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This is a discussion on What are your 2A beliefs (150 words or less) within the General Firearm Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; Self defense is a natural right that the state shall not infringe....
Self defense is a natural right that the state shall not infringe.
Only one word....freedom
The police are not there to protect you from crime, they are there to arrest the guy after the crime has been committed, assuming they find him. It is your responsibility to protect yourself and your family.
No,no,no its "FREEEEEEEEDOOOOOOOOME".
I believe the right to bear arms shall not be infringed. I also believe the designated hitter rule sucks.
I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it.
Clint Eastwood
To put it simply I think the 2A gives American citizens the right to own any firearm they choose and use that firearm to protect Life,Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Being a college student I have to listen to a lot of liberal teachers/students preach against gun ownership and how the right to bear arms was only about hunting ( guess they skipped that whole well armed militia part) and it gets pretty old. I believe that if I can legally own a firearm I should be able to modify it however I want! Silencers,cut down barrels, high capacity magazines and whatever else I could dream up. It's not like if I was going to break the law I couldn't do most of those things anyway. I think the class III ban Is insane! 5,000 for a full auto gun from the 70's when It would be possible to buy an AR or AK in full auto for 2,000. I mean think about it how expensive is it to make an AR full out if you have the kit? Not that much more then a semi auto one.
I'm just sick of everyone acting like if I want a full auto AR it's because I'm a crazy person who wants to kill as many people as possible. You can make a fertilizer bomb with directions from the Internet for about 1/8 the cost. I want to own full auto or select fire weapons because our founding fathers believed that as a citizen you should be able to stand against a government that turned into a tyranny. It keeps the government in check. It means that if the people are being put down by there government and that the 1% is deciding that they can tell you how to live then the 99% can stand up and fight against it.
Maybe I'm just a raving lunatic, maybe we really don't need all those freedoms that our bill of rights give us, maybe tje government really does know what's best. I would rather make my own choices and suffer the consequences then have an omnipotent power tell me how to live my life and how to my happy
Self defence is not only a right, it's a human instinct.
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My brother (whom I love very much so be nice.) is a very liberal college grad who brought up the "tech 9's aren't for hunting deer" argument to me and I just said " The 2nd isnt the right to hunt or even the right to self defense, the founders never thought we'd need something so obvious spelled out for us. No, the 2nd is the right to fight the government, any government or government lackey trying to unlawfully harm us or endanger our rights as human beings." How can we do that if the laws allow them the best weapons out there and Im restricted to weapons that aren't equivalent of the military's, 30 yrs ago.
(It goes without saying that lethal force is ALWAYS a last option.)
The Second Amendment isn't as much about owning guns...as it is about allowing a man to retain his dignity.
Its about having the ability,given the proper tools....to stand against any man or government that does not respect life or property.
Its about not having to bend a knee to another man just because his net worth is more than yours.
Its about not having to give up what you worked hard for,to someone that just wants to take it.
Its about not having to live in fear...because someone else is stronger than you,meaner than you, richer than you or wants to take advantage of you.
Its about knowing that you have a limit to the BS that some politician trys to put on you, and knowing that if push came to shove, that you could prevail, and if not, at least you died trying.
Its about standing strong and doing it with courage...against all odds.
It's really about quality of life.
I would rather stand against the cannons of the wicked than against the prayers of the righteous.
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freedom to go when and where I please without cowering inside my house afraid of the boogie man.
"Said I never had any use for one.....never said I didn't know how to use it. " Matthew Quiqley
My beliefs:
I have the right, as a law abiding citizen with no criminal record, to defend myself and my family. A firearm is simply the best method of achieving this goal. If there existing a stun gun that had a reliable method of disabling an attacker without death I would gladly utilize that tool.
I find that that the second amendment (note *amendment*) seems to fit with my personal beliefs and I'm glad for that.
Where I find myself conflicted is the particular weapon that should be legal for me to fulfill this goal. Some say "no limits!" but what about a bazooka? What about a fully automatic 50 caliber gun as found on a tank? What about a tank itself? The 2nd amendment says the right "shall not be infringed", but are there reasonable limits to that?
Overall, I find that the debate is generally not so much about the right itself, but the particular weapon that is reasonable within that right. Sure, there are some that want to get rid of guns entirely, but most citizens are more concerned about the type of weapon itself. I myself find that this is a big grey area. The assault weapons ban is as example of this debate.
This is a very thought provoking point. Other countries, such as my home country of England, take that right/instinct away from you. They have made it illegal to defend yourself and illegal to invoke your instinct to protect your life and the life of your family. I find that highly troubling.
In countries such as the UK, the criminals are protected more than the law abiding citizens. You can find yourself getting sued or facing criminal charges from the CRIMINAL that entered your property illegally and posed a threat to your family. This is insane.
It should not take anyone more than 14 words to answer this......
"....... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
Or the short version...
2nd Amendment
"One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation."
--Thomas B. Reed, American Attorney
Second Amendment -- Established December 15, 1791 and slowly eroded ever since What happened to "..... shall not be infringed."
The police are not there to protect you from crime, they are there to arrest the guy after the crime has been committed, assuming they find him. It is your responsibility to protect yourself and your family.


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Microsoft is to launch a mobile version of its Internet Explorer 9 web browser later this year.
Microsoft is to launch a mobile version of its Internet Explorer 9 web browser later this year.
Nokia will adopt Microsoft's Windows Phone as its primary smartphone OS, the company said on Friday, after days of speculation on what it would do to compete with Apple's iPhone and Google's Android.
Microsoft has announced that it had wrapped up work on Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1), and would start delivering the major upgrade on Feb. 22 through Windows Update.
Google's Chrome and Apple's Safari posted record numbers for usage in January while Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) lost ground for the sixth month running, says Net Applications.
The first expected Windows Phone 7 firmware update is due to be released next Monday, according to rumours on the web.
Amid controversy over Google's decision to strip H.264 support from its Chrome browser, a Google official has acknowledged H.264 is more popular than the WebM video codec, but said restrictive licensing will ultimately doom H.264.
Microsoft has introduced this week a website-building tool for those new to web design -- or users looking to edit blog templates based around platforms such as WordPress.
Microsoft and Google fight the HTML5 video standards to be used in the next generation of Web browsers.
Firefox was the most-used browser in Europe in December, edging out Microsoft's Internet Explorer for the first time, according to new data released by the web analytics service StatCounter on Tuesday.
Hard on the heels of Microsoft's decision to offer "do not track" functionality in its upcoming Internet Explorer 9 browser comes word that Mozilla is planning a similar move for its Firefox 4.
