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My sister-in-law and I went to the Curve fashion show in Manchester yesterday. Not really for buying, more for the culture and diversity that Manchester throws at you. We had a fabulous time, did some window shopping and stopped off for a couple of cocktails later on. But after seeing the curvaceous ladies at the show, never again will I complain about my size. I will embrace what I am.
This lady was being interviewed by local tv and her microphone dropped where it shouldn't. She had to delve and retrieve!
I had never seen this type of cloud before. I was amazed at the shape and quickly grabbed the camera. It's literally a big roll like a huge cigar rolling in. Here it is coming in from the west rolling over the city.
It looked more ominous than it was as nothing happened more than a few sprinkles, but it was amazing to watch it roll over the city. When it was directly overhead it just looked like clouds. The next shot will show the roll cloud just after it rolled over and continued on its way to the east. That night I saw photos of it on the local TV weather report.
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A great session over at Wallsend with Josephine and Jack being filmed by local TV about our recent shortlisting for a National Diversity Award! :-)
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I happened to bump into Jennifer and asked for a pic. Jennifer had done some modelling and gave me many great poses. Thanks Jen.
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Somehow the humble blanket over his camera made me think of the vintage shots when the photographer would retire behind his shrouded camera.
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Now I want a beer. Cheers!
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Andrew Woodroffe and Dave Pallet both crewed 35005 on launch day, and Dave got to be on the local TV news!
This is a pretty crappy photo of me being interviewed by our local TV station, KFOR, about the Okie Mod Squad's efforts to landmark the iconic First Christian Church in Oklahoma City. The church has been for sale for a few years, and we've heard from very reliable sources that a potential buyer has been inquiring about any potential demo restrictions -- there are none. The owner could get a demo permit at 8:00 a.m. and start knocking it down 30 minutes later like we saw happen to another mid-century modern treasure here, the Founders Bank.
The First Christian Church is on the National Register but that offers no protections. There are two historic preservation (HP) neighborhoods next to it, but the neighborhood the church is in isn't HP.
Here in Oklahoma City (and in other cities across the nation), the City Council has the power to declare a building a landmark. The landmark status basically makes the building its own HP district, and if a demo permit is requested, the HP Commission would have to review it before it can be granted. It's not a ton of protection but is much better than nothing.
If you'd like to help us convince the City Council that it's a good move to declare the First Christian Church a landmark, please take a moment and sign the petition my group, the Okie Mod Squad, created to show the City Council just how important this building is to all of us:
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Pride Weekend was held August 26-28, 2016 in Erie PA. The weekend began with a Pride Kick-Off Drag Show held at the Zone Dance Club, 133 W 18th St, Erie PA. Performers at the drag show were Michelle Michaels, Misty Michaels Kall, Lovin Heart, Jill Jameson and Vicky Bendme.
Saturday began with the March to Pridefest organized by NW PA Pride Alliance. The step off was at the Zone Dance Club. Parade units included NW PA Pride Alliance, Erie County Executive Kathy Dahlkemper, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Erie, Temple Anshe Hesed, LBT Women of Erie, Erie Democratic Coordinated Campaign, General Electric Transportation GLBTA Alliance, Ladyfest Erie, Northwestern High School GSA, Eerie Roller Girls, TransFamily of NWPA Transgender Support Group, and Community United Church. There were 152 people in the parade.
Media coverage included Erie Times News, both local TV news crews, and .MIC from NYC.
NW PA Pride Alliance also organized Pridefest, which was held in Griswold Park after the parade. Over 370 people attended Pridefest. The keynote speaker was Erie County Councilmember Jay Breneman. Performers for Pridefest included drag performers Michelle Michaels, Misty Michaels Kall, Jill Jameson and musical acts Populi, Honest Mistakes and Billy Wynn,
GEAE sponsored a tent at Pridefest for HIV, Hep C and syphilis testing that was performed by Erie County Department of Health and Community Health Net.
Info tables at Pridefest included American Civil Liberties Union of PA Northwest Chapter, Canine Partners for Life, Children’s Aid Society of Mercer County, Community Health Net, Community United Church, Crime Victim Center of Erie County, Eerie Roller Girls, Erie Vegan and Vegetarian Society, Families United Network, Inc., Family Pathways, General Electric Transportation GLBTA Alliance, Iadeluca Chiropractic Center, Lake Erie Counseling Associates, LBT Women, LPL Financial Advisor Diane Gardner, Ms. Zewe, National Organization for Women, NWPA Chapter (NWPANOW), Pennsylvania Youth Congress, Persad Center, PNC Bank, Safe Harbor Behavioral Health, SafeNet Center, Temple Anshe Hesed, TransFamily of NWPA Transgender Support Group, Unitarian-Universalist Congregation of Erie, and Whispering Lake Grove.
Vendor tables included Chinese Lagoon, Elite Jewelry By Jasmine, LuLaRoe, Monacella Massage & Kinesiology, Origami Owl, Pampered Chef, Peach, Rainbow Creations, and Scents.
Special thanks to volunteers Jodi Shay, Kim Conti, Andrea Shaffer, Deb Spilko, and Johauna. Photos are by Deb Spilko and Andrea Shaffer.
After Pridefest, GEAE held an After Pride Party at the Bourbon Barrel that was attended by 100 people and which collected clothing items for SafeNet. The Zone Dance Club held an Island Heat Tropical Glow Party.
The next day, Sunday, August 28, NWPA Pride Alliance held Pride Day at Waldameer Park and Waterworld. About 100 people attended.
From the wall of McNabb Community Centre.
My view is that we are all brothers and sisters in this World.
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In the background you can see Parliament Hill and at right is Canada's Supreme Court. This is a favourite spot of mine. Only ten minutes from Our Nation's Capital yet bare, natural and undeveloped Victoria Island is like a step back in time.
