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The Dreamers (2003) is a film you are supposed to experience, rather than watch. There is far too much going on in Bernardo Bertolucci's piece to process logically, so you needn't worry about picking holes in the plot, or anything else. A word of warning, though. If you are against a little bit (okay, a lot) of nudity, The Dreamers may not be for you.
Hollywood sometimes gets a bit squeamish about nudity. It is little surprise then that the many people didn't warm to the film, or more specifically, some of the ideas and imagery portrayed in it. What is most unfair, though, is to scorch the film based on the director's reputation, which has been done in the past.
In terms of plot, there are two narratives going on here. There first is a little bit of history for you. Matthew (Michael Pitt), is an American film enthusiast and student. He travels to Paris during the Paris student riots, strikes and protests of the late 60s. There he meets and stays with Théo (Louis Garrel) and Isabelle (Eva Green), who are also lovers of film, and happen to be twins. Expect a lot of English and some French. The Dreamers is very much a visual film, so don't get too bogged down on the interchanging dialogue. The twins end up sharing their new-found friend with one another, in more ways than you might imagine. That's where the second narrative comes in. Queue the nudity…
Firstly, let's get the obvious out of the way. How much nudity are we talking about here? Suffice to say, more than a wee bit. Eva Green goes full frontal, and not just from a distance. We're talking up close camera work. Michael Pitt's bits are also plastered on the screen for all to see. In my opinion (though apparently, I'm in the minority), none of the nudity is particularly gratuitous, since it does help to paint a very warped picture of the lifestyle of the twins; their curiosity, for instance.
So, yes, that second narrative. This parallel story concerns the relationship which develops between the three main characters. Naturally, there's a love story going on between Pitt's and Green's characters, and you are kind of hoping in the beginning that Théo might just be a third wheel. Isabelle would disagree, though. You see where this is going? Their relationship makes for fascinating, if uncomfortable viewing at times. It has to be said, I find that the chemistry between Green and Pitt is as cold as ice, but it is scary how in tune Green and Garrel were able to work together. For characters are complex as Isabelle and Théo, that is essential.
After a lot of sexual experimentation, and a lot of throwbacks and homages to past movies, the anything goes attitude of the twins and Matthew, culminates in them participating in the aforementioned riots. After all the smoke is cleared, Matthew walks away from the carnage, no doubt returning to America something less of a prude.
The experience Bertolucci takes you on is a puzzler. Initially, via the first narrative, you are led to believe that The Dreamers is merely about a film about students who love films, in a film by a director who also loves pictures. In such a short space of time, it movies on rapidly to something else entirely. It takes you on a journey, all the while you're trying to decrypt the feelings and emotions of the trio's relationship to one another. By the time the most extensive and expressive of the nude scenes is over, you have given up. From there out, as I've said, The Dreamers is just an experience, not merely a film.
If you can look past that, and some of the more grotesque elements of those scenes, you'll find it a heart-warming film, and one which has been clearly thought out. The way the two narratives split apart, and come together again are magical. There are also signs in The Dreamers that Bertolucci is trying to show his admiration for classic films. It is just the way he has chosen to do it, through the "you show me yours, and I'll show you mine" explorative attitude of the characters, which has people turning away from this film.
Deep is probably not the best word to describe The Dreamers. I prefer layered, or perhaps raw. Whatever your taste in films, there are few like this one. Personally, I like it. It's different, and I'd certainly recommend it. You know, as long as you're open to experiencing something slightly outside of your comfort zone.
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I can't believe Season 2 of PBS' Sherlock is almost over -- we were just getting started!
The British detective drama has successfully reinvented Arthur Conan Doyle's characters, thanks to smart writing, creative presentation and a talented cast led by Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman.
It's pretty shocking, then, that CBS has decided to debut its own Sherlock series this fall. Elementary stars Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu as -- get this -- Dr. Joan Watson. A preview was released this week, and it looks pretty dreadful:
Do we really need a dumbed-down version of what the Brits are already executing so well? And please don't tell me Holmes and Watson are going to get romantically involved ...
Anyway, the good news for Sherlock fans is Sunday's finale looks great, and Season 2 arrives on DVD/Blu-ray May 22. Here's a preview of the upcoming "Reichenbach Fall," which marks the return of Moriarty:
To watch previous episodes from Season 2 of Sherlock, head to PBS.org.
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In Quetta, a sectarian attack killed 94 civilians. The civilian deaths increased almost 80 percent from last week, when 70 people were killed. Region-wise, 99 people, including five militants, were killed in Balochistan and 180 injured. Sindh was the second most violent region with 26 people killed and 14 injured, mainly in targeted attacks, followed by sectarian violence and attacks on political party workers. In Fata, 26 militants were killed in two aerial bombings while four security personnel sustained injuries in an attack.
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Sectarian violence claimed most lives this week, leaving 106 people dead and 183 injured in 10 incidents. Of these, eight occurred in Sindh and one each in Balochistan and Punjab. Terror activities were the second most violent tactic, claiming nine lives with 29 being injured in 10 incidents across the country. Five terrorist attacks targeted state security forces, killing six security personnel and injuring seven others. Four hit the public and one was aimed at a government school building.
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Quetta was the most violent district followed by Karachi and Peshawar. In Quetta 99 people were killed, including five militants, and 177 injured in a major sectarian attack and a counter-terrorism operation. In Karachi, 25 people were killed and eight injured in targeted attacks, sectarian violence and attacks on political party workers while eight people were killed and 22 injured in two attacks on the public and an attack on security forces.


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Rocka-Treason-Gate (catchy no?) is gaining a little momentum.
Yesterday, Sentator Rockefeller tried to defuse the situation caused by his Fraudian-Slip on Fox News Sunday.