64-bit capability is among the new features to be added in Silverlight 5, which will focus on business application usage
The World Wide Web Consortium is planning tens of thousands of tests for browser compatibility with HTML5.
Microsoft has patented a tactile touchscreen that uses pixel-sized shape-memory plastic cells to produce a 'real' texture, reflecting what is seen on the screen.
"We love HTML5," both Microsoft and Adobe claim, detailing support in their development tools.
Microsoft appears to be preparing to launch a new website called "Next" where it will share information about new technologies it and others are developing.
Despite prognostications otherwise, Microsoft's Silverlight development platform has a future at the company, the company says
Over the next nine months, the British Library will be using a dedicated exhibition to explore what technological tools will shape the library's future research facilities.
Microsoft has promoted Windows 7 Service Pack 1 to release candidate status, hitting the last major milestone before the code is finalised and shipped early next year
Microsoft does not have immediate plans to port the Windows Phone 7 mobile OS to tablets, a company official said yesterday.
Microsoft has taken the wraps off its Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system. Handsets from HTC, LG, Samsung and Dell will be available to preorder in the UK next week.

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Michael Schumacher retirement overdue - Sir Jackie Stewart
Sir Jackie Stewart is relieved Michael Schumacher is retiring from Formula 1, as he believes the German risked his reputation by carrying on.
Schumacher, who quit in 2006 before returning with Mercedes four years later, has announced he will retire at the end of the season.
"His reputation has already been affected by his unsuccessful return to the sport," Stewart told BBC Sport.
"People will applaud the decision as it should have happened a while ago."
He added: "The speculation within the whole F1 community has been that Michael should be retiring - and hopefully not for a short period this time.
"In a way I am sorry Michael came back. Recently he's had too many incidents."
Stewart - who won Formula 1 world titles in 1969, 1971 and 1973 - said he had been particularly alarmed by Schumacher's collisions with Williams driver Bruno Senna at the Spanish Grand Prix and Toro Rosso's Jean-Eric Vergne in Singapore.
"These two incidents, running up behind other drivers and hitting them at great speed, you might have expected from an inexperienced driver in their first year, but not from one of the great drivers," Stewart said.
"These driver errors would just never have happened with the likes of Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, Niki Lauda or Jim Clark. They could have ended in tears.
"There comes a time when everyone recognises it may be time to retire."
Sir Jackie Stewart"He's one of the greatest drivers of all time, although it's not possible to say he's the greatest"
Stewart, 73, hopes Schumacher can now find something to replace the excitement and stimulation of driving an F1 car.
"I hope there will be a place for him within the sport that will consume him, without having to drive cars," the Scot added.
"What I would not like to see him do is German touring car racing, DTM, or another form of motor sport.
"I think he needs to remove himself from participation behind the wheel in a complete way. He retired before, but obviously missed the sport hugely and there wasn't anything in his life to stimulate him in the way F1 racing had done."
The Scot says Schumacher, 43, should not be short of job offers, although he believes it could be difficult to find a prominent role with Mercedes.
"Michael is a very marketable individual," Stewart said. "The name Michael Schumacher is globally recognised, he is fluent in more than one language and his record as a driver is above all others.
- Nickname: The Flying Scot
- F1 races: 99
- Wins: 27
- Stewart Grand Prix: Team principle. One GP win (at Nurburgring 1999)
- Knighted: 2001
"The most obvious thing would be for him to work with Mercedes or Ferrari, although with Niki Lauda at Mercedes [as non-executive chairman] I'm not sure they could cope with two retired world champions.
"Saying all that, he's rich enough to buy into a F1 team or even become a full owner."
Although Schumacher is the most successful driver in the history of F1, with seven world titles and 91 race wins in a career spanning 19 seasons, Stewart argues he is not the greatest.
"His record will, I think, remain unbroken forever," Stewart, who ran the Stewart Grand Prix F1 team from 1996 to 1999, said.
"He's one of the greatest drivers of all time, although it's not possible to say he's the greatest.
"The number of Grand Prix he's driven are considerably more than anyone else. Juan Manuel Fangio didn't come to Europe to race until he was 39, yet won five world championships. His ratio of wins to races was extraordinarily good.
"Jim Clark likewise. Myself, I only raced in 99 Grand Prix races but won 27. Although that's nothing like the 91 that Michael has won, the average was good.
"Michael's record in F1, particularly his Ferrari period, was so dominant because the car and engine was unquestionably the best on the grid and there was no doubt about who was number one and got most attention in the team."
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Comment number 312. Posted by pez
on 6 Oct 2012 22:51Always remember watching an interview with Jackie Stewart when he referred to himself as 'one of the greats'. Only in his own mind ??
Comment number 311. Posted by SinophilinSpain
on 6 Oct 2012 21:41310.
DuaneK I would agree with much of what you say, but Lewis has gone to Mercedes for the challenge as much as the money. McLaren offered him more money than any other driver earns. Still 27 million a year isn't bad wages to help develop Mercedes, even if it means being mid field for a while. The car is basically quick as Nico has proved.2013 will be interesting for sure. -
Comment number 310. Posted by DuaneK
on 6 Oct 2012 19:45I'm reading this between the lines. Schumacher took his time to decide so Mercedes covered themselves by going for Hamilton. In other words, Schumacher saw what the car would be like in 2013 and knew it wouldn't be competitive. If he thought it would be he would have signed months ago! 2013 gonna be a long year for Hamilton!
Comment number 309. Posted by racing daydreamer
on 6 Oct 2012 18:40Success is not the same as greatness, it´s purely mundane. Greatness is sublime. Good luck to the most successful driver! Honor and glory to the greatest drivers of all, Senna and Fangio.
Comment number 308. Posted by buttonisamuncher
on 6 Oct 2012 17:26AND I'm a big Lewis fan so agree Mercedes have picked the better driver. Just don't know why we would take Mr stewarts opinions as gosspel!
Comment number 307. Posted by buttonisamuncher
on 6 Oct 2012 17:14I shall rephrase..... Jackie Stewart: give it a rest! Will that apease you Mr felipefelipeofspain. Have no gripe with u its Jackie Stewart and his opinions I have a gripe with. Why make assumptions I know nothing of F1? Is it only you oh holier than thou felipe that has a knowledge of F1? Back to the point.... Jackie stewarts opinions are old and tired.
Comment number 306. Posted by xpres1001
on 6 Oct 2012 16:49I wish Jackie Stewart would just shut up about Shuey. I was glad to see him come back, unfortunate not to get on the podium more times or even win. I think he done a decent job, bar a few mishaps, and still showed, he has the speed and racing brain to compete toe-to-toe with todays talent.
