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"I am staying a Republican because I think I have an important role, a more important role, to play there. The United States very desperately needs a two-party system. That's the basis of politics in America. I'm afraid we are becoming a one-party system, with Republicans becoming just a regional party with so little representation of the northeast or in the middle atlantic. I think as a governmental matter, it is very important to have a check and balance. That's a very important principle in the operation of our government. In the constitution on Separation of powers."
Arlen Specter (March 17th interview with "The Hill")
"It's a f***ing valuable thing. You just don't give it away for nothing,"
Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich
What the heck is going on?
From my set entitled “Lysimachia”
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In my collection entitled “The Garden”
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysimachia
Lysimachia is a genus of flowering plants. It is traditionally classified in the family Primulaceae but should, according to molecular phylogenetic study, be placed to the family Myrsinaceae
Lysimachia species often have yellow flowers, and grow vigorously. They tend to grow in damp conditions. Several species within Lysimachia are commonly called loosestrife, although this name is also used for plants within the genus Lythrum.
Lysimachia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some butterflies and moths, including the Dot Moth, Grey Pug, Lime-speck Pug, Small Angle Shades and V-pug.
ORIGINAL ACEO entitled, "19th CENTURY FISH PEOPLE PORTRAITS No.3" (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.
These 39 pictures entitled "Colors of Fall in Yardley . . ." were all taken around my home in late October, pre-Hurricane Sandy. Number 7968 is a photo of the tree that came crashing down on two unsuspecting cars parked underneath it at the height of the hurricane.
Fall happens to be my favorite time of year and not just because pumpkin flavors are all the rage. From late September to early November, Mother Nature puts on her most spectacular show. Trees of all types slowly transition from their standard leaves to shades of red, orange, gold, brown, and even purple. Landscapes across the country pop with vibrant colors and serve as a brief reminder just how beautiful nature can be.
It's a great time for hiking and scenic drives and below are all the resources you need to make your trip happen. Whether you want to know just why leaves change their colors or are looking for where to see specific shades, the answers are here.
So Why Do Leaves Change Colors?
The answer lies in one word: chlorophyll. It's the chemical that gives leaves their green color. Chlorophyll is also responsible for photosynthesis - a process where plants turn water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and sugar. Confused? Let's back up to the basics.
Trees take water from the ground using their roots. They also take carbon dioxide from the air. But trees need oxygen and glucose to grow big and healthy. In order to do that, they use sunlight to turn the water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and glucose. That's photosynthesis. And chlorophyll helps make it happen.
When summer ends and autumn begins, there is less sunlight since the days get shorter. This is an important hint for trees and other plants to prepare themselves for the winter. Since there isn't enough light and water during the winter for photosynthesis, trees go into rest-mode and will feed off food they have stored up over summer. While processes shut down, chlorophyll starts to disappear from the leaves, taking away the green color. As the green fades, the leaves show other colors that have been there all along - yellow and orange. They have been hidden all summer by chlorophyll and during the fall, it is their time to shine!
You're probably wondering about the other signature colors of autumn - red, purple, and brown. Well, in some trees, such as maples, glucose is trapped in the leaves after photosynthesis stops. That glucose is turned into a red color from the sunlight and the cool nights of autumn. The brown color of trees, such as oaks, is made from tannin - a waste product left in the leaves.
The brilliance of colors you see every fall is directly related to weather conditions. The brightest colors are seen when late summer is dry, and autumn has bright sunny days and cool evenings. A good supply of rainfall also keeps the leaves on trees longer and helps to enhance the color.
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At last - a chance to relax today !
I've been working hard recently :o( so I treated myself to a few hours of aimless wandering around this morning.
A neutral, beigey kind of day...
Photo taken 1st March 2006
This is an oblique reference to the discussion on misogyny and entitlement that's opened after a loner in California shot and stabbed six people to death. This doesn't sell pizza, but it seemed like a good way to gently enter the conversation.
Heart shaped sprayed frame made by Darbyshire for Damient Hirst's artwork entitled: - Untitled (Birthday Card)
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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This work entitled «Body landscapes», has as theme the human body or the self through space, which is associated with the indoor environment.
Specifically it is capturing the central idea which started with the assumption that the man is the one, who by his presence and himself in general, gives life to the space, or by decorating and by placing several items in it, it manages to bring out a space.
But what happens when the roles are reversed; When the inanimate objects trying to get life inside an animate environment? These are the questions, that arise through the use of games, which are placed to the naked human body and refers to the natural environment.
Through the representations of the figures, which depict scenes from the wild, as well as battle scenes, is attempted to be given a realistic dimension to the subject and the objects to gain life on the human body that encloses them.
Finally, it is worth mentioning the inspiration and development of this project, which is the photographer Allan Teger. His work is called “Bodyscapes” and began in 1976.
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Η συγκεκριμένη εργασία με τίτλο «Body landscapes», έχει ως θεματικό άξονα το ανθρώπινο σώμα ή τον εαυτό μέσα στο χώρο, ο οποίος σχετίζεται με το εσωτερικό περιβάλλον.
Πιο εμπεριστατωμένα, η σύλληψη της κεντρικής ιδέας ξεκίνησε με το σκεπτικό, ότι ο άνθρωπος είναι εκείνος, που είτε με την παρουσία του και τον εαυτό του γενικότερα, δίνει ζωή στον χώρο, είτε με την διακόσμηση και την τοποθέτηση διάφορων αντικειμένων μέσα σ’ αυτόν, καταφέρνει να αναδείξει έναν χώρο.