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Darek & I attended the Palm Springs Gay Pride Parade...the theme being "BE HEARD". Thomas, Bob, Darek & I had breakfast at John's Restaurant (always good & plenty of food). Someone had already claimed our usual spot so we moved up the road...across from where a local TV station was filming. It was a enjoyable parade.
While watching everyone in my state send in to local TV stations adorable shots of their dogs having fun in the cold temperatures and snow, I've watched mine (left: Melvin, right: Lily) refuse to venture more than 12 inches from the perimeter of our house.
The center shot is of them begging me to stop photographing them and to let them back in the house!
365/9 We didn't bring coats or boots on our vacation and holed up inside most of the day with 7 inches of snow at Emerald Isle, NC. When suddenly it stopped snowing and the clouds broke just in time for sunset, I had to run out in my sneakers and grab a shot.
I sent the photo into the local tv station and it was featured on channel 12 news at 6 pm tonight as well as another shot I sent in.
A huge flock of Sparrows suddenly landed across the street. A few minutes later they were gone again.
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On June 24, 2017, Erie celebrated 25 years of Pride events with the 2017 Erie Pride March and Fest. It is estimated that about 750 people attended the festivities. Both local TV crews as well as the Erie Times News covered the event. MIC.com was back again this year to cover Erie Pride as part of the “Small City, Big Pride” series for Google.
About 270 people marched in the Pride Parade, which stepped up from the Zone Dance Club. Parade units included NW PA Pride Alliance, Erie County Executive Kathy Dahlkemper (who was there with staff and her openly gay son, Nate), Trigon, LBT WOmen, GE Transportation GLBTA Alliance, COmmunity United Church, TransFamily of NW PA, Eerie Roller Girls, Keystone Progress, Shember for Mayor committe, Temple Anshe Hesed, Mcdowell High School GSA, Planned Parenthood od PA Advocates, Erie Feminists United, Erie Sisters and Brothers, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Erie, Greater Erie Alliance for Equality, and Pennsylvania Equality Project.
Pride Fest in Perry Square began with a presentation to long standing LGBT groups in the region, including Identity, Erie Sisters and Brothers, Trigon, Erie Gay News, Drenched Fur, and LBT Women of Erie, as welll as a lifetime achievement award to Michael Mahler. Entertainment included Snarebear, Michelle Michaels, Jill Jamison, Misty Michaels Kall, sing Matrthew Crays, and the band Honest Mistake.
For the 4th consecutive year, Erie County Health Department and Community Health Net provided free HIV and STD testing. Info tables at Pride Fest included Adagio Health, American Cancer Society, American Civil Liberties Union of PA Northwest Chapter, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Canine Partners for Life, Community United Church, Crime Victim Center of Erie County, Drenched Fur, Eerie Roller Girls, Erie County Human Relations Commission, Erie County Suicide Prevention Task Force, Erie Vegan and Vegetarian Society, Families United Network, Inc., Lake Erie Counseling Associates, LBT Women, National Organization for Women, NWPA Chapter (NWPANOW), Pennsylvania Youth Congress, Persad Center, PNC Bank, SafeNet Center ,TransFamily of NWPA Transgender Support Group, Whispering Lake Grove, and Unitarian-Universalist Congregation of Erie/ Vendors included adultmart, Chalk It Up!, Chinese Lagoon, Dream Weaver Star, Elite Jewelry By Jasmine, Gardens of Eternity, Le-Vel, Lily’s Land of Literacy (UBAM), LuLaRoe by Anita, Pampered Chef (Uncle Pete), Phoenix Rising, Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Adovcates, Rainbow Creations, Scentsy by Sharon, and The Cookielady
I have been tagged to tell you 16 things about me by:
FRJunkie1981, Workmana, WoodSpriteBlythe, Pets, Mah Belle, Louos and Chacha!! I can believe it!! I have not such interesting life guys!!
Here we go!
1. I have seven sisters and I'm the only boy, but not the youngest.Now at home only live my parents, my grandma (mom's mother, who always lived with us), my sister Laura (the youngest), Nala (my canine daughter) and I.
2. I have always lived in the same house, I have never moved.
3. Since I was a child I liked to show to other people the things that I made.
4. I have a scar on my forehead, I made it playing in the street one of the miles times that I fell down.
5. My sister María always was looking for me in my neighborhood when I was a child, I scaped from home and go to play to some of my neighbours' houses... now understand why all the old women and men from my neighborhood knows me (shame, shame)
6. When I started to study in the high school I wanted to be an actor!! hehehe!!
7. I finished my high school studies after 7 years, it was supposed to be only 5.(But I met a lot of people) :P
8. When I was 17 I started to work in a local TV program with my friends, the show's name was "Cosas Nuestras" (Our Things). After that I worked for 10 years on the same TV, as a presenter in differents programs, in the countinuity department, making sets... and a big etc.
9. I decided to stop working in TV to enjoy of my last year of my University Fine Arts Studies.
10. I have a beauty marks' diagonal line (9-10) across half part of my back.
11. I have a tatoo in my back between the two holes of my sacrum. It was designed by me (now in bad conditions). The girl who made it swore me that it only be there for 5 years...I made it seven years ago...
12. Since I am in Blythe's World I'm living one of the most creative ages of my life.
13. I have taken part of differents exhibitions (11) from the first year that I started my University Fine Arts Studies.
14. A secret. A religion teacher felt in love with me when I was in my first high school year, when I was 13. But he didn't told me that after many years later. (SHOCKED)
15. I could die when I was a child, I felt down in the swimming pool and nobody saw me. I remember to see all in blue color, I coudn't breathe and then I saw something white, I tried to go there, it was the steps!! Finally I went out of the swimming pool, crying, of course. Even I was so so small i always remember the images that I saw when I was under the water.
