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 is my custom Jouwe for the Toy Art Gallery Custom Group Jouwe show, Oct 2nd - Nov 2nd, 2010. The piece is entitled "Nella sua Ombra che Svolgono", which translates to "In her Shadow we Play". Here's the backstory.

''Deep in the Forest of Sorrows lived a wood dryad named Solstice, who protected an accursed mirror that gave whomever was in possession of it eternal life & beauty, but at a terrible, horrible cost - death! For those would be so foolish to gaze into it would slowly wither and die, while bestowing Solstice with the essence of their souls to keep her young. Ever-so-vain and unyielding in her quest, Solstice would lure unknowing children into her tree, with promises of sarsaparilla floats, poutine and french fries, pinwheels, small cute animals and more, even providing a comfy bed to nap in after their fat little tummys were full. But one day, the tables were turned, when evil Solstice lured five sisters to her lair and took their poor souls while they huddled in the bed. For these girls were not just regular girls, they were five sisters who happened to be the daughters of the king - Princesses Aria, Lysette, Calliope, Daphne and Elysia. After the girls failed to return for dinner, the King immediately sent out a search party to find them and bring them home. But alas, it was not meant to be. For the search party discovered their trail, which led them to Solstice's tree, and lo and behold, a ghastly sight was awaiting - all 5 sisters were dead, huddled in bed, together forever with only brave Elysia's drawing upon the mirror letting them know that it was indeed them. Upon hearing this unbearably agonizing news, the King ordered that Solstice be chained and bound to her tree for eternity and left outside to the elements, where her coveted face would be exposed to nature's fury and that which she feared the most. Not wanting to disturb his precious daughters' eternal slumber, he left them there to lay in peace, where their spirits could play together forever.

Legend has it that Solstice's once-beautiful face is now cracked and worn, her visage now but a shadow of her former presence and if you happen to be there at night, you might catch a glimpse of the five long-dead princesses, playing by the moonlight.''

I used magic sculpt, super sculpey, metal, paper, styrene, craft porcelain, dried moss and acrylics.

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.

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.

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...

A cultural event entitled “ASEAN @ 50 – Intellectual Property, Innovation and Development” featuring innovations from the bloc’s ten member countries and musical and dance performances was held on the sidelines of the Assemblies of WIPO Member States, which met from October 2-11, 2017. WIPO co-organized the event with the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to mark the Organization’s 50th anniversary.

Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Violaine Martin. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License.

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.

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.

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.

New Deal mural entitled "Tobacco Harvest" painted by Richard Zoellner in 1938. He also painted murals for the Cleveland (Pearlbrook Station), Hamilton, Medina and Portsmouth, Ohio and Mannington, West Virginia post offices.

Mural entitled "Choctaw Indians see the First Mail Coach" painted in 1938 by Joseph A. Fleck. Still hangs in the old Post Office which is now the Hugo Schools Building. Thanks to Debbie Partin for taking the picture for me.

Portraits of composers from "The Steinway Collection of Paintings by American Artists, together with Prose Portraits of the Great Composers by James Huneker," published in 1919 by Steinway & Sons.

These images are from the Steinway & Sons Collection of the La Guardia and Wagner Archives/CUNY. www.laguardiawagnerarchive.lagcc.cuny.edu

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 “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.

A cultural event entitled “Follow Georgia” featuring an exhibition of work by contemporary Georgian artist Ms. Tamara Kvesitadze and a music performance by ethno-jazz band “Shin” was held on the sidelines of the Assemblies of WIPO Member States, which met from October 2-11, 2017.

Ms. Tamara Kvesitadze’s works take roots in antiquity and mythology as well as in surrealism, which successfully combine art and construction. The music of the Shin smoothly combines Georgian folk melodies with jazz, which is the sound of Georgia’s musical encounter with the world.

WIPO co-organized the event with the Government of Georgia to mark the 25th Anniversary of the National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia – SAKPATENTI.

Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Violaine Martin. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License.

My first book, entitled Shorebirds of Ireland will be in your shops soon!!!

The Arctic Skua, Stercorarius parasiticus, known as the Parasitic Jaeger in North America, and referred to as the Parasitic Skua in some publications, is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae.

This species breeds in the north of Eurasia and North America, with significant populations as far south as northern Scotland. It nests on dry tundra, higher fells and islands. Like other skuas, it will fly at the head of a human or fox approaching its nest. Although it cannot inflict serious damage, it is a frightening and painful experience. It is a migrant, wintering at sea in the tropics and southern oceans.

Identification of this skua is complicated by its similarities to Long-tailed Skua and Pomarine Skua, and the existence of three colour phases. This is one of the smaller skuas at about 41 cm length, excluding the pointed central tail feathers of the summer adult, which can add another 7 cm or so. Light phase adults have a brown back, mainly white underparts and dark primary wing feathers with a white "flash". The head and neck are yellowish-white with a black cap and there is a pointed central tail projection.

