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The Ludwig church today is the symbol of the state capital of Saarland and is next to the church of our Lady in Dresden and the Michaelis Church in Hamburg one of the most important baroque churches in Germany. Together with the Ludwig square, the Ludwig church forms a representative, in the composition hardly surpassed ensemble of Baroque buildings north of the Alps. The Ludwig church was commissioned in 1761 by prince Wilhelm Heinrich:
Since it is apparently perceived that the citizenship of Saarbrücken increases daily, so the space in the Lutheran Church is much too small, so I have decided to have built a new church, and and it is my intention such with a capital of thirty thousand guilders in five years to bring about.
This order he gave to the originating from Zerbst in Saxony-Anhalt architect Friedrich Joachim Stengel. On 01 July 1762 finally took place the solemn laying of the cornerstone in Saarbrücken. A first setback suffered the building in 1768, as the patron Prince Wilhelm Heinrich died. Due to the increasingly escalating construction activities he left his son Prince Ludwig an immense mountain of debt, which is why the construction for the first time began to falter. His son Ludwig was it also who gave his name today's Ludwig church and the associated Ludwig square. The building was finally completed in 1775, so that the official consecration on August 25 could be celebrated with a big ceremony. The church in the ground plan forms a Greek cross with axis lengths of 34.2 m and 38.5 m. The Viennese sculptor Francuß Bingh manufactured for the balustrade 28 sand stone figures representing characters from the Old and New Testament.
The west facade of Ludwig church [Image: Wikipedia Userfoto Travel]
However, already a few years after the solemn consecration it came to the first striking changes to the Ludwig church. Prince Ludwig began, i.a., as a result of the French Revolution 1793 to break down anything Baroque and rebuild into Gothic style. By this also the Ludwig Church was affected and he had destroyed the especially for the church cast bells and dismantled many parts of the metal protective equipment, so that the church was subjected to decay.
From 1807 on took place regular maintenance and embellishment work in order to repair the damage suffered in the meantime by the church, which, however, no longer followed the original designs of Stengel. This works finally came to a close in 1887. On October 30 that year, the Ludwig church was reconsecrated in a solemn procession and opened. 1906, the entire building was finally by the provincial conservator of the Rhine Province Prof. Dr. Clemen inspected. This one had the church - unlike its predecessors - restored according to the original idea of Stengel and rebuilt. On 05 November 1911, the already third official consecration of the Ludwig church took place. As Saarbrücken suffered in World War II under a bombardment of the British, the Ludwig church was also not spared and burned out. 1949, the reconstruction was started, but this time they tried to change as little as possible and to focus on the restoration and preservation of the existing building stock.
Die Ludwigskirche bildet heute das Wahrzeichen der Landeshauptstadt des Saarlandes und ist neben der Frauenkirche in Dresden und der Michaeliskirche in Hamburg eine der bedeutendsten barocken Kirchenbauten in Deutschland. Zusammen mit dem Ludwigsplatz bildet die Ludwigskirche ein repräsentatives, in der Komposition kaum übertroffenes Ensemble an barocken Bauten nördlich der Alpen. In Auftrag gegeben wurde die Ludwigskirche 1761 durch Fürst Wilhelm Heinrich:
Nachdem man augenscheinlich merket, daß die Saarbrücker Bürgerschaft täglich zunimmt, also der Platz in der lutherischen Kirche viel zu klein ist, so habe ich resolviert, eine neue Kirche aufbauen zu lassen, und gedencke solche mit einem Capital von dreißig tausend Gulden in fünf Jahren in stand zu bringen.
