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The Genesis Foundation's 6th Annual Fundraiser lunch entitled “CEOs Share a Smile”.
Saturday, September 4, 2010 at ITC Windsor Hotel, Bangalore
Star Chefs:
Paolo Lanzarotti, Managing Director, SABmiller
Dr Madhusudan V Atre, President & Mg Director, Applied Materials
B J Arun, Founder & Chairman, California Digital
Himanshu Kohli, Founder & Partner, Client Associates
Kanwaljit Singh, Managing Director, Helion Ventures
Parvathy Omnakuttan, GF Brand Ambassador, (Miss India 2008 & 1st runner-up Miss World 2008)
Sajai Singh, Partner, J. Sagar Associates
Rajesh Rao, CEO, Dhruva Interactive
Sandhya Vasudevan, Managing Director, Thomson Reuters
Giridhar G.V Chief Operating Officer, Ernst & Young
Rekha Menon, Executive Director, Accenture
Gopichand Katragadda, Senior General Manager, GE Energy
Principal Coordinator:
Miecckey Bharrucha (Ms)
Genesis Foundation
c/o K & S Partners, 109, Sector 44, Gurgaon 122 003, Haryana, India
miecckey.bharrucha@genesis-foundation.net
Photographer:
Joseph Cairns,
joseph@depthoffield.co.in
The Genesis Foundation's 6th Annual Fundraiser lunch entitled “CEOs Share a Smile”.
Saturday, September 4, 2010 at ITC Windsor Hotel, Bangalore
Star Chefs:
Paolo Lanzarotti, Managing Director, SABmiller
Dr Madhusudan V Atre, President & Mg Director, Applied Materials
B J Arun, Founder & Chairman, California Digital
Himanshu Kohli, Founder & Partner, Client Associates
Kanwaljit Singh, Managing Director, Helion Ventures
Parvathy Omnakuttan, GF Brand Ambassador, (Miss India 2008 & 1st runner-up Miss World 2008)
Sajai Singh, Partner, J. Sagar Associates
Rajesh Rao, CEO, Dhruva Interactive
Sandhya Vasudevan, Managing Director, Thomson Reuters
Giridhar G.V Chief Operating Officer, Ernst & Young
Rekha Menon, Executive Director, Accenture
Gopichand Katragadda, Senior General Manager, GE Energy
Principal Coordinator:
Miecckey Bharrucha (Ms)
Genesis Foundation
c/o K & S Partners, 109, Sector 44, Gurgaon 122 003, Haryana, India
miecckey.bharrucha@genesis-foundation.net
Photographer:
Joseph Cairns,
joseph@depthoffield.co.in
Nashville Pussy in France interview & live shoot by Back'n'roll
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True rock n' roll doesn't require definition. It's self-explanatory based on a gut feeling and the unconditional devotion to the musical genre. Nashville Pussy have celebrated their brand of genuine rock n' roll for more than a decade, in classic style at times, surprising at others, but always earthy, raw and unadulterated. Band mastermind Blaine Cartwright (vocals, guitar), his wife Ruyter Suys (guitar), Karen Cuda (bass) and Jeremy Thompson (drums) poured their heart and soul into the latest rock release, entitled From Hell To Texas, which saw the band hone their most impressive recording to date alongside the non stop touring, from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Europe, Japan, and almost a year straight with the Reverend Horton Heat, "We allowed ourselves this time to give the songs the chance to turn out as perfect as possible," Cartwright explains. "We kept playing the new tracks at our rehearsal room until they really clicked. I feel they're heavier and grittier than previous releases. The whole creative process took three long years, but the result has been worth the trouble."
Their songs are mostly about fun and good times, but occasionally – as in the case of 'Late Great USA' – they also stick the finger into an open wound. "Although Blaine's comical and satyrical themes mostly prevail on From Hell To Texas, there are two or three numbers which deal with more serious subjects. 'Late Great USA' is a political song, we simply had to vent our anger at certain grievances in this country."
Source : www.nashvillepussy.com/bio
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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
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More miraculous stories in the life of Saint Padre Pio
(This article is a continuation of miraculous stories in the life of St Padre Pio. Part 1 which is entitled "Little known stories in the life of St Padre Pio" can be found here.
I would like to sincerely thank Brother Michael of the Cross and also Thomas Warner M.D. for transcribing these stories. -Webmaster)
The cure of Gaspare di Prazzo, Cianciana, Agrigento
Mr. Gaspare di Prazzo had a case of Mediterranean Fever which had become very serious. A woman, Signora Vacarro, knew of Padre Pio and recommended the patient invoke Padre Pio's help for a cure and Signora Vacarro gave Gaspare a picture of Padre Pio to use while invoking his intercession. Upon receiving the photo, the patient kissed the photograph of Padre Pio and begged him to cure him.
A few days passed when one evening at 6pm the patient said to his wife: "Put someone at the door and don't let anyone in, because Padre Pio is coming, and I don't want to be seen by anyone.'
The wife nodded assent and assured him that their nephew was already near the door.
Later that night, at eleven o'clock, when all were in bed and only his wife was sitting up by the patient's bedside, and the patient had a significant fever he said to his wife: 'Put out the light because Padre Pio is about to come, and I don't want to be seen by anyone, not even by you.'
His wife obeyed and put out the light. All of a sudden the patient began to speak, very joyfully: "Oh! Padre Pio, are you here to heal me? I thank you. Pass your hand from my head to my feet. I cannot go on anymore and I do not want to leave my wife a widow...'
The patient felt Padre Pio near his bed. He passed his stigmatized hand over all his body. His wife saw nobody, but understood that Padre Pio was beside her beloved spouse, and trembling in a corner of the room on her knees, weeping she also prayed to Padre Pio: ' As you have come, Padre Pio, ask Our Lord for the grace of my husband's cure.'
After a few minutes, the wife asked her husband if she could put on the light, and the patient replied: 'No, because Padre Pio has not gone out yet, he is still by my bedside.'
Another ten minutes passed, then the husband told his wife to put on the light, because Padre Pio was gone. After putting on the light, his sister and Dr. Giannone came around the bed of the patient, whose eyes were shining, and who was emitting deep sighs. He said he felt better, and then told them the following:
"A little while ago I found myself in a beautiful church, where Padre Pio was celebrating Mass, and I was on my knees . I saw the Holy Ghost in the beautiful form of a dove above the altar. After Mass, I drew closer to him, and he said to me: 'Have faith in God. But you must go to confession and you must not swear any more.' Being thirsty, I asked Padre Pio for water, and he accompanied me to a cistern. I filled a bottle with lovely fresh water; groaning with pain I drank it in one draught, burning with fever. As soon as I had drunk the water I smelt perfume which resembled the smell of vanilla. Then Padre Pio went away."
After this account the patient repeated that he felt better. The cousin,a medical physician, examined him an noted a very significant change: the fever had already diminished, and by the next morning he was without any, and the fever never returned. Early that next morning Signora Vacarro went to visit him - the reader will recall that it was she who lent him the photograph of Padre Pio - and joyfully upon seeing him she said:
"The grace has been given! I dreamt of Padre Pio last night and he said to me: 'The grace has been given.'"
-and truly the grace had been obtained, for a few days afterwards the patient got up cured and went to church to thank Our Lord. Later he had a solemn day of the Blessed Eucharist celebrated in the Church of the Liguorini, where he confessed and received Holy Communion, after having been away from the Sacraments for ten years. From then on Signor Piazzi has never swore again and he is very grateful to Padre Pio, whose photograph he always carries about with him."
Cure of a diabetic through a vision of Padre Pio
On Corpus Christi, June 20, 1946, at about 6pm a nun named Lucia was suffering from severe diabetes and because of this was impelled to drank quarts of water for relief. Suddenly however she no longer felt the need to drink water and she called the Mother Superior. She said she must now go to the chapel to pray.
Nevertheless, the Mother Superior asked the sister to bring along a glass of water. The Mother Superior had a presentiment that it was the beginning of the end. Lucia told her with a happy smille: "I will die soon, Mother, Padre Pio came to see me. He was just like picture on the bureau. He said I could not be cured (i.e. by the doctors). But he also told me to hope, and to have faith in the help of Heaven.
