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George R. Davis, president of Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 689, is shown sometime in 1974 shortly after his inauguration.
Davis was best known for being president of the union during a 7-day wildcat strike by rank-and-file D.C. Metro workers demanding that cost-of-living payments continue while their labor contract was being arbitrated.
The workers pointed to a clause in their labor agreement that said the expiring contract provisions would remain “undisturbed” during arbitration proceedings.
Davis initially refused to arbitrate the issue and ruled a strike motion out of order before adjourning a union meeting where the issue came up. Members then organized and staged a wildcat strike and refused Davis’s orders to return to work.
A federal judge ordered the disputed money put in escrow and an expedited arbitration of the issue. On August 3, 1978 neutral arbitrator Richard Bloch issued an opinion finding that Metro’s failure to pay was a “substantial disturbance of existing conditions, and therefore a contract violation.”
It was an embarrassment for Davis and a victory for the workers.
During his tenure in office as president from 1974-80, he practiced what is commonly called business unionism where he processed grievances and negotiated and administrated contracts.
He became president during a decade-long national strike wave and during a time when black workers became a majority of the workers at Metro. It was also on the heels of the social turmoil of the 1960s.
Early in his tenure, he called a 1974 strike against Metro, holding that the cost of living clause that paid workers every three months the same percentage increase as the U.S. Labor Department’s consumer price index could not be reduced and was not subject to arbitration.
A federal judge intervened and ordered arbitration of the issue, but instructed the arbitrator to give “great weight” to the union’s position. The COLA clause was retained at that time.
Davis also led a safety check in November 1975 that sidelined 40 percent of the bus service for a day over the issues of excessive discipline and unsafe equipment. The disruption of service resulted in a less harsh disciplinary code.
However he was seen by the rank and file as a timid leader unresponsive to their concerns. When an operator was raped and workers staged a wildcat strike in May 1978, Davis was on the sidelines.
He later attempted to take credit for the measures that were agreed to end the walkout, further angering the members.
During a time of intense political attacks on the union by local elected leaders, Davis rarely responded publicly and failed to capitalize on an opportunity to organize bus operations in the start-up Montgomery County Ride On service in 1977.
He was blamed by the members for the introduction of part-time work, although it was ordered by an arbitrator in 1978.
His administration was criticized for its bookkeeping practices where there were not receipts and vouchers for all expenditures. By his own admission, he rarely made visits to members at worksites.
Davis’s tenure came to an end in an election that was postponed by the court until January 1980.
Charles Boswell, a rank-and-file bus operator with no previous union experience prevailed over Davis by a better than 2-1 margin.
During his six year tenure, he kept the cost-of-living clause in the contract during a period of high inflation, despite relentless attacks from area political leaders.
He also negotiated an agreement with Metro that provided that Local 689 would be the sole bargaining representative for blue collar Metrorail employees and obtained an agreement that disabled workers could fill some of the newly created station attendant (later called manager) jobs.
While he was a dedicated trade unionist, his accomplishments were tarnished by his distance from the membership. He failed to lead direct action against WMATA despite his early success using the strike and a safety check to obtain results.
He didn’t understand or engage in political activity, which cost the local dearly in the coming years and he did not undertake an opportunity to organize the Ride On system that would grow to 500 buses and 1,500 workers and set an example for other suburban jurisdictions and the District of Columbia to set up their own bus systems.
He retired bitter and feeling betrayed by those who served with him, but it was his own poor decision-making that was his undoing.
For a blog post on the turmoil in the D.C. transit union from 1974-80, see washingtonareaspark.com/2020/03/16/george-davis-and-the-t...
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How to Turn $5,000 into $35,000 in Two Months
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Following are some of winners which helped this member and others to grow
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HAL - 24.00%
SHLD - 139.41%
BBBY - 26.87%
CRM - 25.64%
CF - 33.78%
DISH - 35.00%
PG - 33.33%
WLT - 71.43%
IOC - 105.00%
IBM - 68.42%
CLF - 139.41%
WYNN - 52.73%
JOY - 40.91%
FOSL - 41.94%
VLO - 32.81%
BMY - 33.33%
RIG - 32.26%
DD - 736.36%
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The growth like this could happen again and it could coincide with the
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You could've made $30,000 just in two months starting with $5000.
