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T. T. Tidball
Fifth Infantry California Volunteers :
CAPTAIN: You will start this evening with your command. You have twelve days' rations. Should it be necessary you can remain out fifteen or sixteen days with this subsistence. The object of your expedition is to chastise Apaches. This duty I leave in your hand with confidence, therefore will not embarrass you with conditions or detailed instructions as to the modes of attack. There is a rancheria of these savages at the Cajon de Arivapa, about twenty miles from Fort Breckinridge. This I wish you to attack and destroy if possible. I am informed the preferable road to reach the rancheria is that via Canada del Oro. Jesus Maria Elias is well acquainted with this road and the trail. He and the Coyotero guide prefer the former. I agree with them. You shall have the twenty-five men selected by yourself from Companies I and K, Fifth Infantry California Volunteers, say ten American citizens and thirty-two Mexicans, with about twenty Papagos from San Xavier. Jose Antonio Saborze, who is Governor of the
With best wishes for your success, I am, captain, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Colonel First Cavalry California Volunteers, Commanding.
Tucson, Ariz. Ter., May 12, 1863.
ORDERS, No. 8.
I take pleasure in acknowledging the very gallant and soldier-like manner in which the expedition against the Apache Indians in the Canada de Arivaypa was conducted, and the highly creditable result of the attack on those savages, who have been devastating, robbing, and murdering in this Territory and Sonora for centuries. Capt. T. T. Tidball, Fifth Infantry California Volunteers, who commanded the expedition with so much good judgment, may well be proud of it and of the brave men under his command, who marched for five days without ever lighting a fire, maintaining silence, hiding by day and traveling by night, to accomplish their object. That a handful of twenty-five soldiers and a few brave volunteer citizens should so completely surprise a rancheria of the craftiest savages on the continent, traveling
Colonel First Cavalry California Volunteers, Commanding.
Santa Fe, N. Mex., April 15, 1864.
Col. GEORGE W. BOWIE,
Commanding District of Arizona, Franklin, Tex.:
COLONEL: Field operations against the Apaches of Arizona must be commenced within a month. Have all your troops of all arms put into a state of preparation to this end. Have careful and systematic target practice to the extent of twenty rounds per man with musket and carbine and eighteen rounds with revolver, and have careful drills at skirmishing at least two hours a day for all troops on the river. Please send me a return of ordnance and ordnance stores on hand at date in depot at Las Cruces. Let it come by return of mail. As soon as Lieutenant-Colonel Bennett comes send him and Company K, First Cavalry California Volunteers, to Fort Craig. Colonel Brown also goes to Craig the moment he comes, agreeably to orders heretofore sent you. Pray get all your cavalry in the best possible order for the field—shoes set, others fitted, equipments carefully repaired and oiled, haversacks and canteens in good repair, hobbles or lariats and pins got in readiness, and all camp equipage in your district put in perfect repair and got ready to put into wagons without an hour's delay. Precisely what companies will go is not yet determined, but have all ready. Let Dresher stay at Cummings and help Whitlock about his post until further advices. That command must also be in readiness for field service. Have all your pack-saddles throughout your district and all your means of transportation put in the best possible order for immediate service—harness oiled and repaired, wagons overhauled when practicable and put in order for a good load. Have all your water kegs put into serviceable order. Please inform me if you procured the log chains from Fort Fillmore. (See my letter of March 1, 1864.) Please retain the chains at Cruces if they have not already been sent forward. They will be needed elsewhere. Was Private Kerr executed according to orders and sentence? No report has been received to this effect. Please send an account of how many water-tanks you have, of their whereabouts and condition. The Apaches in Arizona are very hostile, and unless vigorous measures are pursued against them right away the miners will become panic-stricken and leave the country. As soon as certain supplies go forward an order will go down for the troops to move, and I shall myself come down, if practicable, to help organize the expedition.Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JAMES H. CARLETON,
Santa Fe, N. Mex., April 24, 1864.
Brig. Gen. LORENZO THOMAS,
Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.:
GENERAL : On the 15th ultimo, about 3 p. m., the Apache Indians of Arizona stampeded a herd of Government mules at Cow Springs, one march west of the Miembres River, and succeeded in getting off with sixty of these mules and four public horses. This could not have been done had a company of infantry which was escorting the train to which these animals belonged been on the alert, and with sentinels posted well outside of the herd which was grazing. Inclosed herewith please find a letter from Col. George W. Bowie, commanding District of Arizona, and a letter from Capt. James H. Whitlock, commanding a company in Colonel Bowie's regiment, Fifth Infantry, California Volunteers, wherein you will see with what handsome results these Indians were followed. Captain Whitlock, and the gallant men who accompanied him, deserve an especial notice from the War Department. A dozen or two of pursuits like Captain Whitlock's would give our troops the morale over these Ishmaelites of our deserts. Twenty-one Apache warriors left dead upon the ground and a large amount of the stock retaken are results which the War Department may consider to be creditable.I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JAMES H. CARLETON,
Franklin, Tex., April 15, 1864.
Brig. Gen. JAMES H. CARLETON,
Commanding Department of New Mexico, Santa Fe, N. Mex.:
GENERAL : Inclosed please find a copy of a report of Capt. James H. Whitlock, Fifth Infantry California Volunteers, of date the 13th instant,
G. W. BOWIE,
Colonel, Fifth Infantry California Volunteers, Commanding.
Camp Miembres, N. Mex., April 13, 1864.
Capt. C. A. SMITH,
Assistant Adjutant-General, District of Arizona, Franklin, Tex.:
CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report for the information of the colonel commanding that, in obedience to his instructions of March 24, I left this post on the morning of the 27th with 26 enlisted men of my own company, Lieutenant Burkett and 20 enlisted men of his company, 10 enlisted men of Company C, First Cavalry California Volunteers, and Hospital Steward Macintosh, 1 guide and scout, and 1 servant, 61 all told, 2 wagons and teams, and 30 days' half-rations, 35 men mounted and 36 on foot, in pursuit of the Indians who committed the depredation on the herd at Cow Springs on the 15th ultimo. My former experience in Indian fighting taught me that it was not best to follow immediately on the trail, as an Indian watches his trail very carefully when made by stolen stock. I therefore followed the trail about thirty miles to find its general direction. This established, being about parallel
Classification of the stock: 17 Government mules; 1 Government horse; 24 Indian ponies (including colts), and 3 Indian mules. Of these
This expedition has been made without the loss of an animal or the slightest accident of any kind, but we have suffered greatly from the wind and cold and the privations of traveling by night and camping without water, as a general rule. Of course I allowed no fires after night, even though we had to suffer from cold. On my return trip I kept a guard of thirty men constantly, myself and Lieutenant Burkett walking post the same as the enlisted men. I considered this a military necessity, in order to be very sure to prevent surprise from ambush. In connection with this report I also send a bundle of articles taken in their camp; of course not for their intrinsic value, but as a matter of curiosity. I wish to call your particular attention to the box of percussion caps. I never saw any like them before. Also the copper slugs, being the bullets used by them in their guns. Article No. 1 is believed to be strychnine; article No. 3 is what they use for making signal smokes. We found arrow points enough (like these) to fill a peck measure; article No. 4 I think is galena, although it very much resembles plumbago.I am, captain, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
James H. WHITLOCK
Captain, Fifth Infantry, California Volunteers, Commanding.
Santa Fe, N. Mex., June 19, 1864.
Brig. Gen. LORENZO THOMAS,
Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.:
GENERAL: I have the honor herewith to inclose--
An official copy of a letter from Maj. Edward B. Willis, First Infantry California Volunteers, commanding Fort Whipple, Ariz. Ter. It is dated the 27th ultimo, and gives the latest intelligence from the new gold fields in that vicinity. The general will see that the promise of mineral wealth in Northern Arizona is becoming more than realized.
An official copy of a letter from Lieut. Col. Nelson H. Davis, assistant inspector-general, U.S. Army. It is dated at Tucson, Ariz. Ter., June 5, 1864. Colonel Davis was ordered to select a site for a post to be established on the Gila River northward from Fort Bowie, Ariz. Ter., and had an escort of about 100 men, more or less, according to the best of my recollection from previous reports. With a part of this escort he made a night march, and at daybreak attacked a rancheria of Apaches and killed forty-nine of them. This is decidedly the most brilliant success over that tribe of brutal murderers which has ever been won. Too much praise cannot be awarded to Colonel Davis and the handful of officers and men who so gallantly followed him for this achievement. I urgently request that Colonel Davis may receive the compliment of a brevet for such gallant and meritorious services.Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JAMES H. CARLETON,
Capt. BENJAMIN C. CUTLER,
Assistant Adjutant-General, Santa Fe, N. Mex.:
CAPTAIN : The party of citizens under Mr. King Woolsey are making their preparations to start from here against the Apache Indians on the 1st day of June. They expect to be 100 strong, and are preparing provisions for about sixty or sixty-five days. One train from La Paz has arrived with provisions for them, and others are expected. They no doubt will do good service, having already some knowledge of the country in the direction they intend to go—that is, nearly due east from here. The Maricopa Indians will probably join them, and I believe another party from this section under Swilling will start near the same time.
At the present time we hear very little of Indians in this vicinity. A few head of stock have been stolen near Antelope or Weaver, and a little sign has been seen near Walker's, in the hills, but that is about all for the past month.
Reports from the mining districts are encouraging. The placer diggings are doing quite well, and much work is being done in quartz leads, with very flattering prospects. Many new lodes are being found in the Walker section, some of which are extremely rich. Some new claims have been struck upon a creek called Big Bug, in which they are doing exceedingly well. The gold is very coarse. If nothing further should be found than the section already known, I think it will be an exceedingly rich country and support a large mining population.
Governor Goodwin has just returned from his trip to the southern portion of the Territory, and there is much enthusiasm manifested there
The site of the post selected by me, by order of Colonel Davis, is about one mile and a half northeast from the town now being built on Granite Creek and laid down upon the map forwarded to department headquarters as Goodwin. Each can be seen from the other. The objections to this point, as before stated by me, are that the range for grazing is not so extensive as that of the old post, and for a part of the year we have to dig for water, but not to any depth. In all other respects it is decidedly superior.
Lieutenant Baldwin, with the first detachment of the train of subsistence stores, arrived to-day. The others will arrive, respectively, to-morrow and next day; also a large citizen train and a number of Colorado emigrants. I hear also of several parties from La Paz, or rather California. Emigrants are arriving now about as fast as they can be subsisted, although provisions are becoming somewhat more plenty of late. The population in the mining districts must be over 1,500 now, exclusive of the troops. I am informed by persons from La Paz that 10,000 or 20,000 pounds of barley could be purchased there at present for 8 to 81 cents per pound. With the cattle and wagons now here this would be the cheapest forage that could be procured for the cavalry at this post, unless it should rise in California, in which case it probably could not be got so cheap.I am, sir, very respectfully, your most obedient servant,
EDWARD B. WILLIS,
Major First Infantry California Volunteers, Commanding Post.
Tucson, Ariz. Ter.; June 5, 1864.
Capt. BENJAMIN C. CUTLER,
Asst. Adjt. Gen., Hdqrs. Dept. of New Mexico, Santa Fe, N. Mex:
GENERAL: I have the honor to report briefly my movements since my first report made May 16, 1864, from the cañon on the Rio Bonito, and the general results thereof until arriving here myself on the night of the 2d, and Captain Tidball with his force yesterday.
From my camp on the Bonito I proceeded up this stream, which two miles from camp disappeared finally. Course, north and northwest some six to eight miles, and thence four to five miles more westerly through rolling hills, reaching the southeast end of a beautiful valley some fifty miles long and four to six wide, of excellent grazing, but destitute of water save that in tanks and holes in arroyo creeks coursing down from the mountains. This valley is bounded on the east side by a range of mountains between it and the Rio Negrito, called Rio Prieto, and which is a continuation of the Peloncillo Range, and on the west side by a range of high, rocky, and broken hills, being a spur that leaves the latter-named range near the mouth of the Bonito, and terminates at the Rio San Carlos, its general direction being parallel with and just north of the Gila. After a few hours in camp, moved south of west four miles, where I found some water in an arroyo; by digging supplied the wants of the animals and men. Next water reported fifteen miles
In sending Captain Tidball to his post I proposed directing him to make a little detour and make the examination on this side complete to connect with my own. This pass is little known, it seems. The Sonorans passed through it in 1845 on an Indian expedition. I propose calling it the Mount Graham Pass, and is the route from the west and south to this valley on the Gila for wagons. The Tularosa Creek is a clear, running stream for one mile and a half to two miles, when it sinks, but capable of irrigating much good land. There were fields of corn along the stream which looked well, and deserted rancherias. We spared this corn for the troops expected in this vicinity. There is considerable grass in this valley and adjacent on the mesas. From here I moved down the Gila to near the mouth of the. San Carlos River, some twenty-five miles. After some eight miles the valley of the Gila was much narrower and not as good as above, though in detached places there were some fine bottom flats or slopes. Encamped in low hills, which came to the river. Grass very good.
The next day examined a portion of the valley of the San Carlos. At night marched with a part of the command some ten miles up this valley, and surprised partially two Indian rancherias. Killed 2 and took 4 prisoners, three of whom were children. Their dog gave warning of our approach. Destroyed a number of fields of corn, wheat, and beans, with a variety of articles found in the rancherias. This is one of the richest valley bottoms I have seen, with a fine stream running through it. Is from half a mile to one mile and a half wide for fifteen miles, as far as I examined it from its mouth. I think the valley of the Bonito comes into it higher up, where I believe there is an open and fine grazing country, and am inclined to think the Indians have stock in that
From this camp I left at 9.30 p. m., and crossed the high Mescal Mountains in the Chiricahua Range, the slopes of which were long, steep, and stony, with a part of my command, to surprise and attack some rancherias I learned were there; and after a hard night's march, dividing my force, one under Captain Tidball, the other under Captain Burkett, we surprised and attacked the Indians at daybreak, killing 49, and, with some taken the day previous, capturing 16 prisoners, besides many more that were wounded, some of whom were trailed by their blood. Destroyed several fields of corn and wheat. A large quantity of mescal was taken and furnished the troops, who were short of rations, and considerable destroyed. One mule and 4 Indian horses were taken, 2 carbines, 1 double-barreled shotgun, 1 Colt pistol, 2 saddles, 2 pairs of fine saddle-bags, and $660 in gold were also captured, with some ammunition, and a variety of other articles—hides, skins, etc.-and the rancherias, with much other stuff, burned.
It affords me pleasure to speak of the good conduct of the troops in this affair. Captains Tidball and Burkett and Lieutenant Stevens, with their men, are deserving of much commendation. Lieutenant Dutton, who remained in charge of camp, which he moved up the next morning, is also entitled to much credit for his active and efficient services. He was kept back against his will and wish.
Two very distinguished chiefs were killed in this engagement. One, after being mortally wounded, thrust his own spear into his chest and heroically expired. It is gratifying to me, and no doubt will be to many others, to know that we struck the band guilty of killing Messrs. Mills and Stevens and attacking Mr. Butterworth and party. The captured pistol has Mills' name on it. The shotgun is identified as that of Mr. Stevens. Mr. James' diary was also found. Some who escaped on the high adjacent mountains threatened to kill us all before leaving the cañon. This loss and destruction of crops is a severe blow to them, and being attacked in their secluded and mountainous home, where before they had not been molested by the white man, will, I think, produce a decided moral effect upon them.
There was a little clear stream of water that ran through this canon into the Gila, with cottonwood along in the bottom. It is a rocky and rough canon, with anon small flats of rich soil, some being cultivated, others affording grazing. This creek is called the Big Alamo, alias Mescal Creek. Abandoned Cañon would probably be a name expressive of the result of this attack, respecting any further occupation of it by the Indians.
Next day the command crossed some rocky mountain spurs into the Gila Cañon. After marching a distance of sixteen miles down it, crossing the river thirty times, and thence in a southerly direction twelve
Captain Tidball found no rancheria of Indians, but a large field of fine wheat, which will be taken for the U. S. service, notwithstanding some few Indians who showed themselves on high distant mesas requested the captain not to destroy this wheat, as they wanted it for their own use. This command arrived here on the 4th instant.
The great upper valley of the Gila is rich in soil, and 50,000 acres are subject to irrigation from the river, but at considerable expense, only by taking out of the Gila at the upper end of this valley a large acequia and carrying it back from the river. There is little grass in the valley, but wood in abundance, and a larger volume of water in the river here than at the Pima Villages.
I mention four points to be considered as suitable for the location of Fort Goodwin, to wit, (1) at La Cienega Grande; (2) three miles above my first camp on the Gila; (3) near the mouth of the San Carlos River, in the valley thereof; (4) and either in the Tularosa Valley or near its outlet into the Gila Valley proper. With regard to the location itself, relative to the supply of water, grass, soil, and wood, La Cienega Grande is the best. Considered with regard to its geographical and strategical position as commanding most of the great trails and thoroughfares of the Indians, and as opposite Mount Graham Pass, the nearest and most accessible roadway from the south and west, and with regard to water, grass, soil, and wood also, I would select the point in or near the Tularosa Valley. I suggest Captain Tidball as the officer to mark the exact spot at any of the locations named which the general may elect, in connection with Colonel Rigg or other officers.
A more full report or fuller details, with Captain Tidball's report when received, will be soon. forwarded.I am, captain, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
N. H. DAVIS,
P. S.—The prisoners have been disposed of by assignment to families, subject to further orders from department headquarters. The captured property will be turned in to the quartermaster at Tucson.
N. H. D.
Tucson, Ariz. Ter., June 19, 1864.
Capt. BEN. C. CUTLER,
Asst. Adjt. Gen., Hdqrs. Dept. of New. Mexico, Santa Fe, N. Mex.:
CAPTAIN : I have the honor to report, for the information of the general commanding, as follows: On the 13th instant inspected the post and troops at Reventon. The command is ordered to Tubac, and 20,000 rations from the supplies en route from Guaymas to be left there; the quality and quantity of water at Reventon one reason of this change. Reports of the examinations of the routes ordered not yet received. I recommend the establishment of a military post at Fort Buchanan under another name; also the abandonment of this place as a depot and military post as soon as possible. Some point on the San Pedro would be
N. H. DAVIS,
Assistant Inspector-General, U. S. Army.
Fort Goodwin, Ariz. Ter., April 5, 1865.
Col. R. C. DRUM,
Asst. Adjt. Gen., Department of the Pacific, San Francisco :
COLONEL: I have the honor to report for the information of the general commanding that some two months ago two decrepit old Indians came into camp and said they had been sent by their chief to ask for peace. I let one of them go, who promised to return in fifteen days, but failed to do so. Some fifteen or twenty days afterward a sub-chief came in and said he had been sent by the chiefs of two tribes to solicit peace. I told him that if they were in earnest they must bring in their families and lay down their arms, to which he acceded. On 4th of March 112 of them came to the post under a flag of truce. They expressed a strong desire to make a treaty, but wished to return to the mountains to bring in the rest of their families, to which I consented, and gave them four days to return. As they did not return in the time specified, I started at night-fall on the 9th instant for their rancheria with fifty-three men, guided by a Mexican captive whom I had retained. We marched briskly nearly all night, and the following night arrived within five miles of their camp. I sent the guide and four scouts to reconnoiter, intending to attack them at break of day. They returned and reported the rancheria deserted. It turned out subsequently that a strolling Indian had crossed our trail and given the alarm. The melting snow and mud was so deep that it was impossible to follow them with any prospects of success, and on the following day I started for camp. Much to my surprise, on the 22d some 400 of them—men, women, and children—made their appearance with a white flag, as usual. I had a talk with the chiefs, who said they were satisfied they could not fight the white men, and all they wanted was some place to plant in peace. I had promised to feed and take care of them with a view to sending them to the reservation. But the order transferring Arizona to the Pacific Department arrived the day before they came in, and I was placed in the position of the man who drew the elephant in the lottery. With nothing to feed them, no transportation to send them to the reservation, and no orders to do so if I had, I made the best of it, and told them they could go until I heard from the great chief. They promised that if any depredations were committed by their people they would bring them to the post, and I could punish them as I pleased. In my opinion they could all be placed on a reservation within twelve months, and hunting them over this immense Territory with only six companies is simply an absurdity. We have had no grain at this post for over five months. Many of the animals have died, and the balance are so poor that they are unfit for active service in the mountains.
Trusting my course will meet the approval of the general commanding, I would respectfully ask for instructions in the premises.
Major, First California Volunteer Cavalry, Commanding Post.
Maricopa Wells, May 30, 1865.
Col. R. C. DRUM,
Assistant Adjutant-General, Department of the Pacific:
SIR: I have the honor to report my arrival at this point this morning. Our animals are in good condition, but I find it necessary to repair our wagons, all of the iron-work being loose. We will leave for Tubac on Friday next. In the meantime we expect to make arrangements with the Pima and Maricopa Indians for at least 200 warriors. I do not anticipate any difficulty in getting them for one year. They expect a good outfit, and in an interview with the chief of the Maricopas we made them understand that we wanted their services as soldiers; that they would be expected to make constant campaigns against the Apaches; that at such times as we could spare them they would be allowed to come back to their homes for a short time; that they would be armed and provided with ammunition, and that their clothing would consist of a pair of pants, a shirt, and a blanket; their provisions, panole, beans, and dried beef. I can obtain the provisions here and at Tubac, and would respectfully request that 600 red shirts, 600 pairs of coarse pants, and 600 blouses be sent me at once. I would suggest that 200 of the blouses be bound with yellow, 200 with red, and 200 with light blue, in order to distinguish tribes. Also send 600 yards of coarse red flannel. A yard will answer instead of a hat. We need also a mustering officer at once to organize these companies. If one is sent to this point he will probably meet us here on our return from Tubac. The Indians really have possession of this Territory. It is feared that the Hualapais, the Yavapais, and the different tribes of Apaches, with some straggling Navajoes, have combined for the purpose of exterminating the whites. I propose starting Colonel Lewis with three companies of his regiment and some 200 Papago Indians on a campaign in Southeastern Arizona. At the same time I am making arrangements to start with a force of the company of cavalry (my escort), the three companies of infantry destined for Tonto Basin, and about 200 Pimas and Maricopas into the country of the Apaches. I labor under many difficulties. I find Fort Whipple without provisions, instead of a year's supply; no supplies at Tubac, and I suspect none at either Forts Goodwin or Bowie. I have a train on the way with 10,000 rations for Tubac, and the Tubac train of Government wagons will be here to-night en route for Fort Yuma for supplies. It will be impossible with the limited means at my disposal to do anything toward subduing
JNO. S. MASON, Brigadier-General of Volunteers, Comdg. District of Arizona.

