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Kenyan Administration Police officers patrol in the Mathare Slum of Nairobi on August 9, 2017, during protests against Kenya's national election results..
President Uhuru Kenyatta appeared headed for re-election but his rival Raila Odinga claimed a massive hacking attack had manipulated results, ratcheting up tensions in opposition strongholds. Police engaged in running battles with a few hundred protesters in Odinga's bastion Kisumu in western Kenya, firing tear gas as his supporters set tyres alight. Burning barricades also went up in Nairobi's Mathare slum.
AFP/Photos – Marco Longari
Kenyan Administration Police officers patrol in the Mathare Slum of Nairobi on August 9, 2017, during protests against Kenya's national election results..
President Uhuru Kenyatta appeared headed for re-election but his rival Raila Odinga claimed a massive hacking attack had manipulated results, ratcheting up tensions in opposition strongholds. Police engaged in running battles with a few hundred protesters in Odinga's bastion Kisumu in western Kenya, firing tear gas as his supporters set tyres alight. Burning barricades also went up in Nairobi's Mathare slum.
AFP/Photos – Marco Longari
Kenyan Administration Police officers patrol in the Mathare Slum of Nairobi on August 9, 2017, during protests against Kenya's national election results..
President Uhuru Kenyatta appeared headed for re-election but his rival Raila Odinga claimed a massive hacking attack had manipulated results, ratcheting up tensions in opposition strongholds. Police engaged in running battles with a few hundred protesters in Odinga's bastion Kisumu in western Kenya, firing tear gas as his supporters set tyres alight. Burning barricades also went up in Nairobi's Mathare slum.
AFP/Photos – Marco Longari
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Operating the Route 27 on a snowy day along Falls Road, bound for Reisterstown Plaza Station
Title: Samoa Administration - A Fire Brigade is maintained by constabulary.
[Black and White Negative - 4 x 5 inches - Taken by W. Walker - Sept/Nov 1949]
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President Biden and his mounting dilemmas -- MSNBC interview of Rep. James Clyburn
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Curley: Media finally catching on to Biden’s dysfunctional presidency
Opinion by Grace Curley
The legacy media have finally started publishing palace-intrigue pieces about the flailing Biden White House.
It is about damn time.
After four years of hearing about the supposed chaos that permeated the Trump administration, journalists treated Biden’s transition into 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. a little differently.
When the 46th president took over, the slobbering puff pieces were comical.
Last October, The New York Times described Biden as a man “obsessed with getting the details right” who had little patience for advisers who could not “field his many questions.”
Eight months and countless calamities later, even the most fawning Democrat cheerleaders in the press can’t bring themselves to publish that kind of blather.
The idea of Biden as Socratic statesman has gone from questionable to laughable. Now the outlets are pivoting to a topic they have been doing their best to avoid for years: the truth.
This week, NBC News ran a piece titled, “Inside a Biden White House adrift.” It described managerial breakdowns in the administration and infighting rippling through Democrat factions (left, far left and even further left).
In the middle of all the dysfunction wanders a frustrated — and whiny — Joe Biden.
More than two dozen current and former administration officials, lawmakers and Congressional aides spoke to NBC on the usual condition of anonymity.
According to these sources, Biden is “mystified” and “really twisted” about the fact that his approval rating is lower than Trump’s.
He is also “unhappy” that his aides rush out to clean up his blunders and not enough Democrats defend him on television.
Biden is “frustrated” that he can’t catch a break from the non-stop problems (most of which he has created). He is “annoyed” that he “wasn’t alerted sooner about the baby formula shortage.”
If it makes Joe feel any better, I think most Americans are just as disgruntled about his presidency as he is.
On the same day as NBC’s unflattering scoop, Politico detailed the exodus of Black staffers from the White House. According to staffers of color who haven’t fled yet, the driving forces behind the departures is a “work environment with little support from their superiors and fewer chances for promotion.”
Later in the week, CNN ran a piece titled, “Beneath Biden’s struggle to break through is a deeper dysfunction among White House aides.” It described the president’s attempts to address the mushrooming problems plaguing the country while also being the “looser, happier, more sympathetic, lovingly Onion-parody inspiring, aviator-wearing, vanilla chip cone-licking guy — an image that was the core of why he got elected in the first place.”
The fact that the image of an old man licking an ice cream cone and wearing sunglasses was “the core” of why many Americans voted for him — well, I think CNN inadvertently explained why the country is in the current shape it is in. It’s called the Dumbing Down of America.
But people are wising up. Going broke concentrates the mind wonderfully.
The public wants to know what is happening behind the closed doors at Casa de Grampa. If Biden and his staff are this incompetent in front of the cameras, it is hard to fathom how dazed and confused things must be behind the scenes. Which is why Joe’s handlers are hell bent on keeping the inner-workings of this Charlie Foxtrot under wraps.
Take the baby formula shortage.
This week, NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell questioned Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre about which administration official briefed the president on the shortage. It should have been an easy question for Jean-Pierre.
But Jen Psaki’s successor said, “there are just regular channels that that happen that go to the president.”
O’Donnell said the administration’s refusal to answer the question looked evasive and that reporters were trying to “understand the information flow in this White House.”
Picking up where O’Donnell left off, CBS reporter Ed O’Keefe attempted to get a clear answer about the confusing timeline of the shortage.
O’Keefe asked if Biden was told about the shortage in late April, to which Jean-Pierre replied, “Well, he said — in late April — right? — and this…”
O’Keefe corrected her, “He said in early April.”
A visibly flustered Jean-Pierre stammered, “In — in April. I’m sorry. In April. Okay. He said in April — in early April.”
The administration that promised the “highest standards of transparency” has gone from refusing to release the visitor logs at Biden’s frequently visited Delaware mansion to struggling to answer reporters’ most basic questions.
These liberal outlets are starting to cover the breakdown of the Biden presidency, not because they want to, but because the cone-licker-in-chief’s undeniable failures have left them no choice.
