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BGSU Artist’s Necklace Now Part of Toledo Art Muse

admin — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:02:15 +0000

Bowling Green State University issued the following news release:

The Toledo Art Museum has recently purchased something of "Substance" for its permanent collection. BGSU artist Masako Onodera’s oversized necklace of oblong glass globules strung on silk cord is part of the 92nd annual Toledo Area Artists Exhibition. It was selected to be part of the collection by Dr. Jutta-Annette Page, TMA curator of glass and decorative arts.

The museum does not often buy works from the annual show, Page said. "The stars have to be alignment for an acquisition to happen," she explained. In this case, they fell exactly into place: Philanthropist Dorothy MacKenzie-Price of Maumee, who is a longtime supporter both of the arts and of BGSU, volunteered to donate the funds to purchase a piece for the collection. "She was delighted to be able to help the museum and a Bowling Green artist," said Susan Palmer, the museum’s director of development.

Page said she had been tracking Onodera’s work for some time. "Masako’s work always stands out. ‘Substance’ is a perfect example of her unique approach to jewelry and the body and her ability to combine those worlds. She understands the body from a physiological and very tactile point of view."

Because of its imposing size and style, it is not something the wearer will forget she has on. "Wearing it reminds you of your body," said Onodera. The hundreds of rubber-coated glass beads have a softly rounded, organic feel, "and it makes a nice noise,tiffany money clip," she said. Though the materials are everyday, "it’s precious because it’s part of your body."

"Substance" is part of a series that includes jewelry made from felted wool and rubber grapes. Also oversized, the other pieces have a whimsical feel. Though the materials vary from piece to piece, the series is united by its color palette of soft roses,thanksgiving money clips, corals and creams.

"As jewelry gets larger,tiffany necklaces sale, people become intimidated about wearing it," Onodera added. "It dominates your body and becomes like a parasite."

She explored this idea further in a more sculptural show mounted at the International Museum of Surgical Science in 2009. The installation exhibit featured giant-sized jewelry that patrons could actually put on,tiffany key rings on sale, and mirrored walls in which to see themselves and take photos. "I wanted people to be able to touch and wear the pieces,watches," the artist said.

The Toledo Area Artists Exhibition runs through Aug. 22.

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Wild concept carries a whiff of greatness

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:44:38 +0000

People have been known to call Allen Mobley crazy. "I’ve been called a lot worse," he said, throwing back his head, his long ponytail dipping down his back, to laugh a full-throated crazy-man laugh.

And,bangles, frankly, it did seem a little loopy to convert the red horse barn behind his house on Ninevah Road into a factory for Kentucky Gentlemen Cigars Co. And that six-week trip he took to the Dominican Republic, where he stayed in a 300-square-foot house on the side of a mountain, to learn how to hand-roll cigars. Well, crazy, some say. (His wife, Carol, came back after two weeks. "I’d had enough," she said.)

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"Allen is a very unique person, and he comes up with some wild ideas," said John Cook, Kentucky Gentlemen Cigars’ director of sales and marketing. The Moonshine cigar, which is blended with a kiss of white lightning? "I thought, ‘Oh, my gosh,tiffany rings on sale, what are you doing?’ " Cook said.

But just like many seemingly zany ideas, Mobley’s might just work.

Mobley, his wife and a small crew churn out 7,000 cigars a month. Mobley says, within a year, that number could easily rise to 12,000. He predicts the company could produce as many as 1 million cigars "from right here."

"Here" would be the red barn, formerly home to the family horse, Lady, who still sometimes sticks her head through the window in search of an apple.

A picture of a smiling, bikini-clad bombshell, Brooke Burns, adorns one wall, kitty-corner from pictures of various Mobley ancestors standing in their tobacco fields, sensibly dressed. There are antique tobacco baskets on the wall, the spear Mobley used in the fields as a boy, a pale gray leather chair and ornate metal ashtray that used to be his grandfather’s perch in the tobacco warehouse he owned. Amid the homage to heritage, there are Dallas Cowboys hangings and an array of liquors and whiskey barrels along the walls.

All this a backdrop to the small space, roughly the size of a mid-size open-plan living room, where cigars are rolled, blends are created, cedar boxes are assembled and the store is open most weekdays.

So how did this come to be?

Mobley, 63, had long roots in Kentucky tobacco fields but, as a young man, he "couldn’t get out of here fast enough," he says.

He worked as a contractor in Florida, had his business blown away by Hurricane Andrew in 1992, owned a bar in Las Vegas for a time, ended up in California, again working as a contractor, met Carol,tiffany bangles sale, 25 years his junior, and fell in love. They moved back home to Kentucky after the birth of their 10-year-old twins, Cody and Setera, so they could raise them on a little plot of their own non-coastal land. It is also home to five dogs, seven cats and Lady the horse.

Originally, Mobley’s plan was to start a winery. But, inspired by the thousands of dollars he and his buddies spend on cigars during an annual saltwater fishing trip, he decided to do try that business instead.

That was about five years ago. And while things have moved ahead at a pretty good clip, he takes pains to point out that while "this all sounds like it’s easy, it hasn’t been."

He has been stopped twice by airport police who have relieved him of the Cuban tobacco seeds he was trying to bring into the country. (He eventually got his seeds — embargoed by the federal government when coming directly from Cuba but allowable in other ways — by mailing them to himself from the Dominican Republic.) It can be a challenge to find the South American leaves that he needs to make his products, and Kentucky traditionalists have not easily embraced growing a variety of tobacco suited for cigars.

Plus, because he is one of the few producers of hand-rolled cigars in the country and the only one he knows of in the state, "if you run into a problem, it may take you six to eight months to get to a resolution," he says.

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His secret weapon is a squirt bottle he uses to spray the main liquid ingredient, usually of the alcoholic type, into his mouth. The misting replicates the kiss of flavor you’d get when you inhaled an infused cigar. "It just covers the whole palette," he said. And if you are in the shop/factory, he’s happy to give you a squirt to show what he means.

In the past year, Kentucky Gentlemen Cigars, complete with a photo of their tobacco decorated Christmas tree, was featured in the Tobacconist, the official publication of the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers Association. The company also had its mint julep cigar favorably reviewed in Smoke magazine.

And then there is the Ludacris deal, brokered during a weeklong stay by Cook and Mobley in Miami negotiating with the makers of Conjure cognac. A specially blended, cognac-inspired, hand-rolled cigar will be sold in specially designed gift boxes that will include a bottle of the cognac, shot glasses, a cigar cutter and cigars. The rapper, who owns a restaurant in Atlanta, will hawk it online.

"It’s been an adventure," Mobley said, with a grin.

Wife Carol, who has worked with him in the shop daily since the beginning, has the look of a woman who could stand for fewer thrills. Earlier during a recent visit she could be heard on the phone saying of her husband of more than a decade: "I don’t know when you are going to stop assuming he tells me what he is supposed to tell me." But she smiles when she talks about his manic genius and his gift for ideas. Sometimes, she knows by experience, you’ve just got to hang on for a while.

