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Sculpture entitled The Major on top of the public toilets on Major's corner and Old Foundry Road by Paul Richardson, 2005.
A detail of the fly
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From my set entitled “The Air Crew”
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In my collection entitled “Uncle Bill Watson”
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Larry was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on January 23, 1924. His father was Roy Cuthbert Carter, and his mother was Josephine Stovel. He was one of the best educated of the crew, having achieved his senior matriculation (grade 12). He enjoyed hockey, football and track
Larry enlisted at Windsor, Ontario, on May 20, 1942. His first station was at
#5 Manning Depot in Lachine, Quebec, where he learned military discipline, aviation basics, regulations, history, and navigation. Between courses he engaged in endless drills and weapon-handling exercises.
At #3 Initial Training School, Victoriaville, Quebec, it was found that Larry had the aptitude to be a bomber pilot. He was tested on a LINK flight simulator, which was a grueling test of one’s capabilities.
While attending #11 Elementary Flying Training School at Cap de la Madelaine, Quebec, Larry flew De Havilland Moth and Fairey Fleet training aircraft.
At #5 Special Service Flying School in Brantford, Ontario, Larry trained in Avro Ansons (known as the ‘greenhouse’ because of its wrap-around cockpit).
Larry was awarded his pilot’s badge on January 10, 1943. On October 22, 1943, he embarked from Halifax, and disembarked in Britain on October 30, 1943.
Upon arriving in Britain, he was first stationed at No. 3 Personnel Reception Centre in Bournemouth, Dorset, while waiting for openings to become available at advanced training units.
I’m a little bit sketchy concerning his precise training at 26 Elementary Flying Training School at Theale in Berkshire, RAF Gaydon in Warwickshire, 14 (P) AFU at Ossington in Nottinghamshire and Dallachy, Moray, Scotland.
At 83OTU Peplow, he trained on Wellington bombers, and it was here he was killed on a night training mission, July 22/23, 1944.
The commanding officer at Victoriaville found him to be “… a bright-eyed youngster with excellent Service Spirit. [He is ] very anxious to make good as any part of aircrew. Working very hard. [He] is keen, well-disciplined and should do well as captain of an aircraft”
Larry’s body was recovered from the sea east of Afonwen Junction, Caernarvonshire, on August 4, 1944, and he was buried at Blacon cemetery in Chester, on August 4, 1944
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 “False Lamium”
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In my collection entitled “The Garden”
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Archangel
Lamiastrum galeobdolon, commonly known as Yellow Archangel, is a widespread wildflower in Europe, and has been introduced elsewhere as a garden plant. It displays the zygomorphic flower morphology, opposite leaves, and square stem typical of the mint family, Lamiaceae. The flowers are soft yellow and borne in axial clusters, with a prominent 'hood' (the dorsal lobe of the corolla) similar to that of Lamium. It works well as a ground cover because it spreads easily. Caution must be taken when planting due to its invasiveness. The leaves often have variegation, showing as silver patches arranged as a wide semicircle.
Like so many of our youth, these days, Sole believes he's entitled to whatever he wants. He eats his food and then moves Tessa off her dish so he can eat hers too. He wants me to stop flickring and hold him every two minutes and mostly I do. He expects someone to turn the bathroom tap on for him 20 times a day ... and if he wants to use Tessa's back for a pillow he just does it.
Ah to be young again when one is so naive, innocent and cute the world is your oyster.
Technical panel entitled "On-Site Insight! Technical SEO Advice from the
Pros", including presentations from:
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Peter Lynch installation at ROM entitled, 'Buffalo Days" at TIFF © Linda Dawn Hammond / IndyFoto.com '11. Royal Ontario Museum , Toronto, Sept.13, 2011.
Sound- Daniel Pellerin
Entitled Play On (2007) by Robert Dawson
It comprises approximately 2,500 tiles and through seven discrete panels spans 28 metres, almost covering the upper area of the building’s façade. In this multi-sectioned mural the original black and white grid of a chessboard goes from small to large with Escher-esque corners, twists, and impossible angles. As with much of his work, the optical illusions have multi- stability, the images move inwards and outwards, being visually neither stable nor totally unstable.