The emperor has no clothes and state-run media’s crack scribes are reporting on it — as they did with Hunter Biden’s laptop, the efficacy of masks and Hillary Clinton’s multiple FBI-enabled Russia hoaxes — two years too late.
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Kenyan Administration Police officers patrol in the Mathare Slum of Nairobi on August 9, 2017, during protests against Kenya's national election results..
President Uhuru Kenyatta appeared headed for re-election but his rival Raila Odinga claimed a massive hacking attack had manipulated results, ratcheting up tensions in opposition strongholds. Police engaged in running battles with a few hundred protesters in Odinga's bastion Kisumu in western Kenya, firing tear gas as his supporters set tyres alight. Burning barricades also went up in Nairobi's Mathare slum.
AFP/Photos – Marco Longari
As part of the Administration’s priority of making America safe through energy independence, the BLM is committed to supporting improved transmission and pipline development that stabilizes the grid and otherwise strengthens America’s energy infrastructure – all while encouraging environmentally responsible development of energy and minerals.
One such project is the Vantage to Pomona Transmission Line. A regional planning study in 2007 showed that the addition of a Vantage to Pomona Heights 230 kilovolt transmission line would ensure continued reliable and efficient service to the Yakima Valley.
The new transmission line will run from Pacific Power’s existing Pomona Heights Substation east of Selah, Washington, in Yakima County to the Bonneville Power Administration’s existing Vantage Substation east of Wanapum Dam in Grant County, Washington.
Pacific Power expects construction to take place in early to mid-2018, and for the project to be in service in early 2019.
As the lead federal agency in the development of the project’s Environmental Impact Statement, the BLM analyzed the effects of the proposed transmission line on public health and safety, cultural resources and traditional cultural properties, agricultural operations and property values, military training operation, and wildlife.
After reviewing comments from cooperating agencies, affected tribes, and interested members of the public, the BLM identified the New Northern Route Alternative as the Agency preferred alternative in its Record of Decision, and authorized a right-of-way grant to be issued to Pacific Power to construct, operate, and maintain the transmission line on approximately 4-miles of BLM-managed public land.
Relative to other alternatives analyzed, this alternative has fewer resource impacts because of its shorter overall length, its distance from known occupied Greater Sage-Grouse use areas, and the fact that it is co-located with other existing transmission facilities.
In its entirety, the New Northern Route Alternative is about 40 miles long and is located primarily on federal land. It mostly paralleling Pacific Power’s existing Pomona-Wanapum 230 kV transmission line, and crosses the Army’s Joint Base Lewis-McChord Yakima Training Center on its north side for over 60 percent of its total length.
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Nearly 1,000 Students to Participate in WSSU Commencement on May 15
WINSTON-SALEM, NC -- Christina Wareâs story is one of the many inspiring testimonials of the nearly 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students from near and afar who are expected to participate in Winston-Salem State Universityâs commencement ceremony on Friday, May 15, at 9:45 a.m., at Bowman Gray Stadium, 1250 South Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive.
Academy Award-winning recording artist, activist and actor Common will be the keynote speaker. There are no guest limits or ticket requirements for the ceremony.
It is conceivable that Wareâs story of work ethic, undeniable spirit and enthusiasm encapsulates the sentiment of her graduating 2015 classmates.
Ware, 43, of Winston-Salem, is quite active on and off campus as a mentor to other students, a member of the non-traditional student organization, the first president of Epsilon Chapter 130 of Tau Sigma National Honor Society at WSSU, a wife and proud mother of two. She is also legally blind. She wants to blaze trails, set examples and raise the bar for others with disabilities.
âIn 2007, I lost my eyesight. After a six-month pity party, I decided to continue my education and make a difference for others. Since 2008, I have spent every day of my life proving to society that having a disability does not mean we are weak. I am now an advocate for persons with disabilities,â Ware, a business major, said, "We are not handicapped, we are handy capable!"
Ware, who can be described as always pleasant and having an unlimited enthusiasm for life, says every day alive is like Christmas. She demands to be treated like everyone else and has been noted to say, âI may physically fall, but mentally I can get back up and pull a 4.0 semester.â After graduation she wants to start a Kosher/Halal foods business and become active on community boards.
The China Connection
From the City of Harbin, the capital and largest city of the Heilongjiang province of the People's Republic of China, WSSU Master of Arts in the Teaching of English as a Second Language and Applied Linguistics students Yaowen Xing and Chunling Zhang have found a second home at WSSU and in Winston-Salem. They perhaps have come the farthest distance attend the university.
With a population of more than five million people, Harbin is situated in the northeast region of China so close to Russia that only the Songhua River separates the two countries. Nicknamed the Ice City, the average winter temperature is -3.5 °F with annual lows hitting -31.0 °F. Itâs no wonder the students say the warmer weather here in the Piedmont Triad has not been lost in translation with them and itâs one of the things they enjoy.
âWe really love the weather in North Carolina, especially the long summer time, since our hometown is so cold with snow for almost 6 months of the year,â Xing, 30, noted. âWe also love the people at WSSU and the faculty who all are nice and it has been a really good experience.â
Xing and Zhang, 35, are in America as part of a Chinese education immersion program to help exchange the cultures between China and America. They enjoy working as cultural ambassadors to students in both the cultures. The two came to the U.S. in 2013 and have been teaching at Konnoak Elementary school during the early hours and studying and researching later in the day. âComing to America was a dream for me after learning about it through books, movies and music, and my time here it has been amazing,â Xing said.
Zhang, said she didnât know much about WSSU or Historically Black Colleges or Universities (HBCUâs), but after a short time here she knew WSSU would be was special part of life. âI have met many African- Americans who have been friendly and helpful. I now can say I truly have many black friends,â Zhang said. She and Xing have taken advantage of the HBCU experience. They have been often seen attending evening lectures and presentations, sports events, musical and visual arts events. With their WSSU master degrees they will return to China one day in the future to make an impact on teaching and the quality of education there.