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It finished over a week ago, yet we still all feel a bit gross. To while away time until Winston Peters decides who our next prime minister is, Madeleine Holden has compiled a handy list of the worst sexism of Election 2017.
The 2017 general election is at a close, and as the main parties jostle for coalition partners, it’s still too early to tell for sure who will be comprising the next government. It’s not too early for a jaunty little retrospective of the sexism that occurred during the election campaign, though!
Comprehensively detailing all of the sexist comments and misogynistic assumptions that characterised the election would be the job of a lifetime, and the average Facebook feed would generate a bible’s worth of material, so treat this instead like a depressing highlights reel of gender regression in New Zealand politics today. Let’s get started!
All the times we focused on Jacinda Ardern’s looks
Despite how often bleating men on the internet insist IT HAPPENS TO MALE POLITICIANS TOO, women in politics have their looks scrutinised and mocked to a unique degree; a worldwide trend that harks back at least to the days of the suffragettes. And Jacinda Ardern has suffered especially badly in this regard this election.
Amidst a constant media buzz about her smile and hair, a (now-deleted) Facebook page with more than 10,000 “likes” was set up to lampoon her teeth, and an attendee at a Morrinsville farmers’ protest carried a sign referring to Ardern that read “PRETTY COMMUNIST”. Ardern herself laughed off the jab in her trademark Chill Girl fashion, and admittedly it was one of those insults that end up sounding like an unwitting compliment. It’s no laughing matter, though: research shows that comments about female politicians’ appearances, even when they are positive rather than negative, do real harm to their chances of winning.
There was also plenty of infantilising, dog-whistling about experience, and probing about career versus motherhood, all of which you can read about here.
Every second phrase that fell out of Gareth Morgan’s mouth
Worthy of a little section of his own, Gareth Morgan had a cringeworthy election campaign, attracting attention less for his policies – allegedly his overarching focus – than his deliberately inflammatory and sexist remarks. In between calling everyone he disagrees with “whores” on social media, Morgan infamously labelled Ardern “lipstick on a pig” – a dig that played into the existing sexist narrative surrounding Ardern’s looks – and tripled down when he was called out for it; first by re-using the phrase on a billboard featuring his own face and then by calling his critics “femo-fascists”.
“I say it and all the femo-fascists come out and say, ‘You can’t say it Gareth,’ because you’re a guy. That’s crap,” he scrambled to suggest as Lisa Owen desperately tried to wrap him up at The Nation’s minor parties’ debate. He was mischaracterising the nature of the criticism as being about his gender rather than the gendered nature of the phrase and traipsing out a variation of the old “feminazi” slur American conservatives have been using to malign women’s rights activists for decades. Digging in until the bitter end, he made a smug quip about how much publicity the line had afforded him on The Spinoff’s leaders’ debate, yet again making himself almost impossible for women with whom he otherwise shares common ground to root for. This is the guy that called himself New Zealand’s Trump, after all.
Numerous men telling Marama Fox to ‘be quiet’ and ‘calm down’
Whether it was Shane Jones quipping that his ears were sore from sitting next to Fox in The Spinoff leaders’ debate or Willie Jackson patronisingly telling her to “calm down” on Marae (starts at 40:48), men couldn’t resist the ‘emotional woman’ microaggression this election. Telling any woman to “relax” or “be quiet” plays into an existing narrative that women are overly emotional and easily carried away, even if they are being no more forthright and passionate than men are, but there’s an additional layer of ickiness to shutting down a Māori woman in this way, given this country’s history.
It’s worth remembering that research consistently shows that men speak significantly more than women in meetings; women are interrupted more than men; and women are perceived as talking more than men even when they actually talk less.
Winston Peters mansplaining dairy farming to a female journalist
Bonus sexism from the Morrinsville farmers’ protest! Amidst booing from the crowd and a general failure to win them over, Winnie presumed to know more about dairying than a female journalist asking him probing questions, dismissing her as “ignorant about dairying”. Except, whoops, she grew up on a dairy farm. Men, please stop presuming you’re axiomatically more informed on every topic than women are: every time you do, Rebecca Solnit stubs her toe.
NZ comedian Jeremy Elwood making a sexual violence-themed ‘joke’
I hadn’t heard of Jeremy Elwood until I witnessed the above tweet doing the rounds, and then I remembered he drunkenly hosted a quiz night I used to attend out in West Auckland during my uni days, I think?? Anyway, who cares. He’s gross, and he thinks graphic sexual violence is a clever and novel way to illustrate a “point”. Has anyone explained MMP to him yet?
TOP Comms guy Sean Plunket’s weird, obsessive hounding of a prominent feminist writer
U OK, Sean?
Metiria Turei’s forced resignation
The thing about sexism is that it operates on different levels. The most overt and familiar forms – use of slurs like “bitch” and “whore”, say, and arguments that women belong in the kitchen – are becoming rarer and less acceptable, so people with negative attitudes towards women need to oppose female advancement in less objectionable terms. One way to achieve this is through continued support for policies that harm women and the silencing of those who advocate for systemic change.
Enter Metiria Turei. We’re all familiar with the story of her ousting from Parliament for a forgivable, decades-old mistake that shed light on the glaring deficiencies of our welfare system, but perhaps it’s not immediately apparent that her treatment related to her gender. It’s simply a matter of honesty and trust, we’ve been told, and charges of a racist, sexist double standard have been dismissed using fine-tooth comb analysis. It was her attitude, they said, and any MP who broke a law would be expected to pay with her otherwise flawless career in public service.
Let me try to convince you, then, that Metiria Turei being a woman – a certain kind of woman – actually had a lot to do with how she was treated.
Particular types of women always bear the brunt of sexist stereotyping more than others, and Māori beneficiaries are hit the hardest in New Zealand. The local version of Reagan’s “welfare queen” looms large in our public imagination and regularly triggers hand-wringing about abuse of the DPB and “breeding for business”; working class brown women are expected to raise children without complaining about the myriad economic and institutional barriers to doing so – the median income for Māori women is $19,900 – and certainly without demanding more from the state. Misogyny operates in tandem with its preferred coalition partners, racism and beneficiary bashing, to stifle and silence women like Turei who have the nerve to point out the injustices of a system they’ve personally experienced while advocating for its overhaul. Turei’s critics apparently believe a system that keeps vulnerable mothers and daughters poor, desperate and powerless is more tolerable than an “entitled” brown woman with a human past remaining in parliament. So long as you care about all women, that’s what misogyny looks like. Use any narrower a definition and your feminism ends up doing little more than protecting middle class Pākehā women from “make me a sandwich” jokes.
So, Metiria’s treatment was sexist, too. Her resignation will be a permanent blight on our social and political landscape, and poet Hera Lindsay Bird diagnosed the shame of it better than anyone else on the day, with a sentiment as fitting a conclusion to this list as any I can think of:
godDAMN this stupid milkloving piece of shit dumbass mean spirited sale at briscoes racist sexist 40% off deck furniture piss country
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Wednesday 29th October, 2014 at 9.15 am
Montmorency Secondary College invites prospective parents of the 2016 and 2017 intake to tour the College.
This tour has been specifically scheduled for those parents who are choosing between a Government school and a non-Government school.
An active tour program begins in February 2015, for all parents and students. Tours will run from the beginning of February 2015 till May 2015, when parents will be asked to return their ‘Application for Enrolment’ forms to their Primary School.
Additionally, the College Open Night is being held on Tuesday 21 st April, 2015.

