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Idole cycladique de la collection Paul et Alexandra Canellopoulos
Musée de Canellopoulos, Athènes
Le Musée de Kanellopoulos, inauguré en 1976, retrace l'évolution de l'art grec à travers une collection variée de pièces d'art archéologique appartenant à différentes périodes.
www.athenes.fr/musee-kanellopoulos
pacf.gr/en/collection/themuseum/
La collection, rassemblée par Paul et Alexandra Kanellopoulos, constitue l'une des collections d'antiquités privées les plus importantes de Grèce.
C'est dans les Cyclades que l'art primitif issu du néolithique a connu l'évolution la plus caractéristique. Ces objets caractéristiques de la civilisation précoce des Cyclades datent des années 3200 à 2O00 avant J.C.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycladic_culture
Les figurines miniatures en marbre aux épaules larges et aux hanches étroites représentent en général des femmes nues que les archéologues supposent être des symboles de Fertilité ou des amulettes funéraires.
Site de l'auteur
perso.numericable.fr/dalbera4/mobius_web/musee_canellopou...
Early Cycladic period (3200 – 2000 BC)
This period was mainly characterized by the development of metallurgy, maritime navigation and communication. A multitude and wide range of bronze tools and weapons, swift-moving ships impelled by oars depicted on clay (frying pans) or metal (lead boat models) attest to the heyday of this early period of the Cyclades which played a pivotal role in the trade of materials and goods as well as the exchange of ideas, being in the centre of maritime communication routes. Metals, obsidian and marble, unique raw materials found on the Cyclades, were spread throughout the Aegean Sea. The marble vases and figurines, the kraters -known as “”kandiles”” (votive lamps)- and the violin-shaped figurines became initially synonymous with the Cycladic culture. Later, the kylikes and the “”palettes””, but chiefly the figurines with folded arms, with their widespread dispersal, turned into the symbol of the Cycladic achievement, whereas simultaneously, the creation of statues, namely life-size figures, and certain three-dimensional figurines (e.g. musicians) manifests the progress and innovation of the Cycladic art. Extrait du site du musée d'archéologie nationale, Athènes
Now as much as i often wish they came with a volume control or would at least stop roaring at each other (elder one is into dinosaurs), i can't imagine what it would be like to never hear them speak, never hear them giggle together or run around screaming and shouting, to never hear them cry? i imagine even having partial deafness to be like hearing the world through a muffled blanket of feathers or cotton wool.
"This week is Deaf Awareness week. In the UK there are almost 9 million deaf and hard of hearing adults of which nearly 7 million are severely or profoundly deaf.
1 in 1000 children are deaf at the age of 3 and currently there are around 20,000 children who are moderately to profoundly deaf covering the ages of 0-15 years old. Only 12,000 of these children were born deaf.
It is important to raise awareness, never underestimate how being Deaf can affect somebody's life. Just learning the alphabet in sign language, or learning how to speak clearly, facing the person you are speaking to, can make a huge difference. Being patient, innovative and calm also helps.
The NDCS have announced that the theme for this year's Deaf Awareness week is "Look at Me".
"This theme aims to improve understanding of deafness by highlighting the range methods of communication methods used by deaf children, such as sign language and lip reading."
The RNID provide a completely confidential "Check your hearing" test. Give it a go, it may be the best thing you did. See www.rnid.org.uk/howwehelp/hearing_check/take_online_heari...
For more information about what you can do to help Deaf people, or where to go if you're worried about your hearing, see the following links:
Leandro Dário
As Meninas, 2011
digital drawing, fine art print on paper 100% cotton
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photo: Maurício Correia
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As a (late) Christmas present from me to you guys, here's the crease pattern for my Fennec Fox from a few months ago. Let me know if you try it out. :)
Recommended size: 30cm
BOX DATE: 2001
MANUFACTURER: Mattel
DOLLS IN LINE: Barbie; Ken; Petal Princess Kelly; Li'l Prince Tommy; Peacock Princess Lorena; Angel Princess Melody
MISSING ITEMS: Crown (shown on doll), mask, 6 hair clips, shoes, hair extension
PERSONAL FUN FACT: This is Rapunzel's iconic outfit from the 2000s. I remember seeing this ensemble plastered everywhere when the Barbie movie debuted. Granted, I never watched it, but I did admire the dolls. I guess that was the whole idea behind making the movie...for Mattel to sell dolls. So the fact that I didn't need a film to prompt me to want the Barbies worked better for them. Anyways, I recall I first had the McDonald's toy version of this Barbie. She had a removable skirt if memory serves me correctly. Of course, the full sized doll dons a removable gown. While my doll's ensemble isn't in the best condition, it is still absolutely lovely. I adore the sheer sleeves, golden glitter designs, and the fabric flower embellishments. I have a weakness for fabric flowers and embroidery. I use flowers similar to this for my own handmade dolly accessories and clothes. My doll technically has her crown, it's just still sewn to her head. It's one of those tiny tiaras that won't stay on once you remove the threads securing it into place. It's interesting that Barbie came with a hair extension when she has "growing" hair (I don't have any of her accessories as you can see here).
