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In search of the Egyptian Mandela
While protests continue to roil in Egypt and the country struggles to appoint an interim prime minister, the question of the democratic future of Egypt goes unanswered.
Democracy is an intoxicating idea, writes David Hardaker, but Egypt has never known it and life's basic necessities rank way ahead of it. Is it any wonder those who risked their lives for the revolution of 2011 would return to celebrate the end of what "democracy" had brought them?
Hours after the military coup which toppled Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, I got an email from a dear friend in Alexandria. "F***ing Muslim Brotherhood - they're gone." Couldn't be happier. Two years ago that same friend had told me of his sheer joy about the toppling of the Mubarak regime: "F****ing Mubarak," he said. "It's so great. It's unbelievable."
My friend, Mohamed, never took to the streets. But he was there in spirit with the hundreds of thousands who rejoiced in Cairo's Tahrir Square when the old dictator Mubarak and his cronies were swept away. It was the end of a stifling near-three decades of corrupt and vicious rule where Egypt became not much more than a Mubarak family business underpinned by a merciless security apparatus. If you weren't a Mubarak crony then life held no hope. Mohamed had walked out into the fresh air of freedom that day.
But now the wheel has turned back, to the relief of Mohamed and many millions like him. Their fate is to be stuck in the middle between two powerful and authoritarian forces, the Mubarak regime along with its cronies and the Muslim Brotherhood, an organisation with massive popular support but which is owned by ideologues.
For observers it's been a bewildering and confounding turn of events. A mass of people put all on the line to get democracy - and then applauded when it was snatched away. That's how the orthodoxy goes, but it makes one bold assumption: that "the people" wanted democracy in the first place.
Democracy is an intoxicating idea. It holds the promise of holding the powerful to account, of liberating the dispossessed and of giving opportunity to the individual to rise above their circumstances.
But there's a problem with democracy. You can't eat it. It is not a job. Nor is it a roof over your head. They are the basics that so many Egyptians need and they rank way ahead of an idea.
It's little wonder, then, that the hundreds of thousands who risked their lives for the revolution of 2011 would return to celebrate the end of what "democracy" had brought them. Life had only got worse, not better, under the new government. The cost of basics like bread and petrol went up. Tourism stopped. The economy collapsed. But these are the people who had been betrayed on another level: the revolution was engineered by the Facebook generation, a secular, middle class group who had the ability to outmanoeuvre Mubarak's security regime and bring masses to demonstrate. They never wanted the Muslim Brotherhood to take power, but that's what happened when "democracy" delivered its verdict.
The military regime has promised a brief period of rule before new elections are called. Again there's the promise of a free vote, for the will of the people to prevail. But who really wants what democracy might bring to Egypt?
Egypt has never known democracy and there is not one institution where the notion of democracy can be said to exist. For decades there's been no ability to openly question authority. Those who do have been gaoled and tortured. There's no tradition of independent media holding the regime to account. No freedom to associate. No protections for the rights of the poor. Positions have been bought by those who can afford them or are granted courtesy of Mubarak political largesse. By the time Mubarak was kicked out of power the former military man had become the archetypal Arab ruler, down to the dictator sunglasses and the hair kept perennially black into his 80s. One legacy was the mass of young men who were jobless and unable to provide the means for marriage and family. It struck at their dignity and it gutted them of hope. His other legacy was to ensure that no other secular leader emerged who could topple him.
The result is a state where the majority are suspicious or ignorant of democracy. Many feel threatened by it.
Former US President George W Bush made Democracy in the Middle East the catch-cry of his administration. His attempts to implant the great ideal only brought scorn on the USA in the Arab world. Egypt's then President, Hosni Mubarak, knew it meant one thing: the end of his empire. The Pharaoh dressed up his objections in a realpolitik message: get rid of us and you open the door for the Islamists. As it turns out he read the threat better than the pro-democracy urgers. And Mubarak should know: it was his stifling 27 years in power which created the conditions for the Muslim Brotherhood to flourish.
I was in a car once with a well-to-do Egyptian woman, being driven through one of Cairo's dirt-poor areas. Naturally she was not at the wheel. She had a driver for that. We inched forward through the streets, clogged with a mix of horse-drawn carts, flea-bitten donkeys and people wandering at will in front of us. From nowhere a teenager in rag clothes riding a bicycle wobbled into our path. Suddenly, bang! The boy and his bike lay in a tangled mess on the dirt road.
My hostess was worried. She dispatched the driver to hop out and check. Immediately. Within seconds he was back. "Well", she snapped, "Any damage to the car?" "No, ma'am. No damage". "Ok, then, let's go. And don't do it again."
The scene is a microcosm of Egypt's larger plight. The boy on the bike is why the Muslim Brotherhood exists. Despite its scary image, it is the movement which has helped and provided succour to the poor and the dispossessed. The movement offers a protective arm to the, literally, tens of millions who simply have no rights, no hope and who struggle even to feed themselves.
The grass-roots influence of the Muslim Brothers has grown over the decades of corruption and oppression of the Mubarak regime. At the same time, Egypt became little more than a Mubarak family business, underpinned by a vicious security apparatus. It guaranteed the Mubaraks and assorted cronies wealth and power beyond imagination while the rest ate dirt.