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- Gene Rayburn
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Match Game", in 1975.
birthname = Eugene Rubessa
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Christopher, Illinois, Raised in Benton, Illinois
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occupation = Game Show Host,
spouse = Helen Ticknor Rayburn
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Lifetime Achievement Award- from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Gene Rayburn (
December 22, 1917– November 29, 1999) was an American radioand televisionpersonality. Born Eugene Rubessa (pronounced|ruˈbeʃɑ) and an only child of Croatian immigrants, he graduated from Knox College.
Rayburn was married to Helen Ticknor from 1940 until her death in October 1996. They had one child, a daughter, Lynn. After the birth of their child, Rayburn was drafted into the
U.S. Air Force.
He chose his stage name by randomly pointing at a page in the telephone book, after being told "Rubessa" sounded "too Italian".
Before appearing in television, Rayburn was a very successful actor and radio performer. He had a popular morning-drive New York radio show, first with
Jack Lescoulie("Anything Goes") and later with Dee Finch (Rayburn & Finch) on WNEW-AM (now WBBR). Radio history pegs Rayburn's pairings with Lescoulie and Finch as the first two-man teams in morning radio. When Rayburn left WNEW, Dee Finch continued the format with Gene Klavan.
He also landed the lead in the Broadway musical "
Bye Bye Birdie" after Dick Van Dykeleft the production to star in the classic sitcom which bears his name.
Breaking into television as the original announcer on
Steve Allen's "Tonight", Gene Rayburn began a long association with game-show producers Mark Goodsonand Bill Todmanin 1953. He first appeared on Robert Q. Lewis's " The Name's the Same"; Rayburn frequently sat in for regular panelist Carl Reiner. lending a comic touch to the panel. In 1955, he took over as host of the summer-replacement game show, " Make the Connection", from original host, Jim McKay. From there he hosted shows such as " Choose Up Sides", " Dough Re Mi", and the daytime version of " Tic Tac Dough" (which, unlike the rigged nighttime version hosted by Jay Jackson, was "clean" and unaffected by the quiz show scandals). On radio, Rayburn became one of the many hosts of the popular NBC program "Monitor" in 1961 and remained with the show until 1973.
In an uncredited role (he reportedly did not want his name to appear), Rayburn played a TV interviewer in the 1959 movie, "
It Happened to Jane" starring Doris Day. His involvement was mentioned on an episode of "Match Game '77" and on his guest appearance in " Card Sharks".
During the 1960s, when "The Tonight Show" was based in New York, he occasionally substituted for host
Johnny Carson. In 1967, Carson made a surprise appearance on the original black-and-white version of "The Match Game" during the same week that "Tonight" announcer Ed McMahonwas a guest celebrity. In 1973, Rayburn recalled his guest-hosting duties as being "the hardest job" he ever had.
Rayburn was also a frequent panelist in the 1960s and '70s on "
What's My Line" and " To Tell the Truth," where the interviewing skills he burnished on "Monitor" made him a popular questioner.
It was also mentioned that the late great game show host,
Bill Cullen, was obviously a very good friend of Rayburn's, who appeared on " Match Game", and various other shows.
"The Match Game"
From 1962 to 1969 Rayburn hosted "The Match Game". The original version, which aired from New York on
NBC, had Rayburn reading questions to two panels. Each panel consisted of a celebrity and two audience members. The questions in the original game were ordinary, like "Name a kind of muffin," or "John loves his ____________." Rayburn's hosting duties were usually straightfoward, although he would occasionally make jokes as the situation warranted. Because it was a live show, broadcast weekdays at 4:00 p. m. Eastern time, very few episodes were recorded for posterity; only four half-hours are known to exist. The show was cancelled in 1969 to make room for the topical, short-lived game show " Letters to Laugh-In".
Goodson-Todman revived "The Match Game" in 1973, for CBS. Gene Rayburn returned as host, and introduced a new format in which two contestants had to match the responses of six celebrities. Writer
Dick DeBartolo, a veteran of the original show, now came up with funnier and usually naughtier questions ("After being hit by a steamroller, Norman had to slide his ____________ under the door.") Rayburn reveled in this free-wheeling new approach, and often indulged in funny voices, banter with the celebrities, and mock arguments with the technical crew. Millions tuned in, and it soon became the highest-rated show in daytime television history.
From 1973 to 1977, it was #1 among all daytime network game shows — three of those years the highest rated in "all" of daytime — fueled by the zany questions and Rayburn's witty style. The show is often remembered not for the celebrity panels, but for Rayburn's antics, including breaking through the entrance doors, roller-skating on stage, and modeling fashions for the audience.
The daytime revival of "The Match Game", which featured regular panelists
Richard Dawson, Brett Somersand Charles Nelson Reilly, ran until 1979 on CBS and another three years in first-run syndication until 1982, with a concurrent night-time version, "Match Game PM", airing from 1975 to 1981. Rayburn was nominated for two Daytime Emmy Awardsfor Outstanding Host or Hostess in a Game or Audience Participation Show.
During the years when "The Match Game" was taped in Los Angeles, Rayburn lived in
Osterville, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, and would commute to California every two weeks to tape 12 shows over the course of a weekend (five daytime shows and one nighttime show per taping day).
In 1983, a year after the syndicated "Match Game" disappeared, the show was revived as part of the "
Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour", with Rayburn hosting the Match Game segment and sitting on the panel of the " Hollywood Squares" segment. The show lasted nine months on NBC.
Perhaps, one of the most famous "Match Game" moments came during a taping in 1974 he unintentionally told a contestant, Karen Lesko, that she had "pretty nipples," meaning to say "dimples." The incident was cut from the original CBS episode. Rayburn frequently and openly ogled pretty female contestants.
He knitted socks as a publicity stunt during his time on "Rayburn and Finch" and later became avid in needlepoint, so much to the point that he would constantly do some in plane rides from
New Yorkto "Match Game" tapings in Hollywood. In a 1974 "Match Game" episode, program packager Mark Goodsonmade a surprise visit to congratulate the host on making the show #1 among daytime television programs and Goodson gave Rayburn a needlepoint bag as a gift.
Being of Croatian ancestry, Rayburn could also speak the language fluently.
During his time in the Air Force, Rayburn was trained in
meteorologyand occasionally demonstrated his knowledge of the weather on "Match Game".
Other game shows/television appearances
During and between his "Match Game" years, Rayburn served as guest panelist on two other Goodson-Todman shows, "
What's My Line?" and " To Tell the Truth", where he exhibited the same inquisitiveness on serious subjects he showed on "Match Game". Also during the run of the 1970s "Match Game", Gene and wife Helen appeared on the game show "Tattletales", hosted by Bert Convy. Gene was a long time host on NBC Radio's "Monitor". Three years after the original "Match Game" was cancelled, Rayburn hosted the short-lived Heatter-Quigley Productionsshow, "The Amateur's Guide to Love" (1972). He also hosted a pilot for Reg Grundy Productionsin 1983 called "Party Line", which later became " Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak" (which first aired in 1986 and was cancelled after 13 weeks).
Rayburn appeared as a contestant during the Game Show Hosts Week of "
Rayburn once hosted a local New York City-based show on
WNEW-TV(now WNYW), " Helluva Town," and years later he would return to WNEW-TV as the host of "Saturday Morning Live" in the 1980s.
Rayburn appeared on "
Fantasy Island" as a game-show host — he and another host were game show rivals who wanted to do the ultimate game show to win the woman they both loved; Roarke accommodated them with a game-show set, but the host's chair was more like a throne, and death was a real possibility. In the end, the two men, in a dead heat, were offered a final tie-breaker, a "sudden death" round.
In between game show stints in 1982-83, Rayburn hosted a weekly local talk/lifestyles show seen live on
WNEW-TVin New York Citycalled " Saturday Morning Live". His tenure was brief when he ultimately accepted the hosting assignment for " The Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour".
The final game shows Rayburn emceed were 1985's "
Break the Bank", where Rayburn was fired after 13 weeks and replaced by Joe Farago, and " The Movie Masters", an AMC cablegame show that ran from 1989 to 1990.
Right before production was to begin on a new Rayburn-emceed "Match Game" revival in 1985, an "
Entertainment Tonight" reporter publicly disclosed his age, which was much older than many people believed. Rayburn had trouble finding jobs after that, blaming the reporter for disclosing his age and subjecting him to age discrimination.
Rayburn portrayed himself on a "
Saturday Night Live" sketch in 1990, which featured Susan Lucci(as her character from " All My Children", Erica Kane). He returned as one of Kane's previous husbands (alluding to Erica Kane's many marriages during her stint on that show), stopping another marriage with the host of a game show portrayed by Phil Hartman. He also continued to make appearances on talk shows throughout the late 1980s and 1990s, usually to discuss classic game shows, including appearances on "The Late Show with Ross Shafer" (ironically, Shafer would host the ensuing "Match Game" revival four years later), "Vicki!" and "The Maury Povich Show".
Rayburn's last TV appearance was a 1998 interview with "
Access Hollywood" intended to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the CBS "Match Game". Portions of the interview have been re-shown on the Game Show Networkwhich in 2001 showed portions of another previously unaired interview during the first airing of its "Match Game Blankathon".
Rayburn died at his daughter's home of
congestive heart failurein 1999, one month after receiving a Lifetime Achievement award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. He was cremated and his ashes spread.
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TAOISEACH Micheal Martin has warned Irish people to reduce and moderate social contacts over the coming weeks - as people arriving in Ireland must present a negative Covid test from Friday.
The Cabinet is deciding on restrictions to curb the spread of the Covid-19 Omicron variant, with new measures expected to be put in place around travel, masks and children's activities.
Government leaders yesterday met with public health chiefs to discuss a number of recommended Covid measures amid fears over the Omicron variant.
The Cabinet will now meet to make final decision on the measures, with Minister Eamon Ryan confirming new travel testing requirements will in place in just two or three days time.
And Taoiseach Micheal Martin has warned that everyone will be asked to reduce and moderate their social contacts over the coming weeks.
Heading into Cabinet, Martin told reporters: "On Omicron I think we have to allow the science to inform us in terms of how infectious it is, how virulent it is, and indeed the impact of vaccines on it, so all of that remains to be determined.
"And we should know more about Omicron in the next two to three weeks."
He continued: "The key evidence from public health doctors yesterday was that there was a very high incidence in 5-11-year-olds and their parents and this is what is concerning public health doctors, hence why they are saying for the next two weeks to reduce the level of socialisation, and particularly inter-household mixing.
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"I think in the last number of weeks people generally have done that, they have reduced their social interactions to some degree and that has had an impact."
The Taoiseach added: "It's all to be assessed yet because when we say stabilisation, it is stabilisation at high levels, and any increase in socialisation over the next while could tip that in a different direction."
Possible measures which look set to kick in ahead of Christmas include:
MASKS FOR KIDS
Primary school children from third class and up will be required to wear face coverings in school while kids over the age of nine will have also have to wear masks on public transport and in shops.
NPHET has also recommended a two-week ban on children under 12 socialising indoors.
Cabinet is instead today likely to ask parents to limit children to one indoor activity per week. This means children would be able to attend a pantomime one week and a playdate the next.
TRAVEL ANTIGEN TESTS
All passengers entering Ireland will be required to have a negative antigen or PCR test from this Friday.
The negative professional antigen will be needed 48 hours before arrival and the PCR within 72 hours.
Home antigen tests will not be accepted and the rules apply to Great Britain. UK PCR test rules for arrivals DO NOT apply to Irish arrivals, the UK Government confirmed at the weekend.
Cabinet will also consider the re-introduction of hotel quarantine for arrivals.
Speaking on his way into Cabinet this morning, Minister Eamon Ryan said it will be up to parents to make "judgement calls" about their children's social activities over the next few weeks.
He said: "It's judgement calls and their parents will have to make the judgement calls just to reduce the amount of socialisation.
"It's not a strict no on any one thing it's just doing what we are doing well.
"We're keeping it under, levelling will start to come down. So for children, same as adult, strict socialisation. It's not that you can't do one thing or another - parents will be a good judge on that to protect their health, to protect their families health.
Ryan said antigen testing for travel will be brought in two or three days time if agreed on by Cabinet today.
He said: "The advantage if we were to introduce that is it's very readily available. Most airports and a lot of other locations are testing".
He added: "I think we could introduce it fairly quickly."
The Minister added that the new Mandatory Hotel Quarantine bill is only a "preparatory move" should Government need it.
Meanwhile, all positive Covid-19 cases since November 1 are being identified and brought forward for testing as a precaution against the Omicon strain.
The HSE's lead for testing and tracing Damien McCallion said the HSE is analysing cases via passenger locator forms and daily cases.
Positive cases will then go to the National Virus Reference Laboratory for further testing.