Comment number 305. Posted by SinophilinSpain
on 6 Oct 2012 16:41Probably the happiest man to see Lewis move to Mercedes is Button; at last he can be No1 at McLaren, there was no other way he could do it with Lewis there. To claim he can win in Japan shows just how out of touch with reality he is. Lewis might get on the podium.; Button has no chance with the way he is destroying his tyres these days.
Comment number 304. Posted by SinophilinSpain
on 6 Oct 2012 16:24@303.
A typically ignorant offensive comment from someone who obviously 3/5ths of nothing about F! and its history.Clearly Mercedes value Lewis much higher than they did Schumi who was paid 8 million a year, Lewis is reportedly on 27 million and worth every penny.If Alonso fails to win the championship, and it is looking unlikely at present, he could also get retired by Ferrari. -
Comment number 303. Posted by buttonisamuncher
on 6 Oct 2012 14:47This comment was removed because it broke the house rules. Explain
Comment number 302. Posted by Robert Bleeker
on 6 Oct 2012 14:38In the same manner (as with the grand old man of FI, Jacky Stewart), I was extremely annoyed with the hideous remarks of Lauda towards the today racing-skills of Schumacher : Schumacher never got a podium-suited car from Mercedes GP. Besides, Laude - being the new Hamilton representative - has of course an intrinsic and ambiguous interest in ill-portraying the skills of the seven times WDC.!
Comment number 301. Posted by Robert Bleeker
on 6 Oct 2012 14:19Although Brawn - during his Ferrari era, a technical cornerstone amidst an unbeatable team - has and has had a great contribution towards FI, one could argue, that - much more than for drivers - his days on this level, are more or less coming to an end
The radical overhaul of the concept of construction, together with the rapidly changing rules of engagement on the track, are to demanding for him -
Comment number 300. Posted by Robert Bleeker
on 6 Oct 2012 14:07Stewart is well known - "notorious" - in Formula I circles for his often unprovoked, and out of touch advises towards nowadays drivers.
This comment does not exactly differ from his usual uninvited and irrelevant remarks.
Schumacher dismissed Mercedes GP - for gross incompetence on many levels - and not the other way around.
Only in that respect could one measure his come-back as ill advised. -
Comment number 299. Posted by cmuzik
on 6 Oct 2012 13:55The way he's driving lately perhaps Schumacher can get a new job featuring in Specsaver adverts.
Comment number 298. Posted by SinophilinSpain
on 6 Oct 2012 10:38@297 &297 I agree with your comments. I'm sure that a large part of Lewis's reasoning for choosing Mercedes was to work with Brawn, who is the best. The best driver with the best best Principal is a great combination, as was proved in the Schui years. Whether Lewis's managemt approached Brawn or Brawn approached them is not that important as it gave Brawn the chance to force Shui to retire.
Comment number 297. Posted by Fluffy
on 6 Oct 2012 03:05When we think about Michael Schumacher's achievements, we should remember the role of certain Mr. Brawn, who was behind all Michael's wins - behind all his races, to be exact, except the first one. That is not to say Michael wasn't a great driver. However, most other top drivers have never received similar undivided attention and backup from their teams.
Comment number 296. Posted by adriansmith
on 6 Oct 2012 00:00Its not fair to trash someone making a comment who raced in a different era arguably through one of the most dangerous periods in F1 Jackie can be controversial with his views. We are lucky he survived to give them. Winning the most does not make you the best your the most successful yes but the most talented.that's debatable. Micheal is right to call it a day he's now not what he was..
Comment number 295. Posted by Wickerman
on 5 Oct 2012 23:46My previous blocked posts said the following:-
Mr Schumacher allegedly nerfed Damon Hill off in Australia 1994 to win the champoinship. I think we all agree that happened.
My otherpoint is that Jackie Stewart did so much for our sport - no deaths in nearly 20 years. Gotta be applauded. -
Comment number 294. Posted by adriansmith
on 5 Oct 2012 23:38290 Your disrespectful, Jackie raced when you had a 3 in 4 chance of being killed and not aided by computers like we have now. Jackie has a point you have to look back at history, Hansel came back and didn't succeed. Micheal has achieved a lot but he's not the best, winning the bulk of titles with one team when fangio won 5 championships all with different teams, that's real talent.
Comment number 293. Posted by Wickerman
on 5 Oct 2012 23:31Happy Butterfly Marigold. Will this get blocked. I have broken no rules my previous two posts.
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Pesaran Behbahani, Hamid (2010) Flexural behavior of steel fiber reinforced concrete beams. Masters thesis, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering.
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Concrete is good in compression but week in tension that is, concrete is a brittle material. So, in order to improve the tensile properties, short fibers are used. Effects of steel fibers on flexural performance of reinforced concrete (RC) beams are the main objectives of this study. The hooked-end steel fibers with the dimensions of 0.75 mm in diameter, 50 mm in length and with the aspect ratio of 67 were used in this study. Initially the optimum percentage addition of steel fibers in concrete was determined. In order to accomplish this task, several concrete prisms and cubes with the same mix proportioning of concrete and different volume fractions of steel fiber (0.5 %, 1%, 1.5 %, and 2 %) were prepared. Then, by determining the flexural and compressive strength of samples, it was concluded that the optimum volume fraction was 1 % ( 78.5???? ??3). In the next step,the flexural behavior of RC beams with the addition of steel fibers with lower and higher compressive strength of concrete was considered. The study was conducted on two types of concrete with different grades of 30 and 50. For each grade of concrete, two beams were cast which steel fiber was included in one of the beams, with the addition of 1% volume fraction, and the other beam was considered as control beam. The overall dimensions of the beams were 170 mm in height, 120 mm in width, and 2400 mm in length. The beams were tested under four-point loading test. The results showed that addition of steel fibers in concrete increases the first crackingload, ultimate load, stiffness and ductility of the concrete beams. Furthermore, the addition of steel fibers has more effect on the properties of RC beams with higher concrete grade compared to lower grade.
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Taylor, Stephanie and Littleton, Karen (2012). Contemporary identities of creativity and creative work. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate.
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Creative workers have been celebrated internationally for their flexibility in new labour markets centred on culture, creativity and, most recently, innovation. This book draws on research with novice and established workers in a range of specialisations to explore the new meanings, aspirations and difficulties associated with a contemporary creative identification. The book investigates the difficulties and attraction of creative work as a personalised, affect-laden project, perpetually open and oriented to possibility, uncertain in its trajectory or rewards. Employing a cross- disciplinary methodology and analytic approach the book investigates the new cultural meanings in play around creative working and a creative career. It shows how classic ideals of Design and the creative arts, re-interpreted and promoted within contemporary art schools, validate the lived experience of precarious working in the global sectors of the creative and cultural industries, yet also contribute to its conflicts. 'Contemporary identities of creativity and creative work' presents a distinctive study and original findings which make it essential reading for social scientists, including social psychologists, with an interest in cultural and media studies, creativity, identity and identification and contemporary work.