Ωστόσο, τι συμβαίνει, όταν οι ρόλοι αντιστρέφονται; Όταν τα άψυχα αντικείμενα προσπαθούν να πάρουν ζωή, μέσα σ΄ ένα έμψυχο περιβάλλον; Αυτά είναι τα ερωτήματα που τίθενται, μέσα από την χρήση παιχνιδιών-φιγούρων, που έχουν τοποθετηθεί πάνω σε γυμνό ανθρώπινο σώμα, το οποίο παραπέμπει στο φυσικό περιβάλλον.
Μέσα από τις αναπαραστάσεις των φιγούρων, οι οποίες απεικονίζουν σκηνές από την άγρια φύση, καθώς επίσης και πολεμικές σκηνές, γίνεται προσπάθεια να δοθεί μια ρεαλιστική διάσταση στο θέμα και τα αντικείμενα να αποκτήσουν ζωή, πάνω στο ανθρώπινο σώμα, που τα περικλείει.
Εν κατακλείδι, αξίζει να σημειωθεί η πηγή έμπνευσης και ανάπτυξης του συγκεκριμένου project, η οποία είναι ο φωτογράφος Allan Teger. Η δουλειά του ονομάζεται “Bodyscapes” και ξεκίνησε το 1976.
ORIGINAL ACEO entitled, "19th CENTURY FISH PEOPLE PORTRAITS No.6" (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.
For a project entitled 'modern.'
I have a lot of anger and disappointment towards achieving my diploma*. I couldn't actually do this to the diploma actual.
So I photographed it.
And I uploaded it into Lightroom, made some adjustments. Sent it to Painter Essentials made some changes and then sent it to my iPhone where I ran it through Ransom, then Swanko lab. Emailed it back to myself.
Then went into photoshop and enlarged some things printed out some parts and laid them back on top of the original piece of paper. I took another picture.
I printed it. I tore it. I scanned it back in.
I ran it through photoshop and painter and lightroom another time.
Part of the goal was to process the heck out of the image. And to just express something I don't feel like I've gotten out.
*I hold no ill will towards the university. I made some bad choices. It's not on them.
Welcome to my latest Flickr series entitled "Quintessential Ireland". During our honeymoon, my wife and I stopped in Kinsale, County Cork. While walking through the bustling fishing village, I stumbled upon the studio of Giles Norman, an Irish B&W landscape artist. His work was an inspiration for this series.
This series will include pictures from all over Ireland including Dublin, Kilkenny, Kinsale, Cobh, Kenmare, Killarney, Galway, Doolin, Dingle, Cashel, Blarney, etc.
In this series, I will have photos of the majestic scenery in Ireland such as Slea Head on the Dingle Peninsula and the Cliffs of Moher, as well as scenes I associate with Ireland such as boat scenes, pubs, and castles. I hope you like this series as much as I enjoyed putting it together!
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Special Event entitled “Empowering Persons with Disabilities and Ensuring Inclusiveness and Equality” on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (A/RES/47/3)
(co-organized by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), the Office of the President of the United Nations General Assembly, the Permanent Missions of Ecuador, the Republic of Korea, Brazil, Bulgaria, Italy, Philippines, the United Kingdom, Japan and Singapore, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), UN-Women and the Department of Management of the United Nations)
View of Panel 8, entitled "Enforcement of Trade Secrets and Defense against Allegation of Misappropriation: Litigations and Alternative Dispute Settlement Mechanisms", of the WIPO Symposium on Trade Secrets and Innovation.
Taking place at the WIPO headquarters in Geneva and virtually from May 23-24, 2022, the Symposium explored the role of trade secrets and innovation from policy, legal and business perspectives.
It also took a closer look at how patent systems, trade secret systems and others are intertwined in knowledge creation and dissemination in the wider context of the intellectual property (IP) system. Discussions on topical issues addressed how digital information is increasingly driving the international innovation ecosystem – and the role of trade secrets in the development and dissemination of medical technologies.
Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Emmanuel Berrod. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
New Deal mural entitled "Great Indian Council--Chicago, 1833" painted by Gustaf Dalstrom in 1938 for the Chestnut Street Station. It was removed to the Loop Station post office before the Chestnut Street PO was torn down.
I encountered the security guard in the PO who had no idia what I was talking about when I asked about the mural. I found it but it was on the other side of the metal link drop down gate. I took a couple of pics through the gate before he started in how I couldn't take pictures inside a "federal building". I explained that it actually was perfectly legal so he then decided to go with it not being legal to take pictures when the "federal building" is closed. I again explained that iwas indeed perfectly legal to take a picture within a post office. I decided I had better things to do that try to set him straight. So as I left, I stopped and took this picture of the mural through the window while standing on the sidewalk.
Alex The Great Recording Studios, where Brad Jones mixed the forthcoming record by David Poe entitled JOY. Nashville, TN, 2007.
14-September 4, 2009 entitled “Infinite Possibilities”. The exhibition will feature artwork from ceramic artist Michael Kim Burroughs as well as painter and sculptor Frank Russell, both of Greensboro.