The All-In Approach
Olivia N. Sedwick, 21, a political science major from Indianapolis, has taken âthe all-in approach" to her WSSU experience. The current WSSU student government president (SGA), honorâs student and champion athlete, chose WSSU over other schools she could have attended.
Featured in a USA Today article highlighting the HBCU experience released last June, Sedwick is quoted as saying about WSSU, âI fell in love with the school.â She says, âWe talked about things that I had never had the chance to before coming from a predominantly white high school.â
Liking the intellectual and social environment, she was comfortable becoming involved around campus. In her first year, a walk-on athlete for the womenâs track and field team, she was a 2013 CIAA Indoor Womenâs Track and Field All-Conference competitor and the WSSU womenâs shot put record holder until earlier this year, although she never competed in the throws until coming to college. In her second year she served as the sophomore class vice president while also being appointed to serve on many committees throughout the university. In that same year, she was a delegate to the UNC Association of Student Governments (UNCASG), representing WSSU students on a state-wide level. At the end of that year, she became the first African-American female elected senior vice president of UNCASG and served in that capacity for the entirety of her third year while being active as the chief of staff for the WSSU student government association that year also. Toward the end of her term in UNCASG, she decided to run for student body president and has served as the voice of the students for the duration of her last year. With all of her activities, she has maintained a 3.95 GPA throughout her time in college.
Sedwick has been selected as a UNC General Administration Presidential Intern, which begins in July. Upon completion of the prestigious one-year appointment, Sedwick plans to attend Howard University School of Law.
A Drum Major who will March for a Noble Cause
Willie Davis, 22, a social work major from Fayetteville, N.C., who has led WSSUâs Red Sea of Sound Marching Band as a drum major for his senior year, will now march to lead the charge for helping veterans and their families cope with typical and unique challenges of serving in military. Davis will be one of four Cadets with the distinct honor of being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant U.S. in the U.S. Army during this yearâs commencement ceremony. Despite that professionally Davis will help vets, military and families with things like dealing with emotions, he said, âI donât think I will be ready for the commissioning part (of commencement) emotionally.â
Readiness for Davis is an understatement. The youngest of three siblings, who was age 10 when his father died, Davis has been an A average student throughout life. He was in the top ten of his high school class and the first generation in his family to attend college. At WSSU, besides maintaining high academic achievement and serving in the U.S. Army ROTC, Davis has been active with the WSSU Band, the University Choir, a Campus Ambassador, a mentor to freshmen students, vice president of the WSSU chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity, a Veterans Helping Veterans Heal intern and a member of Galilee Missionary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem.
After graduation, Davis is going to graduate school at the University of South Carolina. He plans to complete that program in one year and begin his military duties. As a clinical social worker, his responsibilities may range from clinical counseling, crisis intervention, disaster relief, critical event debriefing, teaching and training, supervision, research, administration, consultation and policy development in various military settings. He wants to specialize in helping military veterans who suffer from different traumas such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), paranoid schizophrenia and other conditions.
Milwaukee public school teachers, parents, students and supporters staged a large picket line outside MPS administration building on Vliet Street on Milwaukee's west side late Tuesday afternoon.
The purpose was to protest yet another round of funding cuts to K-12 schools in Milwaukee. Classrooms and students are already suffering the effects of previous cuts including desks that are falling apart and books with spines that need to be taped together. Currently, Milwaukee, a mainly African-American and Latino city, spends less money per pupil than other, richer suburbs like Wauwatosa and Shorewood. Milwaukee is the state's largest school district.
Governor Scott Walker shares at least part of the blame for the messy situation. Over the past few years he's cut $1BN from the state's education budget, including $792 million from K-12 schools. Supposedly, some of that will be restored this year due to a budget surplus. Of course, the teachers aren't holding their breath that this will actually happen. At the same time he was cutting funds for public education, Walker was using some of that money to pay for tuition to privately run charter schools.
Other proposals for dealing with the budget shortfall include ending busing programs thereby forcing students to take public transportation, shifting more health care costs onto employees, and closing schools altogether.
What's happening in Milwaukee is similar to what has been happening in school districts all across the country symbolized by teacher strikes and walk-outs in states like West Virginia, Oklahoma, Kentucky and lately Arizona. Public schools are being deprived of cash and devalued in favor of privately operated charter schools that are not accountable to the public. Our students are being reduced to mere commodities for someone else to make a profit off of. And a real education be damned.
So the priorities are obvious. Walker will give untold sums of money to Foxconn to build a plant in Racine County. Supposedly, this will create a lot of jobs; but that's what the politicians always say because they think that will win them votes come election time. There is some doubt that Foxconn can uphold its end of the bargain. In the meantime, money that went to Foxconn could be used to fund public education.
And then we have the city of Milwaukee. The owners of the Milwaukee Bucks cry poor mouth. Can't make money in the Bradley Center anymore. We need a new arena or we're moving the team to another city. So the city ponies up to placate the poor owners. I read it was $250 million in public funds for a private stadium. Think that $250 million wouldn't make a difference for Milwaukee public schools? And so it goes in this era of privatization and greed run rampant.
Kenyan Administration Police officers patrol in the Mathare Slum of Nairobi on August 9, 2017, during protests against Kenya's national election results..
President Uhuru Kenyatta appeared headed for re-election but his rival Raila Odinga claimed a massive hacking attack had manipulated results, ratcheting up tensions in opposition strongholds. Police engaged in running battles with a few hundred protesters in Odinga's bastion Kisumu in western Kenya, firing tear gas as his supporters set tyres alight. Burning barricades also went up in Nairobi's Mathare slum.
