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Leo Laporte crowd surfing while live streaming on the Internet at Diggnation Live case. As seen at SXSW 2010 at Stubbs BBQ in Austin, TX!
High-resolution 1080p version: www.vimeo.com/10150010
LIVE! Happening right now Live Streaming of Athena & kittens at gingerkittiesfour.com/live-streaming-kittens/
Is live streaming onto YouTube. Many are very good and Manchester has many live streamers which I'm not sure can be sustainable
OC: Livestreamer
Alias: Livestreamer
Real Name: Unknown
Occupation: Serial Killer
Powers/Abilities: None, however it is a skilled Marksman, Hunter, and Photographer.
Backstory: Not much is known about this serial killer. It’s first upload was in 2017, where it livestreamed killing a man in his early 20s. The victim was identified as Wallace Hughes and was found in an abandoned warehouse, cut up into pieces. This serial killer has been dubbed the Livestreamer. The closest lead was it’s hunting knife lodged into a victim’s back. The killer tends to send the addresses of it’s murders to the police where they find the victims in crude positions, without a trace.
The Cove Guardians are LiveStreaming:
www.seashepherd.org/henkaku/livestream.html#.VrvDmEgJSFY....
SAY NO TO CAPTIVITY !!!!!!!!!!!
Sites for more information :
Sea Shepherd Cove Guardians Page (official)
www.facebook.com/SeaShepherdCoveGuardiansOfficialPage
Cove Guardians
www.seashepherd.org/cove-guardians
Photo: Sea Shepherd
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Behold the cutest shark that Youtube has ever spawned:
Gawr Gura! ♥♥♥
Gawr Gura belongs to a new wave of Virtual Youtubers (VTubers) operating under the Hololive brand. Gawr belongs the English branch, also known as HoloEN or Hololive-EN. They debuted in September 2020 and have become wildly popular in a very short time.
Current HoloEN is populated by five VTubers: Gura, Ina, Kiara, Calli and Amelia. Of all them, Gura is undoubtedly the most popular, and also the cutest ( ^_^). She alone accumulates more than 1M subscribers.
Unlike many first generation VTubers, HoloEN relies completely in livestreaming, mostly devoted to popular content like gaming or singing, as well as the interactions (collabs) with other Hololive characters. Use of 2.5D avatar animation is also characteristic of Hololive, with character designs provided by Pixiv top artists. In fact, Kiara’s papa is Huke, whose works I absolutely love.
Like “real 3D” idol business, the world of Hololive’s VTubers is a deep rabbit hole. An ecosystem spawning dozens of characters among multiple local branches, all of them intertwined by social networks and interaction with their fandom base. The mastermind behind this project is Motoaki Tanigo, better known as Yagoo.
While Vtubers may not be everyone’s cup of tea, they are certainly a fascinating phenomenon.
As usual, this chibi is built in MikeVd’s signature style. Credits to him! 😊😊😊
September 2015 Update
Operation Henkaku
As September draws to a close, the Cove Guardians are reflecting upon the first month of Sea Shepherd’s Operation Henkaku as they prepare for the next five months of this emotionally grueling campaign to expose the capture and slaughter of cetaceans in Taiji’s infamous cove. In the sixth consecutive season of its Taiji Dolphin Defense Campaign, Sea Shepherd will once again be present throughout the entire six-month drive hunt season to bring the atrocities in Taiji to a worldwide audience via real-time reports, video and photographic documentation, and livestreaming.
This year, Sea Shepherd has also strengthened our focus on raising vital awareness of the inextricable link between the slaughter in Taiji and cetacean captivity around the globe. Please stand with us and our Cove Guardians as we break the vicious cycle that flows “From Taiji to Tanks.”
Photo : Sea Shepherd
Here are some examples of when 15:59 UTC will be for various local times in places around the world. Because of time zone differences, the solstice will technically fall on Wednesday in parts of East Asia.
-- Seoul: 12:59 a.m. Wednesday
-- Bangkok: 11:59 p.m. Tuesday
-- Qatar: 6:59 p.m. Tuesday
-- Milan, Italy: 4:59 p.m. Tuesday
-- Orlando, Florida: 10:59 a.m. Tuesday
-- Calgary, Canada: 8:59 a.m. Tuesday
-- Honolulu: 5:59 a.m. Tuesday
To check the timing where you live, the website EarthSky has a handy conversion table for your time zone. You might also try the conversion tools at Timeanddate.com, Timezoneconverter.com or WorldTimeServer.com.
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What places see and feel the effects of the winter solstice the most?
Daylight decreases dramatically the closer you are to the North Pole on December 21.
People in balmy Singapore, just 137 kilometers or 85 miles north of the equator, barely notice the difference, with just nine less minutes of daylight than they have during the summer solstice.
Much higher in latitude, Madrid, Spain, still logs in a respectable nine hours and 17 minutes of daylight during the winter solstice.
The difference is more stark in frigid Helsinki, Finland, where the sun will rise at 9:23 a.m. and set at 3:12 p.m., resulting in less than six hours of anemic daylight. It's a whopping 13 hours and seven minutes less daylight than these Finns get during the June summer solstice.
Residents of Nome, Alaska, will be even more sunlight deprived with just three hours, 54 minutes and 31 seconds of very weak daylight on Tuesday. But that's downright generous compared with Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. It sits inside the Arctic Circle and won't see a single ray of sunshine.
What causes the winter solstice to even happen?
Because our planet is tilted on its rotational axis, we experience seasons here on Earth. As the planet moves around the sun, each hemisphere experiences winter when it's tilted away from the sun and summer when it's tilted toward the sun.
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Wait. Why is the Earth tilted?
Scientists are not entirely sure how this occurred, but they think that billions of years ago, as the solar system was taking shape, the Earth was subject to violent collisions that caused the axis to tilt.
What other seasonal transitions do we mark?
The equinoxes, both spring and fall, occur when the sun's rays are directly over the equator. On those two days, everyone has an equal length of day and night. The summer solstice is when the sun's rays are farthest north over the Tropic of Cancer, giving us our longest day and the official start of summer in the Northern Hemisphere.
Winter solstice traditions and celebrations
Decorated evergreen trees have roots that go back beyond the beginnings of Christianity to ancient Egypt and Rome. The famous Rockefeller tree in New York was illuminated for the 2021 season on December 1.
Decorated evergreen trees have roots that go back beyond the beginnings of Christianity to ancient Egypt and Rome. The famous Rockefeller tree in New York was illuminated for the 2021 season on December 1.
Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images
It's no surprise many cultures and religions celebrate a holiday -- whether it be Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or pagan festivals -- that coincides with the return of longer days.
Ancient peoples whose survival depended on a precise knowledge of seasonal cycles marked this first day of winter with elaborate ceremonies and celebrations. Spiritually, these celebrations symbolize the opportunity for renewal, a shedding of bad habits and negative feelings and an embracing of hope amid darkness as the days once again begin to grow longer.
Many of the ancient symbols and ceremonies of the winter solstice live on today or have been incorporated into newer traditions. Here are just a few of them:
Alban Arthan
Newgrange-Meath
In the Welsh language, "Alban Arthan" means for "Light of Winter," according to the Farmers' Almanac. It might be the oldest seasonal festival of humankind. Part of Druidic traditions, the winter solstice is considered a time of death and rebirth.
Newgrange, a prehistoric monument built in Ireland around 3200 BC, is associated with the Alban Arthan festival.
Saturnalia
In Ancient Rome, Saturnalia began on December 17 and lasted for seven days. It honored Saturn, the Roman god of agriculture. The people enjoyed carnival-like festivities resembling modern Mardi Gras celebrations and even delayed their war-making. Saturnalia continued into the third and fourth centuries AD.
As the Roman Empire came under Christian influence and eventual rule, some of the festival's customs were melded into celebrations surrounding Christmas and the New Year.
Dongzhi
It's not just ancient Europeans who marked the annual occasion. The Dongzhi Winter Solstice Festival has its roots in ancient Chinese culture. The name translates roughly as "extreme of winter."
They thought this was the apex of yin (from Chinese medicine theory). Yin represents darkness and cold and stillness, thus the longest day of winter. Dongzhi marks the return yang -- and the slow ascendance of light and warmth. Dumplings are usually eaten to celebrate in some East Asian cultures.
Celebrations in the age of Covid
Many places around the world traditionally hold festivals that honor the winter solstice. But because of the ongoing pandemic now stretching into a second winter solstice, events may be canceled again or altered to allow for a safe, socially distanced occasion.