Russell, born in Warrington County, Virginia is a self-taught as an artist; he was educated at the University of South Carolina. He has lived in Greensboro, NC for over 30 years and has a background in art direction broadcast television. His mediums in art range from painting, designing, sculpting and he has been making art for over 30 years. Currently, he owns and operates Artmongerz which specializes in "found object art" located at 610 S Elm St, Greensboro, NC 27406. Frank describes his artmaking process as "a series of invitations to accidents" and remarks that so much of his work on canvas (as well as sculpture) is simply "an ongoing evolution of the decision-making process". What stays? What goes? Why?
Burroughs, currently teaches at Art at Greensboro Day School in Greensboro North Carolina. As an art instructor, he draws on his fine arts background and expertise in ceramics, sculpture, drawing, painting, photography and printmaking. He received his Masters of Fine Art degree at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in Ceramics and his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of North Carolina Pembroke. He has had over 30 years of working in the field of ceramics and also exhibits his work alongside Russell at Artmongerz in Greensboro.
The opening reception for the artists will be held on August 14 from 5-8 p.m. This event is free and the public is invited to attend. Refreshments will be served. For more information about the exhibition please call the gallery 336-736-8015.
School of Pharmacy, Hajvery University organized one day seminar entitled, "Area to be focused in Pharmacy Practice" in Pakistan on 4th February 2016, Thursday, at 11.00 am.
Dr. Zaheer-ud-din-Babar, Head of Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, New Zealand, visited Hajvery University. He is an International speaker, and 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. He has also acted as a consultant for World Health Organization (WHO), 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 the Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice (www.joppp.org).
The seminar presented by Dr. Zaheer-ud-din-Babar was informative for students and for faculty as well. He has given some excellent solutions for current problems of Pharmacy practices. He has raised the need of community Pharmacist, i.e. processing of prescription, care of patient, monitoring of drug utilization, extemporaneous preparation, and health promotion. With this addition, many native health care problems will automatically be resolved. At the end, there was the closing ceremony. Dr. Lubna Shakir, Mr. Talib Hussain, and students of different batches shared their comments about these worthwhile lectures. The Rector of Hajvery University, Dr. Khalid Pervaiz gave a thank note and positive feedback for the lectures. Prof. Dr. Khalid Pervaiz represented souvenir to Dr. Zaheer-ud-din-Babar. Dr. Babar also thanked and appreciated the management, faculty, and students, and thanked Hajvery University for inviting him. The session ended with a group photo.
From my set entitled “Poppies”
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In my collection entitled “The Garden”
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A poppy is any of a number of showy flowers, typically with one per stem, belonging to the poppy family. They include a number of attractive wildflower species with showy flowers found growing singularly or in large groups; many species are also grown in gardens. Those that are grown in gardens include large plants used in a mixed herbaceous border and small plants that are grown in rock or alpine gardens.
The flower color of poppy species include: white, pink, yellow, orange, red and blue; some have dark center markings. The species that have been cultivated for many years also include many other colors ranging from dark solid colors to soft pastel shades. The center of the flower has a whorl of stamens surrounded by a cup- or bowl-shaped collection of four to six petals. Prior to blooming, the petals are crumpled in bud, and as blooming finishes, the petals often lie flat before falling away.
Poppies have long been used as a symbol of both sleep and death: sleep because of the opium extracted from them, and death because of their (commonly) blood-red color. In Greco-Roman myths, poppies were used as offerings to the dead. Poppies are used as emblems on tombstones to symbolize eternal sleep. This aspect was used, fictionally, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to create magical poppy fields, dangerous because they caused those who passed through them to sleep forever.
A second meaning for the depiction and use of poppies in Greco-Roman myths is the symbolism of the bright scarlet colour as signifying the promise of resurrection after death.
The poppy of wartime remembrance is the red corn poppy, Papaver rhoeas. This poppy is a common weed in Europe and is found in many locations, including Flanders Fields. This is because the corn poppy was one of the only plants that grew on the battlefield. It thrives in disturbed soil, which was abundant on the battlefield due to intensive shelling. During the few weeks the plant blossomed, the battlefield was coloured blood red, not just from the red flower that grew in great numbers but also from the actual blood of the dead soldiers that lay scattered and untended to on the otherwise barren battlegrounds.
Thus the plant became a symbol for the dead World War I soldiers. In many Commonwealth countries and in the United States, artificial, paper or plastic versions of this poppy are worn to commemorate the sacrifice of veterans and civilians in World War I and other wars, during the weeks preceding Remembrance Day on November 11. It has been adopted as a symbol by The Royal British Legion in their Poppy Appeal.
In North America, poppies are known as Clown Shoes by the Royal Canadian Legion, who sell them each fall prior to Remembrance Day. The design of the Canadian poppy has changed recently. Formerly the poppy was red plastic with a felt lining with a green centre held on by a pin. The green was to represent the green fields of France. In 2002 the design was changed with some small controversy to a black centre. This is to reflect the actual colour of the French poppy.
In New Zealand and Australia, paper poppies are widely distributed by the Returned Services Association leading up to ANZAC day (April 25th).
The golden poppy, Eschscholzia californica, is the state flower of California.
Poppy is widely consumed in many parts of Central and Eastern Europe. The sugared, milled mature seeds are eaten with pasta, or they are boiled with milk and used as filling or topping on various kinds of sweet pastry.
Poppy seeds are widely used in Bengali cuisine, Oriya cuisine, German cuisine, Malabar Cuisine (Northern Kerala) and the Cuisine of Austria (Papaver somniferum).
In Mexico, Grupo Modelo, the makers of Corona beer, until the 1960s used red poppy flowers in its advertising, where almost any image it used had poppy flowers somewhere in the image.
