feeling of impunity on the Internet."
Peter Sayer covers open source software, European intellectual property legislation and general technology breaking news for IDG News Service. Send comments and news tips to Peter at email@example.com.


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This Friday, March 9th, Starbucks will open its first European concept store located in a renovated historic bank in Amsterdam. The new new shop is located in the vault of the historic Amsterdamsche Bank, a landmark building on Amsterdam's famous Rembrandt Square and will be the largest Starbucks in Europe coming in at 430 sq. meters. Not just a coffee shop, "The Bank" has also been designed for theatre, live music, and new taste and drinking experiences. The 'Slow' Coffee Theatre is inspired by the Slow Food movement and will feature premium coffee experiences, an in-house bakery, and will debut Starbucks first Clover brewing system in Europe.
The Bank was designed by Liz Muller, Starbucks Concept Director, who brought on 35 local artists and craftspeople to transform the historic space into the new hip coffee shop. Using local people and local materials, the crew paid homage to Dutch trade and local history. The space features a floor-to-ceiling 'tattooed' mural celebrating the history of Dutch coffee traders, repurposed Dutch oak throughout the space, antique Delft blue tiles, a ceiling sculpture created from 1,876 hand-cut wooden blocks, and a wall clad in recycled bicycle inner tubes. Muller and her team also followed LEED guidelines in the renovation, although there is no word on yet whether they will seek certification for this project or not. (You can learn more about Starbucks green initiatives and coffee shops in our extensive interview here.)
"With this store I was inspired not only by the role 17th century Dutch traders played in bringing coffee to the world, but also by the place The Netherlands holds today as a design and creative capital," said Liz Muller, Concept Design director. "My vision was to bring the space to life by celebrating local history and tradition while looking to the future by giving it a sense of theatre and discovery."
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Prominent retirement planning officials are warning advisors to make sure that the retirement plans they advise are compliant with Department of Labor rules, as the DOL's regulatory arm responsible for policing these plans is cracking down.
So far this year, the DOL's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has significantly raised its enforcement efforts in what Andy Larson, director of the Retirement Learning Center, says should serve as a wake-up call to advisors who advise retirement plans and plan sponsors.
In 2011, EBSA said it had closed 3,472 civil cases and obtained monetary results of nearly $1.39 billion. EBSA also closed 302 criminal cases that resulted in 129 individuals being indicted and 75 cases being closed with guilty pleas or convictions. DOL also wants to increase the number of its enforcement personnel from 913 to 1,003 this year.
Larson says those EBSA enforcement numbers are "astonishing" and warns that many advisors are surprisingly still unaware that the DOL has jurisdiction over them.
What's the biggest area EBSA is zeroing in on? Fiduciary negligence. EBSA is "seeing very high levels of non-compliance with fiduciary" duties. When the EBSA releases its reproposed fiduciary rule in the first half of this year, the rule "will affect advisors and their fiduciary role," not plan sponsors, Larson says.
In light of this, Larson said, advisors should ensure they have a "strong documentable fiduciary process."
As Larson notes, since the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) was put into place, DOL and the Internal Revenue Service's Employee Plans Unit have had joint authority "to ride herd" over retirement plans. But service providers have gotten accustomed to the IRS taking the lead in enforcement actions, and have failed to notice over the last two years that the EBSA "is showing up through the unlocked back door and finding problems," Larson says.
Because the IRS has been the primary enforcer of ERISA rules, "service providers have developed their models to include mechanisms with IRS requirements," but may have failed to include "DOL-type protections in their service models," Larson says.
Larson recommends that "the plan sponsor should be asking advisors what they can do to help my plan comply with the DOL rules." Astute service providers, he says, will make sure "they have tools and mechanisms to help employers minimize their DOL liability."
Are You a Fiduciary or Not?
Kevin Watt, vice president of defined contribution at Security Benefit, agrees that for advisors, the big question now in the ERISA world is whether or not they are a fiduciary. Watt calls the issue a "seismic shift" and a "clear and present dividing line" that's occurring within firms. "You're either going to be an expert and be a fiduciary advisor named to the plan, or you're going to need to bring solutions to the table to keep you out of that role."
EBSA recently launched an expanded "regulatory impact analysis" to assess the impact of the department's reproposed fiduciary rule on ERISA plans and IRAs. Industry trade groups were asked by EBSA's Office of Policy Research on Dec. 15 to voluntarily assist EBSA in its fact-finding mission. In a meeting on Jan. 24, a number of those groups suggested that complying with the request would be difficult; nevertheless, the DOL afterwards set a deadline for those groups to submit data by Feb. 24. However, on Feb. 29, EBSA expressed disappointment that industry trade groups could not provide more data by the Feb. 24 deadline.