This is a dark phase adult taken in northern Iceland.

Description: 'Photograph (Cinematograph Film) entitled 'With Captain Scott [Royal Navy] to the South Pole (British Antarctic Expedition)'. 'Group of men [Steam Yacht] 'Terra Nova' behind' by Herbert Ponting (1870-1935).

Date: c.1911

Our Catalogue Reference: COPY 1/562/73

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.

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)

Mayor Eric Adams delivers remarks at a conference at Gracie Mansion entitled ‘A New York City Approach to Addressing Hunger, Nutrition Security, and Health Disparities.’ Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.

A cultural event entitled “Follow Georgia” featuring an exhibition of work by contemporary Georgian artist Ms. Tamara Kvesitadze and a music performance by ethno-jazz band “Shin” was held on the sidelines of the Assemblies of WIPO Member States, which met from October 2-11, 2017.

Ms. Tamara Kvesitadze’s works take roots in antiquity and mythology as well as in surrealism, which successfully combine art and construction. The music of the Shin smoothly combines Georgian folk melodies with jazz, which is the sound of Georgia’s musical encounter with the world.

WIPO co-organized the event with the Government of Georgia to mark the 25th Anniversary of the National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia – SAKPATENTI.

Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Violaine Martin. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License.

Entitling me to five days of all I could eat food and all I could drink booze/non-booze.

The first installment of Girls Dream in Color, an all-female art exhibit & live art installation entitled "BABY, LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT LOVE IS..."

Featured Artists:

Abeni Garret + Alice Mizrachi + Amanda Diva + Cassi A. Gibson + Cee The Photographer + Diana Mclure + Eagle Nebula + Gabrielle Watson + Gigi Bio (YOURS TRULY) + Inka + Jennifer Crute + Laylah Amatullah Barrayn + Lexi Bella + Lichiban + Maria "Toofly" Castillo + Marthalicia Matarrita + Sara Hart + Sarah White + Sha Savage + Shayna Shenanigans +Texas Malika Toussaint-Baptiste + Vanilla Medallions + Yah

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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.

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.

Technical panel entitled "On-Site Insight! Technical SEO Advice from the

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From my set entitled “Roses”

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In my collection entitled “The Garden”

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose

A rose is a perennial flowering shrub or vine of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae, that contains over 100 species. The species form a group of erect shrubs, and climbing or trailing plants, with stems that are often armed with sharp thorns. Most are native to Asia, with smaller numbers of species native to Europe, North America, and northwest Africa. Natives, cultivars and hybrids are all widely grown for their beauty and fragrance. [1]

The leaves are alternate and pinnately compound, with sharply toothed oval-shaped leaflets. The plants fleshy edible fruit is called a rose hip. Rose plants range in size from tiny, miniature roses, to climbers that can reach 20 metres in height. Species from different parts of the world easily hybridize, which has given rise to the many types of garden roses.

The name originates from Latin rosa, borrowed through Oscan from colonial Greek in southern Italy: rhodon (Aeolic form: wrodon), from Aramaic wurrdā, from Assyrian wurtinnu, from Old Iranian *warda (cf. Armenian vard, Avestan warda, Sogdian ward, Parthian wâr).[2][3]

Attar of rose is the steam-extracted essential oil from rose flowers that has been used in perfumes for centuries. Rose water, made from the rose oil, is widely used in Asian and Middle Eastern cuisine. Rose hips are occasionally made into jam, jelly, and marmalade, or are brewed for tea, primarily for their high Vitamin C content. They are also pressed and filtered to make rose hip syrup. Rose hips are also used to produce Rose hip seed oil, which is used in skin products.

The leaves of most species are 5–15 centimetres long, pinnate, with (3–) 5–9 (–13) leaflets and basal stipules; the leaflets usually have a serrated margin, and often a few small prickles on the underside of the stem. The vast majority of roses are deciduous, but a few (particularly in Southeast Asia) are evergreen or nearly so.

The flowers of most species roses have five petals, with the exception of Rosa sericea, which usually has only four. Each petal is divided into two distinct lobes and is usually white or pink, though in a few species yellow or red. Beneath the petals are five sepals (or in the case of some Rosa sericea, four). These may be long enough to be visible when viewed from above and appear as green points alternating with the rounded petals. The ovary is inferior, developing below the petals and sepals.

The aggregate fruit of the rose is a berry-like structure called a rose hip. Rose species that produce open-faced flowers are attractive to pollinating bees and other insects, thus more apt to produce hips. Many of the domestic cultivars are so tightly petalled that they do not provide access for pollination. The hips of most species are red, but a few (e.g. Rosa pimpinellifolia) have dark purple to black hips. Each hip comprises an outer fleshy layer, the hypanthium, which contains 5–160 "seeds" (technically dry single-seeded fruits called achenes) embedded in a matrix of fine, but stiff, hairs. Rose hips of some species, especially the Dog Rose (Rosa canina) and Rugosa Rose (Rosa rugosa), are very rich in vitamin C, among the richest sources of any plant. The hips are eaten by fruit-eating birds such as thrushes and waxwings, which then disperse the seeds in their droppings. Some birds, particularly finches, also eat the seeds.

