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Texas man's mission: Honoring WWII Monuments Men
DALLAS -- After selling his Dallas oil and gas company and moving to Europe, Robert Edsel found himself in the art-drenched Italian city of Florence. Standing on the city's famous medieval covered bridge -- the Ponte Vecchio -- he began to contemplate how so many famous sites and works of art in Europe survived the destruction of World War II.
With the answer, Edsel, the businessman who had developed a love for art, found a mission: Honoring and continuing the work the Monuments Men, a group from Western Allied countries made up mostly of those with an art expertise who worked with the military to protect cultural treasures as battles were waged and, in the years after the war, returned works of art to their rightful owners.
His work over the years -- from founding the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art in 2007 after his return to Dallas to writing three books, including, "Saving Italy," released this week -- has helped bring their story out of scholarly circles and to the public's attention. That recognition is set to skyrocket in December with the premiere of a movie based on Edsel's book, "The Monuments Men," directed by and starring George Clooney.
"I think what they were involved in was pretty epic: Every work of art somewhere on the road during World War II, then finding these things and getting them back. I think they've earned the right to be recognized by name," said Edsel, 56.
Clarissa Post, a Sotheby's art expert, said Edsel's vision always included bringing the story to a wider audience.
"It was always: Let's think big here. What are we going to do to bring this message forward? Because if we can bring this message forward to a wider audience, we can then really do something to honor these people who were involved," said Post, who started her career at the auction house researching the provenance of works, especially those that might have been involved in the art theft by the Nazis.
After his move to Europe in 1996, Edsel's musings started to put things in motion. By 2001, he had returned to the U.S. and focused more on the story of the roughly 345 men and women from 13 countries who were part of the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives section. The group was proposed by a commission established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1943 to promote the preservation of cultural properties during war.
"I had friends asking me what I was working on and I'd say, 'The only thing I'm really interested in is this whole story about World War II and what happened to all of the art.' And lunch after lunch and dinner after dinner, I never had anybody stop me and said they that they knew about it," Edsel said.
He tracked down Lynn Nicholas, author of "The Rape of Europa," which details the Nazi plunder of art and the efforts by the Western Allies to save it, telling her he wanted to make a documentary on her book. Learning filmmakers already were working on it, he became a co-producer. He started compiling photographs to tell the story of the Monuments Men, which eventually became his first book: "Rescuing Da Vinci."
He interviewed Monuments Men and got access to letters written by those who had died.
"I felt that the beating heart of the story was these letters that the Monuments Men wrote home during the war," he said.
The resulting book, "The Monuments Men," chronicles the experiences of members in northern Europe, including Harry Ettlinger, now 87.
Ettlinger, who lives in New Jersey, fled Nazi Germany with his family the day after his bar mitzvah in 1938 and returned to Europe in 1945 with the U.S. Army. Ettlinger, fluent in German, volunteered to be a Monuments Man. His first assignment was to help interview Adolf Hitler's personal photographer and later went on to help return works of art tucked away in salt mines.
He said that the group's work earned respect from the German people.
"They didn't quite understand how you could come along and give things back," he said, adding, "It gave you a good feeling."
Over the years, Edsel's foundation also has worked to continue the mission of the Monuments Men, which had members overseeing the restitution of stolen works of art for up to six years after the war ended. His foundation, for instance, has been contacted by those who realized something taken as a souvenir during WWII is a historical artifact and has helped with the repatriation of items, including the return to Germany of an album of photographs of artwork Hitler planned for his "Fuhrermuseum."
Following their service as Monuments Men, members returned to their careers, including as architects, artists, curators and museum directors.
Lola Scarpitta-Knapple, of Los Angeles, is grateful Edsel's work has brought attention to the group that included her late father, Salvatore Scarpitta Jr., an artist.
"It's amazing how so many people can know about something that's so interesting but nobody takes the bull by the horns," she said. "And Robert has the energy, the intellect and the heart to have done that. And for that all Monuments Men are happy. Because I think they all wanted to talk about it in the way that was in the public arena because it was so important."


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About 200 people gathered in the center of Cologne for a colourful demonstration for the right to stay in Germany.
Tuesday, 13th june 2006, start at 2 p.m. Friesenplatz
Every year at the beginning of summer vacation a particularly high number of refugees is deported.
We therefore ask all the refugees in Cologne to demonstrate for their right to permanent residence in Germany.
It is important that you fight for a right of residence for yourself and your children.
So come all and join the demonstration!
We demand a perspective for us and our families in Germany!
Demo in the center of Cologne
We demand the right for permanent residency!
As "tolerated refugees" we live with permanent fear of deportation. Many of us have been woken up by the police and deported early in the morning.
Most of us have been living here for many years, Germany has been our home for ten or more years. In Cologne alone there are approximately 5000 "tolerated refugees".
We have no future in our countries of origin. Our houses have been destroyed, there is extreme violence and civil war.
Our children were born here, they are growing up and visiting school here. Germany is their home country.
Our Children are not permitted to start a profession, their lives have no hope.
We are not given permission to work but are forced to live from social welfare of 20% below the common level.
We are not allowed to live in common houses but are forced to live in special homes.
The continuation of our "tolerated" status and the interpretation of the Foreigners' Law (work permission, housing and professional formation) depends on the decisions of the Ausländeramt of Cologne.
We demand those responsible of Cologne to respect our human dignity.
We demand the right for Permanent Residency and the right to work to get a future for us and our children in Germany.
Please support our appeal!
Demo in the center of Cologne
Demo in the center of Cologne
Demo in the center of Cologne
Domplatte: Felix von Grünberg (MdR Bonn, SPD)
Domplatte: Drago and the children
Domplatte: Mutlu of the Microphone Mafia
It's summertime!
The weather is fine, the sea is quiet and along the shores of the Canary Islands and Sicily each day refugees arrive from Africa and Asia. Several thousands of them get through to Europe, if they are not sent back to camps in the Libyan or Moroccan desert. Hundreds of others pay for the attempt with their lives, they drown or die from thirst in their tiny boats.
It's summertime!
A time to make friends! Indeed?
In Düren, 50 km from Cologne, several hundreds of fans from the Ivory Coast were expected. The responsible manager of the city of Düren tells in an interview today, that he has got no detailed information about their whereabouts. "We have been told that many guests had wrong or insufficient documents not in accordance with the Schengen treaty. Therefore they were denied to enter Germany. (...) Not only the fans have problems with the visa, the official representatives have too. Two artisans were to join the group, but they didn't get visa either." In Abidjan, the man continues, there has been a riot in front of the German embassy and Ivorian police used tear gas against furious fans.
That's the real friendship and hospitality of Germany, the citadel in the heart of the fortress Europe. The hysteria within this fortress is as grotesque as it is barbarian. For years German parliaments and ministers of the interior have been discussing whether less than 200.000 refugees living here for a long time, people who can't return to their countries destroyed by war, people whose home Germany has been or could be for many years, should no longer get a so called "toleration" and be deported. Or if at least some few very accepted people should be gracefully granted to stay.
It's summertime!
School holidays are about to begin and Cologne is preparing the deportation of many families to countries like Bosnia, Iraq or Afghanistan. The deportation of children who have grown up and visited school here. This often provokes resistance from schoolmates, their parents and teachers. Six weeks of summer holidays are ideal: afterwards the family is simply gone, taken to the airport early in the morning under force.