She says, "I didn’t really start to believe it was going to work until about a year ago."

A Supplement to the Union List

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:42:40 +0000

The following is a list of 74 new and 2 corrected attributions of authorship of poems, letters, articles, and staff notes appearing in the Gentleman’s Magazine (hereafter GM) during the years 1737-40. It is a continuation of my reexamination of the first decade of the editorial regime of the GM’s founder, Edward Cave (1691-1754), begun with my "Attributions of Authorship [. . .], 1731-36 [. . .]," ANQ 21.4 (2008): 11-24. The authorial attributions that follow thus constitute a further supplement to my Attributions of Authorship in the Gentleman’s Magazine, 1731-1868: An Electronic Union List.

The GM’s monthly numbers during 1737-40 were still dominated, as during 1731-36, by excerpts reprinted from the newspaper press, unofficial reconstructions of the parliamentary debates, and a multitude of poems by anonymous or pseudonymous contributors. However, the GM during those years was also beginning to print a modest number of letters to the editor, primarily concerning theological, mathematical, or astronomical topics. The editorial decision to devote a modicum of space each month to correspondents’ letters would be a dramatic harbinger of the future, when the magazine under its second and third conductors, David Henry (1709-92) and John Nichols (1745-1826), would open its pages to a host of letters to the editor on a great variety of topics from the abstruse to the mundane.

Of the nearly four dozen authors whose names appear below, the largest number (fifteen) were clergymen, including two bishops (Thomas Secker and Gilbert Burnet) and several dissenting clergy. Poets and playwrights (including Henry Fielding, Afra Behn, Colley Cibber, and David Garrick) constitute the second- largest group, followed (with some professional overlap) by politicians, mathematicians, physicians, astronomers, and classicists. The philosopher David Hartley was also a contributor, though in the case of his one offering, in his capacity as a physician.

For the reader’s convenience, the 76 new or corrected finds are presented first in a chronological listing and, second, in a cross reference by contributor, supplying birth and death dates and the writers’ occupations where possible. Each item in the chronological listing is designated by the letter "A" (article), "L" (letter to the editor), "V" (verses), or "S" (staff note) and consists of the title of the piece, the first line (in the case of verse), the name of the author, the justification for the attribution, and the signature (if any).

Chronological Listing

7 (1737): 25-26. L: "The Mathematical Question further consider’d"; re mathematical disagreement between "J.T." (John Turner of York) and Thomas Simpson (see 6 [1736]: 655-56). Robert Fearnside of Hull. [Sig. "R.F."; for identification of Fearnside see [Simpson], "Mr Simpson to Mr Fernside [sic]," GM 7 (1737): 77.]

7 (1737): 26. A: "Math. Question proposed by Mr Simpson." Thomas Simpson. [Sig. "T.S."; Simpson signed a solution to a mathematical problem in 6 (1736): 655-56.]

7 (1737): 47-48. L: "A Query [re Abraham's age] to your learned Hebrew Correspondents, or other Considerers of sacred Writ." Richard Yate. [Sig. "R.Y.," identified as Yates's signature in editorial note to anonymous "Particulars relating to Mrs Rowe," GM 10 (1740): 233n, as noted in Carlson 264.]

7 (1737): 52-53. V: "The Country Parson" ("Between the smooth descent of yonder hills"). Rev. Henry Taylor. [The companion-piece poem, "The Country Curate" (which refers to "The Country Parson," is printed in the opposing columns of pp. 52-53, and is a point-by-point mirror image of "The Country Parson") is attrib. to Taylor in Ram 354.]

7 (1737): 77. L: Letter in response to mathematical controversy ("Mr Simpson to Mr Fernside," i.e., Robert Fearnside of Hull). Thomas Simpson. [Sig. "T.S."; see 7 (1737): 26.]

7 (1737): 80-81. L: Answer to "Mathematical Question propos’d." Thomas Simpson. [Sig. "T.S."; see 7 (1737): 26.]

7 (1737): 82-84. A: "Account of Dr Stebbing’s Answer to Mr Foster’s Second Letter, which he calls, A true State of the Controversy." Rev. Henry Stebbing. [1st-person response to Rev. James Foster; COPAC.]

7 (1737): 84. A: "Some Sentences from Mr Foster’s Answer to Dr [Henry] Stebbing’s True State of the Controversy, &c. Extracted [. . .] to answer the foregoing Passages from Dr Stebbing [see 7 (1737): 82-84]." Rev. James Foster. [1st-person excerpt; see 7 (1737): 82-84 and COPAC.]

7 (1737): 126. L: Letter to Urban re a comet. Samuel Sanger. [Sig. "S.S."; dated Melksham; Samuel Sanger, dating from Melksham, Wilts., signed his name to articles re comets in GM 18 (1748): 167 and 30 (1760): 31.]

7 (1737): 134-35. L: "R.F.’s [i.e., Robert Fearnside's] Answer to the Exponential Problem censur’d by J.T. of York." John Turner of York. [Dated York; see 7 (1737): 25-26.]

7 (1737): 151. A: "The Mathematical Problem in our Magazine p. 739. Answer’d by the Proposer." Thomas Simpson. [Sig. "T.S."; see 7 (1737): 26.]

7 (1737): 190. S: "Advertisement" re a missing-person case and the offer of a reward. Dr. Robert Burd. [Letter is dated Reading; the advertised "Reward will be paid by Dr Burd of Reading, or Mr Groves, Distiller in Leaden-hall- Street, London." For Burd see Alumni Oxonienses [. . .], 1500-1714 1: 211.]

7 (1737): 204. A: "Mr A.B.’s Question answered" (see 7 [1737]: 149 re account of Ornan’s Threshing-Floor in 2 Sam. 24.24). Richard Yate. [Sig. "R.Y."; see 7 (1737): 47-48.]

7 (1737): 208-12. A: "Abstract of the Dispute between Dr Stebbing and Mr Foster," consisting of 1st-person excerpts from Stebbing’s True State of the Controversy with Mr Foster, on the Subject of Heresy printed in the left column of each page and 1st-person excerpts from Foster’s Answer to Dr Stebbing’s Second Letter on the Subject of Heresy, printed in the right column. Rev. Henry Stebbing and Rev. James Foster. [COPAC]

7 (1737): 230. S: Editorial note inviting "A.J." to send the GM his solution to a mathematical question posed in 7 (1737): 26. Edward Cave [?]. [Sig. "S.U." (i.e., "Sylvanus Urban," the GM's fictitious editor).]

7 (1737): 270. L: Theological query, "What might be the first Offence whereby the apostate Angels revolted from God, and when did they commit it?" (with a promised solution). Richard Yate. [Sig. "R.Y."; see 7 (1737): 47-48.]