Among the groups opposed to the redefinition of fiduciary is the Financial Services Institute (FSI), which found in a recent poll that 72% of its independent broker-dealer advisor members opposed DOL's efforts on the matter. FSI CEO Dale Brown has called DOL's proposal a "misguided effort to expand their definition of fiduciary such that average Americans would have a difficult time finding affordable advice for their individual retirement accounts."
EBSA's regulatory agenda for 2012 says its reproposed rule amending the definition of fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act is projected to be released in May.
Columbia Management Learning Center warned plan sponsors in a recent white paper that they have a "fiduciary responsibility to keep their plan in compliance with DOL rules and regulations at all times."
Because of the increased number of DOL enforcement staff, "the chance that the DOL could audit your plan is increasing," the white paper warns. "There is every indication the DOL is escalating audits of small plans," the paper says.
The paper also notes that during 2010, the DOL audited more than 3,100 plans and found that more than 73% of the plans were required to restore losses to the plan or take another type of corrective action to correct plan deficiencies. Furthermore, 96 individuals (e.g., plan officials, corporate officers and service providers) were indicted for offenses related to their plans.
From the audits, Columbia concluded, however, that a very small percentage of plans have true "bad guy situations"; the majority of violations generally come from oversight, errors and omissions by plan sponsors.


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This blog post is a part of the Design Blogger Competition organized by CGTrader
"Study the past if you would define the future."–Confucius.
This Chinese thinker and social philosopher's words are relevant even now. If you want to define the future, you should take a good look at the past. If you're learning something new, you look at all the other things done in that area of study before. You need to see what was done before, in order to build upon it and come up with your own twist to an old design.
In this day and age, almost every entity has a little bit of the past in it. Check out these 5 design niches that prove that the past still has–and will continue having–a stronghold on design.
1. Architecture
When the Angkor Wat was built in the 12th century, I'm pretty sure "sustainable" wasn't what the Khmer had in mind. However, it is the example of how a building should be. This architectural landmark was designed and built keeping Cambodia's climate–which oscillates between extreme wet and dry–in mind. The temple is supported by a hydraulic engine with man-made pools. These reservoirs are humongous. They save water during monsoon, in order to be used during the dry season. The temple is oriented in a direction that protects it from the hot weather. The pools also ensure that cooling breezes are directed towards the temple center.
This is certainly something architects are inspired by even now.
2. Clothing
In fashion, trends keep coming back in. Peasant skirts? They were famous in both your mom's and your time. Trapeze dresses, denim jackets, chokers, and more are all the past trends that have made a comeback in 2017.
3. Eyeglasses
Oversized frames are back again. Forget rimless and tiny frames for eyeglasses. Prescription or otherwise, the nerdy glasses are all the rage now.
4. Cruiser motorcycles
Remember when Harley Davidson was the fad on the roads? They were then followed by sports bikes. Now, we're back to motorcycles again.
5. Interior design
Floral wallpapers, brass fixtures, Japanese accents, and other staples of a 90's home have made a comeback.
The Internet brings up so many more examples of the past making a comeback. While there will be new and unique designs being made, there will never be an end to the past cropping up in some form or other in the future.
The general human populace tends to keep returning to the past and making it the norm. Because, it is our past that defines us. Without that, who are we, really?
I know, I know! This is a little different from what I usually write. But, I was invited to participate and I was really interested. What did you think of this post? Do you think the future lies in the past? Let me know in the comments!
~ Shruti


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"Let us pray that our country keeps peace always"
Welcome to the information site for World War I veterans.
This is a free site. No fees, subscription or membership required.
The database was originally World War 1 veterans from the State of Indiana, but men from other states are also listed.
This is an ongoing, fifteen year project, initiated from the records of the Indiana War Memorial, over 135,000 veterans are listed, but detailed records on only 38,000 to date, but more are added weekly. The detailed records have been scanned directly from the fragile, archival records at the Indiana State Library. The original Indiana military records of the Federal government were completely destroyed in a fire at the National Archives, July 12, 1973 in St. Louis. 80% of the WW1 records were lost, all of the records from Indiana were gone. http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/military-personnel/fire-1973.html
If you would like to contribute any veterans
information, or make a correction please contact:
The Indiana Historic Commission requested each county conduct interviews with each veteran after WW1. Veterans offered insightful, entertaining and heartbreaking stories of their experiences and they have been included in this web site. As much as possible has been captured in the veterans own words. The names, experiences and deeds of our veterans are a vital part of our legacy that we must not lose.
This website would not exist with out
the help of the Indiana War Memorial staff. It originated as a
database for a kiosk at the WW1 museum. The primary force behind the
project was Col. Bill Sweeney, the Executive director of the
Indiana War Memorial (retired). Many thanks to Ethan Wright for his time, David
Buchanan (now Curator, Decorative Arts and Furniture at the Indiana State
Museum) and Stephen Hill:
The "Great War", the "War to End All Wars"
The WW1 veterans who grew up in the long shadow of the Civil War veterans, fought the first World War only later to have to send their sons and daughters off to fight an even larger war. This website is dedicated to their memory and primarily consists of their stories in their own words. Their stories are grouped together by area of service or experiences.