As can be seen there were a few old raincoats in the plastic bags of stuff that got dumped at the flytip and a pair of rubber pants in amongst the bags.
As in, the room that isn't hot ... I had the good fortune to stay in an Elizabethan house a week back, and the way the thick stone walls kept out the summer sun was calming and reassuring. You stand in the room watching the changes of nature outside with a sense of detachment, and feel that it was ever thus. A phoneto, as Pete Taylor would call it. 27 June 2014. Wiston House, near Steyning, West Sussex.
As I was streaking down the Alaska Hwy., in search of a new vantage point, these flickering bits of Auroral energy were drifting overhead like some kind of ghost clouds in a high wind.
Kluane Lake, Yukon Territory, March 13
NEW Fujifilm Natura 1600
As soon as Christians have traveled some distance from the Big Bang, the original event, they begin to objectify, to rationalize, to compartmentalize and institutionalize the mystery, and the result is always a reduction and division of the original fullness. Christian wisdom is a way that leads back through history, upstream toward the Source, but it too becomes a betrayal when it pretends to contain the mystery, rather than awakening us to our participation in the mystery.
-The Future of Wisdom: Toward a Rebirth of Sapiential Christianity, Bruno Barnhart, Cynthia Bourgeault, and Cyprian Consiglio
As if they were small social insects, to image and similarity of the tireless bees, the persistents thermites, or the laborious ants, they were raising their high walls. They were kneading or they were molding the cement, as the insects work the mud. They were throwing towards the sky their spiderwebs of metal cranes, as the animals use the branches and the leaves. Proud of their civilization, of their castes, of their working members, their soldiers, their kings and queens. Of their high rate of reproduction and of productivity. They were thinking about having created a better civilization. They were thinking about being the chosen species. And really they were not more than an nth repetition of the same scheme…
And the Sun was continued going down, day after day, increasingly red, increasingly sadly, increasingly darkly …
[ Photo taken from the bus station of Méndez Alvaro, in Madrid, in February, 2006. Manipulations of light and color, with Photoshop]
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Como si fueran pequeños insectos sociales, a imagen y semejanza de las incansables abejas, las perseverantes termitas, o las laboriosas hormigas, ellos levantaban sus elevadas paredes. Amasaban o moldeaban el cemento, como los insectos trabajan el barro. Lanzaban hacia el cielo sus telarañas de grúas de metal, como los animales usan las ramas y las hojas. Orgullosos de su civilización, de sus castas, de sus miembros obreros, sus soldados, sus reyes y reinas. De su alta tasa de reproducción y de productividad. Creían haber creado una civilización mejor. Creían ser la especie elegida. Y realmente no eran más que una enésima repetición del esquema.
Y el Sol continuaba bajando, día tras día, cada vez más rojo, cada vez más triste, cada vez más oscuro…
[Foto tomada desde la estación de autobuses de Méndez Alvaro, en Madrid, en febrero del 2006. Retoques de luz y color, con Photoshop]
Yannis Tsarouchis ‘Young Man Disguised as Eros with an English Chair’, 1962-65, Art Basel 2018, Switzerland
#35: As of 10/12/24, of my 3700+ pics, this is listed as #35 in most # of comments.
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For several years, I was unable to post videos here for whatever reason. They just wouldn't upload, so I gave up until recently, when I attempted again and discovered success. So I'm now rolling out over some time here videos that have previously only been available on my YouTube channel.
Here is one of the most recent videos I've posted on YouTube, from my last fully en femme occasion on March 7, 2022. The video link had previously been shared as www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gmuAath68M&t=31s, and you're still welcome of course to go, view, and comment/like there. But I might as well take advantage of video uploading on flickr finally working for me here.