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Each dealer queried had sales, even though High Noon attendance was lighter than in previous years. The pace of sales was less robust. There were approximately 10 dealers offering paintings by American Indian artists versus the usual 4 or 5. Pricey western paintings (Cowboy art) were plentiful, as was a full range of quality in vintage American Indian jewelry.
Tyrone Campbell’s booth featured this transitional steer pictorial weaving, pre-1900 in date. As cattle and horses were a measure of wealth amongst the Navajo, its subject matter is not so rare. The treatment of the steers as uneven sausage forms with legs is one indication of the weaving’s age. Priced $21,000, this soft painting (my choice of description) is graphically quite pronounced. Another dealer in a different booth offered another pictorial weaving from the same time period for $18,000. Tyrone’s books Fact, Fun and Fantasy Navajo Pictorial Weaving from the Weber Collection (1994) and Navajo Pictoral Weaving 1880-1950 Folk Art Images of Native Americans (1991) have accelerated interest in pictorial Navajo weavings over the last 15 years.
Likewise baskets with pictorial elements have attained a higher finger of value than those with strictly geometric designs, such as this Western Apache coiled example on www.SavvyCollector.com.
Vintage Navajo and Zuni jewelry was especially plentiful Bob Vandenberg, a dealer from Santa Fe, New Mexico had an eye-catching ketoh from the middle 1960’s to early 1970’s. Tufa cast, its handsome turquoise was from the Maginnis or Fox mine in Nevada. Priced $900, this silver arm guard greatly resembles one pictured on page 116 of Edna and John Bennett’s Turquoise Jewelry of the Indians of the Southwest.
Corinne Cain of www.SavvyCollector.com