Although the drug opium is produced by "milking" latex from the unripe fruits ("seed pods") rather than from the seeds, all parts of the plant can contain or carry the opium alkaloids, especially morphine and codeine. This means that eating foods (e.g., muffins) that contain poppy seeds can result in a false positive for opiates in a drug test.
This was considered "confirmed" by the presenters of the television program MythBusters. One participant, Adam Savage, who ate an entire loaf of poppy seed cake, tested positive for opiates just half an hour later. A second participant, Jamie Hyneman, who ate three poppy seed bagels, first tested positive two hours after eating. Both tested positive for the remainder of the day, but were clean eighteen hours later. The show Brainiac: Science Abuse also did experiments where a priest ate several poppy seed bagels and gave a sample, which also resulted in a false positive.
The results of this experiment are inconclusive, because a test was used with an opiate cutoff level of 300 ng/mL instead of the current SAMHSA recommended cutoff level used in the NIDA 5 test, which was raised from 300 ng/mL to 2,000 ng/mL in 1998 in order to avoid false positives from poppy seeds. However, according to an article published in the Medical Science Law Journal, after ingesting "a curry meal or two containing various amounts of washed seeds" where total morphine levels were in the range 58.4 to 62.2 µg/g seeds, the urinary morphine levels were found to range as high as 1.27 µg/mL (1,270 ng/mL) urine . Another article in the Journal of Forensic Science reports that concentration of morphine in some batches of seeds may be as high as 251 µg/g.[5] In both studies codeine was also present in the seeds in smaller concentrations. Therefore it is possible to cross the current standard 2,000 ng/mL limit of detection, depending on seed potency and quantity ingested. Some toxicology labs still continue to use a cutoff level of 300 ng/mL.
The sale of poppy seeds from Papaver somniferum is banned in Singapore due to the morphine content. Poppy seeds are also banned in Saudi Arabia due to various religious and drug control reasons.
What may be the most famous literary use of the poppy occurs both in L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and in MGM's classic 1939 film based on the novel.
In the novel, while on their way to the Emerald City, Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion walk through a field of poppies, and the opium from the flowers puts both Dorothy and the Lion to sleep. The Scarecrow and the Tin Man, not being made of flesh and blood, are unaffected. They carry Dorothy to safety and place her on the ground beyond the poppy field. While they are considering how to help the Lion, a field mouse runs in front of them, fleeing a cougar. The Tin Man beheads the cougar with his axe, and the field mouse pledges her eternal gratitude. Being the Queen of the Field Mice, she gathers all her subjects together. The Tin Man cuts down several trees, and builds a wagon. The Lion is pushed onto it, and the mice pull the wagon safely out of the poppy field.
In the 1939 film, the sequence is considerably altered. The poppy field is conjured up by the Wicked Witch of the West, and it appears directly in front of the Emerald City, preventing the four travelers from reaching it. As in the novel, Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion fall asleep, but in a direct reversal of the book, the Scarecrow and the Tin Man are unable to carry Dorothy. Glinda, who has been watching over them, conjures up a snowfall which kills the poppies and enables Dorothy and the Lion to awaken. Unfortunately, the Tin Man has been weeping in despair, and the combination of his tears and the wet snow has caused him to rust. After he is oiled by Dorothy, the four skip happily toward the Emerald City.
In Baum's other Oz books, Oz's ruler, Princess Ozma, is often shown wearing poppies in her hair as decoration.
Poppies stand as a prominent feature of In Flanders Fields, one of the most frequently quoted English-language poems composed by front-line personnel during the First World War. It was written by John McCrae, a doctor serving in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, and appeared for the first time in Punch magazine on December 8, 1915.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders Fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders Fields.
- John McCrae
In Persian literature, red poppies, especially red corn poppy flowers, are considered the flower of love. They are often called the eternal lover flower.
Entitled Shiho's paintings of birds and flowers (『紫峰花鳥画集』) published by Unso-do, Kyoto 1934. B&W photos are printed by the colotype printing method. Colored plates look to be printed by tri-color letterpress. A very finely designed and printed book. This is an example showing the high-quality of apanese colotype and color reproduction printing techniques in the 1930s.
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.
I was trying to find a picture to describe my 2016, and this fit perfectly. 2016 was the worst year of my life. I reached an all time low and I don't think it can ever get worse. I guess we're all entitled to a time of suffering and anguish.. but only if it allows you to grow stronger. But, despite my mental struggles, I've still been able to accomplish some pretty cool things.. ▪Completed two Ironman Triathlons ▪Started working for a great company ▪Completed two marathons ▪Ran two ultra marathons ▪Finished my Masters without any debt. ▪Bought a car with cash ▪Got set to move to D.C. ▪Watched the Indians and cavs win! ▪️Travelled all over the country for various reasons. ▪️Grew closer with my amazing girlfriend @ambotus It's been an extremely up and down year... and even when we're at the point of our break, we can still do things we originally never thought possible. And the best thing about this year, is that I set 2017 up to be the best year ever. I'm so excited to see what the year will bring. 2016 can kiss my ass. Bring it on 2017!!
From my set entitled “Poppies”
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/sets/72157607186465572/
In my collection entitled “The Garden”
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/collections/7215760718...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A poppy is any of a number of showy flowers, typically with one per stem, belonging to the poppy family. They include a number of attractive wildflower species with showy flowers found growing singularly or in large groups; many species are also grown in gardens. Those that are grown in gardens include large plants used in a mixed herbaceous border and small plants that are grown in rock or alpine gardens.
