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Eltham is eight miles from London on the road to Maidstone and midway between Bromley and the
Thames. Anthony BECK, bishop of Durham, having fraudulently secured the possession of this manor
in 1290, beautified the capital mansion and left it to Eleanor, the Queen of Edward I. Edward II
frequently resided here. His queen was here delivered of a son who had the name of John of Eltham.
Possibly from this circumstance, it is called King John's Palace; unless it obtained this
appellation from the sumptuous entertainment given here by Edward III to the captive King John of
France. Succeeding princes and particularly Henry VII enlarged and improved this palace; but it
was neglected after Greenwich became the favourite country residence. Our princes often celebrated
their festivals at Eltham with great pomp. One of the last of these feasts was held here at
Whitsuntide in 15151 when Henry VIII created Sir Edward Stanley Baron Monteagle, for his services
at Flodden-field. Part of the stately hall which was the scene of those feasts is still in good
preservation and is used as a barn. The roof in particular is somewhat like that of Westminster
Hall. The large moat around the palace although the greatest part of it is dry and covered with
verdure, has two stone bridges over it one of which consists of four arches. The farm house in the
enclosure though somewhat modernised or rather disguised by plaster and white washing was part
of this ancient palace. Queen Elizabeth who was born a Greenwich was frequently carried thence
to Eltham when an infant for the benefit of the air; and this palace she visited in a summer
excursion round the country in 1559. It was granted, with the manor for a term of years,
perpetually renewable, to one of the ancestors of Sir John SHAW, who has here a seat and
plantations, called Eltham Lodge; but the trees in the park are the property of the crown and
many of them were marked for sale at the last survey In the handsome garden of Mr DORRINGTON is
a greenhouse in which were formally kept the exotics of that eminent botanist Dr SHERRARD. The
"Hortus Elthamiensis" is well known to the curious in botany. On a part of Shooters Hill in this
parish is a lofty tower erected by Lady JAMES to commemorate the reduction in 1756 of Severndroog,
a strong fort which belonged to Angria the pirate on an island near Bombay. This structure which
is called Severndroog Castle is erected from a design by Mr JUPP and is of a triangular from with
turrets at each angle. It is seen at a great distance. Here also is Park Farm Place, a beautiful
villa the property of Lady JAMES and the residence of Sir Benjamin HAMMET. It is ornamented with
pilasters of the Ionic order; and the grounds are laid out with great taste. Here are two charity
schools. Market on Mondays; and five fairs, Palm Monday, Easter Monday, Whit Monday and October
10. Fairey Hill, a villa at Mottingham, a hamlet near Eltham, was for many years in the
occupation of Earl Bathurst, who greatly improved the grounds. It is now the residence of John
RANDELL Esq.
Near Eltham also lies Chisslehurst where is the burying place of the family of WALSINGHAMS, who resided in this parish for several generations. This village is noted fro the retirement of the famous CAMDEN, who resided for several years, where he composed the greater part of his Annals of Queen Elizabeth. Here the present Lord CAMDEN has a very handsome and pleasant seat in whose park may be seen that celebrated piece of ancient architecture, called the Lantern of Demosthenes, executed in all its proportions which serves as the covering of a spring. Near this are several other towns and villages as Bexley, Crayford, Foots Cray, North Cray. At Foots Cray is a handsome seat belonging to the family of the TOWNSENDS.
The Island of Sheppy is encompassed by the East and West Swale, two branches of the Medway that here fall into the Thames and has had its name from the sheep formally kept on it. Which were remarkable both for their numbers and the fineness of their fleece. The Danes landed here twice and plundered it and once wintered their ships in it. Also in the reign of Edward the Confessor, Earl GODWIN landed on this Island and harassed it much. It is twenty one miles in compass and yields plenty of corn but is forced to buy wood at a dear price from the continent. There are several hillocks in the marshy parts all over the island which the vulgar call Cottrells supposed to be been cast up in memory of some of the Danish leaders buried there. Most of the springs here are brackish, but lately a well was sunk so deep as to lie below the bed of the sea and to furnish the garrison at Sheerness with fresh water. A number of marine plants grow in the salt marshes and therefore they are often visited in the summer by botanists. The island has one constable who has command of all its parishes. Copperas and brimstone were formally made in the Isle of Sheppy. There was anciently a bridge and causeway between this Isle and Harty, this was called Thremberthe Bridge as afterwards the ferry was called Tremod Ferry.
The common way to this island form the main land of Kent is by the Kings Ferry where a cable of
about 140 fathoms being fastened at each end across the water, serves to get over the boat by hand.
On the main side of the ferry is a small stone building which will hold nine or ten persons this
is said to be to have been erected by one George FOX who staying once there for a long while in
the cold waiting for the ferry boat and being much affected with it built this place to shelter
others from the like inconvenience.
Sheerness which guards the entrance into the river at the point of the Isle of Sheppy is a regular fortification and has such a line of heavy cannon commanding the mouth of the river that no fleet of man of war could attempt to pass by without hazarding being torn to pieces. It is not only a fortress but a good town with several streets in it and inhabitants of several sorts but chiefly much whose business obliges them to reside there.
The officers of the ordnance have here an office they being obliged to be at the this place many
days together, especially at time of war when the rendezvous of the fleet is at the Nore to see
to the furnishing every ship with military stores as need requires and to cheque the officers of
the ships in their demands for stores, etc. Here also is yard for building ships, with a dock
intended chiefly for repairing ships that may meet with any sudden accident. This yard was built
many years since the fort. In making some alterations at Sheerness anno. 1760 a ball was found
that weighted 64 pounds, supposed to have been fired by the Dutch in their attempt on the Royal
Navy in this river on the 22 June 1667
The water between Sheppy Isle and the main land is called Well. Eastchurch is a village in this Island, Shortland is north of the Island.
Queenborough, otherwise Quinborowe, and in very ancient records Quynburgh, is situate at the west
end of the Isle Of Sheppy, in the county of Kent, forty eight miles from London, twenty five miles
from Canterbury, eighteen miles from Rochester, nearly the same from Maidstone, and two miles
from Sheerness. It is a small neat town, consisting of little more than a hundred houses, many
of them newly built, and none of them more or less two stories high.
The principal trade, and chief support of Queenborough, is the oyster fishery, for which it is famous, and in which article, simple as it may be esteemed, they return many thousands of pounds, annually. There is likewise a manufactory of copperas, of which many tons are made every year, the copperas stone from whence it is manufactured being gathered in great abundance from the cliffs near Minster, and the East end of the Island. Here is also a capital windmill for grinding corn, etc.
Queenborough is a very ancient borough, being first incorporated by Edward III in the year 1369
and called by him Queenborough, in honour of his Queen Phillipa. It has however few antiquities
to boast, except the site of an ancient castle, the moat of which only remains, and a well about
three hundred feet deep, with a most excellent spring of water. The old market house, which stood
near the centre of the town, has been lately pulled down, and a new Guildhall very neatly finished,
standing on four columns, with the market place and gaols under, erected in its stead. The market
days are Tuesday and Friday, but are very little frequented at present; and a fair annually on the
5th of August, at which the price of wool for the county is generally settled.
The church is an ancient building, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, without any painted glass or monuments of antiquity, its outside appearance promising very little, but it is neatly, commodiously, and decently fitted up within, as any little church in the county, having a handsome chancel paved with black and white marble, separated from the rest of the church by scroll work of iron and a neat altar piece. In the steeple are five bells. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of the corporation.
This place is a district liberty of itself, under the jurisdiction of its own magistrates, who hold quarterly courts and general sessions every half year, in the Guildhall; appoint their own constable and borsholders, overseers of the poor, etc. It is governed by a major, four jurats and two bailiffs; the mayor is chosen annually, from among the jurats, on the feast of St Michael; the senior jurat is a Justice of the Peace for the Borough. It sends two members to Parliament. The number of voters, who are all Freeman of the Corporation, either by patrimony, as being the eldest sons of Freeman and born in the town, or else by servitude is about one hundred and forty, but they are constantly increasing. Before Mr CREWE's bill there were one hundred and fifty two, but twenty one being disqualified by that bill, there then remained only one hundred and thirty one. At present, out of one hundred and forty persons entitled to vote for this Borough, twenty three hold places under the ordnance, and eleven under the Admiralty. There are also seven officers in the navy, one in the artillery, and fourteen or fifteen ordnance labourers on the gun wharfs at Sheerness and Purfleet. In time of war, the ordnance interest is considerably increased by the employment of Queenborough boats as extra craft for carrying stores.
