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This sculpture by Christopher Furner, entitled "The Family" is presently installed on loan at St. Michael and All Angels Church in Berwick, near Alfriston, Sussex.
About a week ago, we spent a wonderful afternoon with Penwren and her husband, who took us for a look at the cliff nesting Kittiwakes and a walk over Seaford Head to Cuckmere Haven after a trip to the village and church at Firle and a tour of the Bloomsbury site, Charleston Farmhouse. We finished at The Cricketers, a wonderful pub in Berwick. Their hospitality was the highlight of our two weeks in England. The next morning, this sculpture caught our eye, and we will always associate it with their new grandchild.
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.
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.
Birdwood - Blumberg.
By 1848 some of the early German settlers with Pastor Fritzsche at Lobethal were looking for more land so at the pastor’s suggestions they began leasing small farms from the SA Company which had paid for the Special Survey of 1839 entitled the “Sources of the Torrens” which covered the Gumeracha and Birdwood districts of today. They started their new German settlement which they called Blumberg after a region of Prussia. Some of the settlers were Germans fleeing from the Danish annexation of a part of previous Prussian territory. Some were influenced by George Fife Angas, a SA Company director to settle near his lands in the Birdwood area. One resident Mr Bluemel laid out a town in 1853. The small settlement soon had a hotel (1853), a Lutheran church (just outside the present township) and a flour mill. The wise Germans changed their leases to freehold land in the late 1850s. As in Lobethal they built German style half timbered houses with steep rooves and they established farmlets of 20 to 80 acres, larger than the farmlets in Lobethal but more appropriate for SA conditions. The flour mill was built by Mr Bluemel in 1854. When the Lutheran congregation had a split in the late 1850s a second Lutheran church was built in the town and a separate village called Oliventhal was started. By then George Fife Angas was selling his land freehold to German settlers who were in turn subdividing it into smaller farms. Eventually the two villages coalesced into one.
The old flour mill was the nucleus of the town and still is as it is the National Motor Museum today. In 1854 when it started milling the time and cost of transporting wheat to Adelaide was high so flour was more economically viable to transport. Furthermore, Birdwood was almost equidistant between Adelaide and Mannum on the Murray. Much of the flour from Birdwood (and Mt Torrens and Gumeracha) was carted in bullock wagons to Mannum and then sent by river steam ship up the Murray and Darling to outlying towns and stations. After being destroyed by fire the old 1854 mill was replaced in 1867 after William Beavis Randell of Gumeracha had purchased it in 1865. He in turn leased it to the Pflaum brothers in 1871 who used it for wattle bark processing as well as flour. Pflaums were of Danish origin. They purchased the mill when Randell died in 1877 and they re-opened the mill as the Peerless Flour mill in 1888. This is the fine three storey stone building you see today. The Pflaums had it equipped with the latest American machinery and they operated it until 1950. In 1964 the mill became a private car museum before the SA government purchased it in 1976.
Blumberg prospered in the 1870s and 1880s as gold was discovered in several areas near the town but no find lasted for long. The new school opened in 1878, the Catholic Church of St Matthews in 1867, the blue stone Post Office in 1885, and the Institute in 1885. A third Hotel, the Bismarck opened in 1871 but it closed in 1873! When World War One broke out the SA government changed all German place names and Blumberg became Birdwood and remained that. Birdwood was so named to commemorate the military career of Sir William Birdwood who commanded the Anzacs at Gallipoli in 1915 and the Australian Imperial Force. Birdwood was respected by his Anzac troops and visited Australia in 1920 with a hero’s welcome everywhere. The Blumberg Hotel, however kept its German name even through World War One.
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'
For this project I animated text to a song entitled "Blown a Wish" by My Bloody Valentine. I wanted to do a time-lapse style video reminiscent of music videos made in the early 90's, as this song comes from 1991. Overall, I wanted the whole video to revolve around dreams and wishes. For the first scene, I took sequenced still shots of the sun going down over Downtown Long Beach to represent the coming of night. The second scene were stills from a walk bridge over the freeway. I wanted the flashes of headlights to represent entering a dream-state. And for the last scene, I had my girlfriend, Melissa pick up and start playing the guitar while the lights of the room fade to dark, with the guitar illuminated by a spotlight (flashlight). I did this to represent a common dream for many guitar players and musicians: to become famous and be in the spotlight.