Most of the veterans information has been scanned or added with voice recognition software. The original documents were hand written and often difficult to read. Any corrections or additional information are greatly appreciated.
WWI Draft
The Army Act, approved May 18th, authorized raising the number of enlisted in the Regular Army to the maximum strength sanctioned by law. The National Guard and Reserves were activated and a draft was issued for 1,000,000 men.
Between 1917 and 1918, 98% of all men born between 1873 and 1900 received a draft registration notice. Approximately 24,000,000 men were registered but only a small portion actually served.
The first registration covered men born between the ages of 21 to 31 as of June 5, 1917.
There was an additional registration the following year that covered the men who had turned 21 during that year. Congressional opposition led to excluded from the draft of men between the ages of eighteen to twenty on the initial drafts. Resident aliens were required to register but were not drafted. The final draft was in September of 1918 and was expanded to cover men between the ages of 32 to 46 and 21 to 18.
A special edition of the Indianapolis Star dated July 23, 1917 in the Indiana War Memorial archives, consists of the complete listing of all registrants from Marion County, Indiana. The total population figures for the city of Indianapolis listed were 339,784. The total registration figure was 34,154 with a double quota of 4,954. The double quota figure is used due to the many exemptions expected. The exact quota figure is listed at 2,477; this figure is low due to the credit issued for the men who have voluntarily enlisted.
Nationally over 24,000,000 men were called to register. Only 20% served. There is a free database of Alaska, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Mississippi and Nevada and some abstractions from California, Kansas, Nebraska, New York City, and Utah WW1 draft records at:
An online database of Canadian Soldiers of WW1 is available:
British Military records may be found at: (registration requested, but not required)
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Carly Rae Jepsen and Owl City have triumphed in a legal battle over their track Good Time.
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Soria keeping his distance from former club
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Former Royals closer Joakim Soria is now with the Rangers and, even though he's in the same training complex, he's keeping his distance from his old teammates. He's staying on the Texas side of the Surprise facility.
"I went over there before Spring Training to see them, but now we're getting serious," he said. "This is my home. I have nothing to do with them. This is my new home."
Soria signed with the Rangers as a free agent after the Royals declined to exercise an $8 million option for his 2013 salary. Soria underwent Tommy John surgery at the end of Spring Training last year.


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After taking over ATI there was long talk about "fusing" CPU + GPU on one dice in a monolithic stucture. While Intel used a CPU dice and GPU die and put them into the same package, the AMD approach was more ambitious. A GPU is normaly used to run at high temperatures while CPUs are much more temperature sensitive, combining both is a tricky operation. Now the first product which is now called APU have emerged. While the single core solutions C-30 and E-240 seems a bit 1980's to us, the Zacate APU Dual-Core are more appealing. Truth be told, only the E-350 seems to be a valid option, because the C-50 two cores clocked at 1GHz only impress in tablets or smartphones. (Update: Sorry, there was a bit confusion about the CPU-names.)
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Ghosts I–IV
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Ghosts I–IV (also known as Halo 26) is the seventh studio album from Nine Inch Nails, released March 2, 2008 over the internet, without prior information being released, and released April 8, 2008 in stores worldwide. It was the first NIN material to be independently released since leaving Interscope Records in 2007. The album is a four-volume, 2-disc release consisting of 36 instrumental tracks, featuring guest musicians. It is the most collaborative NIN album to date, with heavily shared songwriting and performance credits.
Deluxe and limited edition versions were sold through nin.com. Initial response was very positive, with heavy traffic causing servers to crash and all limited edition copies being sold in just over a day. Numerous tracks from this album were used in the television docuseries The Vietnam War, which was also scored by Reznor and Atticus Ross. On March 26, 2020 two more volumes of the Ghosts series were released unannounced for free during the #STAYHOME initiative in the wake of COVID-19 isolation due to viral outbreak worldwide.
Disc 1
Ghosts I
Total: 27:04
Ghosts II
Total: 25:35
Disc 2
Ghosts III
Total: 23:56
Ghosts IV
Total: 33:51
Full total: 110:26
Extra Material
Multitracks for two extra songs, "37 Ghosts" and "38 Ghosts", were found on the data disc that came as part of the deluxe and limited edition releases. "38 Ghosts" is very similar to "Demon Seed".
Ghosts I–IV was made available in six different formats:
The Standard 2-CD edition, Deluxe Edition, and Ultra-Deluxe Limited Edition also included an immediate download of the album in the consumers' choice of format. The Deluxe Edition and Ultra-Deluxe Limited Edition were both shipped May 1, 2008.