7 (1737): 274. A: "Answer to Mr [Robert] Fearnside p. 230" (re mathematical controversy). Thomas Simpson. [Sig. "T.S."; the latest response in the ongoing mathematical controversy between Simpson and Fearnside; see 7 (1737): 25-26.]

7 (1737): 307. V: "The Manchester Millers" ("Bone and Skin, two millers thin"), re millers Joseph Yates and William Davies. Dr. John Byrom. [Attrib. to Byrom in Tait 50; see also Oxford DNB (Online).]

7 (1737): 420-21. L: "R.Y.’s Remarks on A.B. [re 'the Years of Terah's Life, and Abram's Age']." Richard Yate. [Sig. "R.Y."; see 7 (1737): 47-48.]

7 (1737): 457-63. A: "An Account of the Proceedings and Debates of the last Session (being the third) of the present Parliament": Speech by "P—–c L—–, Esq; Member for the City of E—–gh," delivered on 16 May 1737 re the Edinburgh Riot Bill (introduced in response to the Porteous Riots). Patrick Lindsay. [Anon. edit. headnote (p. 457) states that "every Reader of Taste, tho' he had not the pleasure of hearing it, as we had, may perceive [it] is authentic; tho’ we hope to be able to bring farther and more positive Proofs of it." Anon. edit. note (p. 463) to a Lindsay letter in 7 (1737): 463-64 offers the letter as further corroboration of the speech’s authenticity. Lindsay was M.P. for Edinburgh, 1734-41 (Sedgwick 2: 218).]

7 (1737): 463-64. A: "Copy of Mr L—–y’s Letter to — at Edinburgh" re speech by "Mr L—–y" on 16 May 1737 in the House of Commons on the Edinburgh Riot Bill. Patrick Lindsay. [Sig. "P--- L---"; see 7 (1737): 457-63.]

7 (1737): 503-04. A: "[Another] Solution to the Exponential Problem in May." John Turner of York. [Sig. "J.T."; dated York; see 7 (1737): 25-26.]

7 (1737): 504. A: "[Mathematical] Question 2." John Turner of York. [Sig. "J.T."; see 7 (1737): 25-26.]

7 (1737): 504. A: "[Mathematical] Question 3." John Turner of York. [Sig. "J.T."; see 7 (1737): 25-26.]

7 (1737): 549. A: "Solution of the 3d and 4th [Mathematical] Questions proposed in the last Magazine." Robert Fearnside of Hull. [Sig. "R. Fearnside"; dated Hull; see 7 (1737): 25-26.]

7 (1737): 567. V: "A Riddle by a Lady" ("Before creating Nature will’d"). T. Stephens [?]. [Despite the statement that this is "by a Lady," it is attrib. in Whiting 10 to "Mr. T. Stephens."]

7 (1737): 629. V: "The Sufferings and the Victory of Christ. Psalm xxii paraphrased" ("My God! my God! O why withdrawn thy aid"). Richard Yate. [Sig. "Philomel"; see anonymous "Particulars relating to Mrs Rowe," GM 10 (1740): 233-34, which points out that several sets of "Philomel" verses (by Richard Yate of Shropshire) had been misattributed by readers to Elizabeth Rowe ("Philomela") of Somersetshire; correction for Union List, which attrib. this poem to Rowe.]

7 (1737): 676. L: Astronomical problem posed. John Turner of York. [Sig. "J.T."; see 7 (1737): 25-26.]

7 (1737): 676. A: "Question 1. by E.H. in the Mag. for October answered." John Turner of York. [Sig. "J.T."; see 7 (1737): 25-26.]

7 (1737): 694. V: "The Birks of Endermay" ("The smiling Morn, the breathing spring"). David Mallet. [Portion of song (accompanied by music) already printed in entirety in 7 (1737): 565, which Bond 96 attrib. to Mallet.]

7 (1737): 757. V: "On seeing an Anatomy" ("Nay,–start not at this skeleton"). Nahum Tate. [Sig. "N.T."; printed in Carpenter 560-62, where it is attrib. to Nahum Tate.]

8 (1738): 44. V: "The Blind Boy, A Song. From a printed Copy, corrected in the Words and Notes; by Mr [John] Stanley himself" ("O say, What is that thing call’d light"). Colley Cibber. [Printed in full in Koon 136, where it is attrib. to Cibber.]

8 (1738): 76. A: "Substance of another Answer [to the question on annuities; see 7 (1737): 673]." John Richards of Exeter. [Sig. "J. Richardson"; anonymous "Errat.," GM 8 (1738): 152, states that "J. Richardson" is a misprint and identifies the correct name of the mathematical writer as John Richards of Exeter.]

8 (1738): 123-24. L: "Answer to two Biblical Questions" (re "David’s Treatment of the Ammonites" and "God’s destroying 70,000 Men of Israel by a Pestilence upon David’s Numbering the People"; see 8 [1738]: 16-17), together with the correspondent’s proposal of additional queries re Matt. 27.9 and 2 Pet. 2.5. John Turner of York [?]. [Sig. "J.T."; dated from York; John Turner of York contributed various queries and responses on mathematical questions to the GM during the mid-1730's; see 7 (1737): 25-26.]

8 (1738): 134. A: "Solution to the 1st [Mathematical] Problem proposed Vol. VII. p. 504." Robert Fearnside of Hull. [Sig. "R. Fearnside"; see 7 (1737): 25-26.]

8 (1738): 160-61. V: "Chloe: Set to Musick by Dr Green [i.e., Maurice Greene]" ("In vain the force of female arms"). Rev. John Hoadly. [Johnstone 288-89]

8 (1738): 206. L: Cover letter congratulating the GM on its success at Oxford and enclosing the correspondent’s verses, "Divine Love Commemorated," printed in 8 (1738): 212 (q.v.). Elijah Waring of Witney. [The correspondent's verses are printed in Tuke 23-24 and there attrib. to Waring.] [Sig. "Philo-all-souls"]

8 (1738): 212. V: "Divine Love Commemorated. Address’d to Mankind" ("Who can fathom the redeeming"). Elijah Waring of Witney. [See 8 (1738): 206.]

8 (1738): 270. V: "The Inconstant" ("Fair and soft and gay and young"). Robert Gould. [Excerpt from Gould's play, The Violence of Love, or the Rival Sisters; printed in Campbell 322, where it is attrib. to Gould.]

8 (1738): 272. V: "The Englishman’s Wish" ("From bad health, and bad weather, and party’s dull strife"). Thomas Catesby Paget, Lord Paget. [Printed in Walpole 4: 195, where it is attrib. to Paget.]