But the Muslim Brotherhood is no Salvation Army. It is an organisation defined utterly by its adherence to religion and it is ideologically opposed to the concept of democracy. To the Brothers it represents US domination and a society which has forsaken family and religious values. To them it means single mothers, drug problems, promiscuity and the end of family and faith, the pillars of Arab society. It's why they refer to the United Snakes of America. The views are shared by many Egyptians.
It is only one of the confounding features of Egyptians' experiment with democracy that it brought forward a government that is opposed to the very idea of it.
So the question is: where to now for Egypt?
It's a vital question because Egypt has wielded massive influence throughout the Arab region. It is by far the most populous Arab state, with around 100 million people. Historically it has been the cultural and political hub of the Middle East. Its films and TV series have been staples throughout the Arab world. And Egyptians have supplied the knowhow to build other fledgling Arab states. Geopolitically, it has also been a key US ally in preserving a form of regional peace with Israel.
The rich and newly influential Gulf states like Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait are only too pleased to see the end of the Muslim Brotherhood. They've been alarmed to watch the coming to power of political Islam because they see in it a threat to their own regimes.
Israel, too, will be relieved that a potentially hostile government on its borders has been neutralised for the moment and replaced by a military organisation that understands what it means to be defeated by Israel.
US President Barack Obama has said he's disappointed an elected government has been removed. But it's likely that many US policy makers will be relieved. The idea of an Islamic government becoming entrenched in power in the largest Arab state is surely the stuff of nightmares.
Egypt's military saw a chance to "save" Egypt. It's fair to argue it's the chance they were looking for ever since they laid down arms and guaranteed the removal of Hosni Mubarak two years ago. So at this stage they have won the tactical battle - and they have the guns to enforce it.
The regime has appointed an old Mubarak era judge to act as president while the security forces set about arresting Muslim Brotherhood leaders, a move designed surely to head off a brotherhood fightback. Meanwhile the dirt poor majority who voted the religious party into power are again pushed to the margins.
What Egypt really needs now is its version of Nelson Mandela. It is part of the tragedy, though, that this person simply does not exist.
When you try to read the future it's probably wise to follow the maxim of life in the Middle East: my enemy's enemy is my friend. This would mean an alliance between the secular Tahrir revolutionaries of 2011 with remnants of the regime they removed - all to ensure that the religionists never return.
David Hardaker is a Walkley award winning journalist and TV producer, and former Middle East correspondent for the ABC. He lived in Egypt for several years and speaks, reads and writes Arabic. View his full profile here.
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Park is very overrated, pine needles never raked, so ticks are all over.Asked for a monthly rate and when I heard 428.00 I about passed out. This is around a 200 per month, if that. Went to office to find why wifi wasn't working, owner was on her 6th beer, so much for that discussion. Not a very nice experience at all.
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Camped for week and was parked in back of park, as campers next to me called skid row. Walked toward woods and lost my shoe in mud, which happened to be sewage from broken pipe underground. The ones next to swamp said it was that way for months, and at times the smell was horrible. Owners need to fix this problem. My health is more important than just saving a dollar.

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As mentioned in previous "Road to SXSW" posts, I'm sticking to free, unofficial, and DIY shows at SXSW this year. My week's agenda includes house shows and parking lot shows, plus some bar and venue showcases that just happen to be free and "unofficial."
My first day of SXSW started on a fitting note. After QUILT pulled up to Club 1808 to play their first SXSW, I jumped out of the van and jetted to Klub Krucial to catch my other favorite Boston band, GIRLFRIENDS, play at the Phoenix's "First Contact" party. Within thirty minutes, I had run into probably every Bostonian I know in Austin this week. Appropriately, Girlfriends ended with "Cave Kids," where they sing about the "cave kids of Boston." Check it above.After Girlfriends played, I checked out the Altered Zones party a couple of blocks away. Altered Zones is Pitchfork's blogger-curated sister site, dedicated to covering super weird and "out there" underground recordings. The venue felt like a physical realization of the site's dark, otherwordly aesthetic, both visually and sonically:
After checking out hypnotic sets by Austin's SLEEP ∞ OVER and L.A.'s PURO INSTINCTO (above), I made it back to First Contact in time to see DOM's quick, 20-minute set of mostly songs from Sun Bronzed Greek Gods, plus a few newer ones that sounded less punky than usual. Here's "Bocicha."
Later at night, I walked by Cheer Up Charlie's and was drawn in by the sounds of GRASS WIDOW playing in the parking lot. After hanging for a bit and running into many familiar faces, I decided to stay there for most of the night for a showcase curated by Brooklyn blog International Tapes. I half-watched A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS and then caught sets by WOODSMAN and Dead Gaze, and later on SWET and PRINCE RAMA. My favorite discovery of the day was Dead Gaze, who felt like a poppier Titus Andronicus. Woodsman's set of instrumental jams was also more overwhelmingly impressive than last time I saw them -- definitely want to catch them again, if possible. Here is a video of Boston favorites Prince Rama, who headlined the showcase with their newly-downsized 2-piece line-up.


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The executive chef of dine by Peter Gordon at SkyCity answers your cuisine questions.