The pricing of the releases, as listed on ghosts.nin.com, was as follows:
Note: the vinyl version was never sold on the site.
The official introduction page for the album reads:
"Nine Inch Nails presents Ghosts I–IV, a brand new 36 track instrumental collection available right now. Almost two hours of new music composed and recorded over an intense ten week period last fall, Ghosts I - IV sprawls Nine Inch Nails across a variety of new terrain.
The official site also contains the following under "More Info"
"This music arrived unexpectedly as the result of an experiment. The rules were as follows: 10 weeks, no clear agenda, no overthinking, everything driven by impulse. Whatever happens during that time gets released as... something.
The multitracks for all the songs on Ghosts I–IV are included on a DVD-ROM as a part of the deluxe and ultra-deluxe editions of the album which can be ordered from ghosts.nin.com, although the latter has sold out. Additionally, multitracks for the songs "10 Ghosts II", "19 Ghosts III", "26 Ghosts III", "34 Ghosts IV" and "35 Ghosts IV" were available from remix.nin.com.
Main article: The Photography of Ghosts I–IV
Intended as a visual aesthetic to accompany Ghosts I–IV, a 40 page PDF is included with all of the official digital releases from nin.com. Each page is dedicated to a track and serves as the album's credits. The PDF contains photography by Phillip Graybill and Rob Sheridan highlighting the recording process as well as the outside world. The Deluxe and Ultra-Deluxe Limited Edition of Ghosts I–IV feature a hardcover booklet in a fabric slipcase. When purchasing the album in MP3 or Apple Lossless formats through nin.com, each track is embedded with unique track art that differs from the photograph in the PDF. While some of the images appear to be cropped from the larger PDF, most of the images are noticeably different.
Album Credits
For individual song credits, see song pages
Prior to the album's release photos taken in the studio and cryptic messages had been left on the front page of nin.com suggesting "secret things", however there was no mention of an actual album. Ghosts was released without prior warning when a message from Reznor appearing on nin.com announced that 'The new Nine Inch Nails record is available RIGHT NOW!' with a link to ghosts.nin.com where the album is available in various formats.
Ghosts I was uploaded to various torrent sites, most notably The Pirate Bay, with the following message included:
"Nine Inch Nails: Ghosts I (2008)
Initial response and technical issues
On March 3, 2008, the day after the release, the following was put up in place of the Ghosts I-IV web site:
"Unfortunately, the Ghosts I–IV site is down for the next few hours for maintenance.
"The new Nine Inch Nails record is available RIGHT NOW! (for real this time)
Ghosts V-VI
Following through on Reznor's statement about future volumes, in 2020 the band released Ghosts V-VI.
For more information, see Lights In The Sky Tour
The album (as well as The Slip, which was released the same year) was supported by a tour that visited North and South America. This tour was notable for having the most ambitious production of any NIN tour up to that point, using groundbreaking lighting and video technology. The middle portion of the set, referred to as the "Ghosts" portion, utilized some of that album's unorthodox (for NIN) instrumentation such as marimba, banjo and small percussion.
Film Festival
Main article: Ghosts Film Festival
On March 13, 2008, Reznor announced a partnership with YouTube to host a "film festival" around Ghosts, writing on nin.com:
"The concept is for you to take whatever tracks you feel inspired by from Ghosts and create what you feel should accompany them visually. You will be able to see all of the submissions, and a team of us (including me) will be sorting through them and setting aside ones we feel are exceptional. Eventually (within a couple of months?) we will present a virtual "film festival" with me and some special guests presenting selections of your work.
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Bulls sign forward Doug McDermott, free-agent guard Aaron Brooks
CHICAGO – The Chicago Bulls say they have signed Doug McDermott, their first-round draft pick and last season's college player of the year.
Terms of the deal involving the 6-foot-8 forward from Creighton weren't released.
The Bulls acquired 22-year-old McDermott after Denver drafted him with the 11th overall pick, then quickly traded him to Chicago.
As a Creighton senior last season, McDermott averaged a nation-leading 26.7 points, becoming one of eight players in NCAA history to score more than 3,000 career points.
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USAA, a financial services provider for the military community, is offering IBM's Watson Engagement Advisor in a pilot to help serve military men and women as they transition from military to civilian life. By accessing Watson, USAA members will be able to ask questions related to the transition experience. IBM Watson analyzed and understands more than 3,000 documents on topics exclusive to military transitions, enabling members to ask and receive answers to separation-related questions.