While the sharp objects along a rose stem are commonly called "thorns", they are actually prickles — outgrowths of the epidermis (the outer layer of tissue of the stem). True thorns, as produced by e.g. Citrus or Pyracantha, are modified stems, which always originate at a node and which have nodes and internodes along the length of the thorn itself. Rose prickles are typically sickle-shaped hooks, which aid the rose in hanging onto other vegetation when growing over it. Some species such as Rosa rugosa and R. pimpinellifolia have densely packed straight spines, probably an adaptation to reduce browsing by animals, but also possibly an adaptation to trap wind-blown sand and so reduce erosion and protect their roots (both of these species grow naturally on coastal sand dunes). Despite the presence of prickles, roses are frequently browsed by deer. A few species of roses only have vestigial prickles that have no points.

Roses are popular garden shrubs, as well as the most popular and commonly sold florists' flowers. In addition to their great economic importance as a florists crop, roses are also of great value to the perfume industry.

Many thousands of rose hybrids and cultivars have been bred and selected for garden use; most are double-flowered with many or all of the stamens having mutated into additional petals. As long ago as 1840 a collection numbering over one thousand different cultivars, varieties and species was possible when a rosarium was planted by Loddiges nursery for Abney Park Cemetery, an early Victorian garden cemetery and arboretum in England.

Twentieth-century rose breeders generally emphasized size and colour, producing large, attractive blooms with little or no scent. Many wild and "old-fashioned" roses, by contrast, have a strong sweet scent.

Roses thrive in temperate climates, though certain species and cultivars can flourish in sub-tropical and even tropical climates, especially when grafted onto appropriate rootstock.

Rose pruning, sometimes regarded as a horticultural art form, is largely dependent on the type of rose to be pruned, the reason for pruning, and the time of year it is at the time of the desired pruning.

Most Old Garden Roses of strict European heritage (albas, damasks, gallicas, etc.) are shrubs that bloom once yearly, in late spring or early summer, on two-year-old (or older) canes. As such, their pruning requirements are quite minimal, and are overall similar to any other analogous shrub, such as lilac or forsythia. Generally, only old, spindly canes should be pruned away, to make room for new canes. One-year-old canes should never be pruned because doing so will remove next year's flower buds. The shrubs can also be pruned back lightly, immediately after the blooms fade, to reduce the overall height or width of the plant. In general, pruning requirements for OGRs are much less laborious and regimented than for Modern hybrids.

Modern hybrids, including the hybrid teas, floribundas, grandifloras, modern miniatures, and English roses, have a complex genetic background that almost always includes China roses (R. chinensis). China roses were evergrowing, everblooming roses from humid subtropical regions that bloomed constantly on any new vegetative growth produced during the growing season. Their modern hybrid descendants exhibit similar habits: Unlike Old Garden Roses, modern hybrids bloom continuously (until stopped by frost) on any new canes produced during the growing season. They therefore require pruning away of any spent flowering stem, in order to divert the plant's energy into producing new growth and thence new flowers.

Additionally, Modern Hybrids planted in cold-winter climates will almost universally require a "hard" annual pruning (reducing all canes to 8"–12" in height) in early spring. Again, because of their complex China rose background, Modern Hybrids are typically not as cold-hardy as European OGRs, and low winter temperatures often desiccate or kill exposed canes. In spring, if left unpruned, these damanged canes will often die back all the way to the shrub's root zone, resulting in a weakened, disfigured plant. The annual "hard" pruning of hybrid teas, floribundas, etc. should generally be done in early spring; most gardeners coincide this pruning with the blooming of forsythia shrubs. Canes should be cut about 1/2" above a vegetative bud (identifiable as a point on a cane where a leaf once grew).

For both Old Garden Roses and Modern Hybrids, any weak, damaged or diseased growth should be pruned away completely, regardless of the time of year. Any pruning of any rose should also be done so that the cut is made at a forty five degree angle above a vegetative bud. This helps the pruned stem callus over more quickly, and also mitigates moisture buildup over the cut, which can lead to disease problems.

For all general rose pruning (including cutting flowers for arrangements), sharp secateurs (hand-held, sickle-bladed pruners) should be used to cut any growth 1/2" or less in diameter. For canes of a thickness greater than 1/2", pole loppers or a small handsaw are generally more effective; secateurs may be damaged or broken in such instances.

Deadheading is the simple practice of manually removing any spent, faded, withered, or discoloured flowers from rose shrubs over the course of the blooming season. The purpose of deadheading is to encourage the plant to focus its energy and resources on forming new offshoots and blooms, rather than in fruit production. Deadheading may also be perfomed, if spent flowers are unsightly, for aethestic purposes. Roses are particularly responsive to deadheading.