The present members are:
Richard HOPKINS, Esq. One of the Lords of the Treasury
John SARGENT, Esq. Clerk of the Ordnance
This Borough has been very justly considered for many years as a government borough, for there has been no instance, since 1727, although there have been many contested elections, of any member being returned in opposition to administration. From 1727 – 1754, the elections were carried on by the united interests of government and Captain EVANS, who resided in this place, and had the lead for many years in the Corporation. From 1754 until the present time the interest has been divided between the boards of the ordnance and admiralty; each has constantly carried a member, and for the last sixteen years by the mere power of office, in opposition to the corporation and to the influence of the EVANS family. The systematic application of the patronage of the board of the board of ordnance to the purposes of acquiring an influence in this borough has been attended with a progressive increase in their establishment on the Thames and Medway, and a very large addition to the expense of carrying on the service by vessels employed on those rivers. It appears from official documents laid before the House of Commons that it amounted in 1754 to 742l. But it now amounts (exclusive of the wear and tear of vessels the property of the government) to 2190l. 8s.3d How far the real exigencies of the public service may require and justify so considerable an augmentation, we cannot pretend to decide, as those who are most competent have widely differed in their opinion on the subject. On the conclusion of the last war Lord TOWNSEND, the master general of the ordnance, ordered the establishment (the expense of which was then 250l per annum less than the present) to be reduced. But it has since by his successor the Duke of Richmond, been thought necessary to be increased. The mayor is the retuning officer.
The post comes in about seven every morning, (Except Monday) The post office shuts every night at
This town has no thoroughfare, and consequently has no coaches, wagons or other stages, passing to or from it, the chief conveyance being by water carriage, and principally by the passage boats that go to and from London and Sheerness every Wednesday and Saturday. There is however one hoy called the Industry, Samuel OST, Master which carries corn and wool occasionally to Bear Key.
The following are the principal inhabitants
CORPORATION STAMP, William, Esq. Mayor JURATS BAKER, George Evans, Esq. (Freeman) Senior MARSHALL, Evans, Esq. BARROW, John, Esq. (Freeman) BAKER, Iles, Land Bailiff GIBBS, Thomas, Water Bailiff SHOVE, Alured Henry, Esq. Recorder HINDLE, John, Esq. Town Clerk WELLS, William (sen) Town Serjeant and Gaol Keeper MARKS, Isaiah, Under Serjeant, Principal Non resident Freeman PARKER, William, Esq. Rear Admiral of the Blue PARKER, Robert, Captain, Navy CHAMBERS, King, Lieutenant, Navy HATHERHILL, Richard, Lieutenant, Navy HOSMER, Thomas, Major, Artillery SMITH, William, Esq. Storekeeper of the Ordnance at Chatham AKID, William, Esq., Storekeeper of the Ordnance at Sheerness BREEZE, William, Clerk of the Ordnance at Sheerness JENKINS, James, Purser in the Navy SAFFERY, Stephen William, Surgeon of the Sick and Hurt at Sheerness PENNAL, John, Master of the Discovery Transport WOOD, John, Master of the Navy Transport GRAY, Robert, Master of the Townsend Ordnance Sloop GENTRY BAKER, John, Gent, (Freeman) BLAXLAND, James, (sen) (Freeman) BROWN, Mar, Mrs. (Freeman) COOK, Sarah, Mrs, (Freeman) CLERGY HATHERHILL, Joseph, Rev. Minister PHYSIC SHOVE, Edward, Surgeon, (Freeman) TRADERS ASHBEE, John, Mariner AUSTIN, Walter, (Ship Inn) BAKER, Samuel, Hair Dresser BASSETT, Henry, Dredger BATCHELOR, James, Mariner BEAN, John, Dredger BISHOP, Thomas, Schoolmaster, (Freeman) BLAXLAND, James, Dredger BREEZE, Luke, Shopkeeper BROADBANK, Richard, Mariner BROADBANK, William, Mariner BURGESS, Robert, Auctioneer & Grocer, (Freeman) BURGESS, William, Miller & Baker, (Freeman) CARTER, John, Boat Builder CHALK, James, Grazier & Salesman CHALK, Richard, Grazier & Salesman, (Freeman) CHAMBERS, Thomas, Mariner CLARK, John, (jun) Dredger CLARK, John, (sen) Dredger CLARK, Richard, Boat Builder, (Freeman) COLE, Tomas, Dredger COLE, William, Dredger COOK, John, Dredger CRAYDEN, Samuel, Grazier & Butcher DODD, Mathias, Clerk in the Ordnance DODD, William, Dredger DOSSELL, John, Mariner DOSSELL, Richard, Mariner EAGLE, William, Dredger (Freeman) ELLERIDGE, Samuel, Dredger EMPTAGE, John, Deputy Water Bailiff GALLOSSON, John, Pilot GANN, Stephen, Mariner GASKIN, Robert, Dredger GIBBS, Henry, Mariner GIBBS, Henry, Mariner GUNNER, James, Mariner HALL, James, Dredger HALL, Mary, Mrs Post Mistress & Victualler (George) HAMMOND, Thomas, Dredger HART, Francis, Dredger HART, John, Dredger HEAD, William, Riding Officer, (Freeman) HEWES, Eleanor, Milliner HEWES, Richard, Carpenter HOGGISON, Thomas, Dredger HOLELEY, Copperas Worker HOLMES, William, Mariner HUGHES, Jane, Mantua Maker HUGHES, Rebecca & Sarah, Shopkeepers JARRETT, William Baker, Mariner JEFFERSON, John, Mariner JEFFERSON, William, Dredger JONES, John, Mariner KEMP, James, Dredger KNEWSTUBB, William Grey, Mariner LANCASTER, Joseph, Mariner LESSER, Thomas, Mariner LITTEL, John, Mariner MARSHALL, William, Castle Inn MARTIN, Richard, Dredger MATTHEWS, Richard, Bricklayer MILES, Jefferson, Sail Maker MORLEY, Thomas, Dredger MORRIS, Richard, Master in the Navy MORRIS, Thomas, Mariner NAYLOR, William, Dredger OST, Abigail, Mrs., Ship Owner OST, JOHN, Mariner OST, Samuel, Mariner PELLATT, Daniel, Draper & Taylor PENNAL, Henry, Mariner PENNAL, Isaac, Mariner PENNAL, Thomas Lewis, Clerk of the Survey of the Ordnance of Sheerness PENNAL, William, Pilot POULTER, Robert, Mariner POULTER, William, (jun), Mariner POULTER, William, (sen), Mariner RAKE, William, Dredger ROBERTS, Henry Soan, Mariner ROBERTS, Richard, Mariner ROGERSON, Mosses, Mariner SASSERY, John, Mariner SAYWELL, Ann, Mrs., Widow SAYWELL, Susanna, Mrs., Widow SAYWELL, Thomas, Dredger SCIENCE, James, Mariner SEXTON, Lydia, Mrs., Blacksmith SHORE, John, Mariner TAYLOR, Richard Hicks, Mariner TERRY, George, Dredger TERRY, Richard, Dredger TERRY, William, Carpenter THURLSTON, John, Riding Officer UNDERDOWN, Isaac, Mariner UNDERDOWN, John, Mariner VENTOM, George, Carpenter WALKER, William, Dredger WALSALL, Henry, Mariner WATERER, William, Mariner WELLS, William, (jun) Dredger WINCH, James, Dredger WOODLOW, Richard, Dredger & Coal Meter
Ramsgate in the Isle of Thanet, in the St Laurence parish, five miles from Margate, is a member of the town and port of Sandwich. It is the first place of note South, South East from the North Foreland towards Sandwich. Ramsgate is situated in the cove of a chalky cliff. It was formally but an obscure fishing village; but since the year 1688 has been improved and enlarged by successful trade to Russia and the East Country. But what renders it most worthy of notice is the new harbour which is one of the most capacious in England if not Europe. It was began in 1750; and, consists of two piers that to the east is wholly of Purbeck stone and extends itself into the ocean near 800 feet before it forms an angle; its breadth on the top is 26 feet, including a strong parapet wall, which runs along the outside of it; that to the west is constructed of wood as far as the low water mark, but the rest is stone. The angles of which there are five in each pier consist of 160 feet each, with octagons at the end of fifty feet diameter, leaving an entrance of 200 feet into the harbour, the depth of which admits of a gradual increase of eighteen to thirty six feet. This harbour is intended as a place of refuge for ships in the frequent hard gales of wind from the south east to east north east when they are exposed to the greatest danger in the Downs. But after all the immense cost and trouble and contrivance which has employed and exerted in completing this enormous undertaking it collects so much sand, mud etc., that it by no means answers the great end designed by its construction.
Sandwich is one of the Cinque Ports, and is situated near a mile and a half from the sea, nine
miles from Margate, seven from Ramsgate, twelve from Canterbury, eleven from Dover and five from
Deal. It sends tow members to parliament who still retain the ancient name of barons of the Cinque
port of Sandwich. The trade of the town chiefly consists of coal, fir timber, deals, etc. with
which the country is supplied. Here also are shipped corn, malt, fruit and feeds fro London and
other markets. Market days are Wednesdays and Saturdays and a fair on the 4th December, which
continues two market days.