As described a little more in a relatively recent (4/22/22) Update posted in my Flickr profile (at flickr.com/people/99244229@N04/), I had my first opportunity to be fully en femme since before the pandemic. I've rolled out pics from this day, March 7, 2022, when I tried out a couple ensembles never before modeled. It was so great to finally re-engage myself as Grace again!
As usual, I really enjoy coordinating attractive/sexy/cute outfits, and this one features:
* an Orsuncer "ombre platinum blonde" 26"-long wavy wig with bangs and black roots, from amazon;
* Steve Madden black "Quinne" quilted-leather zip-up platform ultra-high-heel ankle booties, from DSW (an old purchase, but I'd never taken pics in them til now);
* a Forever 21 black/multicolor floral-print-mesh bodycon cami-strap minidress, with black-slip lining, a straight-cut neckline, a shirred bodice, and lettuce-hem;
* a Mangopop black square-neck long-sleeve snap-closure tanga-bottom cotton bodysuit, from amazon;
* a Taffeta Alley black PU-leather 2.76"-wide waist belt with double-prong buckle, and 8-row silver eyelets, from amazon;
* WeLoveColors black fishnet tights;
* a black neck scarf;
* a Betseyville black quilted-leather silver-hardware handbag, from JC Penney;
* Kiss imPRESS press-on french-tip fingernails, from Walmart;
* a silver/clear rhinestone-embellished lariat-design layered necklace with Y-front chain, from Forever 21; and
* silver/black bracelets, watch, rings, necklace, and hoop earrings.
More about this and other 2017-22 pics and videos has been written up in my profile or "About" page here on Flickr. It details some choices made for these 2017-22 pics and videos.
Let me know your thoughts... :-)
As Christmas draws near I've been placed in self isolation. Soon, we'll return to the galaxy far far away, continuing the story of Bravura squad. Once again I'm collaborating with Arkum Elo, it's going to be wicked!
Stay tuned...
We had a mini storm today, and as it raged outside Valentina's eyes flamed red from the stormy seas they were before.
My eyes don't switch between stormy and fiery red... i wonder about this new girl's story
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Custom Blythe Kiss Me True by Flor Dias wearing a bloomers set from animemadness, ruff by KarolinFelix and boots by Petite Wanderlings ♥
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One picture of a new girl is never enough, so here are two more from her first session :)
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For several years, I was unable to post videos here for whatever reason. They just wouldn't upload, so I gave up until not long ago, when I attempted again and discovered success. So I'm now rolling out over some time here videos (in reverse chronological order) that have previously only been available on my YouTube channel.
Here is one of the videos I've posted on YouTube, from my dress-up at home on November 13, 2019. The video, 2019-11-13-video1, is posted with my other, older YouTube videos at youtu.be/UD3bcOXLHiI. Of course you're still invited to go view and comment/fave there too. But I might as well take advantage of video uploading on flickr now working for me here.
As usual, I really enjoy coordinating attractive/sexy/cute outfits, and this one features:
* a Sepia Collection "Broadway" long layered curly frosted golden blonde wig with bangs, from Wig Factory in SF;
* Kayleen by LA nude-beige laser-cutout caged slingback 4.5"-wedge heel sandals, from amazon;
* a California Sunshine "gold coast" yellow women's one-piece swimsuit with side-cutouts, from Kohl's;
* a Forever 21 yellow semi-sheer chiffon sash-belted kimono swim cover-up;
* an INC yellow floral-printed sheer-polyester neck scarf with 5.5" end tassels, from Macy's;
* a Sonoma "camel" straw small hobo handbag, from Kohl's;
* gold/yellow necklace, watch, and bracelets;
* gold rings & earrings; and
* french-tip press-on nails.
More about this and other 2017-24 pics and videos has been written up in my profile or "About" page here on Flickr. It details some choices made for these 2017-24 pics and videos.
Let me know your thoughts... :-)
The KOM League
Flash Report
for
March 12, 2021
This is the first report released in nearly a month. If you care to read it click right here: www.flickr.com/photos/60428361@N07/50957070916/
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It seemed as though a significant number of days had passed since last I came to the computer. It had been nearly four weeks and today an attempt was made to string together a few words in order to compose a comprehensible sentence. Hopefully, some of the material contained herein is okay.
About all that seems to happen anymore is the obituary files continue to expand. There are names appearing each day of people I have known personally or knew of due to their fame. It must be said that there is no pleasure derived in writing about the recently departed. However, some of those leaving us were “big” names in their respective fields of endeavor and without my pointing it out no one, or relatively few, would know they ever had a connection to the KOM league, even tangentially.
