Andrew Rutherford Davidson joined the Standard Life Assurance Company in 1914, having previously worked in the Edinburgh office of the English and Scottish Life Assurance Association. As an assistant actuary with an interest in investment performance, Andrew R. Davidson was jointly responsible, alongside Albert Edward King, for the switch in focus of the company's investments from mortgages to ordinary shares in 1925.<ref name="Moss"/>
Davidson succeeded Edward Blount as agency manager in 1931, working with Alexander Robert Reid as his assistant.<ref name"Moss"/> As agency manager, Davidson toured the country, visiting branches, and providing energetic encouragement to staff, and pioneering a highly successful overhaul in the way the sales force was managed.<ref name"Moss"/> He worked hard in the early 1930s to create a branch network across towns and cities, and encouraged a re-design of company promotional materials.<ref name"Moss"/> Additionally, as agency manager he brought all overseas operations directly under head office, streamlining operations across the company.<ref name"Moss"/>
Throughout his time with the company, Davidson visited several overseas offices, including India (in 1938), Canada (in 1932), and the West Indies (1946). In 1938 Davidson became deputy manager and actuary, and in 1942 succeeded Alfred John Mascall as manager.<ref name="Moss"/>
Management
Despite a large proportion of staff being members of the reserves, Davidson carried the company through the Second World War and ensured its survival by obtaining new business where possible, maintaining connections with agencies, and cutting costs.<ref name="Moss"/>
Across his career at Standard Life, Davidson was keen to offer mortgages alongside life assurance, especially as private housing markets expanded in England in the early 1930s,<ref name"Moss"/> and again following World War Two, when he focused on direct contact with customers rather than working through brokers, and fostering local connections.<ref name"Moss"/>
Outside normal business, Davidson was responsible for creating an annual football fixture between the London and Edinburgh offices, as it was practice for staff to organise an outing on the Whit-Monday bank holiday.<ref name"Moss"/> Through Davidson's hard work, by the time he retired in 1951, Standard Life had become a leader in the UK pensions and life assurance market, and the largest mutual life office of the time.<ref name"Moss"/> Davidson was succeeded by Alexander Robert Reid.
Davidson succeeded Edward Blount as agency manager in 1931, working with Alexander Robert Reid as his assistant.<ref name"Moss"/> As agency manager, Davidson toured the country, visiting branches, and providing energetic encouragement to staff, and pioneering a highly successful overhaul in the way the sales force was managed.<ref name"Moss"/> He worked hard in the early 1930s to create a branch network across towns and cities, and encouraged a re-design of company promotional materials.<ref name"Moss"/> Additionally, as agency manager he brought all overseas operations directly under head office, streamlining operations across the company.<ref name"Moss"/>
Throughout his time with the company, Davidson visited several overseas offices, including India (in 1938), Canada (in 1932), and the West Indies (1946). In 1938 Davidson became deputy manager and actuary, and in 1942 succeeded Alfred John Mascall as manager.<ref name="Moss"/>
Management
Despite a large proportion of staff being members of the reserves, Davidson carried the company through the Second World War and ensured its survival by obtaining new business where possible, maintaining connections with agencies, and cutting costs.<ref name="Moss"/>
Across his career at Standard Life, Davidson was keen to offer mortgages alongside life assurance, especially as private housing markets expanded in England in the early 1930s,<ref name"Moss"/> and again following World War Two, when he focused on direct contact with customers rather than working through brokers, and fostering local connections.<ref name"Moss"/>
Outside normal business, Davidson was responsible for creating an annual football fixture between the London and Edinburgh offices, as it was practice for staff to organise an outing on the Whit-Monday bank holiday.<ref name"Moss"/> Through Davidson's hard work, by the time he retired in 1951, Standard Life had become a leader in the UK pensions and life assurance market, and the largest mutual life office of the time.<ref name"Moss"/> Davidson was succeeded by Alexander Robert Reid.