Montol Festival
Better known for pirates than the solstice, the town of Penzance on the southwest coast of England revived the delightful tradition of a Cornish processional. Shut down in 2020, it's back on in 2021. Event organizers ask people to get tested before attending, according to the festival's Facebook page.
Oh, the glories of prepandemic times! A choir sings at Stonehenge to mark the winter solstice before words such as Covid and Omicron joined everyday vocabulary.
Oh, the glories of pre pandemic times! A choir sings at Stonehenge to mark the winter solstice before words such as Covid and Omicron joined everyday vocabulary.
Stonehenge
The UK's most famous site for solstice celebrations is Stonehenge. On the winter solstice, visitors traditionally have had opportunity to enter the towering, mysterious stone circle for a sunrise ceremony run by local pagan and druid groups.
The in-person sunrise gathering was canceled in 2020, but it is being held this year. The English Heritage Society cautions that could be subject to change depending on the most recent health guidelines as the Omicron variant continues to rapidly spread. Face masks are mandatory, and testing is encouraged.
The society has set it up so you can livestream the sunrise at Stonehenge from the toasty comfort of home.
Lantern Festival
In Canada, Vancouver's Winter Solstice Lantern Festival is a sparkling celebration of solstice traditions from around the world. Traditionally, the Secret Lantern Society assembles a wide array of music, dance, food and spectacular lantern-lit processions.
For 2020, the festival was a video-only affair. This year, they're easing back in with in-person, but scaled-down, neighborhood events. Livestreaming will still be an option in 2021.
Indian
Main article: Makar Sankranti
Makara Sankranti, also known as Makaraa Sankrānti (Sanskrit: मकर संक्रांति) or Maghi, is a festival day in the Hindu calendar, in reference to deity Surya (sun). It is observed each year in January.[10] It marks the first day of Sun's transit into Makara (Capricorn), marking the end of the month with the winter solstice and the start of longer days.[10][11] In India, this occasion, known as Ayan Parivartan (Sanskrit: अयन परिवर्तन), is celebrated by religious Hindus as a holy day, with Hindus performing customs such as bathing in holy rivers, giving alms and donations, praying to deities and doing other holy deeds.
Iranian
Main article: Yaldā Night
Iranian people celebrate the night of the Northern Hemisphere's winter solstice as, "Yalda night", which is known to be the "longest and darkest night of the year". Yalda night celebration, or as some call it "Shabe Chelleh" ("the 40th night"), is one of the oldest Iranian traditions that has been present in Persian culture from ancient times. In this night all the family gather together, usually at the house of the eldest, and celebrate it by eating, drinking and reciting poetry (esp. Hafez). Nuts, pomegranates and watermelons are particularly served during this festival.
East Asian
Main article: Dongzhi (solar term)
Sunlight directed through the 17 arches of Seventeen Arch Bridge, Summer Palace, Beijing around winter solstice
In East Asia, the winter solstice has been celebrated as one of the Twenty-four Solar Terms, called Dongzhi in Chinese. In Japan, in order not to catch cold in the winter, there is a custom to soak oneself in a yuzu hot bath (Japanese: 柚子湯 = Yuzuyu).[12]
Judaic
An Aggadic legend found in tractate Avodah Zarah 8a puts forth the talmudic hypothesis that Adam first established the tradition of fasting before the winter solstice, and rejoicing afterward, which festival later developed into the Roman Saturnalia and Kalendae.[citation needed]
Germanic
Main article: Yule
The pagan Scandinavian and Germanic people of northern Europe celebrate a winter holiday called Yule (also called Jul, Julblot, jólablót). The Heimskringla, written in the 13th century by the Icelander Snorri Sturluson, describes a Yule feast hosted by the Norwegian king Haakon the Good (c. 920–961). According to Snorri, the Christian Haakon had moved Yule from "midwinter" and aligned it with the Christian Christmas celebration. Historically, this has made some scholars believe that Yule originally was a sun festival on the winter solstice. Modern scholars generally do not believe this, as midwinter in medieval Iceland was a date about four weeks after the solstice.[13]
Roman cult of Sol
Main article: Dies Natalis Solis Invicti
Sol Invictus ("The Unconquered Sun/Invincible Sun") was originally a Syrian god who was later adopted as the chief god of the Roman Empire under Emperor Aurelian.[14] His holiday is traditionally celebrated on December 25, as are several gods associated with the winter solstice in many pagan traditions.[15] It has been speculated to be the reason behind Christmas' proximity to the solstice.[16]
Observations
Although the instant of the solstice can be calculated,[17] direct observation of the solstice by amateurs is impossible because the Sun moves too slowly or appears to stand still (the meaning of "solstice"). However, by use of astronomical data tracking, the precise timing of its occurrence is now public knowledge. One cannot directly detect the precise instant of the solstice (by definition, one cannot observe that an object has stopped moving until one later observes that it has not moved further from the preceding spot, or that it has moved in the opposite direction). Furthermore, to be precise to a single day, one must be able to observe a change in azimuth or elevation less than or equal to about 1/60 of the angular diameter of the Sun. Observing that it occurred within a two-day period is easier, requiring an observation precision of only about 1/16 of the angular diameter of the Sun. Thus, many observations are of the day of the solstice rather than the instant. This is often done by observing sunrise and sunset or using an astronomically aligned instrument that allows a ray of light to be cast on a certain point around that time. The earliest sunset and latest sunrise dates differ from winter solstice, however, and these depend on latitude, due to the variation in the solar day throughout the year caused by the Earth's elliptical orbit (see earliest and latest sunrise and sunset).
Sunlight entering the passage of Newgrange in Ireland on the winter solstice.
Neolithic site of Goseck circle in Germany. The yellow lines indicate the directions in which sunrise and sunset are seen on the day of the winter solstice.
Holidays celebrated on the winter solstice
Alban Arthan (Welsh)
Blue Christmas (holiday) (Western Christian)
Brumalia (Ancient Rome)
Dongzhi Festival (East Asia)
Korochun (Slavic)
Sanghamitta Day (Theravada Buddhism)
Shalako (Zuni)
Yaldā (Iran)
Yule in the Northern Hemisphere (Neopagan)
Ziemassvētki (ancient Latvia)
Midwinter Day (Antarctica)
Other related festivals
Saturnalia (Ancient Rome): Celebrated shortly before winter solstice
Saint Lucy's Day (Christian): Used to coincide with the winter solstice day
Christmas: Takes place shortly after winter solstice, absorbed tradition from winter solstice celebration. Speculated to originate from solstice date, see Christmas#Solstice date and Dies Natalis Solis Invicti
Cold Food Festival (Korea, Greater China): 105 days after winter solstice
Makar Sankranti / Pongal (India): Harvest Festival – Marks the end of the cold months and start of the new Month with longer days.
Thanks Jon for the name suggestion. The Wretched is group of villains brought together by V.I.L.E. to combat the Five Wonders. Each member of Wretched has fought a member of Five Wonders before, with them ending up losing the fight. They all have a score to settle, and see this as the perfect way to get even.
Alias: Reptile
Real Name: Tanner O'Brian
Gender: Male
Alignment: Villain
Powers: Hardened Skin, Superhuman Strength, Healing Factor, Increased Durability, Enhanced senses.
Backstory: The result of one of the many secret Genetech experiments being conducted in Cardinal City. All sense of humanity was lost in that moment, with only a reptile remaining. He would go on a rampage, killing dozens, injuring hundreds more. One of the first villains the Judgement branch of Archon fought, Reptile would eventually go down, and be imprisoned for many years, until he was broken out of prison by Mayhem. Thanks to a device given to him by Mayhem, he's able to keep his reptilian hyde side in check, provided he does jobs for them every now and then. Since all society ever sees of him is a monster, he earns his keep as a hired muscle, doing jobs for whoever, so long as they pay. Since he spends most of his time in Reptile form, he has a mostly carnivorous diet.
Alias: Joyride
Real Name: Willa
Gender: Female
Allegiance: Villain
Backstory: Willa is a thrill seeker at heart, just doing things for the fun of it. Every since she was a teenager, she's been really into taking cars out for a joyride, even if they aren't hers. She often frequents The Wheels (a central hub for car thieves). As one that loves to have fun, she also celebrates her achievements by going to a variety of parties held throughout the city. As she is one of the 4 other personalities of William Robertson (Virtue), she does get frustrated when she has to take a "backseat" of sorts when he's in control. Her powers allow her to transform vehicles to her will through using nanites. She can improve the car's speed, design, or really anything about it to suit her fancy. Though if she's not in contact, or nearby, these changes get reverted.