16. Now I feel a little bit lost, I'm trying to find me way... and I feel so thankful to have found all of you.
Joyland Amusement Park's vintage neon sign will be taken down sometime in May 2014, to be preserved with several other relics from the park..
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Historic preservation group moves pieces from Joyland storage
•By Rick Plumlee
•The Wichita Eagle
•Published Wednesday, May 7, 2014, at 12:14 p.m.
•Updated Wednesday, May 7, 2014, at 1:33 p.m.
A flock of wild turkeys strolled outside a storage building at Joyland on Wednesday morning as the Louie the Clown sign saw the light of day for the first time in years.
Piece by piece, the process of finding new homes for nostalgic items at the iconic amusement park continued.
A day after it was announced that Joyland owner Margaret Nelson Spear had donated the merry-go-round to Botanica, a local historic preservation group began taking possession of six items it had purchased from her.
That included the clown sign, which greeted visitors at the park’s entrance for decades before Joyland last closed in 2006.
Once animated and flashing with neon lights, the sign now has badly chipped paint. Louie’s face needs a bath and more.
Greg Kite, president of the Historic Preservation Alliance of Wichita and Sedgwick County, plans to restore the sign and the other pieces.
“We’ve gathered up these artifacts to preserve them,” Kite said. “We don’t want them to be scattered across the country.
“But you can’t preserve and show what you haven’t saved.”
For now, though, it was a matter of moving most of the items from one storage building to another.
Crews began transporting pieces from the park to the Garvey Public Warehouse, a collection of eight buildings with 740,000 square feet of storage space near Hoover Road and 55th Street South.
Besides the clown sign, the alliance also purchased the park’s entrance sign on Hillside, a red bumper car, a stagecoach, the 18-foot-high Mother Goose shoe and the original roller-coaster ticket booth that still includes the 35-cent ticket price.
The Hillside sign will be taken down sometime next week, Kite said.
The preservation alliance’s ideal plan would be to display the Joyland items along with other historic pieces it has purchased at a yet-to-be established museum, Kite said. The group even has a name picked out – Lost Wichita.
Another option would be to put the items on a traveling display, Kite said.
Many of Wichita’s historical items have already been destroyed, lost or shipped to other parts of the country, Kite said.
Since the alliance began operation in 1993, he said, the group has been able to preserve a number of items, including two Wichita trolleys, exterior tile section from the old Allis Hotel and marquees from the Orpheum and Crest theaters.
Like their new Joyland companions, the items are in the Garvey warehouse awaiting a place to be seen again.
The alliance bought the Joyland pieces in 2010 for $22,000, Kite said.
“We intentionally delayed removing them to give another group the opportunity to raise funds and reopen the park,” he said.
That hasn’t happened, although Spear said two groups are still showing some interest. Eventually, she said, she hopes to sell the 40 acres of land.
Meanwhile, Spear decided it was time to start moving the items out of her storage and the park.
The shoe, which has remained in the park, is deteriorating from weather and the destructive hands of vandals, she said.
“It’s horrible to see that,” Spear said.
A lion with its body and head smashed by vandals sits in the storage building. The Whacky Shack remains outside, although all of the displays inside for the fun house ride have been stolen.
Outside, the wooden roller coaster maintains a dominating presence – despite its fading white paint – as it looms over the park. You can almost hear the screams and squeals from years past.
“I’d like to find a place for it,” she said.
Spear recalled hearing about a similar roller coaster being dismantled in the South and taken to Pennsylvania where it was reassembled.
“So it’s possible,” she said.
Joyland was more than a business to her.
“It was our life,” she said.
Joyland first opened in 1948 near Hydraulic and Central. Spear began working at Joyland as a teenager a year later, when it was moved to its current location in the 2800 block of South Hillside.
She met her late husband, Stan Nelson, at the park in 1950. They were part owners from 1968 to the mid-1970s before they took over sole ownership.
Like other kids, their four children spent hours playing at Joyland, especially enjoying the park’s miniature golf course.
Now all that remains are numerous calls from the police about vandalism and fires.
That’s been been hard for her.
But this week she’s smiling. First the merry-go-round, now a home for the Louie sign and the rest.
While other Joyland pieces – such as the train – have been sold off over the years, this is the first time there’s a plan in place for the public to see at least some of the items again.
“This makes me happy,” Spear said as she watched crews wrestle with getting the clown sign out of the building.
It also thrilled Sam Nance, a member of the preservation alliance’s board who came to help. Like so many other Wichitans, he came to Joyland as a child.
“This was our vacation,” he said. “We didn’t have much money.”
A local TV station used to give away tickets based on school grades – so many for an A, a few less for a B.
“That was a big deal,” Nance said. “It’s the only way I could come.”
Kandi Piatkowski, another alliance board member, worked at Joyland as a teenager in the 1980s.
“It’s an end of an era,” she said. “We want to save as much as possible.”
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Walking around the old Japanese district of Dalian with a photojournalist student friend who is carrying out a social documentary project on the area, we noticed something unusual. Old signs appeared to be hanging in the doorways and banners lines some of the streets. Some kind of festival perhaps ? Then we came across a huge lighting rig, of the kind that a Hollywood studio might use when shooting on location. What on earth...? We noticed an area roped off and asked some people what it was all about. "Film something something Olympics something" they replied in a heavy Dalian accent. Not only that but apparently no foreigners were allowed beyond the rope. At least not on that street. Five minutes around the corner we approached from another angle and were met enthusiastically by a young Chinese actress, eager to practice her English on two rugged bearded foreigners.