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The Symbian Foundation, an open-source organization aimed at creating an open operating system for mobile phones, named Lee Williams as its executive director. Williams is a Nokia executive, heading up the company's S60 group.
LONDON-The Symbian Foundation, a consortium of vendors banded together to build mobile solutions based on the open-source Symbian OS, has announced the appointment of a new executive director of the foundation. At the Symbian Smartphone Show here, David Wood, senior vice president of research at Symbian, broke from the morning keynote sessions to announce Lee Williams as the new executive director of the planned foundation. The 10 initial board members of the Symbian Foundation-AT&T, LG Electronics, Motorola, Nokia, NTT DOCOMO, Samsung Electronics, Sony Ericsson, ST-NXP Wireless, Texas Instruments and Vodafone-nominated Williams as the executive director for the planned foundation. Williams is currently head of the S60 organization in Nokia's Devices business."The acquisition of Symbian Limited by Nokia, expected to close in Q4 2008, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. Software assets are contributed to the foundation, including Symbian OS and S60 by Nokia, UIQ technology by Motorola and Sony Ericsson and MOAP(S) by NTT DOCOMO and Fujitsu. This contributed software will be available under a royalty-free license to foundation members from the first day of Symbian Foundation operations, expected 1H 2009. The Foundation will work to unify the platform, with the first unified foundation release expected in 2009. The foundation will work to make the platform available in open source by June 2010 (two years from the Symbian Foundation announcement)."Lee Williams will remain in his current role as head of the S60 organization in Nokia's Devices business until Jan. 1, 2009, or until such time as the foundation and its leadership team are in place and operational. The operation of the foundation remains subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals.


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ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) - The Republican Party chairman in the U.S. Virgin Islands says Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney has won the territory's GOP caucus.
Chairman Herb Schoenbaum says Romney can count on seven delegates from the Virgin Islands. He already had three superdelegates before Saturday's caucuses and he picked up three more in voting in St. Thomas and St. Croix. After the vote, an uncommitted delegate switched to Romney.
Ron Paul got one delegate, and one delegate remains uncommitted.
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Guide to the Samuel Smith Downey Papers, 1762-1965
Irish immigrant and planter, of Granville Co., N.C.
The early portion of this collection is made up of the papers of Ephraim Macquillen, a merchant of Richmond, Va., containing letters, bills, and receipts from business firms in New York, Philadelphia, and Boston to which he sold flour and tobacco and from which he bought supplies. The papers of Samuel S. Downey, which also contain the papers of James Webb Alexander, John Granville Smith, Thomas Downey, James Downey, and son-in-law Isaac H. Davis, concern S. S. Downey's administration of the estate of John G. Smith and the many suits involving the estate; management of plantations in Mississippi and North Carolina including correspondence and legal papers dealing with hiring slaves to build a railroad from Natchez to Jackson, Miss., in the 1830s; letters from factors in Richmond, Va., concerning Downey's tobacco; and the Civil War letters of Downey's sons, for the most part describing the effects of the war on civilians.
Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University
- Creator
- Downey, Samuel Smith, d. 1851.
- Title
- Samuel Smith Downey papers 1762-1965
- Language of Material
- English
- Extent
- 20.0 Linear Feet, 3279 Items
- Location
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Collection Overview
Although predominately the papers of Samuel Smith Downey, this collection also contains materials from Ephraim Macquillen, a Richmond, Va. merchant, and Isaac H. Davis, the son-in-law of S.S. Downey.
The Macquillen manuscripts are mainly letters, bills, and receipts from business firms in New York, Philadelphia, and Boston to which he sold his tobacco and flour and from which he bought supplies. Many of the letters contain reports of the state of the market for flour, tobacco, and other commodities, and of the condition of Macquillen's flour and tobacco upon their arrival in those cities. Papers concern the loss of the Fox, attempts to collect insurance on its lost cargo, and the bankruptcy of Thomas Hooper.
Ephraim Macquillen's wife and children came over from Ireland in 1801. News reached New York on the evening of November 20, 1801, that the preliminaries of peace were signed on October 1 in London between England and France. Samuel Hicks in 1803 wrote that war would be resumed between England and France and that every preparation possible was being made in London for it. The collection also contains a copy of a letter from Thomas Jefferson, with his views on Christianity.
The portion of the collection that is principally S.S. Downey's correspondence also includes papers of James Webb Alexander, John Granville Smith, and Thomas and James Downey. S.S. Downey was John G. Smith's favorite nephew and executor. John G., unmarried, left considerable property over which there was lengthy litigation, and a great many of the Downey manuscripts deal with suits by Smith's heirs.
Samuel Smith Downey, who had moved to Mississippi, returned to Granville County, N.C., but he continued to hold his plantation in Mississippi. He owned a large amount of slaves, 27 of whom he hired out to work on the construction of a railroad from Natchez to Jackson. These slaves, along with those of three other Granville County men -- Dr. John R. Hicks and Joseph Amis (d. Aug. 3, 1840), brothers-in-law of Downey, as well as Flemming Beasley -- were under the supervision of Dr. Joseph Hicks, the brother of John Hicks and the agent of Downey.
The letters of Joseph Hicks to Downey and John R. Hicks contain accounts of illness and a few deaths among the slaves. After a contract between Downey and Welman and Mills expired, Hicks worked the slaves for a short time near Jackson, then for a little while with Judge Jack of Pa. in partnership with Major Arnold. The slaves worked on the Natchez to Jackson railroad. Hicks and Arnold became deeply indebted to Downey for the hire of his slaves; and after the death of Hicks, Downey instituted suits against the executors of Hicks and against Arnold.
Overseers were in charge of Downey's Mississippi plantation until his son James went out to take it over. Both Downey and his two sons made a number of trips to Mississippi to look after affairs before James settled there. Letters to Downey from his overseers and his lawyer, A. Burwell of Vicksburg, report on conditions on his plantation. While Downey was in Mississippi in the spring of 1837, he wrote from Jackson that his slaves were not paying expenses. Since the legislature of Mississippi had passed a law prohibiting the bring of slaves into the state for hire or sale, he did not know what to do with his. Also in May 1837, Joseph Hicks wrote that he had received orders to discontinue work on the railroad in Hinds Co., Mississippi, and that the people of that county had deposed their sheriff.