Evidently, he has issued a "clarification. Via Powerlineblog:
"It is ridiculous to suggest that any sensitive information was revealed during my January 2002 Middle East trip. Every aspect of this trip was sanctioned by and coordinated with the State Department and the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. I was accompanied in each country by either our U.S. Ambassador or our Deputy Chief of Mission, and each of our U.S. officials specifically praised my meetings and the message I delivered. I conveyed my belief that President Bush was very serious about taking action in Iraq. I had no knowledge of specific Bush Administration plans to invade Iraq, and I certainly never suggested that I did. I raised this issue on Sunday to make the point that while I hadn't made up my mind until October of 2002, I believe the president had decided to go to war long before, and continued down that path into 2003 – even as some of the intelligence was being called into question. Once again, it appears that Republican defenders of the president are trying to distract from the real issue – whether the president was straight with the American people about the war in Iraq."
But you said,...
WALLACE: Now, the President never said that Saddam Hussein was an imminent threat. As you saw, you did say that. If anyone hyped the intelligence, isn't it Jay Rockefeller?
SEN. ROCKEFELLER: No. The -- I mean, this question is asked a thousand times and I'll be happy to answer it a thousand times. I took a trip by myself in January of 2002 to Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Syria, and I told each of the heads of state that it was my view that George Bush had already made up his mind to go to war against Iraq -- that that was a predetermined set course which had taken shape shortly after 9/11.
So, you've said a 'thousand times' that you went to Syria 'by myself', but now "this trip was sanctioned by and coordinated with the State Department and the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. I was accompanied in each country by either our U.S. Ambassador or our Deputy Chief of Mission, and each of our U.S. officials specifically praised my meetings and the message I delivered."
What message was that you clown? That George Bush had made up his mind to attack long before the Iraq war. So "Get Ready! We're coming!" Isn't classifed? So you're telling me and the world that the State Department and the Senate Intelligence Committee signed of on THIS message?
Just who in the hell are you jiving with this kosmik debri Senator? We know that in fact this was all a part of YOUR plan to overthrow the President of the US in a time of War - Senator, that's treason!
Here's what you should do Senator Rockefeller. You should resign from the Senate Intelligence Committee immediately, and have your security clearance revoked as a minimum.
By the way, since - according to you - nothing "classified" was discussed, there should no problem with getting further information via a FOIA should there? I mean, the "public's right to know" and all that. Thanks for clarifying the routing for my request - sent it today.
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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. - Police are looking for a man who shot at a group outside a home in Cathedral City early Saturday morning.
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When the network dies - December 2012 - Armed Forces Journal - Military Strategy, Global Defense Strategy
Jared Sperli stashed this in war
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Unprepared soldiers are ineffective soldiers, and the rise of the networked battle space has made this ancient wisdom no less true.
It is curious, then, that when the Army practices operating in contested cyberspace environments, it does so largely in echelons above corps and not throughout the force. What exercises do take place generally understate the likely effects of network outages and overstate our ability to adapt to them.
If we continue to avoid rigorous rehearsal for cyber attack, or fail to implement it at all levels, we are training to meet incompetent adversaries and setting the stage for improvised, ill-coordinated and ineffective responses to competent ones.
Just as the Army has done for every other aspect of combat, it needs to develop a set of battle drills for such environments and work them into the standard training regimen at each echelon of command. These drills must include individual and collective tasks of the sort that would prepare soldiers, commanders and units to face many varieties of cyber events: short- and long-duration, point and pervasive, man-made and natural. To make this practical, we must also give units at all levels the modeling and simulation capabilities they need to hone their defenses, responses and training efforts.
Good Article. Square on in detailing just how apparently clueless the command structure is w/r/t network defense. What he misses, is what he doesn't want to know: that command is actually well aware of it's own cyber shortcomings and trying to build a strategy while at the same time trying to keep reality hush-hush. I would expect to see more force-wide integration of network defense in the coming months and years...
I don't think so.... any truly worst-case scenarios would, imo, require long term collusion from multiple tier 1 networks (like... serious treason and conspiracy). Fortunately, the military obstinacy helps keep it protected. They don't treat the Internet as some amorphous blob of networks that you just sorta connect to and rely upon, but rather with a certain rigidity that you'd expect from someone planning a corporate token-ring, so there aren't many opportunities available for direct infiltration. However, as more of the battlefield becomes IP based, then the threat possibilities become more pronounced.
I was fortunate to have a tour of the Pentagon last year as some very interesting briefings on the state of the military. It was very interesting for me to have my expectations totally destroyed by highly intelligent, forward thinking men and women thinking about how to protect the nation in 50 years and how to do so by avoiding the need for war.
On the other hand, one guy in charge of transitioning military personal back to civilian life was pimping a website to help find military members jobs and had never heard of an API.


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Coordinates: 48°50′11″N 113°39′14″W / 48.8363690°N 113.6539971°W[1] Appekunny Formation is a thick series of rock strata located in the Lewis Range within Glacier National Park, in the U.S. state of Montana. The formation is primarily mudstone and siltstone deposited in a shallow sea during the Proterozoic. Not far from the eastern entrance to the Going-to-the-Sun Road at St. Mary, Montana, the formation can be easily seen on the slopes of Singleshot Mountain.[2] The Appekunny Formation contains bedding structures which may include the remains of the oldest metazoan (animal) on Earth.[3]
The Appekunny Formation is named after Apikuni Mountain and averages 1,970 feet (600 m) thick. The rock strata have been dated at between 1.2–1.4 billion years old.
- ^ "Apikuni Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
- ^ Dyson, James (1957). "The Belt Formations". The Geologic Story of Glacier National Park. National Park Service. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
- ^ "Park Geology". Geology Footnotes. National Park Service. January 4, 2005. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
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- Raup, Omar; Robert L. Earhart; James W. Whipple; Paul E. Carrara (1983). Geology Along Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana. West Glacier, Montana: Glacier Natural History Association. ISBN 0-934318-11-5.
- Price, Mike (January–March 2006). "Virtual Geomorphology" (pdf). Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 May 2006. Retrieved 2006-04-29.
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Rone lost the sense of time. He saw himself floating with Snira and others from the island in the electric blue sphere which had engulfed them. How long was he there, he wasn't sure, but he hoped that he could get his feet back on ground as soon as possible.
All of a sudden he felt a jerk and felt a falling feeling in his stomach. Snira's jewel shined and then everyone landed with a soft thud. Rone got up dazed, and swayes as he got up on his legs to have a better view of where he was. He saw himself standing on a grassy hilltop overlooking a stream. The weather was pleasant and warm. Rone looked towards Snira for an answer, but found Snira confused too.