Evidently, from the succession of events we will read below, Lucia has initially misunderstood Padre Pio. Two sisters assisted her to the chapel. She did not ask for water, and even refused when offered the glass that had been taken along. It was now already a quarter of an hour since she had taken anything to drink. After finishing her prayers she was brought back to her little room as it appeared that she was fainting. The chaplain was called and a drinking tube was put into her mouth, but she immediately pushed it away. Suddenly she opened her eyes with a strange smile on her lips. She sat up in her bed and gesticulated joyously, saying Padre Pio had just told her in the name of God: "You are cured. Get up! Come immediately to my monastery. I want to bless you and thank the Almighty with you." Lucia went to the monastery with two of the sisters on June 17. When they appeared before Padre Pio, he said with a smile: "I was waiting for you," and he blessed her.
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A spiritual grace, Porto Maurizio, September 11, 1940
A gentleman from Porto Maurizio writes:
"No matter how much I say with regard to the graces received through Padre Pio, I could not say enough, for he procured me a great number, and continued to do so. When I saw Padre Pio for the first time, it seemed to me like a dream, and my heart leapt for joy.
"I assisted at the Mass he celebrated with saintly ardor. I was also fortunate enough to see him at close range, for I was kneeling at the side of the altar; large drops of tears fell from his eyes ... in that instant I repented of my sins and implored forgiveness for myself and for all mankind. At the Consecration, I was doubly wrapped in prayer, and at the Elevation of the Host I looked up with faith, and to my astonishment it appeared radiant and beautiful. I said nothing about it to anyone that day, but the following day I went to the confessional of the Padre and I said, 'Father,the Host consecrated by you does not look the same as the others.' 'What,' he said, 'is there something special about mine?' 'Yes, I replied, 'the Host of every other priest looks ordinary, and there is a crucifix in the center, while yours appears beautiful and radiant.' he did not reply, so I continued, "Tell me Father, is this so, or is it an illusion?' Entering into a state of recollection within himself, he replied with gravity, 'What you saw in fact was true.'
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Padre Pio predicts a boy to a childless couple, and later baptizes the baby under miraculous circumstances
A couple from Genoa visited Padre Pio to tell him they had no children. "Bring him to me to be baptized when he is born," was his answer. He could often foretell the sex of an unborn child.
The following year the fortunate couple returned to the monastery Church with their new baby boy, but in the Church of Our Lady of Graces there was such a large crowd that it was impossible to reach Padre Pio who was hearing confessions and then reciting the evening prayers . The mother remained in the parish house of San Giovanni Rotundo one mile away, whilst the father went to the monastery to talk to Padre Pio's fellow priests, telling them that Padre Pio had invited them to come there and that they were to meet with him; hoping to try to arrange a meeting with him in the next few days. Since by then it was getting quite late, he was told to come back in the morning. So, he returned to his wife at the parish house and when he arrived his wife informed him that Padre Pio had come to baptise the baby earlier in the evening. "But how is that possible!" he replied, because at the time specified Padre Pio was without a doubt in the Church reciting the evening prayers and hearing confessions of the many people assembled there.
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A woman is revived from a coma
On July 20, 1921, a Monsignor D'Indico of Florence, whom this author [Fr. Charles Carty] met in 1923 when studying theology at the Archbishop's Seminary in Florence, was alone in his study. He felt the sensation of having someone at his back. He turned and saw a monk, who disappeared. He left his room to tell a chaplain what happened. The chaplain thought it was mere hallucination due to his state of anxiety over his sister, who was very ill. He invited him to take a short walk for mental distraction. When they returned they went to see his sister in her sick room. His sister, who a little before had been in state of coma, at the same hour when her brother felt the sensation of being in the presence of Padre Pio, told how she had seen a monk enter her room who approached her and said : "Don't be afraid; tomorrow your fever will disappear, and after a few days there will be no trace of your illness in your body." But, Padre, she answered, "are you then a saint?" "No, I am simply a creature who serves the Lord through His mercies."
"Let me kiss your habit, Padre."
"Kiss the sign of the Passion," and he showed his hands transfixed and bleeding.
"Padre, I recommend to you my husband and child."
"Pray, pray that you will be good, and be assured that your child will be under my protection," and blessing her, he vanished.
She immediately got better and in eight days was entirely cured.
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Fr. Antonio narrates that during the war in Africa an Italian soldier was standing behind a large rock, while a fierce battle was going on. Suddenly a monk stood beside him and pulled him gently by the sleeve, saying he should get out form behind the rock. The soldier did not want to leave what he thought was a safe place. The monk pulled a second time, and was more emphatic. he did not move. Then the monk pulled him out by force. Right after that the entire place where the soldier had been standing blew up. The monk disappeared. Some days after as he was relating this to a fellow soldier, the companion showed him a picture of Padre Pio which he always carried with him. The soldier whose life had been saved exclaimed: "Why, that is definitely the monk who saved my life!"
Prior to this he had never seen Padre Pio or heard of him before.
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The Church approved miracle for the canonisation of Padre Pio
January 20th , 2000, was a regular school day for seven years old Matteo Pio Colella of San Giovanni Rotondo until he started to shiver and develop a fever. He was brought home weak and vomiting. That he evening he was progressively worse with the development of bleeding into and necrosis of his skin. In the modern hospital of San Giovanni Rotondo (Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza ) he was found to have clots in his blood vessels, signs of kidney and liver failure and hyperacute meningitis with septicaemia : an extremely serious condition, which by next morning, had rapidly affected all organ systems with septic shock, respiratory failure, cyanosis, a heart rate of 20 , dilated pupils and cardiac arrest. Despite therapy, the prognosis for survival was hopeless. Meanwhile, prayers for his recovery were being offered by many through the intercession of Padre Pio. By mid-day, despite the most morbid prognostication, he showed signs of improvement. Even with a persistent lung problem he made great progress within ten days. In a few weeks recovery was complete.
The mortality from his illness ---fulminant meningitis with acute respiratory distress syndrome and multi-organ (nine organ systems) failure ---- is 100 percent. His recovery was medically inexplicable and was declared a miracle by the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints in the presence of Pope John Paul II.
An unusual visitor
While asleep, Matteo said that he was unable to pray to Padre Pio but started to do so, on awakening. “As soon as I awoke, I put out my hand searching for another hand saying: I want Padre Pio “. However during his ‘sleep’ he was not alone but was visited by an old man with a white beard and a long brown garment. This man, smiling, gave him his hand and said “Matteo don’t be worried you will soon be healed “. Beside this man he saw three angels, one dressed in white with green wings and two in red with white wings; their faces were not clear because of their brilliance. Another day afterwards, he told his uncle Giovanni that the very night he was healed there was a child with green eyes and black hair, lying rigid, on a little bed in a hospital in Rome. Subsequently he related the dream to his mother who asked: “How did you get to Rome? “. Matteo told her that he made a kind of flight with Padre Pio who held him by the hand and who spoke to him interiorly; when they arrived Padre Pio asked: “Do you want to be healed ? And Matteo replied “How will that happen? “ “Will it with prayer”.
Then his mother asked: “How did you know you were in Rome? “ Matteo recognized Luna Park ( a theme park ) which he had visited with uncle Giovanni! In conclusion, Matteo said “I was healed by Padre Pio“
Matteo was present in Saint Peter’s Square for the canonization of Padre Pio (June 16th, 2002 ) and at this Mass he made his First Holy Communion. Incidentally, Matteo has green eyes and black hair.
Finally, as if to remind us of an unusual ‘event’ in the Saint’s life, the official missal for the occasion had on the cover an icon depicting Jesus Christ crucified with Saint Francis beneath one arm of the Cross and Padre Pio beneath the other. This ‘event’, to be described briefly, was reported by Fr. Alberto D’Apolito, a friend of Padre Pio’s.
Jacopa and the Third Order
Giovanna Rizzani Boschi, a shy lady from Udine, became a spiritual daughter of Padre Pio in 1923. In 1905, while her father lay dying her mother gave birth to Giovanna in their courtyard where, during labour, she thought she saw a Capuchin friar. Meanwhile , in 1905, as a seminarian in the Capuchin friary Padre Pio wrote about a similar incident in which he found himself in a nobleman’s home during the birth of a child as her father was dying. The Virgin Mary appeared to Padre Pio and said: “I am entrusting this child to you --- she will seek you out --- but first you will meet her in St. Peter’s.
The Boschi family moved to Rome in 1922. One afternoon Giovanna visited St. Peter’s where she discussed doubts about her faith in a confessional with a Capuchin friar. She waited for this “gifted man “ before the Basilica was closed to arrange a further meeting. The sacristan showed her that the confessional was empty; he had vanished. Later, she heard about Padre Pio for the first time and decided she must meet him and arranged a trip to San Giovanni Rotondo. While Padre Pio was passing through a large crowd he stopped in front of her and said: “Giovanna, I know you. You were born the day your father died.” And he continued to reveal details of her birth and her visit to St. Peter’s. On a later visit he asked her to join the Franciscian Third Order, giving her the name Jacopa which she didn’t like. But he insisted, saying that a noble Roman woman called Jacopa was present at the death of St. Francis of Assisi. “One day you will be present at my death”.