Just to preface this report the two recently departed men, who will be tied to the KOM league, are a big league player/coach/manager along with a famous radio voice If either of those subjects don’t appeal to you then cease reading at this point.
Most long term readers know that the author of this report had a baseball career that started and ended in 1951. There wasn’t much use for a skinny, runt of a kid in the game of baseball and he went on to a life that was basically free of the sport except for an idea in 1994 that an old league should be documented.
Over the span of a quarter century of looking for former KOM leaguers many surprises have come my way. In 1951 the New York Giants signed a young catcher out of Cape Girardeau, Mo. by the name of Bill Lee Atchley. By that point in history the Iola ballclub had been affiliated with the Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians and was now surviving as an independent team relying on players showing up for tryouts or being optioned there by a major league organization. Atchley fit into the latter category.
This is a brief clip on Atchley’s life. “Dr. Bill L. Atchley, Ph.D., 68, of Wachesaw Plantation, died Friday, Feb. 18, 2000, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Born Feb. 16, 1932, in Cape Girardeau, Mo., he was the son of the late William C. and Mary Logsden Atchley. He was the former president of Southeast Missouri State University, former president of the University of the Pacific, Stockton, Calif., and former president of Clemson University, Clemson, S.C. He served as president of the National Science Center Foundation, dean of engineering at West Virginia University, and associate dean and professor at the University of Missouri at Rolla. He was a U. S. Army veteran, having served in the Korean Conflict. He was a former professional baseball player with the New York Giants.
The following links are a “must read” to understand this story.
www.findagrave.com/memorial/77438609/bill-lee-atchley
digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll3/id/16699/...
clemsonwiki.com/wiki/Bill_Lee_Atchley
By referencing the aforementioned citations it is obvious that what Atchley didn’t attain in baseball he more than made up for it in the educational arena at some major institutions of higher learning in this country. In a long ago conversation he related that he still loved baseball and at one point in history was considered for the opening of the Commissioner of Baseball position that went to Bart Giamatti.
Now, this is not to cut short the story of Bill Atchley but to bring into it another name. In 1947 the Independence, Kansas Yankees had a 22-year old pitcher, Alexander Zych from Kansas City, who had stared his professional baseball career in 1944 being signed by the Kansas City Blues before winding up with Wellsville, NY that year. He pitched minor league baseball in Hagerstown, Maryland--Norfolk, Virginia--Quincy, Illinois-- Greenville, Mississippi-- Raliegh and Kinston, N C as well as Rock Hill, Sumter and Gasonia, South Carolina.
By the time Zych reached the age of 27 he was back in his native Kansas City and playing for the amateur Holden, Mo. Chiefs in both 1954 and 1955. The next year he drove to Nevada, Mo. And pitched for that amateur club and led them to a Missouri state amatuer championship. On that club were three former KOM leaguers along with a former St. Louis Cardinal pitcher from Greenfield, Mo. by the name of Floyd “Goat” Wooldridge.
Over the years communication was maintained with Zych and the first book written about the KOM league contained considerable information that he furnished. The following obituary describes the connection he maintained with the game of baseball in both Kansas City and Oakland with the Athletics and Royals. (If the reader doesn’t click on these sites this report will be meaningless.)
www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/kansascity/name/alexander-zy...
On July 14, 2014 an announcement came over the radio of a terrible automobile accident and the patient was transferred, by medical helicopter, to Columbia, Mo. As it turned out Alex Zych died within a couple of miles of where this report is prepared.
Now go back to 1951
In 1951 Alex Zych was pitching at Kinston, North Carolina, Bill Atchley was catching for the Iola Indians, and a young boy was born on January 12 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The newborn had a cousin, once removed, named Patricia. In 1954 when the young boy was three years old his cousin, Patricia Limbaugh, married Bill Atchley. www.floydmortuary.com/obituaries/Patsy-Atchley/#!/ObituarySo
So, the connection to Rush Hudson Limbaugh III and the KOM league is made. Once back from Oakland Alex Zych was the “wise old head” in the Kansas City Royals clubhouse and when an upstart 27-year ticket salesman needed advice he went to the person who he considered the wisest which was Alex Zych, the equipment manager for the team. From a couple of sources I have heard that Rush Limbaugh affectionately referred to Zych as “Dad.”