The flower color of poppy species include: white, pink, yellow, orange, red and blue; some have dark center markings. The species that have been cultivated for many years also include many other colors ranging from dark solid colors to soft pastel shades. The center of the flower has a whorl of stamens surrounded by a cup- or bowl-shaped collection of four to six petals. Prior to blooming, the petals are crumpled in bud, and as blooming finishes, the petals often lie flat before falling away.
Poppies have long been used as a symbol of both sleep and death: sleep because of the opium extracted from them, and death because of their (commonly) blood-red color. In Greco-Roman myths, poppies were used as offerings to the dead. Poppies are used as emblems on tombstones to symbolize eternal sleep. This aspect was used, fictionally, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to create magical poppy fields, dangerous because they caused those who passed through them to sleep forever.
A second meaning for the depiction and use of poppies in Greco-Roman myths is the symbolism of the bright scarlet colour as signifying the promise of resurrection after death.
The poppy of wartime remembrance is the red corn poppy, Papaver rhoeas. This poppy is a common weed in Europe and is found in many locations, including Flanders Fields. This is because the corn poppy was one of the only plants that grew on the battlefield. It thrives in disturbed soil, which was abundant on the battlefield due to intensive shelling. During the few weeks the plant blossomed, the battlefield was coloured blood red, not just from the red flower that grew in great numbers but also from the actual blood of the dead soldiers that lay scattered and untended to on the otherwise barren battlegrounds.
Thus the plant became a symbol for the dead World War I soldiers. In many Commonwealth countries and in the United States, artificial, paper or plastic versions of this poppy are worn to commemorate the sacrifice of veterans and civilians in World War I and other wars, during the weeks preceding Remembrance Day on November 11. It has been adopted as a symbol by The Royal British Legion in their Poppy Appeal.
In North America, poppies are known as Clown Shoes by the Royal Canadian Legion, who sell them each fall prior to Remembrance Day. The design of the Canadian poppy has changed recently. Formerly the poppy was red plastic with a felt lining with a green centre held on by a pin. The green was to represent the green fields of France. In 2002 the design was changed with some small controversy to a black centre. This is to reflect the actual colour of the French poppy.
In New Zealand and Australia, paper poppies are widely distributed by the Returned Services Association leading up to ANZAC day (April 25th).
The golden poppy, Eschscholzia californica, is the state flower of California.
Poppy is widely consumed in many parts of Central and Eastern Europe. The sugared, milled mature seeds are eaten with pasta, or they are boiled with milk and used as filling or topping on various kinds of sweet pastry.
Poppy seeds are widely used in Bengali cuisine, Oriya cuisine, German cuisine, Malabar Cuisine (Northern Kerala) and the Cuisine of Austria (Papaver somniferum).
In Mexico, Grupo Modelo, the makers of Corona beer, until the 1960s used red poppy flowers in its advertising, where almost any image it used had poppy flowers somewhere in the image.
Although the drug opium is produced by "milking" latex from the unripe fruits ("seed pods") rather than from the seeds, all parts of the plant can contain or carry the opium alkaloids, especially morphine and codeine. This means that eating foods (e.g., muffins) that contain poppy seeds can result in a false positive for opiates in a drug test.
This was considered "confirmed" by the presenters of the television program MythBusters. One participant, Adam Savage, who ate an entire loaf of poppy seed cake, tested positive for opiates just half an hour later. A second participant, Jamie Hyneman, who ate three poppy seed bagels, first tested positive two hours after eating. Both tested positive for the remainder of the day, but were clean eighteen hours later. The show Brainiac: Science Abuse also did experiments where a priest ate several poppy seed bagels and gave a sample, which also resulted in a false positive.
The results of this experiment are inconclusive, because a test was used with an opiate cutoff level of 300 ng/mL instead of the current SAMHSA recommended cutoff level used in the NIDA 5 test, which was raised from 300 ng/mL to 2,000 ng/mL in 1998 in order to avoid false positives from poppy seeds. However, according to an article published in the Medical Science Law Journal, after ingesting "a curry meal or two containing various amounts of washed seeds" where total morphine levels were in the range 58.4 to 62.2 µg/g seeds, the urinary morphine levels were found to range as high as 1.27 µg/mL (1,270 ng/mL) urine . Another article in the Journal of Forensic Science reports that concentration of morphine in some batches of seeds may be as high as 251 µg/g.[5] In both studies codeine was also present in the seeds in smaller concentrations. Therefore it is possible to cross the current standard 2,000 ng/mL limit of detection, depending on seed potency and quantity ingested. Some toxicology labs still continue to use a cutoff level of 300 ng/mL.
The sale of poppy seeds from Papaver somniferum is banned in Singapore due to the morphine content. Poppy seeds are also banned in Saudi Arabia due to various religious and drug control reasons.
What may be the most famous literary use of the poppy occurs both in L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and in MGM's classic 1939 film based on the novel.
In the novel, while on their way to the Emerald City, Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion walk through a field of poppies, and the opium from the flowers puts both Dorothy and the Lion to sleep. The Scarecrow and the Tin Man, not being made of flesh and blood, are unaffected. They carry Dorothy to safety and place her on the ground beyond the poppy field. While they are considering how to help the Lion, a field mouse runs in front of them, fleeing a cougar. The Tin Man beheads the cougar with his axe, and the field mouse pledges her eternal gratitude. Being the Queen of the Field Mice, she gathers all her subjects together. The Tin Man cuts down several trees, and builds a wagon. The Lion is pushed onto it, and the mice pull the wagon safely out of the poppy field.
