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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.
Gérôme exécutant Les Gladiateurs, Monument à Gérôme by (Gérôme Executing The Gladiators, Monument to Gérôme), a bronze sculptural group, by Jean-Léon Gérôme and Aimé Morot, and founded by Eugène Gonon and Adrien-Aurélien Hébrard, was done in two pieces, respectively in 1878 and 1909.
Les Gladiateurs by the painter Gérôme, long believed to be lost, was used by the artist's son-in-law, Aimé Morot, himself a painter and sculptor.
Morot portrayed his father-in-law in the process of sculpting The Gladiators, and so included the original group in his own composition. The group was installed in the gardens of the Louvre as a memorial in 1909.
The portrait of Gérôme gives us a realistic picture of his working conditions: the smock, the tools he is holding, and his surprised glance at the spectator all suggest that he was interrupted in his work and caught in action as if by a snapshot. The gladiators themselves, a helmeted myrmillo and a retiary with his net, sculpted by Gérôme in 1878, are life-sized versions of the two gladiators he had painted six years before. Gérôme was famous for his Neo-Grec tastes and his Orientalism. A stickler for archaeological precision, he arranged for casts of antique gladiators' equipment to be sent from Naples and invested large sums in properties for his Parisian model.
The Musée d'Orsay (The Orsay Museum), housed in the former railway station, the Gare d'Orsay, holds mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1914, including paintings, sculptures, furniture, and photography, and is probably best known for its extensive collection of impressionist masterpieces by popular painters such as Monet and Renoir. Many of these works were held at the Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume prior to the museum's opening in 1986.
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Demo search of a YQL table for astronomical objects. Search by object name, catalogue number (for IC, NGC and Messier) or celestial position (RA/dec).
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SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (Jul. 29, 2012) - U.S. Embassy Volunteer Registered Nurse Jacquelyn Bilbro assists a local patient in a wheel chair down a ramp at Hun Sen Cheungkor Primary Elementary School during a medical civic action project (MEDCAP). Numerous MEDCAPs will be conducted in Sihanoukville, Koh Kong, Phnom Penh, and Kampot over the course of two weeks, bringing relief and life-changing treatment to thousands of locals. Pacific Partnership is the largest annual humanitarian and civic action (HCA) mission in the Asian-Pacific region. Military and civilian professionals from 10 other nations and 14 international and local non-government organizations have partnered to execute tailored HCA projects and subject matter expert exchanges. (U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Roadell Hickman)
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The garrote consisted of a brass collar with a back piece pushed forward by the impulse of a big screw working through a post. The neck of the condemned was placed in the brass collar, and when the executioner turned the handle of the screw, the back piece in the collar pressed against the top of the spine, thereby snapping the spinal cord. PHOTO was taken in 1898.
(Photo courtesy of Philippine-American War website written and compiled by Arnaldo Dumindin)
700 Uighurs executed, 16.000 imprisoned... who stands up for language, culture and religion of the Uighures gets marked as "Terrorist" by the Chinese government. Alone since March 23, at least 760 Uighures were arrested.
Occupied in 1949, East Turkestan is just one of the countries - besides Tibet and Inner Mongolia - that has been overrun by the Chinese Army more than half a century ago...
In 1949 only five percent of the population of East Turkestan was Chinese.. By official Chinese statistics, Xinjiang (as East Turkestan got named by the Chinese) now has 8.7 million Uighurs and 7.5 million Chinese. In reality the number of Chinese is supposed to be even larger than of the Uighurs.
Chinese authorities had effectively deported hundreds of thousands of Uyghur women between the ages of 15 and 25 to other parts of China under the pretext of providing jobs for them. (But it's actually supposed to recuce the Uighur community to a minimum...)
Many Chinese had been brought to the region to take their places with the aim of eradicating Uyghur culture.
If you want to stay in Ghana for more than 60 days, even if you have a one year visa, you need to fill in one of these. Note the fine print:
"How long president in Ghana"
"The above particulars are true in substance and in fact"
"Valid company tax certificate from internal revenue"
"Bonds may be executed" (they keep trying, but he just doesn't die).
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.
Last year CEA Project Logistics were employed to assist the Royal Thai Navy in the transportation and shipping of a USD multi-million Seahawk Helicopter.
This project was executed with the upmost efficiency with all parties involved being very happy with the outcome.
Such was the professionalism of the teams at CEA and the impression they gave, the Royal Thai Navy once again employed their service and assistance on a very similar project.For this project another Seahawk helicopter was to be transported and shipped to Australia for maintenance and repairs.
CEA teams, Royal Thai Navy personnel and representatives from the maintenance company convened at Utapao Airport in Rayong province Thailand to begin the project. As with all projects CEA conduct a tool box talk was given to the teams to explain the lift and rigging plan for the day. Rigging equipment was then prepared while another team set up a safe exclusion barricade for the operational activities.
Personnel from the Royal Thai Navy carefully moved the valuable cargo into position for the lift.Two Modular spreader bars were assembled with the required nylon slings attached, these were then attached to the waiting 55 T mobile crane. The slings and shackles were attached to the designated lift points on the Seahawk, with the fuselage of the helicopter being protected by use of sling pads. Chain blocks were used to make precise alterations to the lift to ensure that the helicopter lifted level.
As the helicopter rose form the ground a Drop-Deck Air Ride trailer was placed underneath, the Seahawk was lowered on to the trailer and secured in her slots. All slings and shackles were carefully removed and the rigging team went to action securely lashing down the helicopter readying her for the journey to CEA HQ in Laem Chabang.
Upon arrival at CEA the Seahawk was transported to one of their main warehouses and removed from the trailer. After all checks were complete a CEA Shrink Wrap team set to work enveloping the whole helicopter in an industrial grade shrink wrap that will protect the Seahawk from the corrosive effects the elements can produce during transportation.
The Aircraft was transported again on the Drop-Deck Air Ride Trailer to Laem Chabang Port where a Mafi Trailer was awaiting. Prior to loading the Mafi was thoroughly cleaned and sprayed with Cilsin 25 to negate any issues with Australian DAFF/AQIS authorities upon arrival. As the fore wheels were wider than the Mafi a steel plate extension was fabricated by the CEA team for a safe and secure load. The Aircraft was safely loaded onto the Mafi and professionally lashed by CEA under the close supervision of a 3rd party marine surveyor.
After she was loaded a tug master pushed the Mafi and aircraft into place on the RoRo vessel where it was safely secured for the transit to Australia. Hats off to the CEA team who once again handled another multi-million USD shipment without incident.
The Bridge and Cascade.
Grade I listed.
List Entry Number: 1335352
Cascade I Bridge and cascade. Designed with a single arch by Robert Adam in 1761. Redesigned, with three arches in 1764. Executed 1770- 1771. Ashlar. The bridge has three round-arched spans with moulded hoodmoulds. Fluted roundels in the spandrels. Projecting piers with apsed niches and moulded sill band. The tops of the piers with swags. Fluted frieze and dentil cornice. Balustraded parapet the balusters divided into three units per span. Cast iron balusters. Steep road approaches with the end walls curving outwards and downwards. End piers. Rubblestone cascade to east.
Listing NGR: SK3126840716
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1335352
The Bridge by Robert Adam
Kedleston Hall is an English country house in Kedleston, Derbyshire, approximately four miles north-west of Derby, and is the seat of the Curzon family whose name originates in Notre-Dame-de-Courson in Normandy. Today it is a National Trust property.
The Curzon family have owned the estate at Kedleston since at least 1297 and have lived in a succession of manor houses near to or on the site of the present Kedleston Hall. The present house was commissioned by Sir Nathaniel Curzon (later 1st Baron Scarsdale) in 1759. The house was designed by the Palladian architects James Paine and Matthew Brettingham and was loosely based on an original plan by Andrea Palladio for the never-built Villa Mocenigo. At the time a relatively unknown architect, Robert Adam was designing some garden temples to enhance the landscape of the park; Curzon was so impressed with Adam's designs, that Adam was quickly put in charge of the construction of the new mansion.
World War II
In 1939, Kedleston Hall was offered by Richard Curzon, 2nd Viscount Scarsdale for use by the War Department.[1] Kedleston Hall provided various facilities during the period 1939–45 including its use as a mustering point and army training camp. It also formed one of the Y-stations used to gather Signals Intelligence via radio transmissions which, if encrypted, were subsequently passed to Bletchley Park for decryption.
National Trust
In the 1970s the estate was too expensive for the Curzon family to maintain. When Richard Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Viscount Scarsdale died, his cousin Francis Curzon, 3rd Viscount Scarsdale offered the estate to the nation in lieu of death duties. A deal was agreed with the National Trust that it should take over Kedleston while still allowing the family to live rent-free in the 23-room Family Wing, which contained an adjoining garden and two rent-free flats for servants or other family members.
External design
The design of the three-floored house is of three blocks linked by two segmentally curved corridors. The ground floor is rusticated, while the upper floors are of smooth-dressed stone. The central, largest block contains the state rooms and was intended for use only when there were important guests in the house. The East block was a self-contained country house in its own right, containing all the rooms for the family's private use, and the identical West block contained the kitchens and all other domestic rooms and staff accommodation. Plans for two more pavilions (as the two smaller blocks are known) of identical size, and similar appearance were not executed. These further wings were intended to contain, in the south east a music room, and south west a conservatory and chapel. Externally these latter pavilions would have differed from their northern counterparts by large glazed Serlian windows on the piano nobile of their southern facades. Here the blocks were to appear as of two floors only; a mezzanine was to have been disguised in the north of the music room block. The linking galleries here were also to contain larger windows, than on the north, and niches containing classical statuary.