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WORLD CUP '94; Bulgarian Star Vents Anger
Published: July 14, 1994
EAST RUTHERFORD, N. J., July 13— Hristo Stoichkov had reason to be frustrated on this hot afternoon. His team's giant-killing saga had ended in a 2-1 semifinal loss to Italy, and he had pulled a muscle and left the game in the 78th minute.
But what made him hot was the referee, Joel Quiniou, who called a penalty late in the first half -- Stoichkov converted the kick for the Bulgarians' goal -- but did not call another penalty he felt they deserved.
"I think the game once again showed that the officiating has been the weakest in the history of the World Cup," said Stoichkov, who scored six goals, tying him for the tournament lead with Russia's Oleg Salenko.
He found it noteworthy that the referee was from France, the team Bulgaria eliminated from the World Cup. Stoichkov, who won over many news media members here with sometimes playful, always forthright post-game comments, the most repeated of which was "Today, God was a Bulgarian." Asked if God had been a Bulgarian this afternoon, Stoichkov replied, "Yes, God was on our side -- but the referee was French."


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Worshipping the Right God in the Wrong Way (2 of 10) by Dennis Marquardt
This content is part of a series.Worshipping the Right God in the Wrong Way (2 of 10)
Ten Commandments Series
Dennis Marquardt
Exodus 20:4-6; 24-25; Numbers 21:8-9; II Kings 18:3-5
INTRO: Strangely enough, the 2nd commandment is probably one of the most violated commandments today! That may seem strange since it is a prohibition against making idols, but there are many ways to "make an idol".
The second commandment attempts to prevent us from making any kind of image of God, either out of wood or stone, or even out of our own ideas or concepts! It is a prohibition against trying to define God by any kind of image that would seek to restrict Him to that image or symbol and thus make Him less than He is.
While symbols or ideas can help us understand God, they must not become the actual image of God that we worship. Too often the concept of God gets lost in the image used to understand Him. Far too often God ends up looking more like us than like Himself!
ILLUS: ... you can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do. -- Anne Lamott in Bird by Bird. Christianity Today, Vol. 41, no. 8.
Egypt had many symbols of God, and each one became its own god. Israel too learned about God through many different symbols, and like Egypt they often found themselves worshipping the image more than God Himself. If we are not careful we can begin to worship an image of God in our own mind that may be quite different from the real God of the Bible.
PROP. SENT: The Bible teaches us that any attempt at limiting God to an image of our own creation will only give us a small god, and when we have a small god we will have big problems. But if we worship the God of the Bible we will have a big God, and when we have a big God we have small problems!
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A man who denies murdering Lee Rigby told police in video-recorded interviews that the soldier's neck "was sawed … until almost detached" and that he hoped Allah would forgive him "if I acted in a way that is displeasing to him", a jury heard on Wednesday.
Michael Adebolajo told detectives during questioning about Rigby's death outside the Woolwich military barracks: "It brings me little joy to approach anybody and slay them."
Adebolajo and the co-defendant in the trial, Michael Adebowale, deny murder.
The jury at the Old Bailey watched a video of Adebolajo being interviewed by police after his arrest on suspicion of the murder.
Adebolajo was interviewed 10 days after Rigby was run over by a car, then set upon by two men who attempted to behead him as they inflicted stab wounds to his neck and torso that were up to 14cm deep.
The two accused were shot by police at the scene, on 22 May, after allegedly charging a police car while bearing weapons.
Both men were treated in hospital before being declared fit to be interviewed.
The jury today watched the video recording of Adebolajo's interview conducted on 1 June at Southwark police station.
A detective said: "Tell me what happened to Lee Rigby." Adebolajo replied: "Lee Rigby was killed on 22 May. He was struck in the neck with a sharp implement and it was sawed until his head, you know, became almost detached. May Allah forgive me if I acted in a way that is displeasing to him."
In the video recording, Adebolajo wore a light blue cell blanket over his head because he felt cold.
He was asked about the claim from an officer who alleged he earlier had said he was not denying the murder. Adebolajo denied that and alleged he had in fact said: "More likely, and to my memory … I'm not denying anything."
Sitting across a table from two counter-terrorism detectives, Adebolajo was asked about the attack.
The jury heard that a senior psychiatrist who examined Adebolajo before his interview with detectives found him sane and showing no signs of mental illness.
Adebolajo called one detective by his first name and apologised for forgetting the name of his colleague, who was an Asian detective serving in Scotland Yard's counter-terrorism command.
As the interview went on Adebolajo's voice at times became louder as he became more emotional as he detailed the west's alleged oppression of Muslims.
Adebolajo questioned the sincerity of the detectives, at one point speaking for over 20 minutes with a Qur'an on the table in front of him.
He said he wanted people through his interview to "understand the nature of the war that is ongoing and has been ongoing for many years now between the Muslims and the British people".
He attacked politicians, past and present: "I am particularly disgusted by the likes of David Cameron, the Miliband brothers and – what's his name? – Nick Clegg."
He claimed Cameron was trying to emulate the politician Adebolajo condemned most during the interview, Tony Blair, who took Britain into wars in Afghanistan and then Iraq.
Adebolajo told detectives that Blair "began the trend of using the magic of the tongue to dodge very important questions".
Adebolajo told the two detectives he believed that British people were at war with Muslims because of the actions of this country's leaders, the jury heard.
"These lands where your leaders are sending your working-class men are lands where the men love death more than they love life," he said.
At one stage, the suspect attempted to compare the British military presence in Afghanistan with the possibility of French troops on the streets of London.
"If France was to decide 'we want that piece of land that is only one-hour journey away by train' I do not believe the British people for one moment would accept French troops marching on the streets of London telling men where they may or may not walk," he said. "Do you know why? Because I grew up here. I know the British people. I am a British person."
The jury heard Adebolajo complain that Britain was governed by people who led in "a very wicked, corrupt and oppressive manner".
He later told police he was "not a man who gains joy from horror movies" or "seeing blood spurt over the camera lens", the court heard.