But every time more people do not wait for being deported. They disappear, they try to manage to live in Germany on their own and if necessary without documents. They try to find a job on the black market for working force, as cleaners, private caregivers or cooks. It is better to live illegally in Germany than legally in a country, that you have left after horrible experiences, in which your house has been destroyed, where hate and fanaticism are ruling, where you don't find a job for money, in which you don't know where to send the children to school, who have learned to read and write in German.
Illegal, without documents, that means that here too it will become difficult for the children to continue going to school. It means that you can't go to a doctor any more, not even in case of birth or severe illnesses. It means that employers or landlords might blackmail you. It means fear of being discovered and deported. Meanwhile some hundred thousands of people are living in Germany under such conditions. And German and European politics make sure that they become every time more.
But today we demonstrate against these politics. Today we make clear, that it provokes resistance. This demonstration is encouraging. It's encouraging to all those, Germany wants to deport, all those living here undocumented, to stand up, to defend themselves, to reclaim their rights. The self-evident right to decide, where you are able and want to live. The right of education, of medical care, the right to earn your own living. In one word: the right for a life without fear of deportation.
Let's continue the struggle for these rights: permanent residence, legalization, documents for everybody!
Jan Henkel (Kölner Netzwerk "kein mensch ist illegal")

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text: Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums :: View topic - What is the meaning of family in your life? Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in What is the meaning of family in your life? Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Family View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message Ale R.U.Joined: 02 Dec 2006Posts: 16Location: Costa Rica Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 5:35 pm Post subject: What is the meaning of family in your life? I dont live with my father he left my house when I was a little child. But that wasn't a problem for my because my family is the more special in my life I love when we are together eating, talking, fighting, wherever I love so much, because they are my biggest support in the life, they give me encourage for continue in each step of my life. If they arent with my I wouldnt have could go to the university. My family is my three sisters, my cousin and my special mother. And what do you think about your family??? Back to top sonppyJoined: 07 Mar 2006Posts: 23Location: Taiwan Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 8:40 pm Post subject: Hi! Ale R.U. Nice to meet you! I think family is father, mother and silbers live together. My family is consist of my father,mother abd two younger susters. We live a happy life. Thought sometimes we quarrel, it doesn't effect our's feeling. Back to top BogdiJoined: 07 Aug 2006Posts: 4 Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 10:05 pm Post subject: Hello! My family is very important to me; my parenst help me and paid for me for the university studies ; this was the custom in my country, at that time, when I finished the univesity; they work very hard al their life for me and my broder, sacrificed for us...my husband's parents do the same thing for him....I don't know, I don't have child yert, but I don't want and I am not available to make so great sacrifice for my future children.. I don't know...maybe, I hope, I wil not need to make so great finacial sacrifices like my parents, maybe, I hope, I'll have a better financial situation, so I'll help them.... Back to top bubblesJoined: 03 Dec 2006Posts: 3 Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 8:34 am Post subject: Re: What is the meaning of family in your life? my family worths everything to me , because whatever ı do(even mistakes) they are always with me , i love my family more than everyting Back to top minominoJoined: 25 Sep 2006Posts: 21 Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 9:41 pm Post subject: my brother's problem....... Family is necessary existence in my life. Family support me in a lot of varying points. Especially, my brother is very important . I have 2 brother,andthey are so kind , but my senior brother has haved problem. He hasn't found get the job one wants How do I advice him? Please advice me Back to top Ale R.U.Joined: 02 Dec 2006Posts: 16Location: Costa Rica Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 10:38 am Post subject: Nice to meet you. Thanks everybody for your nice replies. I would like know, where are each one from??? With the reason for learning more about the family in different cultures. Because for my perspective the family would should be the most important for each person, without importance the culture, if not, just the love. Minomino: I would like give you my support, for you and your brother, but I need know more about him and his situation. And of this way can help you. Please tell me more about both. Back to top minominoJoined: 25 Sep 2006Posts: 21 Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 9:03 pm Post subject: sorry..... I'm sorry for late reply to you,and thank you very much to think with me. I moved your warming heart I live in Japan,my brother too. These days, my family had adiscussion about my bother. When my brother decided to go job training center. He hasn't found what he wants to do in the future,but he and my family could find delight light It's great satisfaction to us.Icried. I'm going to cheer for him. Thank you very much!!!!! I appreciate you somuch!!!!!! Back to top klertJoined: 13 Jan 2007Posts: 1 Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 2:11 pm Post subject: the family is very important in my life because when it was a bad thing,they are always with me.. Back to top haruka25Joined: 06 Dec 2010Posts: 1 Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:31 am Post subject: My family is very important in my life. My father has a vast stock of information. So he teaches me various things. My mother is the woman of my dream. She is good at cooking, and sewing. Sometimes, I learn cooking from her. And she also listens to my troubles. Her advice is a great help to me. My older tow brothers have each character. My eldest brother is very smart, so, he teaches me study. And my second elder brother has good motor coordination. When I was a child, I played basketball with him. Sometimes, I have a quarrel with my parents because they regulate me, for example they decide a closing time. But, I think I understand tenderness akin to that of a parent for a child. I have learned fundamental knowledge to live in the world from my parents since I have been born. So I think my family is very precious to me! Back to top AfraJoined: 10 Jul 2013Posts: 131 Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 9:12 pm Post subject: Children in their middle years treasure their families and feel they are special and irreplaceable. Families provide children with a sense of belonging and a unique identity. Families are, or should be, a source of emotional support and comfort, warmth and nurturing, protection and security. Family relationships provide children with a critical sense of being valued and with a vital network of historical linkages and social support. Within every healthy family there is a sense of reciprocityâa giving and taking of love and empathy by every family member. Read more >> The Importance of Family Back to top IANKRISBANAWAJoined: 01 Oct 2013Posts: 13Location: Philippines Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 2:31 am Post subject: well, for me it is simple. You can't live without it. it's your foundation so for me, we must look behind our back to them, so we might not get lost. Back to top AfraJoined: 10 Jul 2013Posts: 131 Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2013 10:21 pm Post subject: We should realize the importance of our families. Back to top Claire321Joined: 20 Jun 2016Posts: 45Location: Clarks Summit Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2016 10:29 pm Post subject: My family is the most important for me. I can't imagine my life without it. Back to top surprisedstubbleJoined: 09 Sep 2014Posts: 30 Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2017 1:14 am Post subject: My family is my life, without them i would be nothing Back to top champignonJoined: 20 Dec 2017Posts: 34Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 2:36 am Post subject: I thank my family for everything I have and for everything I've become, as all I have and own at this stage of my life, is due to them. 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Hospital Account Manager - Cardiology - Kent
Our client is an extremely successful and growing pharmaceutical organisation who have achieved first-in-class and best-in class medicines and are committed to Research and Development. They have a focus within the Cardiovascular, Diabetes and Oncology markets where they have a strong future pipeline.
This position would involve promotion of a Cardiovascular product to mainly secondary care customers, working autonomously on territory as a true Account Manager.
This is an outstanding opportunity to build your career in an environment where you will have full accountability and visibility along with excellent rewards and recognition.