Letters in 1837 and 1838 reveal some effects of the depression: one by Samuel Smith Downey from Mississippi in 1837 comments on the scarcity of money there and about the advisability of re-chartering the U.S. Bank. The next year, William Ford referred in one of his letters to the plight of commercial men in Richmond, and Joseph Hicks listed in one of his letters several types of Mississippi bank notes that were no good. The bank of the Natchez R.R. Company became insolvent, and S.S. Downey instituted a suit against it to collect the money due him.
S.S. Downey sent his tobacco produced in Granville County by wagon to merchants in Petersburg, where it was re-shipped to William Ford in Richmond. Letters from Ford and factors in Petersburg relate to the marketing of Downey's tobacco and to goods which they purchased for him. In 1848, Downey correspondence with merchants in Charleston, S.C., about selling manufactured tobacco in that city.
The collection also contains land deeds and other legal papers of Granville County; deeds for slaves purchased; a brief diary from a boat trip made by John G. Smith in 1827 from Nashville to New Orleans and back; papers concerned with the estate of Alexander Smith; will of John G. Smith of Granville County and papers concerning the selling of the estate; will of James Downey; contract between S.S. Downey and Robert D. Wade of Hinds County, Mississippi, providing that the latter would take charge of Downey's plantation and slaves; letters relative to the Southern Temperance Convention to be held in Fayetteville, N.C., in November 1835; the N.C. Mutual Insurance Company; contract for hiring the slaves of Downey to work on the Natchez to Jackson railroad; and numerous other broadsides and legal papers.
Some other projects treated in the manuscript collection are: A project for clearing the Roanoke River; incorrigibility of slaves; Methodists and Episcopalians in Jackson County, Tennessee; a camp meeting in Kentucky; religious matters at Union Theological Seminary, Va.; runaway slaves; purchase of slaves for gold mining in Granville County; victory of the Whigs in that county; depredations of Confederates.
There are 2 bound volumes: A ledger of John G. Smith of Granville County, 1798-1803, which includes a daybook of Ann A. Davis, 1887-1901; and a ledger of S.S. Downey, 1828-1874.
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Collection is open for research.
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The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to Duke University. For more information, consult the copyright section of the Regulations and Procedures of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
Contents of the Collection
Manuscripts, 1762-1899 and undated
Collection's letters and papers are grouped in the early boxes and have been arranged chronologically. Bills and receipts are also grouped and arranged chronologically. Additional formats are listed at the end of the description.
Bound manuscripts, 1798-1874
Historical Note
Samuel Smith Downey was the son of James and Elizabeth (Smith) Downey. His grandfather, Samuel Smith, migrated from Essex County, Virginia, in the early 1760s to occupy a grant of land from the Earl of Granville County, N.C. James Downey, father of Samuel S., was born in Essex County, Va. S.S. Downey owned plantations in Mississippi and Granville County, N.C. He hired out slaves for the building of a Mississippi railroad, and also sold tobacco throughout the mid-Atlantic. Downey served as deputy sheriff in 1812, became justice of the peace, and was postmaster of Abram's Plains from 1841 until at least 1847. He died in 1851.
Samuel Smith Downey married Jane Harrison in 1812. She died in 1827, at the age of 36, after bearing him three children: John Alexander (A.B., University of North Carolina, 1836 and M.D. from University of Pennsylvania Medical School, 1839); James Webb (A.B., University of North Carolina, 1843), and Jane E.S (in school in Chapel Hill in 1843).
In 1829, Downey married his second wife, Sarah (Sally) Pomfret Smith, his first cousin and the daughter of Alexander Smith. Their only child was Anne (1830-1914). Ann attended Salem Female Academy.
In 1845, John was in the Wisconsin Territory. By 1862 he had moved to Hardeman County, Tenn., but he also owned property in Floyd County, Ga. which was supervised by Lewis D. Burwell. In February 1863, John Downey became disillusioned and wrote from Homer, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, to Burwell depicting the trials of Federal rule in Tennessee, his flight to Texas, and the sale there of his slaves who had not deserted to the Federals. In 1884 he was still in Galveston, Texas, supporting Cleveland in the presidential race.
Ann Downey married Isaac H. Davis, a tobacco and cotton farmer who sold his crops through commission merchants in Petersburg and Norfolk and through Cooper, Blackwell, and Co., and Reams's warehouse in Durham, N.C.
Jane Downey's history is harder to trace. There is no mention of her in the division of property following Samuel Smith Downey's death.
Subject Headings
- Smith, John Granville -- Estate
- Executors and administrators -- North Carolina
- Merchants -- Virginia -- Richmond
- Plantations -- Mississippi
- Plantations -- North Carolina
- Railroads -- Mississippi
- Slavery -- Mississippi
- Tobacco -- Marketing
- Confederate States of America -- Social conditions
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Alexander, James Webb
- Davis, Isaac H.
- Downey, James
- Downey, Thomas
- Downey, Samuel Smith
- Macquillen, Ephraim
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Samuel Smith Downey Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
The Samuel Smith Downey Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 1949. Additional materials were added on June 26, 1964; transferred from the W.H. Gregory papers, August 1964; and transferred from the Jonathan K. Smith papers in June 1971.
Processing Information
Processed by Rubenstein Library Staff, 1989
Encoded by Meghan Lyon, July 2011
This collection is minimally processed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and local Style Guide.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.


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Bonsai fertilizer – follow-up
Last month I began using tea bags filled with fertilizer to feed my bonsai. Unfortunately, it only took a few days for me to realize that this technique didn't work well as implemented. The bags started disappearing immediately. Critters tore through some of the bags and carried others away completely, leaving behind the toothpicks that were meant to keep the bags in place. Somehow they removed all of the bags from my best trees and only a few of the bags on the developing trees – I won't even try to solve that one. Instead, I'll go back to my time-tested fertilizer method – clumps of cottonseed meal and fish emulsion.
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I supplement the cottonseed meal with fish emulsion (see "Bonsai Fertilizer" for details). Fish emulsion is a great, if stinky, fertilizer that I'm comfortable using on all bonsai varieties. I usually apply fish emulsion weekly, though I might apply it more or less frequently at various times depending on the season, the weather and the variety.