Deadheading causes different effects on different varieties of roses. For continual blooming varieties, whether Old Garden roses or more modern hybrid varieties, deadheading allows the rose plant to continue forming new shoots, leaves, and blooms. For "once-blooming" varieties (that bloom only once each season), deadheading has the effect of causing the plant to form new green growth, even though new blooms will not form until the next blooming season.

For most rose gardeners, deadheading is used to refresh the growth of the rose plants to keep the rose plants strong, vibrant, and productive.

The rose has always been valued for its beauty and has a long history of symbolism. The ancient Greeks and Romans identified the rose with their goddesses of love referred to as Aphrodite and Venus. In Rome a wild rose would be placed on the door of a room where secret or confidential matters were discussed. The phrase sub rosa, or "under the rose", means to keep a secret — derived from this ancient Roman practice.

Early Christians identified the five petals of the rose with the five wounds of Christ. Despite this interpretation, their leaders were hesitant to adopt it because of its association with Roman excesses and pagan ritual. The red rose was eventually adopted as a symbol of the blood of the Christian martyrs. Roses also later came to be associated with the Virgin Mary.

Rose culture came into its own in Europe in the 1800s with the introduction of perpetual blooming roses from China. There are currently thousands of varieties of roses developed for bloom shape, size, fragrance and even for lack of prickles.

Roses are ancient symbols of love and beauty. The rose was sacred to a number of goddesses (including Isis and Aphrodite), and is often used as a symbol of the Virgin Mary. 'Rose' means pink or red in a variety of languages (such as Romance languages, Greek, and Polish).

The rose is the national flower of England and the United States[4], as well as being the symbol of England Rugby, and of the Rugby Football Union. It is also the provincial flower of Yorkshire and Lancashire in England (the white rose and red rose respectively) and of Alberta (the wild rose), and the state flower of four US states: Iowa and North Dakota (R. arkansana), Georgia (R. laevigata), and New York[5] (Rosa generally). Portland, Oregon counts "City of Roses" among its nicknames, and holds an annual Rose Festival.

Roses are occasionally the basis of design for rose windows, such windows comprising five or ten segments (the five petals and five sepals of a rose) or multiples thereof; however most Gothic rose windows are much more elaborate and were probably based originally on the wheel and other symbolism.

A red rose (often held in a hand) is a symbol of socialism or social democracy; it is also used as a symbol by the British and Irish Labour Parties, as well as by the French, Spanish (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party), Portuguese, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Brazilian, Dutch (Partij van de Arbeid) and European socialist parties. This originated when the red rose was used as a badge by the marchers in the May 1968 street protests in Paris. White Rose was a World War II non violent resistance group in Germany.

Roses are often portrayed by artists. The French artist Pierre-Joseph Redouté produced some of the most detailed paintings of roses.

Henri Fantin-Latour was also a prolific painter of still life, particularly flowers including roses. The Rose 'Fantin-Latour' was named after the artist.

Other impressionists including Claude Monet and Paul Cézanne have paintings of roses among their works.

Rose perfumes are made from attar of roses or rose oil, which is a mixture of volatile essential oils obtained by steam distilling the crushed petals of roses. The technique originated in Persia (the word Rose itself is from Persian) then spread through Arabia and India, but nowadays about 70% to 80% of production is in the Rose Valley near Kazanluk in Bulgaria, with some production in Qamsar in Iran and Germany.[citation needed]

The Kaaba in Mecca is annually washed by the Iranian rose water from Qamsar. In Bulgaria, Iran and Germany, damask roses (Rosa damascena 'Trigintipetala') are used. In the French rose oil industry Rosa centifolia is used. The oil, pale yellow or yellow-grey in color, is sometimes called 'Rose Absolute' oil to distinguish it from diluted versions. The weight of oil extracted is about one three-thousandth to one six-thousandth of the weight of the flowers; for example, about two thousand flowers are required to produce one gram of oil.

The main constituents of attar of roses are the fragrant alcohols geraniol and l-citronellol; and rose camphor, an odourless paraffin. β-Damascenone is also a significant contributor to the scent.

Quotes

What's in a name? That which we call a rose/By any other name would smell as sweet. — William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet act II, sc. ii

O, my love's like a red, red rose/That's newly sprung in June — Robert Burns, A Red, Red Rose

Information appears to stew out of me naturally, like the precious ottar of roses out of the otter. Mark Twain, Roughing It

Hearts starve as well as bodies; give us bread, but give us roses. — James Oppenheim, "Bread and Roses"

Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose — Gertrude Stein, Sacred Emily (1913), a poem included in Geography and Plays.

On April 15, 2023, five First Nations in B.C., alongside provincial and federal government representatives, announced settlement agreements of the Nations’ Treaty Land Entitlements claims.Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/28589

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.

A cultural event entitled “Follow Georgia” featuring an exhibition of work by contemporary Georgian artist Ms. Tamara Kvesitadze and a music performance by ethno-jazz band “Shin” was held on the sidelines of the Assemblies of WIPO Member States, which met from October 2-11, 2017.