I've been eating out a lot recently and seem to see microgreens on every dish as a garnish. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't and is just silly (the parsley of the 21st century). But they're easy to grow and I'd like some ideas to use up my harvest, so can you suggest some ways to use microgreens that you've seen/been using in your restaurants?
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I have to agree with you on the almost excessive use of microgreens these days. Like sprigs of mint on desserts and parsley on savoury food (of which I was once guilty but have since stayed on the straight and narrow road), it is becoming as annoying as the restaurants and cafes that dust the plate with smoked paprika, ground turmeric or cumin. The latter has me immediately wiping the rim of the plate (often of waiters' fingerprints) and wondering how anyone could think it looks good. But garnish is something that, when done well, works beautifully - like a good haircut, a great scarf or pair of shoes. However, when the dish has become swamped by microgreens to the point that the garnish features more than the so-called hero of the dish, you know the chef has no idea what they're up to.
For me, a garnish has to have some important part to play, it should be edible, and the flavour or colour should compliment the dish. A few well placed marigold petals sprinkled on a dish that's predominantly green or brown (say a salad of rocket, parmesan and borlotti beans) lifts the dish enormously and the flavour of the yellow petals adds to the dish. Likewise, several slices of seared tuna with a seaweed sauce or salad and some wasabi type dressing can be made even more gorgeous with micro watercress, coriander or shiso leaves.
Growing micro-greens is very easy once you have the seeds. In my Salads book, published back in 2005, I wrote quite a bit about the process. Basically, what you need do is soak a clean Chux cloth (one that's been washed and has no awful lemon or pine scent to it) and lay it, folded into 2-3 layers, on a tray, keeping it moist but not wet. Sprinkle seeds on top, quite close to each other, then let them sprout and grow to a height of about 5cm before snipping them off. When I was a child, we used to sprout seeds on top of cotton wool face wipes we'd place inside jar lids - the effect was the same. Too wet and your sprouts will rot and be useless, too dry and they'll never grow. Seeds for you to consider are peas, coriander, watercress, chives, parsley, mint and shiso.
While you're experimenting with these, you might also like to think about edible flowers which really can make a dish look spectacular. Rose, marigold, pansy, nasturtium, and comfrey are all good, just make sure you ask your seed supplier which ones are edible. Lavender is a wonderful herb in things like shortbread and panna cotta (it can be quite strong, so go easy) and also used to poke into legs of lamb as you do rosemary - but make sure you're using the edible variety. Used sparingly and for a genuinely flavoursome or visual reason, microgreens and flowers can be gorgeous.
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We should all be rich
Your right wing bent is obvious, but you also seem unable to actually entertain more than the typical thought pattern. Possibly you are scripted by others, but consider a couple of things.
Your comments about Ford locating manufacturing plants to China....My memory is that the St. Paul plant was considered outdated quite some time ago and the cost of updating was not feasible. China is a growing economy with a large appetite and demand for cars, shipping cars from the U.S. to China would be expensive, and there are factors such as the reason auto companies located to Canada such as the savings in healthcare costs vs. the U.S. plants. It is simplistic to blame the unions, but predictable from some. I expect better from the news sources who are important influences of opinions. The new wave of robotics and digital manufacturing will change product manufacturing in ways only being imagined by some for now.
Your comments about student loan debts simplifies a complex situation. The recession which started during the Bush term caused all of us with investments to lose a lot of money, including college endowment funds. Combined with the decreased ability of endowment funds to help with grants, scholarships and work study funds, the state and federal governments have made major cuts to funding for grants to students and general support for higher education. With the employment market so poor, many have elected to go back to school to improve their chances of work but loans have been their primary source of funds if they don't have the cash in hand.
We should all be rich. They don't worry about public schools, since they can put their kids in private schools. They don't worry about work study or grants for college, since they can just write a check, even though I am guessing that they complain about the high cost. If you think the cost of education is high then you should consider the cost of ignorance.
But, while the rest of us struggle the rich just buy another luxury car or boat or add on to their mansion.
Consider what our Lord Jesus said, "what you do to the least of these you do to me."
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I heard Romney say on the radio that if the economy is improving the president should not get any credit for that. Really, he did say that. This from the candidate and usually from the party that blames him for all the economic problems of the world and yet can't seem to acknowledge anything good he does. I believe we should give credit where credit is due. No credit for improving the auto industry and keeping Chrysler and GM from going under (most Republicans voted against), lowering unemployment, withdrawing from Iraq, reducing taxes for most Americans including the top 1 percent, striving to fix health care and cover the uninsured, close the donut hole, cover pre-existing conditions, put students on their parents health care and the other improvements of the Affordable Health Care act (things they want to do away with if elected).
In an effort to give credit where it is due, it seems only fair to acknowledge some of the accomplishments of the Republicans and the Bush administration. I admit they were very successful in convincing us that Saddam Hussein was responsible for the attack of 9/11 and that he was hiding weapons of mass destruction. Or think how much wages have gone up for us all, especially their most wealthy friends. One has to appreciate loyalty to those who donate so much.
Then there is the great job the five activist Supreme Court justices are doing in protecting our right. So glad we are able to be strip searched now. What a job of protecting us from those voters who have no photo ID, like those seniors in nursing homes, too poor to drive, or students who live away from home. Let's all give them the credit they deserve, after all, they did it all right so far.