If the great north front, approximately 107 metres in length, is Palladian in character, dominated by the massive, six-columned Corinthian portico, then the south front (illustrated right) is pure Robert Adam. It is divided into three distinct sets of bays; the central section is a four-columned, blind triumphal arch (based on the Arch of Constantine in Rome) containing one large, pedimented glass door reached from the rusticated ground floor by an external, curved double staircase. Above the door, at second-floor height, are stone garlands and medallions in relief. The four Corinthian columns are topped by classical statues. This whole centre section of the facade is crowned by a low dome visible only from a distance. Flanking the central section are two identical wings on three floors, each three windows wide, the windows of the first-floor piano nobile being the tallest. Adam's design for this facade contains huge "movement" and has a delicate almost fragile quality.
Gardens and grounds
The gardens and grounds, as they appear today, are largely the concept of Robert Adam. Adam was asked by Nathaniel Curzon in 1758 to "take in hand the deer park and pleasure grounds". The landscape gardener William Emes had begun work at Kedleston in 1756, and he continued in Curzon's employ until 1760; however, it was Adam who was the guiding influence. It was during this period that the former gardens designed by Charles Bridgeman were swept away in favour of a more natural-looking landscape. Bridgeman's canals and geometric ponds were metamorphosed into serpentine lakes.
Adam designed numerous temples and follies, many of which were never built. Those that were include the North lodge (which takes the form of a triumphal arch), the entrance lodges in the village, a bridge, cascade and the Fishing Room. The Fishing Room is one of the most noticeable of the park's buildings. In the neoclassical style it is sited on the edge of the upper lake and contains a plunge pool and boat house below. Some of Adam's unexecuted design for follies in the park rivalled in grandeur the house itself. A "View Tower" designed in 1760 – 84 feet high and 50 feet wide on five floors, surmounted by a saucer dome flanked by the smaller domes of flanking towers — would have been a small neoclassical palace itself. Adam planned to transform even mundane utilitarian buildings into architectural wonders. A design for a pheasant house (a platform to provide a vantage point for the game shooting) became a domed temple, the roofs of its classical porticos providing the necessary platforms; this plan too was never completed. Among the statuary in the grounds is a Medici lion sculpture carved by Joseph Wilton on a pedestal designed by Samuel Wyatt, from around 1760-1770.
In the 1770s, George Richardson designed the hexagonal summerhouse, and in 1800 the orangery. The Long Walk was laid out in 1760 and planted with flowering shrubs and ornamental trees. In 1763, it was reported that Lord Scarsdale had given his gardener a seed from rare and scarce Italian shrub, the "Rodo Dendrone".
The gardens and grounds today, over two hundred years later, remain mostly unaltered. Parts of the estate are designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest, primarily because of the "rich and diverse deadwood invertebrate fauna" inhabiting its ancient trees.
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Statue of the 20th President of the United States located at the Vine Street end of Piatt Park in Cincinnati
The statue was executed by Charles Niehaus, a local sculptor. Since 1915 the bronze figure has stood on a low pedestal at the east end of the park. Previously it had been in the center of the street crossing, on a high pedestal, where it annoyed drivers of both buggies and motor cars.
Garfield (1831-81), an Ohio man, was elected President in 1880 and died in the following September, the victim of an assassin's bullet. Garfield Place was named in his honor in 1882. Money raised by popular subscription paid for this statue, which was unveiled in 1887.
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Piatt, Cincinnati's first park, was given to the city by brothers John M. and Benjamin M. Piatt in 1817 "for a market space." In 1868, the park was dedicated as Eighth Street Park, and later became known for a period as Garfield Park, because of the statue of James A. Garfield, twentieth President of the United States, which stands in the park area.
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James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was the twentieth President of the United States, and, as a result of his assassination, served only six months in that office—the second shortest administration in United States history. Pior to his election as president, Garfield served as a major general in the United States Army and as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and as a member of the Electoral Commission of 1876.
Garfield was the second U.S. President to be assassinated—Abraham Lincoln was the first. President Garfield, a Republican, had been in office a scant four months when he was shot and fatally wounded on July 2, 1881. He lived until September 19, having served for six months and fifteen days. Only William Henry Harrison, who served in office for only 31 days, had a shorter presidency. To date, Garfield is the only sitting member of the House of Representatives to have been elected President...
With the start of the Civil War, Garfield enlisted in the Union Army, and was assigned to command the 42nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Union forces reached Paintsville, Kentucky, where Garfield's cavalry engaged the Confederate cavalry at Jenny's Creek on January 6, 1862. Garfield attacked on January 9. At the end of the day's fighting, the Confederates withdrew from the field. His victory brought him early recognition and a promotion to the rank of brigadier general on January 11.
Carlin 'El Asesino" in the process of ruthlessly executing two underbosses of a local gang who tried to interfere with her business. They are bound and on their knees before her.
"You should have heeded my warning but now you have to pay the price of yours and your boss's stupidity. Do you know what I am called by the cartels? - "El Asesino" and now you learn why. I will make it quick unlike your boss but you go knowing the last thing you see will be me. .She shots both in the head. "Dispose of these bodies guys"
An oil painting of the last meal of Ruben Cantu, believed to be wrongfully convicted and executed in Texas, as painted by death penalty artist Kate MacDonald. 24 x 20", oil on canvas. © Kate MacDonald, All Rights Reserved.
Kronos Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2d Cavalry Regiment executes a Troop air assault exercise in Norio, Georgia, Aug. 8, 2018. 3/2CR is currently supporting Noble Partner 18 - a Georgian Armed Forces and U.S. Army Europe cooperatively-led exercise in its fourth iteration. The exercise is intended to support and enhance the readiness and interoperability of Georgia, the U.S. and participating nations during a multinational training operation. (U.S. Army photos by 1st Lt. Ellen C. Brabo, 2d Cavalry Regiment)
Hugh Mortimer executed after the Battle of Wakefield 1460. He wears the yorkist collar. He was the son of John Mortimer d1415 Lord of the Manor of Kyre & Martley: and grandson of Roger Mortimer. The manors passed to his elder brother John who died a minor in 1420. Hugh inherited aged 7 and was under the guardianship of Roland Lenthall until his majority. He is thought to have been the builder of the church tower c1450.
Aged 41 he m Eleanor d1520 daughter of Sir Edmund Cornwall of Burford d1435 www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8544972201/ by Elizabeth Barre,
Children
1 John dsp 1505 m Margaret daughter of John Nevile, Marquess of Montagu,
2. Elizabeth m Sir Thomas West 3rd Lord De la Warr (son Thomas sold the Kyre estates in 1520 to the half-brother of his mother John Croft) (daughter Dorothy m Harry son of David Owen son of Owen Tudor www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/685123040/ )
The alabaster side of the table tomb, with angels holding shields, on which the effigy rested is now over the fireplace of the rectory great hall !
His widow Eleanor m2 Sir John Croft d1509 of Croft www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8980286632/ having 6 more children
Eleanor outlived both her children by Hugh. She died aged nearly 90 in 1520 and is buried in Croft church in a double effigy with her second husband, who died in 1509.
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Following a 2 year absence because of Covi,, the 2022 Annapolis Valley Apple Blossom Festival. (and Parade) will be held as per usual this year.. Unfortunately the Queen Annapolisa and Apple Blossom Princess competition has been postponed until next year due to time constraints.
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The unfortunate deterioration of the Apple Blossom Festival
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Shocking news from ABF,
* There's been a stunning development at ABF. *
Apparently in a new younger generation there are those who harbor resentment towards our nations history, for English colonialism, and even for the Monarchy ? Other minority groups have voiced discontent over the diversity and inclusion issue ? And so, it seems that the current ABF Board of Directors has listened to the concerns and complaints of a few small minority groups while apparently ignoring and excluding the overwhelming majority of Valley residents ? And it appears that this current Board has chosen to resolve the discontent by moving to implement and execute the nuclear option and final solution ? And therefore after a highly successful run of 87 consecutive years in a row, the extremely anticipated, very popular, family oriented, inclusive and diverse, multi village Queen Annapolisa and Apple Blossom Princess Pageant along with the prestigious Royal Coronation crowning ceremonies held in Wolfville have all been terminated forever by this current board of Directors ?
Will a drag Queen replace an apple blossom Queen in Kentville ? www.nsbuzz.ca/life/kentville-all-ages-drag-show-draws-pro...
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Apple Blossom Festival 2023 - ABF Board of Directors has announced some drastic new changes in format and even deeper cut-backs to the annual People's Festival ? Concerns over ceremony, symbolism, colonialism, and some complaints over the inclusion and diversity issue, seem to have influenced the current ABF board of Directors to see a need to update the long running Queen Annapolisa and Apple Blossom Princess pageant and bring it up to a standard they view as being more relevant to current times ? And so the Directors must have held a very private, 'think' tank last Winter and without notifying, caring, considering or consulting any of the long time participating Valley communities, they must have decided that rather than trouble themselves any further with this issue, why not just take the easy way out and simply get rid of it ? And so it seems a final decision was made in private last Winter and the Directors took the last resort and executed, 'the final and fatal solution' , and ordered the iconic 87 year old Pageant and competition be terminated forever ? Therefore, as a result of this decision, one of the longest lasting ever, most popular, most identifiable and well known, most highly anticipated, most participated, most Valley proud, all inclusive all family events that has benefited all Valley residents of every age group, has suddenly been taken away ?
An unconditional act of finality will now end the long running 88 year reign of her royal Heiness Queen Annapolisa and terminate the 7 to 10 Apple Blossom Princess contestants and child attendants that represent 7 to 10 Valley communities ? It also means an end to the many beautiful hand crafted award winning Princess floats that always highlight Grand Street Parade, and will also signal the end of the ultra glamorous Queen and Ladies-in-waiting Crowning ceremonies held annually and televised each year from Acadia University in Wolfville ? This also puts an end to the many popular community Princess Tea events, and also ends all Royal Party visitations to the local Schools, hospitals and old folks homes that are so welcome and appreciated by Students, Seniors and our many shut-ins ? This also signals the end of Royal Party appearances at Kentville Children's Parade, at the Memorial Park Friday night open air concert and fireworks, and all Royal attendances at many other events held annually throughout the Valley and Province ?