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In fact, $2000 is more than enough to get you going.
You know secret to trading option is not just picking any stock and hoping
it will move enough to make some gains in option. The secret is to finding
the right stock, at the right time, moving in right direction, moving fast
enough to give you some decent gains.
I "WALKED AWAY" few years back as IT Consultant
When I discovered the secret of option trading I walked away from my
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Now my job is to identify the most lucrative option move at any given moment
and send them to my elite group of members.
That way, they can profit from these moves. Today, I want you to have this
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Here is How My Alert Works
Each night I spend 3-4 hours going through my database of 240 stocks
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the promising setup I put them in my watch list and then during trading
hours I run my proprietary program to alert me which stock is making its
move as I had determined to be. The next step for me is the selection of
right option. Once the option is finalized members receive trade alert via
email and/or text message along with the chart of the stock to buy the
option at the limit price mentioned in the alert. Each trade is also sent
with three profit targets and stop price so that members can set their sell
orders in advance at one of the targets provided. At the end of the day each
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If there is any update for the trade then members are notified via email
immediately.
In other words if my technical analysis tells me a stock is about to go up,
I email you and tell you to buy a Call option. If a stock is about to go
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As soon as the first target is about to hit I send you alert to sell some
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each stock and/or member's situation. You see you are never alone in any
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You see to amass fortune in option trading you do not need to hit home runs
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doubled your portfolio.
"I have 30 winners in a row. I have just sent you check for another quarter
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During the day you may be busy with your job or business or simply wants to
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PLEASE NOTE: Profits can pop up in mere hours. Many profit opportunities I
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Now, Here's the scoop...
The way I trade options, it doesn't matter what business a company is in -
or even if that business is any good or bad.
That's because options give you the power to easily trade a stock going up
and a stock going down. To prove my point even AAPL can fall from $705 to
$610 in a matter of few weeks, "Even Monkeys Fall from the Tree." Japanese
Proverb. So do we care if company is sound if we find stock will go down
next few sessions? We will trade Puts and make decent gains whenever the
opportunity presents itself.
I don't care about a company's bottom line.
Costs, growth, margins, products, history, or future prospects don't matter
either.
The only thing that matters is the stock chart and what it shows it will do
next few days.
Charts help me figure out how quickly the stock could move up or down and
deliver you a fast gain. For example, in recent months you could've booked
gains from...
*DISH Network going Up...this move was good for a 35.00% gain.
*Goldman Sachs going Down...this move was good for a 29.17% gain.
*Trans Ocean going Up...this move was good for a 32.26% gain.
*Wells Fargo going Up...this move was good for 32.81% gain.
*Amgen going Up...this move was good for fast 25.77% gain.
*Fossil going Up...this move was good for 41.94% gain.
*Dollar Tree going Down...this move was good for 10.53% gain.
*Occidental Petroleum going Up...this move was good for 22.22% gain.
*Dollar General going Up...this move was good for fast 23.08% gain.
*Valero Energy going Up...this move was good for 32.81% gain.
*Franklin Resources going Up...this move was good for 19.57% gain.
In total there were 97 trades executed by members since August 1st. Out of
these 97 trades 90 were winners. You can't find this 93% accuracy rate
anywhere in the financial industry.
The point is that with any kind of company, doing any kind of business, YOU
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Doubtful?
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"Noshee I am leaving on Wednesdays and will be out of the country for the
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Thanks!"
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If you are interested in joining my elite group of members then please act
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I am looking forward in seeing you soon in my special circle of traders
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Skeptical?
Please read one more testimonial sent to us by John:
"What I'm impressed with is that you are finding things that are moving in
the short-term. I can use MACD and moving averages to find stocks that are
doing well or poorly over longer time frames but the correlations to
short-term movements are rarely any good. You seem to have found the secret
sauce to things that are on the move in the short-term."
Thank you and Regards!
Noshee
The manufacturer's plate on Tyseley Locomotive Works Turntable in Birmingham (UK).
