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Through this photographic portfolio entitled “LIQUID SUBURBS” we want to focus on the theme of suburbs understood as both physical spaces and metaphorical dimensions. In the peripheries, in modern times, we have associated in negative terms what Bauman defines as “forced individualism”, as the liberation from any possible social bond and consequent solitary management of “risk”, uncertainty and the fears that derive from it. In a “liquid” society, life, particularly in the suburbs, seems to settle down and flatten itself in an eternal arid present of future prospects, similar to quicksand, amidst increasingly heavy and immobilizing doubts and perplexities, anchored to certainties linked to a past that is not it exists more and instead persists with nostalgia in the memories of flexible men, weakening them transformative capacity of reality. To adapt to continuous change and the structural risks of the second modernity, man has preferred to abandon the thought of introspection by adopting a mentality of “survival” that feeds on a “fast” thought typical of machines. A thought that does not allow for any deep reflection of one's own experiences, which does not provide the possibility of authentically taking care of one's self and which is shown through the construction, reflected by the architecture of the suburbs (as highlighted in the portfolio), of a “patchwork” Composed of many small and fragile fragments, often devoid of ties and connections, which are unable to give meaning and significance to the existential path of the individual as well as of the family nucleus and consequently of the non-community itself.
The 2018 Cambridge Freshfields Lecture entitled "Rights, Wrongs, and Injustices: Taking Remedies Seriously" was delivered by Professor Stephen Smith, James McGill Professor of the Faculty of Law, McGill University, on 8 May 2018.
The Cambridge Freshfields Lecture is an annual address delivered by a guest of the Cambridge Private Law Centre, and the event is sponsored by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
More information about this lecture is available from the Private Law Centre website:
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From my set entitled “Heuchera”
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In my collection entitled “The Garden”
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HeucheraThe genus Heuchera includes at least 50 species of herbaceous perennial plants in the family Saxifragaceae, all native to North America. Common names include alumroot and coral bells. They have palmately lobed leaves on long petioles, and a thick, woody rootstock. The genus was named after Johann Heinrich von Heucher (1677–1746), an 18th century German physician.
Alumroot species grow in varied habitats, so some species look quite different from one another, and have varying preferences regarding temperature, soil, and other natural factors. H. maxima is found on the Channel Islands of California, where it grows on rocky, windy, saline-washed ocean shores. H. sanguinea, called coral bells because of its terra cotta-colored flowers, can be found in the warm, dry canyons of Arizona. Gardeners and horticulturists have developed a multitude of hybrids between various Heuchera species. There is an extensive array of blossom sizes, shapes, and colors, foliage types, and geographic tolerances.
Though tangy and slightly astringent, the leaves may be used to liven up bland greens.
Natives of the Northwest U.S. have used tonic derived of Alumroot roots to aid digestive difficulties, but extractions from the root can also be used to stop minor bleeding, reduce inflammation, and otherwise shrink moist tissues after swelling.
This is a C. Richter (publishers) Ltd postcard of a long forgotten event which took place on Thursday 17th August 1939. The postcard is entitled "Bombers over Trafalgar Square", but not RAF Bombers. These are French Bombers which took part in mock attacks against British cities in order to test the RAF's response. The following report in the Times of 18th August was written by their Aeronautical correspondent who I suspect was a serving RAF Officer.
A FRIENDLY INVASION
FRENCH BOMBERS OVER ENGLAND
RECEPTION BY RAF
From Our Aeronautical Correspondent
SAFFRON WALDEN, AUG 17
The French aircraft which came seeking targets in England today as British bombers have done lately over France, must have been a little overwhelmed by their reception. The British fighters which met them and cavorted about them seemed at least as numerous as the visitors. The French arrived and passed over England in successive waves, and at various points each wave met the reception committee almost in full force. We who accompanied the fighters were only too impressed by the crowding of the sky and were thankful for the third dimension which made it safe. The French bombers numbered about 120. In addition there were reconnaissance aircraft and fighters at about half that strength. The plan was to send the reconnaissance aircraft ahead to spy out the land and to give advice by wireless to the bombers which followed them. Lastly an escort of fighters was detailed to meet the returning raiders over London and convoy them on their homeward run. The plan afforded the British fighters a whole afternoon of good practice, in which the difficulty was less to intercept the quarry than to establish the right to deliver an attack on it. Over the South Coast soon after noon today we in the Blenheim fighters had to leave the fun of attacking to Spitfires and Hurricanes.
DAWN RAID
As the French came in they were attacked. As they advanced towards their objectives at Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester, and Oxford they were again attacked. As they made their way towards the coast once more they were assailed. Their return path over London was most hotly beset of all. Everything which passed was taken as a target by the fighters, and some of the farewell blows were struck over Tonbridge by fighters which had pursued the last wave from London. The only raid which was unopposed by British aircraft was that against Liverpool in the early morning. The four-engined heavy bombers, believed to be of the Farman type, crossed the coast at Harwich at 3.15 a.m. and were over Liverpool at 6.12. Some of the searchlights caught these, and the gunners probably had some practice, but the mist in eastern and southern England caused the fighters to be kept, for safety‘s sake, on the ground. That mist, which lifted when the sun came up, was not dispersed throughout the day. It hung, a gauzy curtain, at heights up to 9,000ft., and it made the visitors much less easy to find from the air than those who watched them from the ground may have supposed. When we left some of the raiders on the east side of London this afternoon, we lost sight of them completely at four miles range. Over the sea, while we watched for them this morning, the mist was still thicker, and our flight of three aircraft opened out to serve as an aerial drag-net a mile wide, drawn over the sea approaches between Hove and Beachy Head.
AIR FULL OF FIGHTERS
There the air was full of British fighters. There were Hurricanes and Spitfires above us, Gladiators beneath us, and a few Sharks of the Coastal Command away on our flank. When the Bloch reconnaissance aircraft came dimly into sight out of the mist, they were engaged so quickly by the fighters from above that we should have had no chance of jumping their claim even if we had been closer to them. Nearly an hour later the bombers came northwards from Havre in large bodies. The twin engined Potez could not be mistaken for anything but French aircraft, but the Amiots, similar to the Blenheims, nearly led to our being attacked.
A Formation of six Spitfires, having already played havoc among all the bombers they or we could see, sat patiently above us while its leader dived condescendingly to our modest height of l2,500ft. to make sure that we belonged to the home team. Then we were all recalled while fighters farther inland took up the duty of extending a hearty welcome to the French. We were hospitably given luncheon at an aerodrome to the east of London and there, when the alarm of returning bombers was given, we had the stimulating sight of 36 Spitfires being put into the air within 12 minutes. These were some of the numerous fighters which people in London saw engaging the French visitors high in the mist.
PILOTS’ GREETING
This was simply a piece of British heartiness. The French had arranged to assemble over London. They had no targets in London to bomb. Their rendezvous was intended as a salute to London and the British fighters could have no difficulty in finding so big a body of aircraft. The fighters attacked in their dozens, sailing in behind and below the bombers, delivering a burst of fire and then circling for the next assault. They could not have been an embarrassment, for they carefully kept the prescribed distance of 300 yards and occasionally waved a greeting which the French pilots returned. The assembly of the French over London more properly resembled a procession which strung itself out a little as the visitors made for the coast. It was then that interception practice became more difficult.
By 4.30 all the French aircraft had returned safely to their bases across the Channel, and we too had ended as full and exciting a day as the fighters could expect to have at the expense of their allies. The task of both parties to the excercise could have been simpler if the air over England had been as clear as the sky above; but the work of the French raiders and of their British opponents could not have been better done, and, apart from its significance as a token of Anglo-French relations, the joint adventure has doubtless increased the mutual respect between the two air forces and helped to deepen their sense of comradeship.