Through this photographic portfolio entitled “LIQUID SUBURBS” we want to focus on the theme of suburbs understood as both physical spaces and metaphorical dimensions. In the peripheries, in modern times, we have associated in negative terms what Bauman defines as “forced individualism”, as the liberation from any possible social bond and consequent solitary management of “risk”, uncertainty and the fears that derive from it. In a “liquid” society, life, particularly in the suburbs, seems to settle down and flatten itself in an eternal arid present of future prospects, similar to quicksand, amidst increasingly heavy and immobilizing doubts and perplexities, anchored to certainties linked to a past that is not it exists more and instead persists with nostalgia in the memories of flexible men, weakening them transformative capacity of reality. To adapt to continuous change and the structural risks of the second modernity, man has preferred to abandon the thought of introspection by adopting a mentality of “survival” that feeds on a “fast” thought typical of machines. A thought that does not allow for any deep reflection of one's own experiences, which does not provide the possibility of authentically taking care of one's self and which is shown through the construction, reflected by the architecture of the suburbs (as highlighted in the portfolio), of a “patchwork” Composed of many small and fragile fragments, often devoid of ties and connections, which are unable to give meaning and significance to the existential path of the individual as well as of the family nucleus and consequently of the non-community itself.
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!
Sybil: “Yes, it is! The house was yours, too. You’re entitled to your share.”
Elliot: “I hated that house. Do you really think I want money off a house my dad built? ‘Cause if you do, you don’t know me at all. We’ve discussed this before…”
Sybil (quickly): “And you were too stubborn to take that money! (snorts) It’s just money, Elliot. Well, I’ve got plenty of it. I could give…”
Elliot (interrupting): “Don’t… you… dare. Don’t you think you can buy me like some… like some thing in the store! I’m already living here for free. How useless do you think that makes me feel? I ain’t with you ‘cause of your money, ‘kay?”
Sybil (defensively): “I never said that!”
Elliot: “I’m gonna contribute to any expenses as soon as I get money from the tour, don’t you worry…”
Sybil: “I’ve got too much money and you don’t have enough. It would make sense. I’m not with you to make money off you! I don’t want it!”
Elliot (shouts at Sybil’s face): “Of course you do! That’s what you all want! That’s what they want! Money, money, money, money, money, money! Let’s do this, so we can get more money! Let’s not give money to the poor or the blind or the old or anyone who really needs it, let’s just put it into our pockets so it feels good and bursts out! That’s the kinda talk I’ve been listening to ALL DAY! I’ve had enough!”
Sybil: “Elliot…” (tries to grab him for a hug with a smile on)
Elliot (calms down but prevents Sybil from grabbing him): “All I wanted was to do a record and go on tour and do that at my own pace… They’re making me do everything at once. (takes a deep breath) Why do I feel like I’ve just sold my soul to the devil? This is exactly what I wanted to avoid. I should’ve read the contract more carefully and with glasses on. I was too excited about it to not jump the opportunity like a fool. They promised to give me space, but that wasn’t written down, so they ain't gonna keep their word anyway… That lawyer I had check the contract was just thinking about the money he was gonna get, too. What is it about me that makes me this gold mine in their eyes anyway? I just don’t get it.”
Sybil (gives him an intense stare): “Elliot, you’re my rock – an uncut one. And I love you for who you are now, not for who anyone wants you to be tomorrow.”
Class! Let's take our Urbex Manual page 180, chapter 13, entitled: "Face Your Fears". Anything noteworthy about that chapter? Yes, Tommy? It has an open ending, very good Tommy! Meaning we don't know the outcome. Yet.
Meet Delbrassine NV, a former factory of tubes and all things metal. It has a smashing score of 12 on the Richter Scale of life threatening venues. Some say it's far more safer to roam the RATP metro lines at rush hour - blindfolded - than to enter the gates of Delbrassine. The reason: dopeheads. Not the average next-door-junkies but the steaming, pushing, devastating type of guys. Sick & venal. Always in search of that very last untouched blood vessel on one of their ankles. Ten years of intravenous consumption pays a toll on one's epidermis.
