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In the fifteenth century there lived at Barnburgh Hall a worthy knight called Sir Percival Cresacre. He was returning home rather late at night from Doncaster after visiting friends or maybe transacting some business, and was ambling gently on his horse along the bridle way which is now the road from Doncaster through Sprotburgh and High Melton. The district was at that time very heavily wooded, and as he came down the Ludwell Hill a wild cat (or lynx), which was far larger and stronger than the domesticated cat of to-day, sprang out of the branches of a tree and landed on the back of his horse. So maddened was the horse by the tearing claws of the cat that it shied, sprang forward, threw its rider to the ground and ran away. The cat then turned upon the knight and there followed a long, deadly, running struggle between the two which continued all the way from Ludwell Hill to Barnburgh.
By this time the man had been terribly mauled by the fierce claws of the cat and was nearly exhausted. On reaching the Church the knight made for the porch, thinking to get inside the Church and close the door on the animal. The fight had been so fierce, however, and had so told on the man that he fell dying in the Porch, and in his last dying struggle, stretched out, and in so doing his feet crushed and killed the cat against the wall of the Porch.
Thus the cat killed the man and the man killed the cat, and thus they were found some time later by the search party that went out after the knight's horse had returned home rider less
In support of all this, the more imaginative story teller will probably show you stones tinged with red in the floor of the Porch, and the "cat" at the feet of the Cresacre effigy
2 Percival or Thomas Cresacre
Now, in most legends there is more than an element of truth, and so I believe it is in this case, but over the years a story like this which has been passed down by word of mouth through the generations is bound to become somewhat disÂtorted.
Let us then consider the facts :—
First look at the red stones in the floor of the porch. Then look at the tower, particularly on the north side, and you will find quite a number of stones of exactly the same colour.
Next, examine closely the "cat" lying at the feet of the knight of the effigy and you will see that it is a lion. Furthermore, as we have seen in previous notes, the effigy is at least one hundred years earlier than Sir Percival Cresacre, and in any case the fact that an animal lies at the feet of the figure can be completely ignored as there are numerous instances in England where an effigy has an animal at its feet. Indeed, it is said to be symbollic of a Crusader (although this is open to question) and in some versions of the story the knight is described as a Knight Templar returned from the Holy Wars.
If this was so it could not have been Sir Percival Cresacre, as the Eighth and last Crusade took place in 1270-1271 and the Knights Templar were disbanded in England in 1308
In support of the legend, however, it must be stated that at one time the woods around here abounded in wild cats.
In the year 1205 a Gerard Canville was granted a licence to hunt the wild cat. In 1237 one of the Earls Warren of Conisburgh had leave to hunt many wild animals including the wild cat. And other licences of a similar nature were granted in 1274 and 1337.
Of the ferociousness of the creatures there can be no question, and as it invariably inhabited the woods, it had to be hunted there. One can imagine the danger there would be if the hunter caught one at bay.
There is, however, evidence to show that wild cats had been exterminated, a long time before Sir Percival died, and although I am more than prepared to believe that a Knight of the Cresacre line died at the hands of a wild cat in some such manner as that described in the legend, I say unÂhesitatingly that it must have been a Cresacre who lived long before the time of Sir Percival, quite possibly a Crusader.
As a postscript to the legend I must mention that there is a hill at Darfield known as "Cat Hill" and old natives of Darfield claim that this was the point where the famous Cat and Man fight started. This may have originated from the fact that Percival Cresacre's daughter was the wife of John Bosvile, of Newhall, Darfield.
Had some business at the bank to transact, and consequently saw this while waiting my turn in the queue.
Perhaps the young woman on the right -- who is wearing the jacket with the medieval torture straps -- has decided that she will no longer be victim to the shallow dictates of beauty and fashion in our society. She will forever wear these size 6 jeans no matter what anyone thinks. Remember, it's what's on the inside that counts.
Gretna Green is a parish in the southern council area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, on the Scottish side of the border between Scotland and England, defined by the small river Sark, which flows into the nearby Solway Firth. It was historically the first village a traveller would come to in Scotland when following the old coaching route from London to Edinburgh. Gretna Green railway station serves both Gretna Green and Gretna. The Quintinshill rail disaster, the worst rail crash in British history, in which over 220 died, occurred near Gretna Green in 1915.
Gretna Green sits alongside the main town of Gretna. Both are accessed from the A74(M) motorway.
Gretna Green is most famous for weddings. The Clandestine Marriages Act 1753 prevented couples under the age of 21 marrying in England or Wales without their parents' consent. As it was still legal in Scotland to marry without such consent, couples began crossing the border into Scotland to marry.
Gretna's "runaway marriages" began in 1754 when Lord Hardwicke's Marriage Act came into force in England. Under the Act, if a parent of a person under the age of 21 objected to the minor's marriage, the parent could legally veto the union. The Act tightened the requirements for marrying in England and Wales but did not apply in Scotland, where it was possible for boys to marry at 14 and girls at 12 with or without parental consent (see Marriage in Scotland). It was, however, only in the 1770s, with the construction of a toll road passing through the hitherto obscure village of Graitney, that Gretna Green became the first easily reachable village over the Scottish border.
Scottish law allowed for "irregular marriages", meaning that if a declaration was made before two witnesses, almost anybody had the authority to conduct the marriage ceremony. The blacksmiths in Gretna became known as "anvil priests", culminating with Richard Rennison, who performed 5,147 ceremonies. The local blacksmith and his anvil became lasting symbols of Gretna Green weddings.
Victorian chronicler Robert Smith Surtees described Gretna Green at length in his 1848 New Monthly Magazine serial, The Richest Commoner in England:
Few of our readers—none we should think of our fair ones—but at some period or other of their lives, have figured to themselves the features of Gretna Green. Few we should think but have pictured to themselves the chaise stained "with the variations of each soil", the galloping bustle of the hurrying postboys, urging their foaming steeds for the last stage that bears them from Carlisle to the border. It is a place whose very name is typical of brightening prospects. The poet sings of the greenest spot on memory's waste, and surely Gretna Green was the particular spot he had under consideration. Gretna Green! The mind pictures a pretty straggling, half Scotch, half English village, with clean white rails, upon a spacious green, and happy rustics in muffin caps, and high cheek bones, looking out for happier couples to congratulate. Then the legend of the blacksmith who forged the links of love, added interest to the place, and invested the whole with fairy feature.