This was formally one of the chief ports of England, and walled around. It has still a wall on the north and west sides, and a rampart and a ditch on the others. It has suffered much by the Danes, etc. whose king; Canute here slit the noses and cut off the hands of those Englishmen who were given as hostages to his father Swain. In 1217 it was burnt by the French and again in 1457. It has two monasteries, and other religious foundations. It was first incorporated by the name of Barons and in the reign of Edward III by the stile of mayor, jurats and commonality. The mayor was chosen in the guildhall, on the Monday after St Andrew's day. Here are three churches, three hospitals, a custom house, a quay, and a free school built out of the ruins of the Carmelite monastery. This was reckoned one of the Cinque Ports even in the reign of William Conqueror. The members belonging to it are: Fordwich, Deal, Walmer, Ramsgate, Reculver, Stonar, and Sar and Brightingley, eight miles form Colchester, in Essex, is under the jurisdiction of its mayor. This is the only Cinque port except Dover, which has the least claim to independence, and that arises from the extensive number of its electors. Sandwich which has for many years been ranked as an Admiralty Borough, from the influence of innumerable places, and the documents which the voters hold under the patronage of that board, has been generally represented by two members of their nomination; but at the last election, Sir Horace Mann, who resides in the neighbourhood, having the largest Kentish estate of any man in the country, and who is so much respected for his hospitality and convivial talents that no other person would have stood the smallest chance of success in opposition to government, became a candidate on his own interest, in opposition to Lord Parker, controller of the household (who was supported by government in conjunction with Mr Stephens, Secretary to the Admiralty) was successful, as will appear by the close of the poll; the numbers being for
Philip Stephens, Esq. - 474, Sir Horace Mann - 311, Lord Parker - 290
Thus the independent interest succeeded, for the first time, in the election of one of their members. The other is still considered as being at the disposal of the Admiralty. At the election in 1620, the third parliament of James I, Lord Cobham, warden of the Cinque Ports, made an order, which he got confirmed by the Lords of the Privy-Council, that the mayor and jurats only should make the elections of members of parliament. The freemen, or commons, were therefore debarred from giving their voices, with threats of imprisonment. Sir Robert Hatton was returned by the mayor and jurats. The commons, who intended to choose Mr Borrows, were intimidated by the magistrates. The House of Commons, however, held the election void, and ordered a new writ for the freeman at large to make the election. It likewise appears, that the corporation of this port have not been exempt from the charge of corruption any more than their neighbours; as, on the 25th November 1695, a petition of John THURBAN, serjeant at law, was presented to the House, setting forth, that he was duly elected a Barron to serve in parliament for this port, but Edward BRENT and John TAYLOR, Esquires, had prevailed with the mayor to return them, though they were not duly chosen. Upon the examination of evidence, the following matter came out before a committee: Ralph GOODCHILD said, a great while before the writ came down and he believes a month before the election , at the desire of some of Mr TAYLOR's friends, he went to Mr TAYLOR's house, with an account of what men they thought would engage him and that Mr TALOR said to him, and, as he believes, Mr PARAMOUR, Mr MANDY, and Mr GREGG, were by, that he had heard some people got places of profit by being parliament men; and that, if the town chose him, and he got any, he would give half to the corporation, and twenty ponds a year to the poor, and give the corporation a treat on the day that he was chosen, yearly; that Mr TAYLOR bade him speak of it, and he did, accordingly make use of it, to persuade several to vote for Mr TAYLOR; that he voted so, and designed to do so before the said promise; and said, he believed he saw bills of charges of three hundred pounds on Mr TAYLOR's account, and that Mr CRICKET was Mr TAYLOR's agent. TWISDEN said, that Mr TAYLOR the day before the election, declared, MANDY being present, if he got a place of a thousand or five hundred pounds a year, as he hoped that he should, or what ever it was, he would give half to the town; and Mr CRICKET said, he would give is bond, that Mr TAYLOR should expend forty or fifty ponds yearly upon the town, and give twenty pounds to the poor; and TURNER, sitting by, said he would drink the petitioners health , but durst not vote for him, for, if he did, they would never employ him again. John CHAPMAN said, CRICKET declared, that Mr TAYLOR had promised, and he, (CRICKET) would give his bond as before testified; and on that, on account of his voting for Mr BRENT, CRICKET had received forth shillings of RICKSEY, which he paid in part of seven pounds owing from him to the serjeant, but owned CRICKET was bound with him for it; but it did not appear Mr BENT had employed CRICKET. CRICKET and MOOR said, the mayor went to several to vote for Mr BRENT; and MOOR owned, that he himself had spoken to several to vote for the sejeant. CLARK, JENKINSON, and STONE said, that a letter was read, as from Sir Cloudesly SHOVAL, by which they pretended that all freeman who would vote for Mr BRENT should be pressed. RICKSEY and others were present, and some seamen were scared out of the town by it. RICKSEY produced a letter which, being read, he said was only a recommendation of Mr BRENT, without any threatening or promises. John VATCHELOR said, BRODERLY, who voted and made interest for Mr BENT, offered him two half crowns to vote for MR BENT, and RICKSEY and FISHER were by, and was threatened to be ruined, because he would not vote against the serjeant. N VATCHELOR, his brother, said, he heard his brother John declare, that BRODERLY had offered him no money. HUTTON said, he had a debt of three pounds odd money owing to him from CURSER; but, he dying, it became dubious; and that he was offered to have it paid if he would vote for Mr TAYLOR. The number of voters is four hundred and eighty; returning officer, the mayor. The present corporation, by a charter dated in the year 1685, consists a mayor, recorder, twelve jurats and twenty four common councilmen. This town gives the title of Earl to the family of MONTAGUE.
The harbour has for many years been so choked up with sand and by a ship of great burden, of Paul IV sunk in the channel that here is not depth of water enough for vessels of a considerable size. The wool stable was removed hither from Queenborough in the reign of Richard II and some Walloons and Dutchmen, who fled hither, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, from persecution, set up the manufacture of cloth; but the chief trade of the town is in shipping and malting. The London markets are supplied from hence with the largest and sweetest carrots, and the feedsmen with most of their feeds, the soil being very good for all sorts of garden stuff. There are two charity schools for twenty five boys and as many girls.
The mayor carries a black knotted staff, whereas the mayors of the other Cinque Ports generally have white staves. Before the gates are two Roman tumuli and on the south side, by the shore, are six large broad Celtic tumuli; at equal distance. From hence to Hithe the French coast is visible all the way.
The principal Inns are:
The Old Bell, kept by William HARRISON, Strand Street, near the bridge.
New Rose, kept by Stephen RAYNER, Market Place
New Inn, kept by John WILLIAMS, Delph Street
An assembly for dancing and cards once a month, and for cards once a fortnight, during the winter.
Flower-de-Luce kept by Daniel CLAREBUT, Delph Street.
A corn market his held every Wednesday; and an assembly for cards every fortnight during the winter.
The London post comes in every morning, Mondays excepted, about nine o'clock. The Ramsgate post returns to Sandwich about five in the afternoon, except during the season when it is allowed to be half an hour later. The Sandwich bag is sealed at half past five, and sets off at six, at which time the post comes from Deal.
Jeremiah HUNT, post master
A coach sets out from the Old Bell to Canterbury on Mondays and Fridays, and returns through Sandwich the following day; he also comes from Deal to Sandwich on Thursday and returns the same day.
WALLER's caravan sets out from Sandwich to Canterbury every Saturday, and returns the same day.
PHILPOTT's and PRICE's caravans come from Ramsgate every Wednesday and Saturday and return the same day.