Rapier 146 Mundt Turntable
Made For B.R. Contract No.1114-M&E
Ransomes and Rapier Ltd.
OR.G.J.4985 Ipswich England 1957.
With recent contract changes the spare buses for Volvo B7RLE contract route 10 are now Scania Omnilinks - Gladsaxe previously lost their spare route 161 Scania in a fire but now ex 8A & 37 Scanias have replaced the VDLs on the 68 plus reserve B7RLE
After a period of great expansionism, Crosville is now in a period of pronounced retreat. They are continuing to run their 100 service along the sea front and on a very wet Saturday in December 2012, a former Lothian Olympian F357WSC was doing the honours.
I was last here some six years ago, before started work on the wind farm, as I thought I would have less time for the photography malarkey. The six month contract has now lasted six years, and finally, I get to return, now sure that I could get in.
I mention this, as St Clement's is, apparently, an estate church, and there are two roads leading from the crossroads, one of which is the main drive to Knowlton Court, the large country house that stands cheek by jowl to the church.
We dive down the avenue approaching the house, then turn to the left, where we see the bellcote of the chapel. There is parking for a couple of cars outside, so we take one, I get my cameras, and we walk through the gate to the door to the church.
I knew it would be open, as it is now under the care of the Church Conservation Trust, however, it is always a relief when the door does swing open after applying some pressure.
It is a fine small church, with very good memorials, many to the D'Aeth family.
This fine church is well worth half an hour of anyone's time, and I for one recommend it to all.
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Cared for by The Churches Conservation Trust, this church stands against the back door of Knowlton Court and is, to all intents and purposes, an estate church. It is a simple structure of just nave and chancel - probably of thirteenth century date - but today the entire church has the atmosphere of an early nineteenth century one. The three-decker pulpit with red cushion; the box pews; the chancel gates with elaborate fretwork; the text on the altar and around the east window and the very dark stained glass. From an earlier period are the two memorials in the chancel. On the north side is the memorial to the sons of the big house lost when the Association ran aground off the Isles of Scilly - the ill fated ship lying on the rocks carved into the panel below. A must-see church - which creates a feeling as sticky as treacle and a memory that stays forever.
www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=Knowlton
KNOWLTON (St. Clement), a parish, in the union and hundred of Eastry, lathe of St. Augustine, E. division of Kent, 4¼ miles (S. E.) from Wingham.[1]
Knowlton is a hamlet and civil parish ( now abolished) which is now within Goodnestone civil parish in the Dover district of Kent, see Knowlton Kent Wikipedia
Knowlton St Clement was an Ancient Parish and is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Knowlton, Kent in the care of the Churches Conservation trust. See St Clement's Church Knowlton Wikipedia and Churches Conservation Trust
The church has been designated a Grade I listed building by English Heritage. The church dates from the 14th century and was the private chapel to Knowlton Court which later became a Parish Church and was restored in 1855 by William White.British Listed Building
The church has been cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust since 1 December 1991.
familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Knowlton,_Kent_Genealogy
GOODNESTONE KNOWLTON
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3/64 Church of St
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Parish Church, originally a chapel to Knowlton Court. C14/C15 origin, largely
restored 1855 by William White. Flint with plain tiled roof.Chancel and nave
only. The fenestration is largely C19 in Geometric and Perpendicular styles,
the west window the most unrestored (C15). Offset buttresses to nave and
chancel corners also survive pre-C19. Kneelered gables, bell cote and cross
finials all C19 with lozenge set clock face on west wall. Interior: west
end of nave stepped in and recessed from main body. Chancel stepped in with
chamfered arch on corbels . Plastered barrel roof with slender detached
ribs only touching ceiling at ridge line. Fittings: ogee headed piscina
and 2 C19 ogee headed niches on east wall. Turned baluster altar rail (possibly
given with new altar in 1716). Pulpit: C17 style, but probably early C20,
octagonal with arcaded panels and strapwork frieze, with ramped rail. Two
lower reading desks mid C19. Box pews, font and fittings, especially iron
corona lucis all mid C19. Wooden relief carved and painted arms of Charles II,
over the north door. Hatchment in chancel with 2 military banners. Stained
glass of 1850s and 1860s throughout the church. Monuments: in the nave,
Elizabeth Peyton, d. 1642. White and black wall plaque, with bowled oval
centre with palm fronds on swagged and scrolled base, with broken segmental
pediment over; two C18 or late C17 white oval cartouche wall plaques in
memory of Thomas Peyton, d. 1510, and John Peyton, d. 1560. In the chancel:
Samuel Peyton, d. 1623. Black and white wall tablet on bolection moulded
base with draped apron and Death's Head, with scrolled and lugged side pieces
with small festoons, and broken segmental pediment with Arms over. Thomas
Peyton, d.1610. Black and white and gilt wall tablet, with raised central
section to head, bracketed and festooned with scrolled sides and with bracket;
ears and 3 achievements Over. Both monuments erected by Thomas Peyton jnr.