Ms. Tamara Kvesitadze’s works take roots in antiquity and mythology as well as in surrealism, which successfully combine art and construction. The music of the Shin smoothly combines Georgian folk melodies with jazz, which is the sound of Georgia’s musical encounter with the world.

WIPO co-organized the event with the Government of Georgia to mark the 25th Anniversary of the National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia – SAKPATENTI.

Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Violaine Martin. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License.

Canadian National Railways – Standard Sleeping Car Ticket

Winnipeg, Manitoba → Edmonton → Vancouver, B.C.

Car 91 – Lower Section (L.S.) – November 19–20, 1936

Ninety years ago . . .

This modest slip of paper once entitled its holder to a lower berth in Car 91 of a Canadian National sleeper running west from Winnipeg through Edmonton to Vancouver in November 1936. The initials “L.S.” indicate a Lower Section — the more desirable berth in a standard open-section sleeping car. In the era before compartments became common, most long-distance travelers slept in these curtained sections, arranged along a central aisle.

Car 91 would almost certainly have been a standard open-section sleeping car built in the 1920s or early 1930s by Pullman or National Steel Car for Canadian National Railways. By day, the interior resembled a narrow parlor car: facing pairs of upholstered seats flanking a central aisle, heavy green or maroon wool fabric, polished wood paneling, brass fittings, overhead hat racks, and shaded electric wall lamps casting a warm glow. At one end of the car was typically a smoking compartment; at the other, compact washrooms and a lavatory. Steam heat ran along the baseboards — welcome in a November crossing of the Prairies and Rockies.

By daylight, the traveler in this lower section would sit facing a companion (or stranger), coat folded nearby, watching Manitoba’s grey prairie give way to Alberta foothills and, eventually, the drama of the Rockies. In the evening, after dinner in the dining car, the porter would transform the space. The seats slid together to form a bed base; a thick mattress was laid across; crisp white sheets and wool blankets were added; and privacy curtains were drawn along the aisle. Overhead, the upper berth folded down for the second passenger in the section.

The lower berth — the one marked on this ticket — was considered preferable. It avoided the narrow ladder required to reach the upper and offered easier access in the night. Once enclosed by curtains, the berth felt surprisingly wide and softly cocooned, though never fully private. Open sections meant shared air, shared sounds, and a kind of cooperative modesty. One heard the steady clatter of steel wheels on jointed rail, the gentle sway of the car, the occasional distant whistle, the faint hiss of steam heat. The interior carried its own railway perfume: wool upholstery, varnish, metal, and a trace of tobacco from the smoking compartment.

Sleeping-car travel required choreography and discretion. The porter — immaculate in dark uniform with brass buttons — made and unmade berths, polished shoes overnight, and preserved passengers’ dignity as they changed within the curtained sections or in the small washrooms at the end of the car. It was intimate but orderly, communal yet restrained.

In 1936, class distinctions in rail travel were clear but nuanced. Coach was economical; a lower berth in an open section signaled practical comfort; private compartments and drawing rooms were the domain of business elites or wealthier families. The holder of this ticket chose respectability and rest rather than luxury.

The date — November — adds atmosphere. A westbound journey into early winter darkness, curtains drawn against prairie night, frost edging the windows somewhere between Edmonton and the mountains. Warmth inside, cold beyond the glass. This ticket is not merely a transportation receipt; it is a fragment of motion across a continent — a small paper portal into the rhythm, etiquette, and sensory world of Canadian rail travel in the interwar years.

Edward Perkins Bondurant (1874–1959)

The railroad ephemera seen here are remnants of a life lived during railroading’s long era of national centrality. They are from a collection of railway memorabilia that I found at an antique shop in Chinook, Washington.

Edward Perkins Bondurant was born August 10, 1874, at Wintersville, Sullivan County, Missouri, one of ten children of Joseph and Nancy Bondurant. Railroad service was entered in 1901 with the Chicago & North Western Railway. In 1905, Edward made Chadron, in Dawes County, Nebraska, his permanent home

By 1910 he was established there as a freight conductor, the head of a household on Moorhead Street, owning his home free of mortgage. He was married to Myrtle I. Howe, and the family included daughters Mildred and Mabel and a son, Richard. Later records show that at the time of his death his wife was Beatrice.

Professional identity was closely tied to the railroad. Membership in the Order of Railway Conductors of America was held at least as early as January 7, 1916 (Division No. 173), and affiliation continued for forty years. His draft registration of September 12, 1918 records him as a 44-year-old conductor in Chadron, blue-eyed and brown-haired, still at work during wartime mobilization. Membership was also held in Masonic Samaritan Lodge No. 158 beginning in 1918, reflecting the fraternal and civic networks typical of a railroad town in the early twentieth century.