Two active U.S. military members "Ask Watson" separation related questions as they prepare to transition to civilian life. IBM's Watson Engagement Advisor will answer military separation-related questions on topics such as job searching, home purchasing, military benefits and more. IBM and USAA are working together to redefine how a digital assistant that interacts, learns and gains value over time can create exceptional digital experiences. (Credit USAA/Feature Photo Service for IBM)
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, approximately 155,000 active military members transition to civilian life each year. Like any career change, moving from a military to a civilian career presents challenges to members and their families. During this initial phase, transitioning military members can visit usaa.com or use a mobile browser to "Ask Watson" questions specific to leaving the military, such as "Can I be in the reserve and collect veterans compensation benefits?" or "How do I make the most of the Post-9/11 GI Bill?" As a result, Watson combs through volumes of USAA's business data providing answers to member's inquiries with confidence while gaining value and experience over time.
USAA is a leader in delivering exceptional member service and innovative tools to its members. IBM and USAA are working together to redefine how a digital assistant interacts, learns and gains value over time by creating exceptional digital experiences.
"This is a continuation of our journey to deliver meaningful advice to our members on digital platforms. And it reinforces our commitment to finding innovative and distinctive ways to make our members' lives easier," said Shon Manasco, executive vice president of member experience at USAA and a veteran. "Through this experience, we expect to learn how intelligent assistants like IBM Watson can help service members who may not know exactly where or how to start the daunting transition process."
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The rise of the digital consumer has spawned a range of online, mobile and social media consumer trends that require organizations to deepen their interactions with customers and transform the way they provide marketing, sales and service. Consumers expect brands to know them individually, deliver personalized interactions and self service options anytime, anyplace.
The IBM Watson Engagement Advisor can fundamentally transform the way individuals and companies interact over the lifetime of a relationship. It can be used by customer service agents or can sit directly in the hands of consumers delivered through the cloud and via mobile devices. Watson Engagement Advisor offers organizations the ability to:
- Help meet growing customer expectations as organizations seek to better understand customers based on their past history.
- Engage individuals wherever, whenever, and however they choose.
- Gain insights from Big Data to make evidence based, informed decisions
IBM Watson is leading this disruption by delivering the world into a new era of computing, in which apps and systems interact seamlessly with consumers through natural language, enhancing and scaling human expertise and learning with continuing use and new information.
Watson will be leveraging sophisticated analytics to help USAA take advantage of new member, social and mobile data and provide a more personalized customer experience. IBM Power Systems will support Watson's data learning by providing faster access to data.
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USAA provides insurance, banking, investments, retirement products and advice to 10.4 million current and former members of the U.S. military and their families. Known for its legendary commitment to its members, USAA is consistently recognized for outstanding service, employee well-being and financial strength. USAA membership is open to all who are serving our nation in the U.S. military or have received an honorable discharge – and their eligible family members. Founded in 1922, USAA is headquartered in San Antonio. For more information about USAA, follow us on Facebook or Twitter (@USAA), or visit usaa.com.
IBM Watson: Pioneering a New Era of Computing
Three years after its victory on the TV quiz show Jeopardy!, IBM Watson has evolved to represent a new era of computing, earning recognition from Frost & Sullivan, which presented IBM Watson with the 2013 North America Award for New Product Innovation, and Gartner Inc., which cites IBM Watson in its Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2014 and predicts that by 2017, 10 percent of computers will be able to learn as Watson does.
Today, Watson is no longer just the world's most famous game-playing computer. IBM has put Watson to work in various industries. In healthcare, IBM is co-developing an application with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and partnering with WellPoint, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. Additionally, IBM has partnered with numerous colleges and universities across the country to teach Watson capabilities and cognitive computing technology to the next generation workforce.
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Do you use the old "Classic" Yahoo Mail or the current "fancy" version?
Any change for you, can you 'Reply', if your restart SeaMonkey in Safe Mode?
They forced the switch. No choice. I held out as long as I could. If there's anyway top switch back, I'd like to know.
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Ricky Gervais has apparently turned to God - for a chat on social media.
The comedian - who is a fervent atheist - reached out to a spoof Twitter account @The TweetOfGod for answers on Father's Day. But 'God' soon managed to engage the Derek star in conversation, with a series of quick-witted replies.
Ricky began by asking 'God': "What did you, as your son, get you, your own dad, for father's day?"
TheTweetOfGod replied: " As My own son, for Father's Day I bought Myself a necktie. And as My own father, I thanked Myself and silently felt disappointed yet again."
The anonymous Twitter then added, in a message which has since been deleted: "By the way @rickygervais, thanks as always for the many prayers you directed My way last night, as you secretly do every night. #faitheist."
Ricky hit back: "They were to Zeus actually but you just kept listening in."
The Office star then decided to consult 'God' on England's defeat by Italy in the first match of the World Cup.
Ricky asked: "What were you thinking with that result though? You're English for f***'s sake. Have a bit of patriotism."
In another deleted tweet 'God' answered: "No, @rickygervais, I'm not English. I save your queen purely out of the goodness of my heart."