Sir John Narborough and James Narborough, both d. 1707, in shipwreck off
the Scillies with Sir Cloudesley Shovel. His monument in Westminster Abbey
was, like this one, raised by Dame Elizabeth Shovel, the mother by previous
marriage of the 2 Narborough brothers, and wife of Sir Cloudesley. The
monument at Westminster certainly, this one probably, by Grinling Gibbons.
Standing monument in grey veined marble, with a tomb chest with whole panel
front of naval relief, a ship of the line being wrecked on rocks. On the
chest stand 2 large weeping putti and a plinth with the inscription, and
bearing 2 gadrooned urns. Opposite a similar monument of chest tomb to
Sir John Narborough, died 1688, with segmental headed and scrolled plinth
over to Lady Elizabeth D'Aeth, d. 1721, daughter of Sir John Narborough.
On the plinth is a lifesize relief medallion portrait of Lady Elizabeth,
no beauty. Erected by Sir Thomas D'Aeth, who is commemorated on the plaque
he raised before his own death in 1744 to Thomas D'Aeth, d. 1708 exhumed
from North Cray, and Elhannah D'Aeth, 1717, placed over the monument to
Lady Elizabeth D'Aeth. Black and white tablet on apron with brackets, fluted
pilasters and triglyph frieze and cornice with 2 oil lamp finials and central
Achievement. Sir Narborough D'Aeth, d. 1808. White wall plaque on fluted
base, with half-relief carving of draped canister-shaped urn supported by
an open book and Pelican in Piety, and with a weeping willow behind and above.
(See B.O.E. Kent II 1983, p. 368; see also Country Life, 39).
Listing NGR: TR2799453444
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After missing the first two days of Texans training camp before agreeing to a five-year, $14 million contract Saturday, outside linebacker Brian Cushing is eager to get on the practice field today with his new teammates.
Cushing, the first-round draft choice from Southern California, is getting $10.435 million in guaranteed money to become the starter on the strong side and help improve a defense that ranked 22nd last season, including 23rd against the run.
“I’m just relieved and excited to have this done,” Cushing said. “I’m ready to play football and help the team win.”
Cushing (6-3, 262) was in Los Angeles when agent Tom Condon reached the agreement with general manager Rick Smith and director of football administration Chris Olsen.
Cushing’s contract could be worth a maximum of $18 million over five years.
In the fifth year of his deal, there’s a clause that could earn him an additional $4 million in an escalator bonus.
Odds are that Cushing’s contract will be extended before he enters the fifth season in 2013.
Smith and Olsen will have all eight of their draft choices under contract when the Texans take the field for the third day of two-a-day drills at their Methodist Training Center.
“It’s very important to have him signed,” coach Gary Kubiak said. “Rick and Chris were up at 3 in the morning trying to get it done. They’ve done a good job.
“Brian’s two days behind now, but he didn’t miss anything we did in the offseason program, so that’s a good thing. He wanted to be here while we were working on the contract, but he couldn’t.”
Rookies who have signed with the Texans report a week early for conditioning and meetings before practicing for the first time with the veterans. Cushing wanted to report with the rookies.
He was working out at Reliant Stadium last week when the Texans had to explain league rules that forced him to leave.