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Elder Joseph Israel Bookstaber, an LDS Church missionary in Thailand who died Saturday after being hit by a pickup truck, was a smart person with a bright future, his family members say.
"He was a brilliant boy," said his father, Richard Bookstaber. "He loved physics and he loved math. The thing that made him different from other smart kids is that he had a pure love for ideas and learning - he was fascinated by it."Elder Bookstaber, 19, spent one year at Yale University, where he was a math and physics major. He left school last summer to serve a mission in Chiang Rai, Thailand, for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
His life came to an end after the truck struck him from behind while he was standing with his bike at an intersection. He died about 1:15 a.m. Saturday from massive head injuries at a Chiang Rai hospital, said Elder Josh Hays, an assistant to the president in the Thailand Bangkok Mission.
"He was on the way to visit a less-active member when he was hit," Elder Hays said. "He was going to remind the member to go to church on Sunday, and then he was going home."
Elder Bookstaber, Short Hills, N.J., was waiting in the right turn lane at a traffic light just after dark, about 8:30 p.m. A dark-colored pickup truck apparently swerved into the lane, struck Elder Bookstaber, swerved out of the lane and sped away. The truck missed his companion, Elder Joshua L. Jones, 21, Elder Hays said.
Elder Jones, Missoula, Mont., didn't see the accident because his head was turned, Elder Hays said. One witness saw the incident but didn't get a license plate number, police told mission leaders. Investigators don't have any leads at this point.
"He (Elder Bookstaber) was doing very well here," Elder Hays said. "All the church members in Chiang Rai praised him for the his language abilities. He had an awesome desire to do the work and he was humble about his abilities."
Elder Bookstaber began his missionary service in Thailand in September, said church spokesman Don LeFevre.