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Ebihara fed his trees with diluted liquid fertilizer every three days (I don't know what type of fertilizer he used). Others primarily rely on dry fertilizer that releases food whenever the trees are watered. I haven't noticed big differences between liquid, dry, or other categories of fertilizer, but I do find that consistent application leads to the best results. And the best results, of course, depend on the goal of the fertilizing program. If I'm trying to increase the size of the trunk, I fertilize a lot. If I'm trying to ramify delicate branches on deciduous varieties, I fertilize very lightly and only after new leaves have hardened off.
As for the tea bags, I haven't completely given up. I may yet try chili powder or some other caustic agent that's harmful to vermin but safe for trees. And if I can get this right, I will celebrate and then post the results.
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Any idea of the type of vermin that is taking away your teabags? Rats, birds, or is it something larger?
I am having success using tea bags with Osmocote poured inside. Two scoops per bag. If nothing else, it keeps the pot clean of all those little fertilizer pellets.
However, it is really hard to tell as I think my trees have hit Summer dormancy? They are not taking up water as fast as they were in March and temperatures are already in the 90s here in South Carolina with thunder storms almost weekly.
What does the cottonseed meal provide…chemically?
This goes back to my previous question about Fish Emulsion being so low in P and K….does the cottonseed meal make up for that?
I understand your earlier reply that different trees require different feedings based on any number of factors………but they have to need more phosphorous and potassium than is available in 5-1-1 fish emulsion….don't they? Dyna-Gro's Spring Fertilizer "Bloom" has 3-12-6!
And it seems like half the world uses Peter's 20-20-20.
Your comments appreciated.
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I too have gotten on the Tea bag craze this spring. I suspect crows and jays as i have found their beak holes in the bags. They haven't removed them though. I put the dango in the bags moist and a few days old, like i would if i was making a ball. Perhaps this mouth-full discouraged the inquisitive birds.
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Jonas–have you tried fertilizer cups or cages yet? I started experimenting with them two years ago with my organic 'poo' balls and they seem to work very well by keeping the flies off the fertilizer. This is important because it's the maggots that attract birds and other pests and if the birds don't get the maggots, they eventually feed on most of the fertilizer cake all by themselves. The trick is to cover the balls with the cups or cages before flies have a chance to lay their eggs.
Hi Jonas,
I use the tea bags with pretty good success ! I make U -shape pins out of alum wire to hold the bag in place. Usually the wire goes in the soil about 1-1 1/2″ deep. I do have raccoons and squirrels but they don't seem interested in the bags ! I half fill the bags with a chicken based fertilizer and also weekly feed with fish and seaweed. Plus I use rapeseed cakes in between the bags ! My trees do quite well with this mix ! -
@bonsaijapan – my best guess is raccoons as I've seen large footprints around.
@ David – it seems a bit early for summer dormancy. The important thing is watching to see what the trees need and watering as much, or as little, as necessary.
@ Dan – I'll defer questions about plant chemistry to the experts as I don't know much about the topic.
@ Tom – thanks for the explanation and the recommendation – I'll have to check this book out.
@ Greg – I have tried the cages. They've been about as successful as the bags – some make it through the season and some don't. I think you're right about the fly larvae attracting the vermin. What strikes me as funny is that it's very rare that these creatures go for the larvae in the cottonseed meal, yet they grab the dango within a day or two of application. I think they must find something in the dango to be very appealing.
@ John – I'm happy to hear the bags are working well. I heard another suggestion for painting the tea bags with high Scoville pepper extract – I might give that a try.


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Due to some idiot not paying attention, my new Arbor board (roundhouse, 167) got some damage done to it (link to damage pic ). Usually i would not care all that much but this seems to be more than a cosmetic issue. The surface of the board is bamboo - and it seems that there might be some water damage to the bamboo and that it might get worse over time. This happened just yesterday and the area directly adjacent to the damage is getting darker - possibly water getting under the "structural bamboo top" surface? The nick is about 3/4 inch long from top to bottom. If anyone has any suggestion on how to fix this and prevent further/possible water damage, please let me know. Obviously, the manufacturer warranty does not apply here. Perhaps i should just take it to a board shop and have them sand / varnish the damaged part? Let me know what you think. Thanks in advance, ~Adam |
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Ugh i always hate to see such beautiful boards get damaged, just get it dry and you and you can throw some 24 hour cure epoxy or something on there probably to keep it from getting wet again. In reality thats all a board shop would do because thats all you really can do...
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Dry it thoroughly. Not just a 'I hope this is good.' drying, but a 'Man, if this isn't dry, I'll eat my shoe.' drying. If you use epoxy, make sure it is flexible in cold weather. Be very generous with applying it, and let it cure fully. You can sand off what you don't need later. Quote:
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Arbor topsheets - by Jrobb I know this is late but Arbor topsheets are different than most topsheets. You can actually repair them to new condition if you get nicks or scratches. They use a varithane (or similar) clear topcoat...about 8-10 coats. You can sand, buff, re-coat, polish however you want to rejuvinate. I had to redo mine on my A-Frame and decided to go matte with the finish. I think it looks better matte since it doesn't show smudges and fingerprints. If you're worried or need to fix your topsheet email arbor and they will tell you step by step how to fix it. They used to have a link for Care on their 2005 website. Not sure if it's still there. Actually not there anymore...bummer but I saved it from a few years back. Here it is...Arbor's own words: "CARE AND MAINTENANCE DIRECTIONS Our full-length Wood-top boards can show more dings and scratches than other plastic-top boards. This does not mean they are more easily damaged, just that the damage is more readily noticeable. This is a result of their higher gloss finish and the overall impact of damaging the beautiful wood. HOWEVER Arbors wood-top boards can be repaired, which is not possible with any plastic topped board. You can maintain the finish through the seasons. It is important to note that the wood topsheet material has been completely impregnated with resin. It cannot take on, nor be damaged by water no mater how much of the protective coating is removed. The protective coating, which we call the "Photofusion Finish" is evolving. We are finding ways to make it stronger and more scratch resistant with every new line. Nevertheless, the protective coating from each season is created from the same base formulation, which is similar in its properties to an automotive clear coat. This means that the boards can be polished, buffed, repaired, and even refinished. So get into fixing your board its easy to keep it looking nice. Here is what to do: For shallow scratches and scuffs purchase a polish from your local auto parts store. Follow the instructions to simply buff out these blemishes. For deeper scratches, scuffs, and dings purchase a scratch remover or rubbing compound from your local auto parts store. Follow the instructions to reduce or eliminate the appearance of minor wounds to your board. Finish the job by polishing and/or waxing the area. For the deepest scratches and dings sanding will be required. Before starting, make sure the affected area is dry, then sand being careful to only remove the damaged finish and clean up the marred wood. It is possible to sand through the wood top if you are not careful. We recommend using 220 grit sandpaper. Once you have finished prepping the damaged area apply a thin layer of Varathane or a similar UV resistant urethane based coating. Let dry, lightly sand and apply an additional layer. Note: It is better to apply multiple thin layers than one thick layer. Once the repair is flush with the original surface of the board, wet sand with a fine wet/dry sandpaper and/or polish the area in order to blend the repair into the existing finish. Finally, wax to bring up the gloss." |
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Thank you all for your suggestions.