AFP/Photos – Marco Longari
Built in 1903-1905, this Prairie-style mansion was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for Larkin Company executive Darwin D. Martin, whom built the house as a way to bring his family, which had been scattered in various parts of the United States when his mother had died early in his childhood. The house was the culmination of immense personal wealth and professional success that Martin had enjoyed in his life despite his difficult childhood, starting as a soap seller in New York City, being hired by the Larkin Company in 1878, before moving to Buffalo and becoming the single office assistant to John D. Larkin in 1880, and in 1890, replaced Elbert Hubbard, who was a person that Martin immensely admired, as the Corporate Secretary of the Larkin Company. When the Larkin Company was seeking a designer for a major new office building for the company at the turn of the 20th Century, Martin, whom had witnessed Wright’s work in Chicago and Oak Park, wished to hire the architect as the designer of the new building, but needed to convince the skeptical John D. Larkin and other executives at the company of Wright’s suitability for the project. As a result, Martin decided to have Wright design his family estate. Darwin D. Martin became such a close friend of Wright that he commissioned the family’s summer house, Graycliff, located south of Buffalo on the shores of Lake Erie, to be designed by Wright in 1926, and spearheaded the effort to assist Wright with his finances when his personal residence, Taliesin, was threatened with foreclosure in 1927.
The main house is made up of four structures, those being the house itself, which sits at the prominent southeast corner of the property closest to the intersection of Summit Avenue and Jewett Parkway of any structure on the site, the pergola, which is a long, linear covered porch structure that runs northwards from the center of the house, the conservatory, which sits at the north end of the pergola and features a statue of the Winged Victory of Samothrace, which is visible from the front entrance to the house down the long visual axis created by the pergola, and the carriage house, which sits immediately west of the conservatory and behind the west wing of the house, enclosing the rear of the house’s main garden.
On the grounds of the mansion are two other houses, those being the Barton House, built at the northeast corner of the property along Summit Avenue to house Darwin D. Martin’s sister, Delta Martin Barton, and her husband, George F. Barton, which was the first structure to be built on the property and very visually similar to the main house, using the same type of bricks and incorporating many smaller versions of features found on the main house, and the Gardener’s cottage, built in 1909 to house gardeners who maintained the grounds of the property, which is the smallest and plainest of the three houses, which is sandwiched into a narrow strip of the property between two other houses, fronting Woodward Avenue to the west.
The main house features a buff roman brick exterior with raked horizontal mortar joints and filled in vertical joints, giving the masonry the appearance of being made of a series of solid horizontal bands with recessed joints, accentuating the horizontal emphasis of the house’s design and creating texture with shadows. The roof is hipped with wide overhanging eaves, with the gutters draining into downspouts that drop water into drain basins atop various one-story pillars at the corners of the house, with the roof having a T-shaped footprint above the second floor and three separate sections above the first floor, which wrap around the second floor to the south, west, and north, with the roof soaring above a porte-cochere to the west of the house, as well as a separate roof suspended above a porch to the east. The house’s roof is supported by pillars that sit near, but not at the corners of the building, with windows wrapping the corners. The windows are framed by stone sills and wooden trim, with some windows featuring stone lintels. The front door is obscured inside a recessed porch on the front facade, with the tile walkway to the door turning 90 degrees upon its approach to the doorway, a quite common feature of many of Wright’s houses at the time. The house is surrounded by a series of low brick walls with stone bases and stone caps, with sculptural decorative stone planters atop the pillars at the ends of many of these walls, with some of the planters containing carefully chosen decorative vegetation, and others serving as semi-hidden drainage basins for the adjacent one-story roofs.
Inside, the house features a foyer with a head-on view of the pergola and the conservatory to the north, simple but finely crafted wooden trim elements, the beautiful Wisteria Mosaic Fireplace between the foyer and dining room on the first floor that reflects light in different ways via various types of tile with different types of glazing, rough plaster painted a variety of colors, careful use of shadow to highlight certain elements while obscuring others, art glass windows featuring stained glass and clear glass panes in decorative patterns, wooden built ins and Frank Lloyd Wright-designed furnishings, a large kitchen with lots of white surfaces and wooden cabinets overlooking the garden, a living room with a vaulted ceiling and brick fireplace featuring an arched hearth opening, extensive use of expansion and compression via ceiling height to drive movement through the space, ventilation ducts that can be operated via decorative casement windows at the pillars ringing the various spaces of the house, wooden screens to obscure the staircase and second floor, custom light fixtures, art glass ceiling panels, and five large doors with art glass lights to the eastern porch on the first floor. The second floor of the house has multiple bedrooms with a variety of Frank Lloyd Wright built-in and freestanding furniture, wooden trim, and multiple bathrooms. The house is further decorated with Japanese art pieces procured by Wright in Japan, as well as being heavily inspired by traditional Japanese architecture, with usage of shadow and light to obscure and highlight different features, as well as the general form of the house, with the wide eaves providing ample shade to the interior during the summer months, while still allowing light to easily enter the space during the darker winter months.
To the north of the main house is an approximately 90-foot-long pergola with evenly spaced brick pillars framing the tile walkway, decorative wooden trim on the ceiling at each column, light fixtures at each column, and a glass transom and a door with large glass lights and a narrow frame providing a nearly unobstructed view of the interior of the conservatory at the north end of the pergola, focusing the attention of visitors upon their entrance to the house, as the conservatory and pergola form a continual visual axis from the foyer to the statue of the Winged Victory of Samothrace that stands in the northern end of the conservatory. This entire section of the house was rebuilt during its restoration, having been demolished in the 1960s after falling into disrepair. The pergola features a gabled roof that terminates at the bonnet roof around the perimeter of the conservatory to the north and at the first floor hipped roof of the house to the south.
The conservatory sits at the north end of the pergola, and has a latin cross footprint, with a glass skylight roof with a gabled section running north-south and a pyramidal hipped section at the crossing. The skylight terminates at a parapet that surrounds it on all sides, which features distinctive and decorative “birdhouses” at the north and south ends, apparently intended to house Blue Martins, but were not designed appropriately for the specific needs of the species, and have thus never been occupied. Two of the birdhouses survived the decay and demolition of the original conservatory in the 1960s, and were prominently displayed atop a wall in front of the house until the restoration of the complex in 2007. The interior of the conservatory features only a few concrete planters flanking the walkways and below the large Winged Victory of Samothrace that sits in the northern alcove of the space, with this apparently not having been what the Martin family had in mind, leading to the erection of a prefabricated conventional greenhouse made of metal and glass to the west of the Carriage House shortly after the house’s completion. The conservatory utilizes the same small tile on the floor as other areas of the house, with suspended wooden trim frames breaking up the large void of the space into smaller sections, supporting the space’s light fixtures and carefully framing the planters, fountain, and sculpture.