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On a recent Goodwill trip, while I was really looking for another small desk chair, I came across two director's chairs for $15/ea. They were in great shape, just had some chipping paint and dirty fabric. So with my two BFF's - paint and fabric - they went from this
I was pleased to see, as I was taking the fabric off, that they are from Pier 1. I looked up the retail online and they sell for $50 for the chair and $15 for the fabric parts. So I got both chairs, with much cuter fabric then they offer, for less than the price of one @ retail. I used outdoor fabric from Joann's when it was 50% off so the fabric for each chair was less than $10.
I think they will look very cute out front of this cottage
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Daily Telegraph Stock Offering
Published: April 2, 1992
LONDON, April 1— Hollinger Inc., owned by the Canadian financier Conrad Black, said today that it planned a public offering of shares in its Daily Telegraph unit, a major British newspaper.
Hollinger said the listing would take place in London, where 20 million or more Daily Telegraph shares would be offered in June.
The Daily Telegraph, which also publishes The Sunday Telegraph and the Spectator magazine, would retain its 15 percent stake in the Australian media group John Fairfax Holdings Ltd.


Beijing Automotive Works (BAW), a subsidiary of Beijing Automobile Industry Holding Company (BAIC) in China, and two local partners have invested R196 million in a new assembly plant in Springs to produce taxi vehicles for the domestic and sub-Saharan markets.
The plant was officially opened yesterday and will eventually employ 469 people but is expected to create more than 1 000 new jobs, including jobs created by suppliers and dealers.
John Jessup, BAW South Africa’s head of sales and marketing, said yesterday that the new semi-knocked down facility would transition to a completely knocked down vehicle plant with an annual capacity of between 40 000 and 50 000 units by about 2015, which would involve an investment of between R2 billion and R3bn.
“This [initial R196m] investment is an important indication of long-term commitment as opposed to ‘arms-length’ importer/distributor agreements,” he said.
Jessup said BAW SA would be extending its product range by introducing a light commercial vehicle, a sport utility vehicle and passenger car next year, probably through completely built up imports.
This is the second significant investment in South Africa this year by a Chinese vehicle manufacturer.
First Automobile Works announced in September it would be building a new R600m vehicle and truck assembly plant in the Coega industrial development zone.
BAIC, Chinas fifth-largest automotive manufacturer, has a 51 percent shareholding in BAW SA, with the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and China Africa Motors (CAM), the previous importer and distributor of BAW taxi vehicles into South Africa under the CAM brand, sharing the balance.
The IDC has acquired a 24.5 percent stake in BAW SA for R22.9m and will also be providing BAW SA with up to R98.6m in debt facilities.
Geoffrey Qhena, the IDC’s chief executive, said this partnership fell under the local bus, truck and minibus programme initiated by the Department of Trade and Industry in 2010, with the intention of facilitating projects supporting the development of the local medium and heavy commercial vehicle industry.
Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel said the investment supported the goals of the New Growth Path of increased industrialisation and shifting the country’s reliance away from imports of manufactured goods.
Patel said this investment and that made by Toyota in its Ses’fikile taxi line would from next year result in about two-thirds or 16 000 units of the annual demand for 23 000 new taxis, which since 2007 had been imported, being assembled in South Africa.
“This is a solid achievement over a short period,” he said.
Jessup said the plant would have an annual capacity of 9 600 units in the first phase and would ramp up to about 800 units a month over the next 12 to 18 months.


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The SA-22 is sure to become your favorite plinker and varmint rifle. It is lightweight and easy to carry on a hunt”” and easy to load for a day of plinking at the range. Perhaps the most interesting feature is the ability to take the rifle down into two parts – the buttstock and receiver and the forearm and barrel – for storage or to simplify cleaning.
- Receiver – Steel, Takedown design, Polished blued finish, Scroll Engraving
- Barrel – Polished blued finish, Drilled and tapped for scope mount
- Action – Autoloading, Bottom ejection, Tubular magazine, Crossbolt safety
- Stock – Gloss finish American Walnut, Checkered
- Features – Adjustable sights with gold bead front
Warning: Discharging firearms in poorly ventilated areas, cleaning firearms or handling ammunition may result in exposure to lead and other substances known to the State of California to cause birth defects, reproductive harm and other serious physical injury. Have adequate ventilation at all times. Wash hands thoroughly after exposures.

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UK Consumer Sentiment Falls to Lowest Level in Over Six Years: YouGov
Arslan Butt • 1 min read
According to a survey by YouGov, consumer sentiment in Britain slipped to a six-year low over mounting concerns about job security amid rising trade tensions and political uncertainties. YouGov’s monthly consumer sentiment index fell to 103.4 in September from 104.0 in August, touching the lowest level seen since May 2013.
A surprise contraction in the British economy in Q2 and increased expectations of weak economic growth in Q3 over worries of a disruptive Brexit continue to weigh on consumer sentiment. 75% of British consumers anticipate that the British economy will slide into recession within the next 12 months.
The outlook for household finances and job security continue to remain gloomy, which could have an impact on domestic demand in the coming months. A significant majority of Britons polled expect unemployment levels to rise over the coming year.


