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Boston Globe
3 days ago
- General
- Boston Globe
A Tufts alum completed a fellowship. Lesson learned: he's related to his alma mater's founder.
In a way, the genealogical discovery has reinforced his career goals. He's pursuing a master's in history at the University of Virginia in the fall, with a focus on African American life during the Unlike many African Americans, Mosley grew up knowing some things about his family roots. He has many fond memories visiting the Lang Syne Plantation in South Carolina, where descendants of the people who labored on and around the land gather every other year to recognize their ancestors' legacies. Here, the seeds for his lifelong interest in genealogy were planted. Advertisement 'I was always interested in who my ancestors were, what their experiences were,' Mosley said. One branch of his family tree is somewhat documented. The Lang Syne Plantation is a historic landmark. Some characters in Scarlet Sister Mary , a 1929 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the Gullah people, are loosely based on a handful of his ancestors. Advertisement Mosley gained some research skills to supplement his family tree through the Within the program, students receive opportunities to learn about the communities that contributed to Tufts' legacy. 'That kind of place-based learning is really phenomenal, and creates all sorts of connections and opportunities that might otherwise be unavailable,' Field said. As a descendant of enslaved people in America, Mosley had a hunch that white people made up some branches of his family tree. But the documents available to him couldn't explain how. 'If you're doing African American genealogy in America, it's very difficult to get past that wall of slavery,' said John Hannigan, archivist and project manager for the SCL initiative. DNA filled in the gaps, Hannigan said, and 'opened up the entire realm ... back to the 17th century.' Mosley took an Jabez Weeks, a white overseer on the Lang Syne Plantation where Mosley's enslaved ancestors labored. Jabez Weeks and Mary Green, an enslaved woman, had a son, Mosley's fourth great-grandfather James. Once Mosley corroborated this, he worked backwards. He followed the paper trail of census records, estate records, and written genealogies his white ancestors left behind. He traced Jabez's lineage into North Carolina, into Falmouth, and finally landed with the Tufts family. Advertisement Mosley's family tree, like so many others, is long and hard to follow. But it goes something like this: Mary Lynde is Mosley's 12th great-grandmother. Sometime in the 17th century, her brother, Thomas Lynde, married Elizabeth Tufts, whose father is Peter Tufts Sr. Some 200 years later, Charles Tufts, one of Peter's descendants, would donate 100 acres straddling Medford and Somerville to a group of members from the Universalist Church to build what would later become Tufts University. Photo of Mary Weeks Bryant taken from a family album. A character from the 1929 Pulitzer-Prize winning novel Scarlet Sister Mary was loosely based on Bryant. (Jaiden Mosley) Jaiden Mosley Thus, 'the Tufts family are like my cousins,' Mosley said. When he made the connection, Mosley looked at his computer in shock. 'I'm caught up in my Blackness and my 'southerness,'' Mosley said. 'I didn't think I had any type of relation to New England, Boston, or Tufts.' Mosley's genealogical discovery adds more nuance to Tufts' legacy, said Heather Curtis, the director of the Center for the Humanities at Tufts. 'There's this sense that any school founded in the 1850s in the North would have nothing to do with slavery except for opposing it,' Curtis, a professor who is also a principal investigator for SCL, said. But 'just because we are in the North doesn't mean that the school and the Tufts family were not intricately intertwined with the slave trade and the slave economy.' Mosley's family story, Curtis said, is an 'incredible story' that captures some of these complexities. As Mosley pieced together his Tufts roots, he said he's had to grapple with shameful parts of his ancestors' pasts. One owned roughly 40 enslaved people. When the Civil War broke out, Jabez Weeks enlisted in the Confederate Army. Advertisement A pedestrian walked on the Tufts University Campus in Medford. Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff On top of this, Mosley had to face a harsh reality: his connection to the Tufts family is most likely a product of sexual violence, a product of the one-sided power dynamic between white overseers and enslaved women in the American South. 'It's ugly history, but nonetheless, they are my ancestors,' Mosley said. When Mosley put the pieces of his family tree together, he did think about As Mosley learns more of his Tufts relatives, he hopes the contributions of his Black ancestors aren't overshadowed. His ancestors helped build a school for formerly enslaved children near where their plantation once stood. James Weeks, his fourth-great grandfather, helped organize African American voters during Reconstruction, and was supposedly lynched for his bravery. And at least two enslaved men ran away from their plantations and joined the Union Army. These stories are oral histories, family lore that Mosley has yet to support with evidence, but nonetheless stories that shape his sense of self. When exploring your family history, Mosley said, 'Just be open to the ugly, the interesting, the bad, the diverse experiences.' Tufts wasn't Mosley's first choice. But he believes in fate. 'I think I was meant to go here,' he said. Tiana Woodard can be reached at
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Climate
- Yahoo
Power outages impact thousands in Seattle on Saturday
SEATTLE - Thousands of people and businesses lost power on Saturday morning. Most of the outages reported by Seattle City Light were impacting the Beacon Hill area just east of SODO. The power company reports that a damaged underground cable was the source of the outage. As of 8:45 a.m., there were more than 12,000 outages were impacting SCL customers. The estimated restoration of many of the outages were not expected until around 2:45 p.m. on May 31. However, service was back on just before 11 a.m. The Source Information for this story came from Seattle City Light. Homicide investigation underway after 5-year-old dies in Federal Way, WA Major 5-day SR 18 closure at I-90 in Snoqualmie, WA Alaska man pinned by 700-pound boulder for 3 hours walks away unharmed Why hasn't anyone been charged in Seattle clash arrests? What we know Mandatory driver's education to expand under new Washington law To get the best local news, weather and sports in Seattle for free, sign up for the daily FOX Seattle Newsletter. Download the free FOX LOCAL app for mobile in the Apple App Store or Google Play Store for live Seattle news, top stories, weather updates and more local and national news.
Business Recorder
21-05-2025
- Business
- Business Recorder
Shield Corporation to end diaper production
Shield Corporation Limited (SCL), a Pakistani manufacturer of baby care and hygiene products, has decided to discontinue producing diapers, while continuing operations in its other lines of business. The listed company announced the development in a notice to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Wednesday. 'The Board of Directors (BoD) has made the decision to discontinue the production of diapers while continuing other lines of business,' read the notice. The BoD has authorised the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to oversee the orderly discontinuation of diaper manufacturing by June 15, 2025, or earlier, based on operational and financial considerations. 'Explore and execute disposal of diaper machines and other assets related to production of diapers and carryout necessary enabling tasks,' the company said. Shield informed that the decision has been taken after a comprehensive review of the operational and financial performance, market dynamics, and future outlook of the product. The company believes that the discontinuation is expected to contribute to the improvement of the bottom line. 'The discontinuation is limited to the diaper product and the company continues its business, including manufacturing of its other baby care products such as baby feeder, baby nipple, soother, teethers, training cup, etc,' it added. SCL was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 1975. The company's principal business activity is the manufacturing, trading, and sale of oral hygiene and baby care products. SCL caters to the needs of over 300 towns and cities in Pakistan. Besides, the company has a presence in Europe, Asia, and Africa. On Wednesday, the share price of SCL closed at Rs260.73, a decrease of Rs4.28 or 1.62%.