Diesen Auftrag erteilte er dem aus Zerbst in Sachsen-Anhalt stammenden Baumeister Friedrich Joachim Stengel. Am 01. Juli 1762 erfolgte schließlich die feierliche Grundsteinlegung in Saarbrücken. Einen ersten Rückschlag musste der Bau 1768 hinnehmen, als der Schirmherr Fürst Wilhelm Heinrich starb. Aufgrund der zunehmend ausufernden Bautätigkeiten hinterließ er seinem Sohn Fürst Ludwig einen immensen Schuldenberg, weshalb der Bau erstmal ins Stocken geriet. Sein Sohn Ludwig war es auch, der der heutigen Ludwigskirche und dem dazugehörigen Ludwigsplatz seinen Namen gab. Der Bau wurde schließlich 1775 fertiggestellt, sodass am 25. August die offizielle Weihung mit einer großen Feierlichkeit begangen werden konnte. Die Kirche bildet im Grundriss ein griechisches Kreuz mit Achsenlängen von 34,2 m, bzw. 38,5 m. Der Wiener Bildhauer Francuß Bingh fertigte für die Balustrade 28 sandsteinerne Figuren an, die Gestalten aus dem Alten und dem Neuen Testament darstellen.
Die Westfassade der Ludwigskirche [Bild: Wikipedia-User Fototravel]
Allerdings kam es bereits wenige Jahre nach feierlicher Weihung zu den ersten markanten Veränderungen an der Ludwigskirche. Fürst Ludwig begann u.a. als Folge der Französischen Revolution 1793 alles Barocke abzubrechen und ins Gotische umzubauen. Davon war auch die Ludwigskirche betroffen und er ließ die eigens für die Kirche gegossenen Glocken zerstören und viele Teile der metallenen Schutzausstattung demontieren, sodass die Kirche dem Verfall ausgesetzt wurde.
Ab 1807 fanden, um die mittlerweile erlittenen Schäden der Kirche zu reparieren, regelmäßig Instandsetzungs- und Verschönerungs-Arbeiten statt, die allerdings nicht mehr den Originalentwürfen Stengels folgten. Ihren Abschluss fanden diese Arbeiten 1887. Am 30. Oktober jenes Jahres wurde die Ludwigskirche erneut in einer feierlichen Prozession geweiht und eröffnet. 1906 wurde der gesamte Bau schließlich von dem Provinzialkonservators der Rheinprovinz Prof. Dr. Clemen in Augenschein genommen. Dieser ließ die Kirche - im Gegensatz zu seinen Vorgängern - nach der ursprünglichen Idee Stengels restaurieren und wieder umbauen. Am 05. November 1911 fand die bereits dritte offizielle Weihung der Ludwigskirche statt. Als Saarbrücken im Zweiten Weltkrieg unter einem Bombardement der Briten litt, wurde die Ludwigskirche auch nicht verschont und brannte aus. 1949 begann man mit dem Wiederaufbau, versuchte dieses Mal aber möglichst wenig zu ändern und sich auf die Restaurierung und Konservierung des vorhandenen Baubestands zu konzentrieren.
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION: Cosponsored Activities Can Benefit Small Businesses but Lack a Consistent Feedback Mechanism
Note: GAO conducted a total of four focus groups for Emerging Leaders Initiative cosponsored activities occurring in 2012 and 2013 and a total of four focus groups for Doing Business with Federal Procuring Agencies and Small Business Talk cosponsored activities occurring in 2013. A total of 48 individuals participated in the focus groups, with individual focus group attendance ranging from 3 to 11. During each of the eight focus groups, we asked participants how they benefited from attending the activity. Based on their responses, we developed broad themes that we used to categorize the types of benefits identified, by each focus group.
a) For the analysis, the focus group results for the Doing Business with Federal Procuring Agencies and the Small Business Talk series were combined because they both dealt with government contracting.
Demonstrators protested across Brazil on Sunday to denounce corruption and a congressional vote perceived as an effort to intimidate judges and prosecutors leading graft probes.
Dressed mostly in the national colors of yellow and green, thousands marched to demand accountability at a time when Latin America's biggest country is reeling from corruption scandals, political gridlock and a prolonged economic recession.In São Paulo, the country's largest city, about 15,000 people, according to state police, marched down the business thoroughfare of Avenida Paulista, unfurling a long banner reading "Corrupt Congress."
Thousands of protesters fanned out on the streets of Brazilian cities on Sunday to voice indignation with political leaders who are trying to stymie anticorruption investigations.