It appears now that current ABF Officials led by President Logan Morse along with Kentville town rep Lindsey Young have not only interrupted the Pageant when postponing it in 2022, but have now terminated the event forever in 2023 explaining that a decision was made to improve, include, modernize and evolve the beauty and leadership pageant ? This act of termination will end almost 90 years of production and it will leave a huge gap in the Festival itself while also affecting many nearby Valley communities that always participate and always enter contestants in the Pageant ? By ending this important multiple community event and by taking away the better half and the Star of Apple Blossom Festival the question remains of what do they plan for a replacement, and what are the local towns and villages that play such major roles in both the Queen and Princess competition suppose to do now ? And what about the Valley youth and the childhood dream to one day be an Apple Blossom Princess ?
You have to wonder how the current board of ABF Directors who have taken it upon themselves to move forward with such drastic action could ever believe that Valley residents are stupid enough to think that by cancelling and taking away this popular long running event, that the Board has in some perverted way moved the Valley forward, improved or modernized anything ? It seems more likely that they've just taken the Valley very much backwards and denied the people a multi community, all inclusive and local production that has always been highly successful for almost 90 consecutive uninterrupted years ? That is, up until they came along ?
And you have to wonder why current ABF Management, who are the stewards in charge and responsible for promotion and presentation of this yearly event, can't just do the job they're paid to do and do what their predecessors have always done so well each and every year for the past 87 years often in far more trying circumstances and in far less prosperous times than now,, that is, up until this group of quitters came along ? And you have to wonder, Whatever happened to the # 1 rule in business that says if you can't do your job because of inexperience, immaturity, inability, incompetency, bias, or just plain stupidity, then,,,, You're all FIRED ! (and a Class action recovery suit may be forthcoming ! )
Logan Morse and a bold revolutionary 2023 ABF Board of Directors have moved to terminate the Queen Annapolisa and Apple Blossom Princess Pageant forever after an 88 year run ? www.pressreader.com/canada/annapolis-valley-register/2023...
The Peoples Pageant is Cancelled ? Directors say bold action was needed to improve, evolve and modernize the historic pageant ? www.saltwire.com/atlantic-
Et tu, Madam Chamberlain ? The unconscionable 2017 attempted hijacking of Kentvilles's most beloved annual event ?
www.flickr.com/photos/74039487@N02/18506181065
Exploiting a Queen for a photo op ? Politicians at official opening of 2023 Apple Blossom Festival pretend there's still a Pageant when knowing full well that Queen Annapolisa has now been terminated forever and will no longer be a part of the Festival ? www.flickr.com/photos/74039487@N02/53755100811/in/album-7...
2023 Kentville Grand Street Parade - Disregard for safety shown when unrestrained Senior citizens are precariously perched atop an unshaded, no sided, stop and go large unstable moving object ?
www.flickr.com/photos/74039487@N02/53900780519/in/album-7...
Nov 16 2023 - Apple Blossom Princesses call for a return of Queen Annapolisa,
www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/communities/former-apple...
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A small town that prides itself on its history may be experiencing an Identity Crisis ?
Can an identity crisis be looming in the town of Kentville ? A proud and neighborly salt of the earth working class small community and railway town with easy going friendly citizens and a rich railway, agriculture and farming background is losing many longtime identifiable local trademarks, themes, and traditions as they are gradually taken away as Town elected officials seem to just stand still and watch ? Having been always identified as a main Provincial railroading center ever since the old Dominion Rail days that date back to 1869, the town has since lost all passenger and freight train rail service in and out including a modern passenger Dayliner service that used to travel back and forth to Halifax every day ? And after the railway had been shut down it seemed they couldn't close and clear out the brand new station, dig up tracks and demolish the old roundhouse fast enough ? And so now, in what may be seen as cruel mockery, the only railroading that is left in Kentville from past glory days and from what once had been the largest and most important railroad hub west of Halifax, is an old and faded weather beaten painted picture of a train on the side of a downtown building ?
Unfortunately a loss of this vital freight and transportation link wasn't the last and the town became even more isolated from the outside World when for no apparent logical, rational or reasonable reason, the aviation community at Waterville municipal Airport CCW3 were suddenly told they had to get out when they had done nothing wrong and had no place else to go ? And so their long-running valuable contribution to the local area was all lost when this established airport, and Canadian sky diving academy, and world wide internationally known pilot training and licensing facility along with numerous privately owned aircraft and owners, along with many more well established aviation businesses were all told to get out ? The evictions left our local young Air Cadets at Camp Aldershot without a base, and the next generation must now grow up without access to this valuable training and education facility ? And so now all that is left of a once thriving, contributing and active Aviation complex for past decades, is a barren plot of unmaintained land where unsupervised children can be seen riding bikes up and down the deteriorating asphalt that was once a runway where commercial aircraft would fly in and out on a daily basis ? To add salt to the wound, the eviction and total loss of such an important contributor to the local economy was being hailed by Council, ( and also by the prestigious Ivany Report Committee ) as being a bold and brilliant business move that would greatly benefit the local area ? After months of homelessness and uncertainty over the future, a few evicted tenants found new sites elsewhere and relocated at their own expense to start all over again, while others just quit, while others were finally redirected to a new location in Greenwood that just happened by chance to be the County Warden Brother's home riding ? And so, in the end this devastating loss to Kentville and local area was to become Greenwood's gain. And so now Kentville must carry on without either railway or airport ?
When the original KCA town School was closed down, the high school students were separated from their traditional identifiable home school and instead bused to the different nearby town of Canning to attend High School there ? This student segregation left only the Grade 1 to 8 age groups to now identify Kentville as their home school, a situation that remains today ? There is no movie theater as the downtown movie theater has been closed forever, and the popular Edge sports bar, eatery and pool hall closed down and was never replaced ? Harvey's Hamburgers closed down and never was replaced ? A longtime nearby bowling alley in New Minas was bought out by developers and replaced with a business office complex ? We lost the local salvage, reclamation and disposal site in South Alton after it was ordered shut down by Provincial Government, but these same people that shut it down did not offer to replace it with anything else leaving the community without such a vital facility ? One day a portion of the roof blew off a long time town funeral home and it never has re-opened leaving only one such establishment in town ? And, just as the citizens of Kentville were learning that both the Apple Blossom Princess and the Queen Annapolisa pageants were to be cancelled after 87 consecutive years, there was at the same time an all age Drag Queen show getting ready to play at the Kings Arms Pub in a total entertainment flip flop from the traditional Irish Rovers or Scottish pipers that most Kentville citizens identify with at this time of year ? Numerous local restaurants and small businesses have come and gone - mostly gone - and the main town supermarket Jasons IGA had a fire and was forced to close down for over a year so there was no supermarket to provide groceries for the citizens of Kentville ? The popular multi venue Wandlyn Inn with its many hotel rooms, indoor swimming pool, whirlpool and sauna area, large nightclub, dual convention centers and dual restaurants burned down and subsequently access to all of these venues was lost forever ? The entire complex was not replaced and now one lone fast food MacDonald's take out site is all that has ever replaced all of Wandlyn's hotel, nightclub, recreational, conference, and dining amenities ?
The July 1st Canada Day holiday party of fun, food, speeches, and entertainment held every year at the wading Pool was downsized and then curtailed by the Town due to budget considerations ? And so if you want to enjoy July 1st entertainment or fireworks you have to go to New Minas, Hantsport or Berwick ? Access to drinking water is surely one of the most entitled and identifiable of town utility services to be provided ? Billions are currently being spent by Canadian taxpayers to provide First Nations people with free safe drinking water ? Yet Kentville water commission charges potential customers 10,000 dollars just to turn Town water on at the roadside ? and then after this massive charge, the brand new customer must also handle all yard trenching and household plumbing work also at his own expense ? And in return for this large personal financial outlay, this lucky new valued client is rewarded by the town with a lifelong new water bill each month from the Kentville Water Commission?
They've even managed to take away Kentville's most famous of all and most instantly identifiable landmark in the hotel name Cornwallis Inn ? Cornwallis Inn is a well known trademark hotel name that is synonymous everywhere in the World with the name of Kentville, and represents a millennium of fond memories for many local area residents and others living all over the Valley ? It was hard to understand why the Town world allow this name to change,, and it was also hard to understand why a previous Town of Kentville planning dept would ever allow numerous low rental subsidized apartment units to be built onto the side of this historical Town centerpiece, Valley landmark and future Canadian heritage site ?
And, they've also even changed the identifiable names of common Streets and even the traffic bridge traversing the Cornwallis River ? And so now, residents and delivery drivers don't know what they are talking about when they use these stupid new names ? This is especially hard on Kentville'e Seniors who can become confused with these senseless changes and it has in some cases created a safety hazard for them ?
In 2017 the Directors of Apple Blossom Festival tried to hijack Kentville's 87 year old yearly Grand Street Parade, and the town was forced to claw and battle its way just to get its own traditional yearly event returned back home to them after hosting it for the last 90 years ? And in yet another giant leap backwards that same year, ABF and the Town decided to cancel, cease and desist all public ABF Wednesday, Thursday and weekends of fun, food, music, displays, amusements, local student performances, etc. that were always held down at Memorial Park every Apple Blossom week ? This huge cut back in so many hours of public outdoor entertainment abruptly ended a highly anticipated long running popular Kentville tradition ? No explanation was ever given and no replacement or apology was ever offered by the Town for such a major loss absorbed by citizens of Kentville ? And now, in yet another major step backwards, Kentville has lost its most identifiable of all citizens, that being their beloved Apple Blossom Princess Kentville, when in 2023 the current officiating Directors in charge at ABF had showed uncommon arrogance, disrespect, disregard and harsh insensitivity when they presumed themselves to be the ones that would, after 88 years, appoint themselves to be the generation entitled to interrupt and end the historic long running iconic Queen Annapolisa competition and take it away from the peoples enjoyment ? This previously unimaginable sudden act of termination means that all public appearances including Princess Teas, the Children's Parade, all social Royal visitations to schools, shut-ins, Seniors, and hospital attendances that would normally be made by Queen Annapolisa and the Royal Princesses are now cancelled forever and will no longer take place ?
