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US treatment of Liu Xiaobo's Nobel Peace Prize angers China
China is leading a 19-nation boycott of Friday's ceremony awarding jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo the Nobel Peace Prize. It says calls to free Liu amount to meddling in its internal affairs.
John McConnico/AP
As China stokes the controversy swirling around Friday's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony honoring Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, last year's recipient is remaining coy about how he intends to mark the day.
President Barack Obama, the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, is so far not revealing his intentions in terms of acknowledging the official awarding of the Nobel to the pro-democracy advocate – who remains in prison and thus will not be able to accept his prize in person.
White House officials have noted that the president issued a statement congratulating Mr. Liu when the award was announced in October. And they have hinted that Mr. Obama will mark the award's official bestowal in some fashion.
The US will be represented at the awards ceremony in Oslo by Barry White, the US ambassador to Norway. Liu will be represented by an empty chair.
At one point last month the White House suggested it would like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to represent the US at the ceremony, but a full agenda in Congress's lame-duck session and Speaker Pelosi's desire to guide the final action of the current House appears to have nixed that plan.

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A Window into the Industry Collections - January 2015
29 January 2015
,The New Year has seen a number of interesting objects enter the industry collections.
This teddy bear was manufactured by Wendy Boston (Crickhowell) Ltd. The company was founded in 1941 in Crickhowell (near Abergavenny) by husband and wife Wendy and Ken Williams. They had moved from Birmingham during the Blitz, and Wendy started making toys for friends and family whilst her husband was away. This bear was purchased circa 1963/64 for the donor when he was a baby, and living in Llanelli. It wears a home knitted cardigan, and the donor as a young child had a matching larger version. We also have in the collections a poodle pyjama/nightdress case manufactured by the same company. However, teddy bears were the dominant and by far the best know product and so we are fortunate to have been donated an example with a good Welsh provenance.
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My last month's Blog featured a Lesbians & Gaymen Support the Miners fund badge from 1985. This 'Pits and Perverts' t-shirt compliments this, and was manufactured to promote the film 'Pride' (it has 'In Cinemas 12th September' printed on the back). The film tells the amazing true story of how a group of gay men and women raised funds to help families affected by the miners' strike.
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Towards the end of last year we were donated this First World War memorial plaque. It commemorates men who had worked at Guest Keen & Nettlefold's Rogerstone Steel Works and the adjacent HP Wire Nail Works. The plaque is currently on display, until 15th March 2015, in the exhibition 'Working for Victory' at the National Waterfront Museum, Swansea (see photograph below).
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Finally these two metal plates were recovered from Cardiff Docks in the 1990s. They both come from an early 20th century crane manufactured by John Williams & Sons (Cardiff) Ltd. at Globe Foundry, Cardiff for use in the docks. These are an important pair of makers' plates, as we only have a small number of plates from Welsh-manufactured machinery. They also complement a set of foundry tools from this company and an electric battery delivery truck used by the company for local deliveries.
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Mark Etheridge
Curator: Industry & Transport
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A Window into the Industry Collections
22 December 2014
,With Christmas almost upon us I thought I'd start this month's blog with a few wintery scene from our photographic collections. The first was taken by the Welsh photographer John Dillwyn Llewelyn (1810-1882) during the 1850s on his estate at Penllergare near Swansea. It is very likely to be the first photograph of a Welsh snowman! The second shows Big Pit colliery, Blaenafon (now Big Pit: National Mining Museum) in the snow in 1978.
This month has seen quite a number of new additions to the industry collections. One of the most interesting are these two oil on canvas portraits of Thomas Jenkins and his wife Susannah. Thomas Jenkins was owner of the Avon Vale Tinplate Works (which opened in 1866) and Aberavon Tinplate Works (which opened in 1875), both located at Aberavon, Port Talbot. After his death in 1891, his shareholding was inherited by his two daughters, one of whom had married Colonel David Roderick David, one of Thomas Jenkins' co-partners in the Avon Vale Tinplate Works. The other married William M. Jones, a local ship owner whose vessel 'Sisters' is recalled by the family as having carried the works' product for export.
Neither works are signed nor dated, but both are inscribed on the reverse by the sitters. The inscription states that they sat on their respective 71st and 66th birthdays in February 1879.