HOYS The Fortune - Daniel VALDER Two Brothers - Maurice READ Endeavour - William OSBORN Stephens – Stephen STANNER All are employed in carrying corn and other goods to and from London and Rochester, for Sandwich, Deal and adjacent country. VESSESLS The Union – Robert COOK Hare – John SAYER Martin – Michael LOTHERINGTON Johanna – Thomas SIMEY All employed in the coal trade Endeavour – Michael NEAM Good Intent – John CUMMING Nancy – James B FISK Kitty – George SMITH Are employed in the Baltic and Norway trades. CORPORATION Charles ROBINSON Esq. – Recorder Jurats Terry SAYER, Esq. Valentine SAYER William BOYS Benjamin SAYER John HARVEY William SLAUGHTER Henry MASON Augustine SMITHERS Joseph SOLLY Henry K BRADFORD Richard EMMERSON Edmund FOWLE Common Council William JORDAN Samuel SILVER Benjamin DENNE John DEVESON John MATSON John JORDAN Peter RAINIER Henry SAYER (jun) Francis COCKING John WOODRUFF Peter HARRRISON John BROWN William BRICE Andrew HILLS Charles WARMAN Daniel ENSTON (sen) William WARMAN Thomas BUNDOCK (sen) Jacob WALLER Thomas BUNDOCK (jun) Robert BAYLY Samuel HARVEY Slodden CASTLE William PHILPOT (Town Clerk) Herbert HOOPER & Latham OSBORN (Treasurers) Thomas WOODWARD (Common Wardman) Henry LAWRENCE and Jacob HAWKWS (Serjeants at Mace) Nathaniel BRADLEY (Gaol keeper) Peter BUNTON (Common Crier) GENTRY ADDISON, Henry, Gent BARTON, William, Gent (Freeman) BOYS, Pearson, Lieut, Navy (Freeman) BRADLY, R B Lieut, Navy BROWN, John, Gent (Freeman) BULLER, Peter, Gent (Freeman) BUNDOCK, Thomas, (sen) Gent (Freeman) CASTLE, William, Gent (Freeman) COOPER, Thomas, Gent (Freeman) CURLING, Edward, Gent DILNOT, John, Gent (Freeman) EDWARDS, John, Capt Navy (Freeman) ELGAR, Nathaniel, Esq., (Freeman) GARRET, Richard, Gent (Freeman) GEORGE, James, Lieut, Navy HARVEY, John, Capt Navy (Freeman) HILLS, Richard, Gent, (Freeman) HORTON, William, Gent, (Freeman) LILLY, John, Gent, (Freeman) LUSHINGTON, Thomas, Gent, (Freeman) MATSON, John, Gent, (Freeman) PICKMORE, Francis, Capt, Navy PINFOLD, Richard, Lieut, Navy (Freeman) PRINCE, Richard, Gent, (Freeman) SAYER, Henry, Gent, (Freeman) SAYER, Terry, Gent SHRUBSOLE, John, Gent, (Freeman) SLAUGHTER, Isaac, Gent, (Freeman) SMITHERS, Augustine, Gent, (Freeman) WALLER, Jacob, Capt, Navy, (Freeman) WOOD, John, Lieut, Navy, (Freeman) WOOD, Thomas, Gent, (Freeman) CLERGY BUNCE, WHELER, Rev. (Freeman) CONANT, John, Rev, (Freeman) MILNES, James, Rev. 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Surveyor & Land Waiter BUTLER, George, Coalmeter CASPELL, William, Tidesman DEBOCH, Thomas, Tidesman DEENE, Benjamin, Deputy Comptroller FORREST, Thomas, Boatman FRISBY, Thomas, Boatman HOLMANS, Stephen, Riding Officer JORDAN, William, Collector NAIRNE, Edward, Supervisor SAYER, John, Boatman TEMPLE, George, Coalmeter TEMPLE, Henry, Coalmeter TETTER, Joseph, BoatmanOne mile from Sandwich, after crossing a bridge over the RIVER Stour, are two or three houses, which are the only remains of the ancient town of Stonar, well known for the antiquaries of this country, to many of whom it has furnished a very curious subject of research and examination. About a mile to the right of this place is Richborough, the Rutupium of the Romans, and their first and most comfortable situation in this kingdom, being the chief port from which they carried on their trade and connections with the continent. The remains of the castle are still visible and appear of considerable extent. The walls whose original height cannot be ascertained because they are no where perfect are in some parts near twelve feet in thickness, composed chiefly of flints and roman bricks; the latter are sixteen inches in length and eleven broad and the intervening spaces filled up with round beach stones. The whole eastern side of the castle is sunk down and destroyed by the fall of the cliff; the remainder is ruinous and overgrown with ivy and stands a melancholy monument of its pristine greatness. Upon an eminence near the castle are the remains of an amphitheatre made of turf, where the garrison is supposed to have exercised themselves in the manly diversions of those days. The soil is gravel and sand and has long been ploughed over. To those who may wish for a particular account of and examination into these venerable remains we should recommend a very ingenious little discourse by Dr BATTELY, entitled Antiquitates Rutupina, a translation of which with explanatory notes has been published by the Rev. Mr DUNSCOMBE of Canterbury.
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If you want to deter crime, it seems that you'd want to lengthen prison sentences so that criminals would face steeper costs for breaking the law. In fact, a mountain of research shows that increases in prison terms have done nothing to deter crime. Criminals, like the rest of us, aren't much influenced by things they might have to experience far in the future.
Fortunately, people in the behavioral sciences are putting policies to the test. I know of groups at Duke and Penn that are applying behavioral research findings to policy issues. Eldar Shafir of Princeton has edited a weighty new book, "The Behavioral Foundations of Public Policy," which is a master compendium of what we know.
One of the things we know is that seemingly trivial changes can have big effects. People who are presented with a wide variety of choices of, say, yogurt, will eat more than people who are presented with a small array of choices or no choice. People who were randomly given a short, wide 22-ounce glass, poured 88 percent more juice or soda into it than people who were offered a tall, narrow 22-ounce glass, but they believed they only poured in half as much as they actually did.
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With its large common areas, Cable TV and a chilled rooftop terrace area with our famous weekly BBQ's you can relax at Funkhouse backpackers Sydney & sink a couple of beers while watching the sunset over City and Harbour views. There is a fully equipped kitchen for you to use and laundry facilities too and with only 3 to 4 beds in each dormitory you can book a room with your mates.
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text: Table games become losing bet for Wheeling Island By The Associated Press March 4, 2013 Story Share WHEELING, W.Va. -- Poker, roulette and blackjack are becoming losing bets for Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack, which expects to lose about $1 million this year on its table games.President and general manager Jim Simms told The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register that Wheeling Island is losing customers to casinos in Ohio and Pennsylvania. The games also are labor-intensive."We have done everything we can to reduce our costs and to increase our customer base, but our ability to drive revenue is very limited now,'' he said.Wheeling Island's losses on table games have grown from $3,365 in the first two months of 2012 to $171,407 in the same period this year.The losses don't include a $2.5 million annual fee that Wheeling Island and the state's other three racetracks must pay the West Virginia Lottery Commission to offer the games."I take great pride in my responsibility to keep the business stable -- and to keep our associates in a comfortable working position,'' said Simms, who plans to leave Wheeling Island to open a new casino in Lebanon, Ohio. "But if we have to pay this $2.5 million fee again, we are going to have to seriously consider whether to continue offering table games.''Wheeling Island also pays higher tax rates on table gaming and slot machines than competitors in Ohio and Pennsylvania, he said.West Virginia's tax rate on table gaming is 35 percent, compared to 33 percent in Ohio and no more than 16 percent in Pennsylvania. The Mountain State's slot machine tax rate is 42 percent, while the rate in Pennsylvania is 55 percent. Ohio's tax rate is 33 percent.Simms said Wheeling Island effectively pays a slot machine tax rate of about 57 percent because of breeders' funds, purse funds and local supplements."As long as we are going to be taxed at rates higher than our competition, we are at a complete disadvantage. They have brand new facilities in prime locations. They have deeper pockets for promotions and marketing,'' Simms said. Simms said he would like to see the Legislature discuss table gaming taxation and the annual fee before the regular session ends in April."That $2.5 million that we pay ends up going to different charitable groups. We are absolutely not trying to take money from those organizations that we are glad to support,'' he said. "All we are asking for is to have a discussion to see if there is any way the Legislature can revisit this issue.''"Our people have been through so much here, with floods and various other challenges along the way. The least I can do for them before I leave is to try to find a solution to this problem so we can keep the table games going,'' he said.Wheeling Island has not made any decision regarding table games. The racetrack's table gambling license expires July 13. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Books and Brews expanding to Charleston's West Side 2 Morgantown coal operator Laurita indicted in alleged campaign finance scheme 3 City of Milton tries to revive Morris Memorial property 4 Former Boone school board members indicted 5 Gazette editorial: Is it time for health care for all yet? State tax revenues fall further behind in February Previous Story Army veteran, Nitro Elementary student chosen to detonate bridge Next Story


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Your to kind. Steamed fish is such a great thing.You really taste the fish,a few aromatics of course.
Those snapper are the backbone of the restaurant trade,great fish.
I do like Pinot Gris & summer is the time to drink it.
Abalone gets shipped to Asia.I saw on TV that its a big thing at wedding receptions in Hong Kong ,real status thing.
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Thinking of you today as I do every other Mia. You inspire me and your music has brought me to life. I hope all the people who got to know you in life understand how truly lucky they are. I wish I could have been one of them. I'll always think of you and listen to your music. Rest peacefully beautiful soul. Love always, Holly
|(10033) Liam
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I would LOVE to hear any other recordings of the Gits and Mia's solo performances. Or anything that's available really. Including any interviews she may have done if someone has a copy of them. She seems like a really amazing person from everything I've read about her and the Gits. She had to have been to have so many people fighting to keep her memory alive after 20 years.