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Supporters of comprehensive immigration reform staged a press conference in Longview on Monday calling on voters to urge Congress to back a plan that's already considered D.O.A. when the House of Representatives returns from vacation in September.
"We stand here in Longview, today, knowing there are people being treated as second-class families," Longview NAACP President Branden Johnson told some 25 people outside the Longview Public Library. "We ask those of you who are willing to join us in the fight for reform."
Monday's event was one of many planned in Congressional Districts represented by Republicans which were announced last week by U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio and other reform backers.
The U.S. Senate passed an immigration reform measure in June. That bill was greeted cooly by leaders in the House before it adjourned until after Labor Day.
The Senate measure doubled the number of U.S. Border Patrol officers along the country's southern border and called for a 700-mile fence - both conservative red meat topics.
It also offered a 13-year path to citizenship for the 11 million people the government says are here illegally. That element is a non-starter for the House's more conservative members.
"This bill was written, reviewed and supported in a bipartisan manner," local immigration attorney Jose Sanchez told the group. "This is the time we must advocate for immigration reform. We must call, text, email, Facebook message or whatever it takes."
The panel, which also included the local leader of the pro-Obama Organizing for Action, urged listeners to contact U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Tyler, in addition to the state's two senators.
Gohmert was hosting a Fox Radio talk show Monday afternoon and not available for comment.
Vik Verma, leader of the local chapter of Organizing for Action, said Senate Bill 744 would grow the gross domestic product by 5.4 percent, boost border security and reduce the national debt by $800 million during the next 20 years.
"For too long, our immigration system has been broken," Verma said. "And legal immigration can't keep up with the demands of our growth. ... Democrats and Republicans came together to pass a bipartisan immigration bill in the Senate by a vote of 68-32. As Congress has now adjourned to August recess, we want to let Sen. (John) Cornyn, Sen. (Ted) Cruz and Rep. Gohmert know the benefits of comprehensive immigration reform."
A local tea party member imbedded in the audience later called the news conference, " ... another pile of misinformation."
Republican Mike Denholm said there are more than double the number of illegal immigrants here than the government claims, more like 25 million of them.
"They're not coming here to be citizens," Denholm said. "They are here to take whatever they can from our economy."
Comprehensive immigration reform is not needed, he said, because the laws on the books now are not being enforced.
Sanchez acknowledged there are differing opinions on how many illegal immigrants are here.
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House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and other leaders have said the House should rather take up elements within the Senate bill one by one, with border security first.
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The President's Roundtable held its inaugural meeting on October 8, 2009, and meets two times a year for a formal dinner or picnic and a presentation designed to help members become better acquainted with the College. Past meetings, for example, have showcased the communications department, music and theatre departments, and the Center for Leadership Initiatives.
Purpose of President's Roundtable
According to its by-laws, the purpose of the President's Roundtable is to broaden the base of community interest and support for Bryan College through familiarizing and involving a wider and more diverse range of individuals in the work and purpose of the college. Putting "Christ Above All," this body better utilizes the college's resources and furthers its mission and goals through:
- Consultation with administration and faculty regarding new developments and programs,
- Identifying possible sources of support, and
- The encouragement of mutually beneficial cooperative ventures between the college and area businesses and agencies.
Upcoming Meeting Dates
- November 2, 2017
- March 1, 2018
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- Rob Armstrong, pastor, New Union Baptist Church
- Chuck Baker, chairman, vice president of advancement, Bryan College
- Shannon Brown, owner, JSB Holdings
- Joyce Carlson, financial church secretary/retired elementary school teacher
- Bradley E. Harris, finance and accounting consultant, University of Tennessee Municipal Technical Advisory Service
- Regina Hogue, retired
- Bradley Moore, owner/operator of McDonalds branch
- Lebron Purser, agency manager Farm Bureau
- Jeff Smith, owner, NAPA Auto Parts & NAPA Auto Care
- Lalania Vaughn, director of fine arts, Tipton-Rosemark Academy
- Gary Yerbey, owner, Yerbey Concrete Construction
Emeriti President's Roundtable Members
- Mary Frances Carlson, retired educator
- Helen Louise Stout, retired, Royal Care, Inc.
Ex-Officio President's Roundtable Members
- Delana Bice, chairman, Bryan College board of trustees
- Olivia Kezer, Bryan College student government association president
- Mike Latham, superintendent, Dayton City School
- Jerry Levengood, Rhea County superintendent of schools
- Gary Louallen, mayor, City of Dayton
- George Thacker, Rhea County executive
- Dennis Tumlin, executive director, Rhea Economic & Tourism Council
- Ron Travis, state representative
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i have 3x 17's 1x 15's ( all sets ) and only 2 cars lol i find running on my e46 style 67's in a 17 the most comfy and thats on the compact and saloon (e36)
On UK roads? big wheels and skinny rubber equal far too much worry with potholes and speedhumps (council seem to have found the perfect slope on speedhumps for maximum jaring effect).
