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Solving the intricate challenges presented by any sort of water heater failure situation, pipe leak scenario or any other means of water damage is what Zack Cohen and the water damage Downey experts with 911 Restoration Los Angeles take on every day.
Handling these challenges requires a skilled hand and a fastidious and timely approach, which is why Zack and the water damage Downey crew will always arrive within 45 minutes of a call for help.
"We are also available 24/7/365 for all variety of projects from a local area flood to a ceiling leak from when the weather picks up and monsoons on the area all at once," Zack says.
Beyond his ability to arrive quickly and at any time of the day or night, Zack and his water damage Downey team with 911 Restoration will also bring all of the latest drying technology and suction equipment to every job that they take on.
"We bring the best tools and do the best work on every project that we take on," Zack says. "And that has given us a reputation of being not only experts at removing water damage, but also the stress that it can cause people as well."
If your home is amid a water damage scenario and you want it taken care of by the best in the industry at everything from leaking pipes to ruptured appliance hoses, then don't wait another minute to contact Zack and the water damage Downey professionals with 911 Restoration Los Angeles today!
Tips for Preventing A House Flood Situation
Zack and the water damage Downey experts with 911 Restoration have taken on and solved every manner of water damage related concern that exists in this business and that's how they have come to develop such a thorough list of ways to prevent such situations all together.
"We can always help people after they've had a water damage situation take place, but we can also help people to prevent them from ever occurring too," Zack explains.
- Take time to inspect the pipes in your home for age related concerns such as rusting or corrosion that may cause a burst to occur.
- For older homes, its best to make sure the roofing shingles are intact and that there are none missing which will let water into the home the next time it rains.
- Point your downspouts at least five feet away from the home to project any discharge away from the foundation to avoid liquefaction.
- Have a professional snake scope your entire plumbing system at least every two to five years to catch any small challenges before they grow to become larger more expensive ones.
"We have countless ways to help people avoid any kind of water damage, from education on how to form a sandbag barrier to how the knobs on the back wall of a toilet operate to shut it down, we can help teach it all," Zack says.
If your home is already having a toilet overflow issue, or if you have any other source of water damage in your home, then don't wait another millisecond to contact Zack and the water damage Downey crew with 911 Restoration Los Angeles today!
Sink Drain Backup Causes Flooding in the Kitchen
Zack and the water damage Downey team with 911 Restoration Los Angeles have been solving the various forms that water damage takes for long enough to have seen it all in their time, and that has led to some interesting challenges that require skill and expertise to solve.
"We went out to one job recently where the sink in the kitchen got clogged below the drain point and create a backup flooding situation in the room," Zack says.
"The homeowner tried to clean it all up on their own, but when they bought a moisture meter and tested the area, they realized that the job wasn't complete and they got worried about mold growth."
Zack and his water damage Downey crew took care of the water that was left behind after the flood, but they also brought in air movers and dehumidifiers to eliminate even the moisture from the air so that the cabinetry and floor underlay didn't develop mold growth over time.
"We used the best tools for the job and made sure to completely extract the water from the kitchen floor, the cabinets and the room as a whole so that no mold had a chance to start growing," Zack says.
After eliminating the moisture left over after the flooding, fixing the drain so that it wouldn't cause a backup again, Zack and his water damage Downey team even helped out with the insurance paperwork for the homeowner so they wouldn't have to stress over this too.
If your home is experiencing a kitchen flood from a drainage backup, or any other means, then you need to contact our water damage Downey experts with 911 Restoration Los Angeles today for help!


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Book Art Conference Exhibition
Building on the mission of Small Craft Advisory Press, FSU, Tallahassee, Florida, the conference theme will focus on various types of collaborations in the book arts. The program consists of tours, exhibitions, panels, roundtables, and a keynote event to inspire collaboration among attendees. The exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts is a juried Membership Exhibition entitled "Conspire: Collaboration, Cooperation, Collection" that runs from January 13 until February 10, 2017.
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The Defense Information Systems Agency has renewed its anti-virus software license agreement with McAfee to allow Department of Defense employees working at home to protect their personal computers from viruses, spyware and other cyber threats.Read More »
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Education is the most BLUE TANZANITE VOLUNTEER CHARITY LIMITED main value: We are extremely passionate about work we do with school in Mirerani and around Simanjiro District in Manyara region in Tanzania.In Tanzania governments primary and secondary school the Tanzania government provide free education to all pupils but the big challenge to parents is the provision of food for lunch to the pupils.
In private school at Mirerani, Simanjiro in Manyara and all over Tanzania prevents do pay school fees to primary to secondary school. The private school the private school is the leading school in the national examination in each year in Tanzania
Most of the students at these school often come from harsh social – economic background and some of them are orphans street children /abandoned children, That's why we need volunteers like you to help our school, teachers and teachers and enable this child to reach their full potential.
Volunteer on the teaching program in Tanzania work in English medium school, government school or orphanage schools, where the presence of volunteer is beneficial in opening the minds and broadening the horizons of the children along the with exposing them to native spoken English.
Children in Tanzania love to attend school often stating 3yea old and wherever possible children hope to stay in school until at least 14 years old as education is highly in Tanzania society.
Teaching volunteers will work by themselves or alongside the local teacher and other volunteers, volunteers will teach subjects such as Mathematics, English, Science, Social studies ( Geography and History), Music, Art and Physical education and sport.
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Claques can be written for sponsoring a child, either through one claque provided for the entire year, equally proportioned by the charity for each term or postdated claques for the year with drawn each term .the school term starts on January to June first term and the second term starts from July to December.
Every child deserves Education, with your help we can increase children's access to equitable and quantity Education at BTVCL we believe that every child has the right to be educated. Education transforms lives and increases opportunities for sustainable development and economic growth.
About 60% of children at the age of 3 to 17 years in the Masai rural area do not attend school due to poverty. Over 40% of children living in rural area in Tanzania communities are ending to primary level education due to families' poverty. These children are at greater risk for exploitation by becoming victims of child labour in the mine. Early marriage and lower income earning potential.
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Many of our small business owners here in Maine have complain to me about calls to their business "from Google" – automated voice messages telling them they will lose their Google listings if the recipient doesn't press 1 or some such thing. Then, if the business owner tries to respond in any way other than hanging up, they just get placed on terminal hold or disconnected. These calls are so disruptive to businesses. There is no way before picking up the phone to know it's just one of those calls. In fact, many of the calls have a local phone number on your caller ID.
Here's the thing. These calls aren't from Google. They have nothing to do with Google. That's not how Google operates. There are a lot of great free tools that help you with Internet marketing via a Google account, but Google doesn't really beat down your door to get you to use them. They aren't even calls from any known firm and the phone numbers on your caller ID are spoofed. I called one number that was based in Orem Utah and it was really the number for some poor orthodontist's office there. A voice mail message picked up immediately, said they had nothing to do with those calls, and provided options if you were really calling for your child's orthodontic care. If you think these calls are bothersome as a recipient, imagine the hassle of owning a phone number that happened to match one of the spoofed numbers for these mass-generated bothersome calls.
If you have been the recipient of these calls, you may wonder how you got on the list. It's nothing that you've done or not done. Being on the Do Not Call List doesn't make any difference. Having a website (or not) for your business doesn't make a difference. The numbers are collected by a computer program and the automated calls are also generated by a computer program. As far as I can tell, the purpose of these calls is to generate MORE phone spam. It's called phishing. When the number is not disconnected for your business, they can then sell it as part of a "business leads list". If you've ever gotten an offer to purchase hundreds of qualified leads of people who are your business' target market for pennies on the dollar, well, this is where they get them from… Please don't waste your money.
I wish I could tell you how to stop them but I can't. What I can tell you is that they are not from Google and have nothing to do with Google. If you haven't claimed your free business' Google Place, I can show you how to do that. If you have a website but are not using free Google Analytics to track all sorts of great information about visits to your website, I can help you with that too. My advice is to just keep telling yourself that these calls aren't from Google (no matter how many times they say that they are) and to explore some of the great free business Internet marketing tools that are from Google.