8 (1738): 408-13. A: "A Parallel between Q. Mary and Q. Caroline, from the Essays of Bp. Burnet, and Dr —–": juxtaposed excerpts from An Essay on the Memory of the late Queen [Mary II] (printed on the left) and An Essay towards the Character of her late Majesty Caroline, Queen-consort of Great Britain (printed on the right), both reprinted from the Craftsman, no. 630 (5 Aug. 1738) and no. 631 (12 Aug. 1738). Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury (left) and Rev. Alured Clarke, Dean of Exeter (right). [COPAC]

8 (1738): 426. A: "Solution to the first [Mathematical] Problem, propos’d Vol. VIII. p. 292 F." John Turner of York. [Sig. "J. Turner"; see 7 (1737): 25-26.]

8 (1738): 433. V: "To the Gentleman who signs R. Freeman, Author of several excellent Dissertations in the Daily Gazetteer and London Journals" ("How graceful you from politicks ascend!"). Elijah Waring. [Sig. "E.W."; dated Witney, whence Elijah Waring contributed a letter in 8 (1738): 206 and verses in 8 (1738): 212 (q.v.)]

8 (1738): 548-50. A: "Account of Persons who have taken Mrs [Joanna] Stephens’s Medicines for the Stone," consisting of a cover letter signed "D. Hartley," Hartley’s "A short Extract from the ten Cases," and (pp. 549-50) "A Copy of the Accounts sent to Mr [Samuel?] Harding" (bookseller in St. Martin’s Lane) from persons who had taken Stephens’s medicines. Dr. David Hartley the Elder. [COPAC]

8 (1738): 593. L: "Prescience defin’d." Rev. John Liptrott. [Sig. "J. Liptrot"; dated Broughton-Astley, Leics.; Alumni Oxonienses [. . .], 1715-1886 3: 855.]

8 (1738): 650. L: "Calculation of the Moon’s Eclipse, that will happen on the 13th of January 1739, from Mr Leadbeter’s [i.e., Charles Leadbetter's] Tables, [. . .] which may be useful in Settling the Longitude of Places [. . .]." Edward Hauxley. [Sig. "E. Hauxley"; COPAC lists Edward Hauxley's 1743 Navigation Unvail'd [sic]; or, A New and Complete System of Navigation.]

8 (1738): 653. V: "To Sir R. W—-le" ("Sir, / While at helm of state you ride"; addressed to Sir Robert Walpole). Henry Fielding. [Sig. "F-----g"; printed in Fielding 12: 279-81.]

9 (1739): 17-18. A: "Extract of a Letter to a Member of Parliament, containing a Proposal for bringing in a Bill to Revise and Amend certain Obsolete Statutes, commonly called The Ten Commandments." Rev. John Hildrop. [Mainly extracted verbatim from Hildrop's publication of nearly the identical title, which went through numerous editions; COPAC.]

9 (1739): 41. V: "A Paraphrase on Psalm lxxiii. 25. Whom have I in Heaven but thee? &c." ("What ‘tho yon glorious realms above"). Richard Yate. [Sig. "Philomel"; see 7 (1737): 629; correction for Union List, which attrib. these verses to Elizabeth Rowe.]

9 (1739): 211. V: "To a young Lady, after seeing her at Wakefield Assembly" ("Could these faint numbers glow wth equal fire"). Rev. John Taylor (original verses). [Plagiarized (by an anon. contributor) almost verbatim from Taylor's "To the Fair Unknown, on seeing her at the Musick-booth at Sturbridge Fair" (printed in Nichols 4: 524-25). The GM notes, "The foregoing seems too close an Imitation." (Anonymous, editorial note, GM 9 [1739]: 211).]

9 (1739): 242-43. A: "Queries to Mr [George] Whitefield, by the Rev. Mr T–ck–r, Minister of All Saints, Bristol; not answer’d." Rev. Josiah Tucker. [Oxford DNB (Online)]

9 (1739): 259-60. L: "Appulse of the Moon to Aldebaran, July 19, 1739, calculated by Mr Silk, with the Type [i.e., drawing]." Daniel Silk. [Sig. "S.D."; dated Birmingham, whence Silk sent various signed contributions on astronomy to the GM.]

9 (1739): 279-80 [misnumbered 380]. A: "The Speech of the Right Honorable the Lord Viscount Gage, in Parliament, against the Convention with Spain [i.e., the Convention of Pardo]." Thomas Gage, Baron Gage of Castlebar and Viscount Gage of Castle Island. [Though a copy of this speech was not furnished to the GM,shop for tiffany earrings, it was carefully "taken down in Short-hand [. . .]" (anonymous, editorial note, 9 [1739]: 411).]

9 (1739): 294-97. A: "Mr Tucker’s Reply to the foregoing," i.e., to an anonymous article printed in 9 (1739): 292-94 defending George Whitefield against hostile questions posed by "the Rev. Mr T–ck–r, Minister of All- Saints, Bristol [. . .]." Rev. Josiah Tucker. [See 9 (1739): 242-43.]

9 (1739): 315-16. A: "Daily Gazetteer, June 11 [1739]. Extract of the Bp of Oxford’s Sermon before the H. of Lords, May 29, 1739." Thomas Secker, Bishop of Oxford, and later Archbishop of Canterbury. [Le Neve 2: 508]

9 (1739): 335-37. A: "Lord Gage’s Speech concluded." Thomas Gage, Baron Gage of Castlebar and Viscount Gage of Castle Island. [See 9 (1739): 279-80.]

9 (1739): 385. L: Letter to Urban furnishing "Astronomical Observations [of the Moon] [. . .] taken by I.B. M.D. [. . .]" at his home in Stoke Newington. Dr. John Bevis. [Bevis, who had settled in Stoke Newington in 1738, was a frequent contributor to the GM on astronomy, generally under the signatures "J.B.," "I.B.," "B.J.," or "B.I." See de Montluzin, "Bevis" 409.]

9 (1739): 418-20. A: "Extract from Mr Seagrave’s Answer to [. . .] Dr [Joseph] Trapp’s four Sermons against Mr [George] Whitefield, with Relation to the Point of the latter’s believing himself to be inspired." Rev. Robert Seagrave. [COPAC]

9 (1739): 492. L: Letter to Urban (signed "C.E.") enclosing verses by another hand written under a print of George II in an inn ("Humble, great George! the pilfering Spaniard’s pride"). Egerton Bagot (verses). [Sig. "E---ton B-----t" (verses). One "J.S.," in his cover letter enclosing more verses by the same extemporaneous poet in 10 (1740): 462, describes the latter as "the same ingenious Gentleman who left behind him, at the George in Creek [sic], the Lines to the King in Vol. IX. p. 492. He is a Relation, as I am inform’d, of Sir W. W. Bagot," i.e., Sir Walter Wagstaffe Bagot, 5th Bart. ("J.S." 462). Alumni Oxonienses [. . .], 1715-1886 1: 46 lists Egerton Bagot (c. 1714-75).]

9 (1739): 539-40. A: "Extract from England’s Birthright, a Pamphlet," reprinted from Common Sense,thanksgiving bangles, no. 142 (20 Oct. 1739). John Lilburne. [COPAC cites Lilburne's 1645 England's Birth-right justified; against All Arbitrary Usurpation, whether Regall [sic] or Parliamentary [. . .].]