To the west of the conservatory is the two-story Carriage House, which features a simple pyramidal hipped roof with wide overhanging eaves, recessed corner pillars with central sections featuring wrap-around bands of windows on the second floor, a large carriage door in the center of the south facade, flanked by two smaller pillars and two small windows, and a one-story rear wing with a hipped roof. The interior presently houses a gift shop, but is set up like the original structure, demolished in the 1960s, would have been, with horse stables, red brick walls, a utility sink, and a simple staircase to the upper floor.
The house complex was home to the Martin family until 1937, when, owing to financial difficulties brought on by the loss of the family fortune during the 1929 Black Friday stock market crash and Darwin D. Martin’s death in 1935, the house had become too difficult for the family to maintain, with the family abandoning the house, allowing it to deteriorate. Additionally, Isabelle Reidpath Martin, Darwin’s widow, did not like the house’s interior shadows, which made it difficult for her to see. D.R. Martin, Darwin’s son, tried to donate the house to the City of Buffalo and the State University of New York system for use as a library, but neither entity accepted the offer, and the house remained empty until 1946, when it was taken by the city due to back taxes. In 1951, the house was purchased by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, which intended to convert the house into a summer retreat for priests, similar to the contemporaneous sale of Graycliff by the Martin family to the Piarists, a Catholic order. However, the property languished until 1955, when it was sold to architect Sebastian Tauriello, whom worked hard to save the architecturally significant and by-then endangered property, hoping the house would avoid the fate that had befallen the Larkin Administration Building five years prior. The house was subdivided into three apartments, with the carriage house, pergola, and conservatory demolished and the rear yard sold, and two uninspired apartment buildings with slapped-on Colonial Revival-style trim known as Jewett Gardens Apartments, were built to the rear of the house. In 1967, the University at Buffalo purchased the house, utilizing it as the university president’s residence, with the Barton House and Gardener’s Cottage being parceled off, both converted to function as independent single-family houses. The university attempted to repair the damage from years of neglect and did some work to keep the house functioning, modernizing portions of the interior and returning several pieces of original furniture to the house. The house would exist in this condition for the next half-century.
In 1975, the house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and in 1986, was listed as a National Historic Landmark. In 1992, the nonprofit Martin House Restoration Corporation was founded with the goal of eventually restoring the historically and architecturally significant complex, and opening it as a museum. In 1994, the organization purchased the Barton House, and had the Martin House donated by the University of Buffalo in 2002. The restoration of both houses began under the direction of Hamilton Houston Lownie Architects shortly thereafter, and the Jewett Gardens Apartments were demolished upon the acquisition of the site by the nonprofit around the turn of the millennium. In 2006, the Gardener’s cottage was purchased from private ownership, and work began to rebuild the lost Pergola, Conservatory, and Carriage House, which were completed in 2007. Additional work to restore the house continued over the next decade, restoring the various interior spaces, with extensive work being put in to restore the kitchen and bedrooms. Finally, in 2017, the last part of the house was restored, being the beautiful Wisteria Mosaic Fireplace between the dining room and foyer, which had been extensively altered. An addition to the grounds, located on the former rear yard of an adjacent house, is the contemporary, sleek glass and steel-clad Eleanor & Wilson Greatbatch Pavilion Visitor Center, designed by Toshiko Mori, with a cantilevered roof that appears to float and tapers to thin edges, with glass walls on three sides, which houses the visitor information desk, ticket sales, presentation space, a timeline of the Martin House’s history, and restrooms. The restoration of the house marks one of the first full reconstructions of a demolished Frank Lloyd Wright structure, and is one of several significant works by the architect in Buffalo, including three designs that were built posthumously in the early 21st Century - the Fontana Boat House in Front Park, the Tydol Filling Station at the Buffalo Transportation Pierce Arrow Museum, and the Blue Sky Mausoleum at Forest Lawn Cemetery, which was designed for the Martin family in 1928, but not built until 2004.
Today, the restored Darwin D. Martin House complex serves as a museum, allowing visitors to experience one of the largest Prairie-style complexes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, faithfully restored to its circa 1907 appearance, giving visitors a sense of the genius and design philosophy of Wright.
Hero City: Voronezh.
From 10 to 17 September 2011, Voronezh celebrated its 425th anniversary. The anniversary of the city was given the status of a federal scale celebration that helped attract large investments from the federal and regional budgets for development. On December 17, 2012, Voronezh became the fifteenth city in Russia with a population of over one million people. Today Voronezh is the economic, industrial, cultural, and scientific center of the Central Black Earth Region. As part of the annual tradition in the Russian city of Voronezh, every winter the main city square is thematically drawn around a classic literature. In 2020, the city was decorated using the motifs from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker. In the year of 2021, the architects drew inspiration from Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale The Snow Queen as well as the animation classic The Snow Queen from the Soviet Union.
Since I took this picture in Nov, 2011 this building has been added to the National Register of Historic Places in March 2012. It is listed as the National Teacher's Normal and Business College Administration Building.
Freed Hardeman's main building is located a couple of blocks from the Henderson town square along highway TN100. The cornerstone was laid in Nov. 1907 and was completed Sept. 1908 at a cost of $35,000. The architect for the building was Hubert T. McGee who also designed the County Courthouse, and the Pink Palace in Memphis.
Old Main, as the FHU people call it, has early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Revival and Italianate-style elements. In the center is a two-story portico with Ionic columns and brick arches. Also, there is limestone keystones, buff-colored brick exterior and quoins, gabled dormers, and a domed cupola with a bell.
I know several people that have ties to FHU. As I was writing my caption, it just occuried to me that I visited this building perhaps 18-20 years ago.