Summer 2008. We were in the neighborhood. I had a few talks with some of the explorers from that region, discussing this plant. It all boiled down to one simple conclusion: don't go there. Just don't.
With all those warnings still fresh, we scouted the area but couldn't see anyone. It was fenced off pretty well, but at the right side we found a small passage to enter the site. El Caminito Del Rey Drogadicto.
Once inside things looked pretty safe. We unpacked our gear and split up. Stef and me went right, Telefunker went left. I switched lenses, pulled out my tripod and started making shots.
All of a sudden, just after a mere 10 minutes, Mr. Telefunker comes back in our part of the factory. Has he finished shooting already? Can't be. He approaches me. Very close. He's so close I start feeling uncomfortable. His head is next to mine. And then he whispers in my ear. "There's a guy sitting right behind you, at 5 meters".
I gently turn around and see a huge pile of junk and trash and undefinable stuff. A junkie is sitting right in the middle of it, ready to shoot himself up. Or us. Sweet mother of Jesus. My brain is in high-speed mode, analyzing the situation. He's surrounded by thousands of tinfoil papers, bended spoons and used needles. He's one with the environment. And all that time I wasn't aware of his presence! I can't believe it. He looks up. We have eye contact. This is one of those moments where you can taste the adrenaline rushing through your veins. Silence. An awkward silence. Eye-contact. Who makes a move first? What could possibly happen? A junkie, Tommy, anything can happen! Three guys, all Nikon. Picking up a random needle is enough to score a couple of thousand euro's on photo gear. The hit of his life.
This awkward silence/ eye contact thing is taking way too long. I make a move, and mumble to the others to pack our gear and get the hell out of this hellhole. While doing so, the guy gets up. And leaves...
We never saw him again. We took some more shots, and left the place.
The book is finished. I know the end of chapter 13.
Punk article entitled "Get The Point?" from the Neighbors Section of the Sacramento Bee in July 11, 1985
Features Lorna Clark and Crazyhorse
From my set entitled “The Flight Crew”
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In my collection entitled “Uncle Bill Watson”
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Bob was born in Seattle Washington to John Andrew Johnson and Annie Ione Brown, and was raised in Kapuskasing, Ontario. He went to high school for one year, and then studied drafting at technical school. He joined the Boy Scouts. Bob worked as a clerk at the Dominion Store in 1941-42, and as a showcard painter at Farbs Clothing store from 1942-43. His hobbies included bowling, basketball, swimming and sketching.
Bob enlisted at North Bay, Ontario, then undertook pre-aircrew education at St. John’s Technical School in Brandon, Manitoba, where he studied English, math, aircraft recognition and signals. After graduation, he entered the service at 32 Manning Depot, Brandon, Manitoba. His second posting was at #3 Wireless School in Winnipeg, Manitoba. From Winnipeg he was posted to #17 Service Flying Training School at Souris, Manitoba. His next stop was #1 Air Gunner Ground Training School in Quebec City, after which he attended #3 Bomber and Gunner Training School at MacDonald, Manitoba. His final Canadian posting was at #3 Air Gunner Training School at Three Rivers (Trois Rivieres), Quebec.
Upon landing in Britain, he was stationed at #3 Personnel Receiving Centre in Bournemouth, Dorset where he awaited further posting. He arrived at #83 Operations Training Unit, Peplow, Shropshire, on May 23, 1944. On a night training mission, on July 22/23, Bob was killed when the Wellington bomber in which he practicing gunner duties ditched in the Irish Sea
The recruitment interviewing officer marked Bob as a ‘slight lad, but [who] seems sincere in his desire for aircrew”. He was also noted as a “malleable type of chap who is quite willing to accept guidance and instruction. He would have preferred a chance to fly as pilot but accepts selection as air gunner gracefully and impresses one as good material for training in that trade. Keen, alert well-motivated, Likes guns and has no fear of fighting”.
An exhibition entitled “Furthering Intellectual Property in Colombia” was held on the sidelines of the Assemblies of WIPO Member States, which met from October 2-11, 2017.