How much better, brighter, more promising, in short, a Gretna Green marriage sounds than a Coldstream or Lamberton toll-bar one! and yet they are equally efficacious. Gretna Green indeed, is as superior in reality as it is in name. It looks as if it were the capital of the God of Love, while the others exhibit the bustling, trading, money-making pursuits of matter-of-fact life. Though we dare say Gretna Green is as unlike what most people fancy, still we question that any have gone away disappointed. It is a pretty south country-looking village, much such as used to exist in the old days of posting and coaching. A hall house converted into an hotel, and the dependents located in the neighbouring cottages. Gretna Hall stands a little apart from the village on the rise of what an Englishman would call a gentle eminence, and a Scotchman a dead flat, and is approached by an avenue of stately trees, while others are plentifully dotted about, one on the east side, bearing a board with the name of the house, the host and high-priest, "Mr. Linton". There is an air of quiet retirement about it that eminently qualifies it for its holy and hospitable purpose.
Since 1929, both parties in Scotland have had to be at least 16 years old, but they still may marry without parental consent. Since April 2022 in England and Wales, the minimum age for marriage is now 18 irrespective of parental consent. Of the three forms of irregular marriage that had existed under Scottish law, all but the last were abolished by the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1939, which came in force from 1 July 1940. Prior to this act, any citizen was able to witness a public promise.
Gretna's two blacksmiths' shops and countless inns and smallholding became the backdrops for tens of thousands of weddings. Today there are several wedding venues in and around Gretna Green, from former churches to purpose-built chapels. The services at all the venues are always performed over an iconic blacksmith's anvil.
In common law, a "Gretna Green marriage" came to mean, in general, a marriage transacted in a jurisdiction that was not the residence of the parties being married, to avoid restrictions or procedures imposed by the parties' home jurisdiction. A notable "Gretna" marriage was the second marriage in 1826 of Edward Gibbon Wakefield to the young heiress Ellen Turner, called the Shrigley abduction (his first marriage was also to an heiress, but the parents wanted to avoid a public scandal). Other towns in which quick, often surreptitious marriages could be obtained came to be known as "Gretna Greens". In the United States, these have included Elkton, Maryland, Reno and, later, Las Vegas.
In 1856 Scottish law was changed due to a measure passed in Parliament by Alexander Colquhoun-Stirling-Murray-Dunlop to require 21 days' residence for marriage, and a further law change was made in 1940. The residential requirement was lifted in 1977. Other Scottish border villages used for such marriages were Coldstream Bridge, Lamberton, Mordington and Paxton Toll, and Portpatrick for people coming from Ireland.
In Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, when Lydia Bennet elopes with George Wickham she leaves behind a note stating that their intended destination is Gretna Green, though later they are found cohabitating in London, having not in fact travelled to Scotland.
In Season 3, Episode 5 of the BBC series You Rang, M'Lord?, two of the characters elope to Gretna Green. This then prompts two other characters to elope in a similar manner. However, they are stopped before they reach Scotland.
In Season 6, Episode 20 of the BBC series Waterloo Road, student Jonah Kirby elopes with teacher and Head of Spanish, Francesca 'Cesca' Montoya, to Gretna Green in order to get married.
In Season 2, Episode 7 of the ITV series Downton Abbey, Lady Sybil Crawley tries to elope to Gretna Green with chauffeur Tom Branson.
In Episode 3 of the ITV series Doctor Thorne, adapted from the Anthony Trollope novel of the same name, the character Frank makes a joke about him and Mary running off to marry in Gretna Green.
In Season 5, Episode 6 of the BBC series Poldark, Geoffrey Charles and Cecily Hanson try to flee to Gretna Green.
In Season 1 of the Netflix series Bridgerton, Colin Bridgerton and Marina Thompson plan to run away to Gretna Green for a quick wedding, though the scheme ultimately falls through.
In Half A Sixpence the two main characters (Arthur Kipps and Ann) marry at Gretna Green.
Gretna Green is revealed to be the hometown of the character James Spooner in Season 6 Episode 1 of the podcast My Dad Wrote a Porno.
Dumfries and Galloway is one of the 32 unitary council areas of Scotland, located in the western part of the Southern Uplands. It is bordered by East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, and South Lanarkshire to the north; Scottish Borders to the north-east; the English ceremonial county of Cumbria, the Solway Firth, and the Irish Sea to the south, and the North Channel to the west. The administrative centre and largest settlement is the town of Dumfries. The second largest town is Stranraer, located 76 miles (122 km) to the west of Dumfries on the North Channel coast.
Dumfries and Galloway corresponds to the historic shires of Dumfriesshire, Kirkcudbrightshire, and Wigtownshire, the last two of which are collectively known as Galloway. The three counties were combined in 1975 to form a single region, with four districts within it. The districts were abolished in 1996, since when Dumfries and Galloway has been a unitary local authority. For lieutenancy purposes, the area is divided into three lieutenancy areas called Dumfries, Wigtown, and the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, broadly corresponding to the three historic counties.
The Dumfries and Galloway Council region is composed of counties and their sub-areas. From east to west:
Dumfriesshire County
the sub-area of Dumfriesshire – Annandale
the sub-area of Dumfriesshire – Eskdale
the sub-area of Dumfriesshire – Nithsdale
Kirkcudbrightshire County
the sub-area of Kirkcudbrightshire – Stewartry (archaically, Desnes)
Wigtownshire County
the sub-area of Wigtownshire – Machars (archaically, Farines)--divided into census areas (civil parish areas)
the sub-area of Wigtownshire – Rhins of Galloway divided into census areas (civil parish areas)
The term Dumfries and Galloway has been used since at least the 19th century – by 1911 the three counties had a united sheriffdom under that name. Dumfries and Galloway covers the majority of the western area of the Southern Uplands,[1] it also hosts Scotland's most Southerly point, at the Mull of Galloway in the west of the region.