In 2022 the Grand Street Parade was quite understandably shortened following the 2 previous Covi Parade cancellations, but this years' 2023 weak shortened effort didn't seem much better ? The always most welcome contribution and wonderful diversity brought in by our nearby Valley communities from Windsor to Digby was unfortunately no longer present 6and included in this years presentation ? Many long time local parade patrons expressed disappointment when Apple Blossom Princess Kentville and her child attendant were no longer included in the Kentville Grand Street Parade as it made its way down main street Kentville on Apple Blossom Saturday in Kentville ? And so it seemed that Kentville had lost yet another very identifiable and beloved citizen and a wonderful Ambassador who had always performed her royal duties of advertising,identifying, promoting and showing off the town of Kentville with charm, grace and beauty wherever she went ?
After the 3 consecutive Apple Blossom weekdays of afternoon and evening exhibits and entertainment were all cancelled and Apple Blossom Week entertainment was cut down to a bare bone single Friday night affair, ( which btw will no longer include the highlight of the evening Royal Party visitation and music by Eddy's Basement ), It seems that the Officials were still unsatisfied and found yet another way to take away even more ? And this year they want to charge inflation stressed locals a fee to see entertainers like Matt Minglewood and Kevin Davison when in the past these entertainers appeared on a public stage free of charge ? Cut backs were also apparent in the always amazing Fireworks, (which btw are no longer started by Queen Annapolisa at the official Royal Party visitation to the Park following Coronation ceremonies in Wolfville), when this years 2023 Fireworks presentation didn't seem up to par with some spectators remarking that they looked more like something purchased at Giant Tiger in New Minas ?
And so, in summing up, the citizens of Kentville are frustrated over the many losses, closures, steps backwards and cutbacks that are never replaced once gone ? Both of the Provincial Railway and municipal Airport are now permanently closed down and even the Provincial Acadia Van lines transport no longer stops ? The entire Wandlyn Inn complex and all of its popular hotel and restaurant services was lost by fire ? Extreme cut backs were made to the historic Apple Blossom Festival that saw a week long fun filled period of public entertainment at Memorial Park cut down to one minimal Friday night affair with fireworks followed the next day by a shortened parade and also the budget saving cut backs made to popular statutory holiday celebrations ? Concerns also remain about the lack of an in-Town High School for young adults, the loss of a key funeral home, the loss of the Pool Hall, the absence of a movie theater, loss of Harveys burgers, loss of one of the 2 Tim Hortons, loss of the pizza parlor, loss of Chinese food take out , loss of the fruit and vegetable market, loss of the convenience store, loss of the bakery, and also the loss of the vital local disposal site after ordered shut down by the Province but they didn't offer to build a replacement leaving the area without this rightful public service ? And then there was the complete and total cancellation of displays and public entertainment events held at Memorial Park during the Apple Blossom week mid days ? We missed the diversity offered by neighboring towns and villages when they were excluded from this year's Grand Street Parade ? There was also the shocking cancellation and end of Kentville's famous Apple Blossom Princess and her traditional appearance at the also cancelled Acadia U Coronation ceremonies in Wolfville ? There was also the erasing and the change of name of Kentville's biggest and most identifiable attraction name ever in the internationally known Cornwallis Inn name logo that is instantly recognizable all over the world and symbolically married to the name Kentville ? There also remains the serious problem of a shortage of tourist hotel rooms and dining spots that had been created when the Wandlyn hotel complex burned down and when not one of the many hospitality, business, tourist, restaurant, night club and recreational venues were ever replaced ?
And in a more recent issue, we are seeing more and more small businesses from all over the Valley, that over the years have not only provided employment but also served as popular meet and greet gathering spots for local friends and neighbors, now changing hands after being bought out and turned over to total strangers that are not from Halifax or from N.S. nor even this Country but have come from another Continent ? This recent local phenomenon of foreign take-overs has included replacing the management, assuming full control of the business and managing the labor force of many long time popular Valley fast food, gas and coffee businesses that so far includes : the Petrocan New Minas, some Tim Hortons, the Subway, KFC, DQ, Burger King N.M., and Mary Brown's to name a few ? And unfortunately there are indications of nepotism being shown in the re-hiring of workers at these workplaces once they are taken over by the new foreign management ? Another major local employer Eassons Trucking also seems affected by a current influx of foreign workers with reports of untrained, unlicensed unqualified, (and Government subsidized) drivers behind the wheel, with rumors of some units with multiple drivers on board having a hole drilled into the floor of the sleeper cabin to accommodate a long piece of ABS plumbing pipe so that the raw sewage will be exhausted directly from the interior of the truck down onto the open highway below to avoid unnecessary pit stops at the Big Stop ?
And, about the recent Town election, it looks like, unfortunately, most candidates are relatively new to the area after having recently moved here from elsewhere and seem unawares of both the proud past history of Kentville and the serious problems it faces today with some candidates naively describing the town as a kind of blissful, Hallmark or Who-ville movie set type of happy go lucky village with happy munchkins frolicking up and down picturesque streets lined with colorful quaint shops and eateries ? Any such fantasy is clearly foolish and does not represent the seriousness of the many issues now plaguing the town ? And apparently the new Mayor, who is also a new resident, and also a new local business owner, appears to have befriended non-resident and the ex-County Warden Brothers of Greenwood whom had previously sold out Kentville and the local area when she led the charge to illegally shut down and evict the local municipal Airport, and the skydiving academy, and the National flight training center and many other Aviation businesses at Waterville, replacing them with nothing but an empty dirt field where only weeds grow ? And after the recent election of what looks to be yet another frugal and austere Town Council that has already started cutting back when, ( due to a drop of rain ) abruptly and disrespectfully suddenly cancelling this year's traditional honorary Military Soldiers march-on and the official best in area Remembrance Day ceremonies that are always held outdoors at the Cenotaph on Park Street, and after receiving the Mayors' New Year's message of congratulations to himself on enlarging the size of his downtown retail store and his personal happiness over having a new (taxpayer funded) sidewalk installed in front of it, but failing to mention current town issues like the serious town unemployment problem, the opioid crisis, the cost of living crisis, the homelessness situation, the shortage of proper town recreation facilities, (no one wants to get their daily exercise by walking down the Kentville Rec provided hiking trail to be attacked by mosquitos or witness a homeless user shoot up in the privacy of the forest), as well as, the devastating loss of both the Apple Blossom Princess Kentville and Queen Annapolisa and ruination of the Grand Street Parade, the unsafe parade situation where citizens (incl Seniors) were precariously perched atop a stop and go open air, no sided moving vehicle without protective restraining devices, water or protection from the sun, the ridiculous changing of well known historical names around town, the 'bring our high school students back home' campaign issue, an evolving community social identity problem, the controversial hanging up of the biggest pride flag they make above the main entrance of heritage site Cornwallis Inn issue, the questionable loss of the local disposal site after it was ordered shut down by the Province but they didn't offer to build a replacement leaving the area without this necessary public service, a current Town failure to provide entertainment events that exceed the grade school level, and given that water is a basic human right why such an exorbitant fee charged to homeowners by Kentville water commission just to turn the water on at the road, the recent rash of multiple takeovers of so many long time local small businesses by foreign interests, and the ongoing lack of adequate street lighting and potholes, streets and residential sewer and sidewalks still in need of repair ? And there was also the major inconvenience felt by many local residents when the slow motion repairs on Canaan Ave had moved at turtle race speed and resulted in this vital access route being closed off to local traffic for many many Months, ( very much unlike the speedy installation and priority given to the new downtown sidewalk by Phinneys ) ?
And so, is it time to stop the newcomers mentallity, and to consider making it compulsory for all candidates seeking these important Town governing positions be born and raised and reside in Kentville due to a current lack of historical knowledge or understanding and respect for the local residents that is now being shown by the elected Town officials ?
March 10th 2014 - A Date That Will Live on in Infamy - Warden Brothers and Kings County Council shut down the entire Waterville CCW3 Airport Complex with their calculated forced eviction ?
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On the recent 2023 edition of the Grand Street Parade :
"it looked like some of the spectators along the route just joined in and began walking along to make themselves a part of the parade ? "
May 27th, 2023 - Dismay, disillusion and disappointment prevail in Kentville over shocking changes and many missing regular entrees in this years 2023 Grand Street Parade ? Where is our famous Queen Annapolisa and where are the many Apple Blossom Princesses and child attendants riding in their beautiful hand crafted decorated floats ? Where's the town criers ? And what about the dazzling majorette groups, Scottish pipers, and multi instrumental large marching bands that always come ? And where are the Hantsport and Windsor floats and their large delegations ? And where are Aylesford, Digby, Annapolis Royal, Canning, Middleton, Wolfville, and more ? Why are so many towns and villages that normally participate in the parade not included this year ? It was also sad for the first time ever, not to see Kentville's Apple Blossom Princess, (aka Miss Kentville) included as many Kentville residents young and old identify with their Apple Blossom Princess Kentville at this time of year ? However her royalty-less float could still be seen in the parade when replaced by a local multi-race grouping of everyday town residents all sitting around together in a social scene meant to identity Kentville as being diverse and inclusive ? The New Minas float also didn't include an Apple Blossom Princess this year, however her float was transformed into an advertisement for the famous New Minas UFO incident which all New Minions identify with. The Berwick float didn't include a Princess Berwick this year but was altered to proudly identify the town with its upcoming Centennial celebrations. And the Kingston float also did not include the usual Apple Blossom Princess this year but instead advertised the long running Kingston Steer Barbecue that all Kingstonians identify with. The RCMP contingent was good to see again although they sent less officers than usual ? It was notable that only 1 other large marching band appeared in the parade when usually 4 or more big bands, many with pipers, attend when traveling up from places like Cape Breton, Bridgewater, Dartmouth etc ? And where are all the pets and animals ? There's no horse teams, wooden wagons, riders or livestock this year ? Even the usual greyhounds weren't there ? Also noticed that some spectators must have just joined in and began walking along with the parade, and others must have come over from the Children's parade with their strollers to join in ? There was a variety of advertisers, most from out of town but some local ? There were various Political parties represented in the Parade with the largest delegation coming from the Liberals who vigorously shook hands and waved flags that didn't seem to include the red maple leaf flag that most spectators identify with ? All in all, this Year's parade seemed to be a bare minimum effort without a celebrity parade marshal, nor the usual royal pageantry, nor the 7 to 10 spectacular Princess floats, nor any of the large marching bands and majorette groups that usually enter, nor the usual agriculture and livestock component, nor the popular Scottish pipers bands that usually attend, nor the large out of town contingents that always travel in to Kentville to participate ? This was not the famous grand street parade that Kentvillians are so accustomed to and it did not come up to the high standards and professionalism set by previous Grand Street Parades ? It was clear that what was being hailed as a newer, bolder, inclusive and diverse parade had instead gone backwards and lost the diversity and contribution of many absent nearby Valley communities and town Princess contestants and Child attendants that participate in the Queen Annapolisa competition and prestigious Friday evening gala at Acadia University in Wolfville, and also participate in the many Princess Teas and Royal party attendances at schools hospitals, senior citizen homes, and shut-ins, as well as at the Friday Memorial Park outdoor concert and the Saturday morning Children's Parade followed in the afternoon with a Royal trip down Main street in the famous Grand Street parade ?