The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate proven sales success within their Local Health Economy. To be successful you will be passionate, tenacious, committed and focussed with a real desire to excel.
Our client values individuals who are honest, driven and with a high level of integrity.
Excellent salary, plus highly competitive bonus and benefits package.
For further information please contact CHASE on 0131 553 6644.
Reference Number: 30991
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$57.80 $68.00
Unique minimalist floral pattern sterling silver spoon ring! This ring design is intricately crafted with beautiful hibiscus flowers on the top of the spoon trailing down with buds and leaves that blend in with the rest of the spoon. This spoon was originally made by International Co, named "Blossom Time", and was first introduced in 1950.
This is not a reproduction but an original piece.
Made of and stamped Sterling Silver, I put a brushed finish on these rings to even out the surface for a brilliant satin finish! Simply stunning with the patina we've added to help the design really pop! Other Free Finishing options available upon purchase.
Please Send me a message with purchase if you'd like to have your ring given a free re-finishing:
1. Cloth Polishing- shiny but still vintage with a satin brush finish slightly visible and still dark in the crevices
2. Re Brush- keep the satin brush finish, but make the patina/ tarnish lighter
3. Combination of 1 & 2- Lighten the patina with a re Brush, then give it a cloth polish.
To see our entire Spoon ring collection, click here:
The images above are examples of the same design and product you will receive. Every piece of handmade jewelry may vary in small details. Please feel free to request a photo of the exact product you will receive before or after purchase!
Dimensions: 12.5mm at widest point, tapers down to 4.5mm (slender and substantial)
SIZING: Choose Your Size! This ring is adjustable and can comfortably go up or down within the indicate sizes in the drop down. Since these rings are open ended, sizes are approximate, but very close to size listed or requested. There is one FREE re-sizing per ring for the life of the purchase! Or, if you message me, I can tell you how you can even adjust them a little in person for a perfect fit!
Photoed Ring Size: US 6.75 (ADJUSTABLE)
*** Remember, the wider the band of a ring the tighter the fit. Going up a quarter to a half size for a very wide ring is recommended.***
Please allow up to 1-3 business days for your item to ship. Most will arrive within 5-10 business days (longer for shipping internationally 2-8 weeks). Rush delivery available upon request.
*Please message me if you have a specific Shipping Date request*
Payment must be received before item is shipped. We accept PayPal, Etsy Gift Certificates and All Major Credit Cards at this time.
We are always willing to hear your ideas of a trade as well!
If an item is accidentally purchased that was on reserve for another customer, we will refund the entire purchase and cancel the transaction.
Shipping occurs via USPS First Class shipping (USA Domestic), and shipping times depend on shipping volumes for the US Post office. Most domestic orders arrive within 5-10 business days of your transaction, many arrive sooner than that as we ship several times a week.
**Need faster shipping? Our standard shipping is USPS First Class flat rate mail that takes approximately 3-10 business days to be delivered. If you would like rush shipping we have to options available that should be added to your shopping cart. If you need your order to ship the same day or to have it delivered by a specific date, let us know if the noted during check out and or send us a message before and or after to make sure we can meet your deadline.
Large domestic orders will be insured and come with tracking numbers. International will be insured, and tracked within the US and then a delivery confirmation.
We do ship to every country! Standard is $10 to Canada, and $14.00 to everywhere else. If you feel this should be adjusted, please feel free to contact us as we can often times offer a coupon code to offset shipping.
International orders ship via USPS mail international, please account for 2-4 weeks typically, but in rare cases can take a full 2-3 months at the latest for your order to arrive due to the pandemic and changes to USPS. We apologize for the wide variance in estimated delivery time.
Just contact me within: 14 days of delivery
Ship items back to me within: 21 days of delivery
But please contact me if you have any problems with your order.
Because of the nature of these items, unless they arrive damaged or defective, I can't accept returns for:
While we would always prefer to offer an exchange we do offer refunds on qualifying orders that are requested within 7 days of *receiving* your item (14 days for international orders) with an explanation as to why the request for the return.
Approval for returns with full refund are decided on a case by case basis due to the nature of the pieces we make being at various levels of customization per order.
While most orders will qualify for a full refund with return, these are Items that may not qualify for full refund:
-Custom made orders.
-Custom ordered pieces.
-Altered permanently (like having an engraving removed or trimming the end of the piece).
-If the sizing was particularly difficult or altered the piece.
-If a shop member has not approved the return.
If the order has been approved for a refund, we will send return instructions. Once we receive the piece(s) back, we will submit a refund with Etsy within 14 days (possibly longer for large orders). We do not have access to any financial information as Etsy handles all of that end of the transactions.
Once an item has been approved for a return, we will need to receive it back within 20 days of the agreement for domestic orders, and 30 days for international. Longer return delivery times will on rare occasion possibly slow down the process or lessen the refund amount.
If your item does not qualify for a return with full refund, you may possibly request an exchange or store credit. This is decided on a case by case basis since all of our pieces are handmade.
If a customer returns/cancels more than 50% of their order items repeatedly, they may no longer be eligible to receive products from our shop.
Please make sure you are committed to the item before purchase. There are no cancellations during this time due to a high volume of accounts making purchases and cancelling them within 24 hours. We do offer store credit/exchanges if there is a need to change the ring that was originally purchased, provided it hasn't shipped yet.
Should you order the wrong item, or get your spoon ring and it does not fit the way you expected, message us and we'll see what we can work out! We have at home instructions for some pieces, while others need to be sent back to make it just right for you.
We stand by our products 100%. Please don't hesitate to contact us with any issues you might have with your purchase. *Specifics: If in a rare occasion, your ring breaks, we will request that you send photos of the broken piece with an explanation on how it broke. If your ring qualifies, we may ask you to mail the pieces back to us so we can repair or replace the piece with the same ring or with one of equal value for qualifying orders.
Shipping Upgrades that meet the deadline that was promised are nonrefundable. International shipping costs do not get refunded if delivered.
Want a ring you saw that has now sold? We offer custom requests! If you see something you would like changed just a bit, or perhaps have your own idea in mind, let's talk about making it happen! Production schedule changes with orders in the queue, so contact us via Etsy Convo to get a better idea of time-line with your project idea!
We do offer Free re-sizing for the life of the spoon ring! Spoon rings are great gifts! And we understand how it's difficult to know exactly what size to get at times (this has been known to happen). The best part of our wrap style is that they are adjustable! So if you get yourself or someone else a ring and it's a bit too small or too big, please feel free to let us know so we can hook you up with the correct size so you can wear your Spoonier spoon ring comfortably!
We also offer Free Finishing Options on all Spoon Jewelry. We do our best to get every detail correctly the first time so you can start enjoying your ring right away! But if you get your ring, and the finish doesn't quite look the way you expected, we will gladly refinish the ring for you to your liking, Free of charge- for the life of the ring! We pay for the shipping back to you and refund your shipping if the finish was not what you requested in your order.
(Quick explanation of what a "Brush Finish" is: All of our spoons are annealed and cleaned in pickle before they are bent- thus removing all natural patina. After bending and rounding, we apply a rapid oxidation with liver of sulfur that makes the entire ring black. We then remove this patina on all of the raised surfaces of the spoon ring with a microfiber wheel brush. This gently removes the patina from the more ornate parts and on the inside of the ring by brushing it with the microfibers. This gives it a more satin finish that is easier to photo and looks more Vintage- Hence: Brush Finish)
For more details on an item (More photos, views, etc), please contact me to get a better feel for the piece.