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All of the Braves' affiliates except for Mississippi, which won on a walk-off single in an 11-inning contest, were rained out on Thursday.
Gwinnett Braves at Buffalo Bisons: Postponed
The G-Braves' game with the Bisons was postponed for a second consecutive night. They'll attempt to play a double header tonight.
Although their game was rained out, Gwinnett did make a roster move, signing outfielder Brandon Boggs. Boggs, a Georgia Tech alum, also played for the G-Braves in the 2013 season. Boggs had been playing for the independent Bridgeport Bluefish up until this point in 2014.
Finally, in former G-Braves news, former Braves farmhand Ernesto Mejía made his Japanese debut, and what do you know? He homered in his first at-bat.
Mississippi Braves: 6 vs. Tennessee Smokies: 5 (11 innings)
- Mycal Jones, CF: 4-5, R, BB, 2 SB (7), E (1, fielding), .342
- Cedric Hunter, LF: 3-6, RBI (8), K, .294
- Seth Loman, 1B: 2-5, R, 2B (9), RBI (16), K, .269
- Kyle Kubitza, 3B: 2-3, 2 R, 2B (9), 2 BB, K, .293
- David Rohm, RF: 2-4, 2 RBI (15), K, .231
- Williams Pérez: 6 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, BB, 5 K, 7:3 GO:FO, 1.88 ERA
- Ryne Harper (W): 2 IP, H, BB, 3 K, 1:2 GO:FO, 4.09 ERA
Mississippi was the only affiliate whose game wasn't rained out on Thursday, and they took advantage, downing the Smokies 6-5 in a tight extra-inning contest. Williams Pérez took the ball for the M-Braves, and was solid, throwing 6 innings of 3-run ball. He struck out five batters and walked only one. All of the damage against Pérez came in the first inning. He gave up two singles to begin the game, the second of which scored a runner after a stolen base, as well as a two-run home run to Rafael Lopez
. Pérez settled down ater this, however, and only allowed one hit and a walk during his other five innings of work, keeping the Smokies' potent offense, including players such as top prospect Kris Bryant
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in check. Ryne Harper pitched a pair of scoreless innings at the end of the game, and picked up the win, his first of the season.
The Braves faced MLB veteran Joel Piñeiro
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, and chased him after he allowed 8 hits and 3 runs in five innings of work. Mycal Jones had a four-hit night, and scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the eleventh inning after he reached on an infield single, and promptly stole second and third base. Cedric Hunter, who had three hits, drove Jones in to win the game. Kyle Kubitza had another stellar day at the plate, reaching base in four of his five plate appearances and doubling. It's encouraging to see how well he's performed as of late after a rough start to the season. Despite only hitting two home runs, his OPS sits at .855, and he's getting on base in 40% of his plate appearances. That'll work, Kyle. Aaron Northcraft will pitch for the M-Braves tomorrow as they take on Tennessee again.
Lynchburg Hillcats vs. Wilmington Blue Rocks: Postponed
Soggy weather in Virginia caused Thursday's game against Wilmington to be washed out. The two teams will play a doubleheader tomorrow night if the weather holds up.
Rome Braves at Greensboro Grasshoppers: Postponed
Hey, look! Another rain out, and another doubleheader tomorrow night! Wet weather can really throw a wrench in your plans, huh?

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Professor Christopher Kennard, who has been appointed Head of the Department of Clinical Neurology, succeeds recently retired Professor Angela Vincent to take on the mantle of brain research theme leader for the Oxford Biomedical Research Centre.
He moves to the University from his position as Professor of Clinical Neurology and Deputy Principal (Dean) of the Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College London, where he was also responsible for the Charing Cross Campus and Head of the Department of Clinical Neurosciences. Professor Kennard will continue as the Chair of the Neuroscience and Mental Health Board of the MRC and will be working to develop neurosciences in Oxford.
With his senior colleagues, Olaf Ansorge, Tipu Aziz, Russell Foster, Jackie Palace, Kevin Talbot, Irene Tracy and Gordon Wilcock, Professor Kennard will coordinate the use of NIHR funding for translational research to improve the early diagnosis and treatment of neuroimmunological and neurodegenerative diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and Motor Neurone disease. They will use the latest technologies such as brain imaging and deep brain stimulation. The brain theme also embraces the important neurological areas of pain and sleep disorders, relating to brain and eye disease.
Professor Kennard said: “The Brain theme of the Oxford BRC is well underway and our research teams are already producing some exciting results. I hope I will be able to help develop new collaborations between basic neuroscientitsts in the University and our clinicians, to speed up the translation of their research to our patients. I want our patients with brain disorders to receive the very latest and best treatment when they come to the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals.”

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Revisiting War Horse, 10 Years Later
There is an old Hollywood saying sometimes referred to as Bluestone’s Law that “Bad Books make Good Movies”. What film critic George Bluestone actually wrote in his book Novels Into Films was: “There is no necessary correspondence between the excellence of a novel and the quality of the film in which the novel is recorded.”
The point is that adapting novels into films is tricky. It is frequently necessary to rearrange, eliminate or compress events, to invent, remove or combine characters and to leave beloved scenes on the cutting room floor in the interest of the needs of the film. It’s a dangerous tightrope to walk. Adapt the book too liberally and you end up with Roland Joffé’s The Scarlet Letter; adapt it too faithfully and you famously get Erich von Stroheim’s 10-hour Greed, where it seemed like the only thing that von Stroheim changed from Frank Norris’s original novel was the title McTeague.
The feat is even trickier when the adaptation is of a beloved children’s novel that has already been very successfully adapted to the stage, but in a way that could never be duplicated on the screen, since the stage version was adapted by Nick Stafford to feature life-size horse puppets created by the Handspring Puppet Company.
Spielberg’s film does the novel justice while taking necessary liberties with the plot. What the novel, play and film have in common is a great story – an emotionally wrenching journey through the First World War as seen through the eyes of Joey, a Devon thoroughbred trained as a plough horse, who is sold to a British cavalry officer on the first day of World War One and serves in the war for a variety of owners until the Armistice. Along the way, Spielberg is able to play with his common themes of the collision between the natural world and the mechanical world, as well as the way that the monstrous presence of death is revealed by the movement of inanimate objects. (Particularly effective is Spielberg’s use of a windmill.)
War Horse is a genre story and by that,I don’t mean that it is a war film, although it is obviously that as well. It is an excellent representation of a very specific genre of children’s fiction: the travelling animal story. In these stories, a beloved pet is separated from its original owner through bad luck or intentional cruelty and passes from owner to owner until finally ending up with the right owner, who is frequently its original owner. In the process, the animal encounters all the way that animals are treated and employed from every strata of society. While Black Beauty is the blueprint for this type of story, it is not a genre exclusively for horses, extending also to parrots (Paulie), dogs (The Call of the Wild) and even to cartoon beagles (What a Nightmare, Charlie Brown!). The genre even extends to “magical objects” like the violin in The Red Violin and the rifle in Winchester ’73.
The main theme of this sub-genre of literature is how meaningless ownership is. While the animals pass from one owner to another, we learn that the ownership is an illusion. Humans can dominate animals through cruelty and control, but the best relationships between animals and humans are equal partnerships built on mutual respect.
All of that is going on in War Horse, only dramatically elevated, because Joey goes from owner to owner in the context of the violence and chaos of the First World War. Along the way, he visits every strata of the society of war, from the doomed cavalry to the ambulance service, to the exploited farmers near the front, to the artillery, to the tanks – the mechanical replacement for equine cavalry – and finally to the horrors of the trenches.
Joey’s panicked run through No Man’s Land is perhaps the best action sequence of any film that year, a heart-wrenching horrific race through barbed wire. It is a sequence that you simultaneously can’t watch and can’t look away from, a cinematic illusion that you need to understand without wanting to spoil Spielberg’s wonderful magic trick. Joey’s rescue from No Man’s Land echoes similar incidents like the 1914 Christmas truce dramatized in Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas).
Joey is played by fourteen horses starting as a colt, but the principle Joey is Finder, the main horse actor from Seabiscuit. With the possible exception of Emily Watson, Finder is the best actor in the film, a wonderfully expressive actor who, in a more rational universe, might be considered for a Best Actor Oscar alongside Andy Serkis’ performance as Caesar in Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
Based on a children’s novel told from the viewpoint of a horse, War Horse is a better summation of the horrors of war than virtually all war films. An emotionally wrenching story that will break your heart and require tissues for all but the most heartless, it is highly recommended.
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Code Breakers: Women In Games
Press play on Code Breakers, the first Australian exhibition celebrating the achievements of women working in the games industry. Whether it’s making commercial hits or indie titles, these women know games, contributing as directors, programmers, developers, artists, writers, producers and designers.
Inside the exhibition you can play everything from platformers, RPGs and digital board games to graphical adventures and puzzlers, there’s something for everyone, at every skill level.
An ACMI touring exhibition. Code Breakers: Women in Games is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.


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Mountains, mountains, mountains! The combination of a fantastic backdrop and first-class mountain biking is a real benefit for all bikers. More than 1,200 kilometres of mountain biker heaven are waiting to be discovered in Ischgl in Tyrol! You won‘t find such a packed offer for fun-seeking bikers anywhere else. Whether it’s freerides, downhills or cross country, the individual trails are known throughout Europe – and rightly so!
Which tour do you want to go on today? Choose from classic tours, endurance descents and big mountain action. Or do you prefer things to be a bit more gentle? Then you can also enjoy some pleasure cycling here. Fun fact: the Mountainbike Arena Ischgl is one of the highest e-bike destinations in Europe but still easily accessible. That means: free rides & biking fun are guaranteed!