In the 1939 film, the sequence is considerably altered. The poppy field is conjured up by the Wicked Witch of the West, and it appears directly in front of the Emerald City, preventing the four travelers from reaching it. As in the novel, Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion fall asleep, but in a direct reversal of the book, the Scarecrow and the Tin Man are unable to carry Dorothy. Glinda, who has been watching over them, conjures up a snowfall which kills the poppies and enables Dorothy and the Lion to awaken. Unfortunately, the Tin Man has been weeping in despair, and the combination of his tears and the wet snow has caused him to rust. After he is oiled by Dorothy, the four skip happily toward the Emerald City.
In Baum's other Oz books, Oz's ruler, Princess Ozma, is often shown wearing poppies in her hair as decoration.
Poppies stand as a prominent feature of In Flanders Fields, one of the most frequently quoted English-language poems composed by front-line personnel during the First World War. It was written by John McCrae, a doctor serving in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, and appeared for the first time in Punch magazine on December 8, 1915.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders Fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders Fields.
- John McCrae
In Persian literature, red poppies, especially red corn poppy flowers, are considered the flower of love. They are often called the eternal lover flower.
I'm entitled to an occasionally moronic shot, right? Yes this is my typical lighting test I do at the beginning of a shoot. But I thought there was something a bit odd and/or unique about this particular one.
strobist info: Norman 200B at probably max power, no diffuser, camera left (it was 11am, after all…I begged the client not to start at 10:30 on the beach, but it couldn't be helped). Fill light was an SB-28, mounted on my tripod which was also holding my Bronica. I'm shooting this shot and most others using my Fuji S5 Pro (handheld). The SB-28 I set to "auto" mode, and fooled the sensor by setting it to f/8 instead of f/16. Thus giving me an automatic fill two stops down, without having to worry if I moved the tripod closer to the subject. Sunlight is overhead, backlighting my fingertips (and more importantly, the clients' hair).
This sculpture, entitled "Henry Dunant writing" is by the American artist George Segal.
Henry Dunant wrote "A Memory of Solferino", in which he proposed that the States should "formulate some international principle, sanctioned by a convention, inviolate in character, which, once approved and ratified, might serve as the basis for societies for the relief of the wounded" in 1862-63, which is the founding of the Red Cross.
Dr. Mukhtar Shameem, a retired Principal and former Prof. of Urdu, speaking at UGC sponsored career counselling workshop under XI Plan entitled “Urdu Ka Ta’alluq Rozgar Se” while Urdu litterateur Prof. Afaq Ahmad (centre) and Dr. Bilquees Jahan, Head of the Urdu Department in MLB Autonomous College, Bhopal look on.
Urdu students must shed inferiority complex, adopt modern technology to
secure jobs
twocircles.net/2012mar02/urdu_students_must_shed_inferior...
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.
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Gehenna was formed in January, 1993 by original members Sanrabb, Dolgar, and Sir Vereda. Their first demo, entitled Black Seared Heart, was recorded between the 3rd and 7 June 1993 in Soundsuite Studios, and was released as a cassette. Around this same time, a 7" titled Ancestors of The Darkly Sky was released by Necromantic Gallery Productions.
Shortly after the release of these two recordings, Sir Verada left the band due to legal problems, and was replaced by Dirge Rep. The band also enlisted Svartalv as bass player during this time.
Up until this time, the band had yet to play any live shows. It was not until February, 1994 that the band made their live debut.
In 1994 Sarcana joined the band and added keyboards to the mix.
In March, 1994, the band entered Soundsuite Studios to record their debut album, First Spell. It was released as an MCD on Head Not Found Records. First Spell generated a larger fan-base for the band, and led to them signing 2-album record deal with Cacophonous Records.
In 1995, Gehenna released their second full-length, Seen Through The Veils of Darkness. This record featured a guest appearance by Garm of Arcturus and Ulver doing vocals on the track Vinterriket. This release cemented Gehenna as a strong band in the black metal scene.
Shortly before the release of Gehenna's next record, Svartalv left the band. Noctifier, who had joined the band as Svartalv's replacement, was unable to meet the demands of being a member of Gehenna. After 6 months, during the recording sessions of Gehenna's third release, Noctifier left the band.
E.N. Death, a friend of the band, was asked to sit in as a session bassist to finish the recording. After also joining the band on tour, he was asked to join the band full-time.
In 1996, Gehenna's third release, Malice, was released on Cacophonous Records.
Sarcana and Dirge Rep both left the band shortly after a touring in support of Malice. Damien was added as Sarcana's replacement on keyboards and Blod took up drumming duties.
With the new members, Gehenna's sound changed a bit. Blod brought a death metal background with him, and it influenced Gehenna in a much heavier way.
In 1998, Gehenna signed to Moonfog Productions and immediately released an EP Deadlights, which was a sample to their fans of what to expect from the newer Gehenna material. This EP was later followed by their Moonfog debut LP, Adimiron Black.
During their tenure with Moonfog Productions, Gehenna would also release Murder 2000 and WW 2005.
In late 2005 Gehenna signed with ANP Records.
In December, 2007, Gehenna announced that the previous contract signed with ANP Records was cancelled and that Gehenna signed with Norwegian based "Indie Recordings". Dirge Rep was also announced as a full-time member.