Seems a film called "The One" was getting shot. It tells the life story of China's first Olympian, a Dalian born sprinter called Liu Changchun. In a time of massive internal strife, he rejected the occupying Japanese's orders to run for the puppet state Manchukuo and instead boarded a boat from Shanghai to become the then Republic of China's sole representitive in the 1932 LA Olympics. They were filming it in this district presumably because it is one of the only relics of old Dalian yet to be re-developed. The old shop signs and crowds of extras in period robes completed the effect.
A group of people had now formed around us, questions were getting thrown around, hands were shaken, business cards given, but the rope was still there, and we were still on the wrong side for taking photos. Nothing seemed to be happening anyway, just lots of waiting around. We retreated back to the nearest restaurant and got stuck into beer and kebabs. My accomplice thought it might be an idea to phone the visiting professor on his photography course, a well respected Dutch photographer and film-maker. So he too arrived on the scene, fabled Leica in hand, just in time for the second round of lamb kebabs. After all the restaurant staff had been lined up under the bare 100 watt bulbs for head and shoulder portraits and the last of the kebabs had been eaten, off went the Prof to check out the film set for himself.
Seemingly ropes mean little when you are able to strike up a conversation with the director themselves about the merits of various kinds of lighting equipment and so after being introduced to the director as the Prof's "young proteges", we found ourselves in the unusual position of being on a full-blown film location during filming with permission to take photos as we wished.
This particular scene being shot mainly consisted of a large imposing man in Japanese military uniform getting out of an enormous black car and beating someone to the ground, as ruthless oppressors are want to do. Lots of shouting, lots of elegant Japanese looking (but actually Chinese) ladies in kimonos and parasols, and lots of smoke. The biggest laugh of the evening probably came when the car door wouldn't open and our Japanese military aggressor started cursing in Chinese.
The next day lots of research was done on-line to fill in the various information gaps. It seems the film is going to be fairly high profile, no mere local TV production. The director is Hou Yong, once time cinematographer for Zhang Yimou, who moved into directing himself more recently with family drama Jasmine Women, starring none other than Zhang Ziyi. A feelgood patriotic tale such as this will obviously pass government censors without any issues at all, and will likely be released in time for the Beijing Olympics next year. Not only that, it will be shown to all the foreign athletes. The film brings to light various questions and issues though.
Firstly, what tone will the film employ in depicting the Japanese occupation ? Will it present a heartwarming tale that embodies the "Olympic Spirit", overcoming oppression in a way that those oppressed the world over will be able to relate to, or will it be unable to resist throwing in some heavy-handed pro-China nationalistic propaganda that even the most ardent anti-fascist foreigner would cringe at watching ?
Secondly, how do the impoverished residents of this district feel about their homes being used in a film set ? Permission from the locals was neither asked nor given prior to the film crew setting up. How do they feel about a film about someone overcoming poverty and oppression being filmed around them while they themselves remain in the city's poor and oppressed underclass ?
Thirdly, there is the issue of how the Chinese seem to view their history. This is a government dominated by engineers and economists, where a description of a place as being "heaven on earth" often means an abundance of ferrous metals in the upper crust. Everything is a resource to be plundered until empty, the land, the people, the culture and also the history. With 5000 years China has more reserves to exhaust than most countries. And just like minerals that are inconvenient or unprofitable to extract, Chinese history that has no economic or political use in the present will remain buried, charted on maps somewhere but unknown to most who live on the surface. Thus this old 1920s district will remain standing as long as there are film crews wanting to use it, but in terms of retaining and restoring it as a living museum of old Dalian, an area distinctive and unique in China, part of the city's cultural and architectural heritage, it seems that few people are interested in such sentimental Western ideas, least of all the residents themselves, whose only concern is being given fair compensation when the ball and chain arrives. Will they come to realise their mistake in forty years when these areas have all disappeared and everyone in China is comfortably middle-class, or will it be our relatively inexperienced Western civilisation that comes round to their way of thinking after we have been around for another 3000 years ?
This actually made the local TV weather news yesterday because we don't get many. According to the weatherman they can form only over mountains and there can not be much wind at all. Whatever causes them they are kinda pretty.
Pride Weekend was held August 26-28, 2016 in Erie PA. The weekend began with a Pride Kick-Off Drag Show held at the Zone Dance Club, 133 W 18th St, Erie PA. Performers at the drag show were Michelle Michaels, Misty Michaels Kall, Lovin Heart, Jill Jameson and Vicky Bendme.
Saturday began with the March to Pridefest organized by NW PA Pride Alliance. The step off was at the Zone Dance Club. Parade units included NW PA Pride Alliance, Erie County Executive Kathy Dahlkemper, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Erie, Temple Anshe Hesed, LBT Women of Erie, Erie Democratic Coordinated Campaign, General Electric Transportation GLBTA Alliance, Ladyfest Erie, Northwestern High School GSA, Eerie Roller Girls, TransFamily of NWPA Transgender Support Group, and Community United Church. There were 152 people in the parade.
Media coverage included Erie Times News, both local TV news crews, and .MIC from NYC.
NW PA Pride Alliance also organized Pridefest, which was held in Griswold Park after the parade. Over 370 people attended Pridefest. The keynote speaker was Erie County Councilmember Jay Breneman. Performers for Pridefest included drag performers Michelle Michaels, Misty Michaels Kall, Jill Jameson and musical acts Populi, Honest Mistakes and Billy Wynn,
GEAE sponsored a tent at Pridefest for HIV, Hep C and syphilis testing that was performed by Erie County Department of Health and Community Health Net.