Through this photographic portfolio entitled “LIQUID SUBURBS” we want to focus on the theme of suburbs understood as both physical spaces and metaphorical dimensions. In the peripheries, in modern times, we have associated in negative terms what Bauman defines as “forced individualism”, as the liberation from any possible social bond and consequent solitary management of “risk”, uncertainty and the fears that derive from it. In a “liquid” society, life, particularly in the suburbs, seems to settle down and flatten itself in an eternal arid present of future prospects, similar to quicksand, amidst increasingly heavy and immobilizing doubts and perplexities, anchored to certainties linked to a past that is not it exists more and instead persists with nostalgia in the memories of flexible men, weakening them transformative capacity of reality. To adapt to continuous change and the structural risks of the second modernity, man has preferred to abandon the thought of introspection by adopting a mentality of “survival” that feeds on a “fast” thought typical of machines. A thought that does not allow for any deep reflection of one's own experiences, which does not provide the possibility of authentically taking care of one's self and which is shown through the construction, reflected by the architecture of the suburbs (as highlighted in the portfolio), of a “patchwork” Composed of many small and fragile fragments, often devoid of ties and connections, which are unable to give meaning and significance to the existential path of the individual as well as of the family nucleus and consequently of the non-community itself.
This is the finished 3D Painting entitled Centurion.
See the full slide show in the Epic Journey in the Transformation of this 3D Painting here.
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When I first saw this picture I know I had to paint it, full credit to the original artist, it is a masterpiece. Bursting out of the Colosseum, on the left you have the elements of history and tradition, and on the right you have the future, which looks like a space craft, and in the middle you have the Centurion, signalling, forward...the past and future being lead by the present, how it should be.
Working full time as well, this picture may take me 3 to 4 days to complete, every night I will post more & more stages to completion. If you click on the Slideshow link below you can watch a Slideshow showing the many stages in the painting of the picture, iv uploaded 11 so far, it may take as many as 30 until im happy with it. Every night if you click on the same link you will see the new additions automatically added to the slidehow, giving you an insight into how 3D Paintings are created.
Transformation Slideshow :
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As with all civilisations, nations & empires, its not how strong you are, its what you stand for that counts , it is these values, not military might & brute force, that determines longevity & prosperity.
Many things have been said about the Romans, the recent film released 2010 entitled Centurion is a good example, as was Spartacus, and the birth & life of Jesus Christ. When all is said & done the Romans lasted an aweful long time, they must have been doing something right.
There demise was started with the emergence of a movement that put forth to mankind a much higher set of values, not a stronger military force. That movement is Christianity.
The Roman civilisation tried to Adapt, tried to absorb, but its decline was inevitable. The Catholic Church is what remains of the Roman branch of Christianity.
Janet also released another album entitled The Velvet Rope and it also debuted at the billboard top chart. With the sales reached 16 million copies globally, Janet is one of the biggest selling artist of all time.
Officially entitled "My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love" this image is probably the most famous of all the artwork at the East Side Gallery. Created in 1990 by Dmitri Vrubel, the painting depicts Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker in a fraternal embrace, and is based on a 1979 photograph taken during the 30th anniversary of the foundation of the German Democratic Republic.
School of Pharmacy, Hajvery University has organized a very knowledge worthy and successful one day scientific conference entitled “International Conference on Pharmaceutics and Neuropharmacology” on 24th April 2013 in collaboration with Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, UK and Pakistan Pharmacist Association. Funding body for this entire event was PPQP, National Talent Pool, Ministry of Education and Training, Government of Pakistan. In this conference, Hajvery University has brought together not only pharmacist community of Pakistan but also doctors. It has provided a platform to them to interact with each other for amelioration of health status of people. Two international and twenty national speakers has shared their original research work and their personal experiences with audience. International speakers from university of Cambridge, UK (Dr. Sohail Ejaz) and University of Eastern Philipine (Prof. Dr. Gerry Armor Camer) and national speakers from Hajvery University Lahore, University of Punjab Lahore, UVAS Lahore, University of Lahore, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Center Lahore, University of South Asia Lahore, Lahore College for Women University Lahore, Bhauddin Zakria University Multan and Islamia University Bahawalpur have presented their papers which is a record number of presenters, presenting their research work in a single day conference. A handsome number of participants from medical and health field have attended and highly appreciated the event management and Hajvery University in their remarks. This was an enormous International Conference in which Pharmaceutical industries were invited for the exhibition to promote their products and new research inventions which has contributed towards the awareness of community. Hajvery University (HU) is one of the leading Universities in Pakistan. HU is Chartered by Govt. Of Pakistan, Accredited by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) and rated W category. HU is a progressive, Student Centric University, focused on offering rigorous, market driven courses in Business, Fashion, Engineering, Computer sciences, Textile Design, Media Studies, Economics, Commerce, Pharmacy & English For details: Web: www.hup.edu.pk, UAN: 042-111-777-007 Email: info@hup.edu.pk
This exhibition, entitled 'Nah Poeh Meng' (Along The Continuous Path) is permanently displayed at the Poeh Cultural Center and Museum in Pojoaque, New Mexico. Pojoaque Pueblo is one of the six Tewa-speaking Rio Grande Pueblos. The museum is devoted to the arts and culture of the Puebloan peoples, especially the Tewas in the northern part of the state.
The Nah Poeh Meng display is divided into six rooms with each room based upon both a temporal and seasonal theme. This room depicts the Summer season and is described as follows....
"By Summer we have moved completely above ground.
Our houses are sometimes multistoried. Outside of our
villages, the fields are abundant with corn, squash and
beans. In Summer we tend to our crops, make pottery,
prepare for feasts, dance our ceremonials, and visit
relatives and friends. There were many tasks to get done
if we were to survive the Winter season. Our poeh was
a hard path because we worked from sunrise to sunset,
day in and day out, season to season. But we also found
time for fun, mixing work with play such as playing the
shinney game."
The figurative sculptures are the work of Pueblo artist Roxanne Swentzell and the painted murals are by Marcellus Medina.
Installation of Glen Cinema Memorial entitled Rattle Little Mother at Dunn Square Paisley.
Location Of Names On Rattle Little Mother, Glen Cinema Memorial
Front “ To The Children Of The Glen Cinema “
Left Panel as you face front of memorial which faces in the direction of the Piazza “ Elizabeth Leonard - Samuel McBlane - Sarah McCafferty - Robert McConnell - Nellie McCran - Minnie McCran - Edward McEnhill - Margaret McEnhill - James McEnhill - Denis McGarrity - Robert McGirr - Jeanie McGrattan - Mary McWattie - Margaret Morrow - Robert Niven - Georgina Peacock - Tom Perkins - John Pinkerton - William Pinkerton - Alexander Telfer - William Rae - Thomas Renfrew - George Scott - William Spears - Jane Stevenson - Robert Wingate.
Back of Memorial which faces Paisley Town Hall “ James Gielty - John Gielty - Norman Gillies - John Goodwin - Henry Green - Mary Green - Archibald Grogan - Annie Hamilton - George Hammond “ 31 December 1929 “ Elizabeth Hart - Peter Houston - Thomas Howard - Julia Irvine - William Irvine - Thomas Jackson - James Johnston - George Kennedy - Helen Kilkie - Thomas Kilkie.
Right panel as you face front of memorial which faces towards Forbes Place “ Robert Adams - Robert Alexander - John Bell - William Black - Hugh Blue - John Bowes - David Boyd - Caroline Brain - Lily Buchanan - John Cairns - Daniel Corbett - Elizabeth Corrigan - Agnes Coyle - Robert Craig - Francis Curran - Elizabeth Dempster - Leah Dixon - Mary Dolan - George Elliott - Henry Elliott - Bessie Finlay - Enso Fiori - Janet Fitch - William Fitch - James Gatherer - Margaret Gibson.