Water systems and transport routes
The region has a number of south running water systems which break through the Southern Uplands creating the main road, and rail, arteries north–south through the region and breaking the hills up into a number of ranges.
River Cree valley carries the A714 north-westward from Newton Stewart to Girvan and Water of Minnoch valley which lies just west of the Galloway Hills carries a minor road northward through Glentrool village into South Ayrshire. This road leaves the A714 at Bargrennan.
Water of Ken and River Dee form a corridor through the hills called the Glenkens which carries the A713 road from Castle Douglas to Ayr. The Galloway Hills lie to the west of this route through the hills and the Carsphairn and Scaur Hills lie to the east.
River Nith rises between Dalmellington and New Cumnock in Ayrshire and runs east then south down Nithsdale to Dumfries. Nithsdale carries both the A76 road and the rail line from Dumfries to Kilmarnock. It separates the Carsphairn and Scaur Hills from the Lowther Hills which lie east of the Nith.
River Annan combines with Evan Water and the River Clyde to form one of the principal routes into central Scotland from England – through Annandale and Clydesdale – carrying the M74 and the west coast railway line. This gap through the hills separates the Lowthers from the Moffat Hills.
River Esk enters the Solway Firth just south of Gretna having travelled south from Langholm and Eskdalemuir. The A7 travels up Eskdale as far as Langholm and from Langholm carries on up the valley of Ewes Water to Teviothead where it starts to follow the River Teviot to Hawick. Eskdale itself heads north west from Langholm through Bentpath and Eskdalemuir to Ettrick and Selkirk.
The A701 branches off the M74 at Beattock, goes through the town of Moffat, climbs to Annanhead above the Devil's Beef Tub (at the source of the River Annan) before passing the source of the River Tweed and carrying on to Edinburgh. Until fairly recent times the ancient route to Edinburgh travelled right up Annandale to the Beef Tub before climbing steeply to Annanhead. The present road ascends northward on a ridge parallel to Annandale but to the west of it which makes for a much easier ascent.
From Moffat the A708 heads north east along the valley of Moffat Water (Moffatdale) on its way to Selkirk. Moffatdale separates the Moffat hills (to the north) from the Ettrick hills to the south.
There are three National scenic areas within this region.
Nith Estuary: this area follows the River Nith southward from just south of Dumfries into the Solway Firth. Dumfries itself has a rich history going back over 800 years as a Royal Burgh (1186). It is particularly remembered as the place where Robert the Bruce murdered the Red Comyn in 1306 before being crowned King of Scotland – and where Robert Burns spent his last years. His mausoleum is in St Michael's graveyard. Going down the east bank is the village of Glencaple, Caerlaverock Castle, Caerlaverock Wild Fowl Trust, an ancient Roman fort on Ward Law Hill and nearby in Ruthwell is the Ruthwell Cross and the Brow Well where Robert Burns "took the waters" and bathed in the Solway just before his death. On the west bank, there are several walks and cycle routes in Mabie Forest, Kirkconnell Flow for the naturalist, the National Museum of Costume just outside New Abbey and Sweetheart Abbey within the village. Criffel (569 metres) offers the hill walker a reasonably modest walk with views across the Solway to the Lake District. The house of John Paul Jones founder of the American Navy is also open to visitors near Kirkbean.
East Stewartry Coast: this takes in the coast line from Balcary Point eastward across Auchencairn Bay and the Rough Firth past Sandyhills to Mersehead. There are several coastal villages within this area – Auchencairn, Kippford, Colvend, Rockcliffe, and Portling. There is also a round tower at Orchardton and the islands of Hestan Isle and Rough Island can be reached at low tide outside the breeding season for birds. Mersehead is a wildfowl reserve. The area has a number of coastal paths.
Fleet Valley: this area takes in Fleet Bay with its holiday destinations of Auchenlarie, Mossyard Bay, Cardoness, Sandgreen and Carrick Shore. The area also includes the town of Gatehouse of Fleet and the historic villages of Anworth and Girthon – there is a castle at Cardoness in the care of Historic Scotland.
The region is known as a stronghold for several rare and protected species of amphibian, such as the Natterjack toad and the Great crested newt. There are also RSPB Nature Reserves at the Mull of Galloway, Wood of Cree (Galloway Forest Park), Ken Dee Marshes (near Loch Ken) and Mereshead (near Dalbeattie on the Solway Firth)
There are five 7Stanes mountain biking centres in Dumfries and Galloway at Dalbeattie, Mabie, Ae, Glentrool and Kirroughtree. The Sustrans Route 7 long distance cycle route also runs through the region. There is excellent hill walking in the Moffat Hills, Lowther Hills the Carsphairn and Scaur Hills and Galloway Hills. The Southern Upland Way coast to coast walk passes through Dumfries and Galloway and the 53-mile long Annandale Way travels from the Solway Firth into the Moffat hills near the Devil's Beef Tub. There is also fresh water sailing on Castle Loch at Lochmaben and at various places on Loch Ken Loch Ken also offers waterskiing and wakeboarding. The Solway Firth coastline offers fishing, caravaning and camping, walking and sailing.
Dumfries and Galloway is well known for its arts and cultural activities as well as its natural environment.[citation needed]
The major festivals include the region-wide Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival, and Spring Fling Open Studios. Other festivals include Big Burns Supper in Dumfries and the Wigtown Book Festival in Wigtown – Scotland's national book town.
Places of interest
Galloway and List of Category A listed buildings in Dumfries and Galloway
Annandale distillery - Scotch Whisky
Bladnoch Distillery & Visitor Centre - Scotch Whisky
Caerlaverock Castle – Historic Scotland
Caerlaverock NNR (national nature reserve)
WWT Caerlaverock – a reserve of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
Cardoness Castle
Castle of St John, Stranraer
Corsewall Lighthouse, privately owned
Drumlanrig Castle
HM Factory, Gretna, Eastriggs – site of a munitions factory during World War I
Galloway Forest Park, Forestry and Land Scotland
Galloway Hydro Electric Scheme, Scottish Power
Glenlair – home of 19th century physicist James Clerk Maxwell
Glenluce Abbey
Hallhill Covenanter Martyrs Memorial - near Kirkpatrick Irongray Church.