In September 1968, the anniversary of the stigmata, Giovanna heard his voice calling her to San Giovanni because he was going away. She arrived and went to confession. After Mass, on September 22nd, Padre Pio became ill, but not seriously. That night, either in a dream or a vision, she found herself in Padre Pio’s cell where he lay dying, surrounded by friars and two doctors. She woke up and cried out to her friend that Padre Pio was dying. She got dressed and outside the monastery was told by a friar that Padre Pio was dead. Later, she related the strange events to Fr. Alberto D’Apolito and described in detail the interior of Padre Pio’s room (which before his death had never been photographed). He agreed with her description.
Indeed, in 1209, when St. Francis travelled to Rome to submit the rule of his new order to Pope Innocent III, he was supported by a Roman noblewoman called Jacopa de Settesoli. Subsequently she followed St. Francis’ life of austerity and was probably the inspiration for the founding of the Third Order of St. Francis. Jacopa was present at the death of St. Francis in Assisi. She died in Assisi in 1239 where her remains were placed in the “Saint’s Crypt“ bearing the inscription : HIC REQUIESCIT IACOPA SANCTA NOBLISQUE ROMANA
Beatification-Canonisation
Patience is a virtue and a virtue that was recognized as such by the devotees, prayer groups and spiritual children of Padre Pio. Even though the cause for canonization could have been initiated in 1973, ten more years elapsed before the complex process of beatification would begin with anihil obstat in 1982. In December 1997 the Decree of heroic virtue was promulgated in the presence of Pope John Paul II. The Servant of God was now Venerable. The medical board of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints examined a miracle attributed to the intercession of Padre Pio and the Decree on the miracle was promulgated again in the presence of the Pope in December 1998. His beatification by the Pope followed on May 2nd.1999 in the presence of a huge crowd.
Pope John Paul met Padre Pio in 1947, confessed to him and attended his Mass. This made a lasting impression on Fr. Wojtyla who recalled that Padre Pio “physically suffered “during the Eucharistic celebration. Also, in 1962 Bishop Wojtyla wrote to Padre Pio asking for his prayers for a friend who had advanced cancer. The malignancy disappeared the day before scheduled surgery.
There was no shortage of miracles during the life of “the man of prayer and suffering”, as Pope Paul VI called him. However, only those miracles occurring after death are considered for beatification with another, following that, for canonization. Again, the canonical documents were sent from the diocese of Manfredonia-Vieste to the Congregation and the medical testimony from Matteo’s cure was examined. In December 2000 the Theological Consultors met, followed by the Session of Cardinals and Bishops. Finally, the Decree of miracle and subsequently the Decree of Canonization were promulgated in the presence of Pope John Paul II.
Piazza San Pietro was packed for Mass on Sunday, June 16th. 2002. A large tapestry with the image of Padre Pio hung over the main door of the Basilica. No doubt many of his followers and spiritual children were ecstatic. The introduction included prayers, hymns and readings from Padre Pio’s writings. The choir sang the “Canto d’ingresso” followed by Psalm 97. Then the Pope recited a beautiful prayer in Italian, beginning with: “My dear brothers and sisters, today the Church inscribes the name of Blessed Padre Pio of Pietrelcina in the Register of the Saints---“,followed by the Miserere nostri ---. The Litany of the Saints preceded the Rite of Canonization with the Formula solemnly read in Latin by the Pope “ --- Beatum Pium a Pietrelcina Sanctum esse decernimus et definimus, ac Sanctorum Catalogo adscribimus ----“. “In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti”. Amen.
Padre Pio's feast day falls on September 23rd, the anniversary of his holy death.
References:
1. San Pio da Pietrelcina: Gerardo di Flumeri & Luciano Lotti; Frati Minori Cappuccin,Provincia di “Sant’ Angelo e Padre Pio”.
2. "Padre Pio, Man of Hope" Renzo Allegri; Servant Publications, Ann Arbor, MI.
3. "Witness to Hope" George Weigel; Harper Collins, New York.
4. "Padre Pio, The Stigmatist". Fr. Charles Mortimer Carty. Tan Books.
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.
Orange mountain bike with Evo2 forks stolen from Armathwaite
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The sculpture, entitled Your Essential Magnificence, is made of ferrocement and clad with colorful ceramic tile and glass. Imbedded inside and out of view are objects and mementos which the artist collected from iconic South Austin locations including the Broken Spoke, the Armadillo World Headquarters, and the Cathedral of Junk. Fabrication of the piece began in 2009 and James Talbot has spent more than 2,000 hours building the steel armature, assembling and filling it with concrete, and cladding the form with mosaic tile. Many interested community members volunteered to assist with the mosaic process. The sculpture was then moved in sixty-five sections to be installed and completed on site.
This is definitely playing a role in "Keeping Austin Weird". I spotted this while driving down South Congress Ave. It is fairly large and actually looks like a throne when you get close enough to see the tiled seat near the center/base of the sculpture. It is also a part of Art In Public Places (AIPP) which also brought us Open Room Austin (Day 42/365).
If you find this interesting, check out Austin artist James Talbot's (artist) website.
This HDR image was created from 3 exposures and rendered with Exposure Fusion in Photomatix Pro 4.
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
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.
Leontina Vàduva, (b. 1964, Romania), Soprano has a critical biography, quotations discography performance credits and bibliography included in a new Anthology entitled:
"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
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Quotation:
"Opera:
“In general the state of the Opera reflects the economic health of the country. Who might be interested in being patrons of the Arts? The rich people in Romania are rich only for themselves. We lack the culture of Patronage in Romania. The sponsors, instead of paying the earth for Pavarotti would do better paying for the sheet music, the costumes and the salaries of musicians. The vain-glorious feeling of paying for a star to come over be it even of Pavarotti’s fame does not make sense when the Romanian cultural scene is in doldrums”.
(Leontina Vaduva, interview)
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Since Leontina Vàduva’s debut on the stage of the Toulouse Opera House, in 1987, her rise to success was meteoric: she was acclaimed successively at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden (1988), at Vienna Staatsoper (1991) and again at Covent Garden in 1994. This was followed by her American debut, with San Francisco Opera, in 1996, adding to the series of her performances on the stages of Munich, Paris, Brussels, Barcelona, La Scala of Milan and New York’s Metropolitan Opera. Her debutat the Metropolitan, in 2000, was in the role of Mimi, in La Bohème. She was the guest of the Los Angeles Opera (Marguerite in Gounod’s Faust), in the year 2000 and again at the opera in Baltimore in 2001.
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In 1995 Leontina Vàduva made her debut recording for EMI Classics, of Mimì in Puccini's La Bohème. The recording released in September 1996 features a formidable cast of international opera stars: Roberto Alagna as Rodolfo, Thomas Hampson as Marcello, Simon Keenlyside as Schaunard, Samuel Ramey as Colline and Ruth Ann Swenson as Musetta. The Philharmonia Orchestra is conducted by Antonio Pappano, (CD released in 1996).
Gold and Silver Gala: From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (1996)
Roméo et Juliette (1995)
This sculpture is entitled "Mammoth". It is one of two sculptures by Cleveland artist Viktor Schreckengost , that were at the entrances of the old Pachyderm Building at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo in Cleveland,Ohio. The other sculpture entitled "Mastodon" was located at the other entrance of the building. Both sculptures were part of the Pachyderm Building since 1957. They were removed in 2008 during the construction of the new African Elephant Exhibit which opened in 2011. Both sculptures are being restored and the zoo plans to exhibit them in the future. The old Pachyderm Building once housed Elephants, Hippos, Tapirs, Warthogs, and many years ago Rhinoceros and Giraffes.
The photographic portfolio entitled “GLOBALIZING CONTAMINATIONS” was among the finalists at the PORTFOLIO SIFEST 2018 international award (Italy). This photography project is the result of a one-month period lived in Africa from Kenya to Tanzania. In the 1950s and 1960s, the European colonial powers gradually ceased to administer their African territories. The process of “apparent decolonization” led to the gradual departure of all the expatriate personnel of the colonizing nations: administrators, soldiers and all those who had settled in the “colony”. This process favored the creation of independent states and paved the way for new foreign influences over those of the colonial powers. Therefore, after some years living in Africa, I came to ask myself: “How has the influence, after decolonization, of European countries evolved in the face of the emancipation of African countries and the competition of new powers?”