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A dear friend of mine – who also has a PhD – has begun thinking through her next career transition. Towards the end of her degree, she did what many people do: started a family. While she has been working in a research support position at a university for the past few years, she confided to me recently that she is interested in finding other employment. Naturally, her first thoughts have turned to applying for professorships as she is still very much interested in researching and teaching in some capacity. Of course, give the difficulties of the academic job market, this has created a certain amount of stress.
I proposed to her that she might satisfy her desire to engage with those academic job skills in other forums. Her response, like so many other Humanities PhDs coming out of the broken system, was: "But I don't know what else is out there." I told her that I would put together some advice, so she can start exploring the many career options – as a sole proprietor or as a member of an already established business – that are available to smart, creative, and hardworking people like ourselves. I realized while composing the email to her that this would make a useful blog post for those PhDs, who, like my friend, have been out of grad school for a few years, are raising children, working unsatisfying jobs, and are now wondering where their degrees can take them.
Identify Your Work Interests
First off, identify what is that you want to do. What is it that you miss about being in academia? Equally important, think through all of the things that frustrated you about being in academia too. Resist the temptation to nostalgize your experience of higher education. Be specific in your answers. For example, if you say that you miss teaching, do you mean that you miss lecturing or is it that you miss working one-on-one with a student? By clearly defining the elements of work that you are interested in pursuing further, the easier it will be to figure out what kind of job position will fulfill your aspirations.
Create Your Dream Job Title
Second, come up with your ideal job title. If you are stuck for ideas, I recommend joining a business networking site like LinkedIn and perusing the job titles that people use there. Many professionals allow anyone to view their page, so you can also get a good idea of their past work experience and education. Don't worry if your own history differs – part of the transition process from academia to the wider-world of work is learning to how to translate your existing skills into language that the business community will understand. The point of this exercise is to expose you to the possibilities of work that exist for you. Dare to dream big – remember, you are more than researching and writing!
Start Networking
Networking is fairly key to landing yourself a new position or establishing yourself in the market (if you choose to go the sole proprietor route). Get on social media. Use LinkedIn (it's free and easy). Twitter is particularly useful for making quick and painless contacts with people in the field you want to work in (and they often will post links to articles about their professional community). Set up "informational interviews" at businesses that you want to learn more about – sometimes an informational interview can even lead to a job, but its practical benefit is getting you out of the house and connecting with an established professional to whom you can ask questions. Also, learn what networking events are going on in your city and attend them. Most large communities have innovation centres that assist entrepreneurs get their businesses going – approach them for resources and contacts. Get some business cards - they don't need to be fancy, just make sure your contact information is on them (and that job title your after, i.e. if you want to be an copy writer, put "copy writer" or "freelance copy writer" on your card).
Take Risks and Believe in Yourself
For most people, transitioning into a new job is scary. For those who have been in academia for most of their adult life, it can be difficult to picture yourself doing other kinds of work. But it is totally possible. Talk to people. Be straightforward about your career aspirations. Reach out to old contacts and ask for references and referrals. Speak positively about yourself and recognize the small successes (from making a new networking contact to landing your first client or interview). Remember that there is no one way to a career – many people take different paths to end up in the same place. If you can survive the PhD process, you can survive (and succeed in) the job search!


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Boat looks great.
Where did you get those mounts that fit the front of the bimini to the tower?
I need to modify the width of my bimini to fit within my tower and can't use the mounts on the side of the boat.
It's called a interlocking pipe clamp. We had a couple left over from a previous job but if you have a search around you can pick them up from industrial pipe suppliers. I packed it out with some Nitrile rubber sheet to give it some decent grip on the tower, you can also do them up FT without them bending giving it a bloody good grip.
Here is some place I found on google, it's looking like $8 a piece for the 50mm one.
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Got them from Marine Parts Source in the US for $50 bucks a piece and $48 postage. I was looking at $100 a pop from OZ + postage for the 1 1/2 in ones. If you send them an email detailing what you want, they get back to you with a quote and you can then order online. I should have bought some more gear at the same time as there was heaps of room left in the medium flat rate box (it was about 30cm3) as it would have cost the same for postage.
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Thought I would post up some of the latest additions to the boat.
We have laid down some more Hydro-Turf around the bow and transom, turned out great and looks great. Takes a bloody long time to measure, cut, trim & glue down though. Still have a bit more to lay along the top of the gunnels and in the bow area.
We had a couple of issues with the heat exchanger weeping from a spot where a hose clamp had worn through the brazing so I cleaned it up with the media blaster, had it repaired & gave it a new coat of paint.
We also thought that the engine was overheating as the temp gauge was going over 110 deg C at times, so we fitted a direct reading gauge to the top of the water pump to give better indications. It turns out that we had the wrong type of temp sender fitted for the gauge, easy fix. But we can now see that the engine is running quite cool, it is operating at about 60-75 deg under normal load and never exceeds 85 deg. I think it is a 83 deg thermostat fitted. Anyone think that that is too cool?
We have found that the exhaust fumes are getting a bit annoying when wake surfing. So I slapped together a underwater exhaust system with a integrated propeller pocket extension. Turned out ok I reckon, testing will be on the weekend at Lake Barambah. Hope it works.
And I finally finished off the interior carpet. I sewed on a bordering strip around the perimeter & fitted a bunch of SS buttons to fix the sucker down. Took me about 2 days to accomplish but I was getting pissed off with the carpet moving around all the time.
Next on the list is a pair of removable & foldable back seats to allow the extra space when it is needed. I am also looking a fitting a vertically oriented trim tab protruding out the side of the stern, hopefully dialling in the wake surf a bit better.
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Looking good! That exhaust looks neat, will be interested to hear if it affects the wake.
And how did you manage to park it in front of your house like that?
been a while since I piped up, but thats just getting better and better every time I see it. Gives me motivation to get out and do some more work, although your fab skills and creativity far exceed even my imagination. Awesome work again,
Cheers ash.
We tested the underwater exhaust on the weekend and the first test showed that the steering was up creek. We couldn't steer to the left while off the plane and when on the plane it was skittish as hell. So after 10 min of careering around the lake we pulled the boat out and ripped it off. I rang my brother up and he came out with a grinder so we could chop it a bit shorter. We hacked it down to a bit less than half its initial length and chucked it back on the boat.
After hacking it down it worked a treat. No exhaust smell at all and it is remarkably quiet. We can also steer now
As for the wake. It has made the wake surf much easier to get it to hold shape and the wake for boarding is the same, no difference except for a smaller rooster tail out from the prop tunnel.
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It has been a while since I last posted, so here's the latest additions.
Let there be light...
Cabin: 5m of RGB LED light strip under the gunwale and another 3.5m under the bimini. All remote controlled.
Driving/Flood: 4 x 27w LED Spotties, 2 x 27w LED Floodies & 2 x 24w Flood.
LED mast mount steaming light & side mount nav.
2 x DIY 2 x 30w under water flood lights (120+ watt total) fitted but not 100% functional yet.
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And of course the night time shots, bit crappy though.
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How are the prawns running at this time of year? Haha, looks good tho!
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thats one choice project !
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Would be a good prawning rig I agree.
Head down to shorncliffe or shultz canal with that and I reckon you will do ok.
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Didn't attract many prawns, but this seemed to follow us when we had the lights on.
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Boat looks awesome mate, awesome job.
Where abouts did you get the LED strip lighting from. Looks awesome at night.
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Got them from eBay:
They come in 5m lengths and are ok quality. It can be tricky if you want to cut & re-solder as it is a bit fiddly getting 4 wires soldered so close together.
I used a IR remote controller from the same place. The control box is not water proof so I pulled it apart and lacquered the PCB to give it a bit more resistance to the weather, should last a while now.