It explored intellectual property (IP) rights protection in Colombia, the development of its national IP system and the country’s continuous efforts to foster innovation and creativity. WIPO co-organized the event with the Government of Colombia.
Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Violaine Martin. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License.
Entitled the 'Out of Nothing' series, due to myself and my model wanting to do a collaborated project literally out of nothing, or for as free as we could possibly get it.
Model - Stacey Bournes
Book on Allama Mashriqi & Mahatma Gandhi
at BookExpo America 2014
The book entitled Mahatma Gandhi & My Grandfather, Allama Mashriqi: A Groundbreaking Narrative of India's Partition by Nasim Yousaf, a grandson of Allama Mashriqi, was exhibited at BookExpo America, one of the largest book fairs in the world. The fair was from May 28-31, 2014 at the Javits Center in New York City.
BookExpo America is a massive event for the book publishing industry and draws a large number of visitors from around the world. According to the BookExpo web site, the event "combines the largest selection of English language titles on the planet and is the largest gathering of booksellers, librarians,...retailers, and industry professionals in North America, making it the #1 place to experience the latest technology trends, discover new titles..." On the last day of the event, BookExpo is open to the general public and "book fans from around the world can gather to discover new books, meet authors..." Literary agents and publishers from various countries also come to the show to secure distribution, licensing, publishing, and translation rights.
The book Mahatma Gandhi & My Grandfather, Allama Mashriqi was exhibited at BookExpo in May, 2014. The work is the latest offering from Mr. Nasim Yousaf, a well-known scholar and historian who has been conducting extensive research on South Asian history since 1996. He has thus far written twelve books and countless articles and has also compiled a digital version of the rare and historic Al-Islah newspaper (official newspaper of the Khaksar Tehrik). In his book on Mahatma Gandhi and Allama Mashriqi, Mr. Yousaf contrasts the role of the two South Asian leaders in India's independence, bringing to light many revealing insights along the way.
Excerpt from Book Description
"Allama Mashriqi and Mahatma Gandhi shared many similarities — both men left their professions behind and dedicated their lives to liberating India from British rule. Both adopted a life of simplicity and began their grassroots campaigns in the streets and villages of the country. Both were nominated for the Nobel Prize (Mashriqi for his monumental work, Tazkirah, and Gandhi for his non-violence) and shared a common objective of achieving independence for the nation. Yet despite all their similarities, they could not reach agreement on Mashriqi's The Constitution of Free India, 1946 A.C. nor were they able to work together to achieve a united, independent India. Why? The answers are contained in this book.
In Mahatma Gandhi and My Grandfather, Allama Mashriqi, Mr. Yousaf brings together nearly 17 years of exhaustive research of historical documents as well as firsthand knowledge and insights gained from Allama Mashriqi's wife, sons, daughters, and the Khaksars, who were part of the freedom movement and witnessed the division of India. He takes the reader through a riveting journey as he brings to light a fresh new analysis of the freedom of British India."
As the first scholarly study on these two personalities, the work (printed and published in the USA) is an excellent read not only for people interested in South Asian studies, but also for all book lovers around the world.
New Deal mural entitled "Indians Cede the Land" painted by George Melville Smith in 1940. The mural was removed from the old post office in 1970 and held in storage by a Paul Carlson. After his death, his family returned the mural to the City who is now having it restored at Parma Conservation in Chicago. It was in really bad shape due to way it was basically ripped off the wall--lot of paint was lost. The right side has been "over painted" to restore the original image.
History of the mural and removal:
These are the pieces from my first solo show, entitled “The Ghost of the You Haunted Me..." held at Rotofugi Gallery in Chicago, IL on Sept 7, 2012.
This body of work is the culmination of many of the elements found in my custom toy work within my Forest of Sorrows narrative and I have strived to create a cohesive storyline that ties together many of the concepts and themes seen over the past couple of years.
In this story, when people pass onto the next life, those with unfinished business are taken to the Silva Dolorosa (The Forest of Sorrows) to begin a life anew, where the choices and decisions they make will determine how their lives turn out.