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.
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.
Museum de Fundatie Zwolle NL presents an exhibition entitled Giacometti-Chadwick, Facing Fear, to run from 22 September 2018 to 6 January 2019. The sculptures of Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) and Lynn Chadwick (1914-2003) are manifestations of the sense of fear and disillusionment that pervaded Europe during the Cold War period. Their work bids a final farewell to pre-war romanticism and aestheticism, and lands with both feet in the raw reality of the post-war world. While Giacometti reduced the human form to its bare essentials, Chadwick created powerful archetypal images of both people and animals. The exhibition includes more than 150 works. Never before has the work of Giacometti and Chadwick been so explicitly brought together.
Their paths first crossed in 1956, when Chadwick became the youngest person ever to win the Grand Prix for Sculpture at the Venice Biennale. With only six years’ experience as a sculptor, the British artist snatched the prize from Giacometti, the hot favourite, who was thirteen years older and already a major name in Paris. Giacometti would go on to win the prize in 1962, but which of the two men was awarded it in 1956 is less significant than the fact that these two particular sculptors were the front-runners at that time. Each of them was expressing, in his own individual way, the sense of deep-seated angst that overshadowed day-to-day life in Europe in the fifties and sixties: the fear of a global nuclear disaster that would wipe out human civilisation.
Alberto Giacometti is among the most significant figures in the whole field of modern European sculpture. A member of a notable family of Swiss artists, he moved to Paris in 1922 and would remain there for the rest of his life, working as a sculptor, painter and graphic artist. After training with Émile-Antoine Bourdelle, he discovered modernism and so-called ‘primitive’ ethnographic art of Africa and Oceania. In response to these influences, his work became more abstract. In the early thirties, his Surrealist sculptures expressing subconscious emotions created a furore. From 1935, however, personal psychological tensions triggered a crisis in his life and work that led to a return to the human figure. Initially, his portraits and figures became both increasingly tiny and more and more attenuated. This thinness was to remain the most distinctive feature of Giacometti’s art. After the Second World War, he began to create the elongated, emaciated figures that would bring him worldwide fame. In all their attenuation, they reduce humanity to its very essence and appear both vulnerable and enigmatic.
In the early fifties, up-and-coming artist Lynn Chadwick managed to dislodge Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth from their dominant position in the field of British sculpture. Born in London, Chadwick had started his career as a technical draughtsman and exhibition stand designer. He took an equally constructional approach to his sculpture: rather than model his human and animal figures in clay or wax, he constructed them by welding steel rods together to create an armature and then filling in the gaps with a kind of cement. The angularity of the work being produced by him and other young British artists was described in 1952 as ‘the geometry of fear’, a reference to the constant dread of nuclear annihilation. Chadwick’s apocalyptic Dancers and stoical Watchers gave powerful expression to this sense of angst. From the early seventies, he broadened his repertoire to include subjects that seem to restore the sovereignty of the human spirit. Sculptures like Cloaked Figure and Sitting Couple no longer look threatening, but emanate a sense of composure and invulnerability.
Giacometti’s pre-war work influenced Chadwick’s development and the two men were keenly aware of each other’s presence. In addition to the vast differences, there are also many similarities between their oeuvres. Giacometti-Chadwick, Facing Fear is the product of close cooperation with the Fondation Marguerite et Aimé Maeght in Saint-Paul-de-Vence and the Chadwick Estate and Blain|Southern gallery in London.
VP-14/VP-102/VPB-102 Special Collection
From album #4 Entitled “Second Tour”
SOURCE INSTITUTION: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
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.
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
The performance series, entitled The Market of Toys, was created specifically for Times Square. It is composed of four distinctive minimalistic single-element actions representative of Akademia Ruchu’s 40 years of experience working in the public realm. These austere, participatory interventions will simultaneously contrast and emphasize the vibrant character of Times Square and its multitude of visitors. The performances will be complemented by videos chronicling some of the collective’s seminal performances. These 30 second videos will play every 5 minutes on 10 CEMUSA newspaper kiosks located between 34th-48th Streets. A printed exhibition in the form of a newspaper documenting Academia Ruchu’s deep history of socially and politically driven public performances will be handed out to visitors.
Akademia Ruchu (The Academy of Movement) has been a political sounding board in Poland since its establishment in 1973 in Warsaw. Operating at the juncture of theater, performances, political actions, and anonymous interventions in the public realm which and with the involvement of spectators.
Photo Credit: Chani Bockwinkel, courtesy of Performa
From my set entitled “Lamium”
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/sets/72157607217474399/
In my collection entitled “The Garden”
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/collections/7215760718...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadnettle
Lamium (deadnettle) is a genus of about 40-50 species of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, of which family it is the type genus. They are all herbaceous plants native to Europe, Asia, and north Africa, but several have become very successful weeds of crop fields and are now widely naturalised across the temperate world.
The genus includes both annual and perennial species; they spread by both seeds and stems rooting as they grow along the ground.
The common name refers to their superficial resemblance to the unrelated stinging nettles, but unlike those, they do not have stinging hairs and so are harmless or apparently "dead".
Lamiums are frost hardy and grow well in most soils. Flower colour determines planting season and light requirement: white- and purple-coloured flowered species are planted in spring and prefer full sun. The yellow-flowered ones are planted in fall (autumn) and prefer shade. They often have invasive habits and need plenty of room. Propagate from seed or by division in early spring
The Duomo, the medieval cathedral, entitled to Santa Maria Assunta (St. Mary of the Assumption) is a five-naved cathedral with a three-naved transept. Construction was begun in 1064 by the architect Busketo, and set the model for the distinctive Pisan Romanesque style of architecture. The mosaics of the interior, as well as the pointed arches, show a strong Byzantine influence.
The façade, of grey marble and white stone set with discs of coloured marble, was built by a master named Rainaldo, as indicated by an inscription above the middle door: "Rainaldus prudens operator".
The massive bronze main doors were made in the workshops of Giambologna, replacing the original doors destroyed in a fire in 1595. The central door was in bronze and made around 1180 by Bonanno Pisano, while the other two were probably in wood. However worshippers never used the façade doors to enter, instead entering by way of the Porta di San Ranieri (St. Ranieri's Door), in front of the Leaning Tower, made in around 1180 by Bonanno Pisano.
Above the doors there are four rows of open galleries with, on top, statues of Madonna with Child and, on the corners, the Four evangelists.
Also in the façade we can find the tomb of Busketo (on the left side) and an inscription about the foundation of the Cathedral and the victorious battle against Saracens.
The interior is faced with black and white marble and has a gilded ceiling and a frescoed dome. It was largely redecorated after a fire in 1595, which destroyed most of the medieval art works. Fortunately, the impressive mosaic, in the apse, of Christ in Majesty, flanked by the Blessed Virgin and St. John the Evangelist, survived the fire. The present gold-decorated ceiling carries the coat of arms of the Medici.
The elaborately carved pulpit (1302–1310), which also survived the fire, was made by Giovanni Pisano and is one the masterworks of medieval sculpture. It was packed away during the redecoration and was not rediscovered and re-erected until 1926. The pulpit is supported by plain columns (two of which mounted on lions sculptures) on one side and by caryatids on the other.
The church also contains the bones of St Ranieri, Pisa's patron saint, and the tomb of the Holy Roman Emperor Henry VII, carved by Tino da Camaino in 1315. That tomb, originally in the apse just behind the main altar, was disassembled and changed position many times during the years for political reasons. At last the sarcophagus is still in the Cathedral, but some of the statues were put in the Camposanto or in the top of the façade of the church. The original statues now are in the Museum of the Opera del Duomo. Pope Gregory VIII was also buried in the cathedral. The fire in 1595 destroyed his tomb.
The Cathedral has a prominent role in determining the beginning of the Pisan New Year. Between the tenth century and 1749, when the Tuscan calendar was reformed, Pisa used its own calendar, in which the first day of the year was on March 25, which is the day of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The Pisan New Year begins 9 months before the ordinary one. The exact moment is determined by a ray of sun that, through a window on the left side, hit a shelf egg-shaped on the right side, just above the pulpit by Giovanni Pisano. This occurs at noon.
In the Cathedral also can be found some relics brought during the Crusades: the remains of three Saints (Abibo, Gamaliel and Nicodemus) and a vase that it is said to be one of the jars of Cana.
Entitled “The President's Levee, or All Creation going to the White House,” this 1840 engraving re-creates the liveliness of President Andrew Jackson’s raucous inauguration in which thousands of people from around the country came out to see their hero. 1840.