This piece of coal was removed by open cast methods from a coal pillar left in the 9' seam at Abercraf Colliery workings in the late 1990s. We have a number of samples in our collection of coal from various Welsh pits including, some mounted like this one, but also many samples collected on the last working day of various collieries.
Many of you will have seen the recent film 'Pride'. If so you'll know the amazing true story of how a group of gay men and women raised funds to help families affected by the miners' strike. This badge was purchased by the donor "at an all night fundraiser for mining families held at the Scala cinema in Kings' Cross in early 1985. At the time they were sold for £2.50 each (which was quite a lot in 1985) with all proceeds going to straight to the Lesbians & Gaymen Support the Miners fund."
We have also had a number of other donations this month relating to the 1984-85 miners' strike. This badge was produced during the 1984-85 miners' strike, and was apparently designed by Tyrone Jenkins, a South Wales cartoonist. We would love to know more if anyone has any information.
2014 was the 30th anniversary of the start of the strike, and this limited edition medallion commemorates this.
We have added a further two share certificates this month to our collection. The first is for The Wemyss Mine Limited, and is dated 1885. The first Wemyss Mine Ltd. Company was floated in 1880 to acquire the Wemyss lead mine adjacent to the Frongoch lead mine near Pontrhydygroes in mid-Wales. After its collapse in 1884 it was replaced by a second company of the same name registered in 1884, to which this certificate relates. In the years 1885-1889 when worked by this company, the mine employed only a dozen men and produced very modest tonnages of lead and zinc ores. The company ceased work in 1889 and was struck off in 1894.
The second certificate very surprisingly relates to the Cardiff Castle Gold Mine!! No, there isn't gold under the castle! This was actually an Australian enterprise run by Welsh emigrants located in the internationally famous Coolgardie goldfields in Western Australia. The company was London-registered in 1895 and so the name probably served as both a sentimental attachment for the emigrants as well as a marketing tool to attract British investors.
This photograph shows the sinking of Wyllie Colliery in the Sirhowy Valley in 1925/26. Wyllie Colliery was sunk by the Tredegar Iron and Coal Company, and named after a director of the company, Alexander Keith Wyllie. It was the last deep mine to be sunk in Monmouthshire, and one of the last in south Wales. The colliery was closed by the National Coal Board in March 1968.
Finally, this 2nd class single ticket is said to have been used on the last train to run from Gorseinon to Swansea (Victoria). It is dated 13 June 1964.
Mark Etheridge
Curator: Industry & Transport
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[image: Snowman by John Dillwyn Llewelyn, 1850s]
Snowman by John Dillwyn Llewelyn, 1850s
[image: Big Pit in the snow, 1978]
Big Pit in the snow, 1978
[image: Oil painting of Thomas Jenkins, 1879]
Oil painting of Thomas Jenkins, 1879
[image: Oil painting of Susannah Jenkins, 1879]
Oil painting of Susannah Jenkins, 1879
[image: Coal from Abercraf Colliery, 1990s]
Coal from Abercraf Colliery, 1990s
[image: Badge sold to raise money for the Lesbians & Gaymen Support the Miners fund, 1985]
Badge sold to raise money for the Lesbians & Gaymen Support the Miners fund, 1985
[image: Penrikyber badge produced during the 1984-85 miners' strike]
Penrikyber badge produced during the 1984-85 miners' strike
[image: 30th anniversary of the Miners' Strike medallion 1984 - 2014]
30th anniversary of the Miners' Strike medallion 1984 - 2014
[image: The Wemyss Mine Limited share certificate, 1885]
The Wemyss Mine Limited share certificate, 1885
[image: Cardiff Castle Gold Mines Limited share certificate, 1895]
Cardiff Castle Gold Mines Limited share certificate, 1895
[image: Sinking of Wyllie Colliery, Sirhowy Valley, 1925/26]
Sinking of Wyllie Colliery, Sirhowy Valley, 1925/26
[image: 2nd class ticket said to have been used on the last train to run from Gorseinon to Swansea (Victoria), 13 June 1964]
2nd class ticket said to have been used on the last train to run from Gorseinon to Swansea (Victoria), 13 June 1964
Cyflwyno Kate
19 December 2014
,Dw i wrth fy modd yn twrio yn storfeydd yr Amgueddfa. Sdim byd gwell na darganfod gwrthrychau sydd heb weld golau dydd ers degawdau. Llynedd, tra'n chwilota am gasgliadau o gyfnod y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf, fe ddes i ar draws dyddiadur o'r flwyddyn 1915 mewn amlen yn yr archif. Wrth bori'r tudalennau, a thrafod gyda chydweithwyr, fe daeth hi'n amlwg fod stori'r perchennog yn haeddu cynulleidfa ehangach. Felly, dyma ni - croeso i brosiect @DyddiadurKate.