For the text, I played around a lot with blurring and opacity. I wanted the text to fade in and out and flicker like fleeting moments within a dream. The color choices for the text were influenced by the colors in the shot. I wanted to have the text be legible, yet not stick out like a sore thumb, so I often used colors already found in the background image. The exception of course is the blue color used for "make a wish." I simply could not find a color that blended in or popped out enough from the color palette in the background shot.
I learned a lot doing this project, like using lens blur to obscure elements that I do not want to include in the shot. The lens blur effect was also used a lot on the text to either make elements look like they are being blown away and dissipating like smoke, or to give glowing halos around the text. The main challenge that I had was knowing what kinds of animation would be appropriate for the scene and the song. After what I wanted to do, it was challenging to put it into motion; oftentimes I wouldn't like the results and would have to try something else.
Without further ado, I found this project very educational and enjoyable.
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
Mural entitled "Bait and Switch" by the Vitale Bros aka @vitalebros for the 2019 Shine Mural Festival; located at 301 20th Street South in Saint Petersburg, Florida.
Photo by James aka @urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
Edit by Teee.
From my set “Columbine Aquilegia”
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In my collection entitled “The Garden”
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine
Aquilegia (columbine) is a genus of about 60-70 species of herbaceous perennial plants that are found in meadows, woodlands, and at higher altitudes throughout the Northern Hemisphere. They are known for their distinctive flowers, generally bell-shaped, with each petal modified into an elongated nectar spur. Its fruit takes the form of a follicle.
Several species are grown in gardens, including Aquilegia vulgaris (European Columbine), a traditional garden flower in many parts of the world[1]. Numerous hybrids have also been developed as well. They are easy to propagate from seed.
They are used as food plants by some Lepidoptera species including Cabbage Moth, Dot Moth, The Engrailed and Mouse Moth.
The flowers of various species of Aquilegia were consumed in moderation by Native Americans as a condiment with other fresh greens, and are reported to be very sweet, and safe if consumed in small quantities. The plant's seeds and roots are highly poisonous, and contain cardiogenic toxins which cause both severe gastroenteritis and heart palpitations if consumed as food. Native Americans used very small amounts of Aquilegia root as an effective treatment for ulcers, however, the use of this plant internally is best avoided due to its high toxicity.
Aquilegia species are closely related to plants in the genus Actaea (Baneberry), which also produce cadiogenic toxins, and Aconitum, a highly toxic plant genus which contains wolfbane and several varieties of monkshood. [2]
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
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 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.
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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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”
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.
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)
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Contestant Kirby Brown on the set of the Brain Game with her pig puppet sidekick. This behind-the-scenes Brain Game is based on a story by young author Monique entitled, "Food Safety." Monique submitted her story from Darwin Elementary.
Ceremony 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 bac
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.
SEPTIC FLESH considered to be one of the pioneers of the Hellenic death metal sound, were formed in the 90’s.
After a demo entitled “Forgotten Path” and a Mini Lp entitled "Temple of the Lost Race" they managed to attract the attention of the French label Holly records, gaining access to the wider underground scene.
Their first full length album entitled "Mystic Places of Dawn" was recorded in April 1994 with M.W. Daoloth (from the cult black metal band Necromantia) as Co-producer.
One year later, in June 1995, they released "Esoptron", a dark opus with deep ancient Hellenic musical influences and themes dealing with philosophy and the occult.
The album that followed two years later, was entitled "Ophidian Wheel". The band added female vocals to the formula, recruiting Natalie Rassoulis. The neo-classical experimentations gained ground, adding a more theatrical dimension to the band’s sound.