Chapmantown (originally called Chapman's Addition, Kenyan Oaks, and also Chapmanville) is an unincorporated community in Butte County, California. It lies at an elevation of 207 feet (63 m). It is a working class residential neighborhood. The neighborhood is named after Augustus Chapman an 1860 emigrant from Michigan to Chico. Mr. Chapman was owner of a hotel, general store and a large lumber mill with a retail store in Chico. Chapman designed a subdivision which developed rapidly and which is known to this day as Chapmantown (NPS 1982).
Chapmantown is entirely surrounded by the city of Chico but is not part of the city. Chapmantown has no representation on the Chico City Council. Rather, it is under the jurisdiction of the County of Butte. All government representation for residents is through the Butte County Board of Supervisors.
Chapmantown is currently known as the area bounded by Humboldt Avenue, Boucher Street, Guill Street and East Sixteenth Street. The neighborhood south of East Twentieth Street to the east of Fair Street is also referred to as Chapmantown. Historically, Chapmantown referred to everything east of Mulberry Street, but that is no longer the case.
Although it is true at one time that Chapman residents had no access to city services due being outside the city limits, that has slowly been changing over the last twenty years. Most residents are now on city water, and though many older homes still use septic systems, all newer homes are on the city sewer. Although there are no sidewalks, there are also none of the regulations associated with the municipality either (prohibition on chicken coops, burn permits, etc.)
The neighborhood is home to the A.H. Chapman House, the Dorothy F. Johnson Neighborhood Center, a facility of the Chico Area Recreation District; Chapman Elementary School; and several churches. The neighborhood is also just a few blocks from Chico's major shopping area and the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company headquarters, Taproom and Restaurant.
Chapmantown is entirely surrounded by the city of Chico but is not part of the city. Chapmantown has no representation on the Chico City Council. Rather, it is under the jurisdiction of the County of Butte. All government representation for residents is through the Butte County Board of Supervisors.
Chapmantown is currently known as the area bounded by Humboldt Avenue, Boucher Street, Guill Street and East Sixteenth Street. The neighborhood south of East Twentieth Street to the east of Fair Street is also referred to as Chapmantown. Historically, Chapmantown referred to everything east of Mulberry Street, but that is no longer the case.
Although it is true at one time that Chapman residents had no access to city services due being outside the city limits, that has slowly been changing over the last twenty years. Most residents are now on city water, and though many older homes still use septic systems, all newer homes are on the city sewer. Although there are no sidewalks, there are also none of the regulations associated with the municipality either (prohibition on chicken coops, burn permits, etc.)
The neighborhood is home to the A.H. Chapman House, the Dorothy F. Johnson Neighborhood Center, a facility of the Chico Area Recreation District; Chapman Elementary School; and several churches. The neighborhood is also just a few blocks from Chico's major shopping area and the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company headquarters, Taproom and Restaurant.
Samuel Michael "Mike" McPheters was a United States FBI Agent and a bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who wrote a memoir entitled Agent Bishop (Springville, Utah: CFI, 2009).
McPheters was raised in Ketchum, Idaho. He served a mission for the LDS Church in Uruguay and Paraguay and then studied at Brigham Young University. After a short time teaching GED courses at the Treasure Valley Community College McPheters joined the FBI.
McPheters second assignment was in Miami, Florida, where he used his skills in Spanish to bust the Cesar Enrique Acosta and the Pillo Gang networks of car thieves. He was involved with the formation of the Miami SWAT team and the investigation of the D. B. Cooper hijacking as well as one of the many ultimately futile investigations of the Jimmy Hoffa disappearance.
McPheters later covered the Ute Reservation in northern Utah. He was sued by the American Civil Liberties Union in the case of Valdez v. McPheters, in which he was accused of embarrassing Ute residents of the reservation and violating the Fourth Amendment. McPheters' actions were exonerated in the case on the basis that he and BIA agent Littlewhiteman had acted on a valid arrest warrant, had valid reasons to believe that the home in question was Valdez's primary residence and that an arrest warrant gives the right to search a home to find a suspect without a specific search warrant if the home is the residence of the suspect and there is reasonable cause to believe he is there.