N.B All lettering in gold except from “ 31 December 1929 “ on rear of memorial which is in black, both sides contain 26 names whilst there is 19 names on the back.
Installation of Glen Cinema Memorial entitled Rattle Little Mother at Dunn Square Paisley.
Location Of Names On Rattle Little Mother, Glen Cinema Memorial
Front “ To The Children Of The Glen Cinema “
Left Panel as you face front of memorial which faces in the direction of the Piazza “ Elizabeth Leonard - Samuel McBlane - Sarah McCafferty - Robert McConnell - Nellie McCran - Minnie McCran - Edward McEnhill - Margaret McEnhill - James McEnhill - Denis McGarrity - Robert McGirr - Jeanie McGrattan - Mary McWattie - Margaret Morrow - Robert Niven - Georgina Peacock - Tom Perkins - John Pinkerton - William Pinkerton - Alexander Telfer - William Rae - Thomas Renfrew - George Scott - William Spears - Jane Stevenson - Robert Wingate.
Back of Memorial which faces Paisley Town Hall “ James Gielty - John Gielty - Norman Gillies - John Goodwin - Henry Green - Mary Green - Archibald Grogan - Annie Hamilton - George Hammond “ 31 December 1929 “ Elizabeth Hart - Peter Houston - Thomas Howard - Julia Irvine - William Irvine - Thomas Jackson - James Johnston - George Kennedy - Helen Kilkie - Thomas Kilkie.
Right panel as you face front of memorial which faces towards Forbes Place “ Robert Adams - Robert Alexander - John Bell - William Black - Hugh Blue - John Bowes - David Boyd - Caroline Brain - Lily Buchanan - John Cairns - Daniel Corbett - Elizabeth Corrigan - Agnes Coyle - Robert Craig - Francis Curran - Elizabeth Dempster - Leah Dixon - Mary Dolan - George Elliott - Henry Elliott - Bessie Finlay - Enso Fiori - Janet Fitch - William Fitch - James Gatherer - Margaret Gibson.
N.B All lettering in gold except from “ 31 December 1929 “ on rear of memorial which is in black, both sides contain 26 names whilst there is 19 names on the back.
In 1976, the decision was made to ditch ‘Fleet Operators’ and replace it with a truly pocket-sized spotter’s ‘companion’ entitled ‘World Airline Fleets Handbook.’ This softback book measured 4.5” x 6.75” and remained this size for the next three issues to 1979. You will see from the image above that there was a variety of bindings available: square-bound, comb-bound and wire-bound.
1976-1979 WAFH included a selection of black and white airliner photos. From 1980, all photographic illustrations were done away with never to return, and the annual releases have from that day forward become very much a compilation of data. In my opinion, this led to them falling short of the quality of the competing JP Airline Fleets see here: worldoftransportbooks.com/jp-airline-fleets which always provided a decent section of contemporary postcard sized airliner photos (in colour from the 1981 edition) until it was cancelled in 2013.
As for Air Britain, with the new decade came a new title – it was shortened to just ‘Airline Fleets’ which it remains to this day. The 1980 and ‘81 editions retained the 4.5” x 6.75” size but the ’82 edition had 0.75” inches added to the height becoming 4.5” x 7.5.” You can see the difference in height from the image above. This size remained constant until 1986, as did the wire-binding, although it is possible that alternative binding styles were available.
The 1987 edition saw yet another increase in height by 0.75” becoming 4.5” x 8.25” and this size was retained up to the 1989 edition, although binding alternatives are proven by the fact that my ’87 and ’89 editions are wire bound and my ’88 edition is square bound.
Whereas the 1976 to 1979 editions featured photo-pictorial covers, these were replaced by airliner drawings between 1980 and 1986, but reverted to photo-pictorial covers again (this time in colour) for the 1987, ’88 and ’89 volumes.
The airliners depicted on the front covers of each of the editions shown in the image are listed below for your reference:
1976: JA8008 DC-8 of Air Asia and PH-DTK DC-10 of Philippine Airlines.
1977: CC-CCG 707 of LAN Chile and P2-ANT DC-3 of Air Niugini.
1978: HK-1810 Caravelle of TAC Colombia and HK-812 C-46 of Aeropesca Colombia
1979: JA8517 Tristar of All Nippon and VR-HGU 707 of Cathay Pacific
1980: A300 Airbus (drawing)
1981: 727 (drawing)
1982: 737 (drawing)
1983: 707 (drawing)
1984: 757 (drawing)
1985: SD3-30 (or 60?) (drawing)
1986: HS-748 (drawing)
1987: N406XV BAe146 of Presidential/Continental Express
1988: C-GJPC Jetstream 31 of Ontario Express/Canadian Partner
1989: 9J-AFC ATR-42 of Zambia Airways.
The emergency vet market in the United States is a free market and every doctor is entitled to collect as much as he sees fit and cover for the treatments he performs. I would like to explain in this article what are the elements that make up the cost of veterinary care, how it directly affects the quality of treatment and why it is not advisable to compromise. In fact, the work of veterinarians is a work consisting of a component of knowledge / training and a component of handwork / talent and equipment. The pricing component is divided into several vehicles: materials and laboratory work, work time, work environment and more.
Materials:
As you can imagine the vet market is a highly developed market. There are many companies that manufacture different types of materials, there are companies that import materials from abroad and as in every business there is competition between companies and differences in quality of materials, as in any business one of the methods of increasing profits is to reduce the costs. Relatively new materials that are not known for many years, materials from unknown companies, all at the expense of the pet A veterinarian who uses quality, well-known materials with good quality control will not be able to cheapen the treatment so that it will result in a loss. Something was wrong !!!
Equipment in our clinic
Our emergency clinic has advanced equipment and a range of medical services and surgeons, many innovative equipment including a digital X-ray machine, an ultrasound machine, a modern blood lab, an endoscopy, a cytology laboratory, operating rooms and hospitalization rooms. This equipment is upgraded every two to three years and allows for diagnoses and treatments at the highest level possible in the field of veterinary medicine.
Workspace:
An emergency veterinarian does not work alone and there is a team that is a separate part of the home. A good team is a very important and inseparable part of the treatment experience, and the clinic itself has surges such as water, electricity, municipal taxes, wear of equipment, etc., which are taken into consideration in the pricing of the treatments
In conclusion:
Even in an emergency vet I have no doubt that the cheapest, in most cases the most expensive, unfortunately, many patients who support me are disappointed by cheap veterinarians. Following a second round of treatments and at an additional cost - so that in the overall calculation - it is better to go for quality in the first place and not to invest twice (without talking about physical and mental suffering and investment in terms of patient time)
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Mural entitled "Changing Horses for the Pony Express" painted in 1939 by Kenneth Evett. Mr. Evett painted a second mural in this office entitled "PIcnic in Kansas". Thanks to PM Jeffrey Summers for taking the picture for me.
Image used with permission of the USPS. All rights reserved.
The CSIS Energy and National Security Program released its report entitled Realizing the Potential of U.S. Unconventional Natural Gas. The report reflects a year-long effort to capture the latest understanding of the unconventional gas development picture and lays out themes and findings to facilitate a path forward. The event provided an overview of the findings from the project while allowing for a discussion of U.S. energy policy priorities for the coming year, key aspects of the unconventional gas revolution, and where the story goes from here.