This is hard for me to write.Mia Zapata was born the same year as I was and my daughter Jasmine Cherise Curiosity Armour and she were the same age when they were murdered.Mia Zapata was one of the people my daughter most admired,my daughter who hopped freight trains and wrote great songs that were always in her backpack and it disappeared when she was murdered in Buffalo,NY 2/10/2011 and all her books of poetry.I got her acoustic/electric mini-martin guitar and her dog back.The stupid cops threw her dog Sally in jail because she wouldn't leave her body.She is a very nice dog.She did not even bite the murderers for fuck's sake.I got her guitar back from these nice anarchist kids that liberated it from the crime scene of her house,they lived at the Bird House.People say bad stuff about them,but they gave me her guitar and helped me get her dog back alive.Anyway,Jasmine always had musical projects going on and sometimes on Halloween and New Years did the lead in a Gits cover band.Jasmine always wrote all the lyrics for any band she was in.She lived in Seattle for a while and called me one night very,very upset,from a bar and I can't remember the name,but it was the bar that she hung out at,every town worth a damn has a place like that,I used to work at one in DC called Back Alley when she was a little kid...so I guess she always felt at home in the place where people likeminded hung out,anyway,she started telling me about Mia Zapata,her role model,and how could a thing like that happen...and she drank too much when she was sad,and I am rambling on a keyboard but somehow I think somebody somewhere on the other end maybe understands.Jasmine's mom,Cathy ps,the 1st concert she ever went to was before she was 1 and it was the Dead Kennedys the real ones,WITH Jelloe4
|(10029) Roxanne
Sat, 21 December 2013 10:03:59 +0000
You know what I've always wondered, I remember in the documentary there was this softer version of Precious Blood and Cut my Skin It makes me human. Where could I hear those versions?
Happy Birthday Dear Mia Zapata. You Are Truely Missed And Loved. I Am So Very Happy To Know The Gits Music. Viva Zapata!!
Happy birthday Mia! Viva Zapata! Viva The Gits! Thank you for giving us something to hold on to each other with and to forever carry you in our hearts!
Eternal peace & love always!
Eternal peace & love always!
|(10013) Julian
Sat, 24 August 2013 16:33:41 +0000
Forever an inspiration, thank you eternally, long live the music of the almighty GITS.
R.I.P Mia Zapata.
R.I.P Mia Zapata.
My best friend early in his tattoo career wanted to do a portrait and asked me for a space of my flesh. I had wanted a Mia portrait since I first heard and was touched by her music and the tragedy of her death. Since we both our Seattle natives and fans of The GITS it became a matter of what picture we felt best represented her strength and beauty. Since branding her portrait on myself it has appeared in The Stranger and most recently in The Seattle Times, an article about women's safety in the city.
I don't know how to set a link but if inclined to see copy and paste the above and be whisked away to a face page from the tattoo shop. You can also google search Mia Zapata tattoo with Seattle Times to find the article.
Love and another shot of whiskey ...
I don't know how to set a link but if inclined to see copy and paste the above and be whisked away to a face page from the tattoo shop. You can also google search Mia Zapata tattoo with Seattle Times to find the article.
Love and another shot of whiskey ...
I bought an electric guitar because of 7 year bitch and this whole amazing scene. MIA and I went to the same college, but different decades and now that I am back making music, I think about her all the time for some reason. Wish so badly that she were still around.
|(9744) bobby
Sun, 7 July 2013 17:37:39 +0000
thank you mia for great music love the gits


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Mission Statement
It is the Mission of the Humane Society of Charles County to provide shelter and care for homeless, injured and neglected animals through adoption, fostering, community partnerships, education and affordable spay-neuter and vaccine services.
Vision Statement
The Vision of the Humane Society of Charles County is to create a community where animals are cherished and no longer need us for protection and shelter.
Value Statement
In upholding the Vision and Mission of the Humane Society of Charles County we will all work with these Values:
1. To always be compassionate and caring
2. To foster respect and understanding of all life
3. To protect, rescue, adopt and care for animals
4. To create partnerships for animal welfare
5. To educate the community on animal welfare issues
The Humane Society had only 25 members, less than $100, and a dream when we began in 1978.
We started out with dog houses behind the old Ice Plant on Route 5. Eventually we added dog runs to the back of the building. In the early 1980's, we moved to our current location on Industrial Park Drive
in St. Charles.
Board of Directors
Anita Bowie – Marsh, President
Ginny Crane, Vice President
Donna Cave, Treasurer
Ellen Carr, Secretary
Anne Gardiner, Spay Program
Shara Hendler, Member at Large
Lyn Cianflocco, Member at Large
Pat Parrish, Member at Large
Kathy Babiak, Member at Large
The shelter holds adoption events in many different locations. Check the calendar of events for offsite adoption sites: http://www.sdk9rehab.com/events--training-information.html
All fees are used to cover operating costs, repairs and improvements necessary to provide the care required for lost, stray, or abandoned pets brought to the Humane Society of Charles County (we are a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization).
Adoption Fees are as follows (subject to change):
Adult Dogs (over 20 lbs): $95.00
Adult Dogs (under 20 lbs): $200.00
Puppies (up to 4 months of age): $200.00
Adult Cats (over 4 months old): $65.00 + Adopt 1 get 1 50% OFF
Kittens (up to 4 months of age): $95.00 + Adopt 1 get 1 50% OFF
We also have various small animals such as parakeets, guinea pigs, rabbits, rats, and so on for adoption. Please call to find out what we currently have in the shelter at 301-645-8181.
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CELEBRITY chef Rick Stein will return to his West Oxfordshire roots to give a talk.
He will be at an event at St Mary's Church, in Church Street, Chipping Norton, on Wednesday, September 18, to talk about his autobiography, Under a Mackerel Sky.
The event starts at 7.30pm. Tickets, priced £12.50, are available from the Jaffe & Neale bookshop in the town's Market Place.


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- As Wall Street and the media hype up Facebook's IPO, one analyst believes the stock could offer as much as 65% upside. Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia initiated coverage on Facebook with a "buy" rating and a $46 price target, which would offer nearly 65% upside if Facebook were to price its IPO at the low end of its expected range, $28 per share. Bhatia believes that Facebook's IPO is worth the risk predicting that the social networker could be as disruptive as Google ( GOOG).
Advertising is a $600 billion market, and as more advertising moves online (currently $68 billion is online), Bhatia believes Facebook is disrupting advertising. This, he says, is led by social media and Facebook's 900 million users, more than half of which use the service daily. Other factors include Facebook's ability to monetize mobile, its placement in China and the company's potential to grow average revenue per user. "Together, Mobile and China could add $1.5B in incremental revenue and $600 million in incremental EBITDA
Earnings before interest, depreciation and amortization by 2015," Bhatia wrote in his research note. "Additionally, the market for virtual/digital goods is expected to reach $14 billion by 2016, up from $9 billion in 2011 (CAGR of 9%), according to NPD In-Stat." Advertisers have had a hard time generating significant revenue from mobile as more users access the web and data from their smartphones and tablets. But the mobile advertising market is expected to have a 64% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) through 2015, according to tech research firm IDC, reaching $18 billion. Facebook is poised to take advantage of this trend. According to the social networking giant's S-1, Facebook has 488 million users accessing the site through their mobile devices, but has not yet been able to generate "meaningful" revenue in this area, despite being the most downloaded app on Android and iPhone in January. "We see mobile monetization as a significant long-term growth opportunity for Facebook, but with some initial challenges," Bhatia wrote. Then there's Facebook's potential entry into China, where Renren ( RENN) is the dominant social network. Bhatia notes that China accounts for almost a quarter of the world's Internet users, and if Facebook were able to access the market, it could add $400 million to $600 million in incremental revenue.
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WICHITA, KS—U.S. Bank has provided Value Place with a new, $34-million five-year term loan to refinance a group of its corporate-owned hotels.
The 10 properties being refinanced are located in Wichita; Oklahoma City; Del City, OK; Fayetteville, NC; Lubbock, TX; Brownsville, TX; and Pensacola, FL.
"Our growing relationship with U.S. Bank dates to November of 2010, and since then they've also financed the 22 operating properties we acquired from Angelo, Gordon & Co.," said Kyle Rogg, COO of Value Place. "With our rapidly growing portfolio of owned properties, it's important to have a strong partner on which we can depend, and we are pleased that U.S. Bank continues to show confidence in Value Place's strategy, performance and management."


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On Mon, 26 Jan 2009, David Rees wrote: > And yes, the more memory you can squeeze into the machine, the better, > though you'll find that after a certain point, price starts going up > steeply. Of course, if you only have a 15GB database, once you reach > 16GB of memory you've pretty much hit the point of diminishing > returns. actually, you need more memory than that. besides the data itself you would want memory for several other things, among them: 1. your OS 2. your indexes 3. you per-request memory allocations (for sorting, etc) this is highly dependant on your workload (type and number of parallel requests) 4. 'dead' tuples in your table (that will be cleared by a vaccum, but haven't been yet) and probably other things as well. I don't know how large a database will fit in 16G of ram, but I suspect it's closer to 8G than 15G. any experts want to throw out a rule-of-thumb here? David Lang
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BOUNTIFUL — Two junior high school teachers here have been charged with rape, accused of having sex with the same teenage boy.
The scandal at Bountiful Junior High has stunned students, parents, administrators, police and prosecutors alike.
It came to light when seventh-grade Utah history teacher Linda Nef, 46, went to authorities with her lawyer and admitted to an affair with a student, said Bountiful Police Lt. Randy Pickett.
