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Lewis Wickes Hine (1874-1940), documentary photographer, in 1908 he was hired by the National Child Labor Committee to document child labor conditions in the United States.
The collection consists of photographs by Lewis W. Hine from 1909-1913 depicting child laborers in Georgia. The photographs show mill children at their work or grouped before the mills. A few of the photographs show the shanty towns surrounding the mills where the children lived with their families. The collection includes photographs from the following Georgia mill sites: Augusta, Columbus, LaFayette, Lindale, Macon, Rome, Rossville, Tifton, and Valdosta.
Cataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access Project: A Special Collections Gateway Program of the University Center in Georgia.
Lewis W. Hine photographs, ms989, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
Copyright of these photos is held by the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Permission to publish must be obtained from Tom Beck, Chief Curator, Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 5401 Wilkins Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland, 21228-5398; beck(at)umbc.edu or 410.455.3827.
Related materials located in other repositories: Lewis Hine Collection, University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

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I feel like I'm centuries behind in all of these things that I was supposed to be doing, and I have no idea how I even fell so far behind.
Anyway, today was my second day at Thomas Nelson. I got to sit in on a production meeting, which is when the editors go over all their books and talk about timelines and due dates for covers and shipping and templates and so much stuff.
My mind is further boggled the more I realize how much editors have to do and how many different people are involved in the process of a single book. It's a little overwhelming at the moment, but I'm starting to think that this is definitely the field that I want to be in.
On other fronts – yesterday was my second-to-last day of Saddle Up for this lesson session. I'm going to miss the students, but I'm excited to meet new kids and to get to work with new horses. I'm going to ask specifically to work with Beau, though, because he's my buddy.
As for the editing of Summer Rush… blegh. I have got to get myself motivated to work on that sucker again. I read this fascinating post a while back, and I think my problem is that I'm too intimidated by the whole of the project. I've been trying very hard to think of it as just one chapter at a time, or even just one paragraph at a time, but that's harder than I realized. A lot harder.
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I'm still polishing up that miniseries thing I mentioned, and I need to kick my butt into gear on that one. I wrote it in my shiny new notebook (it's not really new anymore, is it? Darn), and I need to type it into my computer.
At the moment I've got some twenty-odd emails piled up waiting for me to attend to, I never did make my bed this morning, and my sister just brought in some laundry we need to fold.
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Bugs and Slime Song Choosing Activity
Primary Music: This week in junior primary we reviewed all the verses we had learned for "Follow the Prophet".
I started off by talking about how the prophet asked us to plant gardens. I told the children that I try to be obedient and follow the prophet, but this year my garden has been plagued with bugs, and I don't like bugs. But I try to endure, because I know that the prophet knows what is best for us. (There are many reasons gardens are important, some include: garden produce is healthy, gardening is an economical way to obtain fruits and vegetables, and gardening knowledge is important for preparedness.)
Then I told the children that I had a choosing activity using bugs for the song "Follow the Prophet". The bugs would help remind them that they should follow the prophet even when it is hard, because he knows what is best for us. Then I told them that some bugs secrete a slime substance. I showed them the container of slime. I told them that they had to reach into the slime to find the bugs. The bugs each had a verse title attached to its leg.
I looked for children who were singing and being reverent to be the bug retrieving helpers. They sang their hearts out. I had no idea junior Primary knew the verses so well. They all sang so well, I had to get help from the teachers in deciding who I should choose as a helper.
I made sure the child retrieving the bug from the container of slime didn't block the view of the other children. The children enjoyed watching when the slime attached to the person's hand and stretched and glopped. After getting the bug out, I had the child read the tag and tell what verse it was, and then I gave them a wet wipe to wash off their hands. I had attached the song titles to the plastic bugs by folding over a clear piece of tape onto one leg of each bug. The tape sealed onto the leg. Then I wrote the verse name on the tape with a sharpie.
Slime Directions: To make the slime, mix 3 teaspoons of Metamucil with 3 cups of water in a microwaveable bowl. Add some drops of green and yellow food coloring to the mix until it is the desired color. Microwave the mixture on high for about 4 minutes. Stir the mixture, then microwave again for about three minutes. Continue these two steps until the mixture is the thickness and texture you desire. Be very careful, the mixture will be very hot. After it cools down, pour the goo into a tall, clear plastic container, or into a glass jar with a wide mouth. The clear container will allow the children to see the goo and bugs. Do not fill the container to the top. Make sure that when someone reaches into the goo, it doesn't overflow. Put a paper plate under the container during the activity to catch any drips.


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Sites such as these - isolated behind barbed wire - are so frustrating. They really are. Nevertheless this small group of two well preserved bell barrows and a particularly well defined, large disc barrow [plus a couple of denuded bowl barrows swallowed up in the undergrowth] is well worth a short visit, particularly in tandem with a sojourn at the nearby Giant's Grave long barrow upon Milton Hill.
From the Pewsey road, take the public byway to the right of Down Farm (opposite the byway for Milton Farm, that is), despite the twin 'keep out' signs flanking the track, these, it would appear clearly intended to intimidate. The barrows are visible beyond the field to your left, as are numerous other examples spread across the landscape. Turn left at the 'T' junction and the barrows are a little way down this track, again on the left, just past a turning.
As I approach I spy a metal detector 'metal detecting' (strangely enough) in the field to the west, this occupied by a large number of big 'porkers' and their huts. Nothing more interesting than a horde of authentic 0.303 rifle shells to report, however.....
Despite the wire and myriad signs lending a somewhat uncomfortable vibe - similar to the great cemetery upon Normanton Down - all is quiet here and the sky evocative as the sun begins the final phase of its apparently inexorable journey to the horizon. Following suite, I must begin my own unavoidable return to the car to sleep - as all creatures must... but I am happy I came.
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Cape Town, Kruger & Victoria Falls
13 days from £5,205pp
Cape Town, Kruger & Victoria Falls
Tour highlights
Take a guided walking tour of Cape Town and visit Robben Island.
Hike or take the cable car up Table Mountain for views over the city, mountains and ocean.
Track wildlife such as elephant, cheetah and wild dogs in Kruger's Sabi Sand Wildtuin reserve.
See, hear and feel the spray of Victoria Falls from a boat, helicopter or micro light.
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Itinerary idea in detail
Includes international flights from a choice of UK airports, including London, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
International outbound flight
Today you begin your journey by boarding your international outbound flight to Cape Town.
On arrival into Cape Town, you're met airside by an Audley representative and assisted through immigration to where your driver is waiting to take you to your hotel. The rest of the day is at your leisure to relax at your hotel or explore the city. You could take a stroll along the V&A Waterfront, home to a variety of shops and high-quality restaurants overlooking the harbour.
Accommodation options
For your first full day in Cape Town I have arranged a walking tour of the city with a private guide. You are lead through the historic city centre for an insight into its turbulent past. This afternoon you have free. You may like us to arrange a trip to Robben Island to learn more of the history of apartheid in the city. Alternatively you might prefer something less challenging this afternoon and could visit Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens or enjoy afternoon tea at The Mount Nelson Hotel.
This morning we will arrange that you are met at you guesthouse for an excursion heading to the summit of Table Mountain. We will arrange for a private guide to lead you up one of the many hiking trails - they'll be able to select the most suitable route for you but all give you fantastic views over the city, ocean and surrounding landscape. Once at the top, you can take photographs and simply take in the panorama, gazing for miles in all directions. There's a restaurant and numerous walking trails you can follow along the mountain's distinctively flat top - look out for the hamster-like rock hyraxes that make the mountain their home. You'll also take a ferry over to Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela spent much of his prison sentence.
A land tour of the Cape peninsula is arranged for today taking in Simon's Town, the penguins of Boulder's Beach and the spectacular scenery of Cape Point
Cape Town , Hoedspruit , Sabi Sand Wildtuin
You have a half hour private transfer back to the airport this morning for your two and a half hour flight to the Kruger. On arrival, you're met by your private driver and transferred to your safari lodge in Sabi Sand Wildtuin. The two and a half hour journey takes you north through Mpumalanga's plantations and rural communities before reaching the reserve, where you have a chance of spotting game even before reaching your lodge. This afternoon, begin your safari adventure with a game drive out into the bush on the lookout for elephant, lion and rhino.
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Spend a full day on safari. You can join an early morning game drive to experience the reserve coming to life as animals such as leopard, wild dogs and rhino head out to feed. You then head back for a hearty breakfast and can relax at your lodge during the heat of the day, perhaps sitting on the deck to observe any passing wildlife. Another game drive in the late afternoon gives you a chance to see other wildlife and watch as the sun sets over the bush, enjoying a sundowner with your guide.
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Spend another day on the lookout for the reserve's game and other wildlife. As well as the two game drives, you may also wish to join a guided bush walk with an experienced ranger, who'll point out some of the reserve's smaller species such as reptiles, insects and birdlife as you follow animal tracks on the ground. Driving back from the afternoon game drive, spotlights help you to see nocturnal species such as bush babies and chameleons.
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Sabi Sand Wildtuin , Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport- Nelspruit , Victoria Falls
This morning you're collected and transferred by private vehicle to Kruger Airport. The journey takes around two hours through Mpumalanga's rural areas. At the airport, you board your hour and a half flight to Livingstone, Zambia ready for the final stretch of your adventure - Victoria Falls. Upon arrival, you're met by an Audley representative and driven in a shared vehicle to your lodge. The journey takes around an hour, cutting through Mosi Oa Tunya National Park, so keep your eyes peeled for any passing wildlife. You will arrive at the lodge in time for an afternoon activity and we would recommend a sunset boat cruise on the Zambezi.
Accommodation options
Today you can choose from a range of activities, from guided fishing and birdwatching trips to white water rafting or a guided walk through one of the local villages. However, a highlight should be visiting the Victoria Falls where you can use the knowledge of a local guide to learn all about the history of this natural wonder.
Accommodation options
Enjoy your last day at the Falls - a great way to round off your trip is seeing them from the air, either on a helicopter or a micro light flight. It gives you a completely different perspective and a true sense of scale as you gaze over the largest waterfall in the world.
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Victoria Falls , International return flight
International return flight
Arrive home today to complete your journey.
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Whitsunday Regional Council is reminding residents to be vigilant in protecting themselves fromdengue mosquitos.
Mayor Jenny Whitney said with all the recent rain we have been having it is worth remindingpeople that preventing the spread of dengue mosquitos at the source is the key to avoiding anoutbreak in our region.
"Dengue mosquitoes only need a small amount of water to breed in," Mayor Whitney said.
"We're encouraging residents and businesses to empty all their pot plant trays and containersholding water once a week.
"Residents are reminded to tip out any water in pot plant bases and containers, store items thatcan hold water in a dry spot or undercover, throw out any rubbish lying around and clean out your gutters.
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As the title of Dai Li's exhibition suggests, this new body of work focuses on those instances in life where one finds a brief moment to themselves; moments when one has a chance for reflection and contemplation or to indulge in daydreams and flights of fancy. It is these moments that interest Dai Li: The inspiration for my artworks are drawn from everyday life. Moments when people are in their comfort zone or lost in thought, when they relax and drop their defences both physically and mentally, it is these moments that I try to capture. (Dai Li, 2018)
These singular sculptures often stand alone, some with an object such as a bath or a toilet, others broaching the surreal. Like voyeurs we look into private spaces, whether that be literally (in the bathroom) or figuratively (at someone lost the privacy of their own thoughts). The exquisite and subtle details of facial expression and body language that Dai Li employs, combined with a lack of overt narrative, leaves the viewer to reflect from their own experience what emotions drive these scenes.
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In this episode of the podcast we are luck enough to have Manuel Frigerio of Maitre.
Maitré, is a widget that can be installed onto any website that gives you a viral mailing list. When people click to sign up and receive a special offer or competition, they are added to a waiting list. On this list they can see how many people are ahead of them, and how many people are behind them. If you want to climb the list you simply need to your friends to do the same.
This viral promotion has been inspired by the successes of Dropbox, Mundo et al. and since it's launch in January has seen remarkable success. Some brands have used it to encourage thousands of users to sign up. In one success story, Manuel explains how one company managed a staggering 400,000 in 5 days, crashing the server entirely.
It's success is based entirely on the trust of an inner circle. With a tweet, Facebook or LinkedIn post, a single user has access to a network of people that a company would do anything to have. There is nothing more powerful than a personal referral, and little more addictive than adding an air of competition to it.
Manuel knows Maitré is not the be all and end all, "it's not magic, it's just a tool," thus it only works if people make it work for them, and offer interesting, exciting things to people who sign up. Manuel tells us that he is the "least techy person in the world", which is why Maitré also allows clients to work on their own backend to the product. The resulting ingenuity (including some dropbox-esque mechanics) has far outstripped anything he could have imagined.
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"The road is bumpy and holey, every irregularity a drain on the rhythm I still have to find." -Tim Krabbe, The Rider
The Felt VR (Variable Road) is the evolution of Felt's storied Z line of endurance geometry bikes, and indicates Felt's willingness to adapt to a changing market. We'll go ahead and say that we love this new range of bikes. They're the perfect tool for exploring the labyrinth of farm roads that crisscross Texas, or loading up and heading out with friends for a long weekend of riding. These are bikes built to discover new roads. The VR line is a promise of adventure, and the VR40 is one of the best values in this new range.
But perhaps we're waxing a bit too poetic… We did throw up a quote from The Rider after all. Let's take a step back and discuss the pieces that comprise this new bike.


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How to Add a Lien to a North Carolina Titleby Melissa O'Connor
Adding a lien to an automobile title allows you to take the auto if certain conditions are not met, such as debt payments. With the help of the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles website, you can access the proper form and complete if before you visit your local office. Whether the title is already registered in someone else's name or has a current lien holder, you can complete the task.
Step 1
Go to the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles (ncdot.org) and click on the "Vehicle Services" link located across the top. Click on "Liens on a Title."
Step 2
Click on "Lien Recording Application (MVR-6)" to download the form. Print it and complete it with all lien information such as lien holder's name and address, lien data. There is also a vehicle and owner section. The fee is $15 as of 2011.
Step 3
Sign the form in front of a notary. Contact your local bank or library to see when a notary will be in and what the fee will be. In most cases, the service is free for members.
Bring the form and the fee to your local Department of Motor Vehicles license plate office or the central office in Raleigh. Click on "Office Location Section" to find a DMV office close to you.


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The ninety-five theses Martin Luther posted on the door of Wittenberg Church on October 31, 1517, are very famous. They began a revolution in world affairs religiously, politically, and even socially. Four years later he was called to account before the greatest spiritual and secular powers on earth: representatives of the Pope and Charles V, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. Luther's answer still rings out as a monument to the freedom of conscience and the dignity of the individual. Indeed, his stand that day has been called one of the greatest moments in history:
Unless I am convicted by scripture and plain reason — I do not accept the authority of the popes and councils, for they have contradicted each other — my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and I will not recant anything for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand. I cannot do otherwise. God help me, Amen!
Just ten years after Luther's ninety-five theses shook the world, another young priest posted seven theses on the door of the same cathedral in Worms in which Luther was called to account by the Imperial Diet. 1 The seven articles of Jacob Kautz were posted in exactly the same style and for exactly the same purpose as Luther's ninety-five theses — to stimulate discussion and debate. However, Kautz and his movement, the Anabaptists, met the fate the Pope desired for Luther's Reformation also — fire and the sword.
They achieved the dubious and dangerous distinction of being labeled heretics by both Catholics and Protestants. And why?
This was because their radical theology was a threat to the existing social order in which church and state were collaborators. This radical criticism of the very structure of society resulted in the unrelenting attempts of Catholics and Protestants to stamp it out.2
To understand why they were viewed that way takes us to the heart of Christian theology and its age-old insistence on encompassing all of society in an authoritarian embrace — no exceptions allowed. And in many ways, even today in nations where church and state are separate, this fundamental world view remains in Christian theology, and its expression may well see the darkness of night once again.
Jacob Kautz and two others, Hans Denck and Ludwig Haetzer, defended the seven articles in the town square of Worms on June 13, 1527. The third thesis they had posted on the door of the cathedral struck at what many saw as a pillar of society — infant baptism. One was tied from birth to his church and to his state. But these men objected:
The baptism of infants is not of God. It is against God and his teaching given to us through Christ Jesus, his beloved Son.3
This rejection of historic Christian doctrine was founded upon two things. First, the baptism of infants was found nowhere in the New Testament, and secondly, infants could make no free choice in the matter. Anabaptists could not stand Luther's insistence that man's will was enslaved, either to God or to the devil, and man could not freely choose whom he would serve. 4 This was a point of contention between not only the Reformers and the Anabaptists, but between the Reformers and the Catholics.
The essence of what the Anabaptists said, which got them in so much trouble, was that the life of believers had to be different or else the Reformation was just a farce. People had to live their convictions out. Their challenge to the Reformers in these Seven Articles was simple: "How can you say all these things and not live them?"
The sixth thesis of Worms said that if they weren't living them out, then all that Christ had done for them was of no value. In other words, the Anabaptists taught that whoever did not follow Christ and obey His commands did not believe in Him. For them, Christ may as well not have come:
Jesus from Nazareth did not suffer for us in any way, he did nothing to satisfy God for us, as long as we do not follow him in the way he went before us — unless we follow the commands of the Father, like Christ follows them — every man according to his ability.5
This was revolutionary talk! Two weeks later, the councilors of Worms expelled the "troublemakers" from their midst. They dared to expose the Reformation's nakedness, like the child in Hans Christian Anderson's famous parable, The Emperor's New Clothes. Just as the foolish emperor's "new clothes" were imaginary, so was the Reformation's connection to Christ. It was, in their view, only adorned with the intellectual doctrines of clever men like Luther.
Naturally, the Reformers responded on the basis of theology, not on whether their religious instruction made any difference in the lives of the people. Indeed, it was an essential aspect of their theology that the Reformation need make no radical difference in the lives of the people. Their works were irrelevant to God. Only their "faith" mattered. To expect the Reformation to make the people more holy or godly would be advocating "works righteousness." This charge was hurled at the Anabaptists.
There were areas where Luther did want his reformation to make a difference in society. One of them was compulsory education. He compared it to the state's supposed right of appropriating a man's life and compelling him to bear arms and kill other men in war. If the state could do one, it could do the other.
But I hold that it is the duty of the temporal authority to compel its subjects to keep their children in school, especially the promising ones we mentioned above... If the government can compel such of its subjects as are fit for military service to carry pike and musket, man the ramparts, and do other kinds of work in time of war, how much more can it and should it compel its subjects to keep their children in school.6
The state could compel citizens in this manner because to Luther the citizen was the property of the state. So you can see how Reformation theology would be very useful to princes! In fact, the Reformation, especially that part of it under Luther's leadership, ended up exalting the authority of the state even more than it was under Catholicism. He upheld in his teaching what scholars call "princely absolutism."
Because they taught that believers should imitate Christ and obey His commands (including the commands to lay down the sword, to not take oaths or serve in government), the Anabaptists were charged with preaching "works righteousness." Disobeying Christ's commands was not "works," but to put any urgency on obeying them was. For this heresy, the state churches, Catholic or Protestant, ruthlessly persecuted the Anabaptists.
Underlying this charge against the Anabaptists was the theological issue of the atonement of Christ for sin. What was its nature? Or to put it another way, since the Reformers and Anabaptists believed similarly in many ways about the atonement, what was man's part? What was his response to the atoning sacrifice of Christ? Luther gives the typical Reformation response — man has no part in or response to atonement at all:
There was no counsel, help, or comfort until this only and eternal Son of God in His unfathomable goodness had compassion upon our misery and wretchedness, and came from heaven to help us. Those tyrants and jailers, then, are all expelled now, and in their place has come Jesus Christ, Lord of life, righteousness, every blessing, and salvation, and has delivered us poor lost men from the jaws of hell, has won us, made us free, and brought us again into the favor and grace of the Father, and has taken us as His own property under His shelter and protection, that He may govern us by His righteousness, wisdom, power, life, and blessedness.7
This view of man's redemption as something doctrinal, relating to man's legal status before God, as essentially something done to him, profoundly shaped Reformation theology. But such a view of the atonement was inadequate or insufficient for the Anabaptists, since,
It concentrated chiefly on Christ's death and had been reduced to a passive or forensic doctrine which concerned only a change in humanity's legal status before God. It was an external benefit bestowed by God regardless of human involvement. No wonder that Luther and Calvin who followed this line of thinking resorted to the Augustinian doctrine of predestination.8
The benefit of Christ's atonement was bestowed on those who, like the citizens in Luther's Reformation, had no more choice in the matter than they did in schooling their children or waging war. So Luther quite rightly regarded his book, The Enslaved Will, as his greatest work, for it encapsulated his whole view of humanity's relationship with God and the devil. For the Anabaptists, such views of God and man were contrary to Scripture and abhorrent to conscience.
Atonement was far more than a legal transaction in the heavenly court. It meant "at-one-ment" with God and referred to all the ways in which God and humans have been reconciled through the work of Jesus Christ... In what way does the atonement bring God and humanity back together again? To them Christ was not only redeemer, he was also example. The gospel was not only the good news of salvation but also a series of directives for the Christian on how to live, how to follow Christ the example. And in following Christ, humanity could be brought back into the life of God.9
Yet in the end the Anabaptists proved that they also lacked the power to overcome sin in their lives. Their keen understanding of Christ's work towards them and in them, which set them apart from their fellow Christians (who murdered them), did not, in the end, keep them from relentlessly dividing. Whatever kept their groups together through the intense persecution they endured from without was not sufficient to deliver them from the disputes within. The evangelistic fire was quenched and they took their ranks among the legions of Christian laity silenced under their preachers and their doctrines.
But the memory of the often noble lives and courage of the Anabaptists serve as stepping stones for those who would someday go beyond them to restore all things that have been lost. For all things must be restored, beginning with the good news. The Scriptures promise it will happen.10
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I used to have an olloclip lens for my phone (see these old posts), but now I have a new phone (an iPhoneSE) I bought a much cheaper 3-in-1 clip-on lens set. I mainly bought it for the macrolens, which in this case magnifies 20x. This is actually a bit too much, as you have to almost press the lens on top of the subject and the depth of field is very minimal. The image size corresponds to 9 x 9 mm. I went rock pooling twice in Flushing and it was a lot of fun playing around with it. The photo above is a detail of the Flat topshell Gibbula umbilicalis, which I found quite revealing: the surface is very weathered and the stripes are not that regular anymore viewed up close. Below the first whorls of the same shell, a small Painted topshell Calliostoma zizyphinum, a chiton (believe Lepidochitona cinerea as the shell plates are granular, but it is not possible to make out the girdle due to the depth of field issues) and a tiny Littorina saxatilis (probably, there are similar-looking species). Next, the invasive but very pretty bryozoan Watersipora subtorqata. Common in marinas and on boats but also under rocks on this site. Some colonies are red, others black with a red rim. Finally, some barnacles (I have not given these much attention so far, which is a shame, as they are very interesting animals (and were an important inspiration source for Darwin). The first are very small Verruca stroemia, then Semibalanus balanoides (I believe; I need to check aphotomarine and the excellent flickr accounts by Ian Smith some more). Next, a tiny brittlestar and finally the funny face of a limpet Patella vulgata. I will be switching from snorkelling to rockpooling in the winter months and thus will use it a lot more. Most lichens are perfect for this little lens as they tend to be flat and have beautiful colours and textures so I will post about these soon.
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Carne Beach
I have not been tempted to go back snorkeling yet, but had an hour of nice rockpooling last Saturday, at beautiful Carne Beach on the Roseland Peninsula. I had been here only once before, and found my first stalked jellyfish then. The stalked jellies (Haliclystus octoradiatus) where still there, in different colours: brown, yellow and grey (I will keep to my resolution to record my findings from now on, when I find the time). My old trusted iPhone 4S finally gave up the ghost last week so I upgraded to an iPhone SE which proved a real upgrade. (I was too lazy to bring out the Canon G16 in the underwaterhousing, which would not have been much use anyway as the pools here are very shallow.) The pools were teeming with (mating) polychaete worms and there were many juvenile Sea hares about as well. I saw whole mats of pink wriggling tentacles sticking out of the sand, something I had never seen before. These (most likely) belong to the worm Cirriformia tentaculata, quickly identified by David Fenwick, see here for very good photos of the whole animal on his aphotomarine site in addition to the rather bad snap here. I found a hermit crab inhabiting the shell of a (juvenile) pelican's foot Aporrhais pespelecani, a species that shares the sandy beach with the razor clams that were washed up all around. The highlight for me were the anemones. Snakelocks and strawberries were common, and in addition to red Beadlet anemones, there were green ones as well (I never see these in Falmouth). Some pools at the edge of the rocks and the beach were filled with Daisy-, Gem- and Dahlia anemones. I am ready for some more seaside adventures, but the weather is rarely cooperating these days. More on the blog soon I hope!
End of Year Pics
I have not posted as much on the blog as I would have liked this year (in fact, I keep posting less and less: 24 times this year, compared with 33, 46 and 64 posts the previous years). My new year's resolutions will be to dive more, to go rock pooling more and to blog more. For now, I will post some miscellaneous photos from this year that I did not bother to put on the blog at the time (as I did last year). Below a Beadlet anemone Actinia equina on the beach in St. Ives as well as a young cormorant looking for food taken with my new Canon G16:I caught a number of different fish this year, the first photo shows a small Montagu's blenny Coryphoblennius galerita in an aquarium net which were fun to watch in a little aquarium. Next a Longspined scorpionfish Taurulus bubalis caught with my big net off the quay and a Sand smelt Atherina presbyter (see here for a movie). The latter species did not last long in my tank unfortunately. I mentioned in the last aquarium update that a Topknot I caught seemed to have died in the tank too, but I found out it is still there, it just likes to hide behind the rocks.I visited the quirky Victorian Horniman Museum and Aquarium on a trip to London which features lots of stuffed animals and diorama's which I find quite fascinating. The aquarium part is small; there is some behind the scene coral (sexual) propagation research going on which sounds very interesting. There were two or three coldwater tanks too, the larger tanks were not much too look at (I know how hard it is…) but I really liked the Victorian fountain-style aquarium. A quick snap here; see this video for a nice overview. I would like to collect some Black brittlestars Ophiocomina nigra next year, they can be very abundant at slightly deeper sites.I also visited the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth for a second time. It features the deepest aquarium in the UK, complete with plane wreck and some Sandtiger sharks. I was more interested in the coldwater stuff, of which there was quite a bit. I especially liked the Lesser weever Echiichthys vipera which can be caught on sandy shores; their venomous sting would make handling a bit tricky though. There were some cute pipefish (these need live food and I do not want to commit to that) and a round display with loads of Snakelocks anemones (see the first picture posted on this blog). I have placed a couple of these in my aquarium again, perhaps I need to get a few more, as they are so pretty and easy to keep. I did not manage to get a good shot of the very impressive Wreck fish or Stone bass Polyprion americanus in the large coldwater display unfortunately. Next up a washed up sponge in Falmouth (species unknown) and a live one (Aplysilla sulfurea) under a rock, both taken in Falmouth with my iPhone. I have only been diving a couple of times this year and did not post about the rocky shore dives (here some photos of the maerl and eelgrass beds). I have seen a variety of interesting animals, including cuttlefish, a conger eel and lobsters but next year I hope to go out a bit further and dive a bit deeper to finally see jewel anemones and dead man's fingers. I am not sure I want to commit to a flash and strobes though, instead I'd like to practice my rock pool (seaweed) photography.
Last month we had a great holiday travelling from San Francisco to Seattle. Nature here is awe-inspiring for the average European; we saw snowcapped volcanoes, giant redwoods, dunes, beaches, mighty rivers and temperate rainforest. This is not the place for a travelogue, however, rock pools were of course checked and that is prime blog material! We had a bit of a happy-go-lucky approach to travelling and I had not checked tide times beforehand. Turns out that the tides on the Pacific West coast work very differently than those in Western Europe: instead of two almost equally low tides a day, there is a proper low tide and a not so low tide, how inconvenient! (This page has a good overview of tide types, including another type with only one low- and one high tide a day.) In the end I had two early mornings on the Oregon coast for rock pooling: Bob's Creek Wayside south of Yachats (pic above) and Seal Rock north of Waldport (see map). (I actually prefer the more appropiate American term 'tide pooling' as of course there are also (freshwater) rock pools that do not experience tides.) The coast in most of Europe is so much more densely populated it is almost strange to see that vast stretches of pristine coastline with hardly any people around, brilliant. Also, the vast amounts of driftwood and logs is almost unseen in Europe, as thewhole continent is pretty much deforested (especially in the UK, my guess is only places like Norway could be comparable in that respect).Being at the Pacific Northwest tide pools made me feel like a kid in a sweetshop: I could not decide to stick with a beautiful find or try to move on to the next exciting thing. It seemed a bit useless to just start documenting all the different species in the short amount of time I had. Instead I mainly enjoyed just looking around, especially admiring the Green surf anemones Anthopleura xanthogrammica (above). I know this species mainly from the Coldwater Marine Aquarium Owner group on facebook which has many North American members. Although the diversity of animals and seaweeds in the South West of the UK is amazing, I must admit I am always a bit jealous of the critters in Pacific Northwest tanks! The Green surf anemones are not only strikingly coloured and large, but also incredibly common, along with the Aggregating anemone Anthopleura elegantissima forming dense carpets on the rocks, inhabiting gulleys low on the shore to tide pools quite high on the shore.
I had taken the plunge and ordered a new camera for this holiday, a Canon G16 with a Fantasea underwater housing (see this post). However, I did feel comfortable with it in its bulky housing yet and so reverted to the more basic Canon powershot D30 and my iPhone for these sessions instead. I saw a couple of the large nudibranchs Hermissenda crassicornis as well as a Janolus fuscus, very pretty. Also below a Lined (or striped) shore crab Pachygrapsus crassipes and an unidentified prawn. Otherwise, most of the photo's turned out to be not that great; I was just too hasty!Although all species were different (except for the Plumose anemones Metridium senile I saw on some pontoons), it was interesting to see the parallels with Cornish rock pools. For instance, all seaweed colours, shapes and textures I knew from home were present here, just in different combinations in each species. There were noticeable differences too. For one, many of the American organisms (chitons, isopods, anemones) are much bigger. The rocks were almost completely covered in barnacles and mussels (again both huge). Seagrass (Phyllospadix) was growing from the rocks!
Two mornings of rock pooling in a three week holiday was not enough, but all that was manageable unfortunately. We however also visited the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport on the single rainy day we had and that was pretty good. I am not a big fan of the generic aquarium displays (sharktunnels, 'nemo's', scary Moray eels etc) so it was nice to see mainly coldwater aquaria, especially the nanoaquariums that housed a jumble of sponges, anemones, barnacles, chitons and strange fish, such as one of my favourites, the Grunt sculpin Rhamphocottus richardsonii which camouflages as a giant barnacle (first photo, see also here). A touch pool contained sea cucumbers, huge abalones and the largest chiton species in the world, the Giant Pacific (or Gumboot) chiton Cryptochiton stelleri, humongous! I hope one day to be back in this beautiful part of the world.
Aquarium Update 14: anemones
A short update on the aquarium; I have collected some more anemones and hope to collect a lot more now spring has started (I went for my first dive of the year this Friday; it was really nice to be back in the water but the visibility was really bad and it was only 9 degrees!). I do not have a decent full tank shot (FTS as it is called on aquarium fora…) but decided to post some quick iPhone pics anyway. The first photo shows three species: top left is a Diadumene cincta or lineata, bottom left a Dahlia anemone Urticina felina and the two on the right are Strawberry anemones Actinia fragacea. Next a Plumose anemone Metridium senile followed by a white variety of the Red-speckled anemone Anthopleura ballii. I feed the anemones a couple of times a week by hand with pieces of defrosted shrimp. The anemones readily take up the shrimp, especially the Dahlia anemone is very quick to grab food and close up. The Plumose anemones are more difficult as they are often closed (they slowly open up when they sense food in the water but often they don't) and have very fine tentacles not suited to feeding on larger particles. They would be better fed with zooplankton from a turkey baster but I have been too lazy to do that. When they are fully extended they are beautiful, white or orange but often they are flat as a pancake and shift shape a bit, leaving behind pieces of tissue that sometimes develop into tiny anemones. I have some beadlet anemones and a small orange and white species I am not sure of too. There are a whole bunch of other species (I can recommend this excellent guide) and many are very beautiful (see here for a gallery of photos by Paul Kay). The plan is to try to find more Dahlia anemones, as these come in many colour variations, but they are not very common in the rock pools here. A common species when snorkelling in the Helford is the Mud sagartia, which would also be nice to have. I am doubting about getting some Snakelocks again: they are very pretty and I could get the commensal spider crab as well, but they are also quite deadly…
tiny critters
A nice low tide at Falmouth's Castle Beach today. The weather was not great but at least it was not raining (I still managed to get quite soaked, including my wallet…). Quite a lot of brittlestars, urchins, worm pipefish and porcelain crabs around. I did some collecting for the aquarium: beadlet and strawberry anemones, snails and urchins. Otherwise I focused on the smaller stuff and took pictures with the olloclip macrolens on my iPhone. First two tiny crustaceans that I have not attempted to identify and what I think is a tiny Edible crab Cancer pagurus. The nicest find was a white colonial tunicate that at very first sight looked like an eggmass. I could not readily identify it using the usual websites, so hope that the NE Atlantic Tunicates facebook page members can help me out (Note: they did, it could be a 'regressed' Diplosoma spongiforme). On Sunday I had a quick look in Flushing and for the first time found some juvenile Candy-striped flatworms Prostheceraeus vittatus (see here for adults), very pretty!
Leftover Pics
When going out rock pooling, I always take my iPhone and Canon Powershot (for underwater use) and take at least a couple of photos. Because of a lack of time, or because a single good photo is not enough for a new post, not everything ends up on the blog. Now I have some free time, I picked a couple of unused photos made this year that seem blog-worthy. First up, In realized only what I had found on the beach at St. Ives when leafing through the The Essential Guide to Beachcombing and the Strandline: a Seabeard! This hydroid, Nemertesia antennina, grows as stiff colonies protruding from a matted base and occasionally washes up on shore. It looks a bit plant-like; at the time I did not have the opportunity to have a closer look and just snapped a quick photo. Next a Lesser sandeel Ammodytes tobianus found at Gylly beach. I always see them when snorkeling or diving (see here) but this was a good opportunity to see one up close (I get excited when I spot a dead fish on the beach (see also here) and I am not afraid to admit it!). Following are two colour varieties of the Spiny starfish Marthasterias glacialis, a Common brittlestar Ophiothrix fragilis and a shot of an Aequorea forskalea (or maybe A. vitrina) jellyfish. Next the gastropod mollusc Chinaman's hat Calyptraea chinensis. I went back to Mylor marina for some pontooning recently but not much was growing; the only thing that stood out was the luxuriant sponge growth (I am not sure of the species, perhaps Halichondria).And of course some seaweed pictures. By iPhone: Under tongue weed Hypoglossum hypoglossoides in Flushing, Black scour weed Ahnfeltia plicata in St. Agnes and a photo showing a variety of wracks all colonizing the same patch (Flushing): Serrated wrack Fucus serratus, Spiraled wrack Fucus spiralis, Bladderwrack Fucus vesiculosis and Egg wrack Ascophylum nodosum. Next some Canon Powershot underwater pics (see also this post and this one): a random rock pool picture of mostly decaying seaweed, a closeup of my favourite the Bushy rainbow wrack Cystoseira tamariscifolia and a shot of Wireweed Sargassum muticum that has completely taken over a pool. Finally an SLR photo of a rock pool at Gylly beach with large Cystoseira baccata plants (middle, Wireweed on the left).
Rock Pooling in Penzance
It was a very nice day this Saturday, and the plan was to collect more seaweed species for a student project that I am supervising (see for an introduction my work blog here and for project updates student Abi's blog). We were very lucky to have David Fenwick Snr and his partner Carol of aphotomarine fame to help us to find and identify species (you might also know him through a variety of UK marine facebook groups). We took to the rocks beneath the Jubilee Pool in Penzance (the end of the Cornish main train line and both the most Southern en the most Western station in England). As the focus was to get new species for Abi's project, I did not focus on photography or finding other species so I have only a few pictures to show. One exception of course was that we had to see some stalked jellyfish; this is one of the specialties of David and he has dedicated an entire website to these beautiful creatures: stauromedusaeUK. These little animals are related to jellyfish but are attached on rocks and seaweeds on the shore. Ten species have been recorded in the UK. One of the more common ones is the Spotted kaleidoscope jellyfish Haliclystus octoradiatus; although a crappy iPhone photo, the stalk, arms with secondary tentacles at the end, white nematocyst spots and gonadal sacs are clearly visible:On to the seaweeds: about 15 new samples were collected. A species we did not take was Creephorn Chondracanthus acicularis, which according to Davis memory was last recorded in Penzance in the 1880s (first pic). We did collect a good amount of the epiphyte Champia parvula (second pic). Unfortunately no time to pick up some Wakame from nearby Newlyn marina or go to a spot with some good Prasiola growth but all in all a very successful and enjoyable trip!
100th post: iPhone macro pics
When publishing the last post, I noticed that the next one would be the 100th; I have been quite the blogger the last year-and-a-half! Although this is a pretty obscure blog, it is still fun to see that people from all over the world (Bosnia, Jemen, Maldives, Cape Verde) check it out. It takes a bit of time writing posts, but it has been a good way to take stock of what I have seen and learned, much better than just having a folder with pictures on my computer. It has even brought me in touch with some fellow enthusiasts. For this post I made a Picasa album of a bunch of rock pooling macro pictures I took with my iPhone 4S + olloclip lens (not the cheapest macrolens for the phone but it is worth every penny). The majority of them have been featured on the blog at some point. The two pictures below haven't: a


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Just as it started to get officially chilly and prematurely snowy around these parts, a wonderful new album arrived from local jazz singer Jennifer Porter, and it's like a warm summer breeze for your ears. "These Years" is Porter's seventh album in a recording career that dates back two decades, beginning with 1998's "Hyacinth Boy Blue."
Before I go any further, let me say that, although I refer to Porter as a jazz singer, it would be a mistake to pigeonhole her as simply that because, as she wrote on her website, "These Years" is heavily influenced by soul, blues and roots music.
What's more, she's not just a singer. Porter is also an actress and screenwriter, and she and Dana Packard co-founded The Originals Theatre Company in 1988 and Honey Tree Films a decade later in 1998.
Porter has sung with classical and jazz orchestras, including the legendary Glenn Miller Orchestra, and her own quintet. Her 2015 album "Easy Living" was a nominee for a best independent music award in the jazz-with-vocals category and also received national radio airplay. And if that's not enough, Porter is a wildly talented blues pianist.
Porter grew up listening to Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, The Beach Boys, The Beatles and big band music. Some of her musical influences include Sam Cooke, John Hiatt, Billie Holiday, Van Morrison, Joni Mitchell and The Neville Brothers. She first started to play the piano when she was 4 years old and the back story is wonderful.
"The first person I saw play the piano live was a woman named Maxine, who was playing at one of my grandparents' notorious cocktail parties in Belfast," she said. "She was playing boogie-woogie and blues, and I was fascinated." Porter was enthralled how an inanimate object could make sure a wondrous sound. "I sat down the next day and began to pick out, by ear, what she had done the night before." After four more years of playing by ear, Porter's parents found her a teacher.
Porter moved no less than five times before she was 10 years old, but most of her family is from Belfast. She graduated from Windham High School and currently lives in Buxton.
As for "These Years," the album is a collaboration with producer Jay Newland (Norah Jones, Richie Havens) whose mantle holds a dozen Grammy Awards. Porter told me that Newland pulled together an all-star band for "These Years." "They were amazing musicians to work with." Newland also helped to shape the album thematically. "He saw it as an album about love. He is definitely a master at what he does," added Porter.
The album features 10 tracks with an even split of originals and covers of songs by the Rolling Stones, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits and Bobby Sharp. It also features a crackerjack band that includes special guests Grammy-nominee accordionist C.J. Chenier and Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Charlie McCoy on harmonica and vibes. Porter explained that the covers are all songs that she loves and has played live. "I like taking 'men's' songs and reinterpreting their intent from a female perspective. I made rough recordings, just sitting and singing at my piano, of songs that I am partial to and sent them to Jay Newland who gave a thumbs up or down." It was Newland who suggested she tackle a Tom Waits tune so Porter found the lesser-known "In Between Love." "These Years" was mixed and engineered by Lawrence Manchester, who is currently the producer and lead music mixer on "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon." It was mastered by Portland's Adam Ayan of Gateway Mastering. Ayan has mastered 42 Grammy Award-winning recordings, and that number continues to rise.
Here's "Road to Redemption"
"These Years" opens on a full-bodied note with the first sound being Charlie McCoy's harmonica on Porter's take on Morrison's "Crazy Love." Porter's vocals on this, and on every track on "These Years," are warm and full while also soothing and pulled me in from the get-go. Porter is a real pro, and there's a confidence in her singing that is bright. I could tell immediately that the journey the album would take me on would be a gratifying one.
"Crazy Love" gave way to the album's first original, "Road to Redemption." "Now I'm lost on the road to redemption/Broke down on the road to redemption," sings Porter with gorgeous backing vocals from Sharon and Dennis Collins. The song is a hopeful meditation on dusting yourself off and giving yourself a fresh start. Porter said that it and three other originals on "These Years" were written during a particularly prolific week in 2017. "They just fell onto the page and out of my fingers. I feel songs build up in me for a while, that's generally how the songwriting process goes for me." She added that sometimes coming up with just the right lyrics can be agony.
Diving a few more tracks into "These Years," mad props must also be given to Porter for her take on the Jagger/Richards classic "Beast of Burden." It's miles away from the original, and she and her band have slowed it down just enough to give it a whole new vibe. "These Years" closes out with the original "For You," a sweet-as-Maine-maple-syrup love song that has tinges of gospel to it and brings the album in for a light and airy, yet soulful, landing.
The album release show for "These Years" is on Dec. 7. at the Saco River Theatre, and Porter will have copies for sale there that I'm going to go out on a limb and say she'll be happy to sign for you. You'll also be able to find it at jennifernicholeporter.com, and all of the usual online spots.
Porter said that two of the musicians who played on the album will be flying in from New York City and Los Angeles for the show: John Deley (Dido) on keyboards and Adam Levy (Tracy Chapman, Norah Jones) on guitar. The bassist on the album, Ira Coleman (Sting, Herbie Hancock), who has been called away on tour, will be replaced by Damon Banks (George Benson, the Neville Brothers). Porter will be at the piano with Dana Packard on drums, Matt Langley on saxophone and, on backing vocals, Porter's sister, Alicia Miller, and her friends from music school, Wendi Sweet-McPike, and Emily MacKinnon.
Porter's favorite thing about a live show is the energy of it, she said. "I love making people happy, and I love communicating musically with my fellow musicians. There's nothing like singing a certain note, or choosing a certain note in a chord, and having the other people you are playing with understand what you are saying to them and having them answer you back. That is one of the happiest things I can think of."
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Dec. 7
WHERE: Saco River Theatre, 29 Salmon Falls Road, Bar Mills
HOW MUCH: $30, $25 seniors and students
TICKETS & INFO: sacorivertheatre.org


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Quote of the Day: Diane Ackerman
Just cultivate delight.
Enjoy the sensory pleasures of the garden.
That's number one.
Gardening really does delight all the senses. The smell of a rose, the dripping of rain, the taste of fresh lettuce, the feel of soft earth, the sight of a flower in bloom, the warmth of the sun, the prick of a thorn. I try to make sure I notice these things while I'm out and about.
What senses do use most when you're working in the garden?Filed under Quote | Comments (7)
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Yesterday my son and I were working in the garden to recover it from the terrible hail and rain we had a few weeks ago. While we were out, I really enjoyed feeling the warmth of the sun. I also enjoyed quizzing him on multiplication…it fit right in with our planting. :)
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I would say listening. Its so nice to work in the back of our one acre yard in the country and just listen. You'll hear stillness, or the rustle of leaves from a slight breeze, birds calling to each other, critters making there respective noises…I love doing this after a long day at work. Its calming and lovely!
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Obviously I'm on visual overload in the garden, but I also really like to touch plants and see what kind of texture they have. Touch is also helpful to see if a plant needs water.
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What an nice quote. I enjoy the peace and the life that is out there in the garden and the yard. I enjoy that bit of quiet time. Love to hear the birds chatting about. Emily
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I don't have much of a sense of smell (shame in a gardener) so I use my other senses more. I'm fascinated by close-ups of plants and insect and if possible photographing them.
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Sense of smell. I love to rub the leaves and smell all the growing things. Even love the astringent smell of tomato plants.
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we spent the day outside just getting things cleaned up. we've had so much rain this spring that we haven't had much time to do anything outside. it was so nice to be out in the sun, perfect temperature, pulling weeds & removing sticks & leaves from our front flower beds. the boys have one of those little battery powered john deere tractors that pulls a wagon… so we loaded it up with all of the sticks, leaves, weeds, etc & they drove it over to the compost pile. they loved it and didn't even realize they were working:)
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The rhinos are placed procedurally, so every time the user experience is different. The goal is to raise awareness towards the ongoing extinction of these majestic creatures.


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The rich and Wall Street executives have been quaking in their boots recently. Their Ponzi Schemes and bubbles known as the financial markets are in danger of collapsing. And it's all because of President Donald Trump.
Trump is threatening to levy taxes on products made in China and exported to the USA. These taxes are called tariffs, and here's what the corporate news media doesn't want you to know. By doing this, Trump is also threatening to deflate the recent stock market bubble, which is the same thing as saying Trump is threatening to decrease by significant margins the income and wealth of the billionaires who control both major political parties in the United States.
Tariffs are taxes on goods being imported into the USA from foreign nations. US corporations export into the USA tens of billions of products manufactured in China, Vietnam, Mexico and other third world nations. Increased tariffs mean US corporations will need to raise the prices of their Chinese and other third world products, or lower their profit margins.
The profits of corporations are the primary component determining the prices of shares. When profits drop, especially in the long term, share prices fall. So the share price of say, Home Depot could fall from $176 a share to $14 a share. If you own millions of shares you lose quite a lot of money. This is why the threat of tariffs in steel and aluminum has roiled the US financial markets as of late. A lot of paper wealth is going to evaporate as stock prices drop should the tariffs be enacted. Dividends may decline, as well.
Tens of millions of US jobs have been exported from the US to China, Vietnam, India, Pakistan, Mexico, Honduras and elsewhere over the last twenty-five years. This has been done in order to jack up corporate profits by significantly reducing US labor and environmental costs. The difference between the old higher US wages and benefits and the new lower wages without benefits has gone straight into the already fat wallets and bank accounts of the superrich. They have used their ill-gotten gains to bid up the prices of corporate shares, gold, housing, commodities futures, and other investments.
President Trump's threat to use tariffs against China and other nations means fewer dollars will go into the pockets of the rich if the tariffs are enacted. It also means potentially massive losses in the stock and maybe even bond markets.
Some corporations may even be inclined to export their jobs in China back to the United States if the tariffs are enacted. The middle class will benefit with additional jobs should this come about. In other words, the tariffs could redistribute income from the rich back into the pockets of the 99 percent, and this is something the billionaires will not allow their corporate media outlets to tell you. The proposed tariffs are limited, and therefore will not have much of an impact, but they will have some positive benefits to the US 99 percent.
Currently, six men own more wealth than the bottom 50 percent of the world's people (See https://johnhively.wordpress.com/2017/02/23/six-men-own-more-wealth-than-the-bottom-50-percent-of-human-kind/). In the USA, the 1 percent own more wealth than the bottom 90 percent for the first time in US history (See https://johnhively.wordpress.com/2017/12/03/in-the-united-states-the-1-percent-now-own-more-wealth-than-the-bottom-90-percent-for-the-first-time-in-us-history/). In the United States, the 1 percent steal as much as 35 percent of the income produced in the USA every year, up from 8 percent in 1979.
Trump's tariffs will likely put tiny brakes on the continuously growing inequality of wealth and income produced by free trade agreements. Those brakes will likely only slow down the growing income and wealth inequality rather than halting or reversing them. But the tariffs would be a beginning to reversing the massive income and wealth inequality which the rich have successfully conspired to produce over the last thirty-seven years.
A few other things are in order. The USA has the fifteen to twenty largest trade deficits in world history. That means the US imports more goods than it exports. Our largest trade deficit is not with China, as the media claims. In reality, the largest US trade deficit is with US corporations that have exported tens of millions of US jobs overseas. The purpose of exporting tens of millions of US jobs has been to redistribute trillions of dollars from US workers to the rich, avoid US pollution controls (thereby increasing profits), and avoid US health and safety regulations.
What American Presidents Have To Say About Tariffs:
"America's growth and future depend on trade. But we would insist on trade that is fair and free. We are always willing to be trade partners but never trade patsies". President John F. Kennedy.
"Protection, which guards and develops our industries, is a cardinal policy of the Republican Party. The measure of protection should always at least equal the difference in the cost of production at home and abroad." President Theodore Roosevelt
"A wise tariff protects American industries and manufacture. It encourages growth and enterprise among our own people. It opens our mines, it erects our machine shops, our furnaces and factories".
President William Mckinley
It Was Good Enough For Kennedy, Roosevelt & McKinley. Why Isn't It For Congress?


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