Stars from the world of Welsh and English rugby will come together next February to raise much needed funds for a Welsh-based charity.
On Friday February 13th - the eve of the Wales v England RBS Six Nations clash in Cardiff, past players from the two nations will go 'head-to-head' in a Legends match and raise awareness of the work of St David's Foundation.
The match will take place at the Welfare Ground - home of Newbridge RFC, and the teams will be led by former Wales League and Union international Adrian Hadley, and former Gloucester and British Lion rugby player Steve Boyle.
Past Welsh players supporting the event include Paul Turner, Robert Jones, John Devereux and Rowland Phillips, while the English team boasts an impressive array of international talent including Peter Winterbottom, Mike Teague and Ben Clark.
Adrian Hadley, captain of the Welsh team said: "St David's Foundation provides fantastic hospice support for people and families going through life-threatening illnesses.
"This match is a way of the rugby community offering something back to the charity by recognising the tireless work of staff and volunteers.
"Newbridge RFC has kindly agreed to host the Legends match and already a number of individuals and business have expressed interest in getting involved. Wales and England have a traditional rugby rivalry yet also have a common purpose in ensuring the sport has a positive impact on the lives of others."
Steve Boyle, captain of the England team commented: "Having owned the Three Salmons Hotel in Usk for the last two years, I am aware of the excellent work of the St David's Foundation. I am pleased to lead the England team for the Legends match and I'm sure it will provide a great curtain raiser for the Six Nations game the following day."
The Legends match will be preceded by a range of other community events aimed at raising awareness of the charity and encouraging young people to become more involved in sport.
Organisers are seeking local businesses or interested individuals to support the Legends match by offering a range of attractive sponsorship and partnership packages. Please contact Matthew Jones, Commercial Manager at Newbridge RFC on 07826 644521 or firstname.lastname@example.org for further details.
The Half a Game initiative is currently sweeping across Wales and proving a major success. The scheme aims to give every young player at least half a game every weekend. WRU TV recently visited a festival in Narberth where clubs have fully embraced the initiative.
Both Bargoed and Swansea were seeking their first win of the Principality Premiership season this afternoon. It proved a fruitful day for the hosts - not only did they win, but Bargoed claimed a try bonus point.
Cardiff managed to keep their unbeaten record at home intact, but only just as Bridgend made them work extremely hard before the Blue and Blacks secured a hard fought Principality Premiership win at the BT Sport Arms Park last night.
Former Wales back row Andy Powell gives a guided tour of The Wern, home of Merthyr RFC, who are determined to prove a lot of people wrong and make their mark in their first season in the Principality Premiership.
Wales Sevens head coach Gareth Williams looks back on the Rio Sevens success where he helped GB win silver. He believes the successful campaign is a huge boost to his Welsh squad as they prepare for another World Series, as WRU TV's Graeme Gillespie discovers
British and Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland will be heading back home to take on the All Blacks next year where for him, success for 2017 is all about going to New Zealand and winning a Test Series.
Last week all roads led to Eugene Cross Park where defending champions Ebbw Vale hosted this season's launch of the Principality Premiership. WRU TV's Graeme Gillespie was there to capture the thoughts of Damien Hudd, captain of Ebbw Vale, and WRU Head of Performance, Geraint John.
Llandovery made it three in a row when they defeated Aberavon in the final of the National Foster's 7s at BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park on Sunday. On another eventful day of sevens, Newport claimed the Plate and the Dragons won the women's crown
Last week saw Cardiff welcome players from around the world for the 21st Golden Oldies Festival. The tournament features players over 35 years of age, and this year's event saw a select few represent the WRU in a 'friendly' against the Wooden Spoon.
Wales Under 18 captain Callum Bradbury is delighted to have seen his side claim a narrow 18-17 victory against a strong SA Schools 'A' side to end the three-match Under 19 International Series in South Africa on a high note.


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A coordinated push toward peace and development in Nigeria
By Evelyn Rupert
June 12, 2018
To address intertwined crises affecting millions of Nigerians, the country must bridge humanitarian assistance, peacebuilding and long-term sustainable development, according to local, regional and international leaders at a high-level dialogue event in Abuja.
Called “Humanitarian Development Peace Nexus,” the June 4 to 8, 2018, event was organized by the Emergency Coordination Centre in partnership with the World Bank and under the auspices of the Ministry of Budget and National Planning. It was attended by more than 200 people.
Speaking at two different sessions, Creative Executive Vice President for Programs Earl Gast discussed the role of the private sector in development and the opportunities and challenges of connecting and balancing development and humanitarian goals.
As an expert on Africa, Gast explained to the audience that holistic, locally led programming built upon strong partnerships is essential for the Nigerian government and communities in the North East to move forward in the wake of destruction by Boko Haram, a 10-year insurgency that has killed tens of thousands of people displaced more than 2 million.
“Nigeria’s challenges in education and stabilization of conflict areas can be overcome,” Gast said. “It will require a coordinated effort among all stakeholders who share a common set of goals.”
During other panel sessions and a gallery walk showcasing successful development programs, attendees learned about existing projects and examined best practices, two programs implemented by Creative and funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development.
“Creative has been fortunate to be working in Nigeria for more than 14 years and has an excellent network of local organizations, respect among government agencies and the trust of international donors,” Gast said. “Creative is committed to building local capacity and transitioning proven development programs to these communities.”
Promoting literacy at home
In schools and learning centers, the Northern Education Initiative Plus program seeks to improve access and quality of education and increase literacy for millions of Nigerian children in Bauchi and Sokoto states. Funded by USAID, Northern Education Initiative Plus is a five-year program.
An integral part of the program engages parents and the community to support reading at home. At the event, audiences saw that goal in action with the screening of two short films that encourage a culture of reading. They are part of a package of seven videos.
These locally produced films tell the stories of parents with little or no literacy who are nonetheless encouraging their children to read, a young girl who often misses out on education because of poor hygiene at her school and communities working together to improve education for their local children.
“These dramas are focused on an audience that you find in a rural village in Northern Nigeria, and they are designed to help explain and encourage the community to take responsibility for the children and for their learning, and for the parents to enroll and keep their children in school,” remarked NEI Plus Chief of Party James Statman.
The Humanitarian Development Peace Nexus event sought to emphasize planning, coordination and delivery of humanitarian and development programs and find practical solutions to the region’s complex challenges. It is the latest step forward in the larger Nigerian conversation about how to address the multi-faceted crises in the North East and elsewhere effectively, responsibly and sustainably.
By creating an environment in which issues of youth and violent extremism, health, food security, the private sector, peacebuilding, gender and more come together, the Nexus event advanced the dialogue among different groups and strengthened collaboration.
In the closing ceremony, Nigeria Chief Humanitarian Coordinator Ayoade Alakija said the conversation will lay the groundwork for a multi-year strategy moving forward.
“It has been made quite clear that the meeting was not only timely, but also desperately needed,” she said. “This Nigeria-led led national conversation on the humanitarian development peace nexus beyond the North East humanitarian crisis is the first of its kind in keeping with the new way of working as local as possible as international as necessary.”
Youth and media for peace
Peacebuilders and advocates gathered June 4 to discuss how social media is an effective tool when countering the messages of violent organizations, such as Boko Haram and the Islamic State in West Africa.
Organized by the USAID-funded North East Regional Initiative, panelists agreed that social media is the key to engaging youth in countering violent extremism.
“Passion is what drives the youth to continue to speak even in the face of challenges and threats from extremist groups,” one panelist said. “Youth have a voice and can be very influential in raising counter narratives in the battle against violent extremism.”
Youth are driving conversations on peace, reintegration of former fighters, gender inclusion and more, the panelists agreed.
The Nigeria Regional Transition Initiative, funded by USAID’s Office of Transition Initiatives, aims to increase stability and legitimate governance in the region by countering violent extremist groups.
Through the North East Intellectual Entrepreneurship Fellowship, the program has trained 45 youth advocates on how to use social media to counter violent extremist narratives and disrupt a key entry point for extremist recruitment. A video profile of Fellow Habu Kale was shown to the audience.
Want to see more from the Nexus event? Click here for a photo slideshow.
With reporting from Boco Abdul and Zainab Shaibu in Abuja, Nigeria.

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While most of the world eagerly waits for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics to begin tonight, LWSD middle school students are focused on a competition of their own. Inglewood, Evergreen, Finn Hill, Kamiakin and Redmond Middle Schools are competing in the Middle School Winter Olympics throughout February.
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In early 2009 as I was just starting to learn how to actually operate a camera, I took the first of many, MANY trips to downtown Indy to just see what there was to look at. Like any big city, it’s filled with it’s random tidbits including several monuments to those who died defending this country from enemies foreign, domestic and sometimes utterly contrived.
Artistically speaking, this one is all about the oddness of the shape for me. The words curving around the center in a way that seems almost incalculable. I feel like the sun flare is a nice touch as well though unintentional since the photo was taken before I knew what a “flare hood” is.
What say you? All opinions welcome whether good, bad or indifferent.