Cushing took what turned out to be a quick trip back to Los Angeles. He returned to Houston on Saturday afternoon.
Texans coaches are excited to get him on the practice field.
“We’re going to put the pads on (Sunday morning), and I know he’s chomping at the bit to get out there,” Kubiak said.
After the Texans used the 15th pick in the first round on Cushing, they inserted him into the starting lineup. He impressed his coaches in the organized team activities and minicamp.
“We like his presence on the ball,” Kubiak said, meaning Cushing has a knack for finding the ball and making plays. “He’s playing over the tight end, and we’re going to ask him to do a great deal. We think he can handle it.
“Brian’s very athletic. He’s physical against the run. He can rush the passer. He can drop into coverage. We brought him here for a reason, and we’re going to put him to work real fast.”
Frank Bush, who is in his first season as defensive coordinator, has to make calls that maximize Cushing’s strengths. The faster Cushing learns, the quicker Bush plans to utilize all his talent.
“We’re going to try to take advantage of all his talent,” Bush said. “Because he’s such a talented kid, there are a lot of things we can do with him.”
The coaches say they think Cushing has everything it takes to become a star at his position.
“Brian can turn and run with the tight end,” Bush said. “He’s big and strong enough to strike them at the line of scrimmage and nullify some of their speed down the field, so we’re comfortable with him in coverage.
“His ability also gives us a chance to be aggressive toward the quarterback. He’s a big guy who’s shown he can get there.”
The U.S. Army Contracting Command presented 29 individual and four team awards for excellence in acquisition, contracting and small business at a ceremony at Fort Bliss, Texas.
The ceremony was conducted Jan. 28 during the Operational Contract Support Joint Exercise 2014. The goal of this program is to foster a sense of accomplishment and pride in the organization by acknowledging actions that encourage civilian and military employees to achieve the highest levels of performance and service, according to ACC Awards Program Manager, Kirk Martindale.
"It's an honor to recognize the recipients for their hard work and dedication," said Brig. Gen. Ted C. Harrison, ACC commanding general. "These professionals exemplify the best of this command and are the type of individuals others can aspire to become."
The awards are presented for excellence in acquisition, contracting and small business. Selectees were recognized for their outstanding achievements between October 1, 2011 and September 30, 2012. The awards panel reviewed more than 150 nominations before making the selections.
This year, teams and personnel from ECC received 11 awards; personnel and teams from the ACC-Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., received 12 awards; ACC-Warren, Mich., and ACC- Rock Island, Ill., personnel and teams received three each; personnel and teams from ACC-Redstone Arsenal, Ala., ACC-New Jersey, MICC and ACC headquarters received one each.
Award recipients are:
Outstanding Contingency Contracting Officer, Maj. Stuart I. McMillan, ECC - 409th Contracting Support Brigade, Kaiserslautern, Germany
Outstanding Contingency Contracting Civilian, Paula Claudio, ECC - 410th CSB, Joint Base San Antonio -- Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Outstanding Contingency Contracting NCO, Sgt. 1st Class John D. Hickman, ECC - 409th CSB
Outstanding Contracting Officer (Major Weapons Systems), Jennifer M. Meyer, ACC-Warren
Outstanding Contracting Specialist (Major Weapons Systems), Jesse L. Lefever, ACC-APG
Outstanding Contracting Officer (Other than Major Weapons Systems), Michael D. Haydo, ECC - 410th CSB
Outstanding Contracting Specialist (Other than Major Weapons Systems), Ronnie T. Sakata, ECC - 413th CSB, Fort Shafter, Hawaii
Outstanding Price Analyst (Major Weapons System), Denise L. Dimatteo, ACC-NJ
Outstanding Price Analyst (Other than Major Weapons System), Joseph L. Loftus, ACC-RI
Excellence in Acquisition Leadership (Major Weapons Systems), Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicle Team, ACC-Warren
Excellence in Acquisition Leadership (Other than Major Weapons Systems), Soldier Systems Team, ACC-APG
Outstanding Procurement Analyst (Other Major Weapons Systems), Stephanie R. Benger, ECC - 409th CSB
Outstanding Workforce Development Specialist Team, Enterprise Resources Division Team, ACC-
APG
Outstanding Workforce Development Specialist, Brenda L. Pitcher, ACC Headquarters