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I'd love to pimp my boat trailer with those rope LEDs, might cause a few distractions to other drivers on the road when going home at night. Don't think it would be strictly legal. Nice job Mack6
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Thanks for that. May have to make it a winter job
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They are totally out of their element! Four mismatched couples find unexpected romance in four full-length novels
They are totally out of their element! Four mismatched couples find unexpected romance.
Whispers From Yesterday
(Christy Award winner and RITA Award finalist)
by Robin Lee Hatcher
Following her father's death and her own attempted suicide, pampered socialite Karen Butler reluctantly seeks refuge at the home of Sophia Taylor, the grandmother she has never known. Determined to escape Sophia's broken-down ranch as soon as she can, Karen resists connecting with its inhabitants – especially Dusty Stoddard, the driven director of the Golden T's summer camp for at-risk youth. For through their kindness and acceptance, along with the diaries of a remarkable women who died twenty-eight years before she was born, Karen will discover hidden secrets and amazing truths that could lead her to the greatest love of all.
Footprints On Her Heart
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For fans of A Healing Heart, Footprints On Her Heart features an all grown up Cadence Keegan in her own love story. She's a fitness coach thrown into an impromptu relationship with Jackson Campbell, a computer whiz and game designer, when a troubled girl causes a fire damaging both businesses. After the teen delinquent is ordered into restitution work, Cadence and Jackson are brought face-to-face with a choice between individual dreams and a future together. Can love overcome all their obstacles or will her heart be trampled?
A Wagonload of Trouble
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by Vickie McDonough
A computer geek is completely out of his element in the wilds of Wyoming. While his sister stays home with her sick son, Evan reluctantly accompanies his niece on a two-week wagon train tour with her history class, despite a pressing business deadline. The pretty gal heading up the tour thinks he's a total greenhorn, but he can't help being attracted to the competent woman who seems to have it all together. When the tour is sabotaged, will Evan's unique skills help solve the mystery?
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Michelle Penn has dropped out of college to work as a reporter for a tiny weekly newspaper. The boss's handsome son, Robert Merrick III, is quickly making her forget all about her former sweetheart, but Rob is forbidden by office policy to date Michelle. His father is standing firm on that policy, but if Rob leaves the company he'll have nothing to offer the woman he's quickly falling in love with. It seems they need a small miracle to be able to keep all the promises they've made—to themselves and to each other.


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LOG140 The Economics of International Import Markets
Learning Outcome
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will have an overall understanding of how to import into the United States from anywhere on the globe. So much of the import process is driven by the presence of U.S. Customs, that a large emphasis will be placed on understanding the role of Customs as it relates to importing. Importing, like its mirror image discipline, exporting, is documentation intensive. This course will cover the most common documents required in an import transaction and explain their purpose and application. The primary text is a shared text between this course and its sister course, Export Management, appropriately entitled Export/Import: Procedures and Documentation by Thomas E. Johnson (Ex/Im). This text will be supported by a several U.S. government publications entitled, U.S. Import Requirements, Importing into the United States: A Guide for Commercial Importers, Marking of Country of Origin on U.S. Imports, Temporary Importation under Bond and U.S. Customs Bonded Warehouse.
- Explain the major aspects of importing in the context of the current global business environment.
- Understand the regulatory and statutory issues associated with successful importing.
- Achieve an awareness of the major role played by U.S. Customs in the import transaction.
- Understand the significance of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) as it relates to the cost of importing.
- Be able to identify free trade agreements between the U.S. and other countries and their impact upon the importer.
- Recognize that imports play a major role in our economy and understand the process by which these goods enter the commerce of the United States.


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World number one Rory McIlroy had an unexpected traffic jam as well as 149 opponents to deal with as he began the defence of his BMW PGA Championship title on Thursday.
McIlroy was among the early starters at Wentworth as he looked to claim a third win in four events, having followed his victory in the WGC-Cadillac Match Play with a third consecutive top-10 finish in the Players Championship and a seven-shot triumph at Quail Hollow on Sunday.
Playing alongside Ryder Cup team-mates Jamie Donaldson and Martin Kaymer, McIlroy got off to a poor start with a bogey on the first, failing to find the green with his approach and missing from 12 feet for par after a poor chip.
To the delight of the large crowds, the 26-year-old quickly made amends with a birdie from 15 feet on the second, before having to wait on the third tee as a number of cars crossed the fairway to reach one of the spectator car parks.
At level par, McIlroy was two shots off the early lead shared by England's Sam Hutsby, South African George Coetzee and Spain's Jorge Campillo, with Lee Westwood one under after also making a birdie on the second.
Scotland's Stephen Gallacher had been forced to withdraw from the event before play began due to a wrist injury, with his replacement Robert Dinwiddie perhaps unsurprisingly starting his round just 30 minutes later with a double bogey on the first.
McIlroy moved into red figures with a birdie on the par-five fourth, traditionally one of the easiest holes on the course, but promptly gave the shot back with a bogey on the fifth.
A good birdie chance then went begging on the eighth to leave the four-time major winner level par, three behind the pace now being set by England's Chris Wood, who had picked up shots on the sixth, eighth and 12th.
Wood was a shot ahead of a five-strong group which included Ryder Cup hero Donaldson, whose approach to the eighth almost span back into the water at the front of the green, but stopped in the rough and allowed the Welshman to save par thanks to a deft chip.
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Agenda Item No. 10
1. To ensure that Elected Members are provided with an overview of planned service user consultation activity within the Social Services Directorate.
1. Scrutiny Committee notes the report.
2. Information about consultation activity is reported to Scrutiny Committee annually.
1. To provide Elected Members with information about engagement and consultation activity with service users and carers.
2. To ensure effective scrutiny of a key function undertaken by Social Services on behalf of the Council.
2. The Policy and Quality Assurance Officer for Social Services, in collaboration with Heads of Service and Operational Managers, developed a three-year consultation plan for the 2012 to 2014 calendar years. The themes of the consultation programme incorporate service priorities as confirmed by senior management and these are grounded in the findings from audit, inspection and other quality assurance processes including the monitoring of complaints. The plan also schedules annual consultations which must take place to ensure compliance with the requirements for providing regulated service activity such as fostering, adoption, residential care, adult placement and respite services. There is some flexibility so that we can also respond to emerging needs. A copy of the plan is attached at Appendix 1.
3. On the basis of the programme, the Policy and Quality Assurance Officer for Social Services undertakes an annual programme of consultation from January to December each year, to explore the experiences and views of service users and their families across Social Services.
Relevant Issues and Options
4. The methodology for consultation activity is developed by the Policy and Quality Assurance Officer and team managers/operational managers. Questionnaires are the most frequently used method, followed by semi-structure interviews. Service users are provided with a range of options for engagement including telephone interview, postal return and face-to-face interview. Symbol based questionnaires are developed for people who require them in this format. Questionnaires can incorporate alternative languages and service users are always given the option to request a questionnaire written in the Welsh language.
5. Where it is appropriate, attempts are made to contact as many servicer users as possible. In most areas, this will be at least half of the population using services. Response rates vary and, in some service areas such as child protection, it can be difficult to engage service users. Where the response rate cannot be considered as representative of the overall population of service users, this is acknowledged in the resulting report and recommendations are made to improve rates for future consultation exercises.
6. This year, for example, we identified the need to improve the quality of response to questionnaires leading to a better understanding of the service user experience and ultimately changes to service provision that provide improved outcomes. For example, questionnaires have been expanded to ask more specific questions about information received by service users. Also, newer service users have been engaged in the consultation exercise to obtain a more recent overview of the information they received.
7. During 2013, we consulted on:
8. For each consultation exercise, a report is produced and an action plan developed to address areas identified for improvement. To ensure that learning from one area is translated into improvements across the Directorate, issues are also collated thematically and an overview of the 2013 thematic learning follows.
Information provision
Planning and Review
Services and Support
Complaints and Compliments
What was learned?