Alias: Rose-Red
Gender: Female
Alignment: Villain
Backstory: Polar opposite sisters, with Snow-White having the typical grace and elegance that goes with being a princess, and Rose-Red being more rough around the edges, more likely to get into fights. In fact, Rose-Red got into many fights, even when the odds weren't in her favor. But she always had an ace up her sleeve. Anytime she touches someone, she can tell how they are doing physically. So if there are any broken bones, she'll know. It helps to find her opponent's weak points, so that she always has the upper edge in a fight. Snow-White's ability also works with a touch, but it's to tell how someone's doing emotionally, essentially an empath. Snow uses this to help her friends, and others when they are going through hardships. When they are transported to Cardinal City, Snow is adored by those she meets, as she reminds them of a storybook character with the same name Though the only similarities between the Snow White in that story and Snow-White that's standing in front of them is that they have the same name, and they've both encountered dwarves. But Snow-White was cursed, while Snow White lived with all of the dwarves. With Snow's new found fame, Rose-Red fell to the wayside, becoming jealous of her sister. This led to her turning to the wrong people, and soon after that, she developed a drug problem. She continues fighting her way, trying to become the top fighter in all of Cardinal City.
Alias: Quotidian
Name: John
Gender: Male
Allegiance: Villain
Backstory: A sound technician that used to work for Cameron Cross, but he never was treated with respect that he rightfully deserved. It didn't help things that Cross was forgotten after his first and only single "No Chances", which meant John would be out of a job. As the years went on, John became determined to get his revenge on Cross. So when he first heard of Bonzer, he instantly knew that it was Cross. John would eventually steal a prototype suit which he later modifies to look like Bonzer's, just with some slight inverting of colours, using more green, instead of pink/magenta. This suit has an optic blast function, as well as hover jets. John keeps tinkering with the suit, adding more functions as the time goes on, and he gains more resources. His criminal activity helps pay for the materials, as well as his own well being.
Alias: Glitch
Real Name: N/A
Gender: Male
Alignment: Villain
Powers: Glitching. Basically powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Glitching . Only difference is that he doesn't have the logic defiance application of this power.
Backstory: Glitch would first discover Rave's music in his early teenage years, with him becoming more and more obsessed as time went on. This lead to him creating his own livestreaming account, Glitchinthemainframe, where he'd talk about everyday things. It gave him an outlet to vent his frustrations. But the viewership was limited, with Rave getting all the potential viewership with her heroics, and music videos. He wants to be famous, so that she will take notice. This twisted fascination grew, to the point where he would start livestreaming himself committing crimes, in the hopes that she would come stop him. He's been able to get away from low tiered vigilantes through his glitching abilities.
Goddess Oksana + Live NY Band (SSTR) will perform Live Beatles Covers in the Central Park Concert Area with full Beatles White Album and a variety of other Beatles tunes on a special stage. Performing: Beatles White Album and more.
Theme: (LIVE) CONCERT: BEATLES COVERS (LIVE)
Attire: Casual
Who: All Adults Welcome
Where: Hidden Desires Central Park Concert Area
When: Friday, May 29th @12pm SLT
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mellor/107/169/3101
This is not a tribute band. This is a real live concert dual streamed from New York into SL and they are a cover band doing the Beatles White Album and more.
Hidden Desires, Mellor
OKSANA_SSTR_BEATLES_WHITE_EVENT_CENTRALPARK_FRI12
"Hearing the organs making melody, she sang in her heart, only to God, saying: "O Lord, I beseech thee that mine heart and body may be undefouled so that I be not confounded."" - from the Golden Legend.
Today, 22 November, is the feast of the patron saint of musicians, St Cecilia. Hence, the Rosary Shrine in London had its inaugural livestreamed organ recital today: youtu.be/FKcqrfVT_Y4
Stained glass window from the National Shrine of St Francis of Assisi in San Francisco, CA.
Final preparations are under way at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, for the launch of LISA Pathfinder, ESA's technology demonstrator that will pave the way for detecting gravitational waves from space. Liftoff is planned at 04:15 GMT (05:15 CET) on 2 December.
In this image, taken with an ultra-wide angle fisheye lens on 19 November, the spacecraft is hidden from view, encapsulated in the ‘upper composite’ of its Vega rocket. Only the aerodynamic fairing at the top of the fully assembled launcher is visible, while the lower stages are hidden by the movable access platform.
The hose is part of the air conditioning system that regulates the environment inside the fairing.
Vega will place LISA Pathfinder into an elliptical orbit around our planet. Then, the spacecraft will use its own propulsion module to raise the highest point of the orbit in six stages. The last burn will propel the spacecraft towards its operational orbit, around a stable point called L1, some 1.5 million km from Earth towards the Sun.
Once on its final orbit, LISA Pathfinder will test key technologies for space-based observation of gravitational waves. These ripples in the fabric of spacetime are predicted by Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity but have not yet been directly detected.
To demonstrate the fundamental approach that could be used by future missions to observe these elusive cosmic fluctuations, LISA Pathfinder will realise the best free-fall ever achieved in space. It will do so by reducing all the non-gravitational forces acting on two cubes and monitoring their motion and attitude to unprecedented accuracy.
On 2 December, ESA will cover the launch live on www.esa.int from 03:50 GMT (04:50 CET). The media briefing, held at the European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, will also be livestreamed from 05:45 GMT (06:45 CET).
For live updates throughout the launch period, follow @esaoperations, @ESA_LPF and @ESA. The official hashtag is #LISAPathfinder.
Credit: ESA–M. Pedoussaut, 2015
Shyla the Super Gecko reads the Steinbeck's Short Story, "The Chrysanthemus"
When: noon slt (1200) @ 12pm Pacifiic / slt
24th May (Tuesday)
Where: Poetry Garden of ArtSpace Hangout, open:air
Taxi: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Open%20Air/116/111/1063
‘The Chrysanthemums’ is a story by John Steinbeck. It is a story about Elisa Allen, a woman living through pain in the 1930s, isolated from the world both physically and emotionally by virtue of her sex (Renner 305). Stanley Renner, critiquing the story once wrote that “the story shows a strong woman held from social, personal and sexual fulfillment by the general conception/psychology of a woman’s place in a male-dominated world”
The Full-sun Ultraviolet Rocket SpecTrograph (FURST) aims to study the "Sun as a star" when it launches aboard a Black Brant IX sounding rocket on Aug. 11 at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
FURST will obtain the first high-resolution spectra of the Sun in vacuum ultraviolet. Astronomers have studied other stars in the vacuum ultraviolet with orbiting telescopes, however, these instruments are too sensitive to be pointed to the Sun. FURST will be the third launch led by Marshall for NASA’s Sounding Rocket Program within five months, making 2024 an active year for the program.
The launch will be livestreamed on Sunday, Aug. 11, with a launch window of 11:40 a.m.– 12:40 p.m. CDT. Tune in on NASA’s White Sands Test Facility Launch Channel.
#NASA #NASAMarshall #SoundingRocket #WhiteSands #Rocket #Sun #SunScience #Stars #STEM #NASASTEM #Science
Kowloon Park, Hong Kong
"I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life."
~Corazon Aquino
(1933-2009)
Former Philippine president and global democracy icon
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We are saddened to hear about Cory Aquino's death. Our sincere condolences
to the Aquino family.
We are watching
www.gmanews.tv/livestreaming.html
thank you friends and flickr!
Aug 1, 2009 #377
Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona, President of the Dominican Republic
Dina Ercilia Boluarte, Vice-President and Minister of Development and Social Inclusion of Peru, Rodrigo Chaves Robles, President of Costa Rica Ivan Duque, President of Colombia
Marisol Argueta de Barillas, Head of the Regional Agenda, Latin America; Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum
Speaking during the Session: Latin America Presidential Panel
Latin America continues to be affected by social unrest and economic challenges against a backdrop of political polarization and policy uncertainty. How can leaders in the region mend political fractures and cooperate decisively to address structural weaknesses and ensure long-term prosperity? This is a livestreamed session. Simultaneous interpretation in English and Spanish. At the Annual Meeting 2022 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, 24 May, Copyright by World Economic Forum / Walter Duerst
Programme:
Festive Trumpet Tune - David German
Largo from Xerxes - George Frideric Handel
Prelude in Classic Style - Gordon Young
Pastorale - Michael Calabris
Prelude in C, BuxWV 137 - Dieterich Buxtehude
Fountain Reverie - Percy Fletcher
Toccata in D minor - Gaston Bélier
Philadelphia Portral.An interactive art installation featuring live streaming webcam connected to Vilnius Lithuania,Lublin Poland and Dublin Ireland.Philadelphia City Hall Courtyard.-35mm Olympus Stylus Epic,Ilford XP2 400.