We do NOT Reserve items. We can fulfill requests, and make Custom Orders for serious inquiries. We do not offer Layaway payments.
If an item is accidentally purchased that was a custom order for another customer, we will refund the entire purchase and cancel the transaction.
We do offer to make most of our rings in a band style-- for no additional cost in most cases-- please send me a message if you'd like to have this done to your ring! The purchase would be considered a custom order and not eligible for a refund.
We can sometimes reverse the coil as well--again, please send us a message to see what we can do!
If there's anything I didn't cover that you have a questions about, please feel free to send me a message :)
And here's a 10% off coupon code just for reading our policies: THANKS4READING
Happy Shopping!!!
There are many ways we can help you find your ring size! We offer store credit of the entire product price of our ring sizers. Or I can give specific to your ring instructions on how to adjust at home after purchase. Just send us a message!
To ensure a good fit, make sure to measure your finger from knuckle to knuckle and compare it with the amount of mm indicated in the ---specs--- location of the listing. For wider rings like Spoon Rings, you typically want to go up about .25 in ring size and up to .5 size for the very wide designs.
Feel free to ask us about our Contact List for items you may see that are no longer in our store or if you have a specific pattern you'd like to request. We are always trying to restock and take custom orders all the time.
Due to the nature of our inventory, original spoons are sometimes hard to find and can take a few weeks, up to a couple of years depending on the pattern!
Casting reproductions take about 2 to 5 weeks, rush orders are available a well.
We offer Free finishing! We brush finish all of our handmade rings, but do offer a few different finishing options before shipping:
- Cloth Polishing- shiny but still vintage with a satin brush finish slightly visible and still dark in the crevices
- Re Brush- keep the satin brush finish, but make the patina/ tarnish lighter
- Combination of 1 & 2- Lighten the patina with a re Brush, then give it a cloth polish.
And if you get your ring and you'd like an extra polish, or a bit less patina, or whatever you prefer, just send it on back and we'll make sure you love your ring with photos before we ship it back.
We do not offer engraving at this time, but we do remove them for free! The engravings you see on our rings are antique and original to the spoon we bent.
Sometimes we have been able to find spoons with specific engraved letters when requested! But this usually takes a few weeks to shop around for.
We do offer FREE re-sizing on all Spoonier SPOON ring orders- no expiration! Some rings may be able to be pinched down a little, but due to the soft Sterling we use, many tools used may scratch or dent the silver! So the best thing to do would be to send it back to us, or get it sized at a local jewelry store. Please message us for details.
All of our spoons are annealed and cleaned in pickle before they are bent- thus removing most of if not all natural patina. After bending and rounding, we apply a rapid oxidation with liver of sulfur that makes the entire ring a graphite grey/black. We then remove this patina on all of the raised surfaces of the spoon ring with a microfiber wheel Brush. This gently removes the patina from the more ornate parts of the ring and the inside of the ring by brushing it with the microfibers. This gives it a more satin finish that is easier to photo and looks more Vintage- Hence: Brush Finish
Please allow 3-10 business days for domestic orders to arrive, and be sure to include a ring size if you weren't able to in the ordering process. Faster shipping available upon request.
We do not offer wholesale. But if you plan to spend more than $500, we can give you a better coupon code if you send me a message.


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Here's an idea straight out of a prison movie: the Huckleberry, which can turn your MacBook into a video camera. You know how prisoners use hand mirrors to see people in the next cell? That's how the Huckleberry works, using a small mirror to let you use that little iSight camera on the MacBook as a forward-facing video camera, too. Developed by Charlie Dancey with a little help from Mungai Mirrors Ltd., it'll be introduced at Mac Expo on October 26 in London, selling for 14.95 (about $28).
Neat idea. Now if they could just make it quickly swing out of the way using electronic switching, you could use it to video record interviews between you and someone sitting in front of you.


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Andrea & Andrew Kovacs
Andrea Kovacs and Andras Turi
Our Nu Skin story started in London.
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The Sparapetut'iwn in Armenia in the Fourth and Fifth Centur
Posted 11 March 2001 - 03:31 AM
by Robert Bedrosian
This article was published in Armenian Review Vol.36 #2(1983) pp.6-46.
One of the most important offices in Arsacid Armenia belonged to the sparapet or commander-in-chief of the armies. Like many other offices in the Armenian kingdom such as those of the coronant, the chamberlain, and the master of the hunt, the sparapetut'iwn was a hereditary charge held traditionally by the senior member of one family, the Mamikoneans. Exactly when the sparapetut'iwn was instituted in Armenia is not known, since the earliest relevant Armenian sources (fifth century) give a confused picture of the establishment of Arsacid offices in the country. Likewise the time of the abolition of the office is unclear since one meets Mamikonean sparapets after the fall of the Armenian Arsacid kingdom (A.D. 428) and during the seventh and eighth centuries. In the medieval Bagratid and Arcrunid kingdoms as well as in Cilician Armenia, the sparapetut'iwn was still an important office, although with the removal of the Mamikoneans to the Byzantine empire in the late eighth century, its occupants were drawn from other lordly (naxarar) families.
Because of Armenia's strategic geographical position between two mighty and inimical powers, Rome-Byzantium on the west and Iran on the east, the country was often forced to participate in the campaigns launched by one empire against the other. As an ally of the one and a border state of both, Armenia was subjected to devastation by the armies of both empires. The almost perpetual state of war which was endemic between Armenia and its neighbors, as well as warfare within the country between the Arsacid kings of Armenia and their naxarars, made the sparapetut'iwn an institution capable of rivaling the country's bnik ters ("native lords"), that is, the Arsacid kings themselves .
Etymologically the word sparapet derives from Ihe Parthian spadapet (spad-army, pat-leader) which in turn derives from the Old Persian spadapaitis (1) . The Iranian origin of this word and of other Armenian Arsacid official terminology is a reflection of Armenia's long cultural and political ties with Iran which date from Achaemenid times (2).
Although there exists no separate study of the sparapetut'iwn, both Iranists and Armenists perforce have commented on the importance of this office and its occupants in their works on Iranian and Armenian soclety. Among Iranists treating the Sasanian Eran-spahbad the most detailed information is found in the writings ot A. Christensen and G. Widengren. Christensen, in L'Iran sous les Sassanides, wrote that in the Sasanian hierarchy each of the four social groupings, the clergy (asravan), soldiers (arteshtaran), bureaucracy (dibheran), as well as the commoners (vastryoshan) and artisans (hutukhshan), had a supreme head. The chief of the military was the Eran-spahbad, and until the time of Xosrov I (531 579), the Iranian army was under the command of a single Eran-spahbad who performed the threefold functions of minister of war, commander-in-chief, and negotiator of the peace (3).
As a result of Xosrov l's military reforms, four spahbads were created in place of a single leader. The spahbad of the east controlled the armies of Khurasan, Sacastan, and Kerman; the spahbad of the south, the armies of Pars and Susiana; the spahbad of the west, the armies of Iraq to the Byzantine frontier; and the spahbad of the north, the armies of Media and Azerbaijan (4). Since the rarely-encountered officer known as the arteshtaransalar (chief of the warriors) is not mentioned after Kavadh and the Eran- spahbad was abolished during the reign of Kavadh's successor Xosrov I, Christensen equates the two terms (5).