Improvements desired by respondents:
9. Consultation activity is carried out within existing resources.
10. There is a requirement for local authorities to consult with service users in the delivery of regulated social services.
11. There are no crime and disorder implications arising directly from this report.
12. The Local Authority is required to comply with its duty under Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010. Section 149 requires a Public Body when carrying out all of its functions to give due regard to the need to limit discrimination, advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations in respect of the protected characteristics of age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and sexual orientation.
13. Consultation activity is designed to promote equality of opportunity and ensure that service users and carers are able to respond according to their ability and preferred method.
14. The report is in accordance with the Council's policy framework and budget.
15. There are no matters in this report which relate to an individual Ward.
16. Social Care and Health
Carys Lord, Head of Business Management and Innovation.
Laura Eddins - Policy and Quality Assurance Officer, Social Services.
Colette Limbrick – Operational Manager, Safeguarding and Performance.
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Visitors will be flocking to Lower Manhattan this week for the annual Tribeca Film Festival[1], but there's more than just movies[2] to see.
The views at Battery Park City's 463-room Conrad New York[3] hotel start as soon as you walk in: The lobby is decorated with a 13-story-high original Sol Lewitt piece, Loopy Doopy, that lets visitors know they're someplace special—and that's not something that stops on the ground floor.
"In a city where personal space is a luxury, a standard suite at Conrad New York is an impressive 430 square feet," explains Hilton Worldwide Luxury Brands executive Stuart Foster. "All suites offer a living space and a bedroom intuitively separated by a frosted glass sliding panel."
Here, Foster tells DuJour about the most sought after room in the hotel.
The most in-demand room in the hotel:
"The Superior Riverview Suites." (pictured right)
What makes it so special?
"The sweeping views of the Hudson are outstanding, especially during sunset. The design of the room is modern, muted and plush—one of the highlights is the contemporary art. The hotel boasts an impressive collection of original artwork by post-World War II modern masters and contemporary artists. Work from Ellsworth Kelly, Lee Friedlander, Georg Baselitz can be found throughout the property's public spaces and even in the guest suites."
Celebrity guests:
"Conrad New York has hosted many celebrity guests within the Tribeca Film Festival universe and otherwise. We do, however, respect their privacy and can't share any names."
Rate per night:
Around $400 per night.
Your personal favorite:
"Conrad New York's 700-plus square-foot Premier Suites are another one of my personal favorites."
"In addition to the amenities offered in the Superior Riverview Suites, the Premier Suites also feature a sectional sofa so I can entertain in the living room and a separate deep soaking tub where you can relax at the end of the day."
Fun Fact:
In homage to Sol DeWitt, Conrad New York named its hugely popular rooftop bar and terrace "Loopy Doopy." From mid-April through early October, guests and even local residents are invited to enjoy creative cocktails and light bites.
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A Producer of Custom Limestone
March 1, 2009
Based in Florence, TX, Continental Cut Stone sits in the countryside of Texas about an hour outside of Austin. The company, which was started by owner Rob Teel in 1987, specializes in limestone construction and restoration. Diverse in both high-end residential and commercial projects, the company primarily works with architects, builders and contractors.
According to Teel, the business was initiated when he purchased an existing milling facility that was in foreclosure from a local savings and loan, and the IRS was paid to release its liens on the property. "Initially, with five employees and myself, we began custom cut stone operations," said Teel. "The original employees, including our chief drafter, Homer Robertson, all had industry experience, making the start-up company able to produce immediately. That group, along with others added as time went by, made this company go from day one. With a slow steady annual growth, we have grown our workforce to over 60 employees, currently."
The quarriesIn addition to the custom cut stone operation, Teel has also invested in several quarries. Continental Quarries, Inc. began extracting Lueders limestone in 2000. The site is situated near the Abilene area of Texas, and all of its stone is processed at Continental Cut Stone's mill in Florence.
"We have our operation on 160 acres and purchased an additional 160 acres last year for future use," said Teel. "Last year's production at the quarry exceeded 30,000 tons of material in block, split-face, slabs and roughback veneer."
"We work in six different types of limestone - five are from Texas," said Tom Estes, General Manager of Continental Cut Stone. "The roughback Lueders is probably the most popular in the country right now. We get calls for it every day. We used to throw it all away. Another company decided to try to market it, and it has taken off like wildfire. Architects love it."
Most recently, Teel launched a new venture, Continental Cream Quarries, LLC. "As of January 5, we have reopened an existing quarry to provide Texas (Cordova) Cream and Texas (Cordova) Shellstone limestone," he said. "We will be supplying blocks and slabs to cut stone fabricators around the country. This quarry is located in Central Texas, and is a source that has been available elsewhere for 100 years. We are excited to bring our experience and service attitude to this arena."
According to Teel, operation at Continental Cream Quarries will begin with a 7-yard rubber tire loader with a fork attachment, a W.F. Meyers quarry saw from W.F. Meyers Co. Inc. of Bedford, IN, and four experienced employees. "Blocks and slabs are now available for shipment," said the owner.
At Continental Quarries' Lueders limestone site, three 7-yard rubber tire loaders, a 4-yard rubber tire loader and a large track excavator are used to extract material. Additional equipment includes: 64-inch-diameter and 72-inch-diameter circular saws from Sawing Systems Inc. of Knoxville, TX, a 48-inch-diameter multi-blade (up to four blades) conveyer saw, three hydraulic splitting machines, a 24-inch-diameter joint saw, two skid steers, two forklifts and an 80-foot truck scale.
In addition to limestone produced from its own quarries, Continental Cut Stone also offers several other varieties to its customers, including Hadrian and Indiana limestone.
The limestone color varieties offered by Continental Cut stone range from white to beige to pink, yellow and gray. Patterns vary from monotone to highly variegated, striped or speckled.
The millLast year, Continental Cut Stone's facility in Florence, TX, underwent a renovation, which expanded the mill to approximately 14,000 square feet. The staff at this location works together as a team to guarantee high-quality products and first-rate customer service.
Projects begin in the company's estimating department, where customers are given a price and timeframe estimate. Once the customer accepts the proposal, the drafting department, which consists of three draftspeople, develops shop drawings, according to Estes. "From the shop drawings, we produce a custom ticket, which is sent to our production facility," he said.
The General Manager went on to explain that the process in the fabrication facility begins with blocks being cut by a 15-foot diamond belt saw. The mill also houses four planers that are instrumental in smoothing limestone slabs and ensuring that they are all consistent in size.
Additional machinery used in the custom stone-cutting process include: three stone lathes for turning columns and balusters, a Standish steel 14-foot narrow belt saw, two Jaguar saws from Park Industries of St. Cloud, MN - one of which was recently purchased and installed - a German band saw with an 18-inch throat, a Terzago-Tofren slab finishing machine, which was also recently purchased and installed, a 72-inch FB72-11 fixed bridge saw from Park Industries, four overhead cranes and a horizontal boring machine to core columns.
"Our niche is the upper high-end custom market," said Estes. "Our customers tend to be contractors and masonry contractors. There are also a few architects that we work with directly."
At the mill, skilled workers use hand tools to carve detailed limestone pieces. The hand tools and accessories are supplied by companies such as Bicknell, Trow and Holden and Bybee Stone.
Although the majority of Continental Cut Stone's work is for the residential market, the company also does some commercial projects. At the time of Stone World's visit, the company was fabricating pieces for the Air Force Museum in Amarillo, TX, which has since been completed. This project was just one of about 25 that were in progress at the time.


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United States District Court, S.D. Mississippi, Northern Division
July 3, 2018
KERRICK WATSON PLAINTIFFv.ALLSTATE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY DEFENDANT
Court considers three items in the above-styled case.