To celebrate this holiday, we watched & livestreamed from the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. We had so much fun seeing in person the massive balloons which are handled by 90 people! Some of our favorites from this 95th Year of the Parade included Astronaut Snoopy, Pikachu and the Papa Smurf from “The Smurfs”.
•To see the other large balloons including Sponge Bob SquarePants, Sonic the Hedgehog, Pillsbury Doughboy, and The Boss Baby please watch and subscribe to our JamesandKarla YouTube channel, see direct link below & in bio and IG story.
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With all the churches closed because of COVID-19, the only way to celebrate Easter this year is virtually. Luckily, one of our parishes celebrated Easter Mass via livestreaming on Facebook.
Due to covid we couldn't do a regular book launch for Imagining Mission so Cathy and I took to zoom and livestreamed to youtube which was a first for me (and nerve wracking as to whether it would all work). But it was a lot of fun and meant we were joined by people from the Isle of Man, Netherlands, USA, Scotland, New Zealand which wouldn't have happened in person.
To celebrate this holiday, we watched & livestreamed from the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. We had so much fun seeing in person the massive balloons which are handled by 90 people! Some of our favorites from this 95th Year of the Parade included Astronaut Snoopy, Pikachu and the Papa Smurf from “The Smurfs”.
•To see the other large balloons including Sponge Bob SquarePants, Sonic the Hedgehog, Pillsbury Doughboy, and The Boss Baby please watch and subscribe to our JamesandKarla YouTube channel, see direct link below & in bio and IG story.
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Show World on Eighth Avenue near 42nd Street in Times Square was opened in 1977 by Richard Basciano and was spread over 4 floors with peep shows, x-rated films, live sex acts, adult books and dvd for sale. This sex emporium remained in business when the “Disney-ification” of Times Square began in the 2000s but finally closed in 2018 when the owner passed away. •
We recently livestreamed an architectural tour of West 42nd Street and visited some of its gorgeous theaters and although we miss the gritty old Times Square in many ways, it is nice to see some of the historic theaters 🎭 restored including the New Amsterdam Theatre with its marble wall sculptures depicting moments from great Shakespearean plays.
To watch our video on our JamesandKarla YouTube channel, see direct link below & in bio and IG story.
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Rodrigo Chaves Robles, President of Costa Rica
Speaking during the Session: Latin America Presidential Panel
Latin America continues to be affected by social unrest and economic challenges against a backdrop of political polarization and policy uncertainty. How can leaders in the region mend political fractures and cooperate decisively to address structural weaknesses and ensure long-term prosperity? This is a livestreamed session. Simultaneous interpretation in English and Spanish. At the Annual Meeting 2022 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, 24 May, Copyright by World Economic Forum / Walter Duerst
I'm livestreaming my build of the lego UCS Slave 1 set on my youtube channel tonight, be sure to check it out. ;) www.youtube.com/channel/UCDdFdBWZOLZvNgDXHMbUkfg
So yeah, I'm bronying out right now; I'm sorry. Aviators is currently livestreaming and he is sharing some great music I don't have to watch the livestream to enjoy, so I decided to try and draw my Pony OC; MCLegobrony. I kind of copped out of the legs with the cloak; sue me. I haven't drawn anything in a long time so you know, I'm taking it easy.
I promise the next post from me anywhere will not be pony related. I know how sensitive you non-pony folk can be on the subject.
Starting next Friday, the first Friday in June, month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, I'll be livestreaming a Rosary at 8pm (London time) at youtube.com/c/RosariumOP
Lots of progress was made in today's stream! The front, doors, and roof are all done, and some minor tweaks were done to the rear of the car as well. Definitely a lot of funny colors on the model now, and my wallet is already upset at all the Bricklink orders I'll be making on Monday.
P.S. There's a good chance I'll be livestreaming some more tomorrow at around 13:00 Pacific Time. Keep an eye on the VKTechnic YouTube page!
As I was walking back into the house after a spectacular sunset and dusk on Tampa Bay, Florida, tonight, I loved how the boardwalk seemed to be leading into the deep blue water and on to a still glowing sky. I had an idea of capturing the dock's floodlight with the camera's flash in available light. Hence the title. :)
Before walking in, I had been taking photos with the Nikon D300 (besides livestreaming the sunset on Periscope and FaceBook tonight ... see facebook.com/IMRAN.TV ). I decided to take two handheld photos despite the low light. The 70-300 Nikon lens is hard to take photos of subjects this close and with the little light I had since it is not a very fast lens.
So I just took two shots, one with the D300's built-in flash, and one without. Adding the two photos in PhotoShop makes some of the palm fronds not lit by the flash seem almost like 3D or an object in front of a wall painting or mural.
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live briefing of car sales compensation policies at GAC techlogy museum which is also a car shop
St Nicholas Church, commonly known as St Nics, is a Church of England parish church located in Durham in County Durham, England. The church is part of the open evangelical tradition of the Church of England.
The original St Nicholas' Church is thought to have been founded in the early 12th century by Ranulf Flambard, Prince Bishop of Durham. He cleared Palace Green, between the cathedral and his castle, and established the current marketplace below the castle, with the church of St Nicholas, patron saint of merchants, beside it. The first recorded vicar was Galfrid de Elemer, in 1133.
This church had a buttressed nave and chancel, and a square tower with battlements. Its north wall formed part of the city walls, and abutted the ancient Clayport Gate on one side until the gate's demolition in 1791. A graveyard lay between the church and the marketplace, and another behind the church.
The building was extensively modified over the centuries, including shortening of the east end to allow widening of the road, and in the 19th century a market piazza was built against its south wall. It was described in 1803 as "very ruinous", while Sir Stephen Glynne, who visited in 1825, said it was "a large structure, & displays some marks of antiquity, although the barbarous hand of innovation has swept nearly all before it", and that its windows "alas! are of too sad a description to be mentioned". He did, however, note that it was "neatly pewed" and that the South porch was "good Perpendicular".
In 1854, a competition was held to secure an architect to renovate the church, which was won by 24-year-old Darlington-based architect James Pigott Pritchett junior. However, when the market piazza was demolished, it was found that the church was beyond repair, and Pritchett was engaged instead to design and build a new church. The incumbent, George Townshend Fox, gave an initial donation of £1000 (equivalent to £100,000 in 2021) towards the cost of rebuilding.
The old church was demolished in June 1857. Almost all that remains from it is its font, dating from 1700, and its five bells, dating from 1687 and therefore the oldest ring of bells in the diocese. Though the bells were not rung from the 1970s onwards due to fears for the safety of the tower, ringing resumed in 2000 and the 17th-century bells, along with a sixth added in 1889, are now rung frequently.
Fundator dei gloriae regno augustissimi Iacobi secundi Nathaniele : : Epise Robert Delaval Arm: Praetore Ralph Trotter Rob: Robson Ch Wardens 1687
Founded to the glory of God in the reign of the most august James II, Nathaniel bishop, Robert Delaval mayor, Ralph Trotter and Robert Robson Church Wardens, 1687
—Inscription on the five original bells
Pritchett's new church, in the decorated gothic style, was estimated to cost £3,600 (equivalent to £385,000 in 2021) and was opened with great ceremony in December 1858. The building was described by the Illustrated London News at the time as "the most beautiful specimen of church architecture in the north of England", and was considered by Nikolaus Pevsner to be one of Pritchett's best. It was the first church in Durham to have a spire; which had not been part of Pritchett's original plan, but was added at the behest of Fox, who paid the £400 cost himself. It is a Grade II listed building.
George Carey, later Archbishop of Canterbury, was vicar of St Nicholas from 1975 to 1982. During that time he led a project, supervised by ecclesiastical architect Ronald Sims, in which the pews and the majority of the Victorian interior features of the church were removed to allow the church to be used more flexibly for worship and community activities. Carey's book The Church in the Marketplace describes the process and its impact on the life of the parish.
During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, the church moved many of its activities online, producing morning and evening services each Sunday as well as daily prayer. Vicar Arun Arora reported that the church had seen increased attendance at some online services compared to previous in-person events, and intended to continue livestreaming its services once in-person gatherings resumed.
The parish is small (covering only the area around the Market Place, Claypath and The Sands) and is bounded by the parishes of Durham's three other ancient city churches - St Giles', St Oswald's and St Margaret's. Historically the parish was densely populated; however, slum clearance in the 1920s (as well as commercial development of previously residential areas) greatly reduced the population of the parish, and though more recent building has increased this a little, the church draws the majority of its congregation from outside its own parish. It has a large student population, and is classified by the Diocese of Durham as its own locality, meaning that its mission is recognised as distinctly different from those of other city centre churches. The church has a long tradition of evangelicalism, and its patronage has been held by the Church Pastoral Aid Society since the mid-19th century.