Following the death of Zych he was paid high praise on Limbaugh’s national radio broadcast and the famed broadcaster thus attended the funeral of a former KOM leaguer. Whether Limbaugh was close enough to Atchley to attend his funeral I don’t know. Often I wondered if Limbaugh ever heard of Atchley’s baseball playing days. When Limbaugh had his “open line Friday” segments there was a temptation to call and ask that question but some things are just meant to never be known.
On a personal note, the first time I ever heard Limbaugh was in the 1970’s when he was on the staff of KMBZ in Kansas City. At that time I was living in Topeka and early of the morning he was given five minutes for making comments. They were a bit different from what I had heard on the radio. But, in those days about all you ever heard was “Swap Shop,” “Kitchen Klatter,” “Trading Post” and religious shows such as Theodore Epp and his “Back to the Bible” broadcast that emanated from Lincoln, Nebraska. AM Radio was nearly toast by the 1980’s.
After hearing Limbaugh in the 1970’s, on KMBZ, I never heard of him again until 1992. At that time I had met up with a former grade and high school acquaintance by the name of Mickey Roberts. He was going by the name of Mike and doing play-by-play broadcasting of the Albuquerque Dukes Pacific Coast league games on KOB radio in that town. At one game he told me I had to listen to a new show they had on their station. He told me the voice was from a former Missouri. I told Roberts I had heard that voice a decade and a half earlier while living in Topeka, Kansas.
Of all the forms of media radio was always my preference and I was attracted to people who knew how to communicate whether or not I agreed with them or not. At one time I reveled in hearing divergent voices of Limbaugh and Garrison Keillor who couldn’t have been more opposite if they had practiced. People have to be smart enough to listen, digest and form their own opinions which is sadly lacking in the era.
Many a debate—or argument—arose over the years with my son about what Limbaugh did or didn’t say. One thing I recall predicting, over two decades ago, was that Limbaugh would die most likely from lung cancer, long before his time. I made that point to my son, many times, due to his addiction to whatever cigarettes have that addict. Since Rush’s passing my son has never mentioned it even happening. I think he might recall what his old man has told him over and over about tobacco.
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The latest death with a KOM league connection.
This past week saw the passing of a former big league player coach and manager by the name of Norman Sherry ps://www.mlb.com/news/norm-sherry-ex-catcher-manager-dies-at-89
In reading that obituary one of his buddies from “day one—actually” came to mind. Sherry and Stan Santo who played first base for the 1951 Ponca City Dodgers were lifelong friends until Santo’s passing. It is always my goal to share information with people when it has some meaning and in this case I figured the son of one of those guys fit into that framework.
To Mark Santo
I have seen a lot of articles today from the baseball experts about the death of Norm Sherry. They claim to know all about him. Your dad could have filled them in on a lot about his younger days of which they are unaware.
Santo’s reply:
Hi John. You got that right. Talk about similar paths…My dad and Norm were born one day apart. They went to high school together, played baseball together in high school, went together for induction into military service, and remained friends until my dad passed away 2 years ago. They both lived in San Diego county in their later years.
Growing up in the same neighborhood my dad also knew Larry Sherry. As I was told, they never thought that Larry would ever be a great player due to a birth defect with his feet; needless to say they couldn’t have been more wrong about that. When Larry passed away a few years ago my Dad was invited to and attended his funeral.
When I was 13 years old my dad took me to a winter training camp in the Los Angeles area where Norm was coaching to see if my pitching talents were as good as my Dad thought they were. Of course they weren’t and I distinctly remember being blown away by the grown-ups. Not exactly a moral booster for a 13 year old, but a great experience nonetheless. I feel like Norm’s passing represents the end of a chapter in my life.
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A special item.
It is realized that not all the recipients of these reports care all that much about them. Here is a special link to something I found interesting. I’d place this under the category “sometimes you never know what you have.” youtu.be/VmdFNQnbS0k ________________________________________________________________________________
Robert Anson Grove passes.
www.galvnews.com/obituaries/article_f9639322-0119-56a4-b6... (Photo included in citation)
Only once was it my privilege to speak with Robert Grove but he was a fascinating man. He was a great conversationalist with interesting stories to share. He spent less than a month as a catcher for the 1949 Ponca City Dodgers. As the obituary indicates his time in the KOM league is not mentioned.
Thanks to Jack Morris who included me on his list for passing along this obituary.
TEXAS CITY, TX — Robert Anson Grove (Bob), 90, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.He was born on September 12, 1930 in Norfolk, Virginia to Donald M. Grove and Deloris Bridget Grove. After graduating from Ball High School in Galveston, TX Bob tried out for the Brooklyn Dodgers and was the catcher for their farm team in Sheboygan, WI. until he was drafted into the Army in 1953.