As the interviews continued, Adebolajo became increasingly frustrated with the two counter-terror detectives sitting opposite him. He accused them of being jobsworths who were only interested in going to bed at night knowing they had satisfied their supervisors.
Adebolajo said he would only answer questions if the detectives confirmed they were being asked "purely to help the family of Lee Rigby and the British people".
Adebolajo then removed the blanket from his head, stood up from the police table and ended the interview, telling the pair: "I have not patience for men like this … I'm finished with this guy."
Before the interview started Adebolajo was reminded he was under criminal caution. He was also told the interview was being recorded.
During the interview Adebolajo praised the fact that he was entitled to free legal advice.
The detective could be heard speaking in a matter-of-fact voice, and set out what subjects he wanted the interview to cover.
His head started to peek out from under the light blue blanket as he talked to detectives.
In separate evidence heard by the court, Simon Poole, a Home Office pathologist who carried out a postmortem on Rigby, described the injuries to the soldier's neck as "numerous and very deep".
The prosecutor, Richard Whittam QC, told the court that a second pathologist, who carried out a further examination of Rigby's body, counted a minimum of 14 separate injuries to the 25-year-old's head and neck area "the worst of sufficient force to cause damage to bone or cartilage".
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Analysts said that the drop was a reaction to soaring prices over the past two weeks, which many say was overblown.
Benchmark Brent crude futures were down 29 cents at $62.24 a barrel by 0520 GMT (12.20 a.m. EST), while U.S. WTI crude was at $53.24 a barrel, also down 29 cents.
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It wouldn't be long now. He would walk around the corner and everything would be alright. I just needed his smile to make the clouds go away. I felt the blood drip from my fingers into my lap. The steady drips spattering along my leg. I was speckled in it, from head to toe, blood was everywhere. Even the room was covered with a new layer of red paint. The body to my right had stopped moving a while ago now. Her heart now residing, uncomfortably, in my stomach.
He was here. He walked around the doorway and stared into my eyes. I saw his features crinkle in disgust as he looked around the room. I looked up at him desperately. I just needed him to comfort me, I did all this for him. It was his fault. He looked down at me and I smiled at him, the crusted blood cracking around my mouth. With a slow movement he knelt in front of me and looked at my blood smeared hands. When he looked back at me, he smiled the smile I was desperate to see. I flung my arms around him and was suddenly filled with a passion I had never known. A fire flared into life in my stomach and blazed a path towards my throat. It took me a few seconds to see the fire then leave my body in a red stream. I heard him laugh as he moved out of my arms and my vision went black.
He re-sheathed his knife as the body before him went cold. He stepped back to the door to look over the carnage he had knowingly caused. He laughed with delight as he said a small incantation. In less than an instant, the room went from red to it's original shade of yellow. If it had been slowed to be viewable by a normal human eye, you would see the blood swarm to a vial hidden under his jacket and the bodies on the floor disintegrate into dust.
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A former Prime Minister has for some years played a significant paid advisory role for a secretive Washington DC-based private equity firm with annual revenues of over $4bn. The Carlyle Group has also signed up an impressive list of former US politicians including President George HW Bush; and until 2005 its chairman emeritus was a former CIA deputy director, Frank Carlucci. Carlyle, perhaps not coincidentally, has made highly successful forays into the armaments business, such as its purchase of a controlling interest (since sold) in United Defense, supplier of vertical missile launch systems.
The ex-Prime Minister in question is John Major – which perhaps explains why no one has been jumping up and down to complain about the former Tory leader's joining commercial forces with his old friend from the White House, and giving Carlyle the benefit of the many useful contacts he had made while at 10 Downing Street. That's not the only reason, I hasten to add – there's also nothing improper about this arrangement; but the main reason for this being a non-issue is that John Major is not a man about whom the British public has very strong feelings.
The same cannot be said about Tony Blair. To say that he is hated – by a vocal minority – would be a gross understatement. The word "hate" does not do justice to the violence of this minority's gibbering rage at even the fact of his continued existence. Thus it was a shrewd move of Channel 4's Dispatches to commission the indefatigable Peter Oborne to make a documentary about Mr Blair's globe-trotting business dealings – and to question if there were conflicts of interests with his other role as representative of the Quartet of the US, Russia, Europe and the UN in their efforts to bring about peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
Oborne's programme, broadcast last night, investigated Blair's success in persuading the Israeli government to open up radio frequencies so that the Qatari-owned phone company Wataniya Mobile could operate in the West Bank. According to the programme, this boon to the inhabitants of the West Bank is tainted because the US investment bank JP Morgan had made a $2bn loan to Wataniya Mobile's parent company, and therefore stands to gain from Mr Blair's twisting of the Israeli government's arm – and Mr Blair has a paid advisory role with JP Morgan.
The response of Mr Blair's office was that the former PM had no idea about JP Morgan's link with Wataniya Mobile, and that "Tony Blair has advocated for the Wataniya project at the direct request of the Palestinians... [it] represented the largest single direct foreign investment into the Palestinian Authority". His office added that claims of a conflict of interest were "defamatory".
Of course, that won't make the slightest impression on Mr Blair's critics. If he were to bring peace between Israel and the Palestinians (a remote prospect, admittedly) they would regard such an outcome as blighted simply by virtue of his involvement. This was evident in the reaction to Mr Blair's giving the £4.6m proceeds of his memoirs to the Royal British Legion. This newspaper's Yasmin Alibhai-Brown described it as "cynical and provocative... chequebook expiation, kill and pay", while the Daily Mirror's Tony Parsons much less elegantly declared that "Blair should amputate a limb and give that to the British Legion".
There is no doubt that Mr Blair has, since his ousting from Downing Street following a putsch organised by Gordon Brown, made a lot of money, enabling him and his wife to accumulate a number of properties, worth – according to the perpetually-outraged Daily Mail – around £15m. It is one of the peculiarities of the well-remunerated Blairs' predicament that their new-found wealth is a cause of apoplexy on both the Right and the Left. Those on the Right tend to think that there is something inherently hypocritical if an ex-Labour Party leader makes a lot of money in retirement; they have no problem with John Major planning to buy a £3.5m Westminster apartment with the help of fees from the Carlyle group, or Lady Thatcher having accumulated a comfortable pile through making speeches in the US (before she became incapable). Yet if Mr Blair – or indeed Mr Brown – charges a large fee for speechifying in foreign parts, this is regarded as an outrage.