And so, to quickly sum up, can any such strange and incomplete, hastily thrown together, lackluster, amateur hour version of the world famous Kentville Grand Street Parade that was missing all of the Queen Annapolisa Royalty and missing the 7 to 10 Apple Blossom Princesses and their 7 to 10 handcrafted individual Town Princess floats, and missing the unique character and diversity contributed by many of the nearby Valley communities that no longer were included in the parade, and, that had also failed to include many out of town big marching bands and pipers that usually come, and also lacked representation and display of local farming, agriculture and livestock,, now signal the end of the once glorious Grand Street Parade era ?
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2011 Grand Street Parade Kentville 79th ABF
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2012 Grand Street Parade Kentville www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB1VBx50b18
2014 Kentville Grand Street Parade www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEo14IZKxp8&t=11s
2015 Kentville Grand Street Parade
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBifeG2SdPY&t=47s
2016 Kentville Grand Street Parade www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2wedvN5_Iw&t=8s
2017 Kentville Grand Street Parade www.youtube.com/watch?v=JozwyGpvfSY&t=1978s
2018 Kentville Grand Street Parade www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOK1GmiLmNk&t=986s
2019 Kentville Grand Street Parade www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMdEx8Zf-q0&t=1492s
The diversity usually provided by many of the nearby Valley communities that usually attend was not included in this years Parade ? view the complete 2023 Kentville Grand Street Parade, www.dailymotion.com/video/x8lchie
A concerned Kentvillian must finally speak up,, www.flickr.com/photos/74039487@N02/44424045874
Kentville is an incorporated town in Nova Scotia. It is the most populous town in the Annapolis Valley. As of 2021, the town's population was 6,630.
What Do I See? (What They Do To Me?)©
Execute my fears, kill them, blow them all away with relief
Have a blast, have a say, let this moment have it's way
Fine weather, a pretty face, flirty eyes opening the door of passionate belief
A name, a redefined mood for disposable concoction of utter dismay
And here we are presiding over burning formulae for icy morning
The blue sky has an Anglian sunrise for it's blessed crowning
Song two fills my head, seeking and destroying the webs of waste
Not yet fully awake my sleepy thoughts exorcise toxins conceit
Something inside so sulphuric, spiteful and slighted by taste
Disharmonious with the Zen of flow before the tri-coloured repeat
An undeclared war of zones one and two, the spell of present ages
Fanatical powers fire our hatred, for imagination to repel the facing pages
Torn, burnt, damaged and lost from a fingertip switch of chi-annal
This unfinished story of indigestible med to pacify the docs of admin
Creating the other me from a science that heaves to political throe of channel
No cure for the broken spine that must take it all on the chin
Weak yet keeping a distance the touch of pain seems such a conspiracy
Where apathy retains youth, health grows old and out of sight from deliracy
However, every feeling is labelled meticulously, dated methodically
And hurt medically...vigour poisoned by every medic looking out for himself
My Soul is fractured left right and central to spinal sensations lost analogically
Walk away if it could my anger is blue like my breath numbing itself
Designing hygiene for the senses acquiescent, my severed nerves cut off from reality
They increase the prescription! I wish to avenge sevenfold their hospitality
Change tack! it really is nice out, the sunbeams pole-dance the trees with ease
Light is the greatest dancer, the erotic benefice of anguished posterity
One morning after She looks as sexy as ever, this pneumatic heartbeat tease
With a withy whipped-up enthusiasm She is the Gloria of salvation and temerity
No more do I wish to see the twibilled surgical topping
For my sensual natural lover is atop my senses for the pain She is a heart stopping.
by anglia24
09h35: 09/12/2008
©2008anglia24
Not well executed. A throwaway that I've decided to upload after playing around with it. The purple sword blew everything out. Also popped a flash that I ended up not needing to do, and to top it all off I thought the glow stick splatter was in focus, but, it wasn't. Fuck. Definitely going to attempt to get this style as sharp and as clean as possible.
Bacchus as Poet-Painter, executed in 1988 by Italian sculptor Sandro Chia, is one of the many sculptures collected in the Clos Pegase sculpture garden. The 6-foot tall bronze full length figure depicts "the god of wine as he was revered in antiquity as creator of the arts. On his right flank, a theatrical mask alludes to his having given birth to the theater, on his abdomen is the lyre for his role in music, and he is shown cuddling a sacrificial goat with his right arm."
Clos Pegase is a 450-acre estate winery, founded by Japanese publishing mogul Jan Shrem, nestled in the volcanic hills outside of Calistoga at 100 Dunaweal Lane. The "temple to wine and art" was designed by Michael Graves in 1987 in an architectural competition juried by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The winery became a monument to both wine and art, with a 20,000 feet of aging caves, and landscaped sculpture garden featuring pieces from Shrem's collection.
A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot looks over the instruments in the cockpit during a hot pit refuel, Nov. 8, 2012, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. Hot pit refueling is a procedure usually performed in a combat situation to rapidly refuel aircraft while their engines are running, resulting in a speedy refuel to thrust pilots right back into the fight. Refueling specialists, crew chiefs and pilots assigned to the 20th Fighter Wing practice this procedure to keep their skills sharp and aid in the effort to provide combat-ready air power at a moment’s notice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kenny Holston/Released)
The Liechtenstein Garden Palace is a Baroque palace at the Fürstengasse in the 9th District of Vienna, Alsergrund . Between the palace, where the Liechtenstein Museum was until the end of 2011, and executed as Belvedere summer palace on the Alserbachstraße is a park. Since early 2012, the Liechtenstein Garden Palace is a place for events. Part of the private art collection of the Prince of Liechtenstein is still in the gallery rooms of the palace. In 2010 was started to call the palace, to avoid future confusion, officially the Garden Palace, since 2013 the city has renovated the Palais Liechtenstein (Stadtpalais) in Vienna's old town and then also equipped with a part of the Liechtenstein art collection.
Building
Design for the Liechtenstein Garden Palace, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach in 1687/1688
Canaletto: View of Palais Liechtenstein
1687 bought Prince Johann Adam Andreas von Liechtenstein a garden with adjoining meadows of Count Weikhard von Auersperg in the Rossau. In the southern part of the property the prince had built a palace and in the north part he founded a brewery and a manorial, from which developed the suburb Lichtental. For the construction of the palace Johann Adam Andreas organised 1688 a competition, in the inter alia participating, the young Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach. Meanwhile, a little functional, " permeable " project was rejected by the prince but, after all, instead he was allowed to built a garden in the Belvedere Alserbachstraße 14, which , however, was canceled in 1872.
The competition was won by Domenico Egidio Rossi, but was replaced in 1692 by Domenico Martinelli. The execution of the stonework had been given the royal Hofsteinmetzmeister (master stonemason) Martin Mitschke. He was delivered by the Masters of Kaisersteinbruch Ambrose Ferrethi , Giovanni Battista Passerini and Martin Trumler large pillars, columns and pedestal made from stone Emperor (Kaiserstein). Begin of the contract was the fourth July 1689 , the total cost was around 50,000 guilders.
For contracts from the years 1693 and 1701 undertook the Salzburg master stonemason John and Joseph Pernegger owner for 4,060 guilders the steps of the great grand staircase from Lienbacher (Adnet = red) to supply marble monolith of 4.65 meters. From the Master Nicolaus Wendlinger from Hallein came the Stiegenbalustraden (stair balustrades) for 1,000 guilders.
A palazzo was built in a mix of city and country in the Roman-style villa. The structure is clear and the construction very blocky with a stressed central risalite, what served the conservative tastes of the Prince very much. According to the procedure of the architectural treatise by Johann Adam Andreas ' father, Karl Eusebius, the palace was designed with three floors and 13 windows axis on the main front and seven windows axis on the lateral front. Together with the stems it forms a courtyard .
Sala terrene of the Palais
1700 the shell was completed. In 1702, the Salzburg master stonemason and Georg Andreas Doppler took over 7,005 guilders for the manufacture of door frame made of white marble of Salzburg, 1708 was the delivery of the fireplaces in marble hall for 1,577 guilders. For the painted decoration was originally the Bolognese Marcantonio Franceschini hired, from him are some of the painted ceilings on the first floor. Since he to slow to the prince, Antonio Belucci was hired from Venice, who envisioned the rest of the floor. The ceiling painting in the Great Hall, the Hercules Hall but got Andrea Pozzo . Pozzo in 1708 confirmed the sum of 7,500 florins which he had received since 1704 for the ceiling fresco in the Marble Hall in installments. As these artists died ( Pozzo) or declined to Italy, the Prince now had no painter left for the ground floor.