One notable feature of the reordered church was the Gateway World Shop, which occupied the south-east corner of the church, having its own outside entrance, and sold Fair trade goods. The shop reflected the church's long involvement with the fair trade movement; Richard Adams, founder of Traidcraft, was a member of the church. The shop closed in February 2023 (shortly after Traidcraft went into administration), citing increasing costs and falling profits linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the increased availability of fair trade goods through mainstream supermarkets.
St Nics has a long history of supporting overseas mission. The first bishop of Uganda, Alfred Tucker, left his curacy at St Nics to bring Christianity to Uganda. This support is currently expressed by the church's financial support of the Church Mission Society, South American Missionary Society, the Bible Society, Spanish Outreach Ministries and the Diocese of Lesotho.
Notable clergy
Arun Arora, previously Director of Communications for the Church of England and subsequently Bishop of Kirkstall, was vicar 2017-2022
Pete Broadbent, later Bishop of Willesden, served his curacy here in the late 1970s.
George Carey, later Archbishop of Canterbury, was vicar of St Nicholas from 1975 to 1982.
David V. Day, former Principal of St John's College, Durham, was a non-stipendiary minister from 1999 to 2007, and remains part of the ministry team as of 2021.
Alistair Magowan, later Bishop of Ludlow, was curate here 1984–9.
George Marchant, later Archdeacon of Auckland, was vicar of St Nicholas from 1954 to 1974.
Maeve Sherlock, Baroness Sherlock, became curate here in 2018, and Associate Minister in 2022.
Alfred Tucker, later Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, served his curacy here in the 1880s.
John Wenham, Biblical scholar, was vicar 1948–1953.
Frank White, later Bishop of Brixworth, served his curacy here in the 1980s.
Durham is a cathedral city and civil parish in the county of Durham, England. It is the county town and contains the headquarters of Durham County Council, the unitary authority which governs the district of County Durham. It had a population of 48,069 at the 2011 Census.
The city was built on a meander of the River Wear, which surrounds the centre on three sides and creates a narrow neck on the fourth. The surrounding land is hilly, except along the Wear's floodplain to the north and southeast.
Durham was founded in 995 by Anglo-Saxon monks seeking a place safe from Viking raids to house the relics of St Cuthbert. The church the monks built lasted only a century, as it was replaced by the present Durham Cathedral after the Norman Conquest; together with Durham Castle it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. From the 1070s until 1836 the city was part of the County Palatine of Durham, a semi-independent jurisdiction ruled by the prince bishops of Durham which acted as a geopolitical buffer between the kingdoms of England and Scotland. In 1346, the Battle of Neville's Cross was fought half a mile west of the city, resulting in an English victory. In 1650, the cathedral was used to house Scottish prisoners after their defeat at the Battle of Dunbar. During the Industrial Revolution, the Durham coalfield was heavily exploited, with dozens of collieries operating around the city and in nearby villages. Although these coal pits have now closed, the annual Durham Miners' Gala continues and is a major event for the city and region. Historically, Durham was also known for the manufacture of hosiery, carpets, and mustard.
The city is the home of Durham University, which was founded in 1832 and therefore has a claim to be the third-oldest university in England. The university is a significant employer in the region, alongside the local council and national government at the land registry and passport office. The University Hospital of North Durham and HM Prison Durham are also located close to the city centre. The city also has significant tourism and hospitality sectors.
Toponymy
The name "Durham" comes from the Brythonic element dun, signifying a hill fort and related to -ton, and the Old Norse holme, which translates to island. The Lord Bishop of Durham takes a Latin variation of the city's name in his official signature, which is signed "N. Dunelm". Some attribute the city's name to the legend of the Dun Cow and the milkmaid who in legend guided the monks of Lindisfarne carrying the body of Saint Cuthbert to the site of the present city in 995 AD. Dun Cow Lane is said to be one of the first streets in Durham, being directly to the east of Durham Cathedral and taking its name from a depiction of the city's founding etched in masonry on the south side of the cathedral. The city has been known by a number of names throughout history. The original Nordic Dun Holm was changed to Duresme by the Normans and was known in Latin as Dunelm. The modern form Durham came into use later in the city's history. The north-eastern historian Robert Surtees chronicled the name changes in his History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham but states that it is an "impossibility" to tell when the city's modern name came into being.
Durham is likely to be Gaer Weir in Armes Prydein, derived from Brittonic cajr meaning "an enclosed, defensible site" (cf. Carlisle; Welsh caer) and the river-name Wear.
History
Early history
Archeological evidence suggests a history of settlement in the area since roughly 2000 BC. The present city can clearly be traced back to AD 995, when a group of monks from Lindisfarne chose the strategic high peninsula as a place to settle with the body of Saint Cuthbert, that had previously lain in Chester-le-Street, founding a church there.
City origins, the Dun Cow story
Local legend states that the city was founded in A.D. 995 by divine intervention. The 12th-century chronicler Symeon of Durham recounts that after wandering in the north, Saint Cuthbert's bier miraculously came to a halt at the hill of Warden Law and, despite the effort of the congregation, would not move. Aldhun, Bishop of Chester-le-Street and leader of the order, decreed a holy fast of three days, accompanied by prayers to the saint. During the fast, Saint Cuthbert appeared to a certain monk named Eadmer, with instructions that the coffin should be taken to Dun Holm. After Eadmer's revelation, Aldhun found that he was able to move the bier, but did not know where Dun Holm was.
The legend of the Dun Cow, which is first documented in The Rites of Durham, an anonymous account about Durham Cathedral, published in 1593, builds on Symeon's account. According to this legend, by chance later that day, the monks came across a milkmaid at Mount Joy (southeast of present-day Durham). She stated that she was seeking her lost dun cow, which she had last seen at Dun Holm. The monks, realising that this was a sign from the saint, followed her. They settled at a wooded "hill-island" – a high wooded rock surrounded on three sides by the River Wear. There they erected a shelter for the relics, on the spot where Durham Cathedral would later stand. Symeon states that a modest wooden building erected there shortly thereafter was the first building in the city. Bishop Aldhun subsequently had a stone church built, which was dedicated in September 998. This no longer remains, having been supplanted by the Norman structure.
The legend is interpreted by a Victorian relief stone carving on the north face of the cathedral and, more recently, by the bronze sculpture 'Durham Cow' (1997, Andrew Burton), which reclines by the River Wear in view of the cathedral.
Medieval era
During the medieval period the city gained spiritual prominence as the final resting place of Saint Cuthbert and Saint Bede the Venerable. The shrine of Saint Cuthbert, situated behind the High Altar of Durham Cathedral, was the most important religious site in England until the martyrdom of St Thomas Becket at Canterbury in 1170.
Saint Cuthbert became famous for two reasons. Firstly, the miraculous healing powers he had displayed in life continued after his death, with many stories of those visiting the saint's shrine being cured of all manner of diseases. This led to him being known as the "wonder worker of England". Secondly, after the first translation of his relics in 698 AD, his body was found to be incorruptible. Apart from a brief translation back to Holy Island during the Norman Invasion the saint's relics have remained enshrined to the present day. Saint Bede's bones are also entombed in the cathedral, and these also drew medieval pilgrims to the city.
Durham's geographical position has always given it an important place in the defence of England against the Scots. The city played an important part in the defence of the north, and Durham Castle is the only Norman castle keep never to have suffered a breach. In 1314, the Bishopric of Durham paid the Scots a 'large sum of money' not to burn Durham. The Battle of Neville's Cross took place around half a mile west of the city on 17 October 1346 between the English and Scots and was a disastrous loss for the Scots.
The city suffered from plague outbreaks in 1544, 1589 and 1598.
Bishops of Durham
Owing to the divine providence evidenced in the city's legendary founding, the Bishop of Durham has always enjoyed the formal title "Bishop by Divine Providence" as opposed to other bishops, who are "Bishop by Divine Permission". However, as the north-east of England lay so far from Westminster, the bishops of Durham enjoyed extraordinary powers such as the ability to hold their own parliament, raise their own armies, appoint their own sheriffs and Justices, administer their own laws, levy taxes and customs duties, create fairs and markets, issue charters, salvage shipwrecks, collect revenue from mines, administer the forests and mint their own coins. So far-reaching were the bishop's powers that the steward of Bishop Antony Bek commented in 1299 AD: "There are two kings in England, namely the Lord King of England, wearing a crown in sign of his regality and the Lord Bishop of Durham wearing a mitre in place of a crown, in sign of his regality in the diocese of Durham". All this activity was administered from the castle and buildings surrounding the Palace Green. Many of the original buildings associated with these functions of the county palatine survive on the peninsula that constitutes the ancient city.