Plaintiff Kerrick Watson has filed a Motion to Exclude
Certain Opinion Testimony of Joseph Hines. Defendant Allstate
Property and Casualty Insurance Company has filed a Motion to
Exclude the Opinions of Annette Herrin and a Motion for
Summary Judgment, or in the alternative, a Motion for Partial
Summary Judgment. The matters are fully briefed and ready for
December 28, 2015, a fire destroyed Watson's house, where
he lived with his fiancé Zanetta Bowman and her
daughter G.B. At the time, Watson had a homeowners insurance
policy with Allstate. Watson immediately filed an insurance
claim for the contents of the house.
following day, Jennifer Morales, Allstate's contents
adjuster, inspected Watson's home. Watson told her that
everything in his house was new and purchased within the last
two to three years. Watson requested the full policy limit of
$107, 681 for his contents claim.
April 22, 2016, Watson and Bowman submitted to an examination
under oath (EUO). Watson testified that in addition to
working as a Mississippi State Trooper, he worked part-time
as a commercial truck driver for Chambliss Automobile Agency,
a truck driver for Falco Line Company, and a courtesy officer
for Kings Apartment Complex. Watson also stated that he alone
owned all of the items listed in his claim.
hired Joseph Hines, a forensic accountant, to assess
Watson's claim. Hines drafted an initial report on August
1, 2016. Hines found that based on Watson's bank records,
child support payment history, and his employer's payroll
records, Watson could not have incurred $107, 681 of
household expenses because doing so would have left him with
a cash-flow deficit ("CFD") of $85, 243.
response, Watson hired Annette Herrin, also a forensic
accountant. Herrin concluded that Allstate did not request
the proper financial records to make an informed
determination of the reasonableness of Watson's claim.
Namely, Herrin stated that Allstate should have requested
financial records from Bowman.
At the
close of its investigation on September 14, 2016, Allstate
denied Watson's claim because Watson "intentionally
overstated the value of the personal property damaged by the
fire" and "made additional misrepresentations
during the investigation of the claim."
filed suit in Warren County Circuit Court in November 2016,
alleging 10 state law claims against Allstate. Allstate
properly removed the case to this Court on December 28, 2016,
pursuant to diversity jurisdiction. On Allstate's Motion,
the Court dismissed Watson's claims for breach of
fiduciary duty, and estoppel and detrimental reliance.
See Watson v. Allstate Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co.,
No. 3:16-CV-00987-CWR-FKB, 2017 WL 4158860, at *3 (S.D.Miss.
Sept. 19, 2017). Watson's remaining claims include breach
of contract; bad faith denial of insurance benefits;
negligence; negligent, grossly negligent, and wanton failure
to monitor and train agents and adjusters; intentional
infliction of emotional distress; indemnity; as well as
Watson's request for punitive damages.
has designated Hines as an expert. Hines produced two
additional reports based on new documents that Allstate
received through discovery, including the depositions of
Watson and Bowman who both testified that they shared
household expenses equally. In his October 19, 2017 report,
Hines found that Watson would have incurred a CFD of $29,
340. In his December 19, 2017 report, he recalculated a CFD
of $68, 488.
Legal Standards
standard set forth in Daubert v. Merrell Dow
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993) and the
post-Daubert amendments to Federal Rule of Evidence
702 govern the admissibility of expert
testimony.[1] The purpose of Rule 702 is to guide the
district court's gatekeeping function, which ensures that
the jury hears reliable and relevant expert testimony.
Guy v. Crown Equip. Corp., 394 F.3d 320, 325 (5th
Cir. 2004). "Reliability is determined by assessing
whether the reasoning or methodology underlying the testimony
is scientifically valid. Relevance depends upon whether that
reasoning or methodology properly can be applied to the facts
in issue." Knight v. Kirby Inland Marine Inc.,
482 F.3d 347, 352 (5th Cir. 2007).
Daubert Court outlined a non-exclusive list of
factors that trial judges should consider when assessing the
reliability of expert testimony. These factors include: (1)
whether the theory has been tested; (2) whether the theory
has been subjected to peer review and publication; (3) the
known error rate of the theory; and; (4) whether the theory
is generally accepted in the scientific community. The party
offering the testimony bears the burden of establishing
reliability by a preponderance of the evidence. Moore v.
Ashland Chem. Inc., 151 F.3d 269, 276 (5th Cir. 1998).
Daubert analysis applies strictly to the
expert's process of reaching his or her conclusions, not
the merits of those conclusions. See Guy, 394 F.3d
at 325. The merits of an expert's conclusions are subject
to scrutiny at trial through the use of "[v]igorous
cross-examination, presentation of contrary evidence, and
careful instruction on the burden of proof."
Daubert, 509 U.S. at 596. As a result, when district
courts assess the admissibility of expert testimony, the
"court should approach its task with proper deference
to the jury's role as the arbiter of disputes between
conflicting opinions." United States v. 14.38 Acres
of Land, 80 F.3d 1074, 1077 (5th Cir. 1996).
Summary Judgment
judgment is appropriate when "the movant shows that
there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the
movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law."
Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(a). The moving party bears the initial burden
of identifying the basis for its motion and the portions of
the record that support it. Nola Spice Designs, L.L.C. v.
Haydel Enters., Inc., 783 F.3d 527, 536 (5th Cir. 2015).
"Once a summary judgment motion is made and properly
supported, the nonmovant must go beyond the pleadings and
designate specific facts in the record showing that there is
a genuine issue for trial." Wallace v. Tex. Tech
Univ., 80 F.3d 1042, 1047 (5th Cir. 1996).
considering a summary judgment motion, the court "must
view all facts and evidence in the light most favorable to
the non-moving party." Juino v. Livingston Parish
Fire Dist. No. 5, 717 F.3d 431, 433 (5th Cir. 2013)
(citation omitted). But "[u]nsubstantiated assertions,
improbable inferences, and unsupported speculation are not
sufficient to defeat a motion for summary judgment."
Brown v. City of Hous., 337 F.3d 539, 541 (5th Cir.
2003) (citation omitted).
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Ruth shared and demonstrated our product range as part of a convention run by WASPA.
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The enactment of the Water Act 2002 created new institutions (water companies) to manage water resources in Kenya.
The Companies took over the provision of water and sewerage services from their respective municipal councils. This therefore placed the water companies at the leading edge to consolidate the knowledge and share experiences, the water services providers formed WASPA to provide a forum for the various companies to learn from each other.
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Based in Portland, Kiriko is an apparel shop specializing in vintage and modern Japanese fabrics. I've bought a few items from them before (tote bags, handkerchiefs), and they threw in one of these extra small patch kits with one of my orders for free a while back.
Here's the description from the product page:
Mottainai, it's a phrase in Japan that means "waste nothing." It's a value we live by here at Kiriko, we save every piece of fabric, with the intention of reusing it in the future. This kit represents our hope that each piece of fabric from our studio has a purpose and a story that will be continued. If you have a piece of clothing that needs mending, these patches will add that unique touch.
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A Dip in The Pool at Miloco Studios
I'd heard great things about Miloco, and a lot of my favourite artists have recorded there over the years, so even in this contemporary world, it seemed like a room with history - without the heritage, if that makes sense?
We set up mics around the room for the seven-piece band with the in-house tech to play in the round and get that live energy going, and set up a glass screen for the brass players to contain their wildness. I'd never recorded as a full live band including vocals before, so I was intrigued to see if our live energy could truly be replicated.
It might sound like an odd thing to add, but the huge China light balls in the room with adjustable colours really helped set the vibe in the room, especially when using colour is such a huge part of my process. We set them to a deep red, and
they filled the room with a really nice contrast to the rich blue/pool-like floor. We ran the song through once, and then decided to hit record. Each take was great, and so we settled on the sixth, I think. One for good luck, and inevitably agreed on the take before! Being able to play in the round due to the size of the room was a definite time saver, and also kept the energy up throughout the whole day.