Ricky retorted: "Oh, my mistake. You did give Rock and Roll to us though, right? And it is you who's been giving and taking away stuff yeah?"
He later added: "That's the best conversation I've ever had with @TheTweetOfGod. Twitter is great. With praying I feel I may as well be talking to myself."
@TheTweetOfGod then wrote: "My account isn't fake. It's absolutely real. The only reason it's not verified is being verified has never been My style."
Ricky replied: "I'm convinced. Enjoy your day off :)."


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Marketwatch Week Ahead: Christmas and the Cliff
Polya Lesova joins Paul Vigna to look ahead to the coming week, including a shortened trading week and the fiscal cliff becomes a cliffhanger. Photo: Getty Images.
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... I ... alright Monday will be here before you know we need to be prepared to get you ready for the week ahead MarketWatch's Polya Lesova is with us and she is every Friday ... short week next week actually mean Bay Colony Christmas on Tuesday Santa so we'll have our estimates indicating weaker eye on Monday with his Christmas Eve and the stock market will will close at one pm ... then pays close Tuesday night and then ... will he comes in for it the more enthusiastic crowd at an obviously this all happened this morning ... what is going to be that the store the next week can you name it will be the fiscal negotiations in Washington I mean that in ... the end of the year and the way folks now into January that will continue to dominate the time they think ... I'm making wanting to know is I ... you know using the clay base we get into a game with sticks and to date I've been eating more so if we ... continue to see based on what seems to be a stalemate that this time in Washington we may see ... some steep but on my kid declines as we think of a brown but it's very quiet ... day right now it's not in the deal we can is the highlight the Thursday next week when there is some economic data for sure aam specifically on the housing market will get beat on home prices on the call sale ... I am and that will continue some of the date of that so this week calling on the housing market which denies he has been positive pointing to one of the comedy ... in the housing market will also gets weekend Talbots claims those ... bills as some of the highlights ... of from the economic time but as they said it could be all about how the fiscal situation gets his own ... right the tickets isn't ... it ... don't overlook so so ... but God only knows I Polya Lesova for MarketWatch appreciate the time think you're a much ...


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Hi Everyone, I'm new to the LFRV lifestyle, since one week I've been doing my best, but it's not been 100% raw. The first 3 days I did wel, even though I did get tired, but I didn't eat anything else but bananas (smoothies), which makes me happy. But the last days it's hard not to eat something else for dinner. For breakfast I usually eat about 600-700 cal then another 600-700 for lunch and about 1 hour later I cave in, I feel SUPER tired and can't think to well anymore. I started of with barely making 1500 cal, but have been averaging about 1800-2000 cal a day in just bananas and I run/walk 30 min a day.
I know I need to eat more, but I can't. I feel super full the whole time as if the bananas are all the way up in my throat and the idea of eating more just makes me feel sick. It's weird because I can feel super full and not be able to eat anything more, but at the same time feel kinda empty. Not sure how to explain it.
I drink about 1 liter of water right after I get up, but it doesn't really seem to be going down, so that about 30-60 min later I start my banana smoothie I still feel too full to eat it.
I REALLY want to make it and eat only fruits, but right now it's really hard. Does anyone have some tips on how to stretch my stomach or how long it usually takes for someone stomach to stretch a total of 1000 cal?
Some feedback is REALLY appreciated as I am set on succeeding.
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Thank you for helping me. Today was a lot better, I managed to eat/drink 2700 cal :) Very happy, the most I've eaten so far and I actually didn't feel as stuffed as before. And I didn't feel tired in the afternoon. Don't feel the energy burst yet that everyone talk about, but i'll continue and wait and see.
it will take time to addapt. On every level. Be pacient. Direction is more important than speed. Experiment. Smooties are great but some people prefer solid bananas. Do not forget the greens. They are big part of the program. Add more variety. And most importantly Have fun :]
Eat dates instead. :) Blended in water, they provide plenty of calories, and are easy to digest (especially if presoaked for a few hours).
Thank you Yogaranka! I will try this and let you know if it's better that way :) I truly hope so
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Gabe Berman wanted to be a writer, but he had a problem: Nobody would give him a chance.
"I got 500 rejection letters from every agent or publisher out there," he said. "But I always wanted to write a book from as long as I can remember."
So while he waited for that literary career to take off, Berman hopped around between what he described as "tedious and really horrible" jobs to make ends meet.
A native of Long Island, Berman kept writing on the side while his "job jumping" took him to Florida. After the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, his desire to fulfill his dreams kicked into high gear.
"One of my high school classmates died in the towers," he said. "Everyone I know knows someone who died in the attacks on Sept. 11. You think about the people who were in the towers and what they were worrying about that morning, and now thousands of families are ruined forever. If that doesn't show you that life changes in a second than nothing will."