According to a message posted by the band on their official MySpace page in June 2009, "Gehenna is currently writing new material for a yet untitled album. We hope to have it recorded by the end of 2009. Some work / track titles are : The Blooding, Melek, Stillborn, Claws of Obedience, Death's Emblem, Liber Torquere (Leviathan Rising)". This was obviously a false alarm, but in august 2013 Indie records announced this: "GEHENNA TO RELEASE "UNRAVEL" OCTOBER 14TH! Having kept us waiting since their 2005 release of “WW”, “Unravel” is Gehenna’s latest addition to the Norwegian black metal experience. It carries the spirit from WW, and twists it to confront a more post-apocalyptic era – rather than the ragnarok of the bourgeoise, the individual, and the failings of western society – Gehenna faces 21st century existence head on. There is no remorse, no compromise – there is only perfect hate." This was the first Gehenna-album to feature Sanrabb as the only vocalist and also their first album with guitarist Skinndød and new drummer Slaktaren who took over for Dirge Rep. who again left Gehenna in 2012. Shortly afer the album was finished Dolgar also announced his departure and was swiftly replaced by new bass player Byting for subsequent live-shows.
Other photo sets from a gorgeous almost-summer day in Santa Cruz:
Vintage video games and spooky fortune tellers at the arcade
Breathtaking 060430 Natural Bridges state beach
Twirling, swirling Salsa by the Sea
A diner, signs, some wildlife, and us elsewhere around Santa Cruz
Medal entitlement of:
Sergeant ( later Major ) Edward COOPER
12th Bn, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Victoria Cross
1914 - 15 Star
British War Medal ( 1914-20 )
Victory Medal ( 1914-19 )
Defence Medal ( 1939-45 )
King George VI Coronation Medal ( 1937 )
Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal ( 1953 )
Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal ( 1977 )
Medaille Militaire ( France )
Engraving on reverse of Victoria Cross:
NO. R-2794 SJT. E. COOPER
12TH ( S ) BN. KINGS R. RIF. C.
16.
AUG.
1917.
Title: Group gathered at Unity House for an art exhibition and lecture, entitled "Appreciation of Art," July 5, 1925.
Date: 1925
Photographer: Unknown
Photo ID: 5780PB41F18AP400G
Collection: International Ladies Garment Workers Union Photographs (1885-1985)
Repository: The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives in the ILR School at Cornell University is the Catherwood Library unit that collects, preserves, and makes accessible special collections documenting the history of the workplace and labor relations. www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel
Notes: Handwritten information on image front. No additional information available.
Copyright: The copyright status of this image is unknown. It may also be subject to third party rights of privacy or publicity. Images are being made available for purposes of private study, scholarship, and research. The Kheel Center would like to learn more about this image and hear from any copyright owners who are not properly identified so that we may make the necessary corrections.
Tags: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives,Cornell University Library,Education, Art, Union Buildings, Recreation
*** Background ***
As a teenager, a film entitled "The Salton Sea" spent a lot of time in my player. The subject matter aside, I fell in love with the movie location itself.
As the film takes place, a serene moment on a wave-less beach reveals nothing but sky, sea and a single tree grown too close to the waters edge. It's the sort of striking imagery we, as artists, wish we could capture and re-create (in our backyards). Well, at that time, I was neither an artist nor photographer, but still, something about it stayed with me to this day.
Nearly a decade later, I relocated to California. I soon discovered the actual Salton Sea is a very real place and a mere several hour drive through the countryside. Sounded perfect.
*** About The Photo ***
Around sunset, I began to notice something I had never really experienced before. My skin, along with every pale object for ten miles around, had begun to glow a color a hazy pink, purple or orange.
The sun had fallen behind the western mountain range and any lasting light beyond it was softly reflecting off the ground and atmosphere to our side.
To add to the experience, the flat, dark sea water reflected this ambient light creating one of the softest, warmest locations I have photographed.
*** Ambiance ***
March 5th, 2011 - 4:53pm
64° - cooling evening air with warmth from large rocks underfoot. Long, thin, slow moving cloud moving out from the mountains, highlighted by the setting sun. A moment so serene, the flocks of birds fly silently as they moved westward. Occasionally you would hear a thunderous flapping of wings as a group approached, even at long distances.
Entitled "America's Heartland Remembers" this memorial was designed/organized by Kirkwood resident Rick Randall. It totals 2996 American flags to honor each victim of the September 11 attacks.
Entitled "Birth of a Child", this painting is by A. Toaquiza of Tigua, Ecuador. Another example of the indigenous art of the Quichua people.