The process was also being filmed by videographer, Benjamin Edward Simmons, who had the tough job of covering enough takes using the right angles to get footage of all seven of us. We continued to play to our best take whilst he captured some great shots of each individual player, and some grouped shots too. The staff at Miloco were great, they really knew what they were doing! Jamie even popped his head in to have a listen, and I was lucky enough to get a tour of some other rooms. It was decided I'd definitely be coming back! I can visualise a VC Pines album launch party in the Red Room as clear as day in my mind, I can tell you..!
All in all, my experience at Miloco's 'The Pool' was definitely moreish! I'd love to go back and record live there in the future. As I'm writing this, I'm trying to think of anything that could have been better, and I simply can't; it was the perfect live room, recorded in the perfect way. The vibe, the professionalism, the place itself - and most important of all, the incredible sound.
VC Pines' bassist, Andrew, entirely concurs:
"I rolled up with my '74 Precision, and a solid state amp, to find a beautiful old Ampeg B-15 ready and waiting. I felt like Bogey at the end of Casablanca! The sound was already there, so then it was just a case of remembering the song, as the guys at the studio made everything easy. I just wish I could live in that little bass booth..."
And for drummer, Trood, it was love at first flam:
"As soon as I hit my snare in the live room, I knew we were going to make some magic. Within an hour of setting up, we had an amazing drum sound thanks to Jamie, the engineer.
"He was calm, collected, and the consummate professional - seven musicians playing over each other while he tries to tell us what to do, and he didn't lose it once! The Pool is without a doubt my favourite studio in London!"
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Screen printed double oven glove (Koi and Captain Cook).
Brand Curious Lions
This multi patterned double oven glove is made with polyester wadding insulation, navy binding finish and a navy hanging loop.
Koi and Captain Cook is a single colour design screen printed in Great Britain onto cotton drill. It conforms to BS 6526: 1998.
Dimensions of double oven glove: Height 20cm x Width 85.5cm approximately.
Wash at 40 degrees.
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Our next major event is almost here! Read on to find out all you need to know about Big Gay Sword Day:
Date: November 3rd, 2018, 10am – 5:30pm
Price: sliding scale with three options. Pay what makes sense to you:
- Accessible rate: $40 + GST
- Standard rate: $60 + GST
- Generous rate: $80 + GST
Who's teaching? BGSD is a showcase of up-and-coming LGBT instructors in the Pacific Northwest. We'll be featuring workshops from the following awesome folks:
- Claire Wemyss is an educator, coach, brightly coloured good-time enthusiast, and an instructor with Vancouver Strength Collective. She brings her background in dance, yoga, and martial arts movement practices, as well as her drive for rich and meaningful learning, to creating spaces where people can build strong relationships with their selves, practice, and community.
- Jon Mills is a weightlifting coach, historical martial artist, Quigong instructor, and self defense instructor. He runs Black Dog Strength and Nutrition and is a director of Vancouver Strength Collective, a community centred multi disciplinary fitness studio in Vancouver's Downtown East Side.
- Beth Hammer has been practicing a variety of martial arts for the last 4 years including escrima, Fiore longsword and dagger, wrestling, and boxing. She has been on the team of Fiore coaches at Lonin for the last 2 years and is one of the founding organizers of Swordsquatch.
- Kaja Sadowski is a coach and co-owner at Valkyrie Western Martial Arts Assembly. She has been teaching physical skills for over 15 years, and has been a martial artist since 2010. Her current specialties include rapier fencing, unarmed striking and grappling, self defense, and stress testing and adrenaline management.
Who's invited? you are! BGSD is open to students of all backgrounds, experience levels, and identities. Everyone is welcome, and there are no pre-requisites for any of our workshops.
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Phrased as the mother of all yoga props, the rope wall yoga can convey a new point of view to your comprehension of all the asanas. One meaning of yoga is "the saddling of one's physical and mental energies keeping in mind the end goal to revive oneself." The real physical bridle of the ropes in their numerous designs will enable you to coordinate your body and brain toward a condition of composure and adjust.
Rope Wall yoga will enable you to discover or culminate your arrangement, length, and adjust. You will have the capacity to initiate muscle bunches recently and value the unobtrusive subtleties that may have gone unnoticed before. It's additionally a decent path for people, who may be frightened of attempting a few stances, to have a go at adjusting postures in light of the fact that the ropes and the wall offer security.
The same goes for reversals here. The individuals who are apprehensive about rehearsing reversals can utilize this instrument to get to an assortment of reversal stances without putting any weight staring them in the face, arms, or heads. You would now be able to encounter these postures in an all the more physically sheltered and supporting condition.
Rope yoga opens up your body enabling you to extend further and longer in a stance than rehearsing it typically. It is a trap of the Iyengar yoga school that was first created by the organizer of Iyengar Yoga himself, B.K.S Iyengar.
On the off chance that you are firm, frail and unfit to hone certain asanas all alone, at that point rope yoga is your most solid option, an important device. Likewise, rope yoga is energizing! Suspending ropes from a divider and rehearsing yoga postures dangling from them is invigorating.
It additionally works flawlessly for tenderfoots who are doubtful about attempting yoga posture reversals. Rope yoga urges amateurs to go past novice level yoga asanas and pushes them to attempt the following arrangement of asanas. Likewise, it influences them to comprehend the introduction and arrangement of their bodies better.
Thus, rope yoga asanas enable you to encounter asanas in a radically new, extraordinary light. They additionally fortify the muscles better and enable you to see inconspicuous changes in your body which you may have passed up a great opportunity beforehand. Rope yoga is protected and sustaining yet make sure to learn and hone it under the supervision of a specialist yoga professional.
I trust this rouses you to extend your training and try yoga props and apparatuses out with the goal that you can discover length and delicate quality in your body, and experience postures recently. Search out a training on a Yoga Rope Wall when you can on the off chance that you need to attempt better approaches for amending your arrangement.
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Looking for Interpreter Zero: Imperial Intermediaries III
Sir Thomas Roe and his interpreters at the multilingual Mughal Court
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The conversation was in Persian, the language of the Mogul Court, of which Roe was entirely ignorant. Besides Latin, he had some French and Italian and a little Spanish, but the languages needed were Persian, Arabic … Hindustani … and Portuguese, of which some of the indigenous inhabitants had acquired a knowledge after many decades of contact with them.[1]
English travellers to India on East India Company (EIC) business were well aware of the need to find ways to communicate with locals on their journey and at their destination. Sir James Lancaster, who led the first EIC fleet to explore trade prospects in 1601 had an original way of replenishing the ships' stores while at the Cape of Good Hope. He
made signes to them to bring him downe
sheepe and oxen. For he spake to them iu the cattels
language, which was never changed at the confusion of
Babell, which was "moath" for oxen and kine [cows], and "baa" for
sheepe, which language the people vnderstood very well
without any interpreter. [2]
There are references to interpreters elsewhere in the account that make it clear that most exchanges required more than mooing and baaing. These explicit references to the intermediaries involved show how much travellers depended on them.
The frustrations of poor communication
Sir Thomas Roe (1581-1644) was the first royal ambassador to the Mughal Court under Jahangir (reigned 1605-1627), the heir to Babur, the Muslim warrior from Central Asia (modern-day Uzbekistan) who defeated Lodi, the Sultan of Delhi at the 1526 Battle of Panipat.
Roe's journal and letters reporting on his attempts to negotiate favourable conditions for the EIC during his 1616-19 stay give a strong sense of the need for interpreters and the frustrations of poor communication. This awareness may be at least partly due to his experience of a 650-strong embassy to Spain in 1605 as well as his expedition to Guyana in 1610-11, where his interpreters were Indians who had spent time in England.[3]
His accounts of life at court don't go so far as to acknowledge just how difficult it is for him, an Oxford- and Middle-Temple-educated Latin speaker with a smattering of French, Italian and Spanish to negotiate the Persian-speaking Mughal Court, but he does give us a telling introduction to the English presence in India, the cultural and linguistic gaps between the visitors and the Mughals; tensions between traders and diplomats, business and power, profit and settlement that informed much of the EIC's long presence in India.