Isle of Whithorn Castle
Kenmure Castle – a seat of the Clan Gordon
Loch Ken
MacLellan's Castle, Kirkcudbright
Motte of Urr
Mull of Galloway – RSPB/ South Rhins Community Development Trust
Ruthwell Cross
Samye Ling Tibetan Monastery
Southern Upland Way – long distance footpath
Sweetheart Abbey, New Abbey
Threave Castle
Prior to 1975, the area that is now Dumfries and Galloway was administered as three separate counties: Dumfriesshire, Kirkcudbrightshire, and Wigtownshire. The counties of Scotland originated as sheriffdoms, which were established from the twelfth century, consisting of a group of parishes over which a sheriff had jurisdiction. An elected county council was established for each county in 1890 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889.
The three county councils were abolished in 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which established a two-tier structure of local government across Scotland comprising upper-tier regions and lower-tier districts. A region called Dumfries and Galloway was created covering the area of the three counties, which were abolished as administrative areas. The region contained four districts:
Annandale and Eskdale, covering the eastern part of Dumfriesshire.
Nithsdale, covering the western part of Dumfriesshire and a small part of Kirkcudbrightshire.
Stewartry, covering most of Kirkcudbrightshire.
Wigtown, covering all of Wigtownshire and a small part of Kirkcudbrightshire.
Further local government reform in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 saw the area's four districts abolished, with the Dumfries and Galloway Council taking over the functions they had previously performed. The council continues to use the areas of the four abolished districts as committee areas. The four former districts are also used to define the area's three lieutenancy areas, with Nithsdale and Annandale and Eskdale together forming the Dumfries lieutenancy, the Stewartry district corresponding to the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright lieutenancy, and the Wigtown district corresponding to the Wigtown lieutenancy.
The council headquarters is at the Council Offices at 113 English Street in Dumfries, which had been built in 1914 as the headquarters for the old Dumfriesshire County Council, previously being called "County Buildings".
The first election to the Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council was held in 1974, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new system came into force on 16 May 1975. A shadow authority was again elected in 1995 ahead of the reforms which came into force on 1 April 1996. Political control of the council since 1975 has been as follows:
Since 2007 the council has been required to designate a leader of the council. The leader may also act as the convener, chairing council meetings, or the council may choose to appoint a different councillor to be convener. Prior to 2007 the council sometimes chose to appoint a leader, and sometimes did not. The leaders since 2007 have been:
thierry ehrmann : blog.ehrmann.org/pdf/AbodeofChaosSpirit.pdf (1999/2007)
lire dans l'ouvrage Demeure du Chaos page 180 à 185 à propos de Benoît XVI et les Prophéties de Saint Malachie Chapitre Finis de gloria mundi (Fucanelli). Troublant de voir en la DDC une fois de plus une forme d'oracle du 21 ème siècle...
« In persecutione extrema S.R.E. sedebit Petrus Romanus, qui pascet oves in multis tribulationibus,quibus transactis civitas septicollis diruetur et Judex tremendus Judicabit populum suum. Finis.»
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Reportage complet, "La Terre en direct avec Al Gore, ancien candidat à la présidentielle américaine et prix Nobel de la paix," le 13 novembre 2015 à Paris : www.flickr.com/photos/sebastienduhamel/albums/72157660980...
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A Paris, Al Gore donne le coup d'envoi d'une émission de 24h sur le climat
L’ancien candidat à la présidentielle américaine et prix Nobel de la paix a lancé vendredi une émission de 24 heures à Paris. A deux semaines de la Cop21, Al Gore veut mobiliser autour de la question climatique.
Le groupe Duran Duran a donné le coup d’envoi du show vendredi soir dans un studio éphémère en forme de bulle, sous la tour Eiffel. Al Gore est aux manettes de cette émission mondiale, diffusée en direct sur le site de The Climate Reality Project, une organisation dont il est le président fondateur.
Pendant ces 24 heures, scientifiques, politiques et chanteurs se relaient pour interpeller sur les enjeux du climat, à quelques jours de la Conférence sur climat de Paris. "Cette émission vise à mettre la pression sur les dirigeants mondiaux pour qu'ils concluent un accord sur le climat le plus solide possible à la prochaine conférence de l'ONU à Paris, et aussi pour encourager chacun à agir dans sa propre communauté", expliquent les organisateurs.
Baptisée "24 heures de réalité et la Terre en direct: le monde regarde" (24 Hours of Reality and Live Earth: the World is Watching), l'émission se déroule en direct depuis Paris mais aussi depuis d'autres régions du monde: Etats-Unis, Chine, Australie, Philippines, Afrique du Sud, Canada, Kenya, Antarctique, Mexique, Malaisie, Inde et Bangladesh.
Dans le studio de la tour Eiffel, François Hollande sera reçu samedi, seul avec Al Gore, "pour un entretien exclusif". Vendredi soir, Ségolène Royal, la ministre de l’Écologie est déjà intervenue sur le plateau de l’émission et a plaidé pour un accord mondial en faveur du climat. "Il faut que les pays les plus pollueurs de la planète améliorent leur contribution, a déclaré Ségolène Royal (…) et que les pays riches tiennent leurs engagements".
Des concerts de Pharrel Williams et Elton John.
Parmi les autres intervenants, les organisateurs ont annoncé le président mexicain Felipe Calderon, le Premier ministre du Québec, Philippe Couillard, le gouverneur de Californie Jerry Brown et l'ancien secrétaire général de l'ONU Kofi Annan. Ces 24 heures sont aussi animées par des concerts de plusieurs chanteurs. A l’affiche, Elton John, Pharrel Williams ou encore Neil Young, mais leurs concerts seront uniquement retransmis.
En 2007, Al Gore avait reçu le prix Nobel de la paix avec le Giec pour son engagement dans la lutte contre le dérèglement climatique. En 2006, il avait notamment réalisé Une vérité qui dérange, un documentaire sur les conséquences du dérèglement climatique, récompensé aux Oscars. Avec ce rendez-vous, l’ancien candidat à la présidence américaine souhaite de nouveau interpeller sur les enjeux climatiques.