Eleni, i gyd-fynd a rhaglen yr Amgueddfa i goffau canmlwyddiant y Rhyfel Mawr, mi fydd tim ohonom yn trydar cynnwys y dyddiadur yn ddyddiol - canrif union ers i Kate Ellis, merch ffarm o ardal y Bala, nodi ei gweithgareddau beunyddiol yn ei blwyddlyfr bach coch. Ar y pryd, roedd Kate (Rowlands yn ddiweddarach) yn ei hugeiniau cynnar ac yn byw gyda'i rhieni - Ellis Robert Ellis a'i wraig Alice Jane Ellis - yn Tyhen, gerllaw pentre'r Sarnau. Wrth drydar y dyddiadur, byddwn yn defnyddio sillafu, atalnodi a thafodiaith y ddogfen wreiddiol.
Nid dyddiadur ymsonol mo hwn - peidiwch a disgwyl cyfrinachau o'r galon. Yn hytrach, yr hyn a gawn yw cipolwg ar fywyd dyddiol yng nghefn gwlad Meirionnydd ar ddechre'r ugeinfed ganrif - o'r tywydd a thasgau amaethyddol i brysurdeb diwylliannol y fro. Prin iawn yw cyfeiriadau Kate at y Rhyfel, er i nifer o drigolion yr ardal ymuno a'r lluoedd arfog. Ond mae hynny ynddo'i hun yn ddiddorol - iddi hi, ar yr wyneb beth bynnag, roedd bywyd yn mynd yn ei flaen fel arfer.
Cadwch lygad ar y blog am ragor o fanylion am y prosiect ac i glywed mwy am y bobl a'r digwyddiadau sy'n cael eu crybwyll yn y dyddiadur. Cofiwch hefyd ddilyn @DyddiadurKate o ddydd Calan ymlaen i olrhain ei hanes drwy gydol 2015.
Tro nesaf: Ar drywydd Kate Ellis.
[image: Diary with a red cover and the words C. & J. PENNY'S IMPROVED DIARY FOR 1915 in black ink]
Front of cover of Kate Ellis' diary – C. & J. PENNY'S IMPROVED DIARY FOR 1915.
First World War collections
17 December 2014
,After months of behind the scenes activity - rummaging in stores, researching, documenting, conserving and digitising - Amgueddfa Cymru's First World War catalogue is now online. At the moment, the catalogue includes over 500 records - archives, photographs and objects from the collections housed here at St Fagans. New records will be uploaded over the next few weeks, including some fantastic additions from the industry collections. We'll keep you posted.
I can't tell you how much this project has meant to me and my colleagues. It may sound corny, but we really do feel emotionally connected to the people whose lives are commemorated in the collections. From Walter Stinson's delicate beadwork jewellery, to Brinley Rhys Edmunds and his typo-ridden memorial plaque, these stories have captured our imagination. To us, Walter and Brinley are no longer anonymous names on file.
Talking of files, it hasn't been easy to pull-together our First World War collections. When curators speak of "newly-discovered" or "hidden" objects, please don't think that museums are full of misplaced or lost items - there are no "dusty vaults" here! The issue is usually a lack of documentation - the information stored on file which helps us to locate and interpret the collections in our care. Collecting methodologies have changed over the years, so too standards in documentation.
Many objects featured in the database were originally catalogued according to their function, making it difficult for present-day curators to draw-out their First World War significance. A classic example being a set of prosthetic arm attachments used by John Williams of Penrhyncoch. These were found in the medical collections, catalogued in 1966 under "orthopaedic equipment". By chance, I was looking at the accession file a few months ago and found a scribbled note saying "wounded in one arm during WW1". If only the curator had asked more questions at the time, especially given that John Williams himself donated the arm attachments to the Museum!
Thankfully, accession files are never closed indefinitely. New research and the reassessment of collections through community partnerships means that we're constantly editing and tweaking our records. So, if you knew a John Williams from Penrhyncoch who lost an arm during the First World War, please do get in touch.
[image: Butterfly shaped cotton belt buckle, decorated with wire and glass beads.]