Info tables at Pridefest included American Civil Liberties Union of PA Northwest Chapter, Canine Partners for Life, Children’s Aid Society of Mercer County, Community Health Net, Community United Church, Crime Victim Center of Erie County, Eerie Roller Girls, Erie Vegan and Vegetarian Society, Families United Network, Inc., Family Pathways, General Electric Transportation GLBTA Alliance, Iadeluca Chiropractic Center, Lake Erie Counseling Associates, LBT Women, LPL Financial Advisor Diane Gardner, Ms. Zewe, National Organization for Women, NWPA Chapter (NWPANOW), Pennsylvania Youth Congress, Persad Center, PNC Bank, Safe Harbor Behavioral Health, SafeNet Center, Temple Anshe Hesed, TransFamily of NWPA Transgender Support Group, Unitarian-Universalist Congregation of Erie, and Whispering Lake Grove.
Vendor tables included Chinese Lagoon, Elite Jewelry By Jasmine, LuLaRoe, Monacella Massage & Kinesiology, Origami Owl, Pampered Chef, Peach, Rainbow Creations, and Scents.
Special thanks to volunteers Jodi Shay, Kim Conti, Andrea Shaffer, Deb Spilko, and Johauna. Photos are by Deb Spilko and Andrea Shaffer.
After Pridefest, GEAE held an After Pride Party at the Bourbon Barrel that was attended by 100 people and which collected clothing items for SafeNet. The Zone Dance Club held an Island Heat Tropical Glow Party.
The next day, Sunday, August 28, NWPA Pride Alliance held Pride Day at Waldameer Park and Waterworld. About 100 people attended.
Pride Weekend was held August 26-28, 2016 in Erie PA. The weekend began with a Pride Kick-Off Drag Show held at the Zone Dance Club, 133 W 18th St, Erie PA. Performers at the drag show were Michelle Michaels, Misty Michaels Kall, Lovin Heart, Jill Jameson and Vicky Bendme.
Saturday began with the March to Pridefest organized by NW PA Pride Alliance. The step off was at the Zone Dance Club. Parade units included NW PA Pride Alliance, Erie County Executive Kathy Dahlkemper, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Erie, Temple Anshe Hesed, LBT Women of Erie, Erie Democratic Coordinated Campaign, General Electric Transportation GLBTA Alliance, Ladyfest Erie, Northwestern High School GSA, Eerie Roller Girls, TransFamily of NWPA Transgender Support Group, and Community United Church. There were 152 people in the parade.
Media coverage included Erie Times News, both local TV news crews, and .MIC from NYC.
NW PA Pride Alliance also organized Pridefest, which was held in Griswold Park after the parade. Over 370 people attended Pridefest. The keynote speaker was Erie County Councilmember Jay Breneman. Performers for Pridefest included drag performers Michelle Michaels, Misty Michaels Kall, Jill Jameson and musical acts Populi, Honest Mistakes and Billy Wynn,
GEAE sponsored a tent at Pridefest for HIV, Hep C and syphilis testing that was performed by Erie County Department of Health and Community Health Net.
Info tables at Pridefest included American Civil Liberties Union of PA Northwest Chapter, Canine Partners for Life, Children’s Aid Society of Mercer County, Community Health Net, Community United Church, Crime Victim Center of Erie County, Eerie Roller Girls, Erie Vegan and Vegetarian Society, Families United Network, Inc., Family Pathways, General Electric Transportation GLBTA Alliance, Iadeluca Chiropractic Center, Lake Erie Counseling Associates, LBT Women, LPL Financial Advisor Diane Gardner, Ms. Zewe, National Organization for Women, NWPA Chapter (NWPANOW), Pennsylvania Youth Congress, Persad Center, PNC Bank, Safe Harbor Behavioral Health, SafeNet Center, Temple Anshe Hesed, TransFamily of NWPA Transgender Support Group, Unitarian-Universalist Congregation of Erie, and Whispering Lake Grove.
Vendor tables included Chinese Lagoon, Elite Jewelry By Jasmine, LuLaRoe, Monacella Massage & Kinesiology, Origami Owl, Pampered Chef, Peach, Rainbow Creations, and Scents.
Special thanks to volunteers Jodi Shay, Kim Conti, Andrea Shaffer, Deb Spilko, and Johauna. Photos are by Deb Spilko and Andrea Shaffer.
After Pridefest, GEAE held an After Pride Party at the Bourbon Barrel that was attended by 100 people and which collected clothing items for SafeNet. The Zone Dance Club held an Island Heat Tropical Glow Party.
The next day, Sunday, August 28, NWPA Pride Alliance held Pride Day at Waldameer Park and Waterworld. About 100 people attended.
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Pride Weekend was held August 26-28, 2016 in Erie PA. The weekend began with a Pride Kick-Off Drag Show held at the Zone Dance Club, 133 W 18th St, Erie PA. Performers at the drag show were Michelle Michaels, Misty Michaels Kall, Lovin Heart, Jill Jameson and Vicky Bendme.
Saturday began with the March to Pridefest organized by NW PA Pride Alliance. The step off was at the Zone Dance Club. Parade units included NW PA Pride Alliance, Erie County Executive Kathy Dahlkemper, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Erie, Temple Anshe Hesed, LBT Women of Erie, Erie Democratic Coordinated Campaign, General Electric Transportation GLBTA Alliance, Ladyfest Erie, Northwestern High School GSA, Eerie Roller Girls, TransFamily of NWPA Transgender Support Group, and Community United Church. There were 152 people in the parade.
Media coverage included Erie Times News, both local TV news crews, and .MIC from NYC.
NW PA Pride Alliance also organized Pridefest, which was held in Griswold Park after the parade. Over 370 people attended Pridefest. The keynote speaker was Erie County Councilmember Jay Breneman. Performers for Pridefest included drag performers Michelle Michaels, Misty Michaels Kall, Jill Jameson and musical acts Populi, Honest Mistakes and Billy Wynn,
GEAE sponsored a tent at Pridefest for HIV, Hep C and syphilis testing that was performed by Erie County Department of Health and Community Health Net.