On the Left, the fury is for a different reason – although they also find the whole idea of people becoming rich as inherently unjust. They cannot forgive Blair for aligning the Labour Party with the forces of capitalism; and they regard his joining the Americans in the invasion of Iraq as nothing less than a war crime, for which he should be prosecuted at The Hague. The idea that Blair genuinely felt (however misguidedly) that Saddam Hussein did have weapons of mass destruction, is regarded as preposterous – although even Dr David Kelly, the unwitting source of the BBC's explosive assertion that Blair knew it was nonsense at the time, had agreed that Saddam retained biological weapons.
Y et it isn't necessary for people to believe that Blair is a mass-murderer in order to suffer from what Alex Massie in Foreign Policy magazine described as "Blair Derangement Syndrome". It is also an extension of the current mood of revulsion against politics in general – and Blair, having been the most popular politician of the era, must therefore become the most irrationally hated, once the infatuation wore off.
On a more human level, I can understand the ex-PM's frenetic combination of money-making and peace-mongering. His father suffered a catastrophic stroke at the age of 40 and Tony Blair himself has a dicky heart. It seems psychologically obvious that he feels he has not much time left to do everything he still wants to achieve – and he has always been ferociously ambitious.
In earlier years, when Prime Ministers left Downing Street at a more advanced age, such issues tended not to arise. By the time Jim Callaghan or Harold Wilson left office, they were ready for the gentle slopes of retirement, all passion (and ambition) spent. Yet Tony Blair and indeed Gordon Brown are still relatively young men with much to prove, not least to themselves. It is unreasonable to expect them to slink into obscurity; and if they strive to make their families financially secure, how does that harm us?
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INVITATION TO BID Sealed proposals will be received by the Orleans Levee District, 6920 Franklin Avenue, Administration Building, New Orleans, Louisiana 70122 or send electronically to http://www.centralbidding.com until 2:00 p.m., ¬Tuesday, June 20, 2017 opened and publicly read aloud for: OLD PROJECT NO. 27841 LAKESHORE DRIVE IMPROVEMENTS SEAWALL AREA EROSION CONTROL PAVING PROJECT REACHES 1C, 2A, & 5B Bids received after the above specified time will not be considered. The work includes, but is not limited to, removal of the existing drain lines and drainage structures, removal of existing seawall light standards and foundations, new pile supported concrete plaza slab along the seawall with tree planters, benches, handrails, and non-lighted bollards; installation of decorative seawall light fixtures, installation of vinyl sheet piling, new subsurface drainage lines and structures; landscaping, installation of turf reinforcement mats and hydro-mulching. Drawings, specifications and contract documents may be examined and obtained at the office of Design Engineering, Inc., 3330 West Esplanade Avenue South, Suite 205, Metairie, Louisiana 70002, Phone (504) 836-2155 upon deposit of $150.00 for each set of documents. Deposit on the first set is fully refundable to all bonafide prime Bidders upon return of the documents, in good condition, no later than ten (10) days after receipt of bids. Fifty percent of the deposit of all other sets of documents will be refunded upon return of documents, in good condition, no later than ten (10) days after receipt of bids, as stated above. Bidders are invited to attend a Pre-Bid Conference at 10:00 a.m. on ¬Friday, June 2, 2017, in the Conference Room located in Franklin Avenue Administration Building at 6920 Franklin Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70122. The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids for just cause. In accordance with LA. R. S. 38:2212 (A) (1) (b), the provisions and requirements of this Section, those stated in the advertisement for bids, and those required on the bid form shall not be considered as informalities and shall not be waived by any public entity. Bids must be submitted on forms provided by the Owner. Envelopes containing bids and bid guarantee must be sealed, marked with the project name, and with the Contractor's name as it appears on the License and Louisiana Contractor's license number. All bids must be accompanied by bid security equal to five (5%) of the sum of the base bid and all alternates, and must be in the form of a certified check, cashier's check or Bid Bond Form written by a surety company licensed to do business in Louisiana, signed by the surety's agency or attorney-in-fact. Surety must be listed on the current U. S. Department of the Treasury Financial Management Service list of approved bonding companies as approved for an amount equal to or greater than the amount for which it obligates itself in the Bond, or must be a Louisiana domiciled insurance company with at least an A - rating in the latest printing of the A.M. Best's Key Rating Guide. If surety is qualified by virtue of its Best's listing, the amount of the Bond may not exceed ten (10%) percent of policyholders' surplus as shown in the latest A.M. Best's Key Rating Guide. The Bid Bond shall be in favor of the Orleans Levee District and shall be accompanied by appropriate power of attorney. No Bid Bond indicating an obligation of less than five (5%) by...