I emailed arbor customer support and they replied with: ------- Luckily, there is an easy fix - 2-part Epoxy. Go to any hardware store and buy some CLEAR two-part epoxy. Mix it up in plastic cup and apply with a q-tip. If you want, you can sand it and reapply until it is completely sealed. This is what we do with our boards here, and is pretty much the industry standard. You should be able to have this done at a tune shop also, but it is very simple. ------- That exactly what i have done and so far so good!. Thanks again, ~a |
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Lyndsay Meyer
The Optical Society
A Step Closer to a Photonic Future
Engineers build cutting-edge photonic devices using standard chip-making process
3D render of the modulator which efficiently imprints electrical data onto an optical light wave. Credit: Mark Wade
3D render of the tunable filter which is a key component in converting optical data to an electrical signal. Credit: Mark Wade
Microscope image of the full chip fabricated in IBM's 45nm process containing electronics and photonics on the same chip. Credit: Michael Georgas
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19, 2014–The future of computing may lie not in electrons, but in photons – that is, in microprocessors that use light instead of electrical signals. But these so-called photonic devices are typically built using customized methods that make them difficult and expensive to manufacture.
Now, engineers have demonstrated that low power photonic devices can be fabricated using standard chip-making processes. They have achieved what the researchers dub a major milestone in photonic technology. The work will be presented at this year's
Conference and Exposition
, being held March 9-13 in San Francisco.
The two new devices – a modulator and a tunable filter – are as energy-efficient as some of the best devices around, the researchers say, and were built using a standard IBM advanced Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) process – the same chip-making process used to build many commercially available chips, some of which are found in Sony's Playstation 3 and also in Watson, the supercomputer that won
in 2011.
"As far as we know, we're the first ones to get silicon photonics natively integrated into an advanced CMOS process and to achieve energy efficiencies that are very competitive with electronics," said Mark Wade of the
University of Colorado, Boulder
, who will present his team's work at OFC. Wade's co-authors include researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of California, Berkeley.
Quenching a Thirst for Power
Moore's Law says that the number of transistors that can fit on a chip doubles every two years, resulting in the exponential rise in computing power we have seen over the last few decades. But even as transistors continue to shrink, Moore's Law may be reaching its limits, due to the fact that the devices are requiring more power to run, which leads to overheating.
Such thirst for power is especially problematic for the communication link between a computer's central processing unit and its memory.
"It's gotten to the point where it takes too much energy and that limits your computational power," Wade said.
A solution to this problem may lie in photonics, which researchers anticipate will be at least 10 times more energy efficient than electronics. Chip-to-chip communication links using these photonic devices could have at least 10 times higher bandwidth density, meaning they can transmit much more information using a smaller amount of space. That's because different optical signals can share the same optical wire, whereas sending multiple electrical signals either requires multiple electronic wires or schemes that require more chip space and energy.
But so far, Wade explains, photonic devices used in chip-to-chip communication have been primarily custom-built using specialized methods, limiting their commercial applicability. And devices that have been created with more standardized techniques rely on older technology, which limits their ability to compete with cutting-edge electronics.
On the Road to Commercialization
The ability to produce high-performing photonic devices using the CMOS process means chip designers will not have to be specialists to design photonic devices, Wade explained, which will hopefully accelerate the commercialization of photonic technology.
"IBM's CMOS process has already been commercially proven to make high-quality microelectronics products," Wade said. The work was part of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Photonically Optimized Embedded Microprocessors (POEM) project.
The two devices built by the researchers are key components for the communication link between a computer's central processing unit and its memory. A modulator converts electrical signals into optical signals. A tunable filter can pick out light signals of particular frequencies, allowing it to select a signal from multiple frequencies, each of which carries data. Used in conjunction with a photodetector, the filter converts optical signals to electrical signals.
But according to Wade, the significance of this advancement goes beyond this particular application.
"This is a really nice first step for silicon photonics to take over some areas of technology where electronics has really dominated and to start building complex electronic/photonic systems that require dense integration," Wade said.
Presentation Tu2E.7, titled "Energy-efficient active photonics in a zero-change, state-of-the-art CMOS process," will take place Tuesday, March 11 at 3:30 p.m. in room 123 of the Moscone Center.
PRESS REGISTRATION: A press room for credentialed press and analysts will be located in the Moscone Center, Sunday through Thursday, March 9-13. Those interested in obtaining a press badge for OFC should contact Lyndsay Meyer at 202.416.1435 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
About OFC
For more than 35 years, OFC has been the premier destination for converging breakthrough research and innovation in telecommunications, optical networking, fiber optics and, recently, datacom and computing. Consistently ranked in the top 200 tradeshows in the United States, and named one of the Fastest Growing Trade Shows in 2012 by TSNN, the conference unites service providers, systems companies, enterprise customers, IT businesses, and component manufacturers, with researchers, engineers, and development teams from around the world. OFC includes dynamic business programming, an exposition of more than 550 companies, and cutting-edge peer-reviewed research that, combined, showcase the trends and pulse of the entire optical networking and communications industry. OFC is managed by The Optical Society (OSA) and co-sponsored by OSA, the IEEE Communications Society (IEEE/ComSoc), and the IEEE Photonics Society. OFC 2014 takes place March 9-13 at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, Calif., USA.


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Implementing a job evaluation scheme.
[check] This checklist offers guidance on implementing a job evaluation scheme. It does not explain the detail of the various approaches to job evaluation.Job evaluation aims to:
* establish a fair and workable system of differentials between various jobs in the organisation
* sort out anomalies between similar jobs in different parts of the same organisation
* review the jobs in an organisation, which have changed over time
* assess the value of a job that is hard to fill.
Job evaluation is a specialised process usually handled by human resource specialists. Line managers, however, have a large role to play in helping to define jobs, and in implementing the results.
Job evaluation is concerned with the worth of a job, especially in relation to other jobs in the organisation. It is not about the individual jobholder, their competence or their potential; nor is it primarily about pay rates, although it may influence pay structures.
Simple approaches towards job evaluation tend to be non-analytical. For example, one method takes one job as the benchmark against which all others are assessed; certain factors in a job are examined in comparison with the benchmark. Another method is to define a grading structure first, then review job specifications within that framework and make any adjustments.