After a long search finally Michael Rottmayr was hired for the painting of the ground floor - originally a temporary solution, because the prince was of the opinion that only Italian artist buon gusto d'invenzione had. Since Rottmayr was not involved in the original planning, his paintings not quite fit with the stucco. Rottmayr 1708 confirmed the receipt of 7,500 guilders for his fresco work.
Giovanni Giuliani, who designed the sculptural decoration in the window roofing of the main facade, undertook in 1705 to provide sixteen stone vases of Zogelsdorfer stone. From September 1704 to August 1705 Santino Bussi stuccoed the ground floor of the vault of the hall and received a fee of 1,000 florins and twenty buckets of wine. 1706 Bussi adorned the two staircases, the Marble Hall, the Gallery Hall and the remaining six halls of the main projectile with its stucco work for 2,200 florins and twenty buckets of wine. Giuliani received in 1709 for his Kaminbekrönungen (fireplace crowning) of the great room and the vases 1,128 guilders.
Garden
Liechtenstein Palace from the garden
The new summer palace of Henry of Ferstel from the garden
The garden was created in the mind of a classic baroque garden. The vases and statues were carried out according to the plans of Giuseppe Mazza from the local Giovanni Giuliani. In 1820 the garden has been remodeled according to plans of Joseph Kornhäusel in the Classical sense. In the Fürstengasse was opposite the Palais, the Orangerie, built 1700s.
Use as a museum
Already from 1805 to 1938, the palace was housing the family collection of the house of Liechtenstein, which was also open for public viewing, the collection was then transferred to the Principality of Liechtenstein, which remained neutral during the war and was not bombed. In the 1960s and 1970s, the so-called Building Centre was housed in the palace as a tenant, a permanent exhibition for builders of single-family houses and similar buildings. From 26 April 1979 rented the since 1962 housed in the so-called 20er Haus Museum of the 20th Century , a federal museum, the palace as a new main house, the 20er Haus was continued as a branch . Since the start of operations at the Palais, the collection called itself Museum of Modern Art (since 1991 Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation ), the MUMOK in 2001 moved to the newly built museum district.
From 29 March 2004 till the end of 2011 in the Palace was the Liechtenstein Museum, whose collection includes paintings and sculptures from five centuries. The collection is considered one of the largest and most valuable private art collections in the world, whose main base in Vaduz (Liechtenstein) is . As the palace, so too the collection is owned by the Prince of Liechtenstein Foundation .
On 15 November 2011 it was announced that the regular museum operating in the Garden Palace was stopped due to short of original expectations, visiting numbers remaining lower as calculated, with January 2012. The Liechtenstein City Palace museum will also not offer regular operations. Exhibited works of art would then (in the city palace from 2013) only during the "Long Night of the Museums", for registered groups and during leased events being visitable. The name of the Liechtenstein Museum will no longer be used.
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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.
Klinkicht, Gerhard, * 1915, † 14.03.2000 Bavaria, Wehrmacht Captain. A commemorative plaque on St. Stephen's Cathedral (side of the gate Singertor) recalls that in April 1945 Klinkicht refused to execute the order to bombard the cathedral.
Klinkicht, Gerhard, * 1915, † 14.03.2000 Bayern, Wehrmachtshauptmann. Eine Gedenktafel am Stephansdom (Seite des Singertors) hält in Erinnerung, dass sich Klinkicht im April 1945 geweigert hatte, den Befehl zur Beschießung des Doms auszuführen.
Fire in St. Stephen's Cathedral: eyewitnesses cried in the face of devastation.
Despite great need after the war, the landmark of Austria was rebuilt within seven years.
04th April 2015
What happened in the heart of Vienna 70 years ago brought tears to many horrified residents. On 12 April 1945, the Pummerin, the largest bell of St. Stephen's Cathedral, fell as a result of a roof fire in the tower hall and broke to pieces. The following day, a collapsing retaining wall pierced through the vault of the southern side choir, the penetrating the cathedral fire destroyed the choir stalls and choir organ, the Imperial oratory and the rood screen cross. St. Stephen's Cathedral offered a pitiful image of senseless destruction, almost at the end of that terrible time when the Viennese asked after each bombing anxiously: "Is Steffl still standing?"
100 grenades for the cathedral
Already on April 10, the cathedral was to be razed to the ground. In retaliation for hoisting a white flag on St. Stephen's Cathedral, the dome must be reduced to rubble and ash with a fiery blast of a hundred shells. Such was the insane command of the commander of an SS Artillery Division in the already lost battle for Vienna against the Red Army.
The Wehrmacht Captain Gerhard Klinkicht, from Celle near Hanover, read the written order to his soldiers and tore the note in front of them with the words: "No, this order will not be executed."
What the SS failed to do, settled looters the day after. The most important witness of the events from April 11 to 13, became Domkurat (cathedral curate) Lothar Kodeischka (1905-1994), who, as the sacristan director of St. Stephen, was practically on the spot throughout these days. When Waffen-SS and Red Army confronted each other on the Danube Canal on April 11, according to Kodeischka a report had appeared that SS units were making a counter-attack over the Augarten Bridge. Parts of the Soviet artillery were then withdrawn from Saint Stephen's square. For hours, the central area of the city center was without occupying forces. This was helped by gangs of raiders who set fire to the afflicted shops.
As a stone witness to the imperishable, the cathedral had defied all adversity for over 800 years, survived the conflagrations, siege of the Turks and the French wars, but in the last weeks of the Second World War St. Stephen was no longer spared the rage of annihilation. Contemporary witness Karl Strobl in those days observed "an old Viennese lady who wept over the burning cathedral".
The stunned spectators of destruction were joined, according to press reports, by a man in baggy trousers and a shabby hat, who incidentally remarked, "Well, we'll just have to rebuild him (the dome)." It was Cardinal Theodor Innitzer. Only a few weeks later, on May 15, 1945, the Viennese archbishop proclaimed to the faithful of his diocese: "Helping our cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, to regain its original beauty is an affair of the heart of all Catholics, a duty of honor for all."
April 1945
In April 1945, not only St. Stephen's Cathedral burned. We did some research for you this month.
April 6: The tallest wooden structure of all time, the 190 meter high wooden tower (short-wave transmitter) of the transmitter Mühlacker, is blown up by the SS.
April 12: Following the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman is sworn in as the 33rd US President.
April 13: Vienna Operation: Soviet troops conquer Vienna.
April 25: Björn Ulvaeus, Swedish singer, member of the ABBA group, is born.
April 27: The provisional government Renner proclaims the Austrian declaration of independence.
April 30: The Red Army hoists the Soviet flag on the Reichstag building. Adolf Hitler, the dictator of the Third Reich, commits suicide with Eva Braun.
Brand im Stephansdom: Augenzeugen weinten angesichts der Verwüstung.
Trotz großer Not nach dem Krieg wurde das Wahrzeichen Österreichs binnen sieben Jahren wieder aufgebaut.
04. April 2015
Was vor 70 Jahren im Herzen Wiens passierte, trieb vielen entsetzten Bewohnern die Tränen in die Augen. Am 12. April 1945 stürzte die Pummerin, die größte Glocke des Stephansdoms, als Folge eines Dachbrandes in die Turmhalle herab und zerbrach. Tags darauf durchschlug eine einbrechende Stützmauer das Gewölbe des südlichen Seitenchors, das in den Dom eindringende Feuer zerstörte Chorgestühl und Chororgel, Kaiseroratorium und Lettnerkreuz. Der Stephansdom bot ein erbarmungswürdiges Bild sinnloser Zerstörung, und das fast am Ende jener Schreckenszeit, in der die Wiener nach jedem Bombenangriff bang fragten: "Steht der Steffl noch?"
100 Granaten für den Dom
Bereits am 10. April sollte der Dom dem Erdboden gleichgemacht werden. Als Vergeltung für das Hissen einer weißen Fahne auf dem Stephansdom ist der Dom mit einem Feuerschlag von 100 Granaten in Schutt und Asche zu legen. So lautete der wahnwitzige Befehl des Kommandanten einer SS-Artillerieabteilung im schon verlorenen Kampf um Wien gegen die Rote Armee.
Der aus Celle bei Hannover stammende Wehrmachtshauptmann Gerhard Klinkicht las die schriftlich übermittelte Anordnung seinen Soldaten vor und zerriss den Zettel vor aller Augen mit den Worten: "Nein, dieser Befehl wird nicht ausgeführt."
Was der SS nicht gelang, besorgten einen Tag später Plünderer: Zum wichtigsten Zeugen der Geschehnisse vom 11. bis 13. April wurde Domkurat Lothar Kodeischka (1905–1994), der als Sakristeidirektor von St. Stephan in diesen Tagen praktisch durchgehend an Ort und Stelle war. Als am 11. April Waffen-SS und Rote Armee einander am Donaukanal gegenüberstanden, war laut Kodeischka die Nachricht aufgetaucht, SS-Einheiten würden einen Gegenstoß über die Augartenbrücke unternehmen. Teile der sowjetischen Artillerie wurden daraufhin vom Stephansplatz abgezogen. Für Stunden sei der zentrale Bereich der Innenstadt ohne Besatzung gewesen. Dies nützten Banden von Plünderern, die Feuer in den heimgesuchten Geschäften legten.
Als steinerner Zeuge des Unvergänglichen hatte der Dom über 800 Jahre hinweg "allen Widrigkeiten getrotzt, hatte Feuersbrünste, Türkenbelagerungen und Franzosenkriege überstanden. Doch in den letzten Wochen des Zweiten Weltkrieges blieb auch St. Stephan nicht mehr verschont vor der Wut der Vernichtung. Zeitzeuge Karl Strobl beobachtete damals "eine alte Wienerin, die über den brennenden Dom weinte".