A career that began in the age of steam extended through World War I and the period of federal control of the railroads, continued across the Depression and World War II, and concluded in the early Cold War years. Retirement as a conductor occurred on April 30, 1952, after more than half a century of service. Death followed on July 13, 1959, in Dawes County, and burial took place at Greenwood Cemetery in Chadron.

Through these surviving documents a working railroad life can be glimpsed—one that bridged the late nineteenth-century railroad frontier and the industrial mid-twentieth century, and that formed part of the steady professional backbone of the American freight system for over fifty years.

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.

A kinetic sculpture entitled Heureka by Jean Tinguely (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Tinguely) on the shore of Lake Zurich.

The sculpture is as much an auditory event as it is visual, with all the rusted whirrings of the gears, belts, wheels, and pulleys.

I found a video (alas, no sound) on YouTube, which conveys some of the effect. Watch the video all the way to the end, the last few seconds convey the scale of the machine.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8plV5trScw

It was interesting trying to photograph the sculpture, because there is so much going on. I decided to take a few shots of the gears I like the most. I found it impossible to take a picture of the entire machine that captured enough of the details that made it interesting.

Just now I browsed around Flickr to see if I could find a macro view of the sculpture I liked, and I like this one. flickr.com/photos/bskl/74556729/

On Monty Python's Flying Circus, season 2 episode 3, the last clip is entitled "Its the Mind", in which Michael Palin as Boniface, opens the sketch with the immortal words:

"Good Evening. Tonight on "Its the Mind" we examine the phenomenon of déjà vu. That strange feeling we sometimes get that we've lived through something before, that what is happening now has already happened..."

Then things start to repeat themselves. As Boniface gets more anxious over the same things repeating again and again, he runs out of the studio, out onto a balcony and down to a passing Psychiatrist's Dairies milk float and jumps on the back. But have you ever noticed in the background, one of the Devon General Atlantean Sea-Dogs passing? This clip was filmed at the Paignton YMCA, and with the Sea-Dog activity last week and the Atlanteans running past the YMCA, I thought it was an opportunity to re-create the passing Atlantean, at least. When the original clip is viewed, it is evident the camera was further back than my son and I when we took this shot and video, but the idea here is get the passing bus, and it is also apparent that the trees have grown here in the past 40 years.

Another clip featuring a Sea-Dog Atlantean was also from the same series when John Cleese is seemingly talking to himself from the top deck of an open top Atlantean, and the background shows that the bus was traveling from Paignton towards Torquay and passes a couple of Devon General Atlanteans heading the other way.

The original clip is here: www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=G2e...

And in case you were wondering, the Sea-Dog here is 927, Sir Martin Frobisher. Only a one in nine chance it is the same bus seen in the original.

Some ideas for a serie entitled Les Choses de la Vie, as a reference to a French movie with Romy Schneider and Michel Piccoli, in which a man who is dying after a car accident sees fleeting moments of his life, the little things one does not pay attention to when alive, and the people he loves or thought he did not love anymore.

The film used here is thanks to my friend (and master photographer) in Russia who so kindly sent me some rolls of expired Tasma film for me to try. The camera is Exakta Varex IIa with Biotar 58mm lens at f2.8. I will also shoot in color, please feel free to comment and say what you think.

See his amazing gallery shot with old film cameras, unbelievable stories of negatives lost and found, gorgeous very personal processing

www.flickr.com/photos/roobitphotography/

19th century set of picture blocks entitled The New Pictorial Alphabet of Birds on Blocks, in a wooden box with a sliding lid. Altogether there are 35 rectangular wooden blocks, with a colour printed illustration on one side, mainly of birds, and the letter of the alphabet printed on the other in capitals. Made by W Peacock, London.

The illustrations are; albatross, bustard, cockatoo, duck, eagle, fowls, goose, hornbill, indian adjatant, jay, kingfisher, lark, magpie, nightingale, ostrich, peacock, quail, robin, swan, turkey, umbrella bird, vulture, woodpecker, an anonymous bird for x and z, and a yellowhammer. There are also 5 blocks with the alphabet split between them on the back, with illustrations of a race, a butterfly, hoop, going home and the ride and 2 blocks with numbers on illustrated with pigs and a goat ride, and 2 blocks with words on illustrated with a Newfoundland dog and feeding chickens.

HMCMS: CRH1972.5.7

DPABRV22

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

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_of_the_Whispering_Giants

India’s top judge said Monday (18/03/2013) that the Italian ambassador cannot claim diplomatic immunity in a growing dispute over two Italian Marines who skipped bail while on trial for murder.

Chief Justice Altamas Kabir said Daniele Mancini, who had negotiated the marines’ release last month so they could vote in Italy’s election, had waived his immunity by giving an undertaking to a court that the pair would return.

“A person who comes to court and gives an undertaking has no immunity,” Kabir told a hearing into the case, which has caused a diplomatic crisis between Rome and New Delhi.

Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone, who are accused of murdering two Indian fishermen last year, had been given permission to fly to Italy to cast their votes on the understanding that they would return.