Opening Panel:
U.S. Energy Policy: Priorities for the 113th Congress
Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon)
Chairman, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
with
Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)
Ranking member, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
moderated by
Dr. John J. Hamre
President & CEO, and The Pritzker Chair, CSIS
Presentation: Findings from the Project
Sarah O. Ladislaw
Co-Director and Senior Fellow, CSIS Energy and National Security Program
Panel 2: Where the Gas Story Takes the U.S.: Key Aspects of the Unconventional Revolution
Clay Bretches
Vice President, Exploration and Production (E&P) Business Services and Minerals, Anadarko
Mike Hosford
General Manager – Unconventional Resources, GE Oil & Gas
Fred Krupp
President, Environmental Defense Fund
moderated by
David L. Pumphrey
Co-Director and Senior Fellow, CSIS Energy and National Security Program
Closing Remarks
Joseph W. Craver III,
President, Health and Engineering Sector, SAIC
From my set entitled “Heuchera”
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In my collection entitled “The Garden”
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HeucheraThe genus Heuchera includes at least 50 species of herbaceous perennial plants in the family Saxifragaceae, all native to North America. Common names include alumroot and coral bells. They have palmately lobed leaves on long petioles, and a thick, woody rootstock. The genus was named after Johann Heinrich von Heucher (1677–1746), an 18th century German physician.
Alumroot species grow in varied habitats, so some species look quite different from one another, and have varying preferences regarding temperature, soil, and other natural factors. H. maxima is found on the Channel Islands of California, where it grows on rocky, windy, saline-washed ocean shores. H. sanguinea, called coral bells because of its terra cotta-colored flowers, can be found in the warm, dry canyons of Arizona. Gardeners and horticulturists have developed a multitude of hybrids between various Heuchera species. There is an extensive array of blossom sizes, shapes, and colors, foliage types, and geographic tolerances.
Though tangy and slightly astringent, the leaves may be used to liven up bland greens.
Natives of the Northwest U.S. have used tonic derived of Alumroot roots to aid digestive difficulties, but extractions from the root can also be used to stop minor bleeding, reduce inflammation, and otherwise shrink moist tissues after swelling.
Two weeks in NOLA for the mardi gras 2017
Early in 1909, a group of laborers who had organized a club named 'The Tramps' went to the Pythian Theater to see a musical comedy performed by the Smart Set. The comedy included a skit entitled, 'There Never Was and Never Will Be a King Like Me,' about the Zulu Tribe.
That is how Zulu began, as the many stories go...
Years of extensive research by Zulu's staff of historians seem to indicate that Zulu's beginning was much more complicated than that. The earliest signs of organization came from the fact that the majority of these men belonged to a Benevolent Aid Society. Benevolent Societies were the first forms of insurance in the Black community where, for a small amount of dues, members received financial help when sick or financial aid when burying deceased members.
Conversations and interviews with older members also indicate that in that era the city was divided into wards, and each ward had its own group or 'Club.' The Tramps were one such group. After seeing the skit, they retired to their meeting place (a room in the rear of a restaurant/bar in the 1100 block of Perdido Street), and emerged as Zulus. This group was probably made up of members from the Tramps, the Benevolent Aid Society and other ward-based groups.
While the 'Group' marched in Mardi Gras as early as 1901, their first appearance as Zulus came in 1909, with William Story as King.
The group wore raggedy pants, and had a Jubilee-singing quartet in front of and behind King Story. His costume of 'lard can' crown and 'banana stalk' scepter has been well-documented. The Kings following William Story (William Crawford - 1910, Peter Williams - 1912, and Henry Harris - 1914) were similarly attired.
1915 heralded the first use of floats, constructed on a spring wagon, using dry good boxes. The float was decorated with palmetto leaves and moss and carried four Dukes along with the King. That humble beginning gave rise to the lavish floats we see in the Zulu parade today.
Zulu's 2017 Mardi Gras theme is 'Stop the Violence'
Dunmanway continues to promote its most famous son Sam Maguire with yet another wonderful project entitled ‘The Sam Maguire Passport’. It was officially launched on Sunday, 26th May, at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, by the President of the GAA John Horan, who said: ‘We pride ourselves in the GAA on being a community organisation. The Rev Cliff Jeffers is so keen and so driven. He is doing something that is a big benefit to the community and to the GAA… This is a GAA story and he is giving new life to it. But it will also bring benefit to the community. It will put Dunmanway on the map.’
Over 500 samples of the Sam Maguire Passport were distributed to those who attended a special service ‘in celebration of the inclusivity in the Gaelic Athletic Association’. Former President of Ireland Mary McAleese, Tom Ryan and Edel Maguire were among those who read at the service.
Dunmanway Community Tourism Initiative, consisting of the Reverend Cliff Jeffers, film–maker Brendan Hayes, Margaret Hennessey, Aine O’Brien of Dunmanway Library, and UCC marketing intern Máiread O’Donovan, together with students from Cork Institute of Technology, collaborated to develop three different types of passport for under–12s, under–18s and seniors.
The passport challenges the holder to follow in Sam Maguire’s steps by visiting the different locations in Dunmanway he frequented including his home and school. They will collect stamps along the way as a reward for a number of challenges which will help them to fulfil the criteria of the passport’s purpose.
On completion the passport holder will be entitled to attend one of the four celebrations planned over the summer where they will get their own personal All–Ireland winning experience with the trophy replica presented to them by one of a number of different former GAA presidents, including Sean Kelly MEP. Mr Kelly was GAA President in 2002 when he officially unveiled the Sam Maguire statue in Dunmanway.
The project is yet another collaboration between the Reverend Cliff Jeffers, Rector of the Fanlobbus Union of Parishes, and Brendan Hayes. Last year, Brendan worked on www.visitdunmanway.ie and the Sam Maguire Community Bells documentary, which is now the audio visual component of the Sam Maguire Visitor Experience.
The Reverend Cliff Jeffers said: 'In life Sam was Protestant by creed and Nationalist by conviction and this project encourages unity and reconciliation among the people and the community from all traditions in his hometown
'The Sam Maguire Passport Trail can be undertaken at any time, with external story boards at each location providing the information for the answers to be discovered and spare ‘visa stamps’ at St Mary’s Church and Dunmanway Swimming Pool. Opening times are given in the passport, with the majority of the locations giving priority to being open for July and August when Sam’s story can be comprehensively discovered. Special opening times can be arranged for groups who wish to visit at any time of year.'
The Sam Maguire Passport is best experienced by visiting Sam Maguire’s hometown of Dunmanway in West Cork. The Sam Maguire Passport also can be completed with an online version of the passport and going on a virtual tour of the locations on our website www.visitdunmanway.ie
Dunmanway town looks forward to welcoming everyone in their quest to follow Sam’s steps using the Sam Maguire Passport.
Photo credit: Lynn Glanville / Dioceses of Dublin & Glendalough
The sculpture in the foreground is entitled "Wind & Tide", and was designed and installed by artist Diane Maclean in 2003. It is situated on Gainsborough's Riverside Walk, and is a reflection of the Town's maritime past. The "masts" change colour with the changing state of the tides and wind.
The building beyond is always of interest: it is a pair of Grade 2 listed Georgian houses (built in 1819), whose greatest claim to fame is that Marian Evans, (better known as author George Eliot), wrote part of her celebrated novel The Mill on the Floss in this building whilst staying in the Town as a guest of a local Merchant and his family.
The light is interesting on this one - I was shooting almost straight into a low Sun, but I do like the final effect.
Camera: Nikon F5
Lens: Nikkor 35-70mm zoom
Film: Kodak Ektar 100
The CSIS Energy and National Security Program released its report entitled Realizing the Potential of U.S. Unconventional Natural Gas. The report reflects a year-long effort to capture the latest understanding of the unconventional gas development picture and lays out themes and findings to facilitate a path forward. The event provided an overview of the findings from the project while allowing for a discussion of U.S. energy policy priorities for the coming year, key aspects of the unconventional gas revolution, and where the story goes from here.