Berman continued to write every day, and after a chance encounter with a columnist from the Miami Herald, things started shifting in his favor.
"I was doing marketing for an auto leasing company at that time and one day a call came in and the woman said, 'Hi, this is Rochelle from the Miami Herald, I'd like you to write a test column,' and I literally said, 'This is a wonderful joke, but I have to go,' and I hung up on her. She called back, and I still didn't believe it," he said.
Berman eventually wrote a humorous memoir he called "Live Like a Fruit Fly" and kept banging down doors in hopes of getting it published. Why a fruit fly?
"A fruit fly lives an average of 10 days," he said. "They aren't spending time worrying about the future or dwelling on the past. They are only thinking of seizing the day."
Despite having a byline with a newspaper, Berman was still getting rejected from agents and publishers, so he decided to self-publish the book through the Amazon platform createspace.com. His words caught the attention of the same publishers as "Chicken Soup for the Soul", and now his book, "Live Like a Fruit Fly: The Secret You Already Know" (HCI), is not only published, but bestselling author Deepak Chopra gave an endorsement for the cover.
"They call my book 'self-help' but there's no formula or 10-step process or a god to believe in or a mantra to follow," he said. "I talk to you like we are peers. A trusted friend. I remind you to be a fruit fly and go after what you want because I lived to see that it works if you follow your gut and refuse to take 'no' from anybody."
And Berman hopes his story will help remind others not to lose hope, even if every door is constantly being shut in your face.
"I'm just some dude who grew up wanting to be a writer and was stuck with dead-end jobs for 10 years, and here I am being interviewed by the Chicago Tribune. You need to follow your passions and be authentic and once you do, doors will open to you. You might not get to actually play for the Cubs, but at least you are following your dreams."
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The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has been implementing a different approach to assess, manage, and protect Delaware's natural resources. This approach, known as Whole Basin Management, encourages the various programs from throughout DNREC to work in an integrated manner to assess different geographic areas of the state defined on the basis of drainage patterns.
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A day after JPMorgan Chase announced that it would suffer $2 billion in surprise losses incurred by the bank's chief investment office in London, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., a member of the Senate Banking Committee, called on Sen. Tim Johnson, the committee's chairman, to hold a hearing on the issue.
Johnson responded on Monday that his committee plans to hold "over the next few weeks" a series of hearings that will cover various issues, including financial stability issues like the JPMorgan losses, money-market funds and the economic situation in Europe, as well as oversight hearings with key financial regulators from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Federal Reserve on the implementation of Dodd-Frank reform.
The hearings will also delve into derivatives oversight, with additional testimony from officials from the FDIC, CFPB and OCC as well as the Treasury Department on enhanced bank supervision.
In a May 11 letter to Johnson, D-S.D., Corker said the committee should hold a hearing "as expeditiously as possible" in order to get answers to the following questions:
- Are we confident that taxpayers are fully protected from losses at major financial institutions?
- Were these bona fide hedging transactions, or were these poorly managed proprietary trades? And what precisely is the distinction?
Corker told Johnson that he had been "vocal in my belief that we need a vibrant capital market for debt and equity securities and about the need for balance in ensuring that we have a financial system that can meet the needs of a 21st century economy. That said, clearly the losses posted by JPMorgan are significant, and as policy makers we should understand in detail what has transpired."
Johnson said in a statement the same day that JPMorgan's $2 billion trading loss "confirms two things": First, the good news, he said, was that "market reaction so far shows that the financial system and the bank itself are stronger today than in 2008, thanks to improvements adopted after the financial crisis including the [Dodd-Frank] Wall Street Reform Act."
Second, he said, "the fact that this can happen at a bank with a solid reputation like JPMorgan is evidence that our banking regulators must remain vigilant, and why opponents of Wall Street reform must not be allowed to gut important protections for the financial system and taxpayers."
No doubt the JPMorgan losses will also be brought up during a hearing to be held Wednesday by the House Financial Services Committee's Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit titled "The Impact of the Dodd-Frank Act: What It Means to be a Systemically Important Financial Institution."


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The Tarpley history begins in Cornwall, a rugged coastal region in southwestern England. Quite distinct from Devon, the adjoining county, Cornwall had its own spoken language until the late 18th century. The Tarpley history began here. The manner in which hereditary surnames arose is interesting. Local surnames were derived from where the original bearer lived, was born, or held land. Unlike most Celtic peoples, who favored patronymic names, the Cornish predominantly used local surnames. The Tarpley family originally lived in Devon in village of Tapeley.