At the end of days as one’s life ebbs away, the Flederkanichen creatures arrive to shepherd these souls, manifested as a seed, and carry them to the Silva Dolorosa. Upon arriving, they drop the soul seeds down into the depths of the forest where the Saplings catch them, plant them in their heads waiting for them to bloom again, at which point they will plant them on the forest floor in the perfect place, so that the souls can begin their new lives.
On one particular day, with one particular soul seed dropped by the Flederkanichen, a big gust of wind blew the seed out of the hand of the Sapling assigned to it and it hit the ground, breaking the cardinal rule of the forest. It was at this moment that Locket, the geist girl was reborn in this limbo, confused and bewildered as to where she was. Frightened, she runs deep into the forest to discover who she was in her previous life, and what she was to become in the next.
Concurrently, at the moment at which Locket was born, the last guardian of the forest, the Hollow Knight, was awakened from deep slumber, tasked with ensuring the sanctity of the Silva and all of its denizens. He sets off on a quest to find Locket, only to encounter yet another new visitor to the forest - the ferocious and monstrous Blackwülf, who seems to be racing the Hollow Knight in a quest to reach Locket first.
This is the story of death, understanding, rebirth and redemption. I hope that the pieces I have created for this show will help to give an insight into this story that I have been telling.
Photos taken by Kirby Kerr.
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From my set entitled “The Flight Crew”
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In my collection entitled “Uncle Bill Watson”
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My Uncle Bill Watson was born on March 3, 1922 in Grand Valley, Ontario. His mother was Lily Selma Watson, and his father was William Henry Watson. Before enlisting, he worked as a pharmacist’s apprentice in Mount Dennis, Ontario. He attended a Lorne Scots training program at Niagara-on-the-Lake from July to September, 1941
Bill attended #4 Wireless School in Guelph, Ontario, after which he entered service at No. 1 Manning Depot at the CNE grounds in Toronto. Upon leaving basic training, Bill attended #6 Initial Training School at the former normal school in St. James Square, Toronto. He received his officer’s commission after attending #4 Air Observation School in London Ontario (Crumlin)
Bill was chosen to become a navigator which attests to his high marks at Initial Training School. From January 3-16, 1944, Bill was posted at #1Y Depot in Halifax, and he attended #2 Air Gunner Training School in Lachine Quebec from January 16, 1944 to February 11, 1944.
Bill embarked from Halifax on March 5, 1994, and arrived at Greenoch, Scotland on March 14, 1944. From March 15, 1944 to April 18, 1944, Bill was stationed at #3 Personnel Receiving Centre in Bournemouth, Dorset where he awaited advanced postings. From April 18, 1944 to May 24, 1944, he was located at 9 Observer Aircraft Flying Unit, Llandwrog, Wales.
From May 24, 1944 until his death on July 23, 1944, Bill was part of #83 Operational Training Unit at Peplow, Shropshire. He was killed on a night training mission, when his Wellington bomber ditched in the Irish Sea, and he was buried at Blacon Cemetery, Chester on August 11, 1944
Secretary-General António Guterres 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 Photo/Evan Schneider
Captain Cecilia Erzuah of Ghana, receiver of the Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award, addresses 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 Photo/Evan Schneider
25 May 2023
New York, United States of America
Photo # UN7987499
ORIGINAL ACEO entitled, "19th CENTURY FISH PEOPLE PORTRAITS No.1" (2008) by award winning American artist/animator Dean A. Kendrick. The piece is a 2.5" x 3.5" ink marker drawing/watercolor painting on heavy weight watercolor paper that is intentionally stained with a coffee wash to give it an older, worn look as if it was found in the leaky attic of an under-kept Victorian mansion.
Who are the Fish People? Where did they come from? Are they a forgotten, de-evolutionary race that flourished in the 19th century United States?
ACEO stands for "Art Cards, Editions and Originals". These popular, collectible cards are exclusively 2.5" x 3.5" in size.
An exhibition entitled “Geographical Indications – Identities of Territories” was held on the sidelines of the Assemblies of WIPO Member States, which met from October 2-11, 2017.
It presented the Italian geographical indications system through the most representative appellations of origin and geographical indications, their territories and representatives of producers, agro-food and wine. WIPO co-organized the event with the Government of Italy.
Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Violaine Martin. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License.
From my set entitled “False Lamium”
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In my collection entitled “The Garden”
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Archangel
Lamiastrum galeobdolon, commonly known as Yellow Archangel, is a widespread wildflower in Europe, and has been introduced elsewhere as a garden plant. It displays the zygomorphic flower morphology, opposite leaves, and square stem typical of the mint family, Lamiaceae. The flowers are soft yellow and borne in axial clusters, with a prominent 'hood' (the dorsal lobe of the corolla) similar to that of Lamium. It works well as a ground cover because it spreads easily. Caution must be taken when planting due to its invasiveness. The leaves often have variegation, showing as silver patches arranged as a wide semicircle.
Description: 'Photograph (Cinematograph Film) entitled 'With Captain Scott [Royal Navy] to the South Pole (British Antarctic Expedition)'. 'Two men at side of hut in ice'' by Herbert Ponting (1870-1935).
Date: c.1911
Our Catalogue Reference: COPY 1/562/72
This image shows a single frame from the very short (3-4 frame) sections of nitrate film stock accessioned at The National Archives from Herbert Ponting's footage of the Antarctic. For preservation reasons copies were made of of the original nitrate negatives and these were used to produce modern black and white Kodak prints of the clips which we have scanned for the web. The quality of the resultant images is variable.
Feel free to share it within the spirit of the Commons.
For high quality reproductions of any item from our collection please contact our image library.
This statue, entitled Chief Tecumseh, is a part of a series of wooden carvings designed by Peter Wolf Toth called "Trail of the Whispering Giants." It is located in a small park at 1st and Hart Streets.
For more information please refer to these two websites, which are the primary sources for most of my Whispering Giant statue information: www.dcschumaker.com/statues.htm
The education kit entitled “Riskland: the fun way to learn how to prevent disasters” is the outcome of a joint initiative between the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). This product was developed at the end of 2002 by the ISDR Regional Unit for Latin America and the Caribbean, in cooperation with UNICEF Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF-TACRO). Initially, it was addressed for countries in the LAC region and was originally produced in Spanish, English and Portuguese.
Riesgolandia, aprendamos jugando cómo prevenir desastres tiene la intención de poner a disposición de la comunidad educativa y a los niños y las niñas de América Latina y el Caribe una herramienta innovadora e interactiva para la reducción del riesgo de desastres.
inspired by a poem entitled "Shattered Toes" and created for the literary night by www.myspace.com/hatsandtales.
Shattered Toes
I slip, I slide.
With precision I balance my whole self.
I focus on an exact point
Slightly to the right.
And slowly to the left
I shuffle in my stride.
That exact point
Slightly to the right
Blinds and glares.
And as I stare
It burns a hole through my self.
Then in the distance it dwindles to a slight.
The heat intoxicates my lungs
My chest
My toes
My memories
It affects my balance
I must keep my balance
Or I may fall
Fall fall
Onto that heat
Onto my chest
All those memories
I mustn’t forget.
So I gracefully point my twisted toes
And continue with my steps.
My lips are red and whole
And ripe with determination.
I must arrive
At my destination.
I walk in an exact line
Slowly
Ever so slowly.
Every movement is bursting with suspense
Till suddenly
I let go
I slip, I slide
Slowly
Ever so slowly
The sky is blue and heavenly
I tumble
And break
Crack and break
Onto that heat
My chest explodes
And all my memories
Are shattered
And forgotten.
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.
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
In January 2010, Representative Paul Ryan (R–WI) re-introduced the Roadmap for America’s Future, a comprehensive bill that would reform entitlements. According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, this bill would eliminate long-term deficits and place the budget on a sustainable course.
Read more: www.heritage.org/budgetchartbook/long-term-entitlement-sp...
An art exhibition entitled “My World” and a concert were organized by the “Human Rights and Conflicts Research Institute” NGO in Gyumri on 3 June at one of the main squares in the city. The goal of the event was to raise public awareness about children’s rights and to promote youth creativity within children’s houses. The event was supported by the regional authorities, Gyumri theater administration and by several schools. The UN Department of Public Information Yerevan Office co-funded the event. Picture taken June 3, 2011.