White House Historical Association (White House Collection).
Graffiti by Espo. Piece entitled Happy Mother's Day. Part of large mural which reads Baby is Crying, Rent is Spent, Car Got Towed, Lost the Remote, No Hot Water, Fridge is Empty, But Ordered Food, Please Come Home. Yard of The Bernard Shaw pub, Dublin 2, Ireland. Painted between January and May 2008. Photographed 10th October 2010.
Kudos to the DCCAH for this photo.
This wall mural, entitled “Golden Years,” was created by local artist Cheryl Foster in 2002 for the Office on Aging’s Wellness Center. Foster, who has been commissioned by the DCCAH for various projects, designed a mural that reflects celebration as well as strength, wisdom, and integrity. Images of an elderly couple dancing together reflect the joy of living, and an elderly man lifting a weight with a look of focused determination represents persisting vigor. The center of the mural features a woman holding fruit, which is a metaphor for the wisdom gained through the years. The mural truly highlights the “golden” aspect of the later years and advocates celebrating all the positives in life.
More info at theartaround.us/arts/golden-years
Wrongly entitled on the box as "Geburt Mariae" [Birth of Mary], actually "Heimsuchung Mariae" or "Visitation of the Virgin Mary".
Schmidt Fine Art puzzle No. 625 2608, a vintage puzzle but still sealed and in excellent condition.
1000 pieces, complete.
50 x 75 cm.
Secretary-General António Guterres greets Captain Cecilia Erzuah of Ghana, the recipient of the Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award.
The event entitled “Dag Hammarskjöld Medal Ceremony and Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award” is held on the occasion of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers (29 May) and organized by the Department of Peace Operations (DPO) and the Office of Military Affairs (OMA).
UN Photo/Evan Schneider
Wonderful vintage cookbook by James Beard entitled Beard on Food.
Copyright 19674 by James Beard. Published by Alfred Knopf. Stated First Edition.
From the dust jacket cover:
Here is James Beard at his best: relaxed, savoring food memories of the past, ranging over Earthy Subjects, indulging in Whims of Taste, aroused to new Inspirations and Improvisations, pondering over the peculiarities of the American palate, sharing his latest gastronomic adventures—people, places, travel—and always coming up with the perfect recipe to cap the occasion. Here, in a rich plum pudding of a book, is Beard's own selection of his famous columns—columns that have been devoured for the past four years by those fortunate enough to have them in their local papers (dozens of them, from Hartford to Memphis to Tacoma). Here, in short, is Beard on Food!
Over 200 recipes, 316 pages with index.
Very good condition. Clean with no writing or soiling within. Dust jacket shows edge wear along with bumping to corners and spine ends.
Great vintage cookbook!
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Museum de Fundatie Zwolle NL presents an exhibition entitled Giacometti-Chadwick, Facing Fear, to run from 22 September 2018 to 6 January 2019. The sculptures of Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) and Lynn Chadwick (1914-2003) are manifestations of the sense of fear and disillusionment that pervaded Europe during the Cold War period. Their work bids a final farewell to pre-war romanticism and aestheticism, and lands with both feet in the raw reality of the post-war world. While Giacometti reduced the human form to its bare essentials, Chadwick created powerful archetypal images of both people and animals. The exhibition includes more than 150 works. Never before has the work of Giacometti and Chadwick been so explicitly brought together.
Their paths first crossed in 1956, when Chadwick became the youngest person ever to win the Grand Prix for Sculpture at the Venice Biennale. With only six years’ experience as a sculptor, the British artist snatched the prize from Giacometti, the hot favourite, who was thirteen years older and already a major name in Paris. Giacometti would go on to win the prize in 1962, but which of the two men was awarded it in 1956 is less significant than the fact that these two particular sculptors were the front-runners at that time. Each of them was expressing, in his own individual way, the sense of deep-seated angst that overshadowed day-to-day life in Europe in the fifties and sixties: the fear of a global nuclear disaster that would wipe out human civilisation.
Alberto Giacometti is among the most significant figures in the whole field of modern European sculpture. A member of a notable family of Swiss artists, he moved to Paris in 1922 and would remain there for the rest of his life, working as a sculptor, painter and graphic artist. After training with Émile-Antoine Bourdelle, he discovered modernism and so-called ‘primitive’ ethnographic art of Africa and Oceania. In response to these influences, his work became more abstract. In the early thirties, his Surrealist sculptures expressing subconscious emotions created a furore. From 1935, however, personal psychological tensions triggered a crisis in his life and work that led to a return to the human figure. Initially, his portraits and figures became both increasingly tiny and more and more attenuated. This thinness was to remain the most distinctive feature of Giacometti’s art. After the Second World War, he began to create the elongated, emaciated figures that would bring him worldwide fame. In all their attenuation, they reduce humanity to its very essence and appear both vulnerable and enigmatic.
In the early fifties, up-and-coming artist Lynn Chadwick managed to dislodge Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth from their dominant position in the field of British sculpture. Born in London, Chadwick had started his career as a technical draughtsman and exhibition stand designer. He took an equally constructional approach to his sculpture: rather than model his human and animal figures in clay or wax, he constructed them by welding steel rods together to create an armature and then filling in the gaps with a kind of cement. The angularity of the work being produced by him and other young British artists was described in 1952 as ‘the geometry of fear’, a reference to the constant dread of nuclear annihilation. Chadwick’s apocalyptic Dancers and stoical Watchers gave powerful expression to this sense of angst. From the early seventies, he broadened his repertoire to include subjects that seem to restore the sovereignty of the human spirit. Sculptures like Cloaked Figure and Sitting Couple no longer look threatening, but emanate a sense of composure and invulnerability.
Giacometti’s pre-war work influenced Chadwick’s development and the two men were keenly aware of each other’s presence. In addition to the vast differences, there are also many similarities between their oeuvres. Giacometti-Chadwick, Facing Fear is the product of close cooperation with the Fondation Marguerite et Aimé Maeght in Saint-Paul-de-Vence and the Chadwick Estate and Blain|Southern gallery in London.
Entitled "And Jesus Wept", this statue was commissioned and erected opposite the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial. With his back turned to the aftermath of violence, a message of peace and hope appear behind him.
Since entitling this I have seen that it is most likely going to be taken literally. The storm to which I was alluding, is the struggle to preserve the environment in the face of the demand for energy and minerals.
The Canadian Cancer Society held a unique public rally on September 29 in Toronto that saw Canadian celebrities join people from all walks of life to pitch paint balloons against a giant “Cancer” wall. The event marked the launch of a new, impassioned movement entitled “Join the Fight!”. Every three minutes, another Canadian is faced with fighting cancer and this movement transforms the sadness and anger that cancer causes into a powerful collective resolve to fight – through people’s voices, time and donations.
Cancer survivors and community leaders including: Deputy Mayor and Toronto City Councillor, Joe Pantalone; Ontario MPP Khalil Ramal; Toronto City Councillor Karen Stintz; actors Kristin Booth (Defendor), Sarain Boylan (Rent-a-Goalie) and performers Miles Faber, Vincent Noiseux and Romina D’Ugo (So You Think You Can Dance Canada Season 1); Toronto Fire Department Division Chief David Sheen; Toronto Police Sergeant Matt Mungal; Canadian Armed Forces Captain Mark Timms and Sheila John, Manager, Registered Nurses Association of Ontario were among those who took their best shot at cancer and publicly pledged to join the fight.
An exhibition entitled “Contemporary Mexican Design with a Vision towards the Future” was held on the sidelines of the Assemblies of WIPO Member States, which met from October 2-11, 2017.
The exhibition featured the work of young designers who capture the fine tapestry of cultural pluralism of Mexico, and who bind together the exquisite substance of identity, traditions and crafts with excellence in contemporary shapes, materials and functionality. WIPO co-organized the event with the Government of Mexico.
Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Violaine Martin. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License.
The coffee style table is entitled “The Bridge Table” and it is constructed from Cocobolo (Dalbergia retusa) and CNC machined 6061 brushed aluminum. The table measures 53.65” side to side, 15.75” front to back, and 20.75” height. The wood is coated with 5 coats of Watco oil modified with a phenolic resin and the aluminum is coated with a clear high gloss industrial acrylic coating. The sides are joined to the top with hand cut dovetails in a specifically designed pattern to add strength to the joint of the two book matched edge glued boards forming the top and sides and for the patterns visual appeal. The aluminum cross brace is tenoned through the sides and is wedge with Cocobolo wedges in slots cut into the aluminum, which are pre-bent. The machined aluminum feet are actually levelers which can be adjusted to account for uneven floors.