Outstanding Intern of the Year (Major Weapons Systems), Matthew C. Ebner, ACC-APG
Outstanding Intern of the Year (Other than Major Weapons Systems), Shahaadah C. Nalls, ACC-APG
Innovation Award (Major Weapons Systems), Keith D. Depoorter, ACC-Warren
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ACC Ability One Award, Douglas S. Kirby, ACC-APG
Outstanding Mission Support Business Operations (Other than Major Weapons Systems), Human Resource Solutions Division, MICC
Outstanding Mission Support Business Operations (Non-Acquisition), Juan S. Ortiz, ECC - 410th CSB
Outstanding Active Duty Military Officer/ NCO (Major Weapons Systems), Lt. Col. Jeffrey L. Caldwell, ACC-RSA
Outstanding Active Duty Military Officer/ NCO (Other than Major Weapons Systems), Lt. Col. Vernon L. Myers, ECC - 410th CSB
Excellence in Direct Sales Contracting of the Year, Debby C. Broyles, ACC-RI
Small Business Specialist of the Year, Donna L. Peebles, ECC - 413th CSB
Small Business Champion of the year, Sonya P. Delucia, ACC-APG
Small Business Program Supporter of the Year, Mark R. Dahilig, ECC - 413th CSB
Customer Service Excellence Award of the Year, Quality Assurance Team, ECC - 413th CSB
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Contract Magazine's November 2013 issue highlights the bleach cleanable fabrics in Brentano's Rhythm collection.
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I seem to have started a week late, but that's OK. I read the introduction and BASIC TOOLS which is really important. The two tools are the daily morning writings, and the weekly artist's date.
The first is writing 3 pages first thing in te morning (probably after a trip to the toilet for me, but before walking the dogs). That's it - you just write 3 pages, every morning. No restrictions, but don't read it again for a while. Doesn't have to be greate prose or infact make sense at all. But write it every morning.The second is to do something just for my inner child at least once a week, like a film, or trip to an art gallery or some such. But nothing that I "ought" to do, but what I want to do!
And this photo is a contract the author wanted me to sign (my scanner's not working so I took a photo instead). I have.
ESA's Director of Science Carole Mundell (right) shakes hands with Thales Alenia Space Italia CEO and Thales Alenia Space Deputy CEO Giampiero Di Paolo (left) after signing a contract for the Envision mission. The agreement makes Thales Alenia Space (TAS) the mission's prime contractor, responsible for the final design, construction and testing of the Envision spacecraft.
The contract signing took place on 28 January 2025 at the 17th European Space Conference in Brussels, Belgium.
Credits: ESA - M. Polo
Anna May Wong was unforgettable in any role she chose to play, and was a sensation in both Hollywood and on the London stage. This stunning and sultry portrait was taken shortly before the release of her successful film Daughter of the Dragon.
Back of Photo reads: Anna May Wong, who is at the Plaza next week in “Daughter of the Dragon”, first played with Douglas Fairbanks in “The Thief of Bagdad.
A success on the London Stage and British films, then played on the New York stage in “On The Spot”. Now returned to Hollywood pictures with a big contract.
FIRST ASIAN AMERICAN STAR!
Written by PHILIP LEIBFRIED
Her complexion was described as "a rose blushing through old ivory;" she was beautiful, tall (5'7"), slender, and Chinese-American. The last fact kept her from attaining the highest echelon among Hollywood's pantheon of stars, but it did not affect her popularity, nor keep her from becoming a household name. She was Anna May Wong, nee Wong Liu Tsong, a name which translates to "Frosted Yellow Willows," and she was born, appropriately enough, on Flower Street in Los Angeles' Chinatown on 3 January 1905, above her father's laundry. Anna May Wong's contribution to show business is a unique one; she was the first Asian female to become a star, achieving that stardom at a time when bias against her race was crushing. With determination and talent allied to her exotic beauty, she remained the only Asian female star throughout her forty-year career, never fully overcoming all prejudices in maintaining that position. Perhaps the rediscovery of her art will elevate her star to the pantheon of great performers and serve as a guiding light to Asian performers who still struggle to find their rightful place. Anna May Wong's life and career is something that is important for all who value greatly the Asian / Asian Pacific American communities' many artists and what we can all contribute!