Par C. B avec AFP
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Dans ce nouveau diaporama (présenté pour la première fois à TED), Al Gore dévoile des preuves que la vitesse des changements climatiques est bien plus importante que ce que les scientifiques avaient prédit auparavant. Il nous enjoint à agir.
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Samedi soir 13 novembre 2015. Suite aux attentats, Al Gore interrompt une émission mondiale sur le climat
L'ex-vice-président américain Al Gore, qui organisait vendredi et samedi au pied de la Tour Eiffel à Paris une émission mondiale de 24 heures sur le climat, diffusée sur internet, l'a interrompue en raison des attentats survenus en France, par "solidarité avec le peuple français".
"Nous interrompons notre émission en raison des tragédies qui se déroulent ici à Paris, en raison de l'état d'urgence mais surtout parce que nous voulons exprimer notre solidarité avec le peuple français et la ville de Paris", a-t-il déclaré.
"Nous voulons exprimer nos condoléances aux familles de ceux qui ont perdu la vie, ceux qui sont gravement blessés, ceux qui souffrent des conséquences de ces terribles attaques terroristes", a-t-il dit. "Nous sommes solidaires".
"Nous continuerons à parler des sujets de cette émission, la crise du climat et ses solutions", a-t-il ajouté.
Dans cette émission organisée depuis vendredi en début de soirée sur un plateau installé sous un dôme transparent au pied de la Tour Eiffel, Al Gore accueillait scientifiques, politiques et chanteurs pour tenter de mobiliser la planète sur les enjeux du climat, à deux semaines de la Conférence de l'ONU sur le climat organisée à Paris à partir du 30 novembre.
Plus d'une centaine de chefs d'Etats sont attendus à l'ouverture de cette Conférence.
François Hollande devait intervenir dans l'émission d'Al Gore, samedi en début d'après-midi.
Le programme devait être diffusé pendant 24 heures sur le site de The Climate Reality Project, organisation fondée et présidée par M. Gore.
La conférence de l'ONU sur le climat (COP21), du 30 novembre au 11 décembre, est censée d’aboutir à un accord mondial pour limiter le réchauffement climatique.
AFP-LE MATIN 14 November 2015
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La 21e Conférence des Parties
Chaque année, depuis la signature de la Convention-Cadre des Nations Unies sur les Changements Climatiques en 1992, les 195 Etats signataires se réunissent pour définir ensemble des objectifs concrets de lutte contre les dérèglements climatiques. Aux côtés des représentants des Etats, les ONG, les collectivités territoriales, les syndicats, les entreprises et la communauté scientifique, participent aux débats.
Du 29 novembre au 11 décembre, Paris accueillait la 21e Conférence des Parties (COP21). Cette conférence est une échéance cruciale qui représente la fin d’un cycle de négociations, en s’inscrivant dans le prolongement direct de la grande COP de 1997, qui avait permis l’adoption du protocole de Kyoto.
La COP21 a établi les bases d’un nouvel accord international applicable à tous les pays. Il engagera l’ensemble des Nations dans une réduction globale des émissions de gaz à effet de serre (GES), dans l’objectif de maintenir le réchauffement mondial à 1.5°C.
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Changements climatiques : quels enjeux pour la COP 21 ?
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François Hollande à ouvert la COP21, la conférence de Paris sur le climat. Le président Français a parlé d'un rendez-vous exceptionnel, un immense espoir : "Il s'agit de décider ici à Paris de l'avenir même de la planète" :
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4VxTYg5AxQ
Sommet mondial sur le développement durable : discours de la France à l’ONU le 30 septembre 2015
François Hollande a évoqué les trois priorités après l’adoption du Programme de développement à l’horizon 2030 et en vue de la Conférence de Paris sur le climat en décembre. La première priorité est la préservation du climat, le Président français estimant qu’il faudrait signer un texte qui engagerait l’ensemble de la communauté internationale sur des décennies. Si notre planète subissait un réchauffement supérieur à 2°C, cela signifierait la disparition d’un certain nombre de pays, a prévenu le Président français, pour qui le caractère urgent de ce problème nécessitait des changements dans les modes de consommation et un financement approprié pour sa mise en œuvre. À son avis, 100 milliards de dollars seraient nécessaires pour assurer la transition énergétique et pour la lutte contre le réchauffement climatique. La deuxième priorité est la lutte contre la pauvreté, qui devra être menée avec le fonds de la transition énergétique. La troisième priorité concerne la mobilisation de ressources pour la réalisation des trois piliers du développement durable pour assurer que tous les peuples de la planète jouissent pleinement de leurs droits fondamentaux en toute égalité et dignité dans un monde pacifique.
Le Président a par ailleurs annoncé que la France avait décidé d’augmenter son aide publique au développement à partir de 2020, à 4 milliards d’euros. Il a aussi annoncé la réforme de l’APD française en conjonction avec l’Agence française du développement et la Caisse des dépôts, qui deviendrait ainsi la plus grande banque européenne pour le développement. Il a également évoqué la mise en place de la taxe sur les transactions financières à partir de 2017, dont une partie serait affectée à la lutte contre les inégalités et contre la pauvreté.
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Le dérèglement climatique vu par Jean-Louis Etienne
En partenariat avec Universcience.tv, nous poursuivons la publication d’une série d’entretiens en vidéo sur le changement climatique, dans la perspective de la COP21, la conférence internationale qui se tiendra à Paris du 30 novembre au 11 décembre. Cette conférence tentera de parvenir à un accord contraignant sur la transition vers des économies sobres en carbone.
Dans cette vidéo, Jean-Louis Etienne, explorateur de l’Arctique et de l’Antarctique mais aussi médecin, voit le réchauffement climatique comme une maladie, une fièvre qui touche la planète et s’aggrave aux pôles. Il prescrit l’arrêt des énergies fossiles – tout particulièrement le charbon avec lequel les pays du Sud se développent – et se demande si l’homme saura stopper à temps son addiction à ces énergies.