In L'Iran sous les Sassanides. Christensen expressed doubt that an of iice as important as that of the Eran- spahbad could be hereditary in one family. G. Widengren cites the transmission of the Armenian sparapetut'iwn in the Mamikonean family as an example of such a tendency and believes that the Iranian Eran- Spahbad was also a hereditary position (6).
Among Armenists, the sparapetut'iwn has been examined most notably by N. Adontz and C. Toumanoff. Adontz placed the consolidation of the Mamikonean holdings in the southern district of Taron during the reign of king Trdat the Great's son Xosrov II Kotak (ca. 330-339). While noting the existence of sparapets prior to the accession of king Arsak II, Adontz seems to place the real establishment of the sparapet as a court official (gorcakal) during Arsak Il's reign (350-367) (7).
In Armenia in the Period of Justinian, Adontz wrote:
The Mamikonean as sparapets, were said to stand above all thc zoravark' or military commanders Thc Armenian army was made up of many contingents furnished by the princely houses. Each of these detachments was commanded by its own prince, but the supreme command belonged to the hereditary sparapets, the Mamlkonean house, who, in this sense stood "above all the princes and their armies"(8).
Thus the sparapet stood at the head of the princely class just as the hazarapet stood at the head of the peasant population (9). According to Adontz, the division of command of the army under four sparapets found in the history attributed to Movses Xorenac'i does not correspond to historical reality. Finally Adontz observed the important position which the bishop of the Mamikoneans occupied in ecclesiastical affairs:
The bishop of the Mamikonean held the leading position in the Church after the patriarch or Catholicos, the influence of the naxarar system is obvious in this case. Just as the hereditary Mamikancan sparapets stood at the head of the nararars under the Arsacids and even later, so in ecclesiastical affairs, the chief administrator found at thc side of the Catholicos was the representative of the same house (10).
Toumanoff believes that the Mamikoneans were the "immemorial dynasts" of Tayk', a district on the Armeno-Georgian border, and were possibly of Georgian origin. Although he mentions Mancaeus, defender of Tigranocerta against the Romans (B.C. 69), as the first historically visible member of the dynasty, Toumanoff does not specify when the sparapetut'iwn was entrusted to the Mamikoneans. He notes that by the fourth century this family had acquired half of Taron centered in the castle of Oghakan on the Arsanias river. By 439, as a result of the will of St Sahak, the last descendant of St. Gregory, the Mamikoneans acquired the other half of Taron centered in the city of Ashtishat as well as the principalities of Bagravande and Acilisene --making them "the greatest territorial princes of the Monarchy, ruling a State that nearly sundered it into two halves" (11).
Toumanoff compares the sparapet with the Iberian (Georgian) spaspet (12) who, unlike the sparapet held an apparently non-inheritable office (13) which included civil as well as military functions (14). Finally, Toumanoff suggests that while in Sasanian Iran both an Eran- spahbad and an Aspahbad (master of the horse, i.e., head of the cavalry) coexisted, in Armenia this could not have been the case since the Armenian army was primarily cavalry. He concludes therefore that the term aspet which the Armenian sources apply to the Bagratid princes was not an official, administrative, but merely a family title (15).
Before turning to an examination of the relevant Armenian sources on the sparapetut'iwn, some general observations on these sources are in order. First, none of the sources considered in this study was written while the Arsacid dynasty ruled Armenia. The Arsacids were deposed in the Byzantine-controlled portion of the country in 390 and in the Iranian-controlled portion in 428. The earliest example of classical Armenian writing to survive, the Bible, was not finally translated until after 431 (16). The historical sources with which we are concerned describe a kingdom which had long since lost its glory. Thus, although the sparapetut'iwn outlived the kingdom which created it and existed throughout the fifth century, one has no guarantees that the sources faithfully describe this institution in the heyday of the state (i.e. as an Arsacid institution). Second, the sources which have survived even from the post-428 period are few and belong to different genres. Koriwn's Life of Mashtoc' is a biography; " Agat'angeghos'' is a short epic account of Armenia's conversion to Christianity; the History by P'awstos Buzand is more a collection of episodes than a history; and Ghazar P'arpec'i's work is a eulogy of the Mamikonean family. Third, although some of these books contain the word "history" in their titles, not one of them is a history of Armenia. Instead they are, for the most part, the products of House historians who have written about the role of a particular family in Armenian affairs. P'awstos Buzand and Ghazar P'arpec'i were both historians of the Mamikonean House. Thus their works contain few disparaging remarks about their patrons and most likely numerous half truths and outright distortions. Finally, one is obliged to eliminate from consideration two works traditionally accepted as fifth century compositions: Eghishe's On Vardan and the Armenian War, and the History of Armenia attributed to Movses Xorenac'i. Serious doubt was raised about the dating of Eghishe's history by N. Akinean who believed that rather than describing the Vardananc' (450), the work might instead be an account of the late sixth century rebellion also led by a Vardan Mamikonean (17). Eghishe, a Mamikonean sympathizer, is unknown to the definitely late fifth century P'arpec'i who most certainly would have used the former's work had it existed when he was writing. In any case, Eghishe's history does not contain any information on the sparapetut'iwn which differs from what is found in P'arpec'i. As regards Xorenac'i, this enigmatic writer and/or editor seems to have operated in the last part of the eighth century. He is violently anti-Mamikonean and provides much information on the sparapetut'iwn which contradicts the sources which will he examined here. For this reason Xorenac'i's history cannot be ignored, but neither can it be classed with authentic fifth century sources. A discussion of Xorenac'i's information on the sparapetut'iwn therefore is confined to the notes (18).
nullFootnotes 1-18
1 H. Hubschmann, Armenische Grammatik, I. Armenische Etymologie (Leipzig, 1895), p. 240. F. Justi, Iranisches Namenbuch (1895, repr. Hildesheim, 1963), p. 306.
2 The Armenian and Iranian social patterns also show numerous similarites. In Armenia, as in Iran, supreme power was exercised by a monarch ever engaged in a struggle against his own family, the nobility, and frequently against the clergy as well. In both societies the power of the nobility tended to increase with the consolidation of the state apparatus. An explanation frequently given for this phenomenon is that during the establishment of a new royal clan, in the process of overthrowing the old royal clan and its noble allies, the would-be monarch was forced to rely on the armed might of the country's dynasts who possessed large private armies. Following the seizure of power from the previous ruling clan, the new monarch was obliged to give gifts to his loyal comrades-in-arms. Such gifts were in the form of land grants.