Excerpt from : That Old Feeling: Anna May Wong
Part II of Richard Corliss' tribute to the pioneer Chinese-American star.
Daughter of the Dragon. Paramount 1931.
Based on a Fu Manchu novel by Sax Rohmer.
Daughter of the Dragon extended the curse sworn by Dr. Fu on the Petrie family to the next generation. Fu Manchu (Warner Oland), long ago injured and exiled in an attempt on Petrie Sr., returns to London and confronts the father: "In the 20 years I have fought to live," he says in his florid maleficence, "the thought of killing you and your son has been my dearest nurse." He kills the father, is mortally wounded himself and, on his deathbed, reveals his identity to his daughter Ling Moy (Wong) and elicits her vow that she will "cancel the debt" to the Fu family honor and murder the son, Ronald (Bramwell Fletcher)... who, dash it all, is madly infatuated with Ling Moy. Ronald has seen "Princess Ling Moy Celebrated Oriental Dancer" perform, and the vision has made him woozy. "I wish I could find a word to describe her," this calf-man effuses. "Exotic that's the word! And she's intriguing, if you know what I mean." In a near-clinch, Ling Moy wonders if a Chinese woman can appeal to a British toff. When he begs her to "chuck everything and stay," she asks him, "If I stayed, would my hair ever become golden curls, and my skin ivory, like Ronald's?" But the lure of the exotic is hard to shake. "Strange," he says, "I prefer yours. I shall never forget your hair and your eyes." They almost kiss ... when an off-camera scream shakes him out of his dream. It is from his girlfriend Joan (Frances Dade), and the societal message is as clear and shrill: white woman alerting white man to treachery of yellow woman. Ling Moy, a nice girl, previously unaware of her lineage, might be expected to struggle, at least briefly, with the shock of her identity and the dreadful deed her father obliges her to perform. But Wong makes an instant transformation, hissing, "The blood is mine. The hatred is mine. The vengeance shall be mine." Just before his death, Fu mourns that he has no son to kill Ronald. But, in a good full-throated reading, Wong vows: "Father, father, I will be your son. I will be your son!" The audience then has the fun of watching her stoke Ronald's ardor while plotting his death. When she is with him, pleading and salesmanship radiate from her bigeyes. But when an ally asks her why she keeps encouraging the lad, she sneers and says, "I am giving him a beautiful illusion. Which I shall crush." As a villainess, she is just getting started. Revealing her mission to Ronald, she tells him she plans to kill Joan "Because you must have a thousand bitter tastes of death before you die." (The ripe dialogue is by Hollywood neophyte Sidney Buchman, whose distinguished list of credits would include Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Here Comes Mr Jordan and The Talk of the Town.) She soon ascends on a geyser of madness as she decides on a new torture: "My vengeance is inspired tonight. You will first have the torture of seeing her beauty eaten slowly away by this hungry acid." An aide holds a hose gadget over Joan's soon-to-be-corroded face, and Ronald cries for Ling Moy to stop. Very well she says. "Ling Moy is merciful." She barks at Ronald: "Kill her!" He must decide if his favorite white girl is to be etched with acid or stabbed to death. Great stuff! Melodrama is the art of knowing how precisely too far to goThe film is a triangle: not so much of Ling Moy, Ronald and Joan as of Ling Moy, Ronald and a Chinese detective, Ah Kee, played by Sessue Hayakawa, the Japanese actor who in the teens was Hollywood's first Asian male star. He's not plausibly Chinese here, and he is in a constant, losing battle with spoken English. But he is a part of movie history, in the only studio film of the Golden Age to star two ethnically Asian actors. And he gives his emotive all to such lines as "It is the triumph of irony that the only woman I have ever deeply loved should be born of the blood that I loathe." And in the inevitable double-death finale neither the villainess nor the noble detective can survive the machinations of Hollywood justice he gently caresses the long hair of the lady he would love to have loved. "Flower Ling Moy," he says, a moment before expiring. "A flower need not love, but only be loved. As Ah Kee loved you."