Zu den fassungslosen Betrachtern der Zerstörung gesellte sich laut Presseberichten ein Mann in ausgebeulten Hosen und mit abgeschabtem Hut, der so nebenbei bemerkte: "Na, wir werden ihn (den Dom) halt wieder aufbauen müssen." Es handelte sich um Kardinal Theodor Innitzer. Nur wenige Wochen danach, am 15. Mai 1945, ließ der Wiener Erzbischof an die Gläubigen seiner Diözese verlautbaren: "Unsere Kathedrale, den Stephansdom, wieder in seiner ursprünglichen Schönheit erstehen zu helfen, ist eine Herzenssache aller Katholiken, eine Ehrenpflicht aller."
April 1945
Im April 1945 brannte nicht nur der Stephansdom. Wir haben für Sie recherchiert wa noch in diesem Monat geschah.
6. April: Das höchste Holzbauwerk aller Zeiten, der 190 Meter hohe Holzsendeturm des Senders Mühlacker, wird von der SS gesprengt.
12. April: Nach dem Tod von Präsident Franklin D. Roosevelt wird Harry S. Truman als 33. Präsident der USA vereidigt.
13. April: Wiener Operation: Sowjetischen Truppen erobern Wien.
25. April: Björn Ulvaeus, schwedischer Sänger, Mitglied der Gruppe ABBA, kommt zur Welt.
27. April: Von der provisorischen Regierung Renner wird die österreichische Unabhängigkeitserklärung proklamiert.
30. April: Die Rote Armee hisst die sowjetische Fahne auf dem Reichstagsgebäude. Adolf Hitler, der Diktator des Dritten Reiches, begeht mit Eva Braun Selbstmord.
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Zdzisław Beksiński was a renowned Polish painter, photographer, and sculptor who is best known as a fantasy artist. Beksiński executed his paintings and drawings either in what he called a 'Baroque' or a 'Gothic' manner. The first style is dominated by representation, with the best-known examples coming from his 'fantastic realism' period when he painted disturbing images of a surrealistic, nightmarish environment. The second style is more abstract, being dominated by form, and is typified by Beksiński's later paintings. Beksiński was murdered in 2005.
Zdzislaw Beksinski was born in Poland in the town of Sanok near the Carpathians Mountains in 1929. After a childhood was spent during the Second World War, Beksinski went on to university where he studied architecture in Cracow. Subsequent to this education he spent several years as a construction site supervisor, a job he hated, frought with pressures and countless boring details. He would soon throw himself into the arts. In 1958, Beksinski began to gain critical praise for his photography, and later went on to drawing. His highly detailed drawings are often quite large, and may remind some of the works of Ernst Fuchs in their intricate, and nearly obsessive rendering.
Beksinski eventually threw himself into painting with a passion, and worked constantly, always to the strains of classical music. He soon became the leading figure in contemporary Polish art.
Beksinski and his family moved to Warsaw in 1977. The artist had many exhibitions throughout his native Poland and Europe. He rarely attended any of them. Bekinski's art hangs in the National Museums Warsaw, Sanok, Crakow, Poznan, and the Goteborgs Art Museum in Sweden. Zdzislaw Beksinski was murdered in his home during a robbery attempt in 2005.
"I have quite simply been trying, from the very beginning, to paint beautiful paintings."
Beksinki's remarkable drawings possess a strength in both mood and subject matter. Like his later paintings, they are intensely haunting and mysterious. The drawings, particularly, project a nightmarish quality reminiscent of the surrealist, Bohemian master, Alfred Kubin.
"I react strongly to images that have no obvious answer to their mysteries. If there is a key to their construction, they are simply illustration."
Beksinski began painting in oils on masonite around the year 1970. His ability to manipulate the effects of light quickly became a hallmark of his work, and can only be compared with the renown abilities of William Turner. Beksinski's paintings aremasterfully rendered, monumental enigmans. One thing they share is an aesthetic of beauty so potent that it overpowers any desperate nature of the given subject matter, as is similarly the case with Swiss artist, H.R. Giger. The paintings as a whole are wonderfully dark, and allow the viewer to interperet them as they will, as they will certainly get no help from this particular artist. As Magritte said: "The purpose of art is mystery."
"The blend of vivid colors in relation to other more subdued colors in my paintings is like a musical theme. As in a symphony, a motif occurs, is blurred, comes back in crescendo, is finally accentuated and becomes pure and complete."
Paintings from the 1980s
"Meaning is meaningless to me. I do not care for symbolism and I paint what I paint without medating on a story."
Paintings and Computer Graphics from the 1990s Beksniski's paintings have grown less representational over the years and now seem almost abstract in nature. Color and texture and now the proncipal themes in themselves. Not so odd, as the artist began his career in the abstract realm. His recent computer art, however, continues the lineage of fantastic realism, and the artist never allows the technology to get in the way of that he is attempting to convey creatively.
Thunderbird 5 executing the Minimum Radius Turn (a 9-G turn aka 9 times the force of gravity). This means that a 200 lb. pilot will weigh about 1800 lbs. in their seat during the turn. These high-G maneuvers have the risk of draining lots of blood from the pilots head and transporting it towards their feet, creating tunnel vision or even worse, losing consciousness. Special breathing techniques, along with wearing an anti-G suit help the pilot from passing out during such high-G maneuvers.
One of many absurdities executed in our country with the historical heritage: the long promised but never opened railway museum in the place of El Clot del Moro. The lack of political commitment, and personnel mismanagement on the part of its director, was for many years preserved vehicles were abandoned in the open and subject to the effects of the harsh climate of the pre-Pyrenees.
In this picture you can see several abandoned vehicles in the open in the middle of a mountain landscape. (Photo scanned from an original paper).
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Uno de tantos despropósitos ejecutados en nuestro país con el patrimonio histórico: el siempre prometido, pero nunca abierto, museo del ferrocarril en el paraje del Clot del Moro. La falta de compromiso político, y una pésima gestión personal por parte de su director, llevó a que durante muchos años los vehículos preservados fueran abandonados a la intemperie y sometidos a los efectos del duro clima del pre-Pirineo.
En esta foto se pueden ver varios vehículos abandonados a la intemperie en medio de un paisaje de alta montaña. (Foto escaneada de un original de papel).
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Body of Dago Frank being carried to hearse
[1914 April]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Photo shows funeral of "Dago Frank" Cirofici, a New York City criminal convicted of murdering Herman Rosenthal, along with his associates Harry Horowitz "Gyp the Blood", Louis Rosenberg (Rosenweig) "Lefty Louis", and "Whitey" Lewis (Frank Seidenshner) on July 16, 1912. The four men were executed at Sing Sing prison, Ossining, New York on April 13, 1914. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.15762
Call Number: LC-B2- 3025-8
Claudia, executed by Joe Fafard, sits outside the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal.
The Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal (Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, MMFA), at 1380 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, was founded in 1860, making it Canada's oldest art institution. The museum is partitioned into three pavilions: the 1912 Beaux Arts building designed by William Sutherland Maxwell, now named the Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion, focuses specifically on Québécois history; the modernist Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion across the street, designed by Moshe Safdie, built in 1991, houses works of art from around the world; and the Liliane and David M. Stewart Pavilion, focused on decorative arts. The museum is also converting the Erskine and American Church, built in 1894, into the Claire and Marc Bourgie Pavilion for Canadian Art, doubling its floor space for Canadian artists.
NEON execs Dan O'Meara and Elissa Federoff with "How to Execute a Theatrical Hit" panel moderator Joshua Handler (ASG Global) at DOC NYC PRO.
Awarded posthumously to Patrick and William Pearse.
Patrick was the Commander-in-Chief of the Irish Volunteers during the Easter Week Rising of 1916. He was the first to be executed at Kilmainham Jail on 3rd May 1916. On May 3, William Pearse was granted permission to visit his brother in Kilmainham Jail, to see him for the final time. However, whilst en route, Patrick Pearse was executed.
Although he was only a rank and file Volunteer, William was executed the following day.
The medal depicts the "Dying Cuchulainn"
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.
Preparing to execute the official ceremony, pilot and passenger come out of a nose dive and level the plane off. www.dvidshub.net/news/433285/2000-feet-above-sea-level-na...
388 - Battle at Aquileja: Emperor Theodosius beats emperor Magnus Maximis
754 - Pope Stephen II, [III] makes Pippin de Korte, King of France
1148 - Crusaders attack Damascus
1364 – Troops of the Republic of Pisa and the Republic of Florence clash in the Battle of Cascina.
1402 - Battle at Ancyra/Angora/Ankara: Timur Lenk beats sultan Bajezid I
1434 - Navigator Gil Eanes leaves Cape Bojador for Lisbon
1540 – Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of treason. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day.
1571 – La Laguna encomienda, known today as the Laguna province in the Philippines is founded by the Spaniards as one of the oldest encomiendas (provinces) in the country.
1586 - Sir Thomas Harriot introduces potatoes to Europe
1586 - The first potato arrives in Britain.
1741 - Captain Bering discovers Mount St Elias, Alaska
1794 – French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Antoine de Saint-Just are executed by guillotine in Paris, France.
1808 – Mahmud II became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
1809 – Peninsular War: Battle of Talavera: Sir Arthur Wellesley's British, Portuguese and Spanish army defeats a French force led by Joseph Bonaparte.
1821 – José de San Martín declares the independence of Peru from Spain.
1854 – USS Constellation (1854), the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy, is commissioned.
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Executing a missed approach while in the runway 30 circuit
Aircraft: Royal Canadian Air Force, McDonnell Douglas CF-188 Hornet
Flight: Unknown-Comox (CYQQ), Odin 21
Huang, Min (editor). Qiu yu qiu feng [“Autumn rain, autumn wind”: memorial for the executed revolutionary Qiu Jin]. [Shanghai]: Jung cun shu ju; Hong wen shu ju, 1907. Single volume, measuring 7.25 x 5 inches: [4], 75, [1]. Original printed wrappers, stitched as issued, ornamental border stamped in purple on upper wrapper. Half-title printed on green paper. Portrait of Qiu Jin in Japanese dress, wielding a sword, following the table of contents. Single character written in ink on verso of upper wrapper, name written in ink and 1922 “paid” stamp of a San Francisco Chinese grocer on lower wrapper.