Bob married his high school sweetheart Mary Ellen Pierce on September 26, 1952. During their 66 years together, they were blessed with 3 daughters. In addition to being a loving husband and father he worked for the same family, Eugene B. Smith, at Moody Compress in Galveston, TX. He was an active member of St. John’s United Methodist Church in Texas City, TX where he served many years as the Finance Committee Chairman. Bob was also a ham radio operator (WB5FGD) and used this talent to serve others through the Shriners Burns Institute in Galveston and emergency preparedness during hurricane season. He was an outstanding golfer, tennis player and a master Easter Egg Hider.
He was preceded in death by his wife Mary Ellen Grove, his parents, brothers Don Grove Jr., Joe Grove, George Grove, Jack Grove, sister Zoe Anne Dundee (Mick) and son in law Kenneth Beasley.
He is survived by his sister Zoe Belle Calaway, his daughters Janet Grove Gonzales, Jo Ann Grove Konecny and her husband Larry, Jill Grove and her partner, Dianna Jarvis; grandchildren Brian Gonzales and wife Layla, Brandon Gonzales and wife Jackie, Bobby Gonzales and wife Crystal, Larry Konecny Jr. and wife Daniela, Candice Maintz and husband Bill, Laura Williams and husband Kyle, Andrew Konecny and wife Victoria and Gryffen James-Grove along with 14 great-grandchildren and other extended family members who he held dear.
Ed comment:
With the passing of Bob Grove there are six surviving members of the 1949 Ponca City Dodgers. They are Daniel Chepkauskas, Loren Doll, Dick McCoy, Theodore James Dean, John Nixon and Dean Antonson. Chepkauskas worked in the space industry, Doll and his partner Isrig operated huge cattle and grain operation in Western Kansas, Dean was in the production side of the movie industry. McCoy spent many years with the Omaha, Neb. Fire department and the readers can flunk me on Nixon and Antonson since I don’t recall their post-baseball careers. However, I know where both live and can put anyone in touch with those guys if they are curious about their means of support subsequent to their baseball career.
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Bye—This concludes yet another effort to recall and report something from the past. These reports are akin to bond fires. First there is a need for fuel then a spark to create a flame to get things going. Sometimes there isn’t the fuel or the spark to create a Flash Report and when that happens long periods exist between their production.
As the rising sun burns off the last remnants of morning fog, Corning Headquarters and Little Joe Tower reflect in the still waters of the Chemung River
Morning is a good time to listen. I like to let the birds have their say before I add my noise to the mix.
Seen on Explore Front Page. January 18, 2009.
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Take you
To be none other than yourself.
I promise to stand by your side;
To encourage you, and be open and honest with you;
To laugh with you, and cry with you;
To always love and honor you;
Both freed and bound by our love,
For as long as we both shall live...
Today, my dearest, Charlotte, and I mark six years of our wedded bliss.
Happy Anniversary, my dear bilal...
I love you.
Here's to forever!!!
:)
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Taken from the LRT platform at Max Bell/Barlow Station. Snapped from my phone - I couldn't resist as the colors were so vibrant!
From 20 January 2016
Zaur Shamba calls himself as Lavrentiy Beria (chief of soviet secret police apparatus under Stalin), has schizophrenia and tuberculosis. Mental Hospital in Dranda, populated by 70-80 people (depends on a season). Half of the patients in the hospital are men and half are women. Illnesses are common for a such place: schizophrenia, post-traumatic syndrome, different neuroses and 8 man of diminished responsibility were moved from prison. The worst is that some of them have HIV, tuberculosis, hepatitis. Dranda is About 30km from Sukhumi, capital of Georgian breakaway region of Abkhazia.
LIVERPOOL'S Main Bridewell, built as a Victorian, escape-proof, lock-up in the 1850s, will soon have a new contingent of inmates...students. The old brick cells, with their vaulted ceilings and stark painted paints will be transformed into bedrooms. They won't be rooms with a view. The small barrel cell windows to all elevations, with cast iron frames and glazing bars, were designed to strengthen the impression of impregnability. Those small ceiling height windows, built to prevent escape, will remain as a source of natural daylight for the new cellmates. There will be 106 bed spaces in 14 clusters, in addition to shared kitchens, a gymnasium, laundry and cinema.
The old building, in Cheapside, off Dale Street, was last used by the police as a jail in 1999.