A second stage in the growth of the nobles power came as the state increased in size or was centralized. To administer his realm, the monarch had no choice but to turn again to the most powerful rulers of the land and distribute the most important offices to them. Among these "most powerful rulers of the land" must be included not merely the king's noble supporters, but also the aboriginally powerful dynasts and clan leaders whose true power in a particular locality was not only more firmly established than that of the king, but also frequently predated it. Thus as Iranists and Armenists have noted, a mixed bureaucracy existed in both societies composed of dynasts receiving office in recognition of their ancient and real military rights and of royal appointees (such as junior members of the royal clan) through which later group the monarch tried to maintain or expand his control over the nobility. Again in both societies a hereditary principle operated which meant that offices and land grants remained in a particular family as inalienable possessions. This meant in Armenia, for example, that if the sparapet died or was killed, another member of the same family had to fill the vacant position. In the case of land-holdings, the king could not reclaim his grants and could not confiscate one family's lands without first exterminating the entire clan since as long as one male member of the clan survived, the family holdings could he reclaimed and the clan gradually reestablished when the surviver reached maturity. Any attempt on the part of the crown to alter their rights and privileges was resisted militarily by the nobllity.
In both Iran and Armenia it was through an oath of personal allegiance sworn before the king that a noble expressed his "vassalage" or recognized the king's military superiority. The oath of allegiance carried with it the obligation of military service. Each nohle was assigned a gah (seat, place) at royal assemblies based on the number of cavalry he could provide.
As Adontz, Christensen, Widengren, and others have shown, the Armenian social, ethnic, and military vocabularies bear a heavy Iranian stamp. For example, (Arm.) nahapet-Ir. nafapat; ishan-xshana; zoravor-zoravar; azg-azg; patiw-patev; shnorh-shnorh. Most revealing of all, the names of the Armenian nobles themselves are often Iranian: Varaz, Bagarat, Vahan, Vardan, Vagharsh, Vasak, etc.
These and other similarities in Armenian and Iranian society led Widengren to comment:
Comme ces faits armeniens nous ont servi a confirmer que les conditions decrites dans le SN [Shahname) sont valables pour des temps ante-islamiques, les faits armeniens peuvent aussi servir a supplement pour la periode parthe meme en Iran proprement dit et ensuit pour la periode sassanide.
See G. Widengren, "Recherches sur le Feodalisme iranien", Orientalia Suecana, V (1956); 94 and passim. R. Frye, The Heritage of Persia (New York, 1963); and N. Adontz, Armenia in the Period of Justinian, N. Garsoian, trans. -ed. (Lisbon, 1971), passim.
3 A. Christensen, L'Iran sous les Sassanides (2nd ed.. Copenhagen, 1944), p. 99.
4 Ibid., p. 370.
5 Ibid., p. 132.
6 Widengren, op. cit., p. 108. The great value of Widengren's study is that the author frequently draws upon Armenian sources to fill some of the many gaps in our understanding of the Iranian social pattern. As a result of this study Widengren equates certain Armenian and Iranian terms such as "servant"/"vassal" (Arm. caray. Ir. bandak), house/holdings (Arm. tun, Ir. katak), decree (Arm. hrovartak. Ir. fravartak), military detachment/banner (Arm. drawshs, Ir. drafsa) and others. Widengren, pp. 93-94.
7 Adontz, op.cit., p. 185.
8 Ibid., p. 340.
9 Ibid., p. 362.
10 Ibid., p. 288.
11 C. Toumanoff, Studies in Christian Caucasian History (Georgetown, 1963), p. 209.
12 Ibid., p. 97 n. 144.
13 Ibid., p. 141 n. 253.
14 Ibid., p. 211 n. 238.
15 Ibid., p. 325.
16 The earliest use of the term sparapet is found in the Bible, translated by different hands soon after the creation of the Armenian alphabet in the early fifth century. Usually sparapet is given as the equivalent for Greek strategos (I. Ezra 3. 14; I Maccabees 2.66, 14.47; II Macc. 3.5, 4.4, 8.8, 8.9; III Kings 2.22, 2.31; Judith 2.4, 2.5).
17 N. Akinean, "Elishe vardapet ew iwr patmut'iwn hayoc' paterazmi [Eghishe Vardapet and His History of the Armenian War), Handes Amsoreay, 1931-32; 1933-34; 1935-37; 1950-51.
18 See note 219 on Xorenac'i.
Posted 11 March 2001 - 03:38 AM
303-330 Trdat III, the Great - Artawazd Mamikonean
330-339 Xosrov II Kotak - Vach'e Mamikonean, son of Artawazd (PB III.4) Artawazd, child son of Vach'e, is made sparapet. During his childhood his relatives by marriage, Arshawir Kamsarakan and Andok Siwnik',control the army (PB III.11).
339-350 Tiran - Under Vasak and Artawazd the Mamikoneans withdrew to Tayk' (PB III.18). Arshawir Kamsarakan and Andok Siwnik' apparently are in charge of the army following Tiran's blinding and before Arshak's restoration of the Mamikoneans (PB III.20).
350-367 Arshak - Vasak (PB IV.3). Restoration of the Mamikoneans. Vasak's son Mushegh returns Pap to Armenia, accompanied by stratelat Terentius and Count Ade. Mushegh becomes zoravar-sparapet (PB V.1).
367-374 Pap - Hayr (Dghak) mardpet, placed in charge of the eastern border by Terentius and Mushegh, defects and is replaced by Gnel Anjewac'i (PB V.6).
374-378 Varazdat - Bat Saharuni. Mushegh is the power behind the throne until his murder by Varazdat. Manuel Mamikonean returns to Armenia after imprisonment in Iran. He seizes the sparapetut'iwn, kills Bat and his sons, and expels Varazdat(PB V.37). Manuel Mamikonean (385). Artashir, son of Manuel (PB V. 44).
430's-440's? - Hamazasp Mamikonean (GHP I.18).
d. 450-451 Vardan Mamikonean, son of Hamazasp (GHP II).
480's-506? Vahan Mamikonean, nephew of Vardan (GHP III).
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The historic ceremony was attended by President of the National Assembly Galust Sahakyan, Minister of Culture Armen Armiryan, Russian Ambassador to Armenia Ivan Volynkin, member of the National Assembly Aragats Akhoyan (Prosperous Armenia), and residents of the village.
Speaking to reporters at the excavation site, a lead archaeologist of the team, Hakob Simonyan, said they have completed only the first phase of their activities to later submit the excavated samples for laboratory testing before creating museum exhibits.
"The research allows us to conduct an excursus from the 4th century until the period of Shah Abbas the Great's invasion, the 17th century, to see the genetic structure of the people who lived here and the genetic transformations in ourselves," he explained.
Minister Amiryan added that they are planning to fund a special project aimed at turning the ancient crypt into a museum and making the village a special tourist attraction site.
Posted 16 November 2016 - 12:17 PM
"The three relic-chests discovered during the excavations of the Aghdzk village mausoleum of the Armenian kings of Artashesyan and Arsacid dinasties is an important discovery. We have an exceptional opportunity to reveal the genetic code of the Armenian kings which is interesting not only for us but also for the international scientific community, namely for the Persian, European and American scientists," Hakob Simonyan, Deputy director of RA Scientific-Research center for Historical-Cultural Heritage, head of the expedition told panorama.am
It is comprehensible why the study can be of importance to the Persian and European scientists, but why should the relics of the Armenian kings be interesting for the Americans?
In response to the above mentioned question the archaeologist noted the following: "The relics of the kings who ruled during the early medieval period are rare worldwide. They realize theimportance of this discovery. It is quite likely that if we submit letters they could help us driven out of interest and conduct DNA analysis for free of charge."