Eleanor Roosevelt talking with a project superintendent in Des Moines, Iowa. June 8, 1936. This project, sponsored by the Works Progress Administration, planned to convert a city dump into a water front park.
Kenyan Administration Police officers patrol in the Mathare Slum of Nairobi on August 9, 2017, during protests against Kenya's national election results..
President Uhuru Kenyatta appeared headed for re-election but his rival Raila Odinga claimed a massive hacking attack had manipulated results, ratcheting up tensions in opposition strongholds. Police engaged in running battles with a few hundred protesters in Odinga's bastion Kisumu in western Kenya, firing tear gas as his supporters set tyres alight. Burning barricades also went up in Nairobi's Mathare slum.
AFP/Photos – Marco Longari
Back of postcard reads:
CALIFORNIA STATE COLLEGE
Hayward
Administration Building on beautiful Cal State Campus
Published by R. and C. Hakanson, San Pablo, Calif.
I am giving a talk on Wednesday to the Crawley Camera Club entitled "George Entertains"
I've decided to talk about the photographs taken under the auspices of the Farm Security Administration* in America from 1935 to 1944 by some sixteen photographers directed by Roy Stryker. I have copied about a hundred photographs from books to illustrate the talk. There is a Flickr group of the 1600 colour images here. Almost all of the black and white images can be viewed on-line too.
(*Strictly it was the RA in the early years and the OWI later)
Kenyan Administration Police officers patrol in the Mathare Slum of Nairobi on August 9, 2017, during protests against Kenya's national election results..
President Uhuru Kenyatta appeared headed for re-election but his rival Raila Odinga claimed a massive hacking attack had manipulated results, ratcheting up tensions in opposition strongholds. Police engaged in running battles with a few hundred protesters in Odinga's bastion Kisumu in western Kenya, firing tear gas as his supporters set tyres alight. Burning barricades also went up in Nairobi's Mathare slum.
AFP/Photos – Marco Longari
Do you have any idea to contest the coming election, if so under which party.?
Question Submited By: WEERAKKODYSARATH
When elections are held I will always contest elections. I have served the UNP in the past and now I am holding office in the PA administration. I will continue to serve the country in terms of the PA administration which has done well in finding solutions to national issues that has confronted Sri Lanka for several decades. I am also an advocate of consensual politics. I am sure you will understand by now the party ticket under which I will be seeking my candidacy.
Generally I admire you as a gentlemen as you possess remarkable qualities for being a very few of your colleagues in the ruling party carries a proper educational back-ground. It is the lack of proper education and proper culture that makes some of your co-ministers and deputy ministers to behave in the manner they do. What is your comment on this issue?
Question Submited By: Jayantha Jayamanne
Thank you for the kind sentiments expressed about me. I do believe that having a proper educational background is important for members of the legislature. However, you would agree that there are many in the private sector and other fields who have no university or professional qualifications but have proven to be extremely successful. In my view members of parliament should be those who work for the welfare of the people of this country and who conduct themselves with grace and dignity. In particular they must respect the rule of law of the country and strive to bring development to Sri Lanka.
Do you think Sri Lanka needs to and can afford to squander Rs.4.5 billion on hosting the SAARC summit in Kandy given the current economic predicament facing the country, and the dire hardships being faced by the common man? How can recklessness of this nature be supported by any credible politician? Why couldn't Sri Lanka just tell the SARC members that it cannot afford this tamasha?
Question Submited By: David
In view of logistical constraints the main SAARC Summit will be held in Colombo. We are hoping to organize some events in Kandy to commemorate this event. The reason that Kandy was thought of as a venue initially was to develop the city as an alternative conference destination. I believe that a country should have the ability to hold international conferences at several venues. Certainly the figure of Rs. 4.5 billion is a gross exaggeration. We are yet to finalize the cost for the event. Furthermore, you would agree that as a member of the International Community, it is vital for Sri Lanka to take on its share of responsibilities in promoting regional interactions. It was our view that as Sri Lanka celebrates the 60th Anniversary of Independence this year, it would be significant to have an event of this nature in Sri Lanka with the participation of 8 Heads of State from the region and numerous VIPS from the world. I do agree that such events are held at a cost. However, it also promotes the image of the country as a safe destination for travelers and raises our profile. It contributes well in terms of our promotion of investments, trade, tourism and able all Sri Lanka’s profile for stability.
Dear Sir; I respect your endurance in withstanding the criticism targeted against you by the opposition. Obviously they do it to show their existence rather than what they really believe in what they say. In any case, what is puzzling me is: Why do you have to enter into politics and work hard without finding a job in any of the government departments where you can relax, instead of working hard?
Question Submited By: Busby
Well, Sri Lanka has always been a very vibrant, multi party democracy and as with all democracies criticism from opposition parties’ forms a key element of such a system. I welcome comments from opposition parties as it reflects a difference of opinion and demonstrates a counter point. I have entered politics to serve the people and I think you would be making a generalization to say that at Government Department people do not work hard. I can safely say that it has not been the case with all the Government institutions I have been associated with since entering parliament and the ones I have headed and held office in.
Dear Mr. Bogollagama, it's nice having you in the meeting room. Do you feel the people are pleased with situation in the country in terms of rising COL, war, uncertain political conditions, under the present government? And apparently the government is planning a general election. In the event the govt. loses the election, what would you would be the result?
Question Submited By: Hamdon
The rising cost of living is of grave concern to the Government and all possible efforts are being taken to minimize pressure on the general public. The Government deeply appreciates the fortitude with which the general public bears this burden particular in view of the efforts being taken to rid the North of the country of terrorism. You would agree that these are difficult times with the Government having to take on one of the most ruthless terrorist organizations in the world. We are advancing with great success. The East has been cleared and elections are being held there. We seek the understanding of the people at this crucial time. No general election has been planned nor is it in sight. Period of Government extends up to 2010.