9 (1739): 656. V: "A Song. The Words by Dr Parnel" ("My Days were once so wondrous free"). Rev. Thomas Parnell. [COPAC]

10 (1740): 80. A: "Eclipse of the Sun, observed at Stoke-Newington by I.B.," enclosing additional observations of the eclipse as seen in St. Petersburg by "I. N. De Lisle [i.e., Joseph Nicolas de Lisle], first Astronomer to the Empress of Russia [. . .]." Dr. John Bevis. [See 9 (1739): 385.]

10 (1740): 80. A: "Eclipse of the Moon Observed at Stoke-Newington, by I.B." Dr. John Bevis. [See 9 (1739): 385.]

10 (1740): 144-46. A: "Extract of a Letter from on board the Burford" re Admiral Edward Vernon’s capture of Porto Bello. W. Richardson. [Author identifies himself in Richardson 299-300.]

10 (1740): 170. L: "Experiments concerning the Phæ nomenon of divers Spectrums in a plain Mirror. By Mr Martin." Benjamin Martin. [Sig. "B. Martin"; dated Chichester, where Martin, a mathematician and maker of scientific instruments, lived for several years before moving to Reading in 1742. (Oxford DNB [Online])]

10 (1740): 254. V: "To Mr. [Georg Friedrich] Handel. On hearing Alexander’s Feast, L’Allegro ed [sic] ill [sic] Penseroso, &c." ("If e’er Arion’s music calm’d the floods"). George Ogle [?]. [Sig. "G.O."; possibly George Ogle, an excerpt from whose "Imitation of Hor[ace]" is printed in 9 (1739): 40 and bears his name.]

10 (1740): 288-90. A: "Lord G—ge’s Speech on the Place Bill." Thomas Gage,thanksgiving gift ideas, Baron Gage of Castlebar and Viscount Gage of Castle Island. [Anon. edit. foreword (10 [1740]: 288) describes this item and the one following as "Speeches, which are come to our Hands," and anon. edit. note (10 [1740]: 630) describes them as "British" rather than "Lilliputian" speeches; thus they should be treated as authentic copies of the speeches, not paraphrases cobbled together by William Guthrie and revised by Samuel Johnson, as the majority of the parliamentary debates during this period were; for Gage, see Sedgwick 2: 57-58.]

10 (1740): 290-91. A: "The Speech of the Right Hon. the L—d V—–t G—ge, against the Bill for Registering of Seamen." Thomas Gage, Baron Gage of Castlebar and Viscount Gage of Castle Island. [See 10 (1740): 288-90.]

10 (1740): 339-40. A: "The Speech of the Right Hon. Edw–d S–w–ll, Esq; (Member for the City of B—ll) for the Place-Bill." Edward Southwell. [Set apart as it is from the "Debates, &c. in the Senate of Lilliput," as well as described in an anon. edit. note (10 [1740]: 630) as a "British" rather than a "Lilliputian" speech, this item (like those in 10 [1740]: 288-90, 290-91, q.v.) was apparently an authentic copy of the speech, not a set of paraphrases; for Southwell, M.P. for Bristol, see Sedgwick 2: 431-32.]

10 (1740): 459. V: "The Ravish’d Lover" ("Farewel [sic] the world, and mortal cares!"). Afra Behn. [Verses are "The Song by a Person of Quality" in Behn's The Feign'd Curtezans; or A Night's Intrigue, printed in Behn 2: 344.]

10 (1740): 460. V: "An Epigram upon a young gentleman’s refusing to walk with the Author in the Park, because he was not dress’d well" ("Friend Col and I, both full of whim"). David Garrick. [Sig. "G."; attributed to Garrick in The Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry in Anthologies 1614.]

10 (1740): 462. L: Letter to Urban (signed "J.S.") enclosing "Verses [by another hand], written Extempore with a Pencil, under an ordinary Print called Blind-man’s Buff" ("Ladies, this portrait’s riddle to explain"). Egerton Bagot (verses). [Sig. "E. B---t" (verses); see 9 (1739): 492.]

10 (1740): 500-02. A: "State of the Woollen Trade, &c." (excerpt from a pamphlet, The Consequences of Trade, as to the wealth and strength of any nation [. . .] By a Draper of London [i.e., W.W.] [. . .]). Rev. William Webster. [COPAC]

10 (1740): 517. A: "Observations of the Occultation of Jupiter by the Moon, taken in Fleet-Street, London [on 27 Oct. 1740]." Dr. John Bevis. [Sig. "J.B."; see 9 (1739): 385.]

10 (1740): 549-52. A: "State of the Woollen Trade, &c." (conc. of excerpt from a pamphlet, The Consequences of Trade [. . .] By a Draper of London [. . .]. Rev. William Webster. [See 10 (1740): 500-02.]

10 (1740): 553-56. A: "Craftsman, Nov. 15 [1740]. No. 750. Extract from a Pamphlet, intituled, The Case of Dunkirk faithfully stated and impartially considered." Henry St. John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke. [COPAC]

Contributors’ List

Bagot, Egerton (c. 1714-75). 9 (1739): 492; 10 (1740): 462.

Behn, Afra (playwright and novelist; 1640-89). 10 (1740): 459.

Bevis, Dr. John (physician and astronomer; 1693-1771). 9 (1739): 385; 10 (1740): 80 (2), 517.

Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, 1st Viscount (statesman; 1678-1751). 10 (1740): 553-56.

Burd, Dr. Robert (physician; b. 1686). 7 (1737): 190.

Burnet, Gilbert, Bishop of Salisbury (divine; 1643-1715). 8 (1738): 408-13.

Byrom, Dr. John (physician and designer of a system of shorthand; 1692-1763). 7 (1737): 307.

Cave, Edward (printer and 1st conductor of the GM; 1691-1754). 7 (1737): 230 [?].

Cibber, Colley (playwright and poet laureate; 1671-1757). 8 (1738): 44.

Clarke, Rev. Alured, Dean of Exeter (divine; 1696-1742). 8 (1738): 408-13.

Fearnside, Robert, of Hull (mathematician). 7 (1737): 25-26, 549; 8 (1738): 134.

Fielding, Henry (novelist; 1707-54). 8 (1738): 653.

Foster,tiffany Pendants on sale, Rev. James (General Baptist preacher and polemicist; 1697-1753). 7 (1737): 84, 208-12.

Gage, Thomas, Baron Gage of Castlebar and Viscount Gage of Castle Island (politician; c. 1695-1754). 9 (1739): 279-80, 335-37; 10 (1740): 288-90, 290-91.

Garrick, David (actor; 1717-79). 10 (1740): 460.

Gould, Robert (playwright; d. 1709?). 8 (1738): 270.

Hartley, Dr. David, the Elder (physician and philosopher; 1705-57). 8 (1738): 548-50.