The design was formulated from viewing bridges from a distance particularly the George Washington Bridge from the upper floors of Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan. The materials were chosen for the contrast of hardened metal and natural wood as well as the color difference between the lighter and cooler brushed aluminum and the darker warmer Cocobolo. The other reason for the combination is contrast between the uniform color of the aluminum against the strikingly varied Cocobolo. The single board of Cocobolo chosen for the project is old growth which had been cut for more then 25 years minimizing our impact on the current logging market for this species. Because of the elaborate grain pattern of the wood, which we wanted to capitalize on, we re-sawed the board and book matched the sides and top. The top and sides were joined to create a sense of continuity allowing the grain to flow from these elements.
Museum de Fundatie Zwolle NL presents an exhibition entitled Giacometti-Chadwick, Facing Fear, to run from 22 September 2018 to 6 January 2019. The sculptures of Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) and Lynn Chadwick (1914-2003) are manifestations of the sense of fear and disillusionment that pervaded Europe during the Cold War period. Their work bids a final farewell to pre-war romanticism and aestheticism, and lands with both feet in the raw reality of the post-war world. While Giacometti reduced the human form to its bare essentials, Chadwick created powerful archetypal images of both people and animals. The exhibition includes more than 150 works. Never before has the work of Giacometti and Chadwick been so explicitly brought together.
Their paths first crossed in 1956, when Chadwick became the youngest person ever to win the Grand Prix for Sculpture at the Venice Biennale. With only six years’ experience as a sculptor, the British artist snatched the prize from Giacometti, the hot favourite, who was thirteen years older and already a major name in Paris. Giacometti would go on to win the prize in 1962, but which of the two men was awarded it in 1956 is less significant than the fact that these two particular sculptors were the front-runners at that time. Each of them was expressing, in his own individual way, the sense of deep-seated angst that overshadowed day-to-day life in Europe in the fifties and sixties: the fear of a global nuclear disaster that would wipe out human civilisation.
Alberto Giacometti is among the most significant figures in the whole field of modern European sculpture. A member of a notable family of Swiss artists, he moved to Paris in 1922 and would remain there for the rest of his life, working as a sculptor, painter and graphic artist. After training with Émile-Antoine Bourdelle, he discovered modernism and so-called ‘primitive’ ethnographic art of Africa and Oceania. In response to these influences, his work became more abstract. In the early thirties, his Surrealist sculptures expressing subconscious emotions created a furore. From 1935, however, personal psychological tensions triggered a crisis in his life and work that led to a return to the human figure. Initially, his portraits and figures became both increasingly tiny and more and more attenuated. This thinness was to remain the most distinctive feature of Giacometti’s art. After the Second World War, he began to create the elongated, emaciated figures that would bring him worldwide fame. In all their attenuation, they reduce humanity to its very essence and appear both vulnerable and enigmatic.
In the early fifties, up-and-coming artist Lynn Chadwick managed to dislodge Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth from their dominant position in the field of British sculpture. Born in London, Chadwick had started his career as a technical draughtsman and exhibition stand designer. He took an equally constructional approach to his sculpture: rather than model his human and animal figures in clay or wax, he constructed them by welding steel rods together to create an armature and then filling in the gaps with a kind of cement. The angularity of the work being produced by him and other young British artists was described in 1952 as ‘the geometry of fear’, a reference to the constant dread of nuclear annihilation. Chadwick’s apocalyptic Dancers and stoical Watchers gave powerful expression to this sense of angst. From the early seventies, he broadened his repertoire to include subjects that seem to restore the sovereignty of the human spirit. Sculptures like Cloaked Figure and Sitting Couple no longer look threatening, but emanate a sense of composure and invulnerability.
Giacometti’s pre-war work influenced Chadwick’s development and the two men were keenly aware of each other’s presence. In addition to the vast differences, there are also many similarities between their oeuvres. Giacometti-Chadwick, Facing Fear is the product of close cooperation with the Fondation Marguerite et Aimé Maeght in Saint-Paul-de-Vence and the Chadwick Estate and Blain|Southern gallery in London.
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 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.
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pictured as Fergus Finlay speaks at Chartered Accountants Breakfast Briefing at the Clarion Hotel, Fergus Finlay of Barnardos was guest speaker at the Chartered Accountants Cork Society Breakfast Briefing. Mr. Finlay’s presentation entitled Children and the Recovery was very well received at the early morning event.
pictures Gerard McCarthy 087 8537228
more info contact Fiona Collins Chartered Accountants Cork Society 087-2196935
On Friday September 28, 2007, Club Tobago, Queens, NY, hosted Meke-Vee Entertainment's 2nd fashion show, entitled Dark Seduction. It was a hot mix of creative designs and great entertainment.
The Designers were:
Ame-Bell Prevu, by Lavina
All About Us, by StreetInkDesigns
Abmas Couture, by Samba
Toxic-Venom, by Terryanna
Vammocho, by Deron
Ame-Bell Designs, by Lavina
Keneea Linton, by Keneea
Moo7 Styles, by Moo7
Darkness, by Street Ink
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In a piece entitled Buddenbrooks 1913 – 2009, I utilised the ability to illustrate time
in video. Partly a performance piece, Thomas Mann sits perfectly still and awaits
his photograph being taken. The flash goes down and periodically nothing is visible,
then the lights come back on. However, still Thomas Mann sits there, continuously
waiting, as if frozen in a moment or time. The looped video portrays the fragility of
memory and the inability to validate what a pictured somebody pictured was
actually like. Furthermore, it speaks also about how one single instance in time can
travel. This piece was a milestone for my practice, as it began to display an
important theme in my work - the importance of the work is not to simply transcribe
past events, but to accentuate the overt nature of the mechanisms used to capture
the moments. Though seemingly contradictory, I am interested in the potential of
contriving early photographic methods with the use of digital technology. Doing
this allows me to appreciate the processes used and as a result further embeds
Thomas Mann into the practice.
Captain Cecilia Erzuah of Ghana, recipient of the Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award, addresses the audience during the event entitled “Dag Hammarskjöld Medal Ceremony and Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award”, held on the occasion of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers (29 May).
The event is organized by the Department of Peace Operations (DPO) and the Office of Military Affairs (OMA).
UN DPO/Faye Palad
A new book, entitled "Richard Dawkins: How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think," presents a series of essays from a wide range of academic (& non-academic) disciplines & interlocutors on Richard Dawkins's seminal text, "The Selfish Gene," and its impact on contemporary society. Contributors to the book are mostly biologists but include the novelist Phillip Pullman, author of "His Dark Materials," and the bishop of Oxford, Richard Harries.
Those who know me are aware of my antipathy for superstition (e.g., particularly what Gore Vidal terms the Sky God religions) & its nefarious influence in the world of empiricism, reason, science, & public policy (namely, the world in which we live). For me, Richard Dawkins is a true hero, intellectual & otherwise (he regularly receives death threats from fanatics of various religions).
Dr. Dawkins is, as the novelist Phillip Pullman so cogently observed, "a ferocious and implacable opponent of those who water the dark roots of superstition."
Photo credit: Hazel Potier/Camera Press/Retna
The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris, commonly known as Sacré-Cœur Basilica and often simply Sacré-Cœur (Basilique du Sacré-Cœur), is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in Paris, France. A popular landmark, the basilica is located at the summit of the butte Montmartre, the highest point in the city. Sacré-Cœur is a double monument, political and cultural, both a national penance for the defeat of France in the 1871 Franco-Prussian War and the socialist Paris Commune of 1871 crowning its most rebellious neighborhood, and an embodiment of conservative moral order, publicly dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which was an increasingly popular vision of a loving and sympathetic Christ.
The Sacré-Cœur Basilica was designed by Paul Abadie. Construction began in 1875 and was finished in 1914. It was consecrated after the end of World War I in 1919
Sacré-Cœur is built of travertine stone quarried in Château-Landon (Seine-et-Marne), France. This stone constantly exudes calcite, which ensures that the basilica remains white even with weathering and pollution.
A mosaic in the apse, entitled Christ in Majesty, created by Luc-Olivier Merson, is among the largest in the world.