Opening Panel:
U.S. Energy Policy: Priorities for the 113th Congress
Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon)
Chairman, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
with
Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)
Ranking member, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
moderated by
Dr. John J. Hamre
President & CEO, and The Pritzker Chair, CSIS
Presentation: Findings from the Project
Sarah O. Ladislaw
Co-Director and Senior Fellow, CSIS Energy and National Security Program
Panel 2: Where the Gas Story Takes the U.S.: Key Aspects of the Unconventional Revolution
Clay Bretches
Vice President, Exploration and Production (E&P) Business Services and Minerals, Anadarko
Mike Hosford
General Manager – Unconventional Resources, GE Oil & Gas
Fred Krupp
President, Environmental Defense Fund
moderated by
David L. Pumphrey
Co-Director and Senior Fellow, CSIS Energy and National Security Program
Closing Remarks
Joseph W. Craver III,
President, Health and Engineering Sector, SAIC
Installation of Glen Cinema Memorial entitled Rattle Little Mother at Dunn Square Paisley.
Location Of Names On Rattle Little Mother, Glen Cinema Memorial
Front “ To The Children Of The Glen Cinema “
Left Panel as you face front of memorial which faces in the direction of the Piazza “ Elizabeth Leonard - Samuel McBlane - Sarah McCafferty - Robert McConnell - Nellie McCran - Minnie McCran - Edward McEnhill - Margaret McEnhill - James McEnhill - Denis McGarrity - Robert McGirr - Jeanie McGrattan - Mary McWattie - Margaret Morrow - Robert Niven - Georgina Peacock - Tom Perkins - John Pinkerton - William Pinkerton - Alexander Telfer - William Rae - Thomas Renfrew - George Scott - William Spears - Jane Stevenson - Robert Wingate.
Back of Memorial which faces Paisley Town Hall “ James Gielty - John Gielty - Norman Gillies - John Goodwin - Henry Green - Mary Green - Archibald Grogan - Annie Hamilton - George Hammond “ 31 December 1929 “ Elizabeth Hart - Peter Houston - Thomas Howard - Julia Irvine - William Irvine - Thomas Jackson - James Johnston - George Kennedy - Helen Kilkie - Thomas Kilkie.
Right panel as you face front of memorial which faces towards Forbes Place “ Robert Adams - Robert Alexander - John Bell - William Black - Hugh Blue - John Bowes - David Boyd - Caroline Brain - Lily Buchanan - John Cairns - Daniel Corbett - Elizabeth Corrigan - Agnes Coyle - Robert Craig - Francis Curran - Elizabeth Dempster - Leah Dixon - Mary Dolan - George Elliott - Henry Elliott - Bessie Finlay - Enso Fiori - Janet Fitch - William Fitch - James Gatherer - Margaret Gibson.
N.B All lettering in gold except from “ 31 December 1929 “ on rear of memorial which is in black, both sides contain 26 names whilst there is 19 names on the back.
This is Eve Pomerantz' sculpture, entitled "King Lear". It is located in the sculpture garden at Anne Hathaway's Cottage. Hmmmm, I know the play very well, it is my favorite, and I am not quite certain how this work of Art relates to the play, King Lear, but I must say it is a dramatic work of Art.
(From Wikipedia):
Anne Hathaway's Cottage is a twelve-roomed farmhouse where Anne Hathaway, the wife of William Shakespeare, lived as a child in the village of Shottery, Warwickshire, England, about 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Stratford-upon-Avon. Spacious, and with several bedrooms, it is now set in extensive gardens.
The earliest part of the house was built prior to the 15th century. The cottage was known as Newlands Farm in Shakespeare's day and had more than 90 acres (36 hectares) of land attached to it. As in many houses of the period, it has multiple chimneys to spread the heat evenly throughout the house during winter. The largest chimney was used for cooking. It also has visible timber framing, typical of vernacular Tudor style architecture.
In 1969 the cottage was badly damaged in a fire, but was restored by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. It is now open to public visitors as a museum.
From my set entitled “Heuchera”
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/sets/72157607185356154/
In my collection entitled “The Garden”
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/collections/7215760718...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HeucheraThe genus Heuchera includes at least 50 species of herbaceous perennial plants in the family Saxifragaceae, all native to North America. Common names include alumroot and coral bells. They have palmately lobed leaves on long petioles, and a thick, woody rootstock. The genus was named after Johann Heinrich von Heucher (1677–1746), an 18th century German physician.
Alumroot species grow in varied habitats, so some species look quite different from one another, and have varying preferences regarding temperature, soil, and other natural factors. H. maxima is found on the Channel Islands of California, where it grows on rocky, windy, saline-washed ocean shores. H. sanguinea, called coral bells because of its terra cotta-colored flowers, can be found in the warm, dry canyons of Arizona. Gardeners and horticulturists have developed a multitude of hybrids between various Heuchera species. There is an extensive array of blossom sizes, shapes, and colors, foliage types, and geographic tolerances.
Though tangy and slightly astringent, the leaves may be used to liven up bland greens.
Natives of the Northwest U.S. have used tonic derived of Alumroot roots to aid digestive difficulties, but extractions from the root can also be used to stop minor bleeding, reduce inflammation, and otherwise shrink moist tissues after swelling.
Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland has urged carers to make the call and check whether they are receiving all the benefits they are entitled to.
The Minister is pictured with pictured with Helen Ferguson, Carers NI, and carer Cormac Hamill.
Safe and Fair programme, through a partnership with World Vision Foundation of Thailand, trained women migrant construction workers on a site in Pathum Thani province to help them understand labour rights and their entitlements.
6 February 2023. © ILO/Pichit Phromkade.
More information about Safe and Fair programme:
www.ilo.org/asia/projects/WCMS_632458/lang--en/index.htm.
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License. To view a copy of this license, visit creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/deed.en_US.
I was contacted on October 4th by Jonathon (Joni_Londoni) from indie blog www.londonim.co.il/ 'londonim.co.il' with regards using this photograph in an upcoming article.
Londonim or 'Londoners' is an Israeli blog whose slogan is "לונדונים - לונדון לא ללונדונים בלבד - London not for Londoners only," and is dedicated to the British capital and its visiting Israeli tourists, reviewing what is happening in the city and tourist-known entertainment venues.
The photograph was used in the artcile entitled: 'Somerset – הקיץ ששקע' by The Londoners on October 13th 2020 here: www.londonim.co.il/somerset/
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Photograph taken at 08:10am on Saturday 6th April 2013 at an altitude of One Hundred and fifty one metres, standing at 'The Horseshoe Bend' in the centre of the Cheddar Gorge, a limestone gorge in the Mendip Hills, near the village of Cheddar in Somerset, England.
You are looking at Cliff Road which winds it's snake like way through the Gorge, and up above us to the left of the main rockface you can see The Pinnacles, two thin slithers of rock that jutt out giving those brave or foolhardy enough (including me), the opportunity to lie at the edge lookikng down on the spot where we now stand.
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Samyang AE 14mm f/2.8 ED IF UMC. Nikon MB-D12 battery grip. Two Nikon EN-EL 15 batteries. Nikon DK-17M magnifying eyepiece. Nikon DK-19 soft rubber eyecup. Manfrotto 055XPROB tripod. Manfrotto 327RC2 Grip action ball head. Manfrotto quick release plate 200PL-14. Jessops Tripod bag. Optech Tripod Strap. My memory 32GB class 10 20MB/s SDHC. Lowepro Transporter camera strap. Lowepro Vertex 200 AW camera bag. Nikon GP-1 GPS unit. Nikon MC-DC2 remote shutter release.