From 1071 to 1836 the bishops of Durham ruled the county palatine of Durham. Although the term "prince bishop" has been used as a helpful tool in the understanding the functions of the bishops of Durham in this era, it is not a title they would have recognised. The last bishop to rule the palatinate, Bishop William Van Mildert, is credited with the foundation of Durham University in 1832. Henry VIII curtailed some of the bishop's powers and, in 1538, ordered the destruction of the shrine of Saint Cuthbert.
A UNESCO site describes the role of the bishops in the "buffer state between England and Scotland":
From 1075, the Bishop of Durham became a Prince-Bishop, with the right to raise an army, mint his own coins, and levy taxes. As long as he remained loyal to the king of England, he could govern as a virtually autonomous ruler, reaping the revenue from his territory, but also remaining mindful of his role of protecting England’s northern frontier.
Legal system
The bishops had their own court system, including most notably the Court of Chancery of the County Palatine of Durham and Sadberge. The county also had its own attorney general, whose authority to bring an indictment for criminal matters was tested by central government in the case of R v Mary Ann Cotton (1873). Certain courts and judicial posts for the county were abolished by the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873. Section 2 of the Durham (County Palatine) Act 1836 and section 41 of the Courts Act 1971 abolished others.
Civil War and Cromwell (1640 to 1660)
The city remained loyal to King Charles I in the English Civil War – from 1642 to the execution of the king in 1649. Charles I came to Durham three times during his reign of 1625–1649. Firstly, he came in 1633 to the cathedral for a majestic service in which he was entertained by the Chapter and Bishop at great expense. He returned during preparations for the First Bishops' War (1639). His final visit to the city came towards the end of the civil war; he escaped from the city as Oliver Cromwell's forces got closer. Local legend stated that he escaped down the Bailey and through Old Elvet. Another local legend has it that Cromwell stayed in a room in the present Royal County Hotel on Old Elvet during the civil war. The room is reputed to be haunted by his ghost. Durham suffered greatly during the civil war (1642–1651) and Commonwealth (1649–1660). This was not due to direct assault by Cromwell or his allies, but to the abolition of the Church of England and the closure of religious institutions pertaining to it. The city has always relied upon the Dean and Chapter and cathedral as an economic force.
The castle suffered considerable damage and dilapidation during the Commonwealth due to the abolition of the office of bishop (whose residence it was). Cromwell confiscated the castle and sold it to the Lord Mayor of London shortly after taking it from the bishop. A similar fate befell the cathedral, it being closed in 1650 and used to incarcerate 3,000 Scottish prisoners, who were marched south after the Battle of Dunbar. Graffiti left by them can still be seen today etched into the interior stone.
At the Restoration in 1660, John Cosin (a former canon) was appointed bishop (in office: 1660–1672) and set about a major restoration project. This included the commissioning of the famous elaborate woodwork in the cathedral choir, the font cover and the Black Staircase in the castle. Bishop Cosin's successor Bishop Lord Nathaniel Crewe (in office: 1674–1721) carried out other renovations both to the city and to the cathedral.
18th century
In the 18th century a plan to turn Durham into a seaport through the digging of a canal north to join the River Team, a tributary of the River Tyne near Gateshead, was proposed by John Smeaton. Nothing came of the plan, but the statue of Neptune in the Market Place was a constant reminder of Durham's maritime possibilities.
The thought of ships docking at the Sands or Millburngate remained fresh in the minds of Durham merchants. In 1758, a new proposal hoped to make the Wear navigable from Durham to Sunderland by altering the river's course, but the increasing size of ships made this impractical. Moreover, Sunderland had grown as the north east's main port and centre for shipping.
In 1787 Durham infirmary was founded.
The 18th century also saw the rise of the trade-union movement in the city.
19th century
The Municipal Corporations Act 1835 gave governing power of the town to an elected body. All other aspects of the Bishop's temporal powers were abolished by the Durham (County Palatine) Act 1836 and returned to the Crown.
The Representation of the People Act 2000 and is regarded as the second most senior bishop and fourth most senior clergyman in the Church of England. The Court of Claims of 1953 granted the traditional right of the bishop to accompany the sovereign at the coronation, reflecting his seniority.
The first census, conducted in 1801, states that Durham City had a population of 7,100. The Industrial Revolution mostly passed the city by. However, the city was well known for carpet making and weaving. Although most of the mediaeval weavers who thrived in the city had left by the 19th century, the city was the home of Hugh MacKay Carpets’ factory, which produced the famous brands of axminster and tufted carpets until the factory went into administration in April 2005. Other important industries were the manufacture of mustard and coal extraction.
The Industrial Revolution also placed the city at the heart of the coalfields, the county's main industry until the 1970s. Practically every village around the city had a coal mine and, although these have since disappeared as part of the regional decline in heavy industry, the traditions, heritage and community spirit are still evident.
The 19th century also saw the founding of Durham University thanks to the benevolence of Bishop William Van Mildert and the Chapter in 1832. Durham Castle became the first college (University College, Durham) and the bishop moved to Auckland Castle as his only residence in the county. Bishop Hatfield's Hall (later Hatfield College, Durham) was added in 1846 specifically for the sons of poorer families, the Principal inaugurating a system new to English university life of advance fees to cover accommodation and communal dining.
The first Durham Miners' Gala was attended by 5,000 miners in 1871 in Wharton Park, and remains the largest socialist trade union event in the world.
20th century
Early in the 20th century coal became depleted, with a particularly important seam worked out in 1927, and in the following Great Depression Durham was among those towns that suffered exceptionally severe hardship. However, the university expanded greatly. St John's College and St Cuthbert's Society were founded on the Bailey, completing the series of colleges in that area of the city. From the early 1950s to early 1970s the university expanded to the south of the city centre. Trevelyan, Van Mildert, Collingwood, and Grey colleges were established, and new buildings for St Aidan's and St Mary's colleges for women, formerly housed on the Bailey, were created. The final 20th century collegiate addition came from the merger of the independent nineteenth-century colleges of the Venerable Bede and St Hild, which joined the university in 1979 as the College of St Hild and St Bede. The 1960s and 70s also saw building on New Elvet. Dunelm House for the use of the students' union was built first, followed by Elvet Riverside, containing lecture theatres and staff offices. To the southeast of the city centre sports facilities were built at Maiden Castle, adjacent to the Iron Age fort of the same name, and the Mountjoy site was developed, starting in 1924, eventually containing the university library, administrative buildings, and facilities for the Faculty of Science.
Durham was not bombed during World War II, though one raid on the night of 30 May 1942 did give rise to the local legend of 'St Cuthbert's Mist'. This states that the Luftwaffe attempted to target Durham, but was thwarted when Cuthbert created a mist that covered both the castle and cathedral, sparing them from bombing. The exact events of the night are disputed by contemporary eyewitnesses. The event continues to be referenced within the city, including inspiring the artwork 'Fogscape #03238' at Durham Lumiere 2015.
'Durham Castle and Cathedral' was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986. Among the reasons given for the decision were 'Durham Cathedral [being] the largest and most perfect monument of "Norman" style architecture in England', and the cathedral's vaulting being an early and experimental model of the gothic style. Other important UNESCO sites near Durham include Auckland Castle, North of England Lead Mining Museum and Beamish Museum.
Historical
The historic city centre of Durham has changed little over 200 years. It is made up of the peninsula containing the cathedral, palace green, former administrative buildings for the palatine and Durham Castle. This was a strategic defensive decision by the city's founders and gives the cathedral a striking position. So much so that Symeon of Durham stated:
To see Durham is to see the English Sion and by doing so one may save oneself a trip to Jerusalem.
Sir Walter Scott was so inspired by the view of the cathedral from South Street that he wrote "Harold the Dauntless", a poem about Saxons and Vikings set in County Durham and published on 30 January 1817. The following lines from the poem are carved into a stone tablet on Prebends Bridge:
Grey towers of Durham
Yet well I love thy mixed and massive piles
Half church of God, half castle 'gainst the Scot
And long to roam those venerable aisles
With records stored of deeds long since forgot.
The old commercial section of the city encompasses the peninsula on three sides, following the River Wear. The peninsula was historically surrounded by the castle wall extending from the castle keep and broken by two gatehouses to the north and west of the enclosure. After extensive remodelling and "much beautification" by the Victorians the walls were removed with the exception of the gatehouse which is still standing on the Bailey.
The medieval city was made up of the cathedral, castle and administrative buildings on the peninsula. The outlying areas were known as the townships and owned by the bishop, the most famous of these being Gilesgate (which still contains the mediaeval St Giles Church), Claypath and Elvet.