Cet entretien a été réalisé à l’occasion de l’exposition temporaire « Climat, l’expo à 360 ° » qui vient d’ouvrir à la Cité des sciences et de l’industrie de Paris.
www.lemonde.fr/sciences/video/2015/10/14/le-dereglement-c...
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Le Sommet des Consciences pour le climat : www.dailymotion.com/video/x2yukt6
Lancé par Nicolas Hulot, envoyé spécial du président de la République pour la protection de la planète, le Sommet des Consciences réunit le 21 juillet 2015 à Paris, au CESE plus d'une quarantaine personnalités morales et religieuses du monde entier pour répondre à la question « The climate, why do I care ? » et lancer ensemble un « Appel des Consciences pour le climat ».
Une mobilisation des consciences de tous le habitants de la planète s’impose pour réussir le défi auquel l’humanité est confrontée : limiter le réchauffement du climat en diminuant sa consommation d’énergies fossiles et permettre à tous de s’adapter aux conditions nouvelles !
Le Temps est compté. Ce n’est plus seulement une question écologique, économique ou politique. C’est l’avenir de l’humanité qui est en jeu. Chacun de nous se doit de répondre maintenant à la question : est-ce qu’il m’importe que l’aventure de l’humanité sur Terre puisse se poursuivre ? Est-ce que je suis prêt à modifier dès aujourd’hui mon mode de vie pour que nos enfants et leurs enfants puissent vivre dans des conditions supportables ?
L'Appel des consciences
Il est fondamental que les consciences des hommes et des femmes de cette planète s'expriment ensemble, quelques soient leurs conditions, leurs religions, leurs philosophies.
La campagne "Why do I care ?" invite chacun à témoigner, et à faire savoir autour de lui, pourquoi la lutte contre le réchauffement climatique est importante et nous concerne chacun.
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Festival Science Frontières : Nicolas HULOT et Jean-Marie PELT, nous parlent des grands problèmes de notre planète mais aussi des grandes solutions...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo-YoX-nsKk
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Osons: la conférence du 07 octobre au Grand Rex à Paris
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCUEcl6tqRM
OSONS
Plaidoyer d'un homme libre
« Les sommets sur le climat se succèdent, nous croulons sous l'avalanche de rapports plus alarmants les uns que les autres. Et l'on se rassure avec une multitude de déclarations d'intention et de bonnes résolutions. Si la prise de conscience progresse, sa traduction concrète reste dérisoire. L'humanité doit se ressaisir, sortir de son indifférence et faire naître un monde qui prend enfin soin de lui. »
Nicolas Hulot, Président de la Fondation Nicolas Hulot pour la Nature et l'Homme
Ce manifeste écrit par Nicolas Hulot est un cri du coeur, un plaidoyer pour l'action, un ultime appel à la mobilisation et un coup de poing sur la table des négociations climat avant le grand rendez-vous de la COP21. Il engage chacun à apporter sa contribution dans l'écriture d'un nouveau chapitre de l'aventure humaine, à nous changer nous mêmes et par ce biais à changer le monde.
Diagnostic implacable, constat lucide mais surtout propositions concrètes pour les responsables politiques et pistes d'action accessibles pour chacun d'entre nous, cet ouvrage est l'aboutissement de son engagement et de sa vision en toute liberté des solutions à « prescrire » avant et après la COP21. L'urgence est à l'action. En 12 propositions concrètes, Nicolas Hulot dresse, avec sa Fondation, une feuille de route alternative pour les États et suggère 10 engagements individuels pour que chacun puisse également faire bouger les lignes à son niveau.
Depuis 40 ans, Nicolas Hulot parcourt la planète. Témoin de sa lente destruction, il a décidé de devenir un des acteurs de sa reconstruction. Au côté de sa Fondation pour la Nature et l'Homme ou en parlant aux oreilles des décideurs, il contribue à faire évoluer les mentalités.
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Nicolas Hulot - On n'est pas couché 31 octobre 2015 :
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Le film "Le Syndrome du Titanic" : vimeo.com/64741962
Le Syndrome du Titanic est un film documentaire réalisé en 2008 par Nicolas Hulot et Jean-Albert Lièvre, sorti le 7 octobre 2009
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Le film "Une Vérité qui Dérange" : www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ4izGzj9r0
Une vérité qui dérange (An Inconvenient Truth) est un documentaire américain de Davis Guggenheim sorti en 2006. Traitant du changement climatique, il est basé en grande partie sur une présentation multimédia que Al Gore, ancien vice-président des États-Unis et prix Nobel de la paix en 2007 (partagé avec le GIEC) a préparé pour sa campagne de sensibilisation sur le réchauffement planétaire
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Lors de la crise des années 90, Féau (transaction et commercialisation) et Dauchez (administration de biens, syndic de copropriété) s'étaient rapprochés au sein de Feau &Dauchez. Ils reprennent leur indépendance en 2012. Les familles Feau et Jottras reprendront la filière transaction, commercialisation (120 salariés), les familles Camizon et Dauchez, l'administration de biens et le syndic de copropriétés (200 collaborateurs). (Figaro Magazine)
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Georges Eugène Haussmann (né le 27 mars 1809 à Paris et mort le 11 janvier 1891 dans la même ville), a été préfet de la Seine du 23 juin 1853 au 5 janvier 1870. À ce titre, il a dirigé les transformations de Paris sous le Second Empire en élaborant un vaste plan de rénovation.
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Son œuvre n'en reste pas moins contestée à cause des sacrifices qu'elle a entraînés ; en outre, les méthodes employées ne s'encombrent pas des principes démocratiques et les manœuvres financières sont bien souvent spéculatives et douteuses : cet aspect a été particulièrement bien décrit par Émile Zola dans son roman La Curée.
Les nouvelles lois d'expropriation entraîneront plus tard de nombreuses contestations et pousseront à la faillite de nombreux petits propriétaires qui ont vu leurs biens détruits. En parallèle, les nouveaux règlements imposent des constructions d'un niveau de standing élevé. Il en résulte une forte spéculation immobilière qui exclut de facto les classes les moins aisées de la société parisienne.