The Personal Anna May Wong
This 5'7 beauty loved to study and could speak in an English accent, as well as being fluent in German and French with more than a passing knowledge of other tongues including Italian and Yiddish. For exercise she rode horses, played golf, and tennis. She liked to cook and regaled her guests with succulent Chinese dishes at frequent dinner parties. She preferred casual clothes, wearing slacks and sweaters at home, but cultivated an oriental motif in her very smart formal wardrobe. She studied singing with Welsh tenor Parry Jones before she participated in the film Limehouse Blues as George Raft's mistress. Anna loved to dance to contemporary music. Anna was quoted as saying, "I think I got my first chance because they thought I was peculiar. But, now I like to believe that the public are fond of me because they think I'm nice."
The story of Anna May Wong’s life traced the arc of triumph and tragedy that marked so many of her films. Wong's youthful ambition and screen appeal got her farther than anyone else of her race. But her race, or rather Hollywood's and America's fear of giving Chinese and other non-whites the same chance as European Americans, kept her from reaching the Golden Mountaintop. We can be startled and impressed by the success she, alone, attained. And still weask: Who knows what Anna May Wong could have been allowed to achieve if she
had been Anna May White?
Anna May Wong passed away on Feb. 3rd 1961 she was 56 years old.
Filmography:
The Red Lantern. Metro 1919. The First Born. Robertson Cole 1921.
Shame. Fox 1921. Bits of Life. Assoc. First National 1921.
The First Born. Robertson Cole 1921. Thundering Dawn. Universal 1923
The Toll of the Sea. Metro 1922 Drifting. Universal 1923 Fifth Avenue. PRC 1926.
Lillies of the Field. Assoc. First National 1924. The Thief of Bagdad. United Artists 1924
The Fortieth Door. Pathé serial 1924. The Alaskan. Paramount 1924.
Peter Pan. Paramount 1924. Forty Winks. Paramount 1925.
The Silk Bouquet/The Dragon Horse. Hi Mark Prod. 1926 The Desert's Toll. MGM 1926.
A Trip to Chinatown. Fox 1926. The Chinese Parrot. Universal. 1927.
Driven from Home. Chadwick 1927. Mr. Wu. MGM 1927.
Old San Francisco. Warner Bros. 1927. Why Girls Love Sailors. Pathé short 1927.
The Devil Dancer. United Artists 1927. Streets of Shanghai. Tiffany 1927.
Across to Singapore. MGM 1928. Pavement Butterfly (aka City Butterfly).
The City Butterfly. German 1929. Across to Singapore. MGM 1928.
The Crimson City. Warner Bros. 1928. Song. German 1928
Chinatown Charlie. First National 1928. Piccadilly, British International 1929.
Elstree Calling. British International 1930. The Flame of Love. British International 1930.
Hay Tang. German 1930. L'Amour Maitre Des Choses. French 1930.
Daughter of the Dragon. Paramount 1931. Shanghai Express. Paramount 1932.
A Study in Scarlet. World Wide 1933. Tiger Bay. Associated British 1933.
Chu Chin Chow. Gaumont 1934. Java Head. Associated British 1934.
Limehouse Blues. Paramount 1934. Daughter of Shanghai. Paramount 1937.
Hollywood Party. MGM short subject 1937. Dangerous to Know. Paramount 1938.
The Toll of the Sea. Metro 1922. The Thief of Bagdad 1924
Shanghai Express 1932
Members of United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 400 today voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new, three-year collective bargaining agreement with Giant and Safeway that preserves their health and retirement security and increases their wages.
This is what happens when you've had a bit too much to drink, and your friends tell you to sign something.
Rich and I signed a contract written by Jevaun saying that we would marry each other if neither of us was married by the age of 35. That's 5 years away.
Danielle, Thaniya, Linc, Jevaun all signed as witnesses.
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