The protesters focused much of their ire on the politicians at the helm of Brazil’s scandal-ridden Congress, including Rodrigo Maia, the speaker of the lower house, and Renan Calheiros, the powerful head of the Senate, after lawmakers gutted an anticorruption bill last week.(Reuters / New York Times)
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In November of 1863, the Confederates in Southern Tennessee and Northern Georgia were perceived to be in an enviable position. They had just defeated the Union army in a decisive victory at Chickamauga and now they controlled a 1,800 foot mountain overlooking the Union position. From the top of Lookout Mountain it is possible to see 100 miles and the steep 45 degree slopes made it difficult to approach. Essentially, the Confederates had the high ground, strong fortress walls and no way for the enemy to avoid detection. It seemed the perfect location.
The Union army realized that a traditional frontal assault would be suicidal. The alternative of flanking, would result in minor impact since the enemy would be able to see the movements for hours ahead of any attack. While the South had a slightly smaller amount of soldiers (Union 10,000 to Confederate 8,700) it was felt that the mountain would act as a multiplying effect that would give them a great advantage.
On November 24th the battle began with General Hooker’s (see card for more information) artillery barrage that would help mask the Union forces' advance from two sides. As they moved forward to the lower side of the mountain, the limitations of the Confederate position became apparent. While the defenders on the top could see the approaching forces, the cannons could not be used effectively at that range.
When the Union forces came within range of the guns, the elevation was too steep for the Confederates to aim the cannons low enough to be used. To complicate the situation, at the point the Union forces came within range, the lower portion of the Confederate line was ready to defend and would have resulted in hitting their own troops.
The Union position did not appear to be much better. While artillery was ineffective, it was also impossible to form a line and attack the Confederate positions. Tactics of the day called for defensive lines to be drawn up and for the opposing forces to attack in mass either in the center or from the sides. With steep terrain, rocks, cliffs and trees it was not practical to form an attack line.
As the Union forces began approaching the lower portion of the mountain, they scattered into small groups. Fog had settled in, obstructing the defending forces view of the attack. The Union army took the lower area, both forces became intertwined and it was difficult to tell where the front line was. Concerned, Hooker sent word to have his men halt for the day and create a defensive position that they could use the following day to proceed. Due to the conditions of terrain and fog, the order was unable to get to the troops. In a highly unusual development for a Civil War battle, the troops themselves took the advantage and continued advancing without orders or direction.
By the time they did stop, the Confederates had lost several thousand men both as casualties and prisoners. They could not fire on the Union position due to limitations of their weapons and it was only a matter of time before the Union army would take their position. Faced with losing all the remaining forces on the mountain, the Southern commander ordered all of the men to retreat, leaving the mountain unopposed in the morning.
While ultimately the battle emerged as a minor victory or defeat for either side, it was a great symbolic victory to have captured in one day a mountain that both sides had felt was out of reach. The impact that terrain and nature had on how the battle was fought, helped to keep the casualties, by standards of other Civil War battles, low. Due to the conditions of fog, the battle was described early on as “The Battle Above the Clouds”. Following the capture of the mountain, the Union forces reveled in the scenic beauty and were posing for pictures in places such as Umbrella Rock near the peak.
Historically, research and creative practice have been constructed as "opposites." This is not an unusual struggle in architecture schools, particularly in the context of a research university. This perceived tension between design and research is indicative of age-old anxieties within the architecture field to understand its nature as an "applied art." Design can be a purely creative activity not unlike creative practices in music and art. In other cases, design can be a purely problem solving activity, not unlike research in engineering and industrial production.
In its fourth year, University of Michigan Taubman College's Research Through Making (RTM) Program provides seed funding for faculty research, worked on by faculty, students and interdisciplinary experts. The exhibition presents tangible results of their collaborative work.
Research Through Making Installations:
- Electroform(alism): Masters, substrates and the rules of attraction
Jean-Louis Farges and Anya Sirota
- Making Nothing
McLain Clutter and Kyle Reynolds
- (DE)COMPOSING TERRITORY: Enclosure as a negotiation between bioplastics + environments
Meredith Miller
- Crease, Fold, Pour: Advancing Flexible Formwork with Digital Fabrication and Origami Folding
Maciej Kaczynski
- Platform for Architecture & Makin' It, A Situation Comedy
John McMorrough and Julia McMorrough
Photo by Dorimar del Río
If the future of Drupal features (as perceived in March) is moving along nicely, what's the next big thing for Features?