"She confesses to having sex with a 13-year-old boy at Bountiful Junior High," Pickett said Friday. "He was one of her students."
Under questioning, Pickett said, Nef revealed that the boy was also having sex with another teacher, Valynne Bowers. Detectives then questioned the boy, whom police said admitted to having sex with both women. Bowers was questioned Thursday night and arrested.
Bowers, 39, was booked into the Davis County Jail early Friday and charged with rape and forcible sodomy, both first-degree felonies. She made a brief appearance Friday in Farmington's 2nd District Court. Bowers posted bail and was released from jail Friday night.
Police said Bowers told them her affair with the student occurred from Jan. 2 until Feb. 27, when he was 14. Nef is accused of carrying on an affair with the boy from December 2007 until Feb. 14, 2008, according to prosecutors.
"He was in her class," Pickett said of the boy. "Neither teacher knew of the other until recently."
Nef was charged late Friday with rape of a child and sodomy on a child, both first-degree felonies, and surrendered to police at the Davis County Jail, where she was booked and released pending a March 27 court appearance. Her attorney, Sean Druyon, declined to comment when contacted by the Deseret News on Friday.
Deputy Davis County attorney Richard Larsen said they are taking Nef's cooperation with authorities into account.
"I'm sure everybody involved has a desire to get this resolved as quickly as possible," Larsen said. "But we're not in a position where we can discuss plea negotiations. Our opinion is certainly we appreciate the cooperation and we're fully intending to take that into account."
At Bountiful Junior High, teachers were in "shock," said Davis School District spokesman Chris Williams.
"They are serious charges, and there's just absolutely certain lines you cannot cross as an educator," Williams said Friday.
Bowers has been a teacher in the Davis County School District since 1996, working for a decade at an elementary school before moving to Bountiful Junior High in 2006 to teach math. Williams said she has been placed on administrative leave.
Nef resigned on Monday. She taught part time at the junior high school, also serving as a cheerleading adviser.
News of the arrests spread quickly through the school.
"I think everybody's just shocked," said the mother of a student in Bowers' eighth-grade algebra class, who asked that her name not be used. "She's such a nice lady and an excellent teacher."
Bountiful Junior High's principal met with faculty to discuss the arrests on Friday morning, Williams said. A letter to parents will be going home with students on Monday.
"It will not go into detail. These teachers are still innocent until proven guilty," Williams said.
The letter will make parents aware of the situation and urge them not to jump to conclusions.
"We will tell them to be sensitive to the situation and if you have any information that you need to share, please come forward," he said.
The boy is in the care of his parents and state child welfare workers are involved in the investigation, Pickett said. Both police and prosecutors said they never would have known about it if Nef had not broken her silence.
"She saw which direction this was going to go and said, 'I need to tell somebody,' " Pickett said.
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Incoming freshmen Liz Paul and Chelsea Kovich were named to the 2010 Louisville Slugger/NFCA High School All-America Team. Paul was honored on the first team, while Kovich was on the second team.
Forty-eight student-athletes representing 40 different member high schools from 21 states earned the honor of being named to one of three All-American teams.
Paul, a right handed pitcher from Clements, Texas received the honor on the first team after finishing the season with a record of 31-6 and a 0.77 ERA.
Kovich, an outfielder from Elkins, Texas, was named to the second team after a season that saw her hit .461, steal 27 bases and score 47 runs.
In total, 26 of this year's 48 All-Americans have committed to play softball at the collegiate level, with 24 of those commitments choosing to continue their academic and playing careers at a NCAA Division I institution.


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software, soundscapes, sonography
(one silence is worth a thousand sounds)
I've spent many years in the area between art & technology.
The structures and variations there in are of paramount interest to me.
Distribution of time in space, of both image and sound.
I search for solutions which are proof against irritation & boredom.
The quest for refinement of simplicity.
In addition to my own work I accept commissions based on sound, but also on imagery.
Both my own music as well as recordings of others.
In addition to digital music recordings, I record the daily sounds around us. Also, to keep things interesting, I am attracted to the idea of installing microprocessors in all sorts of places which can control all sorts of things at a (very) direct level. That, too, is possible within the realm of technology & art.
A further application is the control of machines producing sound, light, and even silence. Supported projects can be found at the euroGenie site.
In the UNESCO year of the mountains 2002, a non mainstream CD production has been completed. For a real mountain experience, you have to stay in the mountains for more than just a few days. Being in the mountains for longer changes your perception of time. And that changes your perception of music. Which is how the idea of bringing a vibraphone into an open mountain landscape came about.
Simpleness & Refinement is a light artwork commisioned by the Stadsschouwburg and the City of Utrecht,
the Netherlands.
Small red balls of light move along the upper edge of the theatre tower.
Both left and right around the world.
Seven days a week, around the clock. Some fast, some slow.
At times only few, at others in great numbers.
Visible both night & day.
CAUTION when crossing the road!
The intention of the radio documentary I hear, so I listen is to open up the world of everyday sounds.
It is based on a walking trip through an apparently barren landscape in the Norwegian mountains.
It was inspired by a press conference held by Norwegian composer/ percussionist Kjell Samkopf for the launching of his recent CD Mountain Listening.
An attempt has been made to integrate form and content into one whole: space and time, the perspective, dynamics, distance. The guiding principle is the sonographics of the soundscape. In between, different aspects of briefly and concise listening will be explained. Hints as a handle. Hints about what has been heard, and about what is to come.
By definition before and after this programme there is be a lot to be heard on the radio. The first difference the listener will no doubt immediately notice, is the change of acoustical space surrounding the narrator of this programme. Also her role will change. Within the sonographics, more than the perspective will change. There are three people in this programme essentially telling the same story; Kjell Samkopf and I, each from our own perspective, and the RVU radio narrator Ilse Wessel, reading out my words. On the one hand, there are two overlapping views on the same subject, and on the other, two presentations of one and the same viewpoint. Within the text blocks, fragments have been inserted, but not within the sound blocks.
The pace of the narrative parts is very much higher than the sound fragments tempo. These sound fragments each last between four and nine minutes without interruption, during which time no spoken word is heard. This, in present-day radio terms, is exceptionally long. The ingredients are sparce. Little appears to happen. And then, suddenly, it turns out what riches hide behind this seemingly simple façade. Each fragment has its own tension span.
Kjell Samkopf tells his story in English, searching for his words by the fireside. My own story is told in Dutch; it has been written down entirely, proof-read and corrected by someone who knows about these things; it is recited, mid to close range miking technique, by two people.
In the text fragments, recorded indoors, the microphones are fixed in one position. In the sound fragments, recorded outside, the microphones are constantly moving.
The use of absolute silence between the different items is crucial, to allow the listener to distinguish the fragments, and to catch up. The recordings are unprocessed, i.e. no dynamic compression or spectral filtering has been effected.
The use of headphones is strongly recommended, for appreciating the full depth of the sound material. Adjust your listening level at the beginning of the programme in such a way that the voice of the female narrator sounds as in a normal conversation.
I hear, so I listen is about listening and hearing. If we define silence as space within time, this programme is about balancing time in space.
This item is online. The CD of the program including the transcription and translation into english is available on request.
RST (het Ruisen van de Stilte in de Tijd)
The radio documentary the Ringing of Silence in Time is about the changing of sounds that surrounds us all the time. Sounds that we are not listening to by default. Changes so slow that we do not notice them. By making snapshots, we create the possibility of comparing the quality of the different points in time. But first one has to be aware of the fact that most things do have a sounding component as well. Whether we like it or not. Sound as a silent killer.
The documentary contains sounds from entries sent from all over the world to P.O.Box 9 in Amsterdam in the scope of the9th project.
This item is online. The CD of the program including the transcription and translation into english is available on request.
Recording & Mastering
For decades I've been recording in digital only. First on betamax tape with a Sony PCM-F1.
Later came DAT, MD and Jukebox3.
Today while walking around I use a Sound Devices 722 harddisk recorder and two DPA 4060 omnidirectional small membrane microphones.
For direct to disk recording I use Metric Halo Mobile I/O ULN8 in combination with a Sound Devices 722 and/or an Apple PowerBook
For many years I have been using a Jecklin Disk and two and the same microphones: Bruel & Kjaer 4006. In 2003 the best got better: I got an excellent pair of matched QTC1-mini prototypes from Earthworks as a replacement for the 4006. Omnis with the best specification imaginable for in- and outdoor work. New mics on the block!
Exclusively on location, namely there where it sounds the best. The Jecklin disk is my primary technique for capturing sounds. Recently extended by the Vertical Microphone Method (VMM).
Editing and Mastering
Running Reaper (an excellent audio editing software program) as well as Steinberg Wavelab 8.5 on a laptop in combination with the Mobile I/O ULN-8, editing and mastering (24/192) can be done virtually anywhere. For backwards compatibility I still have a Sadie V3.7 system and Samplitude 7, Sekd Sequoia 7.0 and Steinberg Nuendo 4. Copies can be made onto disk, EXABYTE, CDR and DVD.