In March 1998, the band released "Fallen Temple". It was a “crossroad” that represented the past of the band (the compositions of the rare “Temple of the Lost Race” re-recorded) but also presented a glimpse to the future, with some new material. In September of the same year, was also released a limited EP entitled "D.N.A Choronzone", which included the video clip for the song "The Eldest Cosmonaut" and 4 special tracks.
In June 1999, the band invaded Sweden to record with acclaimed producer Fredrik Nordstrom "Revolution DNA". The album was launched in October 1999 and presented highly addictive material, with a more straight forward metal attitude.
The first era of the band was concluded with the release of “Sumerian Daemons” in 2002. This album was the turning point to a more brutal and bombastic sound, while the dominating choir parts in Ancient Sumerian language, created a truly demonic atmosphere.
The next chapter of SEPTICFLESH (with the two words merged together from now on) begun in 2008, as the band signed with French labor Season of Mist and released "Communion". The album was recorded once again at Fredman studios in Sweden, with Fredrik Nordstrom as producer. Music-wise, it was a bold step forwards, as the band decided to utilize for the first time a full orchestra. The Filmharmonic Orchestra of Prague was chosen for the task, while Chris Antoniou, having obtained a Bachelor's and Master's degree in concert music in Londod, was responsible for the classical arrangements. The result was a unique merge of Death Metal heaviness, with Symphonic rage.
The next album "The Great Mass" was released in 2011. This time, the band collaborated with Peter Tägtgren for the production. The songs were heavy and at the same time highly technical and experimental, as the orchestral parts were further evolved. In addition the band collaborated with two exceptional female vocalists, Androniki Skoula (Mezzo Soprano) and Iliana Tsakiraki (Soprano). The overall result was a Grand dark metal "soundtrack".
The latest effort of the band is "Titan" released in 2014. The album was produced from Logan Mader. The title of the album, pretty much sums up its sound and general atmosphere. Primordial, menacing, majestic. Besides the use of Filmharmonic Orchestra of Prague for the third time, the band worked for the first time with the Children Choir of Prague, adding an eerie tone to the songs. After long years of experimentation, Septicflesh have reached to a point that their metal and symphonic elements are fused together in a solid unity. The song "Prometheus" (that is very indicative of this balance between power and atmosphere), was chosen to visually represent the album, in the form of a video clip.
"On winds of smoke they are singing, their calling is the calling of the free, Fly with Us" - Burning Phoenix
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”
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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.
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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This piece is entitled "self portrait of ones entire life". I executed this piece with the a theory I developed that is called Dimensionalism . This theory has its inspiration form my experiences with pre-seizure events for I have epilepsy. In this state I become detached from reality and see time in a different construct,that of a hyper intensity. A hyper awareness of a moment and everything that constructs it from sounds,thoughts,things tactile . While in these pre seizure states, some instances time is slowed down/speed up or frozen. While in other instances I am forced away form all comprehension of what is in my present environment and reality takes on a totally foreign existence where all has to be re learned.
For the viewers of my piece all of life is in dimensions and how one moves through these dimensions of either large dimensional constructs such as ones life or to the minute dimensional construct of a simple word. Thus giving the viewer this new perspective of time and space. The suspended animation of the piece is only dynamic as the viewer views the piece from the narrower sides form either end where a visible play of time sequencing exists and ones eye is drawn into the piece...
A perspective of a Dimesionalist where one has a view of a moment with a gods eye/time traveler or a pure energy source . From looking at a simple word to a memory one has. All is captured in dimensions. There are other branches of my theory that further portray my experiences. Demensionalising and facitile dimensionalism. These ideas also play with the constructs of how one sees time/moment.I hope to execute these ideas in the future...........
All these ideas/theories have a direct correlation with present day society...from the over abundance of information that is transferred by different technologies to the ways these technologies directly affect our existence and how it adds other dimensions of time to our lives.
I will be placing more info online in the future. and creating a temp website that fully explains all the details and shows examples of these theories as well as go into more details..
If you are interested in more info please feel free to contact ...efj@sbcglobal.net
Best best
Efj.