But the Italian government announced last week that it would renege on its commitment to send the men back, prompting fury in New Delhi.

The Indian government has warned of “consequences” and is reviewing its ties with Italy, while the Supreme Court ordered that Mancini should remain in the country and explain himself in court Monday.

Mancini’s lawyer argued that the diplomat enjoyed immunity in line with international rules that also guarantee foreign representatives freedom of movement. But he pledged that his client would stay in the country.

India’s Foreign Ministry has also argued that Mancini may have waived his immunity by willingly submitting himself to the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court by signing a personal affidavit guaranteeing the return of the marines.

Without legal protection, he could be prosecuted for contempt of court.

www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/19/asia-pacific/italian...

@Windwheel

Italy waived the immunity of it's ambassador under Vienna convention when they made him the guarantor to ensure the marines return to India. The Italian government and the ambassador approached the court with the plea. Therefore, there is indeed waiver by the Italian government. Now they cannot go back and claim there was no waiver. You can argue if immunity can be implicit waived or not. That depends on how good a lawyer you are.

Secondly, every law has exceptions including the Vienna convention.

Article 32 (3) The initiation of proceedings by a diplomatic agent or by a person enjoying immunity from jurisdiction under article 37 shall preclude him from invoking immunity from jurisdiction in respect of any counterclaim directly connected with the principal claim.

4.Waiver of immunity from jurisdiction in respect of civil or administrative proceedings shall not be held to imply waiver of immunity in respect of the execution of the judgement, for which a separate waiver shall be necessary.

So your argument is that India is violating Article 32(4). We haven't gotten to that part yet. We are still at Article 32(3). Restriction on movement is not a judgement. The Supreme Court is India. There is no distinction. The justices are well aware of the convention and are not acting illegally. They are restrained even in their determination.

If the marines don't return by 22nd they will hold the Ambassador in contempt and ask the Indian executive to declare him persona non-grata. This judgement will be in compliance with the Vienna convention. Convicted criminal ambassador won't serve time in India, Italy can choose to ignore the judgement. How is that for justice in line with the International Law.

If you must make a legal argument make one. Otherwise please stop just repeating what someone else told you on why it's illegal.

tripat> ssd•8 hours ago−

According to Indian court of law, no institution, nation, body or a designation can produce an affidavit in court, not even president of India can give an affidavit as president of Republic of India, he has to give produce it as an individual, in this case, 2 fishermen lost life in sea, cost guards caught to marines and a case was registered. An Italian citizen came as a guarantor ( he can not produce a guaranty as an ambassador) so he does not enjoy any immunity in the case. And if the bail he produced is not honored he will be held responsible as an individual, not his post. Moreover Supreme court of INDIA did not asked him or Italian gov. to be to produce a bail for marines, Mancini came of his own. So the case is simple in the court of law, he as a common citizen of Italy is accused of not honoring an affidavit and if on or before 22 march marines do not report back in court of law in INDIA. And as the case is not against the ambassador but only Mr. Mancini (Ambassador cannot produce an affidavit) Vienna convention Diplomatic immunity does not come into play.

There is a fundamental misunderstanding at work here. The Indian Supreme Court is asserting its right to claim that in its opinion the Italian Ambassador has voided his immunity and issuing an order on that basis. However, under the Geneva Convention, the Ambassador has no right or power to void his immunity, only his home country can do so. The Supreme Court may pretend, on the basis of an argument heard under the rubric of Public Interest Litigation, that it has no cognizance of a second act, by the Ambassador's home country, asserting or voiding his immunity and that being the case, it is perfectly at liberty to make any observation or order, no matter how foolish or contrary to Law- however, such observations and orders have no legal force with respect to the Ambassador.

India will not be guilty of breaching the Geneva Convention unless it takes some concrete action to prevent the Ambassador from going where he wishes. The fact that they may take such action on the basis of an illegal order by the Supreme Court is irrelevant. Any Govt. may choose to defy the Law at any time. The Ambassador has recourse to International Law, not the Indian Supreme Court, if his diplomatic immunity is violated.

Put simply, a Court can say anything it likes and order anything it likes with respect to people over whom it has no jurisdiction. Until there is physical enforcement of a judgement against a diplomat, no breach of diplomatic immunity arises.

The comic element in this is that the Supreme Court's bizarre action has prevented the Govt of India from expelling the Ambassador- which they would otherwise have been justified in doing to highlight their grievance with the Italian Govt.

To be clear, the saber rattling on the part of the Supreme Court has absolutely no practical meaning- other than signalling its displeasure- nor does the Italian Ambassador believe himself in any danger of detention.

The U.S. Supreme Court is welcome to say that Vladimir Putin is a dolphin who has escaped from the Miami Sea world and showed be returned there forthwith but no diplomatic issue arises until the U.S. Govt. tries to enforce that Judgement because it is a matter of fact, not judicial opinion, that Vladimir Putin is subject to Russian jurisdiction even though his shaved and glistening body does look remarkably like a dolphin.

