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The hors d'oeurves were well received.
2015 Beyond Hunger: A Place at the Table
September 18, 2015
Photo by Lacey West, courtesy of Heifer International
Director Francis Lawrence and Michael Burns, Vice Chairman of Lionsgate seen at the Los Angeles Premiere of Lionsgate's "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1" held at Nokia Theater L.A. Live on Monday, Nov 17, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Invision for Lionsgate/AP Images)
Michael McDonald performs at Beyond Hunger.
2015 Beyond Hunger: A Place at the Table
September 18, 2015
Photo by Louella Allen, courtesy of Heifer International
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Famine Memorial statue, in Custom House Quay in the Dublin Docklands. These statues commemorate the Great Famine of the mid 19th century. The statues were designed and crafted by Dublin sculptor Rowan Gillespie - 1997. New processing. Strangely I didn't manage to replace the first version.
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Created for the Art Works Every Time art show in LA.
The series is an attempt to get in touch with my Filipino heritage. Each piece explores Filipino mythology and culture.
Bucharest a few weeks after the overthrow of Ceaușescu. People everywhere are demonstrating, celebrating, assembling and enjoying their new-found freedom. But here is a group on hunger strike.
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This memorial is off to the side, in a park, right before the Lavra. The enormous candle, decorated with wooden lace, stands in memory of the millions of people who died in the Holodomor --the Terror Famine.
Stalin and his Soviet government want to collectivise the farms --especially in the fertile steppes of Ukraine. To force this collectivisation, he basically made owning food illegal. Watchtowers sprung up in wheat fields to monitor peasants as they worked. In the years 1932-33 the population declined substantially --conservative estimates say over 1.5 million, but the number is probably bigger.
It is suggested that this was done for not just for ideological purposes, but for political and financial gain. The Cossacks and the vast array of ethnic groups (some of my own family among them) were resisting the Soviet vice that was squeezing them. Hunger, even death, would force the Ukranian population into embracing the Soviet plan. At the same time, Stalin flooded the foreign markets with Ukrainian grain and shunned all offers of help to feed the starving people.
Terrible stories have emerged from the time of Holodomor: people digging up the bones of dead and decaying animals and even resorting to cannibalism.
The memorial entrance is flanked by two angels. The young girl, holding five symbolic wheat heads, and surrounded by grindstones, precedes the candle memorial. We visited the memorial several times. On the second day, at the girl's feet. were red roses and small breads.
The memorial itself is over a museum to commemorate the Holodomor. Outside there are 3 plaques to remember the three famines. The first, 1921-22 was the famine that pushed my own family to Canada. Some stayed. My Great Aunt Emma and her family would have lived through that terrible time as possibly would have my Great Aunt Lydia.
2015 Beyond Hunger: A Place at the Table
September 18, 2015
Photo by Rachel Elias, courtesy of Heifer International
LOS ANGELES - NOV 17: Liam Hemsworth at the The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 Premiere at the Nokia Theater on November 17, 2014 in Los Angeles, CA
Barry Procter Y1PBS a Daf XF Spcecab seen at Truckfest and one of half a dozen trucks on display from the operator . Photo taken 07/05/18
On the green carpet: Ben Cohen, Member of Heifer International’s Board of Directors, and Pierre Ferrari, President and CEO of Heifer International.
2015 Beyond Hunger: A Place at the Table
September 18, 2015
Photo by Lacey West, courtesy of Heifer International
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Sept 8, 130pm maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Zenshi%20South/152/146/27
Composing by Max Schumacher
Stocks:
Lara Croft:
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Spencer Street Station:
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Something spotted on the streets of London!
It's my daughter's Birthday this weekend, so it's off to Bristol for a bit of retail therapy and noodles for lunch!
One of the busiest weeks in a long time, so Alison Moyet in concert on Saturday, Paloma Faith in concert on Tuesday complete with a 42 piece orchestra/jazz band and finally saw the Vienna Festival Ballet perform Swan Lake on Thursday. Great fun, exhausting, but worth it! Will catch up with everyone as soon as I can....