There are other branches of my theory that further portray my experiences. Demensionalising and facitile dimensionalism. These ideas also play with the constructs of how one sees time but deals more with dynamic movement .I hope to execute these ideas in the future...........
All these ideas/theories have a direct correlation with present day society...from the over abundance of information that is transferred by different technologies to the ways these technologies directly affect our existence and how it adds other dimensions of time to our lives.
I will be placing more info online in the future. and creating a temp website that fully explains all the details and shows examples of these theories as well as go into more details..
If you are interested in more info please feel free to contact ...efj@sbcglobal.net
Best best
Efj.
Entitled "Strictly Teen Beat No.1" and published in 1964 by a company called Belinda (London) Ltd.
Contains the sheet music for 8 songs as recorded by British bands of the day (some are covers of American hits.)
Dora Maar exhibition in Paris - Pompidou center
5 June to 29 July 2019
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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
DPABRV04
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.
A Communist Party USA pamphlet entitled “Highway of Hunger: Story of America’s Homeless Youth,” was published in 1933 during the party’s Third Period—a period that began in 1928 where the organization sought to build revolutionary leadership.
The pamphlet is addressed to destitute youth during the midst of the Great Depression and seeks to convince them to join the Young Communist League.
The Third Period came to an end after the election of Adolph Hitler as chancellor in Germany in 1933 and the subsequent destruction of the German Communist Party-the largest in Europe.
During the Third Period, liberal and social democratic forces were attacked with the same and perhaps more venom than the radical right as Communists sought to wrest leadership of progressive movements from them.
It was replaced with the “Popular Front” where alliances were sought with liberals and socialists against fascist forces. The Popular Front policies began in late 1933 and were formalized in 1935 and were perhaps the communists period of greatest influence. The Popular Front strategy remained in place until after World War II.
The U.S. Communist Party never really broke from the Popular Front strategy despite the change in conditions and continues the basic policy today.
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The pamphlet was written by Dave Doran and published by Youth Publishers in New York, 1933. For the entire pamphlet, see washingtonspark.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/highway-of-hu...
Mural entitled "Rock,, Paper, Scissors" by Cara To aka @caratoes, Tatiana Suarez aka @tatunga, and Lauren YS aka @squid.licker seen at 15 Oak Street in the Tenderloin area of San Francisco, California.
Photo by James aka @urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
Edit by Teee.
Portrait entitled 'The Cholmondeley Sisters' by an unknown artist, c.1600-1610.
Little is known about the painting apart from the fact that the women are probably sisters. It has been suggested that they are twins however this has been rejected by some due to their different eye colours. The painting had been owned for years by the Cholmondeley (pronounced "chumly") family in Cheshire, England.
Their babies are swaddled which was popular practice during this period.
This Christmas bauble, entitled "Tudor Rose in Red" 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 Red" is actually for Christmas 2013 (yes, I'm a bit early I know) and is going to a friend of mine, who like me, is an ex-pat from Britain Past baubles have featured such things as things from home like snowflakes, winter scenes and this year, a holly sprig.
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 red 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 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
Mural entitled "Free Thinker" by Gina Ilczyszyn seen at the River North Brewery at 3400 Blake street in the RiNo area of Denver, Colorado.
Photo by James aka @urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
Edit by Teee.
This photographic portfolio entitled "THE MAASAI" is the result of a period of one month lived with them from Kenya to Tanzania. Earth, fire, sun, blood: red is the color of the Maasai. Red is the earth, “Osinyai”, of the rough path that, a two hour drive from Nairobi, plunges into the Kenyan highlands crossed by arid rivers, in this ignored corner of the bush. A dozen low and narrow huts made of branches covered with a mixture of earth and dung, which the women build and rebuild that do everything, housing, food and milking the cattle. Tattered children dressed in variegated fabrics, old cloths draped in colorful fabrics, sparkling pearl necklaces and bracelets.
In the land of the Maasai, nothing is the same as before: the extension of the outskirts of the capital, first of all, has made these nomads withdraw, fleeing from civilization and refusing to mix with other ethnic groups. They bought their land which these shepherds, indifferent to land ownership and reluctant to agriculture, abandoned. The state created huge animal reserves, which further expropriated them of their territories. Gradually they withdrew to Tanzania, where today they emigrate in large numbers, there were also those years of terrible drought, which saw their herds wither.