Cette période de travaux a vu la recrudescence du paludisme dans Paris. En effet ils ont occasionné des creusements importants et de longue durée. Les flaques, mares et autres points d'eau croupissante perduraient longtemps, engendrant une pullulation d'anophèles au milieu d'une grande concentration d'humains. De plus un grand nombre d’ouvriers venaient de régions infectées et étaient porteurs du plasmodium6.
Une partie de la population manifeste son mécontentement en même temps que son opposition au pouvoir en place. En 1867, le baron Haussmann est interpellé par le député Ernest Picard. Les débats houleux que le personnage suscite au Parlement entraînent un contrôle plus strict des travaux, qu'il avait habilement évité jusque-là . Jules Ferry rédige la même année une brochure intitulée : « Les Comptes fantastiques d'Haussmann »7, par allusion aux Contes fantastiques d'Hoffmann : selon lui, l'haussmannisation parisienne aurait coûté 1500 millions de francs, ce qui est loin des 500 millions annoncés par Haussmann. On l'accuse également, à tort, d'enrichissement personnel[réf. nécessaire].
Haussmann, qui avait un temps espéré entrer au gouvernement pour mettre en œuvre ses idées à l'échelle du territoire national, est destitué de son pouvoir par le nouveau cabinet d'Émile Ollivier le 5 janvier 1870, quelques mois avant la chute de Napoléon III. Son successeur est Léon Say, mais Belgrand et surtout Alphand conservent un rôle prépondérant et poursuivent l'œuvre d'Haussmann.
Après s'être retiré pendant quelques années à Cestas près de Bordeaux, Haussmann revient à la vie publique en devenant député de la Corse de 1877 à 1881, il reste bonapartiste. Il consacre la fin de sa vie à la rédaction de ses Mémoires (1890-1891), un document important pour l'histoire de l'urbanisme de Paris.
Le baron Haussmann meurt le 11 janvier 1891. Il est enterré au cimetière du Père-Lachaise à Paris.
Portrait of Victor Oladokon, Director of Communication, African Development Bank hosting in presence of Akinwumi Adesina, President, African Development Bank; Zodwa Mbele, Group Executive, Transacting, Development Bank of Southern Africa; Benedict Oramah, President, African Export-Import Bank, (AFREXIM BANK); Ambroise Fayolle, Vice President, European Investment Bank; Alain Ebobisse, CEO, Africa50 and Admassu Tadesse, President, Trade and Development Bank during Africa Investment Forum 2019 - Opening Press Conference with Lead Partners African Development Bank, Africa Export-Import Bank, Africa50, Africa Finance Corporation, Development Bank of Southern Africa, European Investment Bank, Islamic Development Bank, Trade and Development Bank on November 11, 2019, at Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.
I was transacting through a lonely plateau geography in Eastern India to collect the maize diversity, that I suddenly came across a small backyard maize field. I decided to stop and when I reached the periphery of the field I saw this young girl emerging from the field with golden cobs in her hands.
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The impressive Chapter House was completed in 1306. This octagonal Chamber was where the Canons met to transact cathedral business. It is still used for this purpose on occasion.
THE GUERNSEY NATIONAL BANK.—Among the most reliable fiduciary institutions of this county and eastern Ohio, we notice especially the Guernsey National Bank which is recognized among the solid banking houses of the state. In its interior arrangement this bank is fitted up in metropolitan style, with burglar proof, time-lock safe, and secure vaults, affording the amplest protection to depositors and securities while the judicious and liberal business policy characterizing its management, have contributed in a marked degree to the promotion of the best interests of our business and general trade operations. The Guernsey National Bank was duly organized and chartered in 1872, under the national banking system, with a capital stock of $100,000. Its board of directors and officers are among our best known and most influential citizens and are noticed elsewhere in connection with other enterprises. A general banking business is transacted in the purchase of lands and reliable commercial paper, in loans, discounts, deposits and exchange, with correspondents in the chief cities of the union. Its large list of depositors and certificate holders embrace many of our leading citizens and business firms besides farmers and capitalists in various sections of this and adjoining counties. The officers of this bank are J. D. Taylor, president; A. A. Taylor, cashier, and C. F. Craig, assistant cashier. The board of directors consist of: J. D. Taylor, W. H. F. Lenfestey, Samuel Craig, John Heaume, Ebenezer Johnston, Thos. McFarland, John Ogier, Geo. H. Boetcher, A. A. Taylor.
MILLER'S SHAVING EMPORIUM, Louis Miller, Barber and Hair Dresser, 707 Wheeling Avenue.—Mr. Miller, who is one of our most efficient tonsorial artists, is a native of Germany where he was born in 1843. He came to this country in 1854 and learned his trade, but on the breaking out of the rebellion he enlisted in company B, 1st O. V. C. in which he served with credit to the close of the war. Engaging in his present business for himself in 1867 he has enjoyed a liberal trade from our leading citizens and business men. He runs three chairs and usually gives employment to two first-class artists in this line.
J. H. MACKEY, Prosecuting Attorney for Guernsey County.—Mr. Mackey, who so efficiently fills the office of Prosecuting Attorney here, is a native of this county and was born in 1857. He was reared on the farm, and his present position and distinction as a prominent member of the bar of this county and influential citizen is largely due to his personal ability and perseverance. He was educated at Muskingum college from which he graduated in 1878. He commenced the study of law with Judge Campbell and was admitted to the bar in 1880. After practicing here a short time he went west and remained until 1885 when he formed a partnership with Mr. J. O. Grimes, and in 1887 was elected to the position he now fills with honor to himself and to the best interests of the public he represents.