Hon. Minister, I have a few questions for you: 1) You undertake many foreign tours. According certain media you have visited some countries more than once during the last year or so. My question is, wouldn’t this extensive traveling make you and most of all our country seem desperate? 2) There are reports in the media that suggest that some of your family members have a lot of influence on the Foreign Ministry. In fact it was reported that you son travels with you on foreign tours. What’s your response to your critics? I am sure your son is very capable but don’t you think such unprofessional acts on your part would hamper your credibility? 3) We are getting closer to Iran. Apparently the Iranian President will be visiting us next month (unconfirmed yet). I know Iran has promised to sponsor a few projects, but isn’t the government worried about irking the US? Thanks, Ares!
Question Submited By: Rajitha Jayasinghe
1) The type of foreign visits undertaken by me falls in to three categories. The first of these being to promote bilateral relations which entails visits to meet counterparts thus registering support for Sri Lanka’s political, economic and other agendas. The second is participation at multilateral fora which Sri Lanka is a member of or has gained membership in. Sri Lanka’s visibility was enhanced in 2007 due to these visits. Multilateral and regional fora attended were the United National General Assembly sessions (UNGA), Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), SAARC, ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) and Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) Ministerial Meeting. The third type of foreign travel is accompanying the Head of State on State visits numbering over 6 visits in 2007. If I had to repeat a visit to a country like that of India or the US it was largely due to these visits belonging to any one of the three categories mentioned above. 2) The members of my family have no influence in the Foreign Ministry and my two children are studying overseas. My children have always been exposed to overseas travel form a very early age and they are being educated and continue to live overseas. My children have never traveled at the expense of the State. 3) Sri Lanka has remained a Non Aligned country and continues to follow an independent Foreign Policy. We have maintained strong bilateral relations with several countries in the closest form, and do enjoy a similar relationship with both the US and Iran. The Iranian President is due to visit Sri Lanka in the third week of April 2008.
was the official residence of Sri lanka High Commissioner in UK which was occupied by Mr.Faiz Musthapa, Q.C. until his departure in Feb. 2005 not suitable for the occupation of new high commissioner who assumed duties after one week of his departure?
Question Submited By: Ama Senadeera
The issue of an official residence should not become a matter of choice of an Ambassador or High Commissioner. It is a matter for the Foreign Ministry to assess and determine the suitability of the lodging and premises for the Head of Mission. The decision to demolish the current residence due to its dilapidated state and undertake reconstruction of new premises at the same site was taken by the Foreign Ministry after several consultations with independent experts and a Cabinet Decision was accordingly taken.
It is indeed always a treat to see how you speak & do things as the FM of Sri Lanka. In fact without any doubt you are the best Sri Lankan to replace the big shoes of late FM Mr. Laxman K. Yet I feel you are not as aggressive as late Mr. Laxman K. when it comes to counter attacking western deplomats allegation on Sri Lanka & its conduct on war & I feel it is people like Dr. Dayan J. & Prof. Rajiv W. who are on the frontline responding to these so-called "All well, All in line west, which happened to be grand mothers of Human Rights". Any reason why you choose this way ???
Question Submited By: Kapila Kahapola
Maintaining foreign relations must be viewed both from the point of view of national interest and international repercussions. In this regard the Foreign Minister’s task lies in positioning Sri Lanka’s message with clarity and sustaining it with credibility. In today’s context, issues confronting Sri Lanka have several angles. One needs to be mindful of using one response to a given angel without allowing it to have an adverse effect on the other side of the divide. We are living among many friends in the world and some of these friends may place different moral judgments on some of the issues that we may be confronted with. I strongly believe that an “explanation” should be a means towards clearing misgivings rather than verbose attacks.
What will be the policy of appointing ambassadors and representatives of sri lanka to other countries? Is the criteria to only include old politicians, retired personnel from armed forces, qualified and well educated diplomats or your son whom you are reportedly training to be a politician/diplomat?
Question Submited By: jayantha dharmaratne
In the selection of Ambassadors and representatives foremost consideration has been placed on the suitability of the individual vis-à-vis that of the country’s representation given the specific location. In this regard a great emphasis is being placed on the achievements of the respective individuals in their respective careers which stands as a yardstick in the selection process. In addition their integrity is also measured. The ones who come from the Sri Lanka Foreign Service (career diplomats) are also evaluated both in terms of their suitability and seniority. My son’s entitlement to be what he should be is his own individual preference and I will not bear my influence on that.
Sir, what is the progress of the Examination held by the Ministry to recruit Grade III officers? Have you already taken a lot without releasing the results?
Question Submited By: Rohana
The Examinations referred to was held in January 2008 and the results of this Examination have not been released as yet by the Department of Examinations. No recruitment has been made based on this Examination as results are pending.
Do you believe that you are doing a better or at least an equal job of representing our country as the late Dr. Lakshman Kadiragamar did? Has your extravagant expenses lead to any sort of benefit towards our country? If so why have there been so many blunders reported in the media attributed to the incompetences of our foreign service?
Question Submited By: Dushan Dharmasena
In terms of the job that I am doing the assessment can only come from persons like you. At the same time all the deeds in my term of office could be seen from the benefit Sri Lanka is deriving in international fora. The effort to counter terrorism has gained substantial momentum in 2007 with the LTTE front organizations being banned in several countries in the West. We have been able to position Sri Lanka’s military efforts purely as a need for countering terrorism whilst enhancing the political approaches to the conflict. We have become a member of several international fora in 2007 and enjoy reciprocation from bilateral relations as seen from the State visits undertaken by H E the President. In the year 2007 we won a seat in the UNESCO Executive council with over 130 countries supporting us. Sri Lanka hosting the SAARC Summit in 2008, the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) Ministerial Meeting in 2009, the Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) Meeting in 2011 are significant achievements during this period. As for the extravagance in expenditure, whilst respecting your personal viewpoint I must state that expenditure has been in line with allocations and no extra expenditure has been incurred. In most visits the host country also extends hospitality which helps to minimize costs.
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Title: Administration building at the Florida State Hospital in Chattahoochee, Florida
Date: July 1957
Physical descrip: 1 photonegative - b&w - 4 x 5 in.