Hauxley, Edward (writer on navigation). 8 (1738): 650.

Hildrop, Rev. John (schoolmaster and clergyman; 1682-1756). 9 (1739): 17-18.

Hoadly, Rev. John (poet and playwright; 1711-76). 8 (1738): 160-61.

Lilburne, John (political pamphleteer; 1614?-57). 9 (1739): 539-40.

Lindsay, Patrick (Lord Provost of Edinburgh; 1686-1753). 7 (1737): 457-63, 463-64.

Liptrott, Rev. John (clergyman; c. 1703-78). 8 (1738): 593.

Mallet, David (playwright and poet; 1705?-65). 7 (1737): 694.

Martin, Benjamin (mathematician and scientific instrument-maker; 1704-82). 10 (1740): 170.

Ogle, George (classicist and translator; 1704-46). 10 (1740): 254 [?].

Paget, Thomas Catesby, Lord Paget (politician; 1689-1742). 8 (1738): 272.

Parnell, Rev. Thomas (poet; 1679-1718). 9 (1739): 656.

Richards, John, of Exeter (mathematical writer). 8 (1738): 76.

Richardson, W. 10 (1740): 144-46.

Sanger, Samuel, of Melksham (clothier). 7 (1737): 126.

Seagrave, Rev. Robert (Methodist divine; 1693-1760?). 9 (1739): 418-20.

Secker, Thomas, bishop successively of Bristol and Oxford and later Archbishop of Canterbury (1693-1768). 9 (1739): 315-16.

Silk, Daniel (astronomer). 9 (1739): 259-60.

Simpson, Thomas (weaver and mathematician; 1710-61). 7 (1737): 26, 77, 80-81, 151, 274.

Southwell, Edward (politician; 1705-55). 10 (1740): 339-40.

Stebbing, Rev. Henry (divine; 1687-1763). 7 (1737): 82-84, 208-12.

Stephens, T. 7 (1737): 567 [?].

Tate, Nahum (poet and playwright; 1652-1715). 7 (1737): 757.

Taylor, Rev. Henry (theologian; 1711-85). 7 (1737): 52-53.

Taylor, Rev. John (classicist; 1704-66). 9 (1739): 211.

Tucker, Rev. Josiah, Dean of Gloucester (divine and writer of tracts on politics and economics; 1712-99). 9 (1739): 242-43, 294-97.

Turner, John, of York (mathematician; b. 1717). 7 (1737): 134-35, 503-04, 504 (2), 676 (2); 8 (1738): 123-24 [?], 426.

Waring, Elijah, of Witney (Quaker minister; fl. 1761). 8 (1738): 206,tiffany Pendants for sale, 212, 433.

Webster, Rev. William (theological writer; 1689-1758). 10 (1740): 500-02, 549-52.

Yate, Richard (theological writer). 7 (1737): 47-48, 204, 270, 420-21, 629; 9 (1739): 41.

Lady Jays fall in opener

admin — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:48:53 +0000

Marie Johnson knew it wasn’t going to be easy.

Taking the bench for the first time as the Minnesota West head volleyball coach, Johnson’s Lady Jays fell to Rochester 3-0 Wednesday night.

"We did not come away with a win, but I am excited and am happy with how the girls played," Johnson said following the match. "We knew this was going to be a tough game against Rochester. We’re very happy that it was a home game, but Rochester has six matches under their belt already."

MW had a sluggish start, but showed improvement as the match progressed.

"I like to see the improvement," Johnson said of the 25-13, 25-14 and 25-16 loss. "In such a small period of time, they improved tremendously from the first set to the third set. We were neck-and-neck with Rochester for a good portion of the third set,tiffany key rings on sale, which was really exciting."

Rochester improved to 7-0 this season and early on, showed their experience.

The Yellowjackets started with an 8-0 lead in Game 1.

"During that first run, with honesty, I was thinking to myself, ‘When do I call a timeout?’" Johnson said. "I think calling timeouts at the right points can really help momentum change. At that point, I was thinking the girls maybe wouldn’t have quite so many jitters, but as I saw the points climbing against us, it kind of hit home and there was a reality that they were a little more nervous than I expected them to be."

The Lady Jays rallied, and with a kill by Kristina Skorepa (two kills), pulled within eight points.

However, RCTC’s Mikayla Valvick answered with a kill and the Yellowjackets quickly built the lead to 10 points.

MW struggled serving in Game 1, committing eight errors as RCTC went on to the 25-13 win.

"That was one thing we talked about in between every single set," Johnson said. "Serving is the only part of the game that you have 100 percent control of. At that point, I told the girls, ‘You’re just working on getting it in. I need you to get your serves in and that’s what I need you to focus on.’ The third set, from what I kept tally of, was better than the first two. They just have to take more time behind the line. It’s definitely one thing we’re going to hit hard at practice."

Tiffany Harberts had a kill early in Game 2 for MW, but RCTC again jumped out to a quick lead.

One of Alyson Drooger’s six blocks later pulled the Lady Jays within three, 8-5, but RCTC answered with a run to lead 17-10.

Back-to-back-kills by Abbie Fey pushed the lead to 11 as the Yellowjackets took Game 2, 25-14.

Game 3 was a different story.

As the Lady Jays built a little confidence and momentum, the two teams battled hard.

RCTC had a 7-1 lead early on, but MW would find a spark.

Drooger had a block and Katherine Kazemba (16 digs) had two kills as the Lady Jays were quickly back into the game.

"In the third game, Katherine Kazemba absolutely came alive," Johnson said. "She came out of nowhere. Her hitting, her covering, her digs, she was all over the court. I knew she had it in her, she’s a very versatile player, but I was ecstatic to see it come out in the third set."

Kazemba then had an ace block,thanksgiving Pendants, tying the game at 9-all.

However, RCTC answered with a 7-2 run, taking a 16-11 lead — forcing a MW timeout.

Despite pulling within five points late, MW fell in the third set, 25-16.

While it wasn’t the way Johnson wanted to start her coaching career, her team fought to the final point.

"When I was playing here, it was instilled in us that you play until the whistle is blown," the coach said. "If it’s questionable whether the whistle was blown or not,Charm bracelet, you keep going. You have to be scrappy, especially with a team like Rochester, they are going to put it everywhere."

Katie Hadler was a perfect 12-for-12 serving for MW, while Mechaela Wolff had 19 set assists. Libero Sarah Suby had five digs and 21 serve receives.

As the Lady Jays take to the road on Friday at Anoka-Ramsey, the solid third game gives them something to build on.

"In the first game, I think we had a lot of jitters," Johnson said. "But in the third,tiffany Pendants sale, they really came alive and I’m really happy with the third one. The girls showed what they have. There’s always room for improvement,tiffany bangle, but they were excited and they started playing as a team."