Simple yet effective, two Quad ESL-63 electrostats and/or Jecklin Float Electrostat headphones. On the road i use Remote Audio 7505
No airco (of course)
What counts, is to balance the project in time, space and tranquility.
Color / Space / Sound
Color / Space / Sound is an art-work which Peter Struycken and I constructed specially for the internet on commission by the Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art in Amsterdam.
The work is a virtual color-space which is in continuous movement.
The internet visitor receives again and again from his own location a new and unique cross-section from this space on his own screen.
A 2D moving image JAVA based view. (You need a java compliant browser.)
Name dropping
In addition to his own (personal) work he has been or is involved in projects by (amongst others):


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Pasha Gives Fans 'Long Overdue' Release
810 Local Flow winner Pasha dropped in on the Sunday Spotlight last weekend to tell us about her 'Long Overdue' release, and today it's here!
The album features some of Flint's best including 1000Bars who dropped his 'All In' mixtape today as well.
Familiar tracks like 'Beat To Get Freakkky' and 'In My Purse' are on the release along with seven others.


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Does anyone else have trouble with the eggs cracking when you coat peanut butter eggs? I mix the eggs, form them and freeze to make them easier to dip. But sometimes the eggs crack. Any solutions?
I'm not sure what you are talking about when you say eggs, but if it's like cake pops, they crack when the too cold cake pop meets the warm chocolate. Maybe this is the problem.
By eggs, the poster means the shape.
To avoid cracking, your eggs need to be as warm as possible and your coating needs to be as cool as possible. It's the difference in temperatures that causes the cracking.
How long are you freezing them ? If they are frozen solid and extremely cold they will crack when dipped. leave them sit out for just a couple mins before dipping.
Ive made cake pops and froze them for days before dipping
I just left them sit out for a few mins before dipping.
doing it all in the same day usually use two baking sheets
and rotate between freezer and dipping. because if they are too warm they will fall apart when dipped.


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Stories from inside 'Nitro Circus Live'
"Nitro Circus Live" is composed of some of the biggest names and badasses in action sports today. More X Games medals are in one of the dressing rooms than anywhere else in the world.
One would assume that with big names like these, big egos would naturally follow. Especially when they are riding 11 sold-out shows in front of screaming fans, who would stay for an hour after each show just to grab a close glimpse of their heroes who just defied gravity and any sense of self-preservation.
You would also understand if they only did what is in their contract, only perform the tricks they get paid for or sit the show out if they were banged up. After all, their most important contests -- X Games, Dew Tour and X Fighters -- were just around the corner.
Basically all of the above couldn't be any further from the truth. This group of athletes spent most of the six weeks on tour figuring out how to push themselves, their sport and the "Nitro Circus Live" show to new heights every night. The first time it occurred to me that this was happening was when we brought out "The Loop."
Skateboard icon Bob Burnquist saw that we wanted to incorporate a loop into the show. In true "Nitro" fashion, no one had tested it until a day before the first show. No one really knew where to drop in from, or how much speed you needed. All they knew was that many things could go wrong.
After a couple of hours of staring at the monstrosity and discussing a range of scenarios, Burnquist stepped up and said he would dial in the speed and help figure out this 17-foot beast of a loop. He didn't have to do it and it wasn't in his contract to even touch the thing, but he knew we needed some guidance and he took it on. The Loop was a great hit in all of the shows that followed, and even though it claimed a couple of guys along the way, without Burnquist it wouldn't have been there in the first place.
In one of the first shows our "contraption king," Dusty Wygle, knocked himself out in the second half pretty bad. He wanted to keep riding because he still had big tricks to throw and didn't want to let the crowd miss out on them. He was so stubborn that we actually had to hide his bike and helmet from him so he wouldn't ride. When he couldn't find his gear, I caught him trying to sneak up the ramp with a beach cruiser and moto helmet to finish off the show. He was seriously mad when we stopped him the second time.
Adam Jones got taken out in one of the shows in a nine-way FMX flip, where all riders are upside down in the air at the same time. He was pretty dinged up and the guy who went down in front of him had to sit out the rest of the show. Jones not only continued to ride, but also asked if he could fill in for that rider in the biggest trick segment because he didn't want the crowd to miss anything. Most people in the stadium wouldn't have noticed if there was one fewer trick in the best trick segment, but Jones would have known and that's all that mattered.
James Foster, our triple backflipping BMX rider, took some of the hardest hits we have ever had on tour. In the last show in Perth the physio therapist told me he shouldn't ride because he could barely hold onto his handlebars. Foster insisted he ride because it was a sellout crowd and he landed the triple backflip perfectly, which sent the crowd into an absolute frenzy and even brought some people to tears.
Aaron "Wheelz" Fotheringham is the world's best extreme wheelchair athlete. He has become one of the biggest stars of the show and is an inspiration to anyone he meets. This time around he was launching front flips on the tour. In one of the shows, he took two very hard hits that left him very banged up and dizzy. He didn't want to leave that city without landing one so he jumped in the final trains to show the crowd he can land his flip. He didn't have to do it, but he wanted to. He knows the crowd and other riders love it, and that this is what "Nitro Circus" is all about.
"Nitro Circus" always has and always will be a moto-fueled group of rednecks. However, somewhere along the line some scooter riders were brought in to perform in the show. The emcees love to make fun of them, but you can't deny that they are really, really good at what they do, and the crowd loved it.
Ryan Williams, who is a total freak on his scooter, followed Burnquist's lead and jumped in the loop. He also threw double front flips every night. Mitch Baldry, another Aussie scooter rider, started hucking triple backflips in the show, and whilst he didn't land any, he has earned the admiration of the audience and the cast.
One of the toughest people in action sports has to be Chad Kagy. He is the only person to try an 80-foot transfer from our Giganta Ramp to the moto lander. He overshot it in the first show, landing 100 feet to flat, and went to the hospital. The first show in the next city he walked up to me and said: "I'll give the transfer another shot tonight."
Rory Bushfield is a professional backcountry skier and one of the newest members of "Nitro Circus Live." Rory got thrown into the mix about two weeks before the first show when Erik Roner (our resident roller skier) broke his femur in an avalanche while skiing in Alaska. Bushfield was also married to Sarah Burke, one of the brightest stars in action sports who had a fatal crash earlier this year while training for the Winter X Games.
When Bushfield came out to Australia he had no idea what to expect, let alone what roller skis were. He quickly became a crowd favorite by landing front flips, 360s and double backflips. One night in Melbourne the cast and crew dedicated the show to his late wife, Sarah, by wearing purple armbands with her name on them. Bushfield rode better than he ever had, going bigger and higher than what anyone thought possible on roller skis. On such an emotional night for him, he walked away with the MVC, which is the "most valuable circus member" award given out after each show.
It didn't take long for the guys on the Giganta Ramp to realize that this is the perfect place to try new tricks, and most of the BMX community have already seen clips of what went down. These include Andy Buckworth's superman double front flip, Jaie Toohey's backflip triple tail whip, Special Greg's special flip and, most recently, Matt Whyatt's backflip tail whip to late 360.
These tricks blew everyone's minds, but something that impressed us all was Andrew Ahumada's creativity in the last couple of shows. He tried a cliffhanger front flip and a front flip double tail whip. Like all of the people and stories above, he doesn't get paid more to try these. He gets the respect of his peers and the satisfaction of being the first in the world to try something.
Many more stories came out of the tour. Cam Sinclair landing double backflips after breaking his femur last year, Gregg Godfrey's nephews and son, who virtually come out of the backwoods of Utah to ride in the tour, Lyn-z Adams Hawkins Pastrana landing new tricks each stop, Beaver Fleming landing the first finger flip, backflip on a skateboard, Jolene Van Vugt coming back from shoulder reconstruction to ride in every show, Andy Buckworth coming back from a broken leg he suffered just seven weeks before the first show and Jarryd McNeil coming back from a ruptured spleen to throw his whip.
The list goes on and on. I could write a few things about all 45 athletes on tour, but then it would just sound like I'm bragging. The main thing that you take away from spending time with these athletes is that they do what they do for the love of it.
Travis Pastrana embedded a mentality on this tour: every night is a chance to push yourself to a new level. The result of his approach is that the shows just keep getting bigger and better, and with Pastrana back at the reins for the "Nitro Live" European tour later this year there's no telling how big the shows will get.
Dov Ribnick is the creative manager for "Nitro Circus Live."
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This United States Postal Service employee was immediately fired after stealing a mailbox and running a 8.6 second quarter-mile run.
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Mazda announced a recall of around 60,000 Mazda 6 sedans in the U.S. and Canada, The Detroit News reports. Improper welding may cause a wire shortage that will disable power steering. Debris left during the welding process can cause wires to rub together, potentially disabling the airbag.
Timex makes one of your favorite affordable watch, the Weekender. And, it's that about time you got yourself a decent timepiece that you aren't afraid to wear every day. Timex is knocking 20% off every style of Weekender, from the Chrono and Chrono Oversized to Timex x Peanuts, with the code WEEKENDER20.