Info tables at Pridefest included American Civil Liberties Union of PA Northwest Chapter, Canine Partners for Life, Children’s Aid Society of Mercer County, Community Health Net, Community United Church, Crime Victim Center of Erie County, Eerie Roller Girls, Erie Vegan and Vegetarian Society, Families United Network, Inc., Family Pathways, General Electric Transportation GLBTA Alliance, Iadeluca Chiropractic Center, Lake Erie Counseling Associates, LBT Women, LPL Financial Advisor Diane Gardner, Ms. Zewe, National Organization for Women, NWPA Chapter (NWPANOW), Pennsylvania Youth Congress, Persad Center, PNC Bank, Safe Harbor Behavioral Health, SafeNet Center, Temple Anshe Hesed, TransFamily of NWPA Transgender Support Group, Unitarian-Universalist Congregation of Erie, and Whispering Lake Grove.
Vendor tables included Chinese Lagoon, Elite Jewelry By Jasmine, LuLaRoe, Monacella Massage & Kinesiology, Origami Owl, Pampered Chef, Peach, Rainbow Creations, and Scents.
Special thanks to volunteers Jodi Shay, Kim Conti, Andrea Shaffer, Deb Spilko, and Johauna. Photos are by Deb Spilko and Andrea Shaffer.
After Pridefest, GEAE held an After Pride Party at the Bourbon Barrel that was attended by 100 people and which collected clothing items for SafeNet. The Zone Dance Club held an Island Heat Tropical Glow Party.
The next day, Sunday, August 28, NWPA Pride Alliance held Pride Day at Waldameer Park and Waterworld. About 100 people attended.
I believe it was for one of the local TV stations.
The story was about the proposed "College Savings Funds" and we needed a cute kid. Shanna is my first born, and she was always a ham in front of the camera. I had mom bring her down after we had gotten the lighting all set. The background is a large muslin that I had painted myself. It has a light right up next to it to give the spray light. I used a large 4x6 softbox to camera left and a Mamiya 6x7 with a 180MM lens to drop out the focus in the background. A soft fill from camera right was added and we shot. She was very happy to have a polaroid for her wall and some ice cream on the way home. We had the shot on one roll, but I did two to make sure we had some choices. Every shot was a winner... or maybe that was just dad's opinion.
She will be 25 this year. We are going to lunch Wednesday.
Just feeling a little nostalgic after going through a lot of old images in boxes at the studio. So many memories...
Daddy loves you, Shanna.
This house, now divided in to upper and lower suites, is at least 100 years old.
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View from my hotel room in Hefeng. I used to visit that part of China a lot about 15 years ago, mainly for cycling adventures. A remote and backward place, few people had seen foreigners in those days. The local TV station interviewed me, just because I was Caucasian. The mountains were beautiful but the town was a mess and the hotel had rats. I wonder how the place looks today.
That's Canada's Supreme Court in the centre and the Ottawa River in the foreground.
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Archive travel shots. For our 2nd cruise in December 1992, we had a week in Orlando first. Watching the local TV news we heard a shuttle launch was due @ some unearthly hour just after 6am from Kennedy space Center about 60 miles away. We got up about 3am to drive there, crowded roads etc & launch was delayed because of potential for frost. STS 53 finally went up @ 8.24am with commander David M Walker + 4 crew. We had great views & spent rest of the day round around the Space center viewing the exhibits & the Imax film. a great experience & I still have the commemorative Tee shirt never worn or washed.
Pride Weekend was held August 26-28, 2016 in Erie PA. The weekend began with a Pride Kick-Off Drag Show held at the Zone Dance Club, 133 W 18th St, Erie PA. Performers at the drag show were Michelle Michaels, Misty Michaels Kall, Lovin Heart, Jill Jameson and Vicky Bendme.
Saturday began with the March to Pridefest organized by NW PA Pride Alliance. The step off was at the Zone Dance Club. Parade units included NW PA Pride Alliance, Erie County Executive Kathy Dahlkemper, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Erie, Temple Anshe Hesed, LBT Women of Erie, Erie Democratic Coordinated Campaign, General Electric Transportation GLBTA Alliance, Ladyfest Erie, Northwestern High School GSA, Eerie Roller Girls, TransFamily of NWPA Transgender Support Group, and Community United Church. There were 152 people in the parade.
Media coverage included Erie Times News, both local TV news crews, and .MIC from NYC.
NW PA Pride Alliance also organized Pridefest, which was held in Griswold Park after the parade. Over 370 people attended Pridefest. The keynote speaker was Erie County Councilmember Jay Breneman. Performers for Pridefest included drag performers Michelle Michaels, Misty Michaels Kall, Jill Jameson and musical acts Populi, Honest Mistakes and Billy Wynn,
GEAE sponsored a tent at Pridefest for HIV, Hep C and syphilis testing that was performed by Erie County Department of Health and Community Health Net.
Info tables at Pridefest included American Civil Liberties Union of PA Northwest Chapter, Canine Partners for Life, Children’s Aid Society of Mercer County, Community Health Net, Community United Church, Crime Victim Center of Erie County, Eerie Roller Girls, Erie Vegan and Vegetarian Society, Families United Network, Inc., Family Pathways, General Electric Transportation GLBTA Alliance, Iadeluca Chiropractic Center, Lake Erie Counseling Associates, LBT Women, LPL Financial Advisor Diane Gardner, Ms. Zewe, National Organization for Women, NWPA Chapter (NWPANOW), Pennsylvania Youth Congress, Persad Center, PNC Bank, Safe Harbor Behavioral Health, SafeNet Center, Temple Anshe Hesed, TransFamily of NWPA Transgender Support Group, Unitarian-Universalist Congregation of Erie, and Whispering Lake Grove.