A diplomat, not a merchant
There had been EIC representatives at the Mughal Court before Roe, but they were merchants, not diplomats, and ill-versed in the theatrical rituals of high-level meetings. Roe felt strongly about his role as James I's representatives and had mixed feelings about the EIC's interest in trade, which he may have felt was beneath him as he aspired to high office at court in England.
"At the heart of the Roe Embassy was, if not an ambiguity, then a multiplicity of interests: James's and the nation's, the Company's and Roe's own."[4]
He did not see himself as a Company man. He even refused to adopt local clothing as the English factors did, preferring to distinguish himself and his household from all others – displaying grand, English-style clothes wherever they went – to assent his identity as a courtier.[5]
The flexible approach of his predecessors
His predecessors may have lacked class but had a flexible approach to the representation of English interests that could stand them in good stead.
John Mildenhall, a merchant who took it upon himself to speak for England before Akbar (reigned 1556-1605). The Portuguese at court "plotted against him, bribed counsellors, won away his long-faithful interpreter; in retaliation he learned Persian."[6] He also claimed that England would send a resident ambassador to the Mughal court.
The next "ambassador", William Hawkins, was the captain of the first English ship to reach the coast of India, in 1608. He spoke Turkish which meant that he could communicate directly with Jahangir whose paternal language, Chagatai, was a Turkic language. Hawkins bore a letter from James I addressed to Akbar and drafted by the EIC. Jahangir – assuming that he was the envoy promised by Mildenhall – sent an official party to escort him to court where he did well for himself without really advancing the cause of English trade.[7]
The next three EIC representatives did not accomplish much either and there was a strong sense in London that someone like Roe, "a gentleman of civil behaviour, of good breeding, personage and very good parts" would persuade Jahangir to grant them the right to trade in India.[8]
The need for intermediaries
Roe's account of his journey to the Gujarat port of Surat, where the EIC had a factory (a warehouse for the storage and sale of goods) refers to Arabic or Portuguese speakers met en route as well as acknowledging the need for intermediaries. He was unable to confer with the local ruler when his ship stopped at Socotra (off the coast of Somalia) because "all the interpreters followed the generall" (the Commander of the fleet)[9].
Once in India, his descriptions of his dealings with the authorities in Surat include references to his interpreters. He needed an interpreter to defend his status as representative of James I: he was offended that his effects were searched on arrival and sought to restrain the Mughal officials: "by my interpreter, that I was content they should lay their hands upon my servants, not with intent to search but to embrace …"[10]
In the presence of imperial power
It was difficult for Roe to get the recognition that he felt he deserved once he had made his way to Ajmer, where Jahangir held court in 1615 and 1616. He needed interpreters in his dealings with the Emperor and his coterie, including his son Prince Khurram or his brother-in-law and adviser, Asaf Khan. In the presence of imperial power, he was not the only one with interests to defend; his first broker (interpreter) didn't dare
to speake any thing that would displease Asaph Chan, not would hee in any thing deliver me truly to the King. Soe I sought out a third [second?], an Italian Jeweller, a protestant, that useth much liberty with his tongue, and in whom the King takes often delight to heare him rayle at the Jesuits and their factions, who undertook to say all I would deliver him. [11]
Here we have an Englishman, able to speak Latin to his adversary, Father Francesco Corsi, the Jesuit representing Portuguese interests at the Mughal court who was dependent on an Italian jeweller employed by the court – one John Veronese – to make his pitch for a trade agreement.
A linguistically complicated situation
Asaf Khan was initially inimical to Roe's presence and realised that he could easily thwart him. Roe reports that four days after his introduction at court, on March 13, 1616
… I went to the Gussal chan (Privy Chamber), when is best opportunity to doe business, and tooke with me the Italyan, determining to walke no more in darkness but to prove the king, beeing in all ways delayed and refused. I was sent in with my ould Broker but my enterpreter was kept out, Asaph Chan mistrusting I would utter more than he was willing to hear. [12]
Even when he demanded that Veronese be allowed to join him, Asaf Khan had the interpreter pulled away and made it difficult for Roe to approach Jahangir,
so I commanded the Italian to speake aloud that I craved audience of the king, wherat the king Called me and they made me way. Asaph Chan stood on one side of my interpreter and I on the other; I to enforme him in myne own cause, he to awe him with winking and Iogging. [13]
Asaf Khan's discourtesy to the interpreter for James I's representative at the Mughal Court is tantamount to his molesting Roe himself. The pulling, pushing, winking and jogging described give a physical description of what was also a linguistically complicated situation.
At a meeting with the Emperor two months later, Roe describes himself and "speaking in broken Spanish" to his interpreter, Veronese, who proved unable to do the job. Roe ended up relying on "Persian Prince offering himself to interpret, because my Italian spoke better Turkish than Persian …"[14]
Roe gives a good sense of the sheer physical difficulty of communicating at court. His hands were tied by his language problems and his unfamiliarity with local traditions. A diplomat having to resort to broken Spanish so an Italian jeweller could convey his messages in Turkish was never going to become part of the inner circle. He was further hindered by his investment in being James I's ambassador and not the EIC's representative.
The persistent ideology that Roe wished to project for the moment of his arrival in South Asia is clear: that as an ambassador he was to be permitted special rights, and he would not suffer himself to be used in any fashion he deemed disrespectful to himself and his king. [15]
A self-important, over-stated role
During his years at court he did become familiar with court practice, learned about the cartography of the Empire and understood the powerful role of world trade on national status, but was not in a position to get a strong sense of the Emperor's geo-political, military or economic priorities.
By stressing his king's – and his own – significance, he over-stated his role at court in his letters home. He made much, for instance, of Jahangir's preference for him over Muhammad-Riza, the Persian ambassador, sneered at the latter's willingness to prostrate himself before Jahangir – which he had refused to do – and indicating that he was favoured over his rival.
The theatricality of his descriptions made for good reading, but his self-important accounts show little grasp of court priorities. The fact is that Jahangir's memoirs betray his scant interest in Europe or England; they emphasise the importance of the Ottoman, Persian Safavid and Mughal dynasties as well as the other Asian nations. Sir Thomas Roe doesn't get a mention – an omission that seems ironic in the light of future developments.
Jamal-Uddin Husain, the elderly governor of Patna whom Roe met at court, proved to be an exceptionally open and helpful contact. He had much to say about the history and customs of the Empire and allowed himself some advice to the Ambassador:
I should never be rightly understood, nor effect my business without abuse, or never clearly know my estate, until I had an Englishman that could speak Persian, and that might deliver my mind without passing the tongue of another. [16]
Of course, there was no guarantee that being able to speak English to his interpreter would serve him better than working through Spanish and Turkish to convey his messages.
Richard Steel, a Persian-speaking Englishman, travelled to India on with the 1617 fleet. However, he was no more reliable than earlier interpreters "shamelessly used his linguistic abilities to promote his own interests" which included introducing piped water supplies to Agra.[17]
An enduring trend of linguistic challenges
There seems to be consensus among historians that Roe was hampered by his lack of Persian, though he did obtain authorisation to trade, albeit not on a permanent footing and went on to serve as ambassador for the Levant Company in Istanbul, then had postings in Europe before being appointed to Charles I's Privy Council in 1640. It would perhaps be fair to say that he advanced the EIC's cause and his own more than his King's during his time at the Mughal court.
Roe's need to compromise on the language front endured in India. There weren't many EIC officials in India until the mid-eighteenth century: there were just 100 of them in 1665, and they lived in port cities, often in their factories during their short stays on the sub-continent.
It was not until the eighteenth century that any of them invested in learning classical languages like Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian or Hindustani and other common languages. It was to their advantage to be able to communicate directly at high level meetings, but the Company was always going to need linguists, brokers and interpreters:
"… specialists who were multilingual and had command of the specialized languages necessary for the various levels of communication between foreigners and Indians."[18]
With thanks to Dr Eivind G Kahrs, Sanskritist and Life Fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge.