PARK HOTEL, Joseph Morton Proprietor, Cliff Morton clerk, Eighth Street Opposite Court House.—The admirable location of this house, in its proximity to the business of this city as well as the attractions and appointments of the house, make it of special consideration to the best class of the traveling public and regular boarders. The building is a handsome and attractive structure and contains about thirty conveniently arranged and finely furnished rooms, which are kept in the most cleanly and perfect order, lighted by manufactured gas, and heated by natural gas. The table d'hote in its cuisine and appointments will bear favorable comparison with the first-class hotels of our leading cities and no pains are spared on the part of its proprietor and courteous assistants, to secure the pleasure and comfort of guests. The best sample rooms are provided for commercial travelers and a free hack attends all trains. Mr. Morton, the proprietor, is a business man and host of broad experience, and fully comprehends the requirements of a first-class hostelry. He is a native of this county where he was born in 1826. His early life was spent on the farm and in 1868 he opened the well known Bradshaw House at Fairview in this county. He afterwards sold out there and returned to farming and dealing in wool until 1872 when he opened and conducted this house as the Morton House up to 1884 as owner and proprietor. About this time the house was leased by Mr. Morton to other parties who changed its name to Park House which name it still bears although retaken by Mr. Morton about one year later. The house was thoroughly refitted and renovated and under the management of Mr. Morton soon secured its former popularity and reflects credit upon himself and this growing trade center.
NEUBECK & CO., Hats, Caps and Gents Furnishing Goods, Between Berwick and Eagle Hotel.—Neatness and taste accompanied with approved newest styles must be the desideratum of all whose avocation will permit. Indeed no young or old gentleman can be excluded from the catalogue, as the reasonable prices exhibited at the store of Neubeck & Co., in this city, brings hat, caps and furnishing goods of neat and attractive styles within the reach of all. This firm came to this place from Philadelphia, opening their gent's fashionable furnishing establishment in 1888, and cannot fail to hold trade to this city which would otherwise have sought other trade centers.
CAMBRIDGE LIGHT AND FUEL CO., South Eighth Street.—As indicating the potent forces brought into requisition for securing the benefits of modern discoveries in cheap light and fuel we notice the Cambridge light and fuel company which dates its incorporation to January 6, 1888, with a capital stock of $25,000. Its first efforts in sinking wells were not successful in securing natural gas in sufficient quantities, and the old wells were almost entirely abandoned while new wells were sunk in a different location in the same field. Further drilling was done in the Robin's field about two miles northeast of the city, with good results. Four excellent wells are now in operation and the supply of gas promises to meet the local demand for manufacturing, illuminating and heating purposes. The officers of this company are T. H. Anderson, president; M. D. Robins, vice president; W. H. McFarland, secretary; A. A. Taylor, treasurer, and J. P. Brown, superintendent. Pipes have recently been laid connecting with this city and should the demand absorb the supply other well will be added to meet the full requirements, as the new location presents most encouraging features.
TURNBAUGH & SELDERS, Meat Market, 706 Wheeling Avenue.—Especially worthy of notice in a general business review of this county, is the well conducted meat market of Messrs. Turnbaugh & Selders, which partnership was formed in 1884. The individual members of this firm are W. D. Turnbaugh and John Selders, both of whom are practical and reliable business men of many years experience. Mr. Turnbaugh was born in this county in 1824. He was reared on the farm and first engaged in butchering in 1840. He owns a fine farm and is also actively engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock raising. Mr. Selders was born in Muskingum county in 1829. His early life was spent on the farm, and at the breaking out of the war of the rebellion he was one of the Buckeye boys who offered his services for the integrity of the nation. He enlisted in company B, 15th regiment O. V. I. in which he served with credit and distinction for a period of three years receiving his honorable discharge. He now owns and manages a farm in Liberty township, this county, and has had many years experience in his present business. This firm keeps constantly in stock the best fresh meats with salt and smoked meats, bologna and sausage in their season, and slaughter none but sound and healthy stock.
THOMAS SMITH, County Auditor.—Mr. Thomas Smith, our present efficient county Auditor, is a gentleman of wide businesses experience and brings into requisition that sterling character which is a sufficient guarantee of the administration of the affairs of this county to the best interests of his constituents. Mr. Smith was born in this county in 1842 and was reared upon the farm where he lived until the year 1880. He subsequently engaged in mercantile pursuits and at one time conducted a hotel at Fairview. During the war he was a member of company B, 15th regiment O.V. I., serving with credit for a period of two years. He was elected to his present position in 1887, his present term expiring in 1890. Mr. Smith occupies the position of assistant inspector department of Ohio for the G. A. R.
GUERNSEY TIMES, David D. Taylor Editor and Proprietor, C. P. Taylor Assistant Editor.—This paper was the first started in this county and was published in 1824 by Mr. John Aitken. Mr. Taylor, the present proprietor, is a native of this county and was born in 1842. The paper came into his control and management in 1866 as partner, and in 1868 he assumed the entire control. Under his management it has become one of the leading county papers of the state. It is devoted to news, literature, the local interest of this county and the Republican party. It has a liberal circulation and advertising patronage and is supplied with newest type and machinery for the prompt and efficient execution of book work, commercial and general job printing.
Laser-cut currency for #TransActing a Market of Values. The currency has different denominations - creativity, wellbeing, knowledge and time.
The currency was developed, designed and produced by Neil Farnan, Metod Blejec and myself at Machines Room, London.
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Bulla pyramidale concernant une transaction de grains visée par des fonctionnaires. Sur trois de ses quatre faces, elle présente un texte cunéiforme et sur trois un déroulement de sceau-cylindre. Le sommet laisse apparaitre l'empreinte du cordon. Terre beige. Éclat. Mésopotamie, proviendrait de la ville d'Umma, troisième mois de l'année 2032 avant J.-C. H. : 5,7 cm.
left to right: Presenter Nancy Hancock, Category Winner Giovanni Tomasi- CEO RSL Fiber Systems, Rock Martel- General Manager EDAC Technologies, Lawrence Acquarulo- Co-CEO Foster Corp., William Turner- President APS Technology, Bart Shuldman- Chairman & CEO TransAct Technologies
Six winners representing key areas of technology were announced as the fastest growing technology companies in Connecticut at the 2011 Marcum Tech Top 40 awards ceremony on September 27 at the Oakdale Theater in Wallingford. Marcum LLP, one of the nation’s leading accounting and advisory firms, and The Connecticut Technology Council recognized the 40 fastest growing technology companies in Connecticut based on revenue growth over the past four years.
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