Gfs 300 zx on 20s is bloody awful on eneven surfaces and potholes. My E46 runs 18s and they can be bad enough. Ironically, the best drive in pothole land for lack of worry and ease of driving generally was on the 15 inch winter wheels with balloon tryres. if it were me and you wanted best all rounder, 17 sounds like the best in trade off. costs, relatively safe in pothole scenarios. all rounder.
its all a personal preference though
I'd go with 17s for the simple fact most of the nice OEM rim styles come in 17 as standard
I would be tempted with 15's and slam it. A 316 struggles with the weight of the car as it is, the bigger the diameter of the whole wheel+tire set up, the slower your top speed will be...
I know its a bit of a different story here but my first car was a 1.25 zetec fiesta, on 17's it would do about 85mph flat out. Put some 15's on it and it would do 115, 120 on a good day.
I don't know what model they are but I have my original 15's that came with my 323i vert and changed to 17" sunflower 1 types.
The ride was much softer on the 15's and the 17's gave me a more solid assured ride as well as a great look. I did look at 18's but I think the E36 looks best on 17"s - just look at the m3.
There was a set of sunflower 1's in the classifieds (not mine BTW).
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The first royal collection of animals was formed by Henry I at his manor of Woodstock in Oxfordshire. The chronicler, William of Malmesbury, recorded that Henry 'was extremely fond of the wonders of distant countries, begging with delight…from foreign kings, lions, leopards, lynxes, or camels – animals which England does not produce'. There is no evidence, however, that Henry I established a menagerie at the Tower. Payments were being made to keepers of the lions in 1210-12 which indicate that animals were being kept at the Tower by that date. It is possible that these came from Normandy after King John (1199-1216) was forced to hand the duchy back to the king of France.
Engraving showing 'Marco' the Lion from the Tower Menagerie. From Dr. Williams' Tower of London scrapbook. (I.287)
More detailed information about a collection of animals at the Tower emerges during the reign of Henry III (1216-72). In 1235 the Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick III, made him a gift of three leopards. Shortly afterwards a lion also arrived at the Tower. On 23 March 1240 the sheriffs of London were instructed to make provision for the lion and his keeper, William de Botton. In 1243 the sheriffs were directed to find 1 ½ d per day for the keeper and 1 ½ d per day for the maintenance of the lion. This was increased to 2d per day in April 1244. In 1251 Henry III received 'a white bear' and its keeper from Norway. This might well have been a polar bear. The sheriffs of London were directed on this occasion to find 14d a day for its upkeep. The following year they were required to provide a muzzle and chain to secure it when it was out of water, and a stout piece of rope to constrain it while it was fishing in the Thames.
In 1255 Henry III received his most exotic animal from Louis IX of France – an African elephant. It was probably shipped across the Channel to Kent where it was brought up to London from Dover. Such was the wonder that it aroused that Matthew Paris travelled from his Abbey of St Albans to see it. He produced an illustration of it in his 'Chronica Majora'.
To house the elephant a specially-constructed wooden house was erected 12.2m (40ft) long and 6.1m (20ft) wide. The animal died after two years, however, and the building was subsequently used as a prison. In 1258 the Constable of the Tower was ordered to let the Sacrist of Westminster, William Taylard, have the bones, presumably to make sacred vessels or receptacles.
References to lions, leopards, bears and other animals are frequently made in government records. In 1314, for example, the sheriffs of London were ordered to provide a quarter of mutton every day for the king's lions. Keepers were paid at the rate of 1 pence a day from 1338 which generally remained the rate for the medieval period. It was not always easy for keepers to obtain their wages. In 1408 William Bounde pleaded for the £55 owed to him. If this continued he feared imprisonment by his creditors and that the lions would go unfed.
During the reign of Edward III (1327-77) the location of the Menagerie becomes evident. In 1335 payment for a lock and key 'towards the lions and leopards' suggests a position near the Middle Tower and that the Menagerie had been established near the western entrance. The reference to the 'Lion Turret' probably concerns Edward I's barbican, later called the Lion Tower, built in 1276-77, immediately to the west of the Middle Tower, the known site of the Menagerie by the 16th century.
The Lions Den
By the 15th century the office of keeper of the lions, lionesses and Leopards in the Tower was generally held by royal servants. In 1436 the office was granted to Robert Manfeld, a marshal of the hall within the royal household. In that year all the lions in the Tower also died. In 1446 Manfeld attempted to have the accommodation improved because of its ruinous state. In 1460 the post was awarded to Thomas Rookes. In 1461 it was granted to the king's esquire, Ralph Hastings. In 1484 it was conferred upon one of Richard III's closest servants, Robert Brackenbury, Constable of the Tower and Master of the Mint. The office was primarily a sinecure and the actual duties performed by deputies.
During the Tudor period visitors to the Tower began to record their impressions of the Menagerie. In February 1544 Pedro de Gante, secretary of the Duke of Najera wrote how he and his master saw 'four lions, very large and fierce, and two leopards, confined within wooden railings'. In August 1548 Lupold von Wedel was shown 'the queen's lions….an eagle and a lynx'. In 1592, when Joseph Rathgeb, secretary of Frederick Duke of Wurtemberg, visited the Tower he wrote 'In this Tower also, but in separate small houses made of wood, are kept six lions and lionesses…not far from there is also a lean, ugly wolf, which is the only one in England, on this account it is kept by the Queen'. Six years later Paul Hentzner was shown three lionesses, a lion, a tiger, a lynx, a wolf, a porcupine and an eagle. He added 'All these creatures are kept in a remote place, fitted up for the purpose with wooden lattices at the Queen's expense'.