Butterfly shaped cotton belt buckle, decorated with wire and glass beads. Made by Corporal Walter Stinson of the 11th (County of London) Battalion (Finsbury Rifles) when a patient at the St Fagans Red Cross VAD Hospital.
[image: Bronze memorial plaque, often known as the 'Dead Man's Penny'. Relief of Britannia holding a laurel wreath, surrounded by the inscription: 'HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR BRINDLEY [sic] RYHS [sic] EDMUNDS']
Bronze memorial plaque, often known as the 'Dead Man's Penny'. Relief of Britannia holding a laurel wreath, surrounded by the inscription: 'HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR BRINDLEY [sic] RYHS [sic] EDMUNDS'. Sent to the family of Private Brinley Rhys Edmunds of Dunraven St, Barry.
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Attachments for a prosthetic arm. Worn by John Williams of Penrhyncoch who was wounded in one arm during the First World War.
A Window into the Industry Collections
28 November 2014
,The 14th October 2014 was the 101st anniversary of the Universal Colliery disaster at Senghenydd. 440 people were killed in this disaster on the 14th October 1913. It is still the worst mining disaster in the U.K. Last year on the centennial of the disaster a Welsh National Memorial to all mine disasters was unveiled on the site of the pit head. The memorial can be seen on the front of this memorial service programme acquired recently.
You can read an article on this disaster on our website. It is also possible to view all the objects from our collections that relate to this disaster on our 'Images of Industry' online database. Check it all out here
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This interesting autograph book was donated this month. The book contains autographs, inscriptions and drawings connected with the South Wales Miners Federation, and most date to 1926. There are also some inscriptions relating to the Spanish Civil War. The photograph here shows the main inscription on the inside of the front cover.
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This month also saw the launch of our First World War online database. It currently contains all objects and documents from the social & cultural history collections. It will soon include all our WW1 related objects from the industry collections as well. The site can be viewed here
To complement the launch of this database, staff from across Amgueddfa Cymru were involved in an 'Explore Your Archives' event held at the Oakdale Institute at St. Fagans: National History Museum. This event was an opportunity to show some original documents and photographs to members of the public, and promote the work we do in looking after these important collections.
Mark Etheridge
Curator: Industry & Transport
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Bioshock Miniature Diorama Has Really Little Sisters
Filmmaker Andy Jarosz likes to make miniature sets in his spare time. He recently spoke with Game Informer to show off his latest work – a 1:26 scale replica of a set in Bioshock. Andy 3D printed the Little Sisters and the Gatherer's Garden vending machine, but most of the pieces were made from "all manner of materials and tools."
Here's a screenshot of the scene in Bioshock:
Inject a browser plasmid and head to Game Informer for more images and info on Andy's work. You should also check out the equally detailed Battlefield 4 diorama that he made earlier this year.
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The city of San Mateo, meanwhile, has secured $875,800 in stimulus funds to use for such energy conservation projects, including putting solar panels on the roof of its main library, a project that has been on hold for two years because of budgetary constraints. The San Mateo Daily Journal reports that the system will generate approximately 11 percent of the library's electricity needs, and that when the project is completed, the city will also reap a 30 percent federal tax credit. Among other things, the money will also fund the replacement of 193 streetlights with LED bulbs.
And the Ventura County Star reports that the Conejo Unified School District board in Ventura County, California, has decided unanimously to "rescind about 30 to 40 pink slips" that were delivered to teachers in March, deciding to use federal stimulus money to cover the district's $8.5 million budget gap and keep the teachers onboard. Thirty-seven part-time positions, however, were cut, with the deputy superintendent stating: "It is a reality that paying a person who works five hours and still gets $12,000 in benefits is not cost-effective."


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Just got the Ward Lab report back for my well water. Of course, it came at 6PM on July 3rd, and I'm brewing tomorrow on the 4th when I won't be able to get anything to modify the water. Up until now, I've used either this water or bottled and had no issues, but I've also done partial mash, and tomorrow is my first all grain. Putting aside adjusting to style, and just aiming for decent water for beer in general, anything I should be aware of or tweak in the future? pH 6.7 Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est, ppm 101 Electrical Conductivity, mmho/cm 0.17 Cations / Anions, me/L 1.3/1.3 Sodium, Na 11 Potassium, K 2 Calcium, Ca 4 Magnesium, Mg 7 Total Hardness, CaCO3 39 Nitrate, NO3-N 2.3 (SAFE) Sulfate, SO4-S 4 Chloride, Cl 17 Carbonate, CO3 <1 Bicarbonate, HCO3 27 Total Alkalinity, CaCO3 22 Total Phosphorus, P 1.18 Total Iron, Fe 0.13
No worries. This is very nice water. You would want to add some acidulated malt or some other source of acid for most beers (excepting dark ones) but you will no doubt be OK without.