(Photograph taken by David Repsys)
Off Runway: Tribute to Women in Dior: Housed in the Christian Dior Museum, the exhibition entitled “Women in ... t.co/bDFDHC0clQ (via Twitter twitter.com/luxury_hd/status/727094897447038977)
From my set entitled “The Flight Crew”
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In my collection entitled “Uncle Bill Watson”
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In my photostream
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Hi, All:
I’m back for a day or two. While I was down, I started work on pulling my Uncle Bill’s story together. I have so much stuff. I’ve scanned almost thirty of his letters home. I’ve also scanned letters from my grandmother to Bill, miscellaneous documents, a moving account of Bill’s memorial service, a letter from the chaplain who buried him in Chester and letters to my grandparents from the parents of Bill’s flight crew. The boys died when the Wellington bomber in which they were training ditched into the Irish sea during a training mission.
In January, I will be going to Archives Canada in Ottawa to pull the files on the whole flight crew, as well as the second world war records pertaining to Bill’s friend, Cam Devine, my father, Herb Barber, and Karen’s father, George Pepper. I will also pull the first world war files for my uncles, John and Art Barber, and my great uncle, Wilbert MacDonald. It’ll take a few days of research to go through all the files. I pulled the records for Bill and his crew once before…in early 2003. At that time I photocopied quite a few records, but there are more I should have obtained.
This set of pictures were taken at #1Y Depot in Halifax, just before each of the boys shipped overseas at various times early in 1944. They still hadn’t met each other at this point, and would not meet until they crewed up in May, 1944. These images are photocopies of originals which are in Ottawa. I will try to have the originals duplicated in high quality when I go to the archives.
You’ll see the boys’ formal photos in the flight crew link given above. What a difference.
Over the next month or so, I will post the letters and documents. I think you will find them an interesting account of life in the early 1940s. Bill did a lot of things in a matter of eight or nine months.
I hope you are transported by his story as I was.
My Uncle Bill Watson was born on March 3, 1922 in Grand Valley, Ontario. His mother was Lily Selma Watson, and his father was William Henry Watson. Before enlisting, he worked as a pharmacist’s apprentice in Mount Dennis, Ontario. He attended a Lorne Scots training program at Niagara-on-the-Lake from July to September, 1941
Bill attended #4 Wireless School in Guelph, Ontario, after which he entered service at No. 1 Manning Depot at the CNE grounds in Toronto. Upon leaving basic training, Bill attended #6 Initial Training School at the former normal school in St. James Square, Toronto. He received his officer’s commission after attending #4 Air Observation School in London Ontario (Crumlin)
Bill was chosen to become a navigator which attests to his high marks at Initial Training School. From January 3-16, 1944, Bill was posted at #1Y Depot in Halifax, and he attended #2 Air Gunner Training School in Lachine Quebec from January 16, 1944 to February 11, 1944.
Bill embarked from Halifax on March 5, 1994, and arrived at Greenoch, Scotland on March 14, 1944. From March 15, 1944 to April 18, 1944, Bill was stationed at #3 Personnel Receiving Centre in Bournemouth, Dorset where he awaited advanced postings. From April 18, 1944 to May 24, 1944, he was located at 9 Observer Aircraft Flying Unit, Llandwrog, Wales.
From May 24, 1944 until his death on July 23, 1944, Bill was part of #83 Operational Training Unit at Peplow, Shropshire. He was killed on a night training mission, when his Wellington bomber ditched in the Irish Sea, and he was buried at Blacon Cemetery, Chester on August 11, 1944
looks like a face to me...start with the nose in the middle...above that, two eyes...and chin below the nose....
yep...my old 3rd grade teacher come back to haunt me about that spelling test I flunked!
Adrian Bird giving his lecture entitled "DNA methylation and MecP2 in Rett syndrome"
Annual Symposium: Epigenetic mechanisms in development and disease
11-13 December 2012
University of Leeds, UK
Webcasts of presentations given at this event are available free of charge.