The Menagerie underwent important changes during the reign of James I. Between 1604 and 1606 the existing two-storeyed wooden dens set against the inside face of the Lion Tower were extensively refurbished. The pulley mechanisms, internal stairs, and individual cage frames were all overhauled. Perhaps the most significant improvement was an exercise yard created in the moat, on the west side of the Lion Tower. The walls of the yard were made with Kentish ragstone and the floor was paved with Purbeck marble. Overhead a great platform was erected for the king to view his lions. One of the uses of this yard was lion baiting. James I had a passion for the sport which were sometimes staged for visiting dignitaries. In 1622 a decision was made to replace the viewing platform with an improved platform complete with handrails and painted 'lead colour'.
The popularity of the Menagerie did not decline during the Civil War and Commonwealth period (1642-60). In 1647 Sebastian Gawareki, a tutor of the future Polish King Jan Sobieski, was impressed by the sight of 'a pair of lions, kept separately, very big beasts…two tigers and two lynxes, an old one and a young one, and an Indian cat from Virginia.' In 1657 Howell stated in his Londinopolis that 'the Tower was never 'better furnished with lions than it is now, there being six in all young and old'. In August 1661 the Dutch artist William Schellinks visited the Tower and was shown six lions, a lioness, two leopards and two eagles. He also noted that one of the lions had a dog as a companion, a phenomenon often recorded in later accounts.
In 1670 building work began on a new wall and gatehouse at the entrance to the Tower. This affected the Menagerie because the new wall passed through the exercise yard which revealed offal and other refuse that needed burying again quickly. The following year construction began on a new house for the Keeper, William Gill. This became known as the 'Lion House', a two-storeyed brick building. Additional works were subsequently undertaken to improve the facilities in the exercise yard including new cages for eagles, vultures and owls. In 1695 a new cage was apparently made for a hyena (referred to as 'an 'jana) and a major refurbishment was undertaken of the lions' cages.
Viewing the animals, however, was still subject to some risk. In 1686 Mary Jenkinson, a maid who lived with the Keeper, was mauled by the largest lion at the Tower after presumably taking an acquaintance into see the animals. Her arm was amputated in an attempt to save her life but she died shortly afterwards. Despite the occasional fatalities the Tower was now firmly established as the place to see wild and exotic animals, so much so that a number of rare beasts and birds were transferred to the Tower from St James's Park in 1687. In 1698, when Ned Ward published his London Spy, he described some of the animals in a detailed, yet humorous manner. He was even shown some early examples of taxidermy by the under-keeper and two 'pretty looking hell-cats' could easily have 'killed at a distance with their very looks'. When Strype published his new edition of John Stow's Survey of London in 1704 he listed a lion and lioness presented to William III, a lion presented to Queen Anne, two others by the King of Barbary (Algeria), and a sixth presented to the Duke of Gloucester. There was also a leopard and a tiger, one from 'King Charles the Second's time; but now much in decay'. There were three eagles, two Swedish owls, two mountain cats, and a jackal. Strype also noted that the animals smelt terribly even though their cages and dens were cleaned every day.
The popularity of the Tower Menagerie grew during the Georgian period, a fact reflected in the rising entrance fee, from 3d at the beginning of the century to 9d by the end. In 1717 when John Martin had been appointed keeper he had been paid from visitor fees alone. The daily fee was reinstated when John Ellys was appointed in 1739 but abolished yet again at his death.
During the 18th century information about the Menagerie began to appear in print. In 1741 the first published guide to the Tower produced by Thomas Boreman and intended for children provided numerous illustrations of the different animals. As regular editions of Tower guidebooks began to be produced from mid century onwards details about the animals and exotica were routinely included.
By the 1780s the Menagerie had become accepted within the popular imagination and appeared in cartoons and caricatures. The 'Monkey Room', for example, appeared in a comic depiction by the artist, Thomas Rowlandson. Similarly, a cartoon of Sir Frances Burdett, MP, imprisoned in the Tower of London in early 1810 as the 'Took Took' bird appeared around the same time in contemporary publications.
A cartoon depicting Sir Frances Burdett MP (who was imprisoned in the Tower of London in early 1810) as the 'Took Took' bird. The cartoon reads: "Now Ladies and Gentlemen, let me call your particular attention to this extraordinary bird, it has been fluttering and croaking about Middlesex and Westminster to the great annoyance of his Majesty's Loyal Subjects, he is supposed to be of the wild Goose kind by most learned men, and was taken after a great deal of trouble and escorted here under a very strong Guard."
Although refurbishment works were carried out towards the end of the century the Menagerie had, by this stage, begun to decline in popularity. The number of animals steadily declined. By 1821 it numbered a mere four lions, a panther, a leopard, a tiger and a grizzly bear. The latter had actually been a gift to George III by the Hudson's Bay Company. Commonly known as 'Old Martin' he was subsequently transferred to the Zoological Society of London and died in Regent's Park zoo in 1838.