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24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 759-835 DIVISION: "E" SUCCESSION OF ALEX J. KONDROIK, JR. FILED: DEPUTY CLERK NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR SALE OF PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE Notice is hereby given that Heather K. Logarbo, Administratrix of this Succession has applied for an order authorizing her to sell Decedent's one twentieth (1/20) interest in the following described property, for the price of $20,750.00, as is provided in the Petition filed in the record, and to execute any and all other documents which may be required: A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, advantages and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in Square #142-A of Section "A" in Bridgedale Subdivision, bounded by Transcontinental Drive, Teal Street, Harvard and High Avenues, designated as Lot #2 according to a survey made by Errol E. Kelly, Sur., dated Aug. 15, 1964, resurveyed Jan. 9, 1969; which said Lot #2 commences 100 feet from the comer of Teal Street and Transcontinental Drive, measures 100 feet front on Transcontinental Drive, same width in the rear, by a depth between equal and parallel lines of 150 feet. Improvements bear Municipal No. 1309 Transcontinental Drive, Metairie, LA. Any heir, legatee or creditor who opposes the proposed sale must file his opposition within seven (7) days from the date of last publication of this notice. Gretna, Louisiana, this 18th day of May, 2017 /s/Lisa M. Cheramie Clerk Of Court T. Robert LaCour, APLC 3220 Williams Blvd. Kenner LA. 70065 (504) 443-1353 office (504) 443-1354 fax firstname.lastname@example.com Publication: Times Picayune May 24, 2017 June 14, 2017
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INVITATION TO BID NAPOLEON AVENUE TERMINAL COMPLEX CRANES 4 & 5 ELEVATOR REPLACEMENT Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans (Board) will receive sealed bids in the Purchasing Department, 2nd floor, Room 240, 1350 Port of New Orleans Place, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 on Tuesday, June 27, 2017 until 11:00 a.m., local time, for Work Order No. 1-178. The work consists of furnishing all labor, material and equipment for the demolition of the existing Champion Elevator car, mast, enclosures, electrical equipment, and all parts associated with the existing elevator and supply and installation of a completely new elevator package on the upriver side of the upriver leg of container Cranes 4 & 5 as per the drawings and specifications provided in this bid document. The contractor shall also be responsible for the testing, commissioning, and certification of the replacement elevators. The cranes are located on a working wharf with personnel and traveling vehicles located below the area of work. Contractor shall take necessary precautions. Minimizing downtime of the cranes is of extreme importance. The site for delivery is located at the Napoleon Avenue Terminal near 5200 Terminal Drive, New Orleans, LA 70115 at Mississippi River Mile 100.0 Ahead of Passes. (Estimated Cost: $700,000). All Bids must be in accordance with the Bidding Documents on file with the Port of New Orleans. Complete contract documents may be obtained at Contract Administration on the 2nd floor, Room 240, at the above address on a payment of a non-refundable fee of $50.00 per set by check or money order only, payable to the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans. In accordance with LSA R.S. 38:2212 (A) (1) (e), contract documents may also be accessed at our Port Plan Room, Port of New Orleans Web Site at www.portno.com/active-construction-projects If request for contract documents is made through U.S. mail or other delivery services, bidder must furnish a street mailing address and will be held responsible for service fees. A pre-bid conference will be held on Monday, June 5, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. local time at the site. Bidders are urged to attend. Bidders shall park at the Port's Administration Building, 1350 Port of New Orleans Place, where they will be shuttled into the terminal. The site of work is subject to regular vehicle and pedestrian traffic where dropped tools or materials impose significant safety risks. Bidders are urged to become familiar with the special requirements of this project prior to bidding. Federal regulations require that persons seeking entry to secure areas of United States ports must present a valid Transportation Workers Identification Credential (TWIC) card and must maintain possession of the TWIC at all times in secure port areas. Persons seeking entry to the below listed facilities of the Port of New Orleans must possess a TWIC in order to attend pre-bid meetings on port property. Restricted areas include port property between Felicity Street and Henry Clay Avenue, Alabo Street Wharf, Jourdan Road Wharf, the Julia Street and Erato Street Cruise Terminals, and during cargo activities at Poland Avenue Wharf and Governor Nicholls Street Wharf. Prospective bidders must provide their own Harbor Police Department (HPD) approved TWIC escorts for those in their party who do not have a TWIC. Note that only contractors with open Board contracts are eligible to be on the approved escort list. The po...
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Invitation to Bid SEALED PROPOSALS AS LISTED BELOW WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT AT: LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER 433 BOLIVAR STREET ROOM 623 NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 (504) 568-6261 UNTIL TIMES AND DATES INDICATED, AT WHICH TIME AND PLACE THE PROPOSALS WILL BE PUBLICLY OPENED AND READ: BID TITLE: Center for Advanced Learning and Simulation (CALS) Abatement and Demolition BID NUMBER: 002098 BID OPENING DATE: JUNE 19, 2017 @ 2:00PM A mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be will be held on Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at 10:00 AM. Suppliers are to meet at 2021 Perdido Street, New Orleans, LA 70112 ALL INQUIRES AND REQUESTS FOR SPECIFICATIONS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED VIA EMAIL TO: email@example.com BIDS WILL BE PUBLICLY OPENED AT: LSUHSC- 433 BOLIVAR ST. 6TH FLOOR, RM 623C NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112 SPECIFICATIONS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT. THE RIGHT IS RESERVED TO REJECT ANY AND ALL BIDS AND TO WAIVE INFORMALITIES.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE. Notice is hereby given that New Orleans Portable Storage, LLC (PODS), located at 2056 Wooddale Blvd Baton Rouge, LA 70806, will sell the contents of certain containers at auction to the highest bidder to satisfy owner's lien. Auctions will be held at 2056 Wooddale Blvd Baton Rouge, LA 70806 on June 7, 2017 starting at 2:00PM. Contents to be sold may include general household goods, electronics, office & business equipment, furniture, clothing and other miscellaneous property. The name of the occupants, respective container number(s), and the respective item(s) to be sold are as follows: Customer Name Container # Annie Young 117A70 Michael Thompson 894B70 Val Taylor 36A70 Frankie Eaglin 8078B70 Kiesha Landry 8154B70 Joan Cooke 12524bx Peggy Hurley 58A70 Linda Brumfield 277B18 Shaun Leonard 410B70 Maggie Grace 10B18 Stacy Johnson 18A18
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Pursuant to the lien granted by the Louisiana Self-Service Storage Facility Act - LA RS: 4759, Storage Post Self Storage will sell at public auction on June 1, 2017 personal property belonging to the following tenants to the highest bidder for CASH ONLY. The sale shall be held at Storage Post, 300 23rd Street, Kenner, La 70062, 504-464-5929, at 9:30 AM or after. Name Space # Description of Property: Mayra C Vazquez B040-clothes, shelves racks. Amy E KC H305-stroller, clothes, vcr tapes. Lisa M Jackson I333-grill, lawn mower, yard tools. Erika Feagan I336-mirror, lawn chairs, luggage. All sales are subject to prior cancellation. Sale rules and regulations are available at the time of sale.
