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Cindy Fitzgerald, MA
Individual, Couples, and Family Psychotherapy
Managing Expectations Program
Spring Session - Newmarket
Ontario Early Years Centre
Built in 1929, this Moorish Revival-style building was designed by Olivier J. Vinour of Marye, Alger and Vinour to serve as the Yaarab Shrine Temple, intended to be a large building for the Atlanta branch of the Shriners, a fraternal organization. However, when the cost of construction exceeded the expectations of the Shriners, the design of the building's auditorium and lobby were modified to allow it to be leased to William Fox, allowing them to serve as a movie theater known as The Fox Theatre. The building is Atlanta's grandest example of an early 20th Century "movie palace," a common moniker for grand movie theaters and cinemas that were constructed across the United States. In addition to the auditorium, the building featured retail lease spaces along Ponce De Leon Avenue and Peachtree Street, and offices, a locker room, a lounge, kitchen, events hall, and ballroom for the Shriners. The theater and the Shriners became insolvent soon after the building was completed, and in 1932, the building was foreclosed upon and was acquired by Paramount Pictures and Georgia-based theater franchisees Lucas and Jenkins. The Shriners remained tenants in the building until 1949, renting the space they had originally owned.
The theater features a two-tone buff brick exterior with an onion dome and two lower domes, clad in blue tile, over the gothic arched Ponce De Leon Avenue entrance, which was once the main entrance to the Shriners headquarters, a one-story retail podium along Ponce De Leon Avenue and Peachtree Street with large bays featuring plate glass windows, transoms, and recessed doorways, Gothic and Moorish arches, a front entrance with a blade sign, marquee, two minaret-style towers, a crenellated parapet, and a brass ticket booth, an exterior multi-tier staircase on the south facade of the auditorium with multiple balconies, decorative screens with Moorish motifs, a minaret-style tower at the southwest corner of the auditorium, and a rooftop terrace at the northeast corner of the building. Inside, the building features a lavish lobby with a ceiling featuring beams and decorative stencils, stone panel-clad walls, and a terrazzo floor, an Egyptian Revival-style ballroom, a massive atmospheric auditorium meant to resemble an Arabian courtyard with stone walls, a domed ceiling that simulates the sky in appearance, decorative Moorish and Arabian ornamentation, a faux tent canopy over the balcony, and 4,665 seats.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976. It is a contributing structure in the Fox Theatre Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The theater survived the threat of demolition in 1974 due to the efforts of concerned citizens, whom started a campaign known as Save The Fox, and the building was purchased by the preservation nonprofit Atlanta Landmarks, Inc. The building was restored, and has since served as a Performing Arts Center and Concert Hall, with other spaces in the building hosting private events. The building today is the only surviving movie palace in Atlanta, and serves as a major cultural center.
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Has anyone ever let you down? Have you ever hoped for something to happen, only to have it not work out like you had expected? Have the results of some personal quest not met up with the vision that you had?
These types of situations are common for most people, and they can be nothing less than discouraging. Fortunately, we can minimize the negative effect on our lives by simply preparing ourselves in advance.
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As delegates and representatives make final preparations for the upcoming 21st annual Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework on Climate Change in Paris, expectations are high for a lasting and binding agreement. As Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, said during a recent Wilson Center event, “A strong durable climate change agreement has the power to help bend the emissions curve within a decade, achieve climate neutrality this century, and realize truly sustainable development.” An estimated 50,000 participants will convene in Paris to fulfill this ambitious agenda.
On December 16, a panel of experts will discuss how COP21 unfolded and what was accomplished. Speakers will also discuss how the outcomes of negotiations will affect efforts to tackle climate change in the United States and abroad, what was left on table for future discussions, and how any agreement plays out in the continuing evolution of climate change policy.
This event is co-organized by the Wilson Center, George Mason University, and World Resources Institute. It is part of the ongoing “Managing Our Planet” series, jointly developed by George Mason University and the Wilson Center’s Brazil Institute and its Environmental Change and Security Program. The series, now in its fourth year, is premised on the fact that humanity’s impacts are planetary in scale and require planetary-scale solutions.
Read more: www.wilsoncenter.org/event/beyond-the-paris-climate-talks...
USC School of Dramatic Arts production of Great Expectations, Mar. 1-4, 2018, at the McClintock Theatre. © 2017 Photo by Craig Schwartz for the USC School of Dramatic Arts
A container for laughing gas, a "legal high" massively popular in the UK. There are lots these containers, liying around on London streets.
Coming to LA from the Midwest brings a lot of people thinking they know how my life is going to played out as well as people assuming they know who I am because of my upbringing. It's interesting how people naturally try to place you in a box and categorize you in their life.
This is just me channeling my photography, so there ya go!
Also- I'm neither of these people, just for your information. At least not entirely. :)
still our little angel to Crystallis and me. Drawing during an important event for them, the pregnancy Astriel then the birth of their son, Nathannael.
Astriel belongs www.flickr.com/photos/cryssouille/
Kalel belongs to me
Former Client Deolides attended the fundraising event, where he was reunited with former Program Director Sister Margaret Mertens and ProBar attorney Meredith Linsky
I always wondered if there was a "story" behind the bullfinch (domherre in Swedish) being such a popular motif for Christmas time, at least in the Nordic countries.