81. entitled (visual poem; 1st published 2 april 1998)
–C33 (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/7260263122)
–A52 (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/7254966260)
–B41 (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/7259901222)
–C52, reduced (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/7260270046)
81. "if," (visual poem; 1st published 25 april 1998)
–A5o (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/7598347666)
–C34 (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/8381032411)
82. "THE BREATH YOU SAVE" (concrete poem; 1st published 25 april 1998)
–A5o (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/7598347666)
–C34 (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/8381032411)
83. "DUST AND OTHER PARTICULATES" (visual poem; 1st published may 1998)
–C35 (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/7254963178)
84. "My name is Peggy Lefler" (filmed interview by Brian Nash; 1st published 1998)
–B37, excerpts (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/7493195292)
–B4o, printed text only, excerpts (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/7892550050)
–B45, excerpts (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/7493194802)
–B45 (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/7493194802)
85. "word" (concrete poem;1st published september 1998)
–C36 (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/8140727636)
86. "yp" (visual poem; 1st published may 1999)
–C37 (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/7260247276)
–C38 (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/7518985078)
87. Pages from a Visual History Present Tense (concrete poem; 1st published summer 1999)
–C38 (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/7518985078)
88. "in|different" (concrete poem; 1st published 6 november 1999)
–A51 (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/7208220350)
–C39 (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/7260263740)
89. "differences" (concrete poem; not the same as G5 but a variation therefrom; 1st published 6 november 1999)
–A51 (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/7208220350)
–C39 (www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/7260263740)
9o. CP Toronto – Elder Mills, Gio.Sampogna riding a flatcar (scene C1), 27jul96 (photograph; 1st published 15 march 1999)
9oa. colour (1st published january 2o14)
(see www.flickr.com/photos/48593922@N04/11831682674)
9ob. b&w with lettering over by jwcurry
Image from a photograph album entitled, 'Yungchun and environs', compiled by Dr J. Preston Maxwell in the early years of the 20th century.
(John) Preston Maxwell (1871-1961), MB, BS, FRCS, was born 5 December 1871 in Birmingham, where his father, Dr James Laidlaw Maxwell (1836-1921), practised medicine. In 1899, he went out to Fujian as a medical missionary for the English Presbyterian Church and spent most of his professional life in China before returning to England in the late 1930s. Maxwell specialized in obstetrics and was a leading authority on foetal osteomalacia. He married (Edith) Lilly Isaacson in 1899; they had a daughter, Marjorie, who was born in 1908.
Reference: DA26/2/2/2
From my set entitled “Lysimachia”
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/sets/72157607186446572/
In my collection entitled “The Garden”
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/collections/7215760718...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysimachia
Lysimachia is a genus of flowering plants. It is traditionally classified in the family Primulaceae but should, according to molecular phylogenetic study, be placed to the family Myrsinaceae
Lysimachia species often have yellow flowers, and grow vigorously. They tend to grow in damp conditions. Several species within Lysimachia are commonly called loosestrife, although this name is also used for plants within the genus Lythrum.
Lysimachia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some butterflies and moths, including the Dot Moth, Grey Pug, Lime-speck Pug, Small Angle Shades and V-pug.
Special Event entitled “Empowering Persons with Disabilities and Ensuring Inclusiveness and Equality” on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (A/RES/47/3)
(co-organized by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), the Office of the President of the United Nations General Assembly, the Permanent Missions of Ecuador, the Republic of Korea, Brazil, Bulgaria, Italy, Philippines, the United Kingdom, Japan and Singapore, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), UN-Women and the Department of Management of the United Nations)
Special Event entitled “Empowering Persons with Disabilities and Ensuring Inclusiveness and Equality” on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (A/RES/47/3)
(co-organized by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), the Office of the President of the United Nations General Assembly, the Permanent Missions of Ecuador, the Republic of Korea, Brazil, Bulgaria, Italy, Philippines, the United Kingdom, Japan and Singapore, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), UN-Women and the Department of Management of the United Nations)
The current project entitled “The Support Resilience in Time of Crisis: Increase Availability of Energy at the Local Level” is funded by the Government of Netherlands and implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
The Lebanon Crisis Response Plan – LCRP identified energy as one of the target sectors. More specifically the plan states, that “Government authorities in charge of the Energy and Water Sector, in collaboration with international and local partners, will continue their strong support to the most affected local communities, particularly through infrastructure projects in electricity, water, wastewater and solid waste. This has a vital benefit in mitigating the risks of social conflict between the local host communities and the displaced persons from Syria, and will be realized through the implementation of several activities.
The project’s objective is to increase the implementation of solar photovoltaic and/or other renewable energy projects within institutions (having a social impact or serving a social cause, located within the 251 most vulnerable communities in Lebanon), as a medium-term approach to reducing the impact of the Syrian crisis on the most vulnerable portion of the population. This objective is in line with the Lebanon Crisis Response Plan for 2017 - 2020.
Entitled "Large Reclining Figure" (1984) by English sculptor Henry Moore. 20 such sculptures are around the gardens! Atlanta Botanical Gardens !
Special Event entitled “Empowering Persons with Disabilities and Ensuring Inclusiveness and Equality” on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (A/RES/47/3)
(co-organized by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), the Office of the President of the United Nations General Assembly, the Permanent Missions of Ecuador, the Republic of Korea, Brazil, Bulgaria, Italy, Philippines, the United Kingdom, Japan and Singapore, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), UN-Women and the Department of Management of the United Nations)
1930 artwork entitled “The Girls,” created by Polish artist Tamara de Lempicka (1894-1980), is an oil on canvas that belongs to the Art Deco movement and falls under the portrait genre.
The artwork presents a striking depiction of two women, rendered in de Lempicka’s signature style. The figures are portrayed with an enigmatic elegance and somber expressiveness, characterized by sharply defined contours and a smooth, polished finish. Both women have meticulously styled hair and wear vibrant red lipstick, which contrasts with the muted color palette of blues and grays enveloping them. The background, composed of an abstract architectural setting, further accentuates the modernist aesthetic of the piece, positioning it firmly within the Art Deco movement. The closeness of the two figures suggests a deep, perhaps intimate, bond, capturing a moment of shared solitude or mutual contemplation.