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JUDICIAL ADVERTISEMENT 24TH DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA Case NO: 770-259 DITECH FINANCIAL LLC VERSUS TROY EDWARD GREEN By virtue of and in obedience to a writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana in the above numbered and entitled cause, dated, April 10, 2017 I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058 on June 28, 2017, at 10 o'clock a.m., the following described property to wit: A CERTAIN PIECE OR PORTION OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the State of Louisiana, Parish of Jefferson, LAKE TIMERBANE ESTATES, Section No. 3 Ext., in Square G, bounded by Newbury Court, Devon Road, Bradford Place, Parcel DD-2, Manhattan Boulevard, Lake Timberlane Estates Section No. 3, Abbey Way, and Lake Timberland Estates Section No. 2, designated as Lot 27,more particularly described as follows, to-wit: Lot 27 commences 420, feet from the corner of Newbury Court and Bradford Place and measures thence 61.36 foot front on Newbury court, with a width in the rear of 60.15 feet, by a depth of 100.51 feet on the sideline nearer Bradford Place, by a depth of 111.55 feet on its opposite sideline, all according to a survey by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., dated July 6, 1969, last dated October 13, 1999, copy of which is attached to Act No.8948033. This sale is subject to all superior security interests, mortgages, liens and privileges. TERMS-CASH NOTE: All funds must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Irrevocable Bank Letter of Credit. RADER JACKSON Attorney for Plaintiff NEWELL D. NORMAND Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The Times Picayune May 19, 2017 June 23, 2017
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The Hush in Moscow; Gorbachev Accepts Poland's New Reality, But Not Without a Few Discreet Warnings
By BILL KELLER, Special to The New York Times
Published: August 21, 1989
MOSCOW, Aug. 20— The Kremlin's pregnant silence these days, as Poland prepares to install its first non-Communist government since the early postwar years, is widely taken for tacit acceptance of the new Polish reality.
That is probably right, but the silence should not be mistaken for indifference.
Quietly, Moscow has sought and received assurances that the new Polish Government will maintain its ties to Moscow, especially its membership in the Warsaw Pact.
Quietly, it has warned the West against seeking to exploit the Polish situation for strategic advantage.
Quietly, the Kremlin has indicated serious concern about the internal stability of a neighbor rocked by economic and political upheavals.
And leaking through the silence there have been faint signs of internal division about how warmly to embrace the new senior partner in Polish affairs, Solidarity. Moscow's handling of the independent trade union will send signals to other Eastern European countries and to the restive Soviet population.
Moscow's deliberate calm is the clearest evidence to date that the so-called Brezhnev doctrine - the Western misnomer for Moscow's determination to defend the Communist status quo in Eastern Europe - has given way to a more practical and flexible approach that might be called the Gorbachev doctrine.
Twice since World War II, the Soviet Union has sent troops to crush popular uprisings in Eastern Europe - to Hungary in 1956 and to Czechoslovakia in 1968. 'Unconditional Respect'
Twice, in 1956 and in 1981, Moscow seemed on the verge of military intervention in Poland to protect orthodox Communist control.
Today, almost no one expects President Mikhail S. Gorbachev to jeopardize his warm relations with the West and risk his precarious domestic liberalization by intervening directly in Poland.
Since February 1986, when Mr. Gorbachev proclaimed ''unconditional respect'' for the right of every country ''to chose the paths and forms of its development,'' the Soviet leader has become steadily more categorical in foreswearing meddling in the affairs of his neighbors.
Last month, at the insistence of the Soviet Union, Poland and Hungary -and despite resistance from Czechoslovakia and East Germany - Mr. Gorbachev's line was incorporated in a communique of the Warsaw Pact. It declared that relations among the allies should be based on ''equality, independence and the right of each to develop independently its own political line, strategy and tactics without outside interference.''
Mr. Gorbachev clearly recognizes that a hands-off policy in Eastern Europe is essential for preserving East-West detente, which he hopes will give him the breathing space to modernize his domestic economy.
The Soviet leader appears to accept the idea that if Communism is to regain its influence in the world, it must be seen as based on popular will and tangible success rather than coercion.
Moreover, Mr. Gorbachev's tolerance of dramatic change in Poland is in keeping with his willingness to accept unsettling change at home. In the Baltic republics, this has included a kind of power-sharing with non-Communists, the vigorous national fronts that play a pivotal role in shaping the political and economic policies of the republics.
One reason that Leonid I. Brezhnev moved to suppress the Prague Spring in 1968 is because he could not stomach what appeared in the Czech press after the lifting of censorship. Today, Moscow itself is regarded by doctrinaire Communist lands as the font of subversion, its publications banned in East Germany and Cuba. The Shrill Days of 1981
When it comes to foreign policy, the Soviet press still marches to an official tune, so it is revealing to compare the current press accounts of Poland with those of 1981, in the months before martial law ended Solidarity's previous effort to share in the running of Poland.
At that time, the Soviet press was full of shrill alarums about ''counterrevolution'' in Poland, reports of large-scale Soviet military maneuvers on the Polish border, stern Kremlin warnings to the sister party in Warsaw and accounts of rallies where Soviet factory workers were assembled to condemn Solidarity.
This time the press has avoided any suggestion that the developments in Poland do not reflect the will of the people, that outside agitators are at work, or that Soviet interests are threatened - anything that might seem to justify an exception to the Gorbachev doctrine.
On the contrary, the Warsaw correspondent for Izvestia, the official Government newspaper, reported today that the Polish Communists lost support because they failed to resolve the economic crisis, and that they now have to regroup. A Bouquet for Walesa
''The party has stopped being the ruling party, and finding itself in a kind of opposition it intends to reconstruct itself, to work out a new program that will be able to attract millions,'' Izvestia said, adding, ''Many things here take some getting used to.''
The weekly New Times, which in 1981 was a voice of alarm, this week published a sympathetic profile of the Solidarity leader, Lech Walesa, describing him as a force for ''nonviolence and stability.''
But the press also reflects some of the body English that the Soviets have surely been applying through diplomatic channels to insure their own interests in Poland.


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If a 14-year-old heard The Beatles in 1964, by 1988, that music fan likely looked at Motley Crue with skeptisim.