Well - today I found an answer! This story is from Norway.
From the Minneapolis Sons of Norway's Heritage Presentation program # 57:
THE CHRISTMAS BIRD
When the first snowflakes float down from wintry skies, the Norwegians start looking for the bird that has become closely associated with the Christmas season: the fluffy and cheerful bullfinch with its brilliant red or rosy feathers bringing a welcome burst of color to a bleak Nordic winter day. Flocks of bullfinches dot the naked branches of trees and bushes, swoop unexpectedly down into people’s gardens, crowding the sheaves of grain that people put up for the birds, and in general bring joy and excitement to both young and old. In
many areas of Norway it is referred to simply as “the Christmas bird.”
In Norwegian the bird is called dompap (DOHM’pahp), and its name has a double meaning. The first syllable of its name, dom, is pronounced the same way as the Norwegian word for foolish, so one interpretation of dompap (DOHM’pahp) is that it means “fool.” But don’t think for a minute that the dompap is a dummy! Far from it. Its name is derived from the German Dompfaff (DOHM’pfaff), which means “canon” and refers to the brightly colored clothing worn by some of the clergy. Namewise, the closest American equivalent to the dompap would thus be the cardinal.
According to legend, the dompap, or bullfinch, got its red color when it tried to pull the thorns out from the crown that was placed on Christ’s head. Blood streaming from Christ’s wounds wet the bird’s breast and the red color became its badge of honor.
The Cherokee Indians also have a beautiful explanation for the bullfinch’s color. According to their tradition, the bullfinch helped a wolf gain its eyesight back. To show its gratitude, the wolf led the bullfinch to a cliff with a broad stripe of red running across it. The little bird flew up to the cliff and painted its breast the brightest red and was named “red bird” from then on.
In the old days, the bullfinch was a messenger of both good and bad tidings. If the first bird to feed in the sheaf of grain set out for Christmas was a bullfinch, it would be a good year. In some places people believed that if the bullfinch came out of the woodlands in the winter, this meant that the weather would be bad with lots of snow and cold days.
The bullfinch is not known as a songbird—its song is rather low and grating—but it is a very good imitator. In earlier days, young bullfinches were caught and trained to imitate short melodies. People kept caged bullfinches in their home and the training and exporting of the birds was at one time a full-blown business.
But the bullfinch was not well-suited for a life in captivity. Sudden excitement or agitation could be fatal. One of the many stories to illustrate this tells about a tame bullfinch living with an old woman. She used to let the bird fly around in her house, singing its songs and doing whatever it felt like doing. But one afternoon the bird was so active that she could not stand the constant fluttering around. She put the bird in its cage and covered it up. The bird sang a couple of notes and then grew silent. When she checked on it, it was dead.
Tame bullfinches were believed to have the ability to cure serious illnesses like jaundice and lung diseases. People believed that a caged bullfinch in the sick room would extract the disease from the affected person. Did it actually work? Well, the story does not tell and there is probably not a Norwegian around today who has tried the bullfinch cure, but the bird is beneficial to modern Norwegians in other ways.
No other bird can create such a feeling of cheerfulness and good expectations. One of the most popular Norwegian paintings from the last century shows a bullfinch fluffing its rosy feathers against a background of virgin-white snow and the bullfinch motif is used over and over again on the Christmas cards Norwegians send to their family and friends.
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The photo shows two embroideries created by my mother and a small tree ornament. :-)
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This print is from an orginal collage painting. It is part of a larger collection paintings by folk artist Michelle Edwards that re-inteprets popular literary works into a contemporary folk art style.
Artist: Michelle L. Edwards
Website: www.greenstreetcompanyfolkart.com
Hmm. If you ordered a berry bowl, it will be a little white longer before you get it. I just broke a dozen of them. Plus a lovely platter. My day's plans have suddenly changed.
I stopped at St. James' Church in Cooling while out cycling. The Church is no longer used for worship and is looked after by the Churches Conservation Trust and local volunteers.
Cooling is a small village in North Kent, on the Hoo Peninsula by the Thames estuary. Frequented by Charles Dickens as one of the photos details, the church was used in the opening scenes of Great Expectations.
Danny Singletary - RISE to Excellence Awards Presentation - October 7, 2013 - "Danny has demonstrated sustained exemplary performance and consistently exceeds expectations for his position. He is a consummate team player who does not hesitate to fill in wherever he is needed and handles his everyday responsibilities with a positive attitude that is contagious. A recent letter from the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority states, “I just wanted to drop you a line today expressing my thanks for the professionalism and willingness to go above and beyond displayed by Danny Singletary this past week when it came to our public meeting held in your Training Room.” Danny actively seeks out ways to make the customer experience better and takes ownership of any issue that arises at the county properties to which he is assigned. In particular, after noticing broken glass in the parking lot at the Government Center on Monday mornings, Danny took the initiative to patrol the lot upon arrival and clean up the broken glass and debris to prevent employees and customers from running over it in their car or stepping on glass. Because of Danny’s sustained customer service excellence, he was selected to be a presenter for Customer Service the NHC Way at orientation. His passion for service is often commented upon by new employees. Danny is recognized for his professionalism, dependability and strong work ethic."