The appointment of Alfred Copps in 1822 promised a revival of the Menagerie's fortunes. By 1828 the collection reputedly numbered more than sixty different species, and over two hundred and eighty animals. The keeper now actively acquired animals in his own right rather than relying on royal and diplomatic gifts. The much improved collection drew praise from various critics including the zoologist Edward Turner Bennett who provided a detailed list of the animals in his 1829 account. However, in 1830 George IV died (1820-30). His demise spelt the end of this attraction. Within weeks a decision to dispose of the royal beasts had been taken. They were to be presented to the Zoological Society of London. Animal attacks had always been a hazard of working in or visiting the Menagerie and a crop of notable incidents only confirmed in official minds that the correct decision had been made. Copps sold some of his own animals in 1831 but continued to display the remainder at the Tower. In 1835 however, Ensign Seymour, was bitten by a monkey and news of the incident reached the ears of King William IV (1830-37). After discussions with the Constable, the Duke of Wellington, it was reported that he wanted the display closed down. Copps finally gave in and agreed in August to close the exhibition. On 28 October The Times announced the exhibition no longer existed. Much to the Tower authorities' annoyance Copps exercised his life tenure of the keeper's official residence and continued to live at the Tower until his death in 1853. There then followed an unseemly haste to eject his daughter and her husband from the house. With the demolition of the house in September 1853, the old Menagerie buildings having been demolished in 1852, the 600 year old tradition of a Menagerie at the Tower finally came to an end. The new Tower Armouries ticket office was subsequently built on the site of the empty animal cages.
Dr. Malcolm Mercer
Curator of Tower History
T Boreman, Curiosities in the Tower of London (1741)
A Borg, 'The Royal Menagerie', in The Tower of London: its Buildings and Institutions, ed., J Charlton (London, HMSO, 1978), pp. 100-103
D Hahn, The Tower Menagerie (London, 2003)
G Parnell, The Royal Menagerie at the Tower of London (Royal Armouries, 1999)
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Bree Person, a senior at Washington Irving High School, faced a personal struggle. She wanted more people to know about sickle cell anemia, a disease she suffers from, but she didn't want people to know she had it.
In this report, which she produced with the Radio Rookies program, Pearson said she decided it was time to come forward with her story.
Dr. Suzette Oyeku is a pediatrician in the Bronx who specializes in sickle cell treatment and research. "Even though the disease has been described for more than a hundred years it's still pretty invisible to many people," Oyeku says. "And there are many people that are suffering in silence."
Hear from Dr. Oyeku and Pearson on The Brian Lehrer Show here:
Sickle cell disease occurs more often among people from parts of the world where malaria is common. It is believed that people who carry the sickle cell trait are less likely to have severe forms of malaria. In the United States, where malaria is rare, one of every 500 Black or African-American babies is born with it.
Bree was one of those babies, and her Uncle Johnnie was another.
"My Uncle Johnnie's disease was more severe than mine," Bree says. He was only expected to live to 18; but he made it to 38. While reporting her story, Bree asked her mom for the first time if she, too, had a life expectancy. Her mom told her 48.
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Lot18, a New York-based, invitation-only site that started off selling wine online just a year ago, has raised $30 million in a third round of capital. The most recent round was led by Accel Partners. Existing investors New Enterprise Associates and FirstMark Capital also participated.
"That's pretty huge for us," Lot18′s founder Philip James said in an interview. "We are a year old. We launched on Nov. 10, and it's a little bit of a surprise that we raised an 'A,' 'B' and 'C' in such a short period of time."
Sameer Gandhi, who led Accel's investments in Bonobos, Spotify and StumbleUpon, will join Lot18's board of directors. Lot18 says the funds will support its continued growth and help expand its imported wine program, particularly wines from Europe. The idea being, Lot18 wants to offer its members more wines that they can't get anywhere else.
Lot18′s deep focus on the wine industry has earned it the reputation of a first-class sommelier. In just one year, theNew York Citystartup has grown to 90 employees, poaching some of the finest wine connoisseurs the city has to offer. In May,Lot18 raised $10 million in a Series B funding round led by NEA Ventures and First Mark Capital, who also led Lot18′s $3 million Series A round. In those 12 months of operations, Lot18 has attracted over 550,000 members and sold more than half a million bottles of wine.
Last month the company launched Lot18 Experiences, which comprises wine- and gourmet-themed travel excursions, as well as local offers such as members-only wine-pairing dinners at Michelin-starred restaurants. Along with its ability to provide access to products and excursions of high quality, Lot18's growth is driven by its commitment to transcending user experience and customer service.
Meanwhile, Groupon Inc. raised $700 million after increasing the size of its initial public offering, becoming the largest IPO by an Internet company since Google Inc raised $1.7 billion in 2004.
The global leader in "daily deals" is now valued at almost $13 billion after saying it increased the offering by 5 million shares to 35 million in total and pricing them at $20 each, above an initial range of $16 to $18.
The IPO debut of the three-year-old company, which sells Internet coupons for everything from spa treatments to nose jobs, is one of this year's most closely watched. Its tiny float represents just above 5 percent of the company and helped drive up demand and price.
But in the long run, there cited concerns about competition from the deep-pocketed likes of Google and Amazon, the need to spend continuously to drive user growth, and questions about Groupon's accounting methods after the company altered its IPO filings twice to change the way it accounted for revenue.