Agoura woman to head state nursing regulatory boar

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:22:26 +0000

A year after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger cleaned house at a regulatory board that routinely took more than three years to take action on nurses accused of violations, an Agoura Hills woman has been hired to help the board complete its path to reform.

Tricia West, a nurse and legal consultant with 30 years experience reviewing cases involving alleged medical violations, will serve as the executive officer for the California Board of Registered Nursing. Her responsibilities will include making sure investigations and enforcement take no longer than an average of 18 months to protect the public from nurses who make medical mistakes, abuse substances or commit other violations.

"I took the job because I saw it as an opportunity to improve patient care for the state of California," said West, pledging to continue a transformation effort that has brought increased funding, changes in the way investigations are processed and the hiring of more investigators. She noted that nationwide 200,000 Americans die each year from errors committed by healthcare professionals.

"Why the public is not more up in arms and paying attention to that,bracelets, I don’t get it," she said.

Her new position, which begins Sept. 15, will carry considerable scrutiny. A year ago, the Los Angeles Times and nonprofit news organization ProPublica published stories showing the board’s enforcement process took an average of three years and five months. Nurses accused of being incompetent and dangerous continued to work.

A day after the investigation was published, Schwarzenegger fired three board members in the beginning of a purge that led to seven new people on the nine-seat board. The board’s longtime executive officer, Ruth Ann Terry,pendants, resigned.

West said she has no inside information on what happened but wondered at the time if the key problem was lack of resources.

"I wondered whether they were being asked to do a job but yet their hands were being tied behind them,Charm pendant," she said.

The nursing board controversies revealed that other state boards that regulate healthcare professions struggle with the same issue of completing investigations promptly. Schwarzenegger’s calls for widespread reform is bringing $12.7 million in new funding to the healthcare regulatory boards from increased licensing fees. The new nursing board is in the process of hiring 37 people in positions related to investigations.

And while the money shows a commitment to change, nursing board staff are still mandated by the governor to take furlough days, though their budget comes not from the general fund but the licensing charges, said Julianne D’Angelo Fellmeth, administrative director of the Center of Public Interest Law at the University of San Diego School of Law.

"It doesn’t help to increase your licensing fees so you can increase the staff but then make them sit home for three days a month," she said.

With or without the furlough days, the mandate for reform and the attention created by the newspaper investigation carries big pressure for West and other leaders of regulatory boards, said Fellmeth,cuff Links, who follows several of the state’s boards.

"They’re expecting her to improve that enforcement system and all the problems have been laid out very, very clearly," Fellmeth said.

West acknowledges her new job is a hot seat.

"Honestly, if they’re looking for the status quo, they’re looking at the wrong person," she said.

West is a registered nurse who is CEO and president of PJ West & Associates, a legal consulting firm that testifies in cases involving malpractice, personal injury and Medicare fraud. She’s served as an expert witness on behalf of the nursing board but, depending on the evidence presented, has also testified for nurses brought up before the board.

The search for a new executive officer took the nursing board a year with an existing staff member, Louise Bailey, serving as interim executive officer. Board President Ann Boynton said West was selected because of her experience running a business and managing staff as well as her career’s focus on figuring out how healthcare problems happened and how they could have been fixed.

Cyndie Cole, chief nurse executive for the Ventura County Health Care Agency, said that in the past hospitals ran the risk of hiring nurses without knowing their history. The regulatory system is already providing more information and doing it quicker,rings, she said.

But Cole wants more information that allows employers to know if a nurse has been accused in the past. And whatever additional changes the board and its new executive officer make, they will be scrutinized.

"Absolutely," Cole said. "Without a doubt people are watching."

Boy drowns during party

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:16:19 +0000

A midget league football team’s swim party turned tragic Saturday when one of the boys drowned in a backyard pond. Allen County sheriff’s deputies were called to 230 N. Copus Road just after 2 p.m. Saturday after one of the boys at the party went missing in the pond. Deputies were joined by American Township police and firefighters and dive crews from Delphos and Allen County.,necklaces

At 3:12 p.m. 12-year-old Christopher Warthem was removed from the pond and taken to St. Rita’s Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.

REACT volunteers blocked off a stretch of Copus Road as crews searched for the boy Saturday afternoon. Friends and family members of the other boys at the party stood shocked in the front yard of the property waiting for news from police. Parents who had not attended the party showed up to pick up their sons,earrings, visibly relieved that the accident had not happened to their children.

"It’s a tragedy. That’s all we can say. It’s tragic,key rings," said one unidentified woman as she stood near the scene.

Allen County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Jim Everett said it was still uncertain how the boy drowned.

"We got several different stories from the boys that were there. We’re not real sure yet,money clips," Everett said.

You can comment on this story at www.limaohio.com.

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Draw up the rules of engagement

admin — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:21:06 +0000

Mark Penton, director of Lansons Public Affairs and Regulatory Consulting, calls for the CPMA to have a responsibility to redress the supply-demand regulatory imbalance by boosting consumers’ involvement in financial services

We are about to witness the dismantling of one regulatory regime under the FSA and the creation of a new regime under the auspices of the Bank of England and a new Consumer Protection and Markets Authority.

It will take two years to get the basic legislation on the statute book to create the framework for the new regime and probably another three years for the CPMA to create its own rulebook, relying on relevant FSA rules on an interim basis.

Intensive and intrusive regulation is here to stay for the time being while we have a debate about what the new regime needs to do.

What can we learn from the old regime to inform a useful debate about the next era of financial services regulation?

The current regime has been too heavily focused on protecting consumers from detriment in a market where manufacturers and distributors know much more than their customers

The regulatory response to this market imperfection,tiffany, with its perceived information asymmetry, has been to force stringent conduct of business regulations on the industry, with a heavy emphasis on ever more information disclosure and intensive supervision from the regulator.

Some of this focus is justified. Imperfect markets have episodes of bad behaviour and need to be regulated. But intensive and intrusive regulation has other impacts. While driving up the level of protection afforded to consumers who engage with the industry,pendants, it has also driven up the costs of that engagement.

A recent report by Charles River Associates for the Association of British Insurers estimated the average cost of providing advice to a consumer was pound 670 and, on average, the advice process took seven hours to complete.

However,Charm pendant, there is another side to this coin. Charles River also states that around two-thirds of consumers are unable to engage with the industry as they cannot afford to.

The FSA’s RDR impact analysis suggests that doing away with indemnity commission will disenfranchise a further 11 per cent of consumers from accessing advice and that the cost of advice will rise in the short term.

The net result is that some consumers who already engage with the industry will get even more transparent disclosure of costs and have even greater trust in the market but, overall, fewer consumers will engage as a result. Is this good public policy as we enter a period of austerity?

Part of the underlying problem lies in the fact that not enough consumers engage voluntarily with the savings and protection market. There is a lack of demand,bangles, so the productivity of advisers is low as they have to search hard for customers and for business to sustain their livelihoods.