The surname Tarpley was first found in Devon where the name is associated with the village of Tapeley. At the taking of the Domesday census in 1086 Tapeley was held by Osbern, a Norman Baron, who held it from the Bishop of Countances. However, some of the family were well established as Tabley Inferior in Cheshire from ancient times. " Tabley House, the seat of Lord de Tabley, is replete with natural and artificial embellishments. The ancient house, the former seat of the family, is, with good taste, preserved; it is a fine specimen of the old habitations of the aristocracy of the country, and is situated on an island." [1]
Continuing the quest in Cheshire, the parish of Knutsford was also found to be an ancient family seat. "At the Conquest, Knutsford formed part of the barony of Halton, but in the reign of Edward I. it came into the possession of Sir William de Tabley, who obtained for it a charter of incorporation and various privileges." One of the first records of the family was Adam de Tabley, Lord of Cheadle (1270-1306), son of Roger d'Eiville, father of William de Tabley (born c. 1275.) This William is presumed to be the aforementioned Sir William. He had at least one daughter, Katherine de Tabley (1310-1390) who with her sisters(?) sold the estate in small parcels to the Masseys, Egertons and Breretons.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Tarpley research. Another 63 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1250, 1745, 1564, 1632 and 1564 are included under the topic Early Tarpley History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Cornish surnames are characterized by a multitude of spelling variations. The frequent changes in surnames are due to the fact that the Old and Middle English languages lacked definite spelling rules. The official court languages, which were Latin and French, were also influential on the spelling of a surname. Since the spelling of surnames was rarely consistent in medieval times, and scribes and church officials recorded names as they sounded rather than adhering to any specific spelling rules, it was common to find the same individual referred to with different spellings of their surname in the ancient chronicles. Moreover, a large number of foreign names were brought into England, which accelerated and accentuated the alterations to the spelling of various surnames. Lastly, spelling variations often resulted from the linguistic differences between the people of Cornwall and the rest of England. The Cornish spoke a unique Brythonic Celtic language which was first recorded in written documents during the 10th century. However, they became increasingly Anglicized, and Cornish became extinct as a spoken language in 1777, although it has been revived by Cornish patriots in the modern era. The name has been spelled Tapley, Taplay, Tappleigh, Tapleigh, Taplegh, Tapplegh, Taplow, Taploe, Tapploe, Tapplow, Tapely, Tapply, Tarpley, Tarpleigh, Tarplow and many more.
Another 28 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Tarpley Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Research into the origins of individual families in North America has revealed records of the immigration of a number of people bearing the name Tarpley or a variant listed above:


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May 29, 2018 (Defence News and Analysis Group) At Eurasia Airshow 2018, Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) and Ukroboronprom's (UOP) Antonov jointly announced that they would proceed with the development and production of Antonov's An-188 military transport aircraft. The announcement follows an earlier agreement signed by the governments of Turkey and Ukraine in 2016 to jointly manufacture airliners and transport aircraft. Antonov revealed the An-188 during the 2015 Paris Air Show as a turbofan-engine variant of the An-70, which had originally been slated (in the 1990s and 2000s) as a propfan-based competitor to the Airbus A400M Atlas. At the time, Antonov could not commit to a firm date as to when the An-188 would fly, but it had always intended to configure the An-188 with Western-origin engines and onboard electronics.
The joint-production agreement between Antonov and TAI both maintains this framework, but it extends it as well by promising a 'NATO-standard' aircraft. Based on Ukroboronprom's press statement, Antonov's commitment to NATO compliance involves "westernization of all components, implementation of modern and reliable technical solutions, as well as full compliance with NATO standards." The An-188 has the essential inputs – i.e. a credible funding source and launch customer in the form of Turkey, pursuit of existing turbofan engines and electronics and Antonov's expertise – to materialize. As per Ukroboronprom's press statement, TAI and Antonov will proceed to the "practical implementation of the project (An-188) in the near future."However, specific timelines have not been provided.


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Aretha Franklin is taking a very hands-on approach with the movie being made about her life: She approved a story treatment based on her memoir, has commissioned a script, and is negotiating with directors and producers. And, as USA Today reports, the Queen of Soul has started casting — she is looking for actors.
Franklin's wish list includes Audra McDonald, Nia Long, Kerry Washington and Blair Underwood. She'd previously said she would like Halle Berry to play her as a young woman. When Halle Berry said something like (paraphrasing here) "Oh that's sweet but I don't sing," Franklin merely stared at her wordlessly, like, nuh-uh, you do not turn down the Queen" (at least that's what it sounds like). Franklin also said: "There are a number of other leading ladies out there that can definitely handle the role." Anyway, seems like Audra McDonald just might be the one.
Still, the part of Clara Ward — the Queen of Gospel and Franklin's inspiration — has not been cast.
But can you imagine anything more terrifying than being in a room with Aretha Franklin, auditioning for a part in an Aretha Franklin movie? The. Pressure.
Anyway, Ms. Franklin's people claim the flick will be:
"an epic tale with probably the most starring and supporting roles since Roots."
So, do what you must to prepare.