"Groupon is expensive. The $12.8 billion valuation is only achievable because of the low float," said Rob Romero, head of technology-focused hedge fund firm Connective Capital Management.
"Today's reaction to LinkedIn floating additional share supply is an indication of how tight supply-demand of shares can distort valuation for a new IPO."
LinkedIn, which remains well above its $45 IPO price, plummeted 9 percent after-hours after unveiling a proposal to sell up to $500 million in stock. It had floated 8.3 percent of its shares during the IPO.
Pandora, a music streaming service and another recent dotcom debutante, sold 9.2 percent of the company. At $12.8 billion, Groupon commands a price tag more than twice what Google offered to buy the company at last year.


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Despite being a global player, Airtours is keen to put its trust in North West firms. Dearbail Jordan reports.
Airtours is a perfect example of why corporate and commercial lawyers in the North West deserve to be taken as seriously as those in London.
This year alone, the travel giant has undertaken no less than five acquisitions and is still grappling with the European Union over competition issues surrounding its £852m hostile takeover bid for First Choice.
And if Thomson Travel Group's current fight against a billion pound hostile bid by German tour operator C&N Touristic fails, Airtours will have no choice but to continue expanding to avoid being dwarfed by the competition.
This means much more work for its chosen firms, particularly Addleshaw Booth & Co, which handles the majority of corporate work for Airtours, including last year's bid for First Choice.
Greg McMahon, group company secretary and head of legal services at Airtours, says: "The rule of thumb is, providing that Addleshaws has the correct level of expertise within the firm, it will be the first port of call for legal services."
On a deal the size of Airtours/First Choice, City investors would expect the bidder to go to one of London's big hitters but McMahon is adamant that it is not a problem he has ever had to face.
He says: "In November 1998 when we did a £300m subordinated convertible bond issue, sponsored by Merrill Lynch, Addleshaws did the work on that and nobody batted an eyelid.
"On our bid for First Choice we were advised by Deutsche Bank in London and they also didn't bat an eyelid even though Addleshaws was handling it for us.
"It is about the quality of the people and I think that the quality of advice coming out of regional firms can be as good as you are going to get anywhere in the world."
However, for competition law on the First Choice transaction, Airtours opted for Slaughter and May after holding a beauty parade.
McMahon says: "We had invested a lot of money with Slaughters, getting it up to speed with our business and our industry.
Airtours also opts for City expertise in its asset finance work.
McMahon says: "For the asset finance work there are probably only about half a dozen firms in the UK that can do it and those are based outside Manchester."
He adds: "There might be other clients in the North West who can justify using asset finance lawyers but I don't think between the local clients there will be a huge demand for the establishment of dedicated asset finance teams.
"I think firms probably accept that the business in the North West just doesn't justify it."
But in other areas McMahon is a staunch supporter of keeping outsourced work local.
It also helps that McMahon used to practise at both Addleshaws and Garretts, another of Airtours external advisers.
He says: "I do consider myself to be a relatively sophisticated buyer of legal services. And because I am a poacher turned game keeper I know who to go to and therefore I think that I can probably choose the right adviser for the right project.
"I don't believe in slavishly going to one or two London-based law firms for everything. It is about the person who is giving you the advice."
While McMahon holds ultimate responsibility for the company's legal issues he works closely with Andy Cooper, company secretary and company solicitor, and his two lawyers at Airtours Holidays, the company's tour operating business based in Rossendale.
The company also owns Going Places, which is based in Woking, where head of legal services Richard Barlow leads a team of two.
Airtours retains about 60 per cent of work in-house including commercial contracts, employment and compliance and regulatory work.
Internationally the company relies on external advisers more extensively than in the UK.
Within Airtours' numerous worldwide trading divisions, it also houses legal managers in both Belgium and Scandinavia. But it is McMahon's job is to decide which European firms the company oursources work to.
He says: "We use Garretts and Andersen Legal where I have got a worldwide project that is not linked to any specific country."
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He adds: "Alternatively where they have a very strong firm in their network in Spain or in France, it actually assists me a great deal to use that network firm because I can go to Manchester and get access to them."
For specific projects, McMahon uses local firms such as its US adviser Morgan Lewis & Bockius.
Once those relationships have been established, he keeps in close contact with each of the firms, both international and domestic, to make sure things run smoothly.
But he is keen to emphasis his commitment to the North West, and not just because fees are cheaper than in the City.
He says: "I am not going to prejudice the quality of advice I receive which I communicate to the board just to save money.
"I'm a North West man and I have spent all of my career providing legal services here. I know the market and what it is about and I know that it is cheaper, but I know you are going to get the right advice."
Organisation: Airtours
Sector: Travel
FTSE 250 ranking: 3Market capitalisation: £1.7bn
Employees: 20,000
Legal function: 12 lawyers
Head of legal: Greg McMahon, group company
secretary and head of legal services
Reporting to: David Jardine, financial director
Main location for lawyers: Manchester
Main law firms: Addleshaw Booth & Co, Slaughter and May, Garretts and Andersen Legal, Norton Rose, Denton Wilde Sapte, Weil Gotshal & Manges, Brooke North and Beachcroft Wansbroughs.


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