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From my set entitled “Heuchera”
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/sets/72157607185356154/
In my collection entitled “The Garden”
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/collections/7215760718...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HeucheraThe genus Heuchera includes at least 50 species of herbaceous perennial plants in the family Saxifragaceae, all native to North America. Common names include alumroot and coral bells. They have palmately lobed leaves on long petioles, and a thick, woody rootstock. The genus was named after Johann Heinrich von Heucher (1677–1746), an 18th century German physician.
Alumroot species grow in varied habitats, so some species look quite different from one another, and have varying preferences regarding temperature, soil, and other natural factors. H. maxima is found on the Channel Islands of California, where it grows on rocky, windy, saline-washed ocean shores. H. sanguinea, called coral bells because of its terra cotta-colored flowers, can be found in the warm, dry canyons of Arizona. Gardeners and horticulturists have developed a multitude of hybrids between various Heuchera species. There is an extensive array of blossom sizes, shapes, and colors, foliage types, and geographic tolerances.
Though tangy and slightly astringent, the leaves may be used to liven up bland greens.
Natives of the Northwest U.S. have used tonic derived of Alumroot roots to aid digestive difficulties, but extractions from the root can also be used to stop minor bleeding, reduce inflammation, and otherwise shrink moist tissues after swelling.
On November 6, 2019 the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) Foundation honored members of the Department who have demonstrated exceptional bravery, excellence, and commitment to their community.
VALOR
Medal of Valor: A member is entitled to consideration for this award by performing an act of conspicuous heroism and/or bravery under extreme personal risk above and beyond the calculated personal risk demands of the fire service. This prestigious award goes to:
Captain I Matthew Nolan
Award of Merit: Earned by members taking conspicuous action in rendering aid during a life-saving or life-threatening situation under circumstances which pose calculated risk to the members or performing an endeavor which brings significant credit to the Department. This outstanding award goes to:
Firefighter III/Paramedic Derek Cook
Helicopter Pilot II Joel Smith
Helicopter Pilot III David Norquist (retired)
Lifetime Achievement Award: Presented to a retiree of the Department who exemplifies the true spirit of “Service to the Community” through their actions while on active duty and as a retired member. This year’s recipient is:
Assistant Chief Roy Harvey
The Crystal Flame Community Service Award: Presented to a sworn member of the Department who has gone beyond their regular duties, demonstrating exceptional compassion and personal commitment to the community. This year’s recipients are:
Secretary Rebecca Alvarado
Letter of Special Recommendation: An act performed of unusual character during emergency or non-emergency conditions, requiring initiative or ability worthy of recognition entitles a member to consideration for this commendation. This year's recipients are:
Deputy Chief Kristin Crowley
Firefighter III/Paramedic Daniel Harris
"Our members routinely respond to a variety of incidents that place significant risks on themselves. The members being honored have exceeded what is typically expected of them and deserve to be recognized. I would like to acknowledge the LAFD Foundation for making this event possible", LAFD Fire Chief Ralph Terrazas
LAFD Event - 1106019
Photo Use Permitted via Creative Commons - Credit: LAFD VPP | Austin Gebhardt
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The education kit entitled “Riskland: the fun way to learn how to prevent disasters” is the outcome of a joint initiative between the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). This product was developed at the end of 2002 by the ISDR Regional Unit for Latin America and the Caribbean, in cooperation with UNICEF Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF-TACRO). Initially, it was addressed for countries in the LAC region and was originally produced in Spanish, English and Portuguese.
Riesgolandia, aprendamos jugando cómo prevenir desastres tiene la intención de poner a disposición de la comunidad educativa y a los niños y las niñas de América Latina y el Caribe una herramienta innovadora e interactiva para la reducción del riesgo de desastres.
Detail of Ragamala miniature entitled 'Assavari Ragini. Text below shows an English transliteration of this spelled 'Ausavery Raugny'. Depicts two girls sitting on a roof terrace, accompanied by two cobras. It is possible that this musical mode might originate from the Sabara people, who traditionally lived in the jungle and whose occupation it was to catch and charm snakes.
Ragamala paintings are images which depict, in physical form, the 'modes' or scales used in Indian Classical Music, known as ragas. Usually accompanied by an inscription or poem, they elucidate the season and time of day in which a raga was meant to be performed, as well as its mood, and often portray the Hindu deities with which they are individually associated. The concept may have originally come about through the use of personification as an aide memoire for musicians, which then developed into physical imagery.
This collection, which is purportedly called the Raga Kalpadruma, originates from Jaipur in Northern India and has the description of the Raga written in Sanskrit on the back of each image. Including some Bengali and English text as well, the collection also contains a few pages from another Indian music manuscript, also written in Sanskrit. It was gifted to the university by Dwarkanath Tagore (1794-1846), grandfather of the poet laureate Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) and is one of two sets of Ragamala paintings in the Oriental Manuscripts Collection, the other being Or.Ms 114.
Sources:
Watson, L. (2012), What is Ragamala?, dulwichonview.org.uk/2012/01/20/what-is-ragamala/ (accessed 05/06/14).
www.ed.ac.uk/about/museums-galleries/talbot-rice/archive/... (accessed 05/06/14)
The full LUNA record for this item is here: images.is.ed.ac.uk/luna/servlet/detail/UoEsha~4~4~64120~1...
© The University of Edinburgh Library
Cleo is a strange girl.
Happy at home, happy at school.
So what's her beef?
And why the graffiti?
A play concerned with fairness, class, education and social mobility.
I got this popup book entitled "Disney Frozen: A Pop-Up Adventure" by Matthew Reinhart. I got it a couple of weeks ago from 20th Century Music Company on Main Street in Disneyland. It had just been released last month (October 2016). It came wrapped in clear plastic, with a paper insert in the back. It tells the story of Frozen in pop-up drawings depicting actual scenes from the movie. There are six double page pop-ups, with some of them transforming into two separate scenes by means of pull tabs. There are also many smaller pop-ups tucked inside of side panels next to the main pop-ups. It costs $40.
Sculpture entitled Wharf Rat outside the Custom House Museum in Key West, Florida.
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Tenuous Link: string → rope.
Installation of Glen Cinema Memorial entitled Rattle Little Mother at Dunn Square Paisley.
Location Of Names On Rattle Little Mother, Glen Cinema Memorial
Front “ To The Children Of The Glen Cinema “
Left Panel as you face front of memorial which faces in the direction of the Piazza “ Elizabeth Leonard - Samuel McBlane - Sarah McCafferty - Robert McConnell - Nellie McCran - Minnie McCran - Edward McEnhill - Margaret McEnhill - James McEnhill - Denis McGarrity - Robert McGirr - Jeanie McGrattan - Mary McWattie - Margaret Morrow - Robert Niven - Georgina Peacock - Tom Perkins - John Pinkerton - William Pinkerton - Alexander Telfer - William Rae - Thomas Renfrew - George Scott - William Spears - Jane Stevenson - Robert Wingate.
Back of Memorial which faces Paisley Town Hall “ James Gielty - John Gielty - Norman Gillies - John Goodwin - Henry Green - Mary Green - Archibald Grogan - Annie Hamilton - George Hammond “ 31 December 1929 “ Elizabeth Hart - Peter Houston - Thomas Howard - Julia Irvine - William Irvine - Thomas Jackson - James Johnston - George Kennedy - Helen Kilkie - Thomas Kilkie.
Right panel as you face front of memorial which faces towards Forbes Place “ Robert Adams - Robert Alexander - John Bell - William Black - Hugh Blue - John Bowes - David Boyd - Caroline Brain - Lily Buchanan - John Cairns - Daniel Corbett - Elizabeth Corrigan - Agnes Coyle - Robert Craig - Francis Curran - Elizabeth Dempster - Leah Dixon - Mary Dolan - George Elliott - Henry Elliott - Bessie Finlay - Enso Fiori - Janet Fitch - William Fitch - James Gatherer - Margaret Gibson.