McPheters was also among those who argued that the accusations against H. Paul Rico were baseless.
After retiring from the FBI McPheters taught at Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake, Washington. McPheters has written two novels as well Cartels and Combinations (2010) and Lit Fuse (2011), a political thriller.
McPheters and his wife Judy are the parents of five children.
McPheters was raised in Ketchum, Idaho. He served a mission for the LDS Church in Uruguay and Paraguay and then studied at Brigham Young University. After a short time teaching GED courses at the Treasure Valley Community College McPheters joined the FBI.
McPheters second assignment was in Miami, Florida, where he used his skills in Spanish to bust the Cesar Enrique Acosta and the Pillo Gang networks of car thieves. He was involved with the formation of the Miami SWAT team and the investigation of the D. B. Cooper hijacking as well as one of the many ultimately futile investigations of the Jimmy Hoffa disappearance.
McPheters later covered the Ute Reservation in northern Utah. He was sued by the American Civil Liberties Union in the case of Valdez v. McPheters, in which he was accused of embarrassing Ute residents of the reservation and violating the Fourth Amendment. McPheters' actions were exonerated in the case on the basis that he and BIA agent Littlewhiteman had acted on a valid arrest warrant, had valid reasons to believe that the home in question was Valdez's primary residence and that an arrest warrant gives the right to search a home to find a suspect without a specific search warrant if the home is the residence of the suspect and there is reasonable cause to believe he is there.
McPheters was also among those who argued that the accusations against H. Paul Rico were baseless.
After retiring from the FBI McPheters taught at Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake, Washington. McPheters has written two novels as well Cartels and Combinations (2010) and Lit Fuse (2011), a political thriller.
McPheters and his wife Judy are the parents of five children.
The Coven is an artist collective based in Montreal but including artists from Ireland, England and the USA.
The collective exhibited "Girlhood" at La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse, a feminist artist-run centre in Montreal, from August 1 to 29, 2014. The collective was featured in the summer 2015 issue of Dazed , which included interviews with the artists and images of their work.
Members of The Coven include Amanda Craig, Charline Bataille, Erin Baillie-Rutter, Hannah Le Feuvre, Hobbes Ginsberg, Jasmin Risk, Laura Rokas, Laurence Philiomene, Liv Thurley, Luna e los Santos, Patricia Alvarado, Samantha Conlon, Sasha Cresdee and Simone Blain.
Biographies
Amanda Craig
"Her often self-reflective work picks apart memories, relationships, and the culture surrounding feminine identity." She is a graduate of Concordia University with a BFA in studio arts. She has also been published in The Void.
Charline Bataille
Bataille is a "queer and tender MTL artist, with all the feelings and a useless degree." She is a Montreal artist working with strong feminist undertones in her art works.
Erin Baillie-Rutter
Baillie-Rutter's caption on The Coven's tumblr reads, "how sweet the sound does scratch in time."
Hannah Le Feuvre
Le Feuvre is part of The Coven and Bunny Collective.'
Hobbes Ginsberg
Ginsberg is a "self described “wannabe (sea)punk, new wave earnest white girl and at least a 7/10". Her photos are "candid, mythical, and ask important questions: 'who am i? why am i here? do u love me bb?'"
Jasmin Risk
Risk is an interdisciplinary artist, whose installations and artists books use textiles as support and material. Her work has been exhibited extensively in New York City.
Laura Rokas
Rokas "is a Concordia graduate currently living/creating in the Bay Area, California."
Laurence Philiomene
Philiomene "is a 22 year old photographer working around themes of identity, femininity & color theory. Likes: the color pink, cheetos, napping."
Liv Thurley
Thurley "is an artist specializing in sculpture from London. In her work she likes to make provocative pieces to act as a catalyst for conversation and thought between the public. The viewers' reaction is just as much a part of the work as the object involved."
Luna e los Santos
Luna e los Santos "is a wannabe kitten/curator from montreal. Her work primarily deals with femininity, feminism, gender expression, and girlhood."