More analytical approaches tend to involve factor weighting and point scoring systems Each job will be assessed on a number of key factors, such as the size of the budget controlled, the number of staff reporting to the post, direct interface with customers, the level of technical expertise required and the potential impact on the organisation's success. Points are awarded for each factor from a predetermined set of specifications (for example, 5 points if there are 4 or fewer staff reporting, 12 points in the case of 5-15 staff, 20 points in the case of 16-50 and so on) and a total reached which provides the final level of importance. This is then reviewed to take into account any further points of detail that have additional impact on the job's value.
Advantages of job evaluation schemes
Such schemes:
* provide a relatively objective and unbiased view of the worth of jobs
* avoid favouritism or patronage as they take no account of individual jobholders
* iron out current discrepancies and help to prevent future anomalies, which can cause bad feeling, resentment and demands for parity from those who feel they are undervalued
* provide a transparent approach to valuing jobs once established.
Disadvantages of job evaluation schemes
* The process can be lengthy and costly to plan, introduce and implement, especially if an analytical approach is taken and an external consultancy is retained.
* There can be an emotional backlash if the scheme is not introduced with adequate consultation and communication.
* Schemes require adequate representation from all grades and specialisms--individuals should have no grounds for complaint that they feel misunderstood or remote.
Action checklist
1. Carry out some background research
Before starting, it is crucial to think through all the implications and make sure that job evaluation is the route you wish to follow and, if so, whether you are going to adopt an analytical or a non-analytical approach.
* Decide what you want a job evaluation scheme to achieve but keep an open mind, as it may bring other issues to light.
* Consider whether there is an easier and more direct way of tackling the issue, especially if you are facing a small problem of inconsistency, but make sure that your alternative solution will be adequate.
* Try to find one or more colleagues in other organisations with experience of the process.
* If you are planning to use a detailed and analytical approach, research it thoroughly; talk to consultants and read up about it--this is not a route to be followed lightly.
* Once you have all the information, carry out a detailed cost-benefit analysis to identify whether the costs of undertaking job evaluation are outweighed by the benefits. If the benefits are significantly greater than the costs, move on to the next part of the checklist. If not, go back and think through more appropriate ways of achieving your objectives.
2. Decide on the approach
Based on the cost-benefit analysis, decide whether to bring in a consultant with an analytical process, or to do what you can on your own on a less complex basis.
Having chosen the approach, plan the steps carefully and consider all the essential details, such as:
* whether job descriptions are all up-to-date or work is needed to amend them, as they form a major element of job evaluation
* who will be managing the process in-house, either as the prime mover or as the contact point for an external consultant
* how much time you have
* how much it will cost (even if it is controlled internally, because it takes time and resources) whether you can afford it now, or whether it is preferable to wait and build it in as a major project in the coming year.
3. Communicate and consult
Think carefully about what impression any announcement will give to staff. Damage control at the start is preferable to damage limitation later. Find out what others will read into the introduction of job evaluation.
Consult wherever it is appropriate; nothing gives more trouble than a false impression or a rumour, so if you will need to talk to unions at some stage, start now; sell the benefits and try to work towards an agreement, which both sides can at least live with.
Communicate so that all staff are clear about what is happening, why, when, and with what aim, and who is doing it.
4. Draw up a project plan
Remember that there are three basic elements to the process of job evaluation:
* scheme design
* data collection
* data analysis.
List and time all actions so you know what comes when, what must precede each action and what depends on it, and the key milestones along the way.
Draw up a separate plan for how you are going to manage change issues, as the scheme will constitute a fairly significant change. Consider its implications in terms of managing change:
* What sort of resistance are you likely to encounter?
* Which factors are helping you and which are going to block you?
* Whom can you pick as change agents or champions to help spread the word?
5. Implement the scheme
If you are using an experienced external consultant, they will be able to advise you on what has to be done and how to go about it. If you are paying for their expertise, make sure you use it.
If you are handling the scheme in-house, follow the project and change management plans; if they were well thought-out at the planning stage, they should work now.
6. Monitor the scheme
After a lengthy haul of design and implementation, be wary of the scheme taking on a life of its own and becoming rigid. Just as jobs will continue to evolve or change, so their content will impact on the scheme framework you have devised.
Ensure you maintain the scheme as jobs change and new ones are created. You may need a panel or team, trained in job evaluation techniques, to meet regularly to carry out reevaluations.
Dos and don'ts for implementing a job evaluation scheme
* Be aware that, under sex discrimination and equal pay legislation, jobs must be seen to be neutral. There should be absolutely no unfairness or discrimination based on whether men or women happen to be the main group of jobholders.
* Consider using an external consultant--it may seem costly but they can take a great deal of the strain and work off your shoulders and they contribute specialised knowledge and experience.
* Consult and communicate.
* Imagine that job evaluation will automatically save money; it is a process designed to sort out relativities and positions within an overall structure rather than limiting pay.
* Forget that even the most analytical system needs judgement and a human touch to refine scientific results and make them workable.
Useful reading
Job evaluation a guide to achieving equal pay, Michael Armstrong and others London: Kogan Page, 2003
Job evaluation: an introduction, rev ed, London: Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service, 1997
Job evaluation: managing best practice, Industrial Society London: Industrial Society, 1996
Thought starters
* Have there been changes in the nature, structure and design of the jobs in your organisation?
* Are there people in your organisation who apparently have the same levels of responsibility but are paid differently?
* Would you have the time and resources available to tackle job evaluation yourself? Updated July 2005
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In a triumphant career that lasted forty years Erroll Garner pushed the playability of the piano to its limits, developed an international reputation, and made an indelible mark on the jazz world. And yet, his story has never been told. Until now. Atticus Brady's new film uses an astonishing array of archival materials interwoven with interviews with friends, family, and fellow musicians, and features commentary from Woody Allen; Ahmad Jamal; Tonight Show host Steve Allen; Erroll's sister, Ruth Garner Moore; pianist and arranger Dick Hyman; Columbia Records executive George Avakian; Erroll's bass player Ernest McCarty; Erroll's biographer Jim Doran; jazz journalist John Murph; dancer/choreographer Maurice Hines; and Erroll's daughter Kim Garner, who goes on the record about her father for the first time. The film explores Erroll's childhood in Pittsburgh; his meteoric rise in popularity while playing on 52nd street, New York's famed jazz epicenter; the origins of his most famous album (Concert By The Sea) and his most famous composition ("Misty"); his singular, virtuosic piano style; and his dynamic personality, both on and off the stage.
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