The basilica complex includes a garden for meditation, with a fountain. The top of the dome is open to tourists and affords a spectacular panoramic view of the city of Paris, which is mostly to the south of the basilica [Wikipedia.org]
The three original developers Lee Hindin, Reza Fakhrieh and Shelly Kamins of DuVal Development opened the condo-hotel Dakota Mountain Lodge, a Waldorf Astoria branded hotel, in August, 2009. Major financing was provided by Goldman Sachs. The first released condo units in 2006 were around $600/square foot and later some pre-sales were reported to be in the 1000/square foot range. Condo-Hotel residences ranged in price from $400,000 to $2 million.
Located on a hillside just off the main entry to The Canyons Resort the lodge exterior is a rustic stone and rough-sawn timber. The hotel's interior and 175 rooms were designed by Stephen Brady. The use of dark stained hardwood was his way of connecting the Dakota Mountain Lodge to the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. The lobby is accentuated by a sweeping spiral staircase to the second floor, a 400-pound Czech crystal chandelier hanging above the open area in its curve. The lobby furniture is all reupholstered antique. Hindin was confident the Dakota Mountain Lodge would appeal to the millions of members in the frequent guest program of Hilton Hotels, parent of The Waldorf Astoria Collection. The opening General Manager was Jim Miller who transferred from the Grand Wailea Resort in Maui for Waldorf Astoria. The opening Executive Chef was Mark Sullivan. The hotel's restaurant was Spruce, the sister restaurant of San Francisco’s Spruce, with Sullivan spending time at both locations. Spruce was later named Slopes by Talisker and today is known as Powder.
DuVal Development Partnership led by Lee Hindin relinquished ownership of the new Dakota Mountain Lodge to the primary lender Goldman Sachs, just months after its opening. Court documents revealed Hindin and his wife to be in financial distress.
In March 2010 Talisker Corp. purchased The Dakota Mountain Lodge at The Canyons from The Archon Group, a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs. It renamed it The Waldorf-Astoria, Park City. Many of the hotel's rooms are individually owned. Talisker bought the unsold rooms, common assets, a restaurant, spa and rights to develop a golf course.
TCFC (Talisker Canyons Finance Co) is the master developer and primary property owner at Canyons Resort. Talisker Corp. acquired Canyons from American Skiing Co. in July 2008. In addition to the ongoing management of the Waldorf Astoria Park City, TCFC was instrumental in completing the Canyons Resort Golf course in the fall of 2014 and long term planning of the real estate development future of Canyons Resort. TCFC's holdings include over 4 million square feet of entitled density in and around the Canyons Resort area. Vail Resorts has a long-term lease to operate Canyons Resort ski area in Park City.
Kerry Hing has been the General Manager of the Waldorf Astoria Park City since 2011. He was previously at the Ranch at Rock Creek in Montana. Hing succeeded Steven Linburg.
As part of the 2018 International Dylan Thomas Day celebrations, DylanED invited primary school pupils aged 8-11 years in the Swansea Bay area to participate in a fun and engaging creative competition.
Entitled My Holiday Memories the competition was based around the 1946 radio broadcast Holiday Memory - Dylan Thomas’ classic recollection of the sights and sounds of sunshine-laden bank holidays spent with his family as a small boy on the lively Swansea seashore. Following in the footsteps of Dylan, the competition asked pupils to submit a short story, poem or picture depicting their own fondest holiday memories.
Participating schools were provided with a fascinating insight into the Swansea writer’s story, gaining a sense of what it was like to be a child at the seaside in the 1920s through animated performances of the piece by actor Mark Montinaro and word-based workshops with Dylan Day Coordinator and poet Mab Jones. These sessions it seems, provided perfect inspiration!
Head Judge of the competition, Mab Jones said, 'Hundreds of entries were received, and both myself and the other members of the judging panel were very impressed by the way that children from our local schools really embraced the activity and illustrated their holiday memories so vividly. Although we’ve had a wonderful time reading humorous holiday tales and marvelling in the beautiful, colourful illustrations, it provided us with a very tough task in selecting a group of winners!'
DylanED 'My Holiday Memories competition winners 2018'
This year’s winners are:
Waunarlwydd Primary School
Lowri Burns
Caerwyn Richards
Nia Jones
Matthew James
Nicole Mort
Gors Community School
Aleena Khurram
Libby Wittey
The overall winner of the competition is 10 year old Nia Jones from Waunarlwydd Primary School, whose brilliant retelling of her sunshine-laden and action-packed caravan holiday to Porthcawl also won a large selection of books for the school library.
Kirsty Williams, Literacy Coordinator at Waunarlwydd said, 'The children thoroughly enjoyed and engaged in the presentation of Dylan Thomas' Holiday Memory. The work they produced in response was creative and imaginative. We have always known how talented our children at Waunarlwydd are, so to have five fantastic winners in this competition is a truly wonderful achievement and perfectly illustrates the talent that the pupils and the school contains.’
Deputy Headteacher of Gors Community School, Ceri Raisbeck said 'Our KS2 pupils at Gors Community School really enjoyed finding out about Dylan Thomas and participating in the Dylan Day competition. They were delighted at their achievement and their peers shared in their joy at winning. As a school we found the whole competition a very positive experience and one which we look forward to participating in again.'
We’d like to thank and congratulate all the schools and pupils that took part and we hope you create more fantastic holiday memories this summer!
Fel rhan o ddathliadau Diwrnod Rhyngwladol Dylan Thomas, gwahoddodd DylanED ddisgyblion ysgolion cynradd rhwng 8 ac 11 oed yn ardal Bae Abertawe i gymryd rhan mewn cystadleuaeth greadigol hwyl ac ymgysylltiol.
Mae'r gystadleuaeth - Fy Atgofion o'r Gwyliau - yn seiliedig ar raglen radio Dylan Thomas o 1946, Holiday Memory - atgof Dylan Thomas o olygfeydd a seiniau gwyliau banc heulog gyda'i deulu ar flaendraeth bywiog Abertawe pan oedd yn fachgen bach.
Gan ddilyn yn olion troed Dylan Thomas, fel rhan o'r gystadleuaeth bu'n rhaid i ddisgyblion gyflwyno stori fer, cerdd neu lun yn portreadu eu hatgofion anwylaf o wyliau.
Rhoddwyd mewnwelediad cyfareddol i stori'r ysgrifennwr o Abertawe i'r ysgolion a gymerodd ran, gan roi syniad o sut beth oedd bod yn blentyn ar lan y môr yn y 1920au trwy berfformiadau animeiddiedig o'r darn gan yr actor Mark Montinaro a gweithdai'n seiliedig ar eiriau gyda Chydlynydd Diwrnod Dylan a'r bardd Mab Jones. Mae'n debyg bod y sesiynau hyn wedi rhoi'r ysbrydoliaeth berffaith!
Meddai Prif Feirniad y gystadleuaeth, Mab Jones, 'Derbyniwyd cannoedd o gynigion ac roedd aelodau eraill y panel beirniadu a minnau'n llawn edmygedd o'r ffordd yr aeth plant o'n hysgolion lleol ati i gymryd rhan yn y gweithgaredd a darlunio eu hatgofion o wyliau mewn ffordd mor fywiog. Er ein bod wedi cael amser gwych yn darllen straeon gwyliau llawn hiwmor a chael ein synnu gan y darluniadau prydferth, lliwgar, rhoddwyd tasg galed i ni o ran dewis grŵp o enillwyr!'
DylanED 'My Holiday Memories competition winners 2018'
Enillwyr eleni yw:
Ysgol Gynradd Waunarlwydd
Lowri Burns
Caerwyn Richards
Matthew James
Nicole Mort
Ysgol Gymunedol Gors
Aleena Khurram
Libby Wittey
Enillydd cyffredinol y gystadleuaeth yw Nia Jones, 10 oed, o Ysgol Gynradd Waunarlwydd y llwyddodd ei ffordd ragorol o ailadrodd ei gwyliau llawn heulwen a gweithgarwch mewn carafán ym Mhorthcawl i ennill detholiad mawr o lyfrau ar gyfer llyfrgell yr ysgol.
Dywedodd Kirsty Williams, Cydlynydd Llythrennedd yn Waunarlwydd, 'Mwynhaodd y plant yn fawr iawn gan ymgysylltu â chyflwyniad Holiday Memory Dylan Thomas. Roedd y gwaith a wnaethant o ganlyniad yn greadigol ac yn llawn dychymyg. Gwyddom fod plant Waunarlwydd yn rhai dawnus iawn, felly mae cael pump o enillwyr gwych yn y gystadleuaeth hon yn gyflawniad ardderchog ac yn amlygu’r talent sydd gan y disgyblion a’r ysgol.'