You're probably going to want to add some calcium. Mine was that low and I was having terrible efficiency problems. Added in some Calcium and BAM, problem solved.


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come on try to be a bit more patriateic about your country. I fly the St George Cross on a flag pole outside my house 365 days of the year.
Typical comments from a non football fan thou.
But dont take it to hart.. just a bit of friendly banter.
Only friendly banter from me too (wink). Ok, you got me. I don't really like ball games (down Polly!). I am patriotic, but only to the point of realism. As someone who's travelled very extensively over many years, I've learned to see both the good & bad in most countries. I came to the conclusion years ago that there's no such thing as a better country, just whether it suits you or not. Also, never judge a people by the actions of their government. Sorry, got a bit serious there for a moment, but misguided patriotism is something I see as regularly getting in the way of the progress of human kind. Patriotism galvanised with a sporting event as the catylist is cool with me.
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The fact that my farther does not EVER touch alcohol of any sort, makes me think I should get the mail man something for farthers day... so basically im with ya at the hardware store
My dad doesn't drink either. He got a Hardly Dangerouson tie and a copy of River of Doubt, a biography of the trip Teddy Roosevelt made down an uncharted river in South American. An excellent book that I recommend for anyone who enjoys history.
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My Dad just wants me to visit. We'll have a cookout, talk about fishing, dogs will attend the picnic, and I'll either buy him fishing lures he's too cheap to buy himself, or a shirt/sweater from Kohls..
I 'm going down to get my mustang from the in-laws. maybe Dad and I will run off to the U-Wrench-it place and see if we can find any good parts. He's getting close to putting paint on his cougar too, so that might need some work.
It does seem to sneak up a bit. My dad has gone to a VW show in CT for the past, oh.... 7 years. So I give him a card and mow the lawn while he's gone, or wash his truck for him before he goes.
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I'm going down to LI on Saturday, and taking my dad to a Mets game. Homercidal, what year mustang do you have?
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To post on the behalf of Stover before he got banned (which I'm sure I will once this hits the streets.) The point was that you won. Absolutely. And that is all that matters. My observation, and the observation of many on this forum, was that the Steelers were going to dominate this game from start to finish. There was no way that the Titans with Kerry Collins were going to be able to stand up to Big Ben and the best defenst in the NFL last year. As it turned out, the game came down to a coin toss and a couple poor field goal kicks. I guess the perspective from those living outside of Pittsburgh is that a team that talked so much (at least fans) didn't not walk as much. Beronis makes either kick and the game is over.
A win regardless. And in the end of the season, all that matters. Congrats to the towl and the people who wave it. I see no reason that Stover got banned. All that he said was not derogatory, but actual fact. I will be standing by for my ban as well.
Fansince76 I see your trigger finger as quite twitchy, but hey, this is your land, so do as you like.......
Go Ravens.......!
The game didn't just come down to two missed FGs and a coin toss - Ben also absorbed a 19 yard sack when they were in otherwise chipshot Reed FG range and forced a punting situation instead.
Ward also fumbled going for the endzone which forced the OT as well.
Anyone with an unbiased eye that watched the game could clearly see the Titans were reeling and desperate for their lives towards the end of the game. Ben drove us down the field
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. The OT was just a do-over for a mistake that Ward almost never makes, the Titans were "lucky" for that just as we were "lucky" for missed FGs.
If we take away all the most obvious lucky breaks on both sides, its 16-13 Titans at best with the Steelers 1st and goal inside the 10 with ~50 seconds left to go and two timeouts. I like I our chances there. It was a hard fought game, the Titans are good team, but you cannot convince me that luck had anything to do with our winning - we outplayed them when all said and done.
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Lionhead's discussed the new combat features set to appear in Fable III.
Senior design director Josh Atkins told CVG that although the studio was fully satisfied with the accessibility of Fable II's combat system, it's now out to up the "dramatic impact" of its encounters in the third game.
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