Vendor tables included Chinese Lagoon, Elite Jewelry By Jasmine, LuLaRoe, Monacella Massage & Kinesiology, Origami Owl, Pampered Chef, Peach, Rainbow Creations, and Scents.
Special thanks to volunteers Jodi Shay, Kim Conti, Andrea Shaffer, Deb Spilko, and Johauna. Photos are by Deb Spilko and Andrea Shaffer.
After Pridefest, GEAE held an After Pride Party at the Bourbon Barrel that was attended by 100 people and which collected clothing items for SafeNet. The Zone Dance Club held an Island Heat Tropical Glow Party.
The next day, Sunday, August 28, NWPA Pride Alliance held Pride Day at Waldameer Park and Waterworld. About 100 people attended.
That other fellow creeping into the photo is either Greg Benne or Tom DuBois, think it's Tom but I can't be sure. Obviously, if the photographer were more skillful, he wouldn't be there.
A photograph with Mary and Gloria together is predictable in nature---I don't know if they knew each other before my party, but kindred spirits they were indeed. But to get Hans there in the same shot---that's a coup. Hans was my carpenter---he made frames for me and fixed stuff that I broke. One time I took a job making a kitchen countertop for a woman, and when I failed to perform adequately, Hans stepped in and finished the work. I paid him more than she paid me, which is kind of a capsule history of my business life.
Hans was the second Austrian carpenter I employed in Springfield. Mr. Mohr was the first. I had an old desk that I dragged out to Missouri (well, it went to Arkansas first) and Mr. Mohr made the top lie flat and got the drawers working right, and generally made the desk shipshape.
He didn't, however, refinish the desk, and it's still an unfinished, shipshape mess, one of those "Roundtoit" projects that one never gets "Roundtoit."
When I went back to try to get Mr. Mohr to do something else for me, I discovered that he had died.
I'm guessing that his widow led me to Hans. Hans had a decent amount of English, but it was heavily accented, and it had some gaps, like a record that skips, and the skips got me in trouble on at least one occasion: I asked Hans to do three separate projects for me, #1, #2, and #3. Hans made one iteration of project #1, two iterations of project #2, and three iterations of project #3. There was no overcoming this language deficit---I paid for all six iterations.
Hans got his start in carpentry in Austria as an apprentice (no doubt, though I don't rememeber the details) to a boat-builder. How much of his training came in Austria, and how much came after he immigrated to the States, I'm not sure.
He was drafted into the Germany Army and served during WWII. I guess he was on the Russian front.
What he did in the military I'm not sure---my impression was, he tried as best he could to stay out of trouble. He told me that one day he and some other guys were moving artillery shells (or something) in an ammunition dump. His buddy suggested (or he suggested to his buddy) that they go get something to drink. They had to walk around a little hillock, and no sooner did they get on the other side than there was an enormous explosion. They ran around to the other side of the hill, and there they found twenty-two of the fellows they had been working with blown to bits, bodies everywhere, "hanging out of trees."
Of course, the war went badly, and soon it was clear that German defeat was merely a matter of time. Like any sane German, Hans and his buddies wanted to get as far away from the Russians as possible. They found themselves trapped on a peninsula (I think this whole episode is a rather famous historical sidenote) and, in a last desperate attempt to escape, loaded onto boats and headed out into the North Sea. At some point, during the night, it became necessary for them to transfer from one boat to another.
As he was trying to move (how, I don't remember---either he didn't say, or the language-difficulty prevented me from understanding, or I've forgotten) from one boat onto the other, Hans fell in to the frigid water. I've been in that situation myself (though I was drunk to boot) and know something about the desperation one feels. He said that he thought he was lost---caught between the two boats, rocking with the waves, when suddenly a hand reached down from one of the boats and caught his flailing arm and pulled him back on board. And what seemed to be most significant to the story was that he never knew who saved him.
Naturally, he ended up in a Russian prison camp. He had more than a few stories about that experience too. The one I remember most vividly concerns a day when the mail was handed out.
Hans said one guy in his barrack got a letter from home and sat down on his cot to read it. The letter contained terrible news: an allied bomb had destroyed his family's apartment block, and his mother, his grandmother, and his sisters (I've taken liberties with the details because I don't remember exactly what the truth was) were dead. Hans said the fellow sat on his bunk with the letter in his hands, and in the course of the next hour or so, his hair turned white.
After the war, he ended up in Kansas City where he met his wife (she was from Austria too) and then made his way to Springfield.
Hans did high-end work---he made the set for one of the local tv station's newscasts (the desk) and he did a lot of work on the cabinetry for the library at what's now Missouri State University. Why he dabbled in my little projects I don't know. He mostly made frames for me, and I've got eight of my photographs in frames that I designed and Hans made. Each frame is designed specifically for its photograph, and all are different. I bought some exotic woods for him to use, and he had a process (details unknown to me) that produced something that looks like ebonized wood. It seems like he told me the last time I saw him that he wasn't going to make any more frames for me ($30.00 was a fairly standard charge), but I could have misunderstood, and/or I might have cajoled him into changing his mind.
Towards the end of his life, Hans developed heart trouble. His wife, who, according to him (I never met her) was demanding and not particularly tolerant, had died earlier. His son was, well, not all that one might hope for in a son, and living in another city. Hans was in a shop with an American guy, Ed. Ed was a lot younger that Hans, extremely skillful, and the two of them were kind of like a high-grade Mutt and Jeff. The last time I went back to Springfield looking for Hans, it was Ed who told me that Hans had died. Ed had been steadfast with Hans to the end, and he was proud (and rightfully so) that Hans told him he loved him like a son.
I never went to see Hans enough. I wish I'd gone to see him a hundred times and not twenty. Every time I ever went over there to his shop, I was instantly happier when I walked through the door and saw him puttering around.