When I was 14, I saw Ice Cube live. I tried to embody the West Coast ideals of The Chronic. I was about to embark on my formative years with a soundtrack by all the "greats" - Biggie, Pac, Nas, Jay-Z, OutKast and the list goes on.
As I now reach 34-years old, I can't help but have a nostalgically close-minded opinion of most new hip-hop. As I see it, "new" is anything after Jay-Z's Black Album. I joke, though my sentiments are shared by a lot of hip hop fans my age.
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He's been around the game of life and hip-hop a long time. He is older than me at 36. Lastly, a few months ago, I got off my high horse and listened to his latest album, B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time. It's entertaining. Regardless of my ability to relate to his experiences - I never sold nearly that much crack, my head bobbed and I dug it.
The hours leading up to the show had the same high school years-ish excitement. No beepers and pay phones though, instead coordinating a diverse group with smart phones, or phones, as I call them.
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After two opening acts, Pusha T winds up the crowd and the place is nearly sold-out. You feel it as shoulders bump and drinks splash. The staff keeps us out of the blue-taped fire lanes. Colorado remedy smoke is detected here and there. The place is on crescendo. Everyone is finding their place to watch the show and it is electric.
The stage darkens. Iconic and recent video images appear on screens on stage of sports, including life moments of winning and overcoming.
As 2 Chainz takes the stage, I swear he only had one chain on. What followed was an hour and a half of unified crowd mayhem. 2 Chainz and his DJ kept it on fire.
At times, the crowd sang word for word so loud, 2 Chainz had to battle to be heard. Even with the Fillmore's floor rattling bass sound system, the audience's vocals were a force. This show was off the Chainz, pun intended.
Next up, the after-show parking lot. Now, more intoxicated, a general breeding ground exists for the type incidents that make good hip-hop shows get a bad reputation.
But not this show. We all waited, danced in the parking lot, people watched and, to my knowledge, got home safe. Just like you are supposed to.
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Appleton Wiske is a small village and civil parish that sits between Northallerton and Yarm in the Vale of York, a flat tract of land that runs between the North Yorkshire Moors to the east, the Yorkshire Dales to the west and the River Tees to the north.
The village, which was known as Apletona in the Domesday Book, eventually took the name of the nearby River Wiske to distinguish itself from other Appletons in the area, such as Appleton-le-Moors. The river does not actually run through the village itself, passing about half a mile to the south on its meandering journey to the larger River Swale.
Surrounding area[edit]
There are four roads out of Appleton Wiske, each leading to a neighbouring village or hamlet. The road north leads to the tiny community of Picton whilst the road to the east - after crossing the railway line connecting Teesside to the East Coast Main Line - leads to West Rounton. Heading out of the village to the west the road runs up a small hill known locally as Cheesecake, which briefly follows the course of a minor Roman road, before passing through Hornby and into Great Smeaton. The southerly road forks, passing through Welbury on the eastern branch and through Deighton and on to Northallerton on the western one.
Appleton Wiske in history[edit]
Appleton Wiske - today just a tiny parish within the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire - is actually one of the 41 ancient parishes of the Wapentake of Langbaurgh in the Cleveland division of the North Riding of Yorkshire.[2][3] It was also a part of the sessional division of Yarm.
The parish was gifted by William the Conqueror to Robert de Brus of Skelton, an ancestor of Robert the Bruce, the famous Scottish king. De Brus's son gave it to St. Mary's Abbey, York, along with Hornby and other lands. It remained in the possession of the St. Mary's until the dissolution of monasteries, when it was granted by Henry VIII to Charles Brandon, who later became the Duke of Suffolk. The parish then passed though several hands and was finally split up in the early 19th century after the death of Robert Henry Allan, whose family had owned the parish since the early 18th century.
The village is thought to date back to Saxon times[4] and, as already mentioned, is referred to in the Domesday Book as Apletona. The village church is not quite as old - the first reference to it is in 1299, when Edward I visited and heard Mass. Parish records indicate that it was being called The Chapel of St Mary Magdalen in Appleton by 1586. It is a small Norman structure, consisting of nave, chancel and porch.
In 2009 it was suggested that a planning application for nine wind turbines was due to be raised with Hambleton District Council. With each turbine planned to be 425 feet high and the nearest some 800 yards from the village some locals started an opposition group (North Hambleton Windfarm Action Group) to oppose the development. The election of a Conservative Government at the May 2015 general election made it unlikely that the development would proceed.
Local economy[edit]
The traditional source of revenue in Appleton is from farming, though weaving enjoyed a brief ascendancy during the industrial revolution. Records show that 200 looms were in operation in 1850, but the industry had almost completely disappeared by 1900. The modern population of the village still includes a fair share of farmers and farm workers, but nowadays most people commute to jobs in nearby towns, such as Northallerton, Darlington and Middlesbrough.
Today the village boasts, in addition to the church, a chapel, a primary school, a village hall, a post office/general store and two pubs: The Lord Nelson and the Shorthorn Inn. The Lord Nelson sits at the centre northern edge of the village, fronted by a small green, and is divided into a public bar and lounge, in traditional fashion. The Shorthorn lies on the edge of the village.
A major fund raising effort in the mid-1980s saw the village acquire and develop its own recreation field. The field comprises a football pitch, a cricket square (defunct since the 2001 foot and mouth disease outbreak when playing restrictions were introduced) and pavilion, two tennis courts, a children's playground, and a skatepark. There are also recycling facilities.
The village won a Gold medal in Yorkshire in Bloom in 2006, 2007 and 2008, also winning best village in 2008. Appleton Wiske has also represented Yorkshire and Humberside three times in the national Britain in Bloom competition. In 2002 winning a Silver Medal, in 2004 a Silver-Gilt and Best Village and in 2009 a Gold Medal.
Every year in January the village puts on a Pantomime and the whole village gets involved in someway. The January 2016 production will be the company's 30th and will be "The Pied Piper of Appleton"
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- ^ "Appleford - Ardwick". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- ^ "GENUKI: Appleton Wiske". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- ^ "Appleton Wiske History". www.appletonwiske.com. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
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