Patricia Alvarado
Alvarado "is a sober brown queer fat Filipina Womanist and intermedia artist interested in creating a questioning of and satirical commentary on attraction versus repulsion, societal standards (especially those faced by women of color), and shame."
Samantha Conlon
Conlon "is studying for a BA in Fine Art from Crawford College Of Art in Cork, Ireland. Her work is concerned with female representation, social media, celebrity culture, the commodification of bodies. She is the creator of Bunny Collective."
Sasha Cresdee
Cresdee "is interested in feminine restrictions and confinements within a social context. She deals particularly with personal issues of self worth and body image within her works and subverts traditionally feminine textile techniques like embroidery and knitting to do so."
Simone Blain
Blain says in her statement on The Coven's tumblr, "Creating art is a clumsy balancing act. I try to make things that are in an awkward transitory state; tipping between sensitivity and absurdity."
The collective exhibited "Girlhood" at La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse, a feminist artist-run centre in Montreal, from August 1 to 29, 2014. The collective was featured in the summer 2015 issue of Dazed , which included interviews with the artists and images of their work.
Members of The Coven include Amanda Craig, Charline Bataille, Erin Baillie-Rutter, Hannah Le Feuvre, Hobbes Ginsberg, Jasmin Risk, Laura Rokas, Laurence Philiomene, Liv Thurley, Luna e los Santos, Patricia Alvarado, Samantha Conlon, Sasha Cresdee and Simone Blain.
Biographies
Amanda Craig
"Her often self-reflective work picks apart memories, relationships, and the culture surrounding feminine identity." She is a graduate of Concordia University with a BFA in studio arts. She has also been published in The Void.
Charline Bataille
Bataille is a "queer and tender MTL artist, with all the feelings and a useless degree." She is a Montreal artist working with strong feminist undertones in her art works.
Erin Baillie-Rutter
Baillie-Rutter's caption on The Coven's tumblr reads, "how sweet the sound does scratch in time."
Hannah Le Feuvre
Le Feuvre is part of The Coven and Bunny Collective.'
Hobbes Ginsberg
Ginsberg is a "self described “wannabe (sea)punk, new wave earnest white girl and at least a 7/10". Her photos are "candid, mythical, and ask important questions: 'who am i? why am i here? do u love me bb?'"
Jasmin Risk
Risk is an interdisciplinary artist, whose installations and artists books use textiles as support and material. Her work has been exhibited extensively in New York City.
Laura Rokas
Rokas "is a Concordia graduate currently living/creating in the Bay Area, California."
Laurence Philiomene
Philiomene "is a 22 year old photographer working around themes of identity, femininity & color theory. Likes: the color pink, cheetos, napping."
Liv Thurley
Thurley "is an artist specializing in sculpture from London. In her work she likes to make provocative pieces to act as a catalyst for conversation and thought between the public. The viewers' reaction is just as much a part of the work as the object involved."
Luna e los Santos
Luna e los Santos "is a wannabe kitten/curator from montreal. Her work primarily deals with femininity, feminism, gender expression, and girlhood."
Patricia Alvarado
Alvarado "is a sober brown queer fat Filipina Womanist and intermedia artist interested in creating a questioning of and satirical commentary on attraction versus repulsion, societal standards (especially those faced by women of color), and shame."
Samantha Conlon
Conlon "is studying for a BA in Fine Art from Crawford College Of Art in Cork, Ireland. Her work is concerned with female representation, social media, celebrity culture, the commodification of bodies. She is the creator of Bunny Collective."
Sasha Cresdee
Cresdee "is interested in feminine restrictions and confinements within a social context. She deals particularly with personal issues of self worth and body image within her works and subverts traditionally feminine textile techniques like embroidery and knitting to do so."
Simone Blain
Blain says in her statement on The Coven's tumblr, "Creating art is a clumsy balancing act. I try to make things that are in an awkward transitory state; tipping between sensitivity and absurdity."