N.B All lettering in gold except from “ 31 December 1929 “ on rear of memorial which is in black, both sides contain 26 names whilst there is 19 names on the back.
From my set entitled “Heuchera”
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/sets/72157607185356154/
In my collection entitled “The Garden”
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/collections/7215760718...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HeucheraThe genus Heuchera includes at least 50 species of herbaceous perennial plants in the family Saxifragaceae, all native to North America. Common names include alumroot and coral bells. They have palmately lobed leaves on long petioles, and a thick, woody rootstock. The genus was named after Johann Heinrich von Heucher (1677–1746), an 18th century German physician.
Alumroot species grow in varied habitats, so some species look quite different from one another, and have varying preferences regarding temperature, soil, and other natural factors. H. maxima is found on the Channel Islands of California, where it grows on rocky, windy, saline-washed ocean shores. H. sanguinea, called coral bells because of its terra cotta-colored flowers, can be found in the warm, dry canyons of Arizona. Gardeners and horticulturists have developed a multitude of hybrids between various Heuchera species. There is an extensive array of blossom sizes, shapes, and colors, foliage types, and geographic tolerances.
Though tangy and slightly astringent, the leaves may be used to liven up bland greens.
Natives of the Northwest U.S. have used tonic derived of Alumroot roots to aid digestive difficulties, but extractions from the root can also be used to stop minor bleeding, reduce inflammation, and otherwise shrink moist tissues after swelling.
Shown here is a photograph of an exhibit entitled "Constructing Swem Library," on display from October 2010-2011 outside the Brown Boardroom on the third floor of Swem Library at the College of William and Mary. Since opening, Swem Library has undergone several rounds of renovations and additions, continuing to meet the evolving demands of its public. A 2010 Princeton Review survey even ranked Swem as the eighth “Best College Library” based on student evaluations! In this exhibit you will find a selection of programs and photographs that document various phases of its construction and renovation.
Below is a list of the exhibit text panels that are on display in the case:
The Earl Gregg Swem Library first opened on January 4, 1966. Here you will see a selection of programs and photographs that document various phases of its construction and renovation. After years of planning, the $3-million project gave the College of William and Mary a modern library fit for use by students, faculty, and researchers. Dr. Earl Gregg Swem was an obvious choice for the naming of the new library. As the school’s first College Librarian (1920-1944), he oversaw the increase of the College’s collection to more than 240,000 books. He also established the Archives and Manuscript Department and revived the William and Mary Quarterly.
Since opening, Swem Library has undergone several rounds of renovations and additions, continuing to meet the evolving demands of its public. A 2010 Princeton Review survey even ranked Swem as the eighth “Best College Library” based on student evaluations!
Earl Gregg Swem, 1870-1965.
Pictured here in his office, Dr. Swem was the ideal namesake of the College’s new library. He wrote about it in 1963, “Here then will be a haven for mortals who may wish to commune with immortals.” Sadly, Dr. Swem died before the official opening of the Earl Gregg Swem Library.
Left: Laying the cornerstone, October 1964: Ervin Farmer, Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds; Earl Gregg Swem, III; Davis Y. Paschall, President; Robert English, Bursar; James A. Servies, College Librarian.
Above: Davis Paschall and James Servies talk at the construction site before the cornerstone laying.
From the Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library at the College of William and Mary. See swem.wm.edu/scrc/ for further information and assistance.
This photograph was taken by Turners, entitled 'Harrop Brothers Fashion Parade at Station Hotel'.
The Harrop brothers established the yarn company Sirdar, and here you can see some of their knitted designs being modelled in a fashion parade at the Royal Station Hotel in Newcastle.
Date: 11.10.1960
Turners was established in Newcastle upon Tyne in the early 1900s. It was originally a chemists shop but in 1938 become a photographic dealer. Turners went on to become a prominent photographic and video production company in the North East of England. They had 3 shops in Newcastle city centre, in Pink Lane, Blackett Street and Eldon Square. Turners' photographic business closed in the 1990s.
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Banat-born Herta Muller lives in Berlin. Her biography comes back to life in the pages of a new Anthology published as an E-Book and entitles:
"Blouse Roumaine - the Unsung Voices of Romanian Women"
Presented and Selected by Constantin ROMAN
Anthology E-BOOK (11BM)
DISTRIBUTION: Online with credit card
COST: $ 54.99, £34.99 (ca Euros 35.50)
LINK: www.blouseroumaine.com/orderthebook_p1.html
CONTENTS:
2,250,000 words,
over 1,000 pages,
ca 160 illustrations in text
160 critical biographies,
58 social categories/professions,
600 quotations (mostly translated into English for the first time),
circa 3,000 bibliographical references (including URLs and credits)
6 Indexes (alphabetical, by profession, timeline, quotation Index, place
index and name index)
AUTHOR: Constantin Roman is a Scholar with a Doctorate from Cambridge and a Member of the Society of Authors (London). He is an International Adviser, Guest Speaker, Professor Honoris Causa and Commander of the Order of Merit.
INDEX BY PROSFESSION: 58 CATEGORIES by Call, Profession or Social Status
Academics (22), Actresses (9), Anti-Communist Fighters (14), Architects/Interior Designers (2), Art Critics (9), Artist Book Binders (1), Ballerinas (6), Charity Workers/Benefactors (20), Communist Public Figures (2), Courtesans (3), Designers (2), Diplomats (4), Essayists (11), Ethnographers (6), Exiles & First-generation Romanians born abroad (87), Explorers (1), Feminists (12), Folk Singers (1), Gymnasts, Dressage Riders (2), Historians (5), Honorary Romanian Women (15), Illustrators (3), Journalists (13), Lawyers (4), Librarians (3), Linguists (2), Literary Critics (1), Media (15), Medical Doctors/Nurses (5), Memoir Writers (16), Missionaries and Nuns (4), Mountainéers (2), Museographers (1), Musical Instruments Makers (1), Novelists (24), Opera Singers (16), Painters (14), Peasant Farmers (6), Philosophers and Philosophy Graduates (4), Pianists (6), Pilots (4), Playwrights (5), Poets (29), Political Prisoners (30), Politicians (5), Revolutionaries (2), Royals and Aristocrats (34), Scientists (8), Sculptors (4), Slave (1), Socialites/Hostesses (20), Spouses/Relations of Public Figures (51), Spies (2), Tapestry Weavers (4), Translators (25), Unknown Illustrious (6), Violinists (4), Workers (3)
NOTE:
Most of the above 160 Romanian women, in the best tradition of versatility, are true polymaths and therefore nearly each one of them falls in more than just one category, often three or more. This explains why adding the numbers of the 57 individual categories bears no relation to the actual total of the above 160 women included in Blouse Roumaine.