Jaroslav Romanchuck, distinguished Belarus politician and renowned economist presents “The Morality of Capitalism and Ayn Rand”
Jaroslav Romanchuk, a presidential candidate in Belarus in 2010, will present a unique conference entitled “The Morality of Capitalism and Ayn Rand” on February 11, 2013 at the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies (ICCAS) of the University of Miami, 1531 Brescia Avenue in the Coral Gables campus, with cocktails at 6:30 p.m., followed by the presentation at 7:00 p.m.
This timely conference is designed to provide the community in South Florida with the opportunity to hear, first hand, the views of a leading libertarian economist and political figure in the former Soviet republic and engage in a dynamic conversation about the importance of individual rights, free-enterprise, small government and strong personal freedoms.
“I’m honored to have been invited to present this critical topic, which drives my political and economic thinking, to the audience in Miami”, says Romanchuck, President of the Scientific Research Mises Center in Minsk. “It’s a great opportunity to share my views on the true meaning of capitalism, the new clothes of socialism and the framework of a moral social economic system, especially with the Cuban-American community who, like Belarusians, understand full well the evils of socialism.”
Following the presentation there will be a question and answer session with a distinguished panel of political thinkers, including Dr. Jose Azel, senior scholar at the ICCAS and author of Mañana in Cuba: The Legacy of Castroism and Transitional Challenge for Cuba, Glenn Cripe, co-founder and Executive Director of The Language of Liberty Institute and Olga Nodarse Chao, Founder of The Cuba Corps and author of Freedom Embattled. Dr. Andy S. Gomez, senior fellow at ICCAS, University of Miami will be the moderator.
This event is co-sponsored by The Cuba Corps, ICCAS, and the National Association of Cuban-American Educators (NACAE). Founded in 2005, The Cuba Corp’s mission is to help rebuild civil society in Cuba. ICCAS serves as a world class academic center for the research and study of Cuban and Cuban-American Studies. NACAE represents the interests of Cuban-American educators at all levels and promotes their accomplishments. It also contributes to the preservation of the Cuban cultural heritage and the promotion of the principles of liberty and civil rights.
Mural entitled "Scenic and Historic Booneville" painted in 1943. This is one of the murals that's title does not match it's content. The artist had wanted to paint a minor, local Civil War skirmish--hence the title. The Section of Fine Arts said no. This mural is still in the old PO building--now the Chancery Court Building. My Aunt Mary Fowler took the picture for me.
An exhibition entitled “Furthering Intellectual Property in Colombia” was held on the sidelines of the Assemblies of WIPO Member States, which met from October 2-11, 2017.
It explored intellectual property (IP) rights protection in Colombia, the development of its national IP system and the country’s continuous efforts to foster innovation and creativity. WIPO co-organized the event with the Government of Colombia.
Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Violaine Martin. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License.
The education kit entitled “Riskland: the fun way to learn how to prevent disasters” is the outcome of a joint initiative between the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). This product was developed at the end of 2002 by the ISDR Regional Unit for Latin America and the Caribbean, in cooperation with UNICEF Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF-TACRO). Initially, it was addressed for countries in the LAC region and was originally produced in Spanish, English and Portuguese.
Riesgolandia, aprendamos jugando cómo prevenir desastres tiene la intención de poner a disposición de la comunidad educativa y a los niños y las niñas de América Latina y el Caribe una herramienta innovadora e interactiva para la reducción del riesgo de desastres.
Dogs may not yet be entitled to vote but they are allowed to come and watch as long as they don't disrupt the vote.
According to previous guidance issued by the Electoral Commission, dogs must be in an "accompanying" role rather than "free-range".
In cases where a voter has two or more dogs and will struggle to control them while casting their ballot, polling station staff may hold the dogs' leads.
Rural constituencies might have cases of voters riding to the polling station. In such cases, horses and ponies should be tethered up outside. There is no guidance on other animals such as rabbits, ferrets or pot-bellied pigs, so any decision will be at the discretion of presiding officers.
We exercised this right and our dog accompanied us into the Village Hall. We ignored the Birstall Parish Council sign that stated 'No Dogs' (except Guide Dogs). Nobody batted an eye lid.
#DogsAtPollingStations