Notably two of the chests had been opened earlier and opening of the third one took place on 12 November. The relic-chests contain the bones of the members of the Armenian Artashesyan and Arsacid royal houses.
H. Simonyan noted that the bones are subject to anthropological research, so that they can be able to present the complete and final results of the discovery.
"This is a long-lasting, difficult and expensive activity. The research is to be conducted by the best specialists in the most prestigious laboratories of the world. All this requires significant amount of money, and we should seek and find out that funds. The anthropological research will enable us to find out the people's age, gender, they diseases they suffered from, and it is also possible to reveal the causes of their death. DNA analysis would reveal their genetic code," the archaeologist noted.
H. Simonyan added that the carefully packed relics will be taken to the laboratory and after conducting anthropological research they will be kept in a fridge so that they are not subjected to any modifications.
"After the research, I think, a governmental commission is to be established to decide the future of the bones, namely where they should be presented and how they should be kept. We might not have a second chance to make such a discovery," the head of the expedition noted.
In response to the question how they can acquire the necessary sum he noted that it is the issue of the government as the government itself sould be interested in providing the necessary funds. The discovery has a great importance for the country and the state is to tackle the issue.
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At approximately 10:00 a.m. this morning, Friday, September 6, 2013, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) served Heart of Georgia Regional Airport Authority board member and vice-chairperson John Clements with a subpoena at the W.S. Stuckey Airport Terminal in Eastman.
The subpoena requested "any and all records, belonging to or in the possession of the Heart of Georgia Regional Airport Authority (HGRAA), through abandonment, pertaining to Mathieu Heintz, DOB: 11/26/1966, or Aircraft Manufacturing and Development Company, P.O. Box 639, Eastman, Georgia 31023."
The documents, a truck-load full, were loaded onto a pickup truck and left the airport premises for an undisclosed location.
For more information on this developing story, obtain the September 11, 2013 edition of The Dodge County News.
A Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent is pictured serving a subpoena to Heart of Georgia Regional Airport Authority board member and vice-chairperson John Clements.
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Great news! Put them all in jail! No one is above the law. It's long overdue people!
Are these the "documents" that Greer mentioned at the Town Hall circus last week? This town is ready to hear who did what. How will Jimmy stop it now? I knew that whole bank loan situation was a farse. I really pray the county doesn't bail the banks out - THIS TIME! Let's clean up our county and make it a place to be proud of folks.
Who cares? I bet it's going to lead to nothing at all anyway. The crooks in this place always get away with what ever they feel like anyhow.
If I were a betting type individual, I'd bet there are some people in town that care deeply that the FBI is hanging around issues that date back to 1999 when the airport issues started. Issues from 1999 are still strangling the airport and suppressing growth. A lot of facts loom hidden in boxes of old documents that can possibly stitch the whole airport story together to where the light of day can enable the general public to understand what went on and who did or did not benefit from any of it. Let it all play out!
If I were a betting person, I'd wager there are a few individuals who care deeply and are not happy the FBI is willing to dig around in 1999 airport issues of a failed business. 1999 is when the airport dealings began and culminated in 2008 with the airport moving to pay the Heintz debt after Rep. Pruett changed the airports charter with HB 1444 to enable the financial move. This subpoena doesn't make sense unless secrets loom in dusty old boxes of abandoned records. Let's be patient and see how this plays out. I'd also bet there is one person wondering whether or not to initiate private contact to the FBI for the best cooperation type immunity deal. The early bird gets the worm and the certainly best deal!
Follow the money trail. Over a million dollars vanished into thin air! Rumor has it some at the airport are helping to cover it up and didn't want the FBI to get a hold of the records. Shady, shady, shady. As long as those in power put the spineless in place they will help cover it all up. Vote OUT Jimmy P and his puppet Danny boy! Justice!
I have a local business in Eastman and have NEVER asked the city or the county to help pay for anything. We grew out of hard work, lots of trial and error, and good old fashioned elbow grease. WHY is the county helping pay for improvements to DPS out at the airport? That is a terrible precedent our county is setting if they go through with this plan. This makes me wonder if what they are doing really is more about a covering up for some in town then it is to help the county prosper. There are many hard working businesses out here who are making it on their own without county money.
#220.127.116.11.1 Anonymous on 09/10/13 at 07:46 AM [Reply]
I agree 100%. Why is the county helping DPS?? Ever think it may have something to do with the building they are occupying at the airport? If DPS up and breaks camp for Dublin, guess who loses out - CB&T Bank! Sorry the rest of us businesses in this wonderful city of ours don't have such luck! I have a bunch of items I need tending to at my store!
#188.8.131.52.1.1 Anonymous on 09/10/13 at 03:45 PM [Reply]
Screw CB&T let them go under. Let a big box bank like Bank of America come in. Yeah they will look out for all of the homeowners and people that get loans with them. There is no way people will come back at the county and scream at them for letting CB&T go under and BoA or whoever come in and do what they want. The evil bank deserves to go down and it doesn't matter who goes down with it. We want justice. We are tired of the Dodge County boogie men pulling the strings. They have been doing it for the last sixty years. If not more. When they do die they are going to just pass along all their power to their evil kids and the cycle will just keep going. We decent hardworking folk can't get ahead because of the Dodge County Illuminati looking out for each other. No matter what I do I can't get ahead because they are holding me back. They are what is wrong with this county. I guess we will see who is slow enough to not understand the sarcasm :)
#126.96.36.199.1.1.1 Anonymous on 09/11/13 at 11:37 AM [Reply]
Funny! Lol. Thanks for the laugh!
#18.104.22.168.1.1.2 Anonymous on 09/11/13 at 11:40 AM [Reply]
"Big Box Bank" might be better in the long run than a "crooked small town bank." Weren't some of their board of directors directly involved in creating this whole ordeal???
#184.108.40.206.1.1.3 Anonymous on 09/11/13 at 03:31 PM [Reply]
I get it. Bilking the airport and taxpayers out of 300k since 2008 is their idea of taking care of the locals??? Really?
I'm not following your point with HB1444 and Pruett. What is the story here?
HB1444 allowed the airport to take on long-term debt. The day after it was signed by the Governor, the old airport board inked the lease deal with DPS and CB&T bank so the Airport could pay for the bad loan made by AMD. BUT...HB1444 didn't allow for the airport to take on PRIVATE long term debt...since that violates the GA Constituion. But that's all minor details and we won't go there. People might actually be held accountable and boy or boy how terrible that would be for our wondeful town, future growth, economic development, jobs, etc, etc. What ever happpened to the Judges ruling the airport board said they would get before inking the deal with the county commissioners? I guess even Judges don't like the idea of breaking the law no matter who is involved.
Am I reading something differently then you all. Until the community can hear more details about this, it may be best not to jump to any conclusions. Based on what I have read here and through other news outlets, the FBI looks to be after Mathieu Heintz "The Canadian Guy". The FBI wanted all of the documents and paperwork he had left here. It was a truckload of records that the airport had held on to and stored away all these years. The subpoena even says it wanted the records belonging to or in possession of the airport through abandonment. The records that Mr. Heintz abandoned when he absconded.
I'd say you are one step behind in your analysis. Be patient!