The outlying commercial section of the city, especially around the North Road area, saw much change in the 1960s during a redevelopment spearheaded by Durham City Council; however, much of the original mediaeval street plan remains intact in the area close to the cathedral and market place. Most of the mediaeval buildings in the commercial area of the city have disappeared apart from the House of Correction and the Chapel of Saint Andrew, both under Elvet Bridge. Georgian buildings can still be found on the Bailey and Old Elvet most of which make up the colleges of Durham University.
Gone are the days of listening to a physical radio, except, perhaps in the car. Now I listen to a live stream on my computer or through the NPR One app on my phone.
117 in 2017: #14 Radio Day (13th February)
Buddy Guy's Legends is a blues club in Chicago, Illinois. It was opened in 1989 by blues legend Buddy Guy who still owns the club and who still makes regular appearances, performing an annual residency each January.Legends is one of the last blues clubs left in Chicago, a city renowned for its own particular brand of blues. The club has hosted blues greats such as Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton, Junior Wells, Robert Randolph and Buddy himself. Legends has developed an international reputation. It was the site for recordings such as Guy's Live at Legends, Junior Wells:Live At Buddy Guy's Legends, and Guy's live set with Junior Wells entitled Last Time Around - Live at Legends.Prior to his death in 1983, Muddy Waters made Buddy promise to keep to Blues alive. Guy says that Legends is part of keeping that promise.
Guy had owned the Checkerboard Lounge on the south side in the 70s and 80s. He closed the Checkerboard Lounge in 1985 and immediately began looking for something new. By 1989 he had found Legends' first location at 754 S Wabash inside the Loop, behind the Big Hilton on Michigan Avenue. Guy hoped that convention attendees at the Hilton would be able to walk to his club. Legends moved to its current location at 700 S. Wabash in 2010.In 2013 Legends became one of the only blues clubs to offer livestreaming concerts.Legends serves a menu of Louisiana style Cajun and Soul food including award winning gumbo, jambalaya, chicken and ribs, and catfish po'boys.Legends is currently the only place to purchase Guy's craft beer called Buddy Brew.True Blues fans know - There is only one place in Chicago to experience the finest Blues seven nights a week, enjoy southern Cajun soul food, and behold a major archive of Blues memorabilia. That place is Buddy Guy's Legends at 700 S. Wabash! Voted "Best Blues Club" several times over by Living Blues Magazine, Citysearch, and AOL, Legends continues to be a mecca for the Blues. If you've never been to Legends before, please see our FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS page. There is no dress code. We do not take reservations. Patrons must be over 21 years of age after 8:00PM. Parking is available by means of hotel and city lots, all located within a block of the club. For more info, please see our Frequently Asked
Buddy Guy.George "Buddy" Guy (born July 30, 1936) is an American blues guitarist and singer. He is an exponent of the Chicago blues and has influenced white blues-rock musicians such as, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. In the 1960s Guy was a member of Muddy Waters' band and was a house guitarist at Chess Records. Guy had a long musical partnership with harmonica player Junior.
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Born and raised in Lettsworth, Louisiana, Guy began learning guitar on a two-string diddley bow he made. Later he was given a Harmony acoustic guitar, which, decades later in Guy's lengthy career was donated to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In the early 1950s he began performing with bands in Baton Rouge. Soon after moving to Chicago in 1957, Guy fell under the influence of Muddy Waters. In 1958, a competition with West Side guitarists Magic Sam and Otis Rush gave Guy a record contract. Soon afterwards he recorded for Cobra Records. He recorded sessions with Junior Wells for Delmark Records under the pseudonym Friendly Chap in 1965 and 1966.
Guy’s early career was held back by both conservative business choices made by his record company (Chess Records) and "the scorn, diminishments and petty subterfuge from a few jealous rivals"[citation needed]. Chess, Guy’s record label from 1959 to 1968, refused to record Buddy Guy’s novel style that was similar to his live shows. Leonard Chess (Chess founder and 1987 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee) denounced Guy’s playing as "noise". In the early 1960s, Chess tried recording Guy as a solo artist with R&B ballads, jazz instrumentals, soul and novelty dance tunes, but none was released as a single. Guy’s only Chess album, Left My Blues in San Francisco, was finally issued in 1967. Most of the songs belong stylistically to the era's soul boom, with orchestrations by Gene Barge and Charlie Stepney. Chess used Guy mainly as a session guitarist to back Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Koko Taylor and others.
In 1965 Guy participated in the European tour American Folk Blues Festival.
Buddy Guy appeared onstage at the March 1969 Supershow at Staines, England, that also included Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin, Jack Bruce, Stephen Stills, Buddy Miles, Glenn Campbell, Roland Kirk, Jon Hiseman, and The Misunderstood. But by the late 1960s, Guy's star was in decline.
Guy's career finally took off during the blues revival period of the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was sparked by Clapton's request that Guy be part of the '24 Nights' all-star blues guitar lineup at London's Royal Albert Hall and Guy's subsequent signing with Silvertone Records.
Guy performs an annual residency at his own Buddy Guy's Legends, a Chicago blues club, each January.
Music
Buddy Guy in 1993 performing in Toronto, Canada
While Buddy Guy's music is often labeled Chicago blues, his style is unique and separate. His music can vary from the most traditional, deepest blues to a creative, unpredictable and radical gumbo of the blues, avant rock, soul and free jazz that morphs at each night’s performance.
As New York Times music critic Jon Pareles noted in 2004:
Mr. Guy, 68, mingles anarchy, virtuosity, deep blues and hammy shtick in ways that keep all eyes on him.... [Guy] loves extremes: sudden drops from loud to soft, or a sweet, sustained guitar solo followed by a jolt of speed, or a high, imploring vocal cut off with a rasp.... Whether he's singing with gentle menace or bending new curves into a blue note, he is a master of tension and release, and his every wayward impulse was riveting.
In an interview taped April 14, 2000, for the Cleveland college station, WRUW-FM, Guy said: "The purpose of me trying to play the kind of rocky stuff is to get airplay...I find myself kind of searching, hoping I'll hit the right notes, say the right things, maybe they'll put me on one of these big stations, what they call 'classic'...if you get Eric Clapton to play a Muddy Waters song, they call it classic, and they will put it on that station, but you'll never hear Muddy Waters."
Influence
For almost 50 years, Guy has performed flamboyant live concerts of energetic blues and blues rock, predating the 1960s blues rockers. As a musician, he had a fundamental impact on the blues and on rock and roll, influencing a new generation of artists.Buddy Guy has been called the bridge between the blues and rock and roll. He is one of the historic links between Chicago electric blues pioneers Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf and popular musicians like Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page as well as later revivalists like Stevie Ray Vaughan. Vaughan stated that, "Without Buddy Guy, there would be no Stevie Ray Vaughan." Guitarist magazine observed:Without Buddy Guy, the blues, not to mention rock as we know it, might be a heckuva lot less interesting today. Take the blues out of contemporary rock music—or pop, jazz and funk for that matter—and what you have left is a wholly spineless affair. A tasteless stew. Makes you shudder to think about it...[where?]
Buddy Guy at the Liri Blues Festival, Italy, in 1989
In addition, Guy's pathfinding guitar techniques also contributed greatly to rock and roll music. His guitar playing was loud and aggressive; used pioneering distortion and feedback techniques; employed longer solos; had shifts of volume and texture; and was driven by emotion and impulse. These lessons were eagerly learned and applied by the new wave of 1960s British artists and later became basic attributes of blues-rock music and its offspring, hard rock and heavy metal music. Jeff Beck realized in the early 1960s: "I didn't know a Strat could sound like that — until I heard Buddy's tracks on the Blues From Big Bill's Copa Cabana album" (reissue of 1963 Folk Festival Of The Blues album) and "It was the total manic abandon in Buddy's solos. They broke all boundaries. I just thought, this is more like it! Also, his solos weren't restricted to a three-minute pop format; they were long and really developed."[citation needed]
Clapton has stated that he got the idea for a blues-rock power trio while watching Buddy Guy's trio perform in England in 1965. Clapton later formed the rock band Cream, which was "the first rock supergroup to become superstars" and was also "the first top group to truly exploit the power-trio format, in the process laying the foundation for much blues-rock and hard rock of the 1960s and 1970s."[where?]
Eric Clapton said "Buddy Guy was to me what Elvis was for others." Clapton said in a 1985 Musician magazine article that "Buddy Guy is by far and without a doubt the best guitar player alive...if you see him in person, the way he plays is beyond anyone. Total freedom of spirit, I guess. He really changed the course of rock and roll blues."