Korea Herald
20-05-2025
- Business
- Korea Herald
Korean think tank calls for action on US R&D barriers
State-run STEPI advises establishing intelligence network with other countries The Science and Technology Policy Institute, a South Korean state-run think tank, has voiced concerns about the United States government's designation of South Korea on the list of sensitive countries hampering joint research between the two nations in the field of emerging technologies. The US Department of Energy previously decided to add South Korea to the lowest category of the Sensitive and Other Designated Countries List, or SCL, in January this year. Seoul's efforts to see Korea removed from the list before the addition became effective fell short, as the country was officially added to the SCL on April 15. The Energy Department's list of sensitive countries also includes China, India, Russia, Taiwan and North Korea. Noting the signing of a memorandum of cooperation between Korea, the US and Japan in December 2023, the STEPI's recently released report pointed out that the sensitive country designation could limit Korea's participation in the joint research and development activities in key technologies in the future. The report said the impact of the listing should be closely monitored as research cooperation on future nuclear technologies such as next-generation nuclear power plants and nuclear reprocessing is mostly carried out with institutes under the Department of Energy. The report added that normal activities, which deal with insensitive nuclear technologies, may require extra approval processes or restrictions under the department's 10 CFR Part 810. Despite the listing's unlikely impact on Korean exports to the US, the report underlined that it could be carefully reviewed as the department added export restriction bylaws when it updated its unclassified foreign national access program in 2022. The report called for a one-point strategy to solve the issue in the short term by focusing on the essence of the matter, which is the fact that Korea's R&D cooperation with the US is facing bumps, instead of making it seem as if there was a security issue between the two countries. The report also advised the Korean government to set up a ministry-by-ministry protocol to deal with similar issues in a better coordinated manner and establish an intelligence network with countries that are in a similar position as Korea.
Economic Times
14-05-2025
- Business
- Economic Times
Shree Cement Q4 Results: Profit falls 15% to Rs 575 crore
Shree Cement Ltd, the country's third largest cement group by capacity, on Wednesday reported 14.9 per cent decline in consolidated net profit to Rs 575 crore for March quarter FY25. The company had posted a net profit of Rs 675.75 crore for the January-March period a year ago, according to a regulatory filing from the Bangur family-promoted Shree Cement Ltd (SCL). ADVERTISEMENT Revenue from operations was higher at Rs 5,532.02 crore during the quarter as compared with Rs 5,401.01 crore in the corresponding quarter of the preceding fiscal. Total expenses were at Rs 4,932.28 crore, up 3.9 per cent in the March quarter of FY25. In the quarter, total sales volume was at 9.84 million tonne (MT), which, according to SCL, is the "highest" quarterly volume achieved by the company. In Q4FY24, total sales volume was at 9.53 MT. Moreover, the contribution from sales of premium products increased to 15.6 per cent of trade. Total income of SCL, which includes other income, was up at Rs 5,689.95 crore in the March quarter as against Rs 5,550.64 crore a year ago. ADVERTISEMENT In FY25, SCL's net profit was down to Rs 1,123.8 crore from Rs 2,396.16 crore a year ago. Total consolidated revenue from operations was at Rs 19,282.83 crore as against Rs 20,403.8 crore. Commenting on results, Managing Director Neeraj Akhoury said the company's continued focus on premium products and operational efficiency has enabled it to deliver improved profitability. ADVERTISEMENT Updating about the expansion plans, SCL said in April 2025, the company commissioned a cement grinding unit in Etah, Uttar Pradesh with 3 MTPA capacity and another cement grinding unit at Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh, with 3.40 MTPA capacity. "This has taken the group's total installed cement production capacity to 62.8 MTPA in India. The company's other ongoing projects of integrated cement unit in Jaitaran, Rajasthan and Kodla, Karnataka are scheduled for commissioning by the end of Q1 FY26 and Q2 FY26, respectively," it said. ADVERTISEMENT Further, SCL has decided that, out of two cement mills of aggregate 6 MTPA capacity planned earlier at Jaitaran, Rajasthan, only one will be commissioned while the other will be installed later, it added. The company's board has recommended a final dividend of Rs 60 per share, in addition to an interim dividend of Rs 50 per share for 2024-25 declared in January. ADVERTISEMENT Over the outlook, the company said in FY26, the cement industry is expected to achieve 6.5-7.5 per cent demand growth fuelled by infra projects, rural recovery and real estate momentum, though external challenges in terms of geo-political conflicts and trade barriers by key economies will persist. "As we move into FY6, we remain optimistic about improved cement demand and will therefore continue to drive our strategic initiatives of premiumization, geo-mix and cost optimisation," said Akhoury. Shree Cement owns brands such as Roofon, Bangur Power, Shree Jung Rodhak, Bangur Cement, Powermax, Magna and Rockstrong. Shares of the company settled at Rs 30,631.90 apiece on BSE, up 1.43 per cent from the previous close.