I've entitled this piece Affliction because that word means, a condition of suffering or distress.

Shot at the "Fight of Your Life" event. Live Boxing Match.

My first book, entitled Shorebirds of Ireland will be in your shops soon!!!

The Harlequin Duck, Histrionicus histrionicus, is a small sea duck. In North America it is also known as Lords and ladies. Other names include painted duck, totem pole duck, rock duck, glacier duck, mountain duck, white-eyed diver, squeaker and blue streak.

Adult males are slate blue with chestnut sides and white markings including a white crescent at the base of the bill. Adult females are less colourful, with brownish-grey plumage and a white patch on the head around the eye. Both adults have a white ear patch. Their breeding habitat is cold fast moving streams in north-western and north-eastern North America, Greenland, Iceland and western Russia. The nest is usually located in a well-concealed location on the ground near a stream. They are usually found near pounding surf and white water.

They are short distance migrants and most winter near rocky shorelines on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. They are very rare vagrants to western Europe.

The above are female Harlequin Ducks.

Entitled ‘GOD BLESS MY SOLDIER DADDY (4).’, this postcard is the fourth and last in a series produced, as the text on the back informs us, by ‘BAMFORTH & CO., LTD., PUBLISHERS HOLMFIRTH (ENGLAND) AND NEW YORK’, further details being ‘“SONGS” SERIES. NO. 4875/4.’ and ‘PRINTED IN ENGLAND.’. More small print on the front states, ‘BAMFORTH COPYRIGHT.’ and ‘BY KIND PERMISSION OF E. MARKS & SONS, E.C.’. The front of the postcard is divided in half. Depicted on the left-hand side is an apprehensive-looking mother embracing her daughter. The verse below them reads, ‘So don’t keep on crying, dear Mammy, / Cheer up, and keep a brave heart, / For Daddy will soon be returning, / And then we shall never part.’. On the right-hand side, mother and daughter have been joined by a soldier – the girl’s father – and all are looking happy to be together again. The verse below tells the tale: ‘At last war was over, and Daddy came home, / And happiness reigned once again, / The little girl sat on her Daddy’s knee–– / She knew she had not prayed in vain.’.

To see the rest of the series, click on the links. For the first: bit.ly/Sentimental81; for the second: bit.ly/Sentimental82; and for the third: bit.ly/Sentimental83.

School of Pharmacy, Hajvery University has organized three days Certified Course entitled “Emerging Trend in Pharmacy Practice”. Dr. Zaheer-ud-din-Babar, Head of Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University Auckland, New Zeeland was the guest speaker. He is recipient of prestigious “Research Excellence Award” from University of Auckland in 2012. Dr. Babar has active research linkages with the leading universities in Australia, Europe and in the Asia Pacific Region and has acted as a consultant for World Health Organization, Health Action International, and International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) and for the Pharmaceutical Management Agency of New Zealand. He is a reviewer of top tier health policy journals and of funding bodies including Australian National Health and Medical Research Council. Dr Babar is the founding editor of Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice (www.joppp.org).

In the end, there was the closing ceremony of this three day course. Students of different batches, Mr. Talib Hussain and Dr. Lubna Shakir shared their comments about these worthwhile lectures. The Rector of Hajvery University, Dr. Khalid Pervaiz has given the thank note and positive feedback for the lectures. Souvenir was represented to Dr. Zaheer ud din Babar by Prof. Dr. Khalid Pervaiz. Dr. Babar also thanked and appreciated the management, faculty, and students and thanked Hajvery University for inviting him. The session was ended with the group photo.

A man poses for pictures as he walks through an art installation entitled "Rain Room" during a photocall at the Barbican in London, on October 3, 2012. The 'Rain Room' is a 100 square meter field of falling water which visitors are invited to walk into. As the visitor walks through the rain stops around them, giving them an experience of how it might feel to control the rain. The installation opens to the public on October 4, 2012. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL

On April 15, 2023, five First Nations in B.C., alongside provincial and federal government representatives, announced settlement agreements of the Nations’ Treaty Land Entitlements claims.Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/28589

A cultural event entitled “Follow Georgia” featuring an exhibition of work by contemporary Georgian artist Ms. Tamara Kvesitadze and a music performance by ethno-jazz band “Shin” was held on the sidelines of the Assemblies of WIPO Member States, which met from October 2-11, 2017.

Ms. Tamara Kvesitadze’s works take roots in antiquity and mythology as well as in surrealism, which successfully combine art and construction. The music of the Shin smoothly combines Georgian folk melodies with jazz, which is the sound of Georgia’s musical encounter with the world.

WIPO co-organized the event with the Government of Georgia to mark the 25th Anniversary of the National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia – SAKPATENTI.

Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Violaine Martin. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License.

On April 15, 2023, five First Nations in B.C., alongside provincial and federal government representatives, announced settlement agreements of the Nations’ Treaty Land Entitlements claims.Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/28589