You can find all chapters of Looking for Interpreter Zero here.
[1] 1989 Strachan, M. Thomas Roe 1581-1644 A Life. Great Britain: Michael Russell,1989 pp. 79-80.
[2] 1877. Markham, C, B. (ed) The Voyages of Sir James Lancaster, Kt., to the East Indies. London: The Hakluyt Society, 1877. p.63.
[3] Strachan. p. 27.
[4] 2014 Mishra, R. Diplomacy at the Edge: Split Interests in the Roe Embassy to the Mughal Court. Journal of British Studies, Vol 53 No 1, 2014: pp. 5-28. p.13.
[5] Ibid. p.14.
[6] Barbour, R. Power and Display: Early English "Ambassadors' ' in Moghul India. Huntington Library Quarterly, Vol. 61. No 3/4,1998: pp. 343-368. p. 353.
[7] Ibid. p. 356.
[8] Strachan. p.56.
[9] Foster, W. Ed. The Embassy of Sir Thomas Roe to the Course of the Great Mogul 1615-1619. London: The Hakluyt Society, 1899. p. 35.
[10] Ibid. pp, 48-49.
[11] Ibid p. 142.
[12] Ibid p. 145.
[13] Ibid p. 145.
[14] Ibid p. 148.
[15] Chida-Razvi, M. The Perception of Reception: The Importance of Sir Thomas Roe at the Mughal Court of Jahangir. Journal of World History, Vol. 25. No 2/3 (June/September 2014). pp. 263-284. p. 269.
[16] Strachan p.95.
[17] Ibid. p. 109.
[18] Cohn, B. Colonialism and Its Forms of Knowledge: The British in India. Princeton: Princeton University Press,1996. pp16-17.
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Chapter 274 - A secret that she hadn't known (1)
Wen Wan's expression was quite marvelous to watch after she realized it was Nie Sangyu, who had come out of the room. To describe it in simpler terms, it was as if red, yellow, white, and green had been blown up together to make fireworks that lit up the entire night sky.
Right after Ji Man said what she wanted to, she turned around and started to scamper away.
Unexpectedly, she heard Ning Yuxuan shout from behind her, "Nie Sangyu!"
Nothing good could happen when he even included her last name. Ji Man's steps paused, and she slowly turned around to look at him.
"Why are you in such a rush to leave?" Marquis Moyu took a few breaths to calm down, gently pushed Wen Wan's hands away from himself, and looked at Nie Sangyu as he said, "Are you not hungry?"
She had eaten dinner before coming here. Why would she be hungry? Ji Man thought; Ning Yuxuan's brain must be broken today. Still, she properly answered, "This servant isn't hungry."
Wen Wan helplessly stood in place with her fingers tightly clutched together. She felt wave after wave of pain as she looked at Ning Yuxuan. In the past, no matter where they were, he would always be looking at her. But now, she was standing next to him, and he looked past her as if she didn't exist.
She had originally thought he had released the sky lanterns for her, but why was Nie Sangyu here?
Having a difficult time calming her heart, Wen Wan was so anxious that she stopped breathing. She wanted to take a step forward, but she ended up fainting.
Ning Yuxuan reacted quickly. He caught her before she felt onto the ground and noticed that she was slightly feverish when his hand touched her forehead.
It was a cold winter night, and she had rushed over here without being dressed for the weather. It would be strange if she wasn't feeling hot. Marquis Moyu frowned. He leaned over, picked her up, pushed open the doors, and carried her inside.
"Since you're not hungry, then you can go back first."
Ji Man shrugged. Looking at the sky lanterns that were gradually floating too high up to be seen, she turned around and left the western courtyard.
Wen Wan was having a nightmare. In her dream, Marquis Moyu was holding Nie Sangyu's hand, and they were gradually walking farther and farther away from her. She did her best to chase after them, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't catch up."
"No... I don't want this..."
Nie Sangyu's face turned slightly towards her. Her smiling face was full of contentment and happiness. Seeing this sight, Wen Wan felt as if vines with venomous thorns were wrapping around her heart and making it difficult for her to breath.
"You wretched woman..."
Inside a room in the western courtyard, the doctor took his hand back, wrote out a prescription, and handed it over to Tanxiang. On his way out, he couldn't resist looking at a nearby table.
The table was full of dishes, but there was an especially strange thing at the center of the table, a braised pig head had been placed on top of a cutting board. The doctor had no idea why someone would do such a strange thing.
It seemed that the marquis's taste was getting more and more bizarre.
Ning Yuxuan was quietly sitting nearby. Seeing Wen Wan, who wasn't at peace even in her sleep, he let out a small sigh.
When Wen Wan woke up, the pain in her heart remained. When she raised her eyes and saw Marquis Moyu, she felt a bit better. But, thinking of that scene in her dream, she couldn't resist crying. She grabbed his sleeve and asked him while weeping, "My lord, why does your heart no longer have Wan-er?"
Marquis Moyu gently patted her beautiful hair and lightly asked, "Do you know when it was that I loved you the most?"
Stunned, Wen Wan froze for a moment before she carefully recollected her memories. From the time they had met to when they had fallen in love, when had Ning Yuxuan loved her the most? Perhaps, it was that time when assassins were chasing him after, and she had hid him in her home without regard for her own safety?
At that time, Ning Yuxuan's had looked at her with a gaze that was gently enough to pardon the entire world. Looking at her, he had said, "You're such an idiot."
Back then, their love had been so simple. She had just been a girl from a commoner's family, and he was the lofty marquis. She didn't care about riches and status, and he had wanted to give her everything.
When had everything started to quietly change?
Wen Wan pressed her lips together and silently looked at Ning Yuxuan.
The beautiful man in front of her lowered his head and whispered into her ear, "I loved you the most when there was nothing more important than me in your heart. My feelings started to fade when your affection for me had already vanished."
"Yuxuan..." Wen Wan wanted to argue. She hadn't. Her feelings for him, it hadn't...
She suddenly remembered something. During the incident with the smallpox in the other estate, she... It was true. She no longer loved him to the point that she would endanger her life for him. If this had happened in the past, when she had nothing, she would have been wiling to care for him. But after experiencing a luxurious standard of living and knowing that one's life on earth was to be treasured, she had actually flinched back.
Ning Yuxuan's eyes were very deep. He gently pulled up the quilt for her and said, "Have a good rest."
The food on the table was already too cold to eat. Looking at the pig head, Ning Yuxuan was silently for a long time.
Guibai quietly asked, "Master, do you want the food to be sent back to the kitchen and have it warmed up when Madam comes over tomorrow?"
Marquis Moyu shook his head. His gaze was complicated as he said, "I still don't clearly understand what she meant by xiu. Let's wait a few more days."
(T/N: The word xiu has more than one meaning in Chinese. I choose the meaning that matches what Ji Man wanted to say (repair) in a previous chapter, but Ning Yuxuan probably wouldn't be able to correctly guess which meaning she meant.)
Guibai solemnly nodded and ordered the servants to take away all of the dishes on the table.
Translator Ramblings: I wish that Wen Wan could argue back that her feelings for him only changed because he broke his promises to her and played mind games trying to grind her down into his ideal woman, but that would be the same as admitting she doesn't love him anymore, so she can't say those words.
I think Ning Yuxuan does acknowledge to himself that he's partially responsible in how Wen Wan has changed since her met her. If Wen Wan hadn't married him and entered this poisonous household, she might have stayed the same self-sacrificing girl that she was when he first met her. The responsibility and guilt that he feels towards her is what makes him willing to look the other way whenever Wen Wan does something bad. Even though it causes unpleasant consequences, I like that he continues to feel responsible for Wen Wan even though he's falling in love with Nie Sangyu/Ji Man. I just wish his execution of it was better. At the same time, he's encumbered by having to put on a show for the first prince and the empress that he's still in love with Wen Wan. 5 Best Chinese Romance Books of 2018 So Far