Series Title: Tallahassee Democrat Collection
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Acting District Agriculture and cooperatives officer Ayubu Omari engages in discussion for climate-smart decision making in Lushoto, Tanzania.
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Kenyan Administration Police officers patrol in the Mathare Slum of Nairobi on August 9, 2017, during protests against Kenya's national election results..
President Uhuru Kenyatta appeared headed for re-election but his rival Raila Odinga claimed a massive hacking attack had manipulated results, ratcheting up tensions in opposition strongholds. Police engaged in running battles with a few hundred protesters in Odinga's bastion Kisumu in western Kenya, firing tear gas as his supporters set tyres alight. Burning barricades also went up in Nairobi's Mathare slum.
AFP/Photos – Marco Longari
Kenyan Administration Police officers patrol in the Mathare Slum of Nairobi on August 9, 2017, during protests against Kenya's national election results..
President Uhuru Kenyatta appeared headed for re-election but his rival Raila Odinga claimed a massive hacking attack had manipulated results, ratcheting up tensions in opposition strongholds. Police engaged in running battles with a few hundred protesters in Odinga's bastion Kisumu in western Kenya, firing tear gas as his supporters set tyres alight. Burning barricades also went up in Nairobi's Mathare slum.
AFP/Photos – Marco Longari
Built in 1931-1935, this Collegiate Gothic Revival-style building was designed by Philip L. Small, Inc. to serve as the centerpiece of a new campus built for the Jesuit-affiliated John Carroll University, which was moving from an urban campus in Ohio City to suburban University Heights. The building features a hipped slate roof with front-gabled end wings, red brick cladding, an orthogonal central tower, known as Grasselli Tower, with corner octagonal buttresses, an open belfry featuring gothic arched openings with tracery, a limestone parapet with a screen featuring tracery, a clock face on the west facade of the tower, a large gothic arched opening with a large curtain wall on the first and second floor of the tower below an oriel window, loggias with gothic arched openings and crenellated parapets flanking the tower, wall dormers, awning windows, a limestone base, the rear Kulas Auditorium with a stage house featuring a recessed gothic arched panel with geometric limestone trim on the rear facade and buttresses on the side facades, and breezeways between the building and the adjacent Boler School and B Wing buildings. The building is a contributing structure in the John Carroll University North Quad Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. The building is the centerpiece of the John Carroll University campus, a major anchor of the Cleveland suburb of University Heights.
Kenyan Administration Police officers patrol in the Mathare Slum of Nairobi on August 9, 2017, during protests against Kenya's national election results..
President Uhuru Kenyatta appeared headed for re-election but his rival Raila Odinga claimed a massive hacking attack had manipulated results, ratcheting up tensions in opposition strongholds. Police engaged in running battles with a few hundred protesters in Odinga's bastion Kisumu in western Kenya, firing tear gas as his supporters set tyres alight. Burning barricades also went up in Nairobi's Mathare slum.
AFP/Photos – Marco Longari
VIEW OF THE MCNARY DAM.
THE BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION (BPA) IS A FEDERAL AGENCY CREATED BY CONGRESS IN 1937 TO SELL AND DELIVER POWER FROM THE BONNEVILLE AND GRAND COULEE DAMS. AS ADDITIONAL GENERATING FACILITIES AND DAMS WERE BUILT, BPA HAS BEEN GIVEN AUTHORIZATION TO MARKET POWER FROM THEM. BPA SUPPLIES NEARLY HALF THE ELECTRICITY CONSUMED IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THE FEDERAL DAMS CAN PRODUCE A MAXIMUM OF 22,000 MEGAWATTS (OR 22 MILLION KILOWATTS). BPA HAS BUILT MORE THAN 14,000 CIRCUIT MILES OF HIGH-VOLTAGE POWER LINES AND 380 SUBSTATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST. ALTHOUGH BPA IS PART OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, IT IS NOT FUNDED BY TAX REVENUES. BPA IS "SELF-FINANCED", IT COVERS OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS THROUGH ITS REVENUES. CONGRESS HAS ALSO AUTHORIZED BPA TO FINANCE NEW TRANSMISSION FACILITIES, CONSERVATION PROGRAMS AND FISH-PROTECTION MEASURES BY BORROWING FROM THE U. S. TREASURY. BPA IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR MEETING FUTURE POWER NEEDS OF THE REGION'S UTILITIES. BPA IS AUTHORIZED, UNDER THE GUIDELINES OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ELECTRIC POWER PLANNING AND CONSERVATION ACT OF 1980, TO ACQUIRE POWER FROM NEW RESOURCES: RENEWABLE, COGENERATION, AND THERMAL PROJECTS SUCH AS NUCLEAR OR COAL-FIRED PLANTS.
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Description: Princess Alice Hospital. Administration Block from Nurses' Home.
Location: Grenada
Date: 1950
Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/351
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Washington DC, the evening of Thursday October 12, 2017. Around 50 peace activists and supporters associated with Move On, J Street, Win Without War, NIAC, Women's Action For New Directions and other groups gathered in front of the White House for an hour long rally with speeches to stop a war with Iran. President Trump is expected to "de-certify" the multilateral Iran deal that, at the very least, has been successful at interrupting the development of nuclear weapons by the Islamic State. Skilled diplomats and peace advocates worldwide worked very hard for over two years to get the Iran deal over the finish line in 2015. All objective observers, including generals and other 'national security' officials in Trump's administration, agree that Iran has lived up to their deal obligations. Still, our President, along with his ally Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, is determined to end the United States participation in the agreement, risking runaway nuclear proliferation and a possible catastrophic war. Many of us on the ground tonight have been here before. Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen and more. It's remarkable that the foolish rush into yet another war that could and should be prevented is protested by so few. Lawrence J. Korb is on the mic defending the Iran deal. Larry was appointed Assistant Secretary Of Defense in the Reagan administration from 1981 to 1985. He's currently a senior fellow at the Center For American Progress.