Another bog pine stump, this time entitled ‘Community roots’, the symbolic light of the candleholder representing the result of being well rooted in the community.
This is a detailed view of the end of one root with natural shapes which can be seen as different things. Also showing the 'two sided' candleholder which fits into the trunk when hollowed out to fit.
It is a piece of Co Mayo bog pine. The longest root is 55 cm long to the trunk, longest width 80 cm from root tip to tip, height 25 cm and trunk diameter 7 – 9 cm.
This small tree, perhaps it was the height of a human, evidently had a struggle to grow. It came from a mountainy bog where some of the covering even today is very thin, with a complete layer of stone and rock immediately underneath. It was impossible for me to count the number of tree rings in the centre quarter or third of the diameter they were so small and indistinct, but the rest showed 30 rings (= 30 years), so it may well have grown over 40 years but presumably very bad nutrition caused it to only grew to this size. As with all bog pine it has to be over 3,500 years old (when pine died out naturally in Ireland due to climate change).
I have kept this as natural a shape as possible. The trunk was slightly higher when found but a bit had to be cut because some of the centre was rotten. It can be seen drying and in its natural state at www.flickr.com/photos/boggerwood/8853787394/ - in the centre and referred to in the text. I had a bit of a search for a suitable nightlight candle holder to fit inside the trunk, which was hollowed out; the candle holder is a ‘double sided’ one from Ikea (one way up it holds a night light, the other way a smaller diameter candle). The finished product was lightly oiled and subsequently finished with matt acrylic varnish.
....I seem to have been majoring in tree trunks recently from the large www.flickr.com/photos/boggerwood/9389474669/ to the tiny www.flickr.com/photos/boggerwood/9506275109/
Special Event entitled “Empowering Persons with Disabilities and Ensuring Inclusiveness and Equality” on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (A/RES/47/3)
(co-organized by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), the Office of the President of the United Nations General Assembly, the Permanent Missions of Ecuador, the Republic of Korea, Brazil, Bulgaria, Italy, Philippines, the United Kingdom, Japan and Singapore, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), UN-Women and the Department of Management of the United Nations)
From my set entitled “Boats and Ships”
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In my collection entitled “Transportation”
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In my photostream
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Regensburg is a city with more than 2,500 years of history. The Celts arrived somewhere around 500 B.C.; four centuries later, around 90 B.C., the Romans established a military camp nearby. By 179 A.D., in the time of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, there was a permanent fortress named Castra Regina within the boundaries of what is now Regenburg's Altstadt. In the 6th Century A.D., the first Duke of Agilofinger established his royal seat in "Reganespurc," which became the first capital of Bavaria.
St. Boniface founded a bishopric in Regensburg in 739, and Charlemagne ousted the Agilofinger dynasty in 788. The city continued to grow, albeit slowly, until the Steinerne Brücke was built between 1135 and 1146. This unprecedented stone bridge across the Danube opened major international trade routes between Northern Europe and Venice, and much of Regensburg as it exists today was built by wealthy merchant families over the next few centuries. These traders had no compunctions about flaunting their wealth; some of their houses had purely decorative towers that made them the McMansions of the Middle Ages.
The Free Imperial City of Regensburg existed for 600 years. But as trade routes changed, the city's fortunes declined and many of the patrician families left for better opportunities elsewhere.
Regensburg got a second wind in 1663, when a permanent Reichstag or Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire was established within its walls. The old merchants' houses were taken over by bureaucrats and emissaries, and Regensburg was the seat of Germany's first parliament for 150 years.
The empire was dissolved in 1806; three years later, the city was conquered by Napoleon's troops and turned over to Bavaria. Although many events have taken place since, Regensburg's Altstadt looks much as it did during its heyday as a Free Imperial City, with some 1,400 registered and carefully preserved medieval buildings that coexist with structures from the Roman Era.
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