The fact that new business and new money is hard to find makes the need to focus on managing and moving existing money all the more necessary. This leads to questions of consumer detriment and the need for ever tougher regulatory responses – a vicious circle.

Australia has one way of dealing with the demand issue – compulsion. That has been seen as a political step too far in the UK but policymakers are taking half a step with auto-enrolment into personal accounts, so why not take another half-step and introduce simplified advice proposals that enable more consumers to engage more cheaply and quickly with the financial services industry?

One reason why this is difficult for the FSA is it has no statutory objective to do it. Its objectives predominantly focus on consumer protection and its rules are written for that purpose.

Here is an idea for the industry and policymakers to debate. The market failure is on the demand side of the market and it leads to the need for stringent controls on the supply side. This exacerbates the demand-side failings. Why not address the demand-side issues?

Give the CPMA an additional statutory objective to increase consumer engagement with the savings and protection industry and to support innovation by the industry that leads to greater consumer engagement.

WEST DISTRICT ANTI SNATCHING CELL BUSTED GANG STEALLING JEWELERY

admin — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 02:02:36 +0000

Anti Snatching Cell, West District has busted a gang of Tiffany 1837 pendant cheats who used to win over the victims, divert their attention and take away their jewellery articles. More than 7 cases of such cheating have been solved. Total 4 gang members have been arrested.

RECOVERY MADE

Two gold chains, One gold ring & One gold Kara.

NAME AND PROFILE OF ARRESTED ACCUSED PERSONS

1. Ashu s/o Hira Lal R/o Tankiwali Jhuggi, Raghubir Nagr, Rajouri Garden, Delhi, Age- 30 yrs. Previous involvement- 2. Ravi @ Bada S/o Shanker R/o Tankiwali Jhuggi, Raghubir Nagr, Rajouri Garden, Delhi, Age- 20 yrs 3. Daya Nand S/o Bhikajie R/o Regarpura, Karol Bagh, Delhi, Age- 40 yrs, (Receiver)

4. Sakir Khan @ Shakil @ Tinu S/o Fariyad Ali R/o Tanki Wali Jhuggi, Tiffany 1837 ring Garden, Delhi, Age- 21 yrs. (Receiver) Previous involvement -02

INFORMATION/OPERATION :

Secret information was received by the team of Inspector Rajkumar, Anti Snatching Cell, West District about a gang of notorious cheats. The gang used to indulge in cheating ladies by showing hand made bundle of currency notes, divert their attention and take their jewellery and other valuables. On this information, sources were deployed and information regarding these criminals was gathered. Specific information was received that one member of this gang will be coming near Balaji Action Hospital, A-4 Block, Paschim Vihar. On this information a raiding party under the supervision of Insp. Rajkumar, consisting of SI Naveen Kumar, HC Rajinder, HC Sanjeev, Ct Rajkumar, Ct. Surender and Ct. P. Tirky was constituted and deployed near Action Balaji Hospital, Paschim Vihar, Delhi at about 05.45 PM. One man came who was apprehended on the instance of secret informer. He disclosed his name as Ashu S/o Hira Lal R/o Tanki Wali Jhuggi, Tiffany 1837 tag pendant Nagar, Rajouri Garden, Delhi. On interrogation, he disclosed about commission of various cheatings with his associates. He was arrested in case FIR No. 147/09 u/s 420/411 IPC PS- Hari Nagar. On his instance one receiver namely Dayanand S/o Bhika Ji R/o 50/46/51, Regarpura, Karol Bagh, Delhi was also arrested and gold chain wanted in the case was recovered. Thereafter on further investigation other two gang members namely Ravi @ Bada and Sakir Khan @ Shakeel were arrested and pair of golden bangles, golden chain and one golden ring were recovered. These jewellery items were found to be wanted in similar case of PS Punjabi Bagh.

INTERROGATION/MODOUS OPERANDAI:

During interrogation, Ashu disclosed that he is residing in jhuggi cluster, Raghubir Nagar and came in contact with one Ravi @ Bada who lives in neighbourhood. Being a youngster and attracted with the western life style, Ashu dreamt to make instant money. They used to target ladies above 40 yrs old standing either on Bus stands or near religious places. Both Ashu and Ravi used to win over their target by telling her stories about their poverty and problems at home and thus gain sympathy of the victim. They used to show bundles of fake currency and persuade the victim to hand over the jewellery articles and other valuables in exchange of currency bundles which are fake in reality. It is only after a while when the victim used to open the bundle of Tiffany Beads necklace notes, she will realize that she has been cheated of her jewellery articles and other valuables. Both of them used to dispose the jewellery items to Dayannandand Shakir Khan @ Shakil.

Further investigation of the case is in progress. The staff involved in good work will be suitably rewarded.

CFDA Fashion Incubator Welcomes First Tenants

admin — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 01:43:34 +0000

In recent years, the American fashion industry has cultivated emerging talent like Return to Tiffany Heart Lock Cuff other fashion capital. The CFDA Fashion Incubator, celebrated on Wednesday, is further proof of it.

The initiative consists of a full floor at 209 West 38th Street, where 12 up-and-coming designers have taken two-year leases for studios at rents from $1,000 to $2,000 far below the market rate for space so centrally located in the Garment District. It also provides mentorship from industry professionals.

The incubator was launched by the Council of Fashion Designers of America with Mayor Michael Bloomberg in partnership with Newmark Holdings and the New York City Economic Development Corp.

It’s a great example of what the CFDA, the city and the landlords can do when we come together, Diane von Furstenberg said during a walk-through of the space. I hope it’s the beginning of a movement.

Seth Pinsky, president of the NYCEDC, which is giving the CFDA $200,000 toward the Tiffany Somerset dangle cuff Incubator, echoed the sentiments. It’s very important for the city to nurture its talent, Pinsky said. Our hope is that we will be able to announce a whole set of initiatives that build upon what we have here.

If it all felt a little bit like an upscale mall, then so be it. All the designers are really talented, they are all together here, and it’s a one-stop shop, von Furstenberg said. We are working with the city on all kinds of ideas.

The 12 designer firms are Alice Ritter; Waris Ahluwalia from House of Waris; Prabal Gurung; Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne of Public School; Bibhu Mohapatra; Grant Krajecki of Grey Ant; Rachel Dooley of Gemma Redux; Joel Diaz from Jolibe; Sang A Im-Propp of Sang A; Justin Giunta from Subversive Jewelry; Yuvi Alpert and Danna Kobo from Ruby Kobo, and Tom Scott. Each designer was on hand on Wednesday to show off their brand-new spaces, and many had put much effort into giving the spaces a personal touch with decorative elements that underline their fashion philosophies. Gurung, for instance, divided his space into three smaller rooms dedicated to design, operations and a sales showroom.

For many of the designers, this is the first time they are working outside of Butterfly key ring apartments. I really feel like I am grown-up now, Scott said. I guess I am a bit of a later bloomer.

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