[MS-0857] Johns Hopkins University Women's Suffrage Collection
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Detail of the Baptistry Window, a masterpiece of abstract stained glass designed by John Piper and executed by Patrick Reyntiens.
Coventry's Cathedral is a unique synthesis of old a new, born of wartime suffering and forged in the spirit of postwar optimism, famous for it's history and for being the most radically modern of Anglican cathedrals. Two cathedral's stand side by side, the ruins of the medieval building, destroyed by incendiary bombs in 1940 and the bold new building designed by Basil Spence and opened in 1962.
It is a common misconception that Coventry lost it's first cathedral in the wartime blitz, but the bombs actually destroyed it's second; the original medieval cathedral was the monastic St Mary's, a large cruciform building believed to have been similar in appearance to Lichfield Cathedral (whose diocese it shared). Tragically it became the only English cathedral to be destroyed during the Reformation, after which it was quickly quarried away, leaving only scant fragments, but enough evidence survives to indicate it's rich decoration (some pieces were displayed nearby in the Priory Visitors Centre, sadly since closed). Foundations of it's apse were found during the building of the new cathedral in the 1950s, thus technically three cathedrals share the same site.
The mainly 15th century St Michael's parish church became the seat of the new diocese of Coventry in 1918, and being one of the largest parish churches in the country it was upgraded to cathedral status without structural changes (unlike most 'parish church' cathedrals created in the early 20th century). It lasted in this role a mere 22 years before being burned to the ground in the 1940 Coventry Blitz, leaving only the outer walls and the magnificent tapering tower and spire (the extensive arcades and clerestoreys collapsed completely in the fire, precipitated by the roof reinforcement girders, installed in the Victorian restoration, that buckled in the intense heat).
The determination to rebuild the cathedral in some form was born on the day of the bombing, however it wasn't until the mid 1950s that a competition was held and Sir Basil Spence's design was chosen. Spence had been so moved by experiencing the ruined church he resolved to retain it entirely to serve as a forecourt to the new church. He envisaged the two being linked by a glass screen wall so that the old church would be visible from within the new.
Built between 1957-62 at a right-angle to the ruins, the new cathedral attracted controversy for it's modern form, and yet some modernists argued that it didn't go far enough, after all there are echoes of the Gothic style in the great stone-mullioned windows of the nave and the net vaulting (actually a free-standing canopy) within. What is exceptional is the way art has been used as such an integral part of the building, a watershed moment, revolutionising the concept of religious art in Britain.
Spence employed some of the biggest names in contemporary art to contribute their vision to his; the exterior is adorned with Jacob Epstein's triumphant bronze figures of Archangel Michael (patron of the cathedral) vanquishing the Devil. At the entrance is the remarkable glass wall, engraved by John Hutton with strikingly stylised figures of saints and angels, and allowing the interior of the new to communicate with the ruin. Inside, the great tapestry of Christ in majesty surrounded by the evangelistic creatures, draws the eye beyond the high altar; it was designed by Graham Sutherland and was the largest tapestry ever made.
However one of the greatest features of Coventry is it's wealth of modern stained glass, something Spence resolved to include having witnessed the bleakness of Chartres Cathedral in wartime, all it's stained glass having been removed. The first window encountered on entering is the enormous 'chess-board' baptistry window filled with stunning abstract glass by John Piper & Patrick Reyntiens, a symphony of glowing colour. The staggered nave walls are illuminated by ten narrow floor to ceiling windows filled with semi-abstract symbolic designs arranged in pairs of dominant colours (green, red, multi-coloured, purple/blue and gold) representing the souls journey to maturity, and revealed gradually as one approaches the altar. This amazing project was the work of three designers lead by master glass artist Lawrence Lee of the Royal College of Art along with Keith New and Geoffrey Clarke (each artist designed three of the windows individually and all collaborated on the last).
The cathedral still dazzles the visitor with the boldness of it's vision, but alas, half a century on, it was not a vision to be repeated and few of the churches and cathedrals built since can claim to have embraced the synthesis of art and architecture in the way Basil Spence did at Coventry.
The cathedral is generally open to visitors most days. For more see below:-
Blair executes a firm front stance in class.
Inspired by a long wait for my train on a cold, cloudy Sunday morning.
Crayola colored pencils, one Caran d'Ache soft black (noir) colored pencil, one # 2 graphite pencil, one Paper Mate Profile Elite black gel pen, and two ballpoint pens
Canson acid-free mixed media paper
9 x 12
2014
Last year CEA Project Logistics were employed to assist the Royal Thai Navy in the transportation and shipping of a USD multi-million Seahawk Helicopter.
This project was executed with the upmost efficiency with all parties involved being very happy with the outcome.
Such was the professionalism of the teams at CEA and the impression they gave, the Royal Thai Navy once again employed their service and assistance on a very similar project.For this project another Seahawk helicopter was to be transported and shipped to Australia for maintenance and repairs.
CEA teams, Royal Thai Navy personnel and representatives from the maintenance company convened at Utapao Airport in Rayong province Thailand to begin the project. As with all projects CEA conduct a tool box talk was given to the teams to explain the lift and rigging plan for the day. Rigging equipment was then prepared while another team set up a safe exclusion barricade for the operational activities.
Personnel from the Royal Thai Navy carefully moved the valuable cargo into position for the lift.Two Modular spreader bars were assembled with the required nylon slings attached, these were then attached to the waiting 55 T mobile crane. The slings and shackles were attached to the designated lift points on the Seahawk, with the fuselage of the helicopter being protected by use of sling pads. Chain blocks were used to make precise alterations to the lift to ensure that the helicopter lifted level.
As the helicopter rose form the ground a Drop-Deck Air Ride trailer was placed underneath, the Seahawk was lowered on to the trailer and secured in her slots. All slings and shackles were carefully removed and the rigging team went to action securely lashing down the helicopter readying her for the journey to CEA HQ in Laem Chabang.
Upon arrival at CEA the Seahawk was transported to one of their main warehouses and removed from the trailer. After all checks were complete a CEA Shrink Wrap team set to work enveloping the whole helicopter in an industrial grade shrink wrap that will protect the Seahawk from the corrosive effects the elements can produce during transportation.
The Aircraft was transported again on the Drop-Deck Air Ride Trailer to Laem Chabang Port where a Mafi Trailer was awaiting. Prior to loading the Mafi was thoroughly cleaned and sprayed with Cilsin 25 to negate any issues with Australian DAFF/AQIS authorities upon arrival. As the fore wheels were wider than the Mafi a steel plate extension was fabricated by the CEA team for a safe and secure load. The Aircraft was safely loaded onto the Mafi and professionally lashed by CEA under the close supervision of a 3rd party marine surveyor.
After she was loaded a tug master pushed the Mafi and aircraft into place on the RoRo vessel where it was safely secured for the transit to Australia. Hats off to the CEA team who once again handled another multi-million USD shipment without incident.
DEATH PENALTY.
EDWARDS EXECUTED.
"YOU'VE COME TO THIS."
BODY NOT CLAIMED.
John Hubert Edwards, sentenced to death at the Auckland Supreme Court on November 2 for the murder of Mrs. Christian Cunningham at her home, 111, Crummer Road, Grey Lynn, on August 16, was executed at the Mount Eden prison this morning.
Since he was taken to Mount Eden prison after sentence of death had been passed upon him Edwards had occupied the condemned cell. He had during the six weeks been constantly visited by the Rev. G. E. Moreton, who was with him at 8.30 last evening and again just before seven o'clock this morning. Edwards had a little sleep during the early hours of this morning, but when brought from his cell by two warders was very pale. His arms were pinioned and on each side was a warder. He walked steadily behind Mr. Moreton, who read the special form of service prescribed by the Anglican Church, and also the prescribed prayer.
Immediately before his end Edwards was asked by the sheriff if he wished to say anything. He moved his hands slightly, and, the hood being removed, he said, almost inaudibly: "My God, my God. Jack Edwards, you've come to this.''
Dr. C. H. Tewsley, medical officer to the Auckland prison, inspected tlie body immediately after the execution, and said death was instantaneous. At nine o'clock a formal inquest was held by Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M. Evidence was given by James Dickison, prison superintendent, C. J. Hewlett, sheriff of the Supreme Court, and Dr. C. H. Tewsley.
So far as is known Edwards had no relatives in New Zealand. He was born in Cheshire, England. The body has not been claimed and will be given a last resting place by the Rev. G. E. Moreton at Waikumete Cemetery to-day.
"The authorities," said Mr. Moreton, "have done everything possible for him, and in the cell this morning he asked me to thank them. He also thanked me."
Those present at the execution were the prison superintendent, Mr. J. Dickison, the sheriff of the Supreme Court, Mr. C. J. Hewlett, the medical officer to the Auckland prison, Dr. C. H. Tewsley, the Rev. G. E. Moreton, four warders and three Pressmen.
Defence of Insanity.
Edwards, a labourer, aged 41, was an itinerant vendor of tea. About midnight on August 15 he called at the house of Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham, with whom he had been friendly. He was allowed to stay the night and left early next morning, only to return alone, after all members of the Cunningham family except Mrs. Cunningham had gone either to work or school. Just before noon a daughter came home, and on entering the sitting room found her mother dead on the floor and Edwards lying alongside with his throat cut. Mrs. Cunningham had been brutally assaulted on the head and also had her throat cut, Edwards was taken to the Auckland Hospital; where he recovered, and was arrested and charged with murder. He stood his trial before Mr. Justice Herdman and jury, and on November 2 was found guilty, with a strong recommendation to mercy. The defence set up a plea of insanity.
The Executive Council last Monday decided not to interfere with the sentence of the Court.
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Execution of Edwards
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Plot 45: John (Jack) Hubert Edwards (42) 11/12/1933 – Labourer – hanged
unmarked grave
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