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Guilderland Archives The Altamont Enterprise, August 20, 2009
Who controls the town police?
By Anne Hayden
GUILDERLAND A Guilderland police officer has alleged mismanagement in the department, asking why a suspect in an assault and robbery case hasn't been pursued.
"He committed a serious violent crime against a resident of this town," wrote officer David Romano on July 10, asking a senior investigator what had happened to funds set aside for fake police drug buys. "To my knowledge, he is still capable of committing another one…"
Tuesday night, at the Guilderland Town Board meeting, Romano's request caused a deeper rift in a board already divided along party lines.
The supervisor, Kenneth Runion, part of the board's Democratic majority, walked out of the meeting after a heated argument with Republican Councilman Warren Redlich.
At issue was the role of the town board in governing the police department. Runion asserted that the town board did not have the authority to rule the department, and did not have the right to get involved in personnel investigations unless the department head was implicated. When Redlich started questioning him, Runion walked out.
Earlier in the meeting, both Redlich and Republican Councilman Mark Grimm expressed dismay that an attorney from Girvin and Ferlazzo paid for by the town had been investigating Romano's allegations, yet board members had not been told about it.
Although he said he does not know the details of the investigation, Redlich said yesterday he feels it is an investigation meant to punish and intimidate beat cops.
Runion told The Enterprise he felt that, if the town board tried to micromanage, it would be irresponsible and lead to chaos.
"Redlich and Grimm want to come into Town Hall and control every aspect; they proceed like bulls in a china shop," Runion said. "It is not responsible when you consider the liability of the town."
"Runion is micromanaging every department and doesn't want us to oversee what he does," countered Redlich.
Runion said neither he, nor the town board, had rights to the information, and that the records were protected under section 50-a of the Civil Rights Law.
Romano's letter stated that the drug investigation began at the end of April, and involved a cooperating individual, or a confidential informant, who was slated to attempt to buy drugs from a suspect in an open assault and robbery case that took place in Guilderland Center earlier this year. The informant would bring the police department one step closer to apprehending the suspect in the assault case, Romano said.
Romano wrote that he had heard that there was no funding available for drug buys, which, he said, would be "an act of utter mismanagement of the case on behalf of our administrative staff."
Captain Curtis Cox of the Guilderland Police Department explained to The Enterprise that the department often uses confidential informants, in any manner of cases. An informant, in most cases, is someone who might otherwise have to go through the court system, but negotiates to supply the police with information that would be helpful to cases they are handling.
There is a procedure to follow when "adopting" an informant, said Cox.
"You don't know up front how much possible information they can offer you, until you interview them. You look at their past to see how involved the person is in activities the police are interested in," Cox said.
According to Cox, there was no basis for the allegations Romano made in his letter; it was one officer's opinion, he said.
"It was extremely appropriate for the chief to act on the complaint," he said of Carol Lawlor, "and it is appropriate that an investigation is being conducted, but I can assure you that there was no mismanagement in the department."
Redlich and Grimm were distressed that they had not been made aware of the investigation, especially because outside legal counsel was retained, a decision they felt the town board should have made. Runion countered that the town board and supervisor only become involved in an investigation when it deals with a department head. Otherwise, said Runion, the department head, in this case the chief of police, makes the decisions.
Civil Rights Law
Section 50-a of the Civil Rights Law, which Runion cited as one of the reasons the information about the current investigation was not made public, pertains to personnel records of police officers, firefighters, and corrections officers.
The law states, "All personnel records, used to evaluate performance toward continued employment or promotion…shall be considered confidential and not subject to inspection or review without the express written consent of such police officer…except as may be mandated by lawful court order."
According to Runion, the letter written by Romano, although it does not contain the names of, or implicate by name, any police officer, contains information that may someday end up in a personnel file.
The information is only supposed to be confidential from the public, not confidential from the town board, said Redlich.
The law firm representing the Guilderland Police Benevolent Association, Gleason, Dunn, Walsh, and O'Shea, agreed with Runion's position. Yesterday, it sent a letter to Girvin and Ferlazzo, indicating that town representatives had not complied with the law.
"The term personnel records has been broadly construed and is not limited to the 'personnel folder' of the subject officer," said the PBA's letter. "As such, disclosure of documents which refer to information protected by section 50-a and public comments of the same nature are inappropriate and prohibited."
"We don't know the circumstances of the disclosure. We don't know if any civil rights were violated," Redlich said.
The state's Director of the Committee on Open Government, Robert Freeman, said the PBA's statement is so broad that it goes beyond the scope of the law, and noted that section 50-a does not apply to speech. Freeman said that, especially since the letter from Romano did not name or implicate specific individuals, disclosure of the document did not violate Civil Rights Law.
According to Freeman, "A governing body, like the town board, has responsibility for management of all entities under its umbrella including the police department." The town board should not have a problem obtaining any records from the police department, Freeman said.
Guilderland falls under Suburban Town Law, which is different than Town Law, Runion said, as a way of explaining why the town board does not actively participate in personnel investigations. Suburban Town Law dictates that department heads be appointed by the town board.
"Such department heads shall be principal executive officers of their respective departments," says Suburban Town Law, section 53.
Runion, a lawyer, said the town board probably could obtain records from a department head, but also said a section of the contract between the town and the PBA, the collective bargaining agreement, modifies and limits the town's jurisdiction over the police department.
Free to talk?
Redlich, also a lawyer, made a motion at the board meeting to create a rule that "Guilderland police officers should be free to talk to town board members." He said that there is nothing in Suburban Town Law that says the town board can't make rules for the police department.
Section 154 of the Town Law says the town board has the power to make such rules, Redlich said.
"The town board may make, adopt and enforce rules, orders and regulations for the government, discipline, administration, and disposition of the police department and of the members thereof," the law reads. According to Redlich, no part of the Suburban Town Law takes away that right.
Redlich wanted to make sure that a gag order, similar to the one that was established in 1992 where police were forbidden to discuss department policies with the town board could never be put in place going forward.
The gag order resurfaced in 2008, but was no longer in effect, when the town was looking to replace former chief James Murley, who resigned in 2007.
Murley himself had written the gag order, which stated, "Whenever any personnel of this department come in contact with a member of the Guilderland Town Board, they are not to question or discuss any department policies or any department business. If a member of this department has a question or concern about anything going on within the department, they are to bring it to the attention of their immediate supervisor."
Lawlor, the current chief, has since said that she rescinded the order, but Redlich said he believes similar rules have been put in place. Rules 150 and 153 restrict the ability of officers to communicate with people outside the department, he said.
"Laws are not designed to encourage secrecy," Redlich said, and added that he only wants to protect the beat cops. Such rules contributed to the secrecy surrounding Murley's gambling on town time, he said. Murley ultimately pleaded guilty to official misconduct, a misdemeanor, and was advised by the judge to get counseling for a gambling addiction. (For the full story, go online to see www.altamontenterprise.com, and look under the archives for Guilderland, on Jan. 15, 2009)
In 2008, Redlich stated that he was concerned about restrictions on officers who might see a problem with their supervisor but have no recourse to action since they are barred from bringing their concerns to the board. He made the motion on Tuesday night in an attempt to prevent that situation, and said he was disappointed when it was deadlocked. Democratic Councilman Paul Pastore and Runion were opposed, and Councilwoman Slavick, also a Democrat, abstained. She said, since the motion wasn't on the agenda, more time was needed to gather information.
Despite the conflict over how the current police investigation is being handled, Cox said, and Runion confirmed, that the town comptroller's office conducted an audit of the fund for drug buys, and all the money is there and accounted for.
"If there is anything else that I am not aware of that is holding this investigation up, I apologize for not having that information," Romano wrote in his letter, speaking about the assault and robbery.
Cox said the police department is waiting to hear Girvin and Ferlazzo's findings; the company has been tied up with a case out of the area, but its attorneys hope to have the results soon, he said.


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Australia eliminated from U20 World Cup
Turkey rallied to beat Australia 2-1 in their final Group C match at the Under-20 World Cup on Friday to join group winners Colombia in the knockout stage.
Turkey midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu scored with a diagonal strike into the far corner and Okay Yokuslu added a 20m chip over Australia goalkeeper Paul Izzo after Jamie Maclaren had given Australia the lead in the 52nd minute with a shot from inside the area.
The hosts will play France in the round of 16 on Tuesday.
The Young Socceroos failed to go beyond the group stage for a fourth straight time and haven't won a match in the competition since 2003.
Colombia won the group after defeating El Salvador 3-0.
Earlier Friday, Greece and Paraguay drew 1-1 in their final Group D match, which was enough for both teams to advance to the first knockout round.
They ended with identical records and a ballot gave Greece top spot.
In the other Group D match, Mexico bounced back from losing two matches to defeat Mali 4-1.
Mexico finished third to remain a chance of also reaching the last 16, depending on the performances of other third-placed teams.
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