I disagree Milton. I think these are the documents that provide the original loan and lease deal back in 99 with the Canadian guy. the Canadian guy has already been apprehended, brought to DC jail by Sherriff Hinson and the GBI, and posted bail years ago. When they had him in jail, CB&T bank didn't want anything to do with him and they decided to let him off the hook. Why? Because the collateral they originated the loan with was bogus EXCEPT for the DPS building. So they let the Canadian guy off the hook and stuck it to the citizens of Dodge County knowing that that building never could be used as collateral. The Feds are methodical and they won't back down. Let the chips fall where they may! Or, maybe it's just a wild goose chase the Feds have nothing better to do with their time right now. Who knows?
Well we will see how it all unfolds. One thing that I have learned. When everyone starts thinking alike and believing something is a sure thing. It's probably best to be cautious because there is a major twist on the way. Life is fickle like that.
I heard you are on the EDA now. Good. Lets see how long you manage to keep your integrity in tact when you find out the EDA wants to control the economic development of the airport.
I thank you for your concern. My integrity will not be at risk. This is because I am aware and accept that it is not about me, my agenda, my pride, or my ego. Now, I fully expect that at some point in time I am going to step on and offend someone's agenda, pride, and ego. I apologize in advance. You can't make an omelette without cracking a few eggs. So lets get to work!
Thank you, thank you, thank you to anyone who helped expose this corruption. It is long overdue around here and I am very pleased that we still have men and women of integrity in this world who won't back down. Shame on those who are responsible for this situation. I hope the FBI brings them to justice.
For anyone who doubts the seriousness of the situation, check out the outcome of the last investigation this FBI agent was involved in.
Well, I guess the FBI won't be worried about the politics in Dodge County or the elite who are doing everything possible to cover their tracks. I for one am so looking forward to reading about where the million dollars vanished to and how our legislator used his position to bilk the citizens and airport out of their money.
Aren't we all. Maybe the FBI has a micro-fiche reader that works? I was told by a source very close to the airport that CB&T bank used the excuse that their micro-fiche machine was broken and they couldn't produce many loan documents. Follow the money!
Broken micro fiche reader? Tell me CBT didn't pull that card!!
I attended the so-called Town Hall meeting at the courthouse and I'm not sure what to believe at this point. Steve Greer warned us all, well, rather reminded us all, that corruption is hurting our town and all of us citizens who are trying to make an honest living out here. Now the FBI is involved and taking action. I'm not saying anyone did anything wrong. BUT, the FBI is going to get to the bottom of all this airport business and we all will see just who did what while we were sleeping. Wake up people! I would think Steve might make a really good candidate to run for our State Representative. At least he isn't afraid to stand and look us all in the eye and tell us we have a history of corruption. As a lifetime resident of Dodge, I don't like it anymore than most people but I want my grandchildren to be raised in an honest town by honest people.
Greer doesn't know what he is talking about. He should run...far away from this county. Take the Driggers fella with him. We don't need people like them in Dodge.
Greer knows exactly what he is talking about. That's the reason you bunch of low life's want him and Driggers gone. They are spoiling the picnic for all of you that have been robbing this town blind for the past 20 years. To bad to sad now the FED's are going to eat your lunch! (Ha Ha) day of reckoning is coming for you guys. I can't wait till they say you have the right to remain silent, anything you say may be used against you....it's almost here!
The fact that you want him gone is the reason we need him to stay. People in this town don't like outsiders shaking things up and that's the biggest reason this town is stuck in first gear. All I know is Greer wants to fight the corruption and the FBI is in town for a reason. It's time that we all take a look in the mirror and get our act together.
Mr. Driggers and Mr. Burnham are also fighting the corruption in this town. I'm so thankful there are a few honorable men who still believe in doing what is right.
I think you are mistaken. I would fully support Mr. Greer in a run against Pruett any day!
Me, too! And be proud to do so! I am sick, sick, sick of crooked people lining their pockets at the expense of the tax-payers!
I don't think Greer plans on running for anything around here. The same corruption he speaks of will work to crush his chances. Same way the "people" voted out Hinson. Buying votes and favors.
or maybe he is...and is scared of what may be coming down the pipe.....
Do you think the CBT and its owners are clean and not worried?
Well, to be honest, I think the board of directors might be concerned. The owners not so much.
CBT better be worried bad things coming their way along with others that think they're big shots in this town....
I'm so sick of how this place is being run down by so many in positions of power but who don't have a back bone. My grand daughters used to got to the Boys and girls club in Dodge before they brought in the wicked witch of the north (Atlanta) to take over. Many of us watched our beautiful club go down hill and no one did anything about it. I know Dennis Giddins was on the board and I think Phil Bearden was to. I found out this morning that Mr. Giddins is now in charge of the airport! My question is if he didn't have a spine to stand up and get rid of the wicked witch then how is he going to stand up to the problems at the airport? I already know the answer.
Dennis Giddens is a joke and a BIG disappointment. He is a yes man. He is just like Yawn. He is not interested in doing what's right he is just interested in protecting his friends. He has NO discernment between right and wrong. He is part of that gang at the 1st Baptist Country Club. They are just playing church.
It's always encouraging to see people like you throwing fiery darts at respectable individuals, and to go as far as condemning an entire congregation. Have you ever experienced how the "FBC country club" does church? How much time have you spent with Mr. Giddens that you know so much about his character? Please, take some time out of your schedule to make a difference in our community and quit pointing fingers and blaming people. Frankly, it's statements like this that cause parts of our community to remain dysfunctional.
Your so called community is dysfunctional because people like you allow these respectable people to enable others to corrupt the political system in Dodge County. I know Dennis and can see right through him. I'm not saying anything about FBC that some of your members have not voiced themselves. In fact I know of several longtime members that have gone to your pastor and ask him to remove a few of your deacons because of misconduct of office.
Ma'am, although I share your dissatisfaction at the closing of our local BGC, I don't think it's fair to place the blame on Dennis or Phil. Both were ardent supporters of the BGC from the beginning. They donated countless hours over several years to the club. Our club closed because we hired a CPO who had an agenda counter to the growth and future of our local club.
One of the fundamental foundations of society is accountability. Failure to hold people accountable is what has hurt this community for years. It sounds like to me that Giddens and Bearden are unable to hold anyone they like responsible for their actions and this county suffers as a result of that. First the Boys and Girls Club next the airport. These two men are not qualified to hold a position of leadership because they do not make good sound decisions when it involves their friends. They put the welfare of a few over the welfare of the majority. When is this madness going to stop? Are we to allow the whole town to suffer for certain people to benefit? Giddens and Bearden are being used and are too blind to see. I pray for God to take the blinders off their eyes and let them see how foolish they really are.
Come on Greer, you know the truth. They both and the other board members just sat around like bumps on a log and didn't fight to keep our Dodge club open. Meanwhile, the CPO ran it into the ground and they just looked the other way. They are not LEADERS! You are a LEADER! You know this is the truth and nothing but the truth. Why are you covering for them?
Are we talking about the same Gidden's I know? He ain't worth salt. Period. He ain't no leader. Period.
Hinson was a joke we have a good sheriff now.Mr. Sheffield keep up the good work..
Is the Federal Grand Jury today? I remember there was mention somewhere of Oct 8th in Savannah. Anyone know what is happening with this case?


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