Features is part of the answer to one of Drupal's biggest headaches - what to do with all that loose site building and customization that happens on every project. Features is part of the answer to making stronger, better install profiles and targeted distributions of Drupal. And features is part of the answer to making Drupal more task oriented and less daunting to our users.
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The east portal here, most of the tunnel entrance was bricked in. A human sized culvert allows for access. A small rock fall must have spooked a litigious recreationalist, so now we see this warning sign due to their perceived insecurity. Trains last rolled through here in 1968.
In the mid-1960s BMW perceived a market for a smaller, more affordable, two-door version of its four-door New Class executive sedan. Corporate design director Wilhelm Hofmeister assigned the project to staffers Georg Bertram and Manfred Rennen, who produced an attractive and sporty car 5 cm (2 in) shorter in wheelbase and some 25 cm (10 in) shorter in length, mainly by shortening the rear deck. The resulting 1966 production 1600-2 was less well-appointed than the New Class, but lighter, faster, and better handling.
The larger displacement 2002 directly derived from it in 1968 would go on to establish a new reputation for BMW as a maker of high-quality affordable performance vehicles.
Helmut Werner Bönsch, BMW's director of product planning, and Alex von Falkenhausen, designer of the company’s M10 engine, each independently had a two-litre version of the M10 installed in a 1600-2 for their personal use. When they realized they had both made the same modification to their own cars, they prepared a joint proposal to BMW's board to manufacture a two-litre version of the 1600-2.
As per the larger coupe and 4-door sedan models, the 2.0 engine was initially sold in two states of tune: the base single-carburetor 2002 producing 100 PS (74 kW; 99 hp) and the dual-carburetor high compression 2002 ti producing 120 PS (88 kW; 118 hp). The 2002 ti was replaced in 1971 by the 2002 tii, which used the fuel-injected 130 PS (96 kW; 128 hp) engine from the 2000 tii, delivering a top speed of 185 km/h (115 mph).
This is just part of Heart of Africa. It's huge! All the way back to that tree line is wide open space. The lionesses were gazing, longingly it seemed, at the gazelle very nearby. There are fences there somewhere, but you can't see them from the ground. It's called perceived coexistence. In the large area are zebra, ostrich, guinea fowl, African crested cranes, reticulated and Masai giraffe, Thompson and Dama gazelle, wildebeast, and a couple other bird species, I think. It's amazing. The zebras were too far away to take pics. There's plenty of room for everyone!
Bernard Charles “Bernie” Ecclestone the 80 year old UK born CEO of Formula One Management often referred to as the ‘F1 Supremo’ due to his financial ownership and dominance of the formula one racing administration, has been interviewed by German criminal prosecutors over an alleged bribery scandal. The German prosecutors are investigating a $50-million bribe paid to banker Dr Gerhard Gribkowsky, a chief risk officer for the state owned BayernLB Bank that owned a stake in Formulae One that was sold to CVC Capital Partners. Gribkowsky currently in prison has declined to identify who paid the bribe, and Ecclestone released a statement after the interview denying any involvement stating “…suspicion in relation to my perceived involvement in the matter… I will be exonerated of blame for any wrongdoing.” Inspired by Dan roan ow.ly/4FPjr image source wikipedia ow.ly/4FPls
i know this might be a tad dramatic or deeper then perceived, some of you may role your eyes but doors really give you the opportunity for new and exciting possibilities. its as simple as that. the only trick to these doors is you have to get off your lazy butt and build the courage to open those doors, whether it be finding your soul mate, experimenting with new hobbies, or making a new years revolution and actually achieving a it. there will always be a door and its your decision whether you open it, or sit there staring at it.
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Piccone (left) and Jomaa (right) share a laugh.
Due to their more open and deliberative nature, democracies are perceived as more vulnerable to conflict and violence. Even in established democracies, the role of democracy itself in underpinning national security and international stability is in doubt.
In June 2016, the Community of Democracies, an international forum dedicated to common action among democracies, launched the Democracy and Security Dialogue to foster greater collaboration among democracies to improve security outcomes and create a better environment for strengthening democracy around the world. