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Highland Emigration
The Catholic Highlands of Scotland
The Western Highlands and Islands
By Dom. Odo Blundell, O.S.B., F.S.A. (Scot.)
Sands & Co. 1917
Page 185.
" Thirty years later Dr. MacDonald, of Taunton, received an interesting account of the Glengarry emigrants from his friend, Mr. D. McPherson. I give it almost in full, as it occurs in "Memoir of MacDonald, of Keppoch."
"Chambly, Canada, N.A. 26th Dec. 1814.
" My Dear Sir, - Having just returned from a visit of a month to the new county of Glengarry, I cannot help endeavouring to give some account of it, as well as the present condition of many of our countrymen who were driven from their native land, and who directed their course to America in search of a better fortune.
"The county is a square of 24 miles, all of which and the greater part of the next county (Stormont) are occupied by Highlanders, containing at this moment from 1,100 to 1,200 families, two thirds of them MacDonalds. More able fellows of that name could be mustered there in twenty-four hours, than Keppoch and Glengarry could have done at any time in the Mother country.
" You might travel over the whole of the county and by far the greater part of Stormont, without hearing a word spoken but the good Gaelic. Every family, even of the lowest order, has a landed property of 200 acres; the average value of which, in its present state of cultivation, with the cattle, etc., upon it may be estimated at from 800 to 1000 pounds. However poor the family (but indeed there are none can be called so) they kill a bullock for the winter consumption; the farm or estate supplies them with abundance of butter, cheese, etc., etc. Their houses are small but comfortable, having a ground floor and garret, with a regular chimney and glass windows.
" The appearance of the people is at all times respectable, but I was delighted at seeing them at church on a Sunday; the men clothed in good English cloth, and many of the women wore the Highland plaid.
"The chief object of my visit to Glengarry was to see an old acquaintance, Mr. Alexander MacDonald, a priest, who has been resident in this country ten years. I believe you know him, or at least you know who he is.
A more worthy man is not in Canada; he is the mainstay of the Highlanders here; they apply to him for redress in all their grievances, and an able and willing advocate they find in him. He is well known from the poorest man to the Governor, and highly respected by all. Were he ambitious of enriching himself, he might ere now be possessed of immense property; but this appears not to be his object; his whole attention is devoted to the good of the settlement; and the great and numerous services which he has done, cannot well be calculated.
" Colonel John MacDonald, of Aberchalder, died some years ago, and left one son and three daughters .
The Colonel's sister, Mrs. Wilkinson, died a few months since and left a son and three daughters- Mr. MacDonald of Greenfield, who was married to the other sister, has a very considerable property here; he is Lieut.-Colonel of the Second Regiment of Glengarry Militia. One of his sons, Donald, is also Lieut.-Colonel; his second son is a Captain in the same corps . Mr. MacDonald of Lundi died in this settlement some time since, but his brother, Allan, now upwards of ninety, is still alive and well .George MacDonald, son of Captain John MacDonald of Lulu, who died Captain of Invalids, at Berwick, recruited the Glengarry Regiment of Light Infantry, and is now Lieut.-Colonel commanding in this district, and Inspecting Field Officer of Militia. The good conduct of the Glengarry Light Infantry, as well as the Militia Regiments of the county, has been so frequently noticed and thanked in public orders, that it is unnecessary for me to say anything in their praise. They have on every!
occasion, when placed before the enemy, supported the character of Highlanders."
The Emigrations of 1773, and subsequent years, left but few of the older families in Glengarry; and at the present time there is only too much truth in the lines of W. Allan (Celtic Mag., Oct., 1885):
" The Glen of my fathers no longer is ours,
The Castle is silent and roofless its towers,
The hamlets have vanished and grass growing green
Now covers the hillocks where once they had been;
The song of the stream rises sadly in vain,
No children are here to rejoice in the strain.
No voices are heard by loch Oich's lone shore,
Glengarry is here; but Glengarry no more."
[SD&G] MacDonell/Chisholm/Fraser
"Hugh Niven"
Sun, 17 Feb 2002 19:58:07 -0800
The People of Glengarry
Highlanders in Transition, 1745-1820
Marianne McLean
Allan MacDonell, half brother of Bishop Alexander Macdonell
Page 104.
" The story of the 1785 emigration to Canada cannot be established definitely in all its detail, but when documentary and oral sources are put together, a cohesive narrative of the emigrants journey to Canada emerges. The emigrants left Scotland under the leadership of Allan MacDonell. Later a Justice of the Peace in Glengarry County and described as "Esquire, " MacDonell was born at Inchlaggan on the Glengarry estate in 1746. (His younger brother Alexander, later Bishop MacDonell of Kingston, was a commanding figure in Canadian history).26
NA, MG9/D7/6 microfilm reel C-3029, parish register of St. Raphael's 15 Dec.1826, 520. This identification of Bishop Alexander MacDonell of Kingston as the brother of Allan MacDonell, leader of the 1785 party, is based on notes in George Sandfield MacDonald's oral history of Glengarry. Sandfield Macdonald names Squire Allan MacDonell as one of the 1787 emigrants by way of Albany (NA, MG29 C29, notebook with first page blank, interview with Captain Grey). The date (1787) is an error for 1785, as will be shown in the following pages. George Sandfield MacDonald also refers to Squire Allan as the bishop's brother (ibid.,notebook, Family II) The obituary of Squire Allan MacDonell that appears in the Upper Canada Gazette names Allan as leader of the 1785 emigration(see note 24, above) and was written by Bishop MacDonell (MacGillivray and Ross, History of Glengarry, 10).
Alexander MacDonell
The Scottish Years
Kathleen M. Toomey
"His parents were Angus (Aeneas) MacDonell and Nancy Cameron and he had a sister Margaret and a half-brother, Allan, from his father's previous marriage.7 There were at least two other brothers, but whether fully or partially related, is not clear. It is doubtful whether either of them ever married for both died as "Adventures" in the West Indies.8
He himself claimed to be a man of the people and not of the cadet families within the clan, although he referred to the families of Glengarry, Scothouse (Scotus) and Chisholm as his cousins, and was acknowledged by them as such, and Andrew MacDonell posits the probability that his mother was a distant relative of Sir Allan Cameron of Erracht.
It appears that The Bishop MacDonell refers to the Bishops John and Aeneas Chisholm, sons of Valentine Chisholm and Janet Macdonell, as well as William Fraser Ninth of Guisachan, son of William Fraser 8th of Guisachan and his wife Margaret MacDonell, d/o John MacDonell of Ardnabie and Mary his wife, daughter of Glengarry as his cousins.
It appears that the Ardnabie branch, in particular John MacDonell as the originators of the MacDonell of Leek group.
Why don't you just put me out of my misery by telling me who the children of John MacDonell of Ardnabie and his wife Mary are.
Are they,
Janet MacDonell, wife of Valentine Chisholm
Angus MacDonell, father of the Bishop MacDonell
Margaret MacDonell, wife of Fraser 8th of Guisachan.


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Chicago Examiner April 24, 1917
A CITY-WIDE, municipally owned and constructed subway system was advocated by Mayor Thompson last night in a special message to the City Council.
The message pointed out that the Council has rejected the $250,000 report of the Chicago tractionand subway commission and that the city should start at once withits traction mnd and special assessment levy to build a city-wide subway.
The commission's report recommended unification of the surface and elevated lines, a downtown subway
system, general extension and rerouting of the surface and elevated tines, an indeterminate franchise for the usiified systems and the expenditure of approximately $270,000,000 by the consolidated companies and the city to carry out the completed plan.
M. J. Faherty, president of the board of local improvements, was the first to suggest construction of a municipally owned subway system by means of special assessments.
City Does Not Want a "Dinky" Subway.
It was pointed out in the message mat the city does not want a "dinky" subway.
The Mayor said the absence of subways has caused many Chicagoans to move to suburbs, because they could get adequate steam car transportation to such places. He pointed out the consequent loss of revenue for the city.
The Mayor wrote:
For the last two years, I have left the solution of the traction question entirely in the hands of the City Council. An appropriation of $250,000 was made out of the traction fund, and most of this amount has been expended in the employment of experts, who made an exhaustive study of all phases of the traction question.
The result of their study is found in the "Report of the Chicago Traction and Subway Commission on a
United System of Surface, Elevated and Subway Lines.
Efforts to Get Long a Franchise Cited.
This report was made to the transportation committee, and public hearings have been held by it upon the matters covered therein. Subsequently the committee recommended to Council the adoption of a report looking toward the final accomplishment of the plan recommended by the experts.
At the recent meeting of your honorable body the report of the committee and its recommendations were referred back to the committee for further consideration. Since that time a municipal election has been held and a new council is convened, I deem it my duty, therefore, to apprise you at once of any views and to suggest to you what seems to me a practical solution of a vexed problem.
The plan of the transportation committee recently rejected by your honorable body was complicated. It contained many distinct issues, each of which was in itself a separate problem calling for special treatment and determination. It is true that the merger of the various transportation lines and the extension of the franchise period and the financing of the new plan and the construction of subways are related to each other.
On the other hand, they are not all necessarily dependent upon each other, and, in my judgment, subway construction is a distinct problem and will not be solved until it is simplified and divorced from all unnecessary features.
The t!me is now ripe for a constructive policy in transportation matters which will achieve a result beneficial to all the interests of the city.
The traction fund was created and is being accumulated under the traction ordinances of February 11, 1907, and the amendments thereto. In a general way the purpose of the fund is twofold:
First, to enable the municipality to take over the traction properties and to conduct and operate them under municipal ownership;
Second, to facilitate the construction of subways as an additional means of transportation.
The traction companies paid into the city treasury $2,800,000 as the city's share of the net receipts for 1916. As Iunderstand it, the companies advance the money for the cost of constructing- and extending their lines, which cost is added to their capital valuation, and upon which they are allowed 5 per cent annual return.
All operating, and other expenses are deducted from the total gross receipts and the balance is divided between the city and the companies in the ratio of 55 per cent and 45 per cent.
The city annually orders extensions of the various surface lines. The cost of such extensions is thus added to the investment. The annual extensions cost more than the city's share of the net receipts. The result is that the purchase price of the traction properties increases faster than the city's ability to purchase. Municipal ownership, therefore, is further off now than it was in 1907, when the ordinances were adopted.
I conclude, therefore, that the only practical use to be made of the traction fund is to employ it at once in the development of a system of subways, rather than to let it accumulate for the purchase of properties which the fund will never be large enough to buy.
The Subway of the Central District
Showing present street level, pedestrian street and four-track subway
All are agreed that subways in a large city like Chicago are indispensable. They offer rapid transit to the outlying districts which are more dependent upon transportation than other sections of the city. It is also a matter of experience that subways specially enhance the value of the land adjacent thereto.
Increased …. buildings and a more intensive development of all property in the vicinity of the subway immediately follows. This has been the experience of every large municipality, notably New York and Boston. Good transportation is an important element in land values.
The capacity of surface lines and elevated roads is now overtaxed, and it seems impossible for the transportation companies with their present facilities to meet the demands of our steadily increasing population.
What, then, is a simple and reasonable solution of this problem? Under its charter the city has the power to lay out, establish, open, widen and otherwise improve public streets. The power to open a new surface street or to widen an existing surface street is exercised frequently and is not questioned. The power to build an upper or lower level street, as well as a surface street,proceeds from the same course and is clearly conferred. In fact, the city is building an upper and a lower level thoroughfare in the widening and improvement of Michigan avenue. Pine street and Lincoln parkway fipm Randolph street to Chicago avenue.
In that proceeding a new lower level street will be constructed between Lake street and Grand avenue,
and a new upper level street will be constructed between Randolph street and Ohio street. In the widening of Twelfth street, from Michigan avenue to Ashland avenue, the city has successfully exercised its power to widen aa existing street and to improve the street as widened, partly on tha surface and party by a viaduct.
There are two methods of financing such an improvement, one out of the corporate fund, by taxation or bond issue, the other by special assessment against property benefited. It will be conceded that it is impracticable .to build a lower level thoroughfare out of the general or corporate fund.
The demands upon this fund are already too severe. It is not believed that the public would approve a bond issue for the construction of an improvement which would primarily benefit property in its immediate locality.
The method of raising the neces- sary funds by special assessment, is, therefore, tbs only practical way of financing a lower level thoroughfare.
I am informed by the law de- partment and other lawyers who have given this matter careful study, that a lower level street for general street purposes is unquestionably a local improvement. The test of a local improvement is this:
What is the primary purpose and object of the proposed improvement? If its primary purpose is to benefit a locality, it is a local improvement, and may be paid for by special assessment. If its primary object is to benefit the city at large, it is a general improve of the general fund of the city government, and must be paid for out.
It is clear that the primary purpose of a lower level street would be to serve a certain locality, and would, therefore, constitute a local improvement to be paid for by special assessment. The locality of proposed improvement would be peculiarly benefited thereby.
Land values along the line of the lower level street and in its immediate vicinity would be enormously increased. Within the zone of the improvement there would be practically no vacancies in flats or business houses.
The advantages of paying for a lower level thoroughfare by special assessment upon property specially benefited are manifestly obvious. The improvement wnen completed would belong to the city, like other public streets. Its construction would create no bonded indebtedness. There would be no entangled alliances with public service corporations.
The property specially benefited ought to pay for the improvement, aided by a public benefit fairly representing the city's share of the cost. The city would control the lower level street in the same way that it ttow controls its surface and elevated streets. The new improvement would be devoted to the same general street uses to which the surface and elevated streets are now put.
The city could grant such privileges in the lower level street to the surface lines and the elevated railroads as it saw fit. Sidewalks, pavements, galleries for underground improvements and conduits for public utilities could be constructed in the lower level streets.
By installing the sewers, water, gas, electric light and power, telephone lines and all other utilities in the lower level streets, the upper level streets when paved would remain undisturbed for all time. This would insure the permanent good condition of pavements, eliminate street obstructions and save the city and property owners hundreds of thousands of dollars in future special assessments.
Fortunately, the procedure for making such an improvement has been provided by the local improvement act of 1897. The Council can at once order the board of local improvements to take the necessary steps to construct lower level streets where needed.
The board of local improvements could order its engineer to make a survey and prepare plans for the proposed improvement and to estimate its probable cost. Upon receipt of the engineer's report and estimate, the board of local improvements would adopt a first resolution, describing the improvement in general terms and fixing a time and place for a public hearing thereon.
The issues at the public hearing would include the nature, necessity and estimated cost of the proposed improvement, and the number of installments into which the assessment should be divided. At the public hearing the matter would be fully discussed by property owners to be affected.
When the board decides upon the final form of the improvement, an ordinance therefor is drafted and sent to the Council with the recommendation of the board and the engineer's estimate of cost. The ordinance is then referred to the proper committee of the Council and a further hearing is given before the committee to the property owners interested.
The committee then reports on the ordinance to the Council, which either rejects or passes it: If the ordinance is passed the city files a petition in court for the confirmation of an assessment to pay the cost of the improvement.
A special assessment is levied against property benefited and against the City of Chicago for public benefits.
Notice of the assessment is given to property owners and they are allowed to file objections and to contest the legality of the ordinance and the assessment. Tihs gives them another day in court. A test case could be sitade up and the matter submitted to the Supreme Court for final decision.
I have repeatedly promised the voters of this city a referendum on any proposed solution of the traction question. In my opiitlon the opportunities to be heard before the board of local Improvements and the committee of the Council and in court equal the advantages of a referendum and afford much better protection.
These three hearings would give interested parties the best possible opportunity to express their views.
I, therefore, recommend that your honorable body at once order the board of local improvements to take the necessary steps to construct a lower level street in each of the three divisions of the city, to wit: the West Side, the North Side and the South Side, the nature of the improvement, questions of size, depth and other details of construction to be worked out by the board of local improvements and the property owners to be affected.
Since the traction fund has come from the pockets of the users of the surface lines it seems only fair that the fund should be used in the development of a better system of transportation.
The fund is the property of the public and in my opinion may well be used to pay the city's share of the cost of constructing the various lower levej,streets. This fund would supplement the funds to be raised by special assessment. As the street car lines are extended from year to year the traction fund will be replenished from the use by the companies of the surface and lower level streets and the annual increment to the fund should be used each year to pay the public benefits accruing to the city by such extensions.
Under this plan the city would gradually acquire a new series of lower level streets and an adequate system of transportation without incurring the bonded indebtedness contemplated by the report and recommendation of the transportation committee. The improvements will be made at the expense of land directly benefited thereby.
I submit this plan for your careful consideration. It does not interfere with the settlement of the problem of merging the surface and elevated lines, aud can be carried out without waiting for the determination .of the question of franchise extension.
The public needs and is entitled to immediate relief from the present intolerable traction situation, and I am convinced that the method proposed offers a speedy and practical way to build the desired subways.
Chicago Tribune August 31, 1925
Chicago Tribune May 12 1938
The three subways would be the initial construction in the Chicago transit modernization program prepared last fall by Philip Harringtony city traction engineer.
The plan provides for two track subways in Jackson boulevard and Washington street, which would permit the removal from the surface of all east-west street car lines in the loop. Both would have eastern terminals under Grant park. The western terminal of the Jackson boulevard tube would be at Clinton street and that of the Washington street at Desplaines street,
The third subway would be a two track tunnel under State street for north and south elevated trains. This subway would extend from 14th street north to Chicago avenue and west under Chicago avenue to Franklin street to a connection with the north side elevated.
Must Be Finished in Two Years.
Mayor Kelly told the council that under pending federal legislation for public grants no project will be ap- proved unless it can be completed in two years or less. City traction en- gineers, he said, have assured him that the three subways can be com- pleted in that time.
The mayor said he hopes to get a 45 per cent grant which would reduce the cost to the city of the 28 million dollar improvement to $15,400,000 the federal government contributing $12,600,000. He urged the city council to prepare a financial plan which would permit the city to use securities in the city traction fund to defray the city s share o0 the expenditure.
The city s share, it was explained later, could be obtained either as a loan from the federal government against which the city could pledge securities now in the traction fund or, defray the sale of the securities in the fund.
Plans for Three Loop Subways
Mayor Kelly told the city council yesterday that construction work can be started soon on three downtown subways if a federal grant for part of the total cost of 28 million dollars is obtained. The Jackson and Washington street subways would be for street cars and the State street tunnel tor north and south side elevated trains.
Invested in Tax Warants.
The 67-million dollar traction fund, according to a recent analysis, Is almost entirely invested in tax anticipation warants, about 25 million dollars of which could be converted quickly into cash. Another 25 to 30 millions is in slow moving paper which may ultimately pay out, but for which there is no ready market. The balance is of doubtful value.
It is believed that the city first will try to get a PWA loan on the slow, moving paper, saving the readily marketable securities to finance other parts of the city traction plan.
Aid. James R. Quinn LSOthi, chairman of the local transportation committee, said the committee would meet tomorrow to consider the mayor's request and make plans for holding public hearings on the proposed: ordinances. He invited all aldermen to attend.
Sees No Reason to Delay.
Mayor Kelly said:
While substantial progress is being made toward an early solution of all phases of our age old traction problem," "there is no reason apparent to me why the construction of these subways should not proceed at once. This is particularly true in view of the probability that a substantial part of their cost. If built now, will be borne by federal funds.
The proposed subways have been the subject of crItIcal study and up proval by the transportation companIes and by Waiter A. Shaw. adviser to the federal court on traction.
So far as I know, no serious criticism of either the proposed loca. tions, the designs, or the capacity of these initial subways has been offered.
Teamwork Will Bo Necessary,
To draft the necessary ordinances, prepare contract drawings and specifications and complete the construction of these three subways in such a short time (two years) will require close teamwork by all interests. .
While It may appear hasty to proceed before federal legislation actually has been approved, the amount of work necessary to com- plete these projects within the short time specified seems to warant im. mediate consideration and disposal of every preliminary matter which does not involve an actual or substantial financial commitment.
Cross-Section Rendering of State St. Subway
June, 1941
This 1941 sketch was one of the images published and is an artist's rendering of what the State Street Subway, still under construction, might look like once opened. The view depicts a cross-section of the street, mezzanine and subway platforms and tubes with crowds of people filling sidewalks on State Street above as well as taking advantage of direct retail connections from the station complex.
The specific location depicted here (one can deduce the location easily, with the flagship The Fair store on the left and The Palmer House on the right) is a view looking north on State from Adams. The subway mezzanine in view is the Monroe-Adams mezzanine (still today an entrance to the Monroe station on the Red Line) and the train in the tunnel is drawn as a Shoppers' Special–the name for certain express services run from several 'L' branches to the Loop, catering to mid-day shopping trips to downtown during that era.
Map showing the proposed pattern of citywide subways, the same system proposed in 1939.
A cross section of the twin tubes that will carry the State Street subway under the Chicago River moments before they were sealed and floated away from the south Chicago dock in August 1939.
Streamlining Chicago
Presented by the City of Chicago Department of Subways and Superhighways
Burton Holmes Films, Inc.
Map of Initial System of Subways with the State Street Subway completed and the Dearborn Subway partially completed.
Chicago Tribune March 29, 1943.
Run First Train Thru Subway But Regular Service Is Far Off
Chicago yesterday became a city with a subway.
At 3:18 p. m. a three car train headed by Car No. 4429 crept from its usual elevated tracks south of the Armitage avenue station and eased into the Clybourn-Division State street tube,
The train, made up of two passenger cars with a work car sandwiched between In case of trouble, carried newspaper men and about 150 men of the subway department and the Rapid Transit lines.
Before it came out of the ground one hour and 56 minutes later after a return trip to Jackson street, the train had proved that subway trains will be smooth riding and cool; the air will be only slightly damp, and passengers will be able to carry on conversations without shouting.
The night before the "Opening" of the State Street Subway at the Jackson-Van Buren stop. This test run was staged by Mayor Edward Kelly on March 28, 1943, just four days before the mayoral election.
Speedy Service Indicated,
A second trip indicated the subway will be speedy. The train crept along on its first trip, paced by engineers on foot who checked clearances. On the second it reached a speed of 30 miles an hour, going from Fullerton to Jackson in 14 minutes. That time, however, could be cut about a third because the subway expects to operate trains at 45 miles an hour.
Bernard J. Fallon, operating manager and trustee for the elevated lines, said the subway trip was a "nice ride" and that he was "very pleased," but he declined to predict when subway trains would become a regular thing. The subway department said service would begin "shortly," but declined to say if that meant one, two months or more.
The subway will be officially opened Friday and war bond buyers will get free rides Saturday between 1 and 11 p. m.
Electric current was turned Into the Clybourn.Division-State street subway at 12:45 p. in. yesterday.
The Subway Special.
March 28, 1943
No Champagne for Christening.
At 3:05 a conductors corps, dressed In their best, shouted "all aboard, subway special," anti the three car train pulled out of the Wilson ave- nue elevated station. At the controls was Charles Blade, 1127 Newport avenue, an elevated lines motorman 29 years. Because Blade had never seen the inside of the subway, C. J. Beck, 4506 North Ashland avenue, who has spent much of the last two and a half years underground as a subway department electrical engi. neer, stood at Blade's shoulder.
Women standing in their backyards waved as the train dipped into the ground. Kids lined the railings, A passenger shouted for a bottle of champagne to christen the subway but only a cask of drinking water had been brought along.
A few hundred feet inside the entrance, after reaching its normal depth of 40 feet, the subway tunnel splits Into two round bores dotted with lights their entire length. An occasional water seepage streak marred the white concrete lining.
Stations In Blue and Cream.
The south bound bore is complete as far as Jackson, except for stations and circular emergency stairways to be Installed In ventilation wells, Some track is still to be laid In the north-bound bore.
The stations, vith their light blue and cream tile walls, still lack some lighting fixtures and other equipment. In some stations escalators have been Installed but are not yet in operation.
A catwalk two feet wide parallels the track most of the way for emergency use and tube walls are dotted with signs pointing to nearest exits. Five-foot blowers guarantee fresh air. Automatic louvres keep out cold air in winter time. Heat will be provided only by train operations. The temperature yesterday was near freezing.
Three-quarter inch reclaimed rubber pads under the rails reduce vibration and noise, but when yesterday's train hit 30 miles an hour it could be heard half a mile away.
The State Street Subway opened on October 17, 1943.
The first test run thru the State street subway. A stop at the Clark and Division street station. An escalator is visible at the right.
State Street Subway
About 1945
Proposed Subway System


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Hello! A double layout is introduced today.
Please check the papers used with this layout by a lower picture.
I made two double layouts using three kinds of papers.
One work of them is introduced.
Lola - Lulliloo Collection
Honey - Sugary Collection
Petite - Mayella Collection
Alphabet - Urban Cut Collection
Accents - Urban Cut Collection
other - Glimmer Mist
I made the double layout, in order that summer might carry out photograph arrangement.
I used two kinds of papers with which the circle was drawn.
Since these differ in size, they are wonderful accents by shifting and sticking.
I will introduce a double layout tomorrow also.
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Our values represent the main governing principles of Synocus Group.
Personal growth
Synocus, being a true knowledge-based organization, rests on the unique skills and competencies of its individual members. The firm benefits from the personal growth of its individual members. Through the growth of its individuals, the firm will grow as well. The main role of management and leadership is to facilitate this growth by continuously providing the right infrastructure.
Customer orientation
Synocus creates value for and with its customers by cultivating and developing these relationships over time. To do this, Synocus continuously develops new capabilities in order to provide the customers with new innovative offerings. Complementing the customers' capabilities means that Synocus is committed to the long-term success of its customers. This may also include interventions to help the customer shift his or her perspective from the 'urgent' to better recognize the 'important'.
Fair process
Synocus recognizes the need to strike a balance between satisfying the interests of its most important stakeholders: the professionals, the customers, the owners, the company in itself, and the society, in this order. Only through the efforts of motivated and competent professionals can Synocus continuously serve its customers. These efforts produce financial gains which may then be distributed to the owners and society.
Our Name
Our values may also be found in the name of the company, Synocus.
The first part of Synocus comes from the word synopsis, recognizing the need to rapidly and crisply understand the big picture of every assignment we are involved in; think big (being customer oriented). The second part derives from the word focus, which reminds us of the need to be able to identify where the immediate benefits are; act small (engaging competent people). Thirdly, by combining these two words in the name Synocus, we introduce new language, which is a main tool for us to be able to increase the speed of learning together with our clients; move fast (providing immediate value, which is a fair expectation). Thus we have created a word that represents what we offer to our customers: THINK BIG, ACT SMALL, MOVE FAST.


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iPhonography: Best results with a smartphone camera.
These days iPhones or smartphone cameras can pack a powerful punch with high resolution capabilities, however, they aren't always able to cope with tricky lighting or colour problems on the run. You end up with disappointing images that don't reflect the moment.
This iPhonography workshop, is an introduction to using smartphone cameras with specific apps to create stunning images on the go.
Naida Ginnane, an established photographer recently invited to exhibit in the Singapore Contemporary Art Show : Photo 17, will help you learn how to combine your camera with apps to;
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- learn composition principles
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The workshop will start at the Clubco workspace and involve a little walking around Telok Ayer to practice, so please wear comfy clothes.
Workshop price includes Tea/Coffee and Lunch. Hang around for a beer later but additional F & B is at your own expense.
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The respondent in this matter, Mr Culleton, owed Macquarie Leasing Pty Limited (Macquarie) a debt arising out of two chattel mortgage agreements.
Macquarie obtained judgment against Mr Culleton in the amount of $94,304. The judgment debt was not paid and Macquarie petitioned for a sequestration order to be made against Mr Culleton's estate.
Macquarie served the Bankruptcy Notice on Mr Culleton by affixing it to a padlocked gate at his last known address.
Mr Culleton, an unrepresented litigant, opposed the petition on the basis that the Bankruptcy Notice had not been served on him because the property at which the Bankruptcy Notice was affixed was not his last known address.
The cases have considered service at a "last known address" and formulated (among others) the following principles:
- It does not matter whether the debtor actually resides at the particular address or not;
- "last known address" does not expressly refer to the debtor's residence or place of abode;
- The expression refers to the address that has been made known by the debtor to the world at large at the time closest to the date in question; and
- A business address can be a debtor's last known address.
Mr Culleton deposed to the fact that he no longer lived at the property where the Bankruptcy Notice was served but continued to run a business from there.
The court found that at the time of service:
- Mr Culleton was not living at the property where the Bankruptcy Notice was served, but visited the property various times in the year preceding the date of service;
- Nevertheless, he conducted a business from that property;
- He did not inform Macquarie of where he was in fact living;
- When all the evidence is viewed objectively, the information that Mr Culleton conveyed to the world at large was that his business address at the property in question was his last known address for the purpose of service under the Bankruptcy Regulations; and
- All reasonably available public records indicate that the address in question was Mr Culleton's last known address.
Having regard to all the evidence, the court was satisfied that there had been service in accordance with the requirements of the legislation and granted the sequestration orders sought by Macquarie.
Judge Altobelli quoted from the recent decision of the Full Federal Court in SZRUR v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2013] FCAFC 146 in affirming the court's duty to ensure 'fairness' for an unrepresented litigant. However, the cases note that the court's duty is not solely to the unrepresented litigant. The obligation is to ensure fairness for all parties.
In applying the duty of fairness to the unrepresented litigant in this case, His Honour noted that Mr Culleton 'was given the benefit of the doubt with all of his evidence being subjected only to weight assessment'.


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Yankees interview former Tribe manager Wedge
NEW YORK — Former Cleveland and Seattle manager Eric Wedge has become the second person to interview with the New York Yankees for their dugout opening.
Yankees bench coach Rob Thomson interviewed on Wednesday as a possible successor to manager Joe Girardi.
Wedge was a "cup of coffee" player in the majors, getting 86 at-bats over four seasons with Boston (1991-92, 1995) and Colorado (1994) and making 23 appearances at catcher.
He managed in Cleveland's minor league system in 1998 and was promoted to big league manager before the 2003 season. He was voted AL Manager in the Year in 2007, when the Indians won the AL Central, beat the Yankees in the Division Series and lost to Boston in a seven-game Championship Series. He was fired in 2009 after seven seasons with a 561-573 record.
Wedge was hired as Seattle's manager before the 2011 season. The Mariners went 213-273 over three seasons before he turned down a one-year contract, leaving his overall record at 774-846,
He was an ESPN analyst in 2014 and 2015 and has spent the last two seasons as a player development adviser with Toronto.
Chicgao slam dunk for 2020 All-Star Game
CHICAGO — For the NBA, Chicago was a slam dunk to host the 2020 All-Star Game.
The city will host the showcase event for the first time since 1988, when Michael Jordan took off from the foul line in an epic dunk contest and delivered an MVP performance in the game.
Commissioner Adam Silver, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Bulls executives Michael Reinsdorf and John Paxson were on hand for Friday's announcement on the United Center floor.
Silver says Chicago faced "a lot of competition" to bring it back and the city's plan put it "over the top."
Renovations in and around the arena, a new 10,000-seat facility on the Near South Side and Emanuel's desire helped land the game.
Irving exits after elbow to face
BOSTON — Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving has left their game against the Charlotte Hornets after taking an elbow to the face.
Boston center Aron Baynes' elbow inadvertently struck Irving in the face when he was landing after a rebound attempt at the 10:10 mark of the first quarter Friday night. Irving fell to the floor and was bleeding from the nose area as he was escorted back to the locker room.
The team said Irving wais being monitored for possible concussion symptoms and will miss the rest of the game.
Bengals' Green fined for fight with Jaguars' Ramsay
NEW YORK — Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green has been fined $42,541 by the NFL for fighting with Jacksonville Jaguars cornerback Jalen Ramsey last Sunday.
Green grabbed Ramsey around the neck from behind and took him to the turf while throwing punches at him late in the first half of the Jaguars' 23-7 victory. Both Green and Ramsey were ejected from the game, but Ramsey was not fined by the league on Friday.
Green was docked $30,387 for fighting and $12,154 for unsportsmanlike conduct.
Several players from both sides came onto the field from the sidelines during the skirmish, but not were fined.
Tampa Bay quarterback Jameis Winston was fined $12,154 for unsportsmanlike conduct after he poked at New Orleans cornerback Marshon Lattimore, setting off a fight that led to Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans being ejected and suspended for one game.
Jets' Jermaine Kearse says NFL should scrap Thursday games
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Jermaine Kearse is no fan of Thursday night games.
The New York Jets wide receiver echoed what has become a growing sentiment among NFL players who think the league should get rid of short work weeks because they are detrimental to their health and safety.
"You're asking guys who play a high volume on one day and literally give it their all on that one day and ask them to recover and try to bounce back in a couple of days," Kearse said after practice Friday. "It's kind of tough, especially when you're already dealing with certain stuff from previous weeks that might be nagging or lingering."
Kearse was asked about his thoughts on Thursday games a day after he watched former Seattle teammate Richard Sherman suffer a season-ending Achilles tendon injury in the Seahawks' win against the Arizona Cardinals.
When asked whether the NFL should ditch the Thursday games, Kearse said flatly: "Yeah."
The veteran receiver said he couldn't speak for all players, but thinks games on Thursday nights aren't "helpful" because of the short recovery time after playing on Sunday.
"This game has a 100 percent injury rate," Kearse said. "That's the truth, that's the facts. ... You give them a short week like that, it's tough."
Kearse says the NFL Players Association needs to address the issue during its next collective bargaining agreement meetings with the league.
"I think there definitely needs to be a discussion, for sure," he said. "Just finding better ways to take care of the players. I mean, guys are putting their bodies on the line, day in and day out."


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Aquaterre Inc., a subsidiary of Les Composts du Québec
Technologies and services. Commercial scale windrow composting system for the composting of shrimp wastes from the food industry. Potting soil made of a mix of peat moss and shrimp wastes.
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Berlie-Falco Technologies Inc.
Technologies and services. Specialist and manufacturer of municipal and industrial wastewater treatment equipment. Complete line of technologies for each step of wastewater treatment process up to sludge drying. Transformation of municipal sludge into fertiliser. Industrial gas treatment (for volatile organic compounds).
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Biothermica Technologies Inc.
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Broyage Mobile Inc
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Camille Fontaine et Fils Inc.
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(450) 773-9689
Chemrec Inc.
Technologies and services. Flammable solvents recycling.
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Cintec Environnement Inc.
Treatment and secure landfill of contaminated soils. Sites rehabilitation.
(514) 368-4861
Compo Recycle / Conteneur Recycle
Établie depuis 1997, Compo Recycle est une entreprise spécialisée en gestion des matières résiduelles résidentielles (collecte à 3 voies dans Lanaudière et les Laurentides) et commerciales (services 2 ou 3 voies clés en main comprenant mise en place, transport et traitement). L'entreprise gère un centre de tri des matières recyclables et organiques et une usine de compostage, situés à Chertsey (QC). Elle se distingue notamment par son volet communication/éducation et les innovations mises de l'avant pour promouvoir et faciliter la valorisation des matières organiques résidentielles et commerciales.
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Since its founding in 1989, D&G Enviro-Group has specialized in environmental audits, impact studies, characterization studies and remediation of contaminated sites. The company's experience in environmental engineering has served the interests of the business community in projects involving financial institutions, insurance companies, the Ministry of the Environment and other administrative agencies requiring comprehensive environmental site evaluations.
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Daniels Sharpsmart Canada
Daniels was founded in 1986 and now newly installed in the province of Quebec since 2014. We offer a variety of solutions for all your biomedical waste needs, including service and supplies for sharps waste, non-anatomical waste, anatomical waste, cytotoxic waste and pharmaceutical waste. Our vision is to develop a system where we can manage all your biomedical waste in a secure and eco-friendly manner. Daniels offers service in all of North America, Australia, UK and South America. They also supply what is of no doubt the safest reusable container in the world. We are very devoted to our customers and in offering the best possible service you deserve.
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Écotech Inc.
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Enerkem Inc.
Enerkem produces advanced biofuels and renewable chemicals from waste. Its disruptive proprietary technology converts non-recyclable, non-compostable municipal solid waste into methanol, ethanol and other widely-used chemicals.
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Geneq Inc.
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Golder Associés Innovations Appliquées (GAIA) Inc.
Golder Associates Innovative Applications (GAIA) Inc. provides specialized contracting and project management services for environmental remediation and ground engineering projects. Waste management – Contaminated site remediation – Turnkey industrial decommissioning – Water resources management – Ground improvement, Mine services – Foundation engineering. GAIA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Golder Associates Ltd, part of the Golder Associates global group of companies specializing in ground engineering and environmental services, and with over 6,000 employees operating in more than 140 local offices around the world.
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Industries Machinex Inc.
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Intersan Inc.
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IPL Inc.
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Les Composts du Québec Inc. (Subsidiary of GSI Environnement)
Technologies and services. Outdoor composting in piles or automated indoor composting of municipal waste (grass and leaves), industrial waste (pulp and paper, food industry) and agriculture waste (manure).
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EWS is an environmental company, specialized in waste management. We provide a full range of consulting, auditing, reporting and training services to a wide range of clients and companies in the Municipal & ICI sectors. Whether seeking compliance, a reduction in waste management costs or are looking to become green, we can help.
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Matrec Environnement Inc. (Member of SITA group)
Technologies and services. Heavy metals removal from municipal incinerator ashes (Alex Cendre process), treatment for soils and sediments contaminated with heavy metals, industrial wastewater treatment (chrome and caustic soda), organic waste composting.
Metafix Inc.
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Nielsen Environmental
Asbestos Testing, Asbestos Removal, Demolition.
Nova Envirocom
Products and services. Compost trays, water savers. The company also trains and raises awareness on composting. Trays for selective waste collection. Services in waste management plan (Plan de Gestion des Matières Résiduelles (PGMR)).
Nova PB Inc. (Division Newalta)
Technology and services. Lead products treatment, recycling and transformation facility. Rotary furnace with closed-loop water and air circuit. The technology enables recycling of a great variety of lead products (contaminated soils, lead-acid batteries, etc.).
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Omega Recycling Technologies
Technologies and services. Waste reduction and recycling systems for solvents and oils for the industrial, printing and automotive sectors. Industrial wastewater treatment. The company also manufactures custom systems.
Plastic Rotek Inc. (Écolosphère)
Manufacturer of the "BlueplanetSMART" tumbling backyard composter. Attractive, friendly user with outstanding results, this backyard composter also allows you to recuperate the precious "compost Tea". Smart solution to promote environmentally sound waste management practices.
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Technologies and Services. Decentralized management of the wastewater collection and treatment for the residential, communal, commercial, municipal and industrial sectors.
Progestech inc.
Environmental diversified specialists working among others with SMEs to accomplish: Site assessments (Phase I, II and III), expert's accreditation, environmental conformity of industrial site, quarries, sand pits, hydrogeology and composting. Our strengths: target the elements to present at the time of the deposit of an authorized certificate to governmental authorities. Familiar with the legal expectations and how to respect them. Represent adequately the customer to these authorities.
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PureSphera specializes in treating and recycling appliances that contain halocarbons. Its technologies are destroying refrigerants gases and blowing agents to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and ozone depleting substances (ODS). Its work has enabled PureSphera to be the first Québec company to generate offset credits in the carbon market. The company works with municipalities , appliance retailers, and metals and automotive recyclers. PureSphera also manages the program Frigoresponsable.
Tel.: 819-822-9183
PyroGenesis Inc.
Technologies and services. The company designs and manufactures high temperature treatment systems for dangerous and inorganic wastes. Compact systems for wastes treatment on commercial boats.
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Royal Mat Inc.
Products and services. The company recycles and manufactures products made of rubber : mats, solid tires, crumb rubber, truck mudguards and soundproofing panels.
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S.R.S. Environnement Inc.
Technologies. Solvent recovery systems for solvent recycling and reuse.
Sanexen Environmental Services inc.
Sanexen Environmental Services Inc. is a contractor and consultant specializing in the environmental management of contaminated site remediation and water main rehabilitation. Our mission is to actively participate in the development of solutions aimed at fulfilling current and future environmental management needs. Sanexen performs work relating to the characterization and remediation of lands, regulated materials management, revegetation, toxicological risk assessment, environmental management and compliance as well as research and development regarding soil and water treatment.
SNC Lavalin Environment Inc.
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Solmax International Inc.
Geomembranes and services. Geomembranes and containment systems for landfill sites, for dangerous waste, domestic waste, leachate platforms. Large size geomembranes.
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Solmers Inc.
Geomembrane and services. Contaminated soil landfills, industrial waste landfills, maximum security hazardous waste landfills.
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Sorinco offers various industries a turnkey solution in waste management. We simplify the management of your hazardous materials, finished products, recyclable materials and controlled substances, in a responsible, environmentally-friendly and safe way.
Stablex Canada Inc.
Technology and services. Treatment and secure placement of industrial inorganic wastes and contaminated soils. Physical chemical treatment with stabilisation and solidification followed by placement in a secure cell which make contaminants insoluble in the environment.
(450) 430-9230
Super-F Fragrance Inc.
Technology and products made of naturals extracts having the ability to neutralize odors and gases generate by different industries such as: Agricultural, Municipal, Refinery, Pulp & Paper, Domestic, etc. When used as per our recommendations, our products neutralize odours and gases emitted by any sources. Our goal is always keeping in mind the well-being and security of workers, neighbors in a healthy environment.
Tred'Si Inc.
Products and services. Recycling, transformation and commercialisation of recuperated wood from telephone poles.
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Products and services. The company sells worms for lombricompost production and lombricomposts made from organic wastes.
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Walsh Integrated Environmental Systems
Technologies. Waste Tracker: waste management system that enables hospitals to verify and control infectious and hazardous waste handling, therefore increasing waste management efficiency. This helps to avoid non-hazardous waste from ending up in hazardous waste bags, which are very expensive. The technology is based on a computer with an integrated camera that records and transmits any information on misdirected waste.
Warco Process Technologies Inc.
Technologies. Industrial and municipal wastewater treatment: filtering bags, strainers, gravity bed, vacuum filters, evaporation, dissolved air flotation, ultrafiltration, decantation systems, lamella gravity settlers, sand filters, biological treatment, coagulants and polymers. Sludge treatment : thickening and dewatering. Air treatment : interior air filters, gas purification.Coolant filtration: oil-water separators, magnetic separation for wet and dry processes. Treatment with sand for drinking water. Industrial fluids recovery: solvents and oil distillation.
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XACT Systems inc.
The XACT BioReactors are large scale in-vessel, rotating drum composters that convert huge volumes of solid organic waste into compost in as little as 3 to 7 days. It is able to do so by tightly controlling the parameters for successful aerobic composting. Specifically, the slow rotation of the drum allows each and every bacteria naturally occurring in the organic waste material to be exposed to oxygen present in the ambient air in the vessel. XACT Systems process recommendations follow the EPA standards of Time and Temperature for pathogen kill. In practice, this means that the waste material is kept in the BioReactor vessel for 72 hours at temperatures of 55 degrees to 65 degrees Celcius. Upon discharge, the compost is pathogen free, insect larvae free, weed seed free and virtually odourless. The XACT BioReactor is available in 5' to 10' diameters and in lengths from 10' to 60'. The waste material mixture must have a C:N ratio in the neighbourhood of 25 to 1, and the moisture content must be close to 65% in order to compost successfully. The waste materials can include food waste, green yard waste, sludge, manure, biosolids, organic waste from commercial processing plants, mortalities, and so on. Amendments can include wood chips, saw dust, rice hulls, paper, cardboard, dried vegetative waste and so on. The XACT BioReactor Composting System includes the BioReactor, infeed and outfeed conveyors, and a mixer (for blending the waste materials prior to loading in the vessel). As stated earlier, the organic material remains in the BioReactor for 4 to 7 days and is then discharged. If required, the compost is then stored for final curing for an additional 14 days at temperatures 40 degrees celcius (this final maturation step is required dependent upon use of compost). The benefits of the BioReactor include: odour control, pathogen free compost, fast composting time, less manpower requirement, low land requirement, low power requirement, controls vectors, VOC's, emissions (with a BioFilter), eliminates weather concerns, neighbourhood friendly, provides the ability to produce "designer compost".
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Just when I was ready to decide that the most exciting thing I'd seen this week was a Jeopardy contestant wearing a mockingjay pin…
…our little boy decided that he was ready to let go of the furniture and take a few unsupported steps across the room. 🙂
He did it several times before deciding that really, this was a terribly inefficient way to go about things when crawling was so much faster and safer. Man, when he doesn't want to stand up, he is really good at letting his legs go limp and arching his back backward!
So I guess we officially have a toddler now. Yikes! One year and four days old.
It's all just sort of extraordinary, isn't it — watching them learn and grow and put two and two together, watching those gears turn. Watching them change from a helpless little snuggle into a little human being. I'm reminded of something I saw on Pinterest the other day:
We watch a lot of Jeopardy in our house. I'm not entirely sure why we don't do pub trivia or something; it's designed for people like us. We listen to NPR quiz shows, and — okay, I have to admit something. We don't just watch Jeopardy. We record it. Our DVR is overflowing with old episodes of Jeopardy. Because that's the sort of nerds we are.
And nerds beget nerds, I think. I'd read that babies will respond more to music their mothers listened to while they were pregnant — that they somehow recognize it or find it familiar. I'm blaming that phenomenon, and my twice-daily 20-minute commutes listening to NPR while pregnant, for the fact that my little guy perks up when he hears the dulcet, educated tones of local weathermen — and bolts for the nearest television set when he hears Alex Trebek's voice. Not even exaggerating: he was just hanging out one day, and the theme song started. He scooted at top speed in to the room with the TV set, pulled himself up at the television cabinet, and stood there watching Jeopardy from the opening theme song through the end credits.