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LIST OF 160 CRITICAL BIOGRAPHIES (each supported by Quotations and Bibliography)
AA *Gabriela Adamesteanu *Florenta Albu *Nina Arbore *Elena Arnàutoiu *Ioana Raluca Voicu-Arnàutoiu, *Laurentia Arnàutoiu *Mariea Plop - Arnàutoiu *Ana Aslan *Lady Elizabeth Asquith Bibescu
BB *Lauren Bacall *Lady Florence Baker *Zoe Bàlàceanu *Ecaterina Bàlàcioiu-Lovinescu *Victorine de Bellio *Pss. Marta Bibescu *Adriana Bittel *Maria Prodan Bjørnson *Ana Blandiana *Yvonne Blondel *Lola Bobescu *Smaranda Bràescu *Elena Bràtianu *Élise Bràtianu *Ioana Bràtianu *Elena Bràtianu- Racottà *Letitzia Bucur
CC *Anne-Marie Callimachi *Georgeta Cancicov *Madeleine Cancicov *Pss. Alexandra Cantacuzino *Pss.Maria Cantacuzino (Madame Puvis de Chavannes) *Pss. Maruca Cantacuzino-Enesco* Pss. Catherine Caradja *Elena Caragiani-Stoenescu *Marta Caraion-Blanc, *Nina Cassian, *Otilia Cazimir *Elena Ceausescu *Maria Cebotari *Ioana Celibidache *Hélène Chrissoveloni (Mme Paul Morand)*Alice Cocea *Irina Codreanu *Lizica Codreanu *Alina Cojocaru *Nadia Comàneci *Denisa Comànescu *Lena Constante *Silvia Constantinescu *Doina Cornea *Hortense Cornu *Viorica Cortez*Otilia Cosmutzà *Sandra Cotovu *Ileana Cotrubas *Carmen-Daniela Cràsnaru *Mioara Cremene *Florica Cristoforeanu *Pss. Elena Cuza
DD *Hariclea Darclée *Cella Delavrancea *Alina Diaconú *Varinca Diaconú *Anca Diamandy *Marie Ana Dràgescu *Rodica Dràghincescu *Bucura Dumbravà *Natalia Dumitrescu
EE *Micaela Eleutheriade *Queen Elisabeth of Romania (‘Carmen Sylva’) *Alexandra Enescu *Mica Ertegün
FF *Lizi Florescu, *Maria Forescu *Nicoleta Franck *Aurora Fúlgida
GG *Angela Gheorghiu *Pss Grigore Ghica *Pss. Georges Ghika (Liane de Pougy) *Veturia Goga *Maria Golescu *Nadia Gray *Olga Greceanu *Pss. Helen of Greece *Nicole Valéry-Grossu *Carmen Groza
HH *Virginia Andreescu Haret *Clara Haskil *Lucia Hossu-Longin
II *Pss. Ileana of Romania *Ana Ipàtescu *Marie-France Ionesco *Dora d’Istria *Rodica Iulian
JJ *Doina Jela *Lucretia Jurj
KK *Mite Kremnitz
LL *Marie-Jeanne Lecca *Madeleine Lipatti *Monica Lovinescu *Elena Lupescu
MM *Maria Mailat *Ileana Màlàncioiu *Ionela Manolesco *Lilly Marcou *Silvia Marcovici *Queen Marie of Romania *Ioana A. Marin *Ioana Meitani *Gabriela Melinescu *Veronica Micle *Nelly Miricioiu *Herta Müller *Alina Mungiu-Pippidi *Agnes Kelly Murgoci
NN *Mabel Nandris *Anita Nandris-Cudla *Lucia Negoità *Mariana Nicolesco *Countess Anna de Noailles *Ana Novac
OO *Helen O’Brien *Oana Orlea
PP *Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu *Milita Pàtrascu *Ana Pauker *Marta Petreu *Cornelia Pillat *Magdalena Popa *Elvira Popescu
RR *Ruxandra Racovitzà *Elisabeta Rizea *Eugenia Roman *Stella Roman *Queen Ana de România, *Pss. Margarita de România *Maria Rosetti *Elisabeth Roudinesco
SS *Annie Samuelli *Sylvia Sidney *Henriette-Yvonne Stahl *Countess Leopold Starszensky *Elena Stefoi *Pss. Marina Stirbey *Sanda Stolojan *Cecilia Cutzescu-Storck
TT *Maria Tànase *Aretia Tàtàrescu *Monica Theodorescu *Elena Theodorini
UU *Viorica Ursuleac
VV *Elena Vàcàrescu *Leontina Vàduva *Ana Velescu *Marioara Ventura *Anca Visdei *Wanda Sachelarie Vladimirescu *Alice Steriade Voinescu
WW *Sabina Wurmbrand
ZZ *Virginia Zeani
19th century set of picture blocks entitled The New Pictorial Alphabet of Birds on Blocks, in a wooden box with a sliding lid. Altogether there are 35 rectangular wooden blocks, with a colour printed illustration on one side, mainly of birds, and the letter of the alphabet printed on the other in capitals. Made by W Peacock, London.
The illustrations are; albatross, bustard, cockatoo, duck, eagle, fowls, goose, hornbill, indian adjatant, jay, kingfisher, lark, magpie, nightingale, ostrich, peacock, quail, robin, swan, turkey, umbrella bird, vulture, woodpecker, an anonymous bird for x and z, and a yellowhammer. There are also 5 blocks with the alphabet split between them on the back, with illustrations of a race, a butterfly, hoop, going home and the ride and 2 blocks with numbers on illustrated with pigs and a goat ride, and 2 blocks with words on illustrated with a Newfoundland dog and feeding chickens.
HMCMS: CRH1972.5.7
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This Christmas bauble, entitled "Tudor Rose in Pink" depicting a stylised rose in the Tudor style was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead one Christmas bauble for a select group of friends every year.
"Tudor Rose in Pink" is going to a friend of mine who is of mixed English and Scottish lineage, so her baubles always have either an English or Scotish theme. She is very fond of flowers also, so her baubles will always have a floral motif. Past baubles have featured such things as a rose in the style of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and a Scottish thistle.
Each bauble is 25 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the image and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the white background ones which are 8mm. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. The white, and black sequins all use silver pins, The gold and pink sequins are affixed with gold pins.
Each bauble takes approximately 6 hours per side, and this is why my select group of friends only get one each year!
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
The education kit entitled “Riskland: the fun way to learn how to prevent disasters” is the outcome of a joint initiative between the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). This product was developed at the end of 2002 by the ISDR Regional Unit for Latin America and the Caribbean, in cooperation with UNICEF Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF-TACRO). Initially, it was addressed for countries in the LAC region and was originally produced in Spanish, English and Portuguese.
Riesgolandia, aprendamos jugando cómo prevenir desastres tiene la intención de poner a disposición de la comunidad educativa y a los niños y las niñas de América Latina y el Caribe una herramienta innovadora e interactiva para la reducción del riesgo de desastres.
This is close -up of the finished 3D Painting entitled Centurion.
See the full slide show in the Epic Journey in the Transformation of this 3D Painting here.
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When I first saw this picture I know I had to paint it, full credit to the original artist, it is a masterpiece. Bursting out of the Colosseum, on the left you have the elements of history and tradition, and on the right you have the future, which looks like a space craft, and in the middle you have the Centurion, signalling, forward...the past and future being lead by the present, how it should be.
Working full time as well, this picture may take me 3 to 4 days to complete, every night I will post more & more stages to completion. If you click on the Slideshow link below you can watch a Slideshow showing the many stages in the painting of the picture, iv uploaded 11 so far, it may take as many as 30 until im happy with it. Every night if you click on the same link you will see the new additions automatically added to the slidehow, giving you an insight into how 3D Paintings are created.
Transformation Slideshow :
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As with all civilisations, nations & empires, its not how strong you are, its what you stand for that counts , it is these values, not military might & brute force, that determines longevity & prosperity.
Many things have been said about the Romans, the recent film released 2010 entitled Centurion is a good example, as was Spartacus, and the birth & life of Jesus Christ. When all is said & done the Romans lasted an aweful long time, they must have been doing something right.
There demise was started with the emergence of a movement that put forth to mankind a much higher set of values, not a stronger military force. That movement is Christianity.
The Roman civilisation tried to Adapt, tried to absorb, but its decline was inevitable. The Catholic Church is what remains of the Roman branch of Christianity.