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Buddy Guy performing in 1999
Recalls Guy: "Eric Clapton and I are the best of friends and I like the tune "Strange Brew" and we were sitting and having a drink one day and I said 'Man, that "Strange Brew"...you just cracked me up with that note.' And he said 'You should...cause it's your licks...' " As soon as Clapton completed his famous Derek & the Dominos sessions in October 1970, he co-produced (with Ahmet Ertegün and Tom Dowd) the Buddy Guy & Junior Wells Play The Blues album with Guy's longtime harp and vocal compatriot, Junior Wells. The record, released in 1972, is regarded by some critics as among the finest electric blues recordings of the modern era.
In recognition of Guy's influence on Hendrix's career, the Hendrix family invited Buddy Guy to headline all-star casts at several Jimi Hendrix tribute concerts they organized in recent years, "calling on a legend to celebrate a legend." Jimi Hendrix himself once said that "Heaven is lying at Buddy Guy’s feet while listening to him play guitar."
Songs such as "Red House", "Voodoo Chile" and "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" partly came from the sonic world that Buddy Guy helped to create. According to the Fender Players' Club: "Almost ten years before Jimi Hendrix would electrify the rock world with his high-voltage voodoo blues, Buddy Guy was shocking juke joint patrons in Baton Rouge with his own brand of high-octane blues. Ironically, when Buddy’s playing technique and flamboyant showmanship were later revealed to crossover audiences in the late Sixties, it was erroneously assumed that he was imitating Hendrix." (In 1993, Guy covered "Red House" on Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix.)
Guy performing at the Bonnaroo Music Festival in 2006.
Stevie Ray Vaughan once declared that Buddy Guy "plays from a place that I've never heard anyone play." Vaughan continued:Buddy can go from one end of the spectrum to another. He can play quieter than anybody I've ever heard, or wilder and louder than anybody I've ever heard. I play pretty loud a lot of times, but Buddy's tones are incredible. He pulls such emotion out of so little volume. Buddy just has this cool feel to everything he does. And when he sings, it's just compounded. Girls fall over and sweat and die! Every once in a while I get the chance to play with Buddy, and he gets me every time, because we could try to go to Mars on guitars but then he'll start singing, sing a couple of lines, and then stick the mike in front of me! What are you gonna do? What is a person gonna do?!Jeff Beck affirmed:Geez, you can't forget Buddy Guy. He transcended blues and started becoming theater. It was high art, kind of like drama theater when he played, you know. He was playing behind his head long before Hendrix. I once saw him throw the guitar up in the air and catch it in the same chord.Beck recalled the night he and Stevie Ray Vaughan jammed with Guy at Buddy Guy’s Legends club in Chicago: "That was just the most incredible stuff I ever heard in my life. The three of us all jammed and it was so thrilling. That is as close you can come to the heart of the blues." According to Jimmy Page: "Buddy Guy is an absolute monster" and "There were a number of albums that everybody got tuned into in the early days. There was one in particular called, I think, American Folk Festival Of The Blues, which featured Buddy Guy. He just astounded everybody."Singer-songwriter and guitarist John Mayer, who has performed with Guy on numerous occasions (including with Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival and on PBS's Soundstage) and collaborated with him on Guy's 2005 album Bring 'Em In, cited on several occasions that Buddy Guy was one of his top influences.Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman: "Guitar Legends do not come any better than Buddy Guy. He is feted by his peers and loved by his fans for his ability to make the guitar both talk and cry the blues. Such is Buddy's mastery of the guitar that there is virtually no guitarist that he cannot imitate."Guy has opened for the Rolling Stones on numerous tours since the early 1970s. Slash: "Buddy Guy is the perfect combination of R&B and hardcore rock and roll." ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons: "He (Buddy Guy) ain't no trickster. He may appear surprised by his own instant ability but, clearly, he knows what's up."Guy was a judge for the 6th and 8th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists.Guy appeared and performed in an episode of the popular children's show, Jack's Big Music Show, as the "King of Swing". Guy has influenced the styles of subsequent artists such as Reggie Sears and Jesse Marchant of JBM.On February 21, 2012, Guy performed in concert at the White House for President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle During the finale of the concert Guy successfully encouraged the President to sing a few bars of "Sweet Home Chicago".
Awards. Guy previously served on the Hall of Fame’s nominating committee. Guy has won six[13] Grammy Awards both for his work on his electric and acoustic guitars, and for contemporary and traditional forms of blues music. In 2003, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts. This medal is awarded by the President of the United States of America to those who have made extraordinary contributions to the creation, growth and support in the arts in the United States. By 2004, Guy had also earned 23 W.C. Handy Awards, Billboard magazine's The Century Award (Guy was its second recipient) for distinguished artistic achievement, and the title of Greatest Living Electric Blues Guitarist.
In 2008, Buddy Guy was inducted into The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame, performing at Texas Club in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to commemorate the occasion.On December 2, 2012, Guy was awarded the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors. At his induction, Kennedy Center Chairman David Rubenstein made the commendation, "Buddy Guy is a titan of the blues and has been a tremendous influence on virtually everyone who has picked up an electric guitar in the last half century". He was honored that night along with Dustin Hoffman, Led Zeppelin (John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant), David Letterman and Natalia Makarova.Guy was ranked 30th in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time", His song "Stone Crazy" was ranked 78th in Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time.
December 19, 2014 – Mixed pod of Bottlenose Dolphins and Pilot Whales - at Taiji Japan
Early this morning at approximately 8:00am Cove Guardians could see 12 vessels heading together on the horizon. The killing fleet had spotted a pod of dolphins and wasted no time in pushing them towards Taiji - and the cove. The pod put up a tough fight and tried everything they could to escape the killers, however all their attempts at freedom were in vain as they were eventually netted off into the cove.
Today was a very profitable day for Taiji as the killers drove in both Bottlenose dolphins and Pilot Whales. We are estimating that approximately 40-45 Pilot Whales were driven in today, alongside at least 8 Bottlenose dolphins - one being a very young calf just a few months old. This young calf was seen clinging to its mothers side as they were spy hopping, confused and terrified after the exhausting drive.
The killers showed their lack of compassion as they decided to leave the pod over night, where they will be swimming in circles until their fate is decided. The weather for tomorrow is supposed to be rainy, so time will show if the pod will have to spend two nights in agony in the cove, before coming face to face with the dolphin killers.
Cove Guardians have been monitoring the pod through the day, and haunting cries can be heard over the cove as darkness descends.. Cove Guardians will be livestreaming tomorrow at approximately 6:30am, but we will update our social media with any potential changes.
Sites for more information :
Sea Shepherd Cove Guardians Page (official)
www.facebook.com/SeaShepherdCoveGuardiansOfficialPage
Cove Guardians
www.seashepherd.org/cove-guardians
Photo: Sea Shepherd
To celebrate this holiday, we watched & livestreamed from the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. We had so much fun seeing in person the massive balloons which are handled by 90 people! Some of our favorites from this 95th Year of the Parade included Astronaut Snoopy, Pikachu and the Papa Smurf from “The Smurfs”.
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December 14, 2014 – Striped Dolphin Slaugter – at Taiji Japan
Early this morning at approximatley 07:20am, after spending just fifty minutes out at sea, the killing fleet spotted the second Striped Dolphin pod of the season. The drive formed close to shore and the killers wasted no time driving the confused and terrified family towards the cove.
The pod tried everything in their power to elude the killers but stood no chance against the fleet of 24 bloodthirsty men, armed with slap paddles, banger boats and nets.
No lives were spared today as the entire family of approximatley 31 Striped dolphins were brutally murdered under the tarps in the killing cove. Another beautiful family unit once again destroyed and annhiliated at the hands of the Taiji Killers. This was the second Striped Dolphin pod of the season, and the 21st pod to be slaughtered in total.
Sites for more information :
Sea Shepherd Cove Guardians Page (official)
www.facebook.com/SeaShepherdCoveGuardiansOfficialPage
Cove Guardians
www.seashepherd.org/cove-guardians
Photo: Sea Shepherd
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addressed “Earth To Paris—Le Hub,” a global, multi-lingual, live-streamed summit hosted by the coalition of global partners Earth To Paris. Participants around the world are taking part in a 36-hour series of multi-language livestreamed video and real-time interactions across multiple social media platforms using the unifying hashtag #EarthToParis. The aim is to heighten global awareness about the connection between people and the planet as well as to push for strong action at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) taking place in Paris.
Participants of “Earth To Paris—Le Hub,” at the Petit Palais in Paris.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
07 December 2015
Paris, France
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