It isn't other shows. He doesn't do that with the news (except the weather report) or Sesame Street or anything else, not with the consistency he has for loving on Jeopardy.
If he becomes the Ken Jennings of his generation, he'd better take his mama out to dinner. 🙂


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This film doesn't even deserve its own topic, but thus I have a new mission, to warn people away from this pile of junk.
I must admit first off that "I HATE MUSICALS" I do, Chicago sucked, Sound of Music sucked, Fartin' in the Rain was boring. The whole genre does absolutely nothing for me. But then, I have to watch this pos movie for my film class so I was forced to view its 2 hrs and whatever of pure crap.
Now as if the film wasn't bad enough with Nicole Kidman, it gets worse because the music IS RIPPED OFF! They used U2, Wallflowers, Madonna, classic 80s love songs, and the worst part of it all was that Nicole and Ewan were singing it, how completely gay. I don't like the way the camera shoots you all around Moulin Splooge and makes you vomit up those M&Ms you were trying to enjoy, and most of all I don't like Nicole Kidman. As in all of her movies, she steals the show, thinking she can act. She can't. I don't get other people who think she can, SHE CAN'T. Ewan did a good job but this is the wrong roll for him, by all means. I did enjoy the ewoks at the end singing With or Without pooh, and Mark Hamill's cameo was good.
Other than that, stay away from this junkyard of a movie, its the worst musical, and one of the worst films I have ever witnessed. Supernova still takes the cake, but rest assured, this is up there on the worst movies of all time list.
1/2 stars for Ewan's ability to sing and the Ewoks at the end, other than that it sucked.
Freddie Farz Jr. was forced to see this 10/11/05.


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Sophie Monk has revealed that she got carried away with her recent relationship with Jimmy Esebag.
The 31-year-old Australian actress and singer announced her engagement to 51-year-old businessman Esebag earlier this year after a whirlwind romance, only to call it off three months later.
Monk said on the Kyle and Jackie O Show yesterday morning: "I went too hard too fast, we both did. I don't want to talk too much because I feel bad, [Jimmy] doesn't have the microphone.
"I sound like I'm in high school, I've been doing that since I was in about grade three. I just got carried away. I don't know, it's not reality [in] LA and you get a bit excited."
Monk then said to radio host Jackie O: "I look at my sisters, and I look at you Jackie with your baby... that's pretty much what I should be doing right now."
Newly single co-presenter Kyle Sandilands then suggested that Monk should be more like him, announcing that he has "a never ending stream of women in and out of the house".
Monk also revealed that she is excited about launching her new clothes range, saying: "It's underwear which is weird because I don't wear it.... joking, I do wear it! I can't wait, it will be affordable but still trendy and cool."


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Adams, Chris 2012
Six discourse markers in Tunisian Arabic: A syntactic and pragmatic analysis
The following study is a description and analysis of six discourse markers in
Tunisian Arabic. In it I will attempt to determine the syntactic and pragmatic roles of
each marker, describing its function in discourse. The final analysis will be based on
the pragmatic model of relevance theory.
I have based my study on thirty-two (32) texts in Tunisian Arabic, looking at
frequently-occurring discourse markers in these texts and analyzing them based on
their discourse roles in terms of local cohesion and pragmatic inference.
The conclusions of this study focus on the conceptual and procedural content of
each discourse marker. I have attempted to identify the syntactic and pragmatic role of
all six markers, looking at their argumentative functions in discourse. The result is a
unified pragmatic function for each discourse marker.
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Since Hope resident Pete Law left his teaching career of nearly 20 years in 2017, he has been following life's subtle signs. And they've led him to Hollywood. Literally.
This summer, Law will be heading to Los Angeles, Calif., for nearly two months to study at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, a prestigious acting school founded by American actress Stella Adler in New York City in 1949.
In February, Law traveled to Chicago to attend an open call for auditions for the studio's summer classes.
Law says he was used to traveling to Chicago for acting workshops, so he was accustomed to the traffic. However, this time he encountered no obstacles and found where he was supposed to be without issue.
At the last minute he discovered the piece he has selected to read wouldn't work and he would need to improvise. He chose something original -- a story from "Laws of Jackson Street," a one-man show he wrote and debuted at Willow Leaves of Hope last year.
The representative from the Adler Studio loved it. And one week later Law received an acceptance letter to the Studio's 2018 summer film and television class.
Law was ecstatic because he had accomplished something that was nearly unheard of. He was accepted on one audition and didn't have to go through the nerve-racking process of a second audition, commonly known as a callback.
"Ten years ago if you would have told me I would leave my teaching career I would have told you that you were crazy," Law says. "I just can't believe this is something that is happening. I really believe everything happens for a reason."
The 43-year-old, who currently substitute teaches for Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation, has always had an inner nagging feeling about becoming an actor. Following the deaths of his mother and father more than 10 years ago, that feeling got stronger.
Since 2010, he has attended numerous acting workshops, including at Second City in Chicago, acted in several plays and movies and founded the Actors' Studio of Hope in 2013.
Now, as his departure for California gets closer, he admits he has days when he gets a bit anxious. Between arranging finances and preparing for the trip it can get overwhelming, he says.
But he knows this is truly a huge opportunity.
"My biggest thing is I hope it helps me to grow as an actor," he says. "I would also like to gain some contacts in Los Angeles and to have some opportunities that can help me to get the experience I need."
Law's sister, Amy Banks, couldn't be a more proud big sister.
She describes her brother as always being the center of attention and says when she found out about his anticipated trip to LA she couldn't contain her excitement.
"That was the quickest I've ever moved," she recalls. "I started screaming and hugging him and said, 'You're going somewhere now!'"
Law isn't the only one who feels there has been a touch of synchronicity at work in the unfolding of his career path as an actor. Not only has Banks seen an increase in confidence and a letting go of other's opinions blossom in her brother, but something even more profound.
"Even though I kid about what mom and dad would say, I know they're looking down upon him and they're helping him and opening doors for him," she says. "God has blessed Pete with his acting career and how far he has come."
Long-time friend and business partner, Naomi Fleetwood-Pyle, says she couldn't be more proud of Law.
"This is truly a dream of his and I think it is a giant leap forward for him," she says. "I hope, with everything in me, that this leads him to be able to pursue the dream of his lifetime."
Since he started attending the acting workshops in Chicago up to now, Pyle says Law is much more positive, relaxed and confident. And his acceptance to Stella Adler has only proven to validate that he is on the right path.
"It has been good for him," she says. "I just hope it leads to something for him that he really wants and I would like him to have the desire of his heart."
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