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It’s beginning to look like Christmas, but we’ve got to eat! Wednesday, December 21, 2024, was the scene, once again, of Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Vince Carter and his Embassy of Hope Foundation in partnership with Publix Supermarkets presenting “Believing in Christmas” annual food basket giveaway. EOH Board members and volunteers gathered outside the Vince Carter Athletic Center at Mainland High School to distribute plentiful food baskets containing a gift card to purchase a turkey or meat of choice, white potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions, celery, stuffing mix, canned vegetables, eggs, margarine, apple pie and more to groups feeding families needing assistance this Christmas season. This is the 25th year that Carter and his advisory board have made it possible for families to have a nice meal at Christmas. As Vince said, “This is a small piece of what we can do for our community. Being able to put a good meal on the table where family and friends can gather is important.” This year, some of the recipients included the Children’s Home Society, Halifax Health Hospice, Family Renew, and families involved in some of our local churches.
Vince and the Embassy of Hope Advisory Board wish everyone blessings for this holiday season and good health for the New Year.
Cardboard laid out in thick layers to prevent regrowth of ivy and strawberry. Bricks to hold cardboard down until other materials are accumulated. Leaves from yard and other biomass sit on top of cardboard.
The Oakland Long Wharf was an 11,000-foot railroad wharf and ferry pier along the east shore of San Francisco Bay located at the foot of Seventh Street in West Oakland. The Oakland Long Wharf was built, beginning 1868, by the Central Pacific Railroad on what was previously Oakland Point. Beginning November 8, 1869, it served as the west coast terminus of the First transcontinental railroad. In the 1880s, Southern Pacific Railroad took over the CPRR, extending it and creating a new ferry terminal building with the official station name Oakland Pier. The entire structure became commonly and popularly called the Oakland Mole. Portions of the Wharf lasted until the 1960s. The site is now part of the facilities of the Port of Oakland, while passenger train service operates at the nearby Jack London Square/Dellums Station and another nearby station in Emeryville.
History:
The first use of the site for boats was in 1852, when Gibbons' Wharf was constructed at Gibbons' Point, westward into San Francisco Bay. In 1862, Gibbons' Point was renamed Oakland Point, and the wharf was first used as a ferry landing as part of the San Francisco and Oakland Railroad service. On November 8, 1869, it succeeded Alameda Terminal and became the western terminus of the First transcontinental railroad trains.
Central Pacific
In 1868 the Central Pacific Railroad acquired this pier and immediately began extending and improving it, renaming it the Oakland Long Wharf. The first through train on the transcontinental route left Oakland on the morning of November 8, 1869, with the inaugural west bound arrival at the Oakland wharf that evening. Local commuter trains also used the pier, while trains of the Pacific Railroad (aka: "First transcontinental railroad") used another wharf in nearby Alameda for about two months in 1869 (September 6 to November 7), after which the Oakland Long Wharf became the western terminus of the Pacific Railroad as well. From there San Francisco Bay ferries carried both commuters and long distance passengers between the Long Wharf and San Francisco. The CPRR floated freight to San Francisco starting in 1871; by then the Long Wharf reached out into the Bay 11,000 feet from Oakland Point to deep water. It was fully opened for business on January 16, 1871.
In 1879-1880 the Long Wharf was reconstructed by filling part of it with rocks and earth brought in from Fruitvale and from Niles Canyon, where hundreds of Chinese workers were blasting rocks. About one million cubic yards of rocks and fill was estimated for this first landfill project. On this solid fill, a large depot covered in corrugated iron and glass and lit by electric lighting was constructed in 1881, creating the Oakland Pier or Mole, which opened for traffic on January 22, 1882.
Southern Pacific:
The Central Pacific's operations were consolidated under the Southern Pacific in the 1880s, and in 1882 the Oakland Pier was opened about a half-mile east of the west end of the Long Wharf, which was then used only for freight until being abandoned in 1919. Freight trains served docks just south of the train shed after the original was abandoned. The mole became one of the busiest piers in the United States. A huge stained-glass window of the SP logo was placed on the western end of the train shed in 1929. When the building was demolished, it was removed and put in storage. It is now at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, California.
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Je ne savais pas quelle style donner à cette puce.
Vu que c'est ma première j'avais envie de m'aventurer dans tout et n'importe quoi :X
Je pense à un style très doux et enfantin mais avec peut être une évolution :)
I have passed this cottage so often at the beginning and end of walks since the late'40s - it was great to stay so far up the glen!
THE YORK DANCE ENSEMBLE
BEGINNINGS and ENDINGS
Holly Small, Artistic Director
February 11-13, 2015
Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre
York University
PROGRAM
SAMAN
Staging & Direction: Shabrina Mardevi
Special thanks to the Indonesian Consul General Mr. Julang Pujianto and
the Godhong Maple Indonesian Arts Community
TIPPING POINT (premiere)
Choreography: Tracey Norman
FLESH AND A BROKEN WHISPER
Choreography: John Ottmann
COUNTERPOINT CLOUD/PROJECT (2013)
Choreography: Carol Anderson
TWIST OF FATE (premiere)
for Fern Small and Oliver
Choreography: Holly Small
Photos by: David Hou
(All rights reserved)
THE YORK DANCE ENSEMBLE
BEGINNINGS and ENDINGS
Holly Small, Artistic Director
February 11-13, 2015
Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre
York University
PROGRAM
SAMAN
Staging & Direction: Shabrina Mardevi
Special thanks to the Indonesian Consul General Mr. Julang Pujianto and
the Godhong Maple Indonesian Arts Community
TIPPING POINT (premiere)
Choreography: Tracey Norman
FLESH AND A BROKEN WHISPER
Choreography: John Ottmann
COUNTERPOINT CLOUD/PROJECT (2013)
Choreography: Carol Anderson
TWIST OF FATE (premiere)
for Fern Small and Oliver
Choreography: Holly Small
Photos by: David Hou
(All rights reserved)
I love tulips, and this tulip beginning to bloom is so lovely!
Taken at Eden Parks Krohn Conservatory on Eden Park Drive in Cincinnati, Ohio.
THE YORK DANCE ENSEMBLE
BEGINNINGS and ENDINGS
Holly Small, Artistic Director
February 11-13, 2015
Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre
York University
PROGRAM
SAMAN
Staging & Direction: Shabrina Mardevi
Special thanks to the Indonesian Consul General Mr. Julang Pujianto and
the Godhong Maple Indonesian Arts Community
TIPPING POINT (premiere)
Choreography: Tracey Norman
FLESH AND A BROKEN WHISPER
Choreography: John Ottmann
COUNTERPOINT CLOUD/PROJECT (2013)
Choreography: Carol Anderson
TWIST OF FATE (premiere)
for Fern Small and Oliver
Choreography: Holly Small
Photos by: David Hou
(All rights reserved)
THE YORK DANCE ENSEMBLE
BEGINNINGS and ENDINGS
Holly Small, Artistic Director
February 11-13, 2015
Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre
York University
PROGRAM
SAMAN
Staging & Direction: Shabrina Mardevi
Special thanks to the Indonesian Consul General Mr. Julang Pujianto and
the Godhong Maple Indonesian Arts Community
TIPPING POINT (premiere)
Choreography: Tracey Norman
FLESH AND A BROKEN WHISPER
Choreography: John Ottmann
COUNTERPOINT CLOUD/PROJECT (2013)
Choreography: Carol Anderson
TWIST OF FATE (premiere)
for Fern Small and Oliver
Choreography: Holly Small
Photos by: David Hou
(All rights reserved)