Dyweddon Ceri Raisbeck, Dirprwy Bennaeth yn Ysgol Gymunedol Gors, 'Mwynhaodd ein disgyblion CA2 Ysgol Gymunedol Gors ddysgu mwy am Dylan Thomas a chymryd rhan yn y gystadleuaeth Diwrnod Dylan. Roeddynt wrth eu bodd gyda’u llwyddiant a rhannodd eu cyfoedion eu llawenydd a’u llwyddiant hefyd. Fel ysgol, teimlwn fod y gystadleuaeth wedi bod yn brofiad hynod gadarnhaol ac yn un i edrych ymlaen ati eto.'
Hoffem ddiolch i'r holl ysgolion a’r holl ddisgyblion a gymerodd ran a'u llongyfarch a gobeithiwn y byddwch yn creu rhagor o atgofion melys o wyliau yr haf hwn!
As part of the 2018 International Dylan Thomas Day celebrations, DylanED invited primary school pupils aged 8-11 years in the Swansea Bay area to participate in a fun and engaging creative competition.
Entitled My Holiday Memories the competition was based around the 1946 radio broadcast Holiday Memory - Dylan Thomas’ classic recollection of the sights and sounds of sunshine-laden bank holidays spent with his family as a small boy on the lively Swansea seashore. Following in the footsteps of Dylan, the competition asked pupils to submit a short story, poem or picture depicting their own fondest holiday memories.
Participating schools were provided with a fascinating insight into the Swansea writer’s story, gaining a sense of what it was like to be a child at the seaside in the 1920s through animated performances of the piece by actor Mark Montinaro and word-based workshops with Dylan Day Coordinator and poet Mab Jones. These sessions it seems, provided perfect inspiration!
Head Judge of the competition, Mab Jones said, 'Hundreds of entries were received, and both myself and the other members of the judging panel were very impressed by the way that children from our local schools really embraced the activity and illustrated their holiday memories so vividly. Although we’ve had a wonderful time reading humorous holiday tales and marvelling in the beautiful, colourful illustrations, it provided us with a very tough task in selecting a group of winners!'
DylanED 'My Holiday Memories competition winners 2018'
This year’s winners are:
Waunarlwydd Primary School
Lowri Burns
Caerwyn Richards
Nia Jones
Matthew James
Nicole Mort
Gors Community School
Aleena Khurram
Libby Wittey
The overall winner of the competition is 10 year old Nia Jones from Waunarlwydd Primary School, whose brilliant retelling of her sunshine-laden and action-packed caravan holiday to Porthcawl also won a large selection of books for the school library.
Kirsty Williams, Literacy Coordinator at Waunarlwydd said, 'The children thoroughly enjoyed and engaged in the presentation of Dylan Thomas' Holiday Memory. The work they produced in response was creative and imaginative. We have always known how talented our children at Waunarlwydd are, so to have five fantastic winners in this competition is a truly wonderful achievement and perfectly illustrates the talent that the pupils and the school contains.’
Deputy Headteacher of Gors Community School, Ceri Raisbeck said 'Our KS2 pupils at Gors Community School really enjoyed finding out about Dylan Thomas and participating in the Dylan Day competition. They were delighted at their achievement and their peers shared in their joy at winning. As a school we found the whole competition a very positive experience and one which we look forward to participating in again.'
We’d like to thank and congratulate all the schools and pupils that took part and we hope you create more fantastic holiday memories this summer!
Fel rhan o ddathliadau Diwrnod Rhyngwladol Dylan Thomas, gwahoddodd DylanED ddisgyblion ysgolion cynradd rhwng 8 ac 11 oed yn ardal Bae Abertawe i gymryd rhan mewn cystadleuaeth greadigol hwyl ac ymgysylltiol.
Mae'r gystadleuaeth - Fy Atgofion o'r Gwyliau - yn seiliedig ar raglen radio Dylan Thomas o 1946, Holiday Memory - atgof Dylan Thomas o olygfeydd a seiniau gwyliau banc heulog gyda'i deulu ar flaendraeth bywiog Abertawe pan oedd yn fachgen bach.
Gan ddilyn yn olion troed Dylan Thomas, fel rhan o'r gystadleuaeth bu'n rhaid i ddisgyblion gyflwyno stori fer, cerdd neu lun yn portreadu eu hatgofion anwylaf o wyliau.
Rhoddwyd mewnwelediad cyfareddol i stori'r ysgrifennwr o Abertawe i'r ysgolion a gymerodd ran, gan roi syniad o sut beth oedd bod yn blentyn ar lan y môr yn y 1920au trwy berfformiadau animeiddiedig o'r darn gan yr actor Mark Montinaro a gweithdai'n seiliedig ar eiriau gyda Chydlynydd Diwrnod Dylan a'r bardd Mab Jones. Mae'n debyg bod y sesiynau hyn wedi rhoi'r ysbrydoliaeth berffaith!
Meddai Prif Feirniad y gystadleuaeth, Mab Jones, 'Derbyniwyd cannoedd o gynigion ac roedd aelodau eraill y panel beirniadu a minnau'n llawn edmygedd o'r ffordd yr aeth plant o'n hysgolion lleol ati i gymryd rhan yn y gweithgaredd a darlunio eu hatgofion o wyliau mewn ffordd mor fywiog. Er ein bod wedi cael amser gwych yn darllen straeon gwyliau llawn hiwmor a chael ein synnu gan y darluniadau prydferth, lliwgar, rhoddwyd tasg galed i ni o ran dewis grŵp o enillwyr!'
DylanED 'My Holiday Memories competition winners 2018'
Enillwyr eleni yw:
Ysgol Gynradd Waunarlwydd
Lowri Burns
Caerwyn Richards
Matthew James
Nicole Mort
Ysgol Gymunedol Gors
Aleena Khurram
Libby Wittey
Enillydd cyffredinol y gystadleuaeth yw Nia Jones, 10 oed, o Ysgol Gynradd Waunarlwydd y llwyddodd ei ffordd ragorol o ailadrodd ei gwyliau llawn heulwen a gweithgarwch mewn carafán ym Mhorthcawl i ennill detholiad mawr o lyfrau ar gyfer llyfrgell yr ysgol.
Dywedodd Kirsty Williams, Cydlynydd Llythrennedd yn Waunarlwydd, 'Mwynhaodd y plant yn fawr iawn gan ymgysylltu â chyflwyniad Holiday Memory Dylan Thomas. Roedd y gwaith a wnaethant o ganlyniad yn greadigol ac yn llawn dychymyg. Gwyddom fod plant Waunarlwydd yn rhai dawnus iawn, felly mae cael pump o enillwyr gwych yn y gystadleuaeth hon yn gyflawniad ardderchog ac yn amlygu’r talent sydd gan y disgyblion a’r ysgol.'
Dyweddon Ceri Raisbeck, Dirprwy Bennaeth yn Ysgol Gymunedol Gors, 'Mwynhaodd ein disgyblion CA2 Ysgol Gymunedol Gors ddysgu mwy am Dylan Thomas a chymryd rhan yn y gystadleuaeth Diwrnod Dylan. Roeddynt wrth eu bodd gyda’u llwyddiant a rhannodd eu cyfoedion eu llawenydd a’u llwyddiant hefyd. Fel ysgol, teimlwn fod y gystadleuaeth wedi bod yn brofiad hynod gadarnhaol ac yn un i edrych ymlaen ati eto.'
Hoffem ddiolch i'r holl ysgolion a’r holl ddisgyblion a gymerodd ran a'u llongyfarch a gobeithiwn y byddwch yn creu rhagor o atgofion melys o wyliau yr haf hwn!
This chap was one of many, many old-school wrestling fans attending 'Wrestlemania 24' in Orlando who really didn't like wrestler, John Cena.
I have no idea what they planned to do with these signs which had been signed by fans with a similar opinion of Cena but they were going around asking people to sign them anyway.
I have no beef with Cena (these days) in fact I quite like his current storyline with the evil Nexus (who's own T-Shirt sales were so appalingly low lately.....hmmmm) but since he was wrestling two of my favourite WWE wrestlers of all time 'Triple H' and Randy Orton and had beaten my other favourite wrestler, Shawn Michaels, at my first Wrestlemania in Detroit the previous year, I had no choice but to sign the sign.
If you zoom in and look in the 'A' in 'Cena' you can see my name.....sorry John :(
POST PROCESSING - I used the lens correction tool to give this one a 'wide-angle' feel before desaturating the background 50%, adding a slight vignette and running it the main-guy through Topaz Adjust to make him pop - an act i'm sure John Cena would like to do to his head if he ever caught up with him.
Click here to see the old unaltered version of this classic :-