I've gone on about Hans, and in comparison, Gloria and Mary are going to get shortshrift. I'm not really the one to do the Gloria bio (she, I'm sure, would be the one to talk to), but let's just say she's a highly-opinionated woman of the South, who has lived a rather full existence. And I would wager that when it came time to throw down with some good stories, that Gloria would buzz around me like I was standing still.
Mary, well, Mary---the woman in the center, Mary is an as uninhibited-by-convention woman as I've ever met, fully capable of handling herself in any situation, headstrong, a total free spirit. At that time, she rolled her own cigarettes, with her own special blend of special substances, and wouldn't share, and made no apologies. She had seen a good bit of the world, from some rare vantages. Her stories were many, and extremely colorful, and you don't get to hear them.
However, how do I say this? Mary and I discussed the possibility of parenthood (putting the cart rather far in front of the horse), and she was not completely averse to the idea. There was a catch, she informed me: should a blessed event transpire, once the blessing was said, I was totally in charge and she was on her merry way. Perhaps providentially, providence intervened and no blessing occured.
That's about it for this photo. This is photo #600, so it's a member of the Century Club set. Where DuBois and Benne are, I don't know. I think DuBois is mad at me, but why I can't tell you---I started him collecting photos (he probably has a better eye than mine) and, since he and his bride loved cats, I gave them a few of my best cat photos as a wedding present. Hope they're all doing well, and that any blessed events are truly blessed.
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Pride Weekend was held August 26-28, 2016 in Erie PA. The weekend began with a Pride Kick-Off Drag Show held at the Zone Dance Club, 133 W 18th St, Erie PA. Performers at the drag show were Michelle Michaels, Misty Michaels Kall, Lovin Heart, Jill Jameson and Vicky Bendme.
Saturday began with the March to Pridefest organized by NW PA Pride Alliance. The step off was at the Zone Dance Club. Parade units included NW PA Pride Alliance, Erie County Executive Kathy Dahlkemper, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Erie, Temple Anshe Hesed, LBT Women of Erie, Erie Democratic Coordinated Campaign, General Electric Transportation GLBTA Alliance, Ladyfest Erie, Northwestern High School GSA, Eerie Roller Girls, TransFamily of NWPA Transgender Support Group, and Community United Church. There were 152 people in the parade.
Media coverage included Erie Times News, both local TV news crews, and .MIC from NYC.
NW PA Pride Alliance also organized Pridefest, which was held in Griswold Park after the parade. Over 370 people attended Pridefest. The keynote speaker was Erie County Councilmember Jay Breneman. Performers for Pridefest included drag performers Michelle Michaels, Misty Michaels Kall, Jill Jameson and musical acts Populi, Honest Mistakes and Billy Wynn,
GEAE sponsored a tent at Pridefest for HIV, Hep C and syphilis testing that was performed by Erie County Department of Health and Community Health Net.
Info tables at Pridefest included American Civil Liberties Union of PA Northwest Chapter, Canine Partners for Life, Children’s Aid Society of Mercer County, Community Health Net, Community United Church, Crime Victim Center of Erie County, Eerie Roller Girls, Erie Vegan and Vegetarian Society, Families United Network, Inc., Family Pathways, General Electric Transportation GLBTA Alliance, Iadeluca Chiropractic Center, Lake Erie Counseling Associates, LBT Women, LPL Financial Advisor Diane Gardner, Ms. Zewe, National Organization for Women, NWPA Chapter (NWPANOW), Pennsylvania Youth Congress, Persad Center, PNC Bank, Safe Harbor Behavioral Health, SafeNet Center, Temple Anshe Hesed, TransFamily of NWPA Transgender Support Group, Unitarian-Universalist Congregation of Erie, and Whispering Lake Grove.
Vendor tables included Chinese Lagoon, Elite Jewelry By Jasmine, LuLaRoe, Monacella Massage & Kinesiology, Origami Owl, Pampered Chef, Peach, Rainbow Creations, and Scents.
Special thanks to volunteers Jodi Shay, Kim Conti, Andrea Shaffer, Deb Spilko, and Johauna. Photos are by Deb Spilko and Andrea Shaffer.
After Pridefest, GEAE held an After Pride Party at the Bourbon Barrel that was attended by 100 people and which collected clothing items for SafeNet. The Zone Dance Club held an Island Heat Tropical Glow Party.
The next day, Sunday, August 28, NWPA Pride Alliance held Pride Day at Waldameer Park and Waterworld. About 100 people attended.
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Vorskizze. Ein kleines Urban Sketcher Treffen für einen WDR-Köln-Beitrag.
Preliminary Sketch. A small USK meeting for a local TV report.
This field was featured on local TV last week and when I got there it was packed with people and their camera's
Nice to have one in my collection
It was a fire alarm across the street. I used the most light-sensitive setting that my Nikon D40 has: ISO1600.
The largest aperture f/3.5 allowed me to take this with a 1/6 of a second exposure on the tripod.
I think the long exposure made the snow look red with the fire truck's flashing lights. It was a false alarm, Thank Goodness.
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I was tempted to try for a lower angle but I didn't want to show too much and reveal his identity. On the one hand I don't want to show someone's face and maybe embarass them or worse, make them mad. On the other hand I want to reveal a glimpse of their humanity and show the viewer that street people are not so different from you or me. Bad luck can happen to the best of us.
Thanks for this, Sir. Best wishes.
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Surely all lives matter but black people are the focus of this artwork. This mural sparked some controversy and was defaced recently. See the news story here on CBC: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/transgender-women-colour-mu...
See this artist's website here: www.drippinsoul.com/
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Here's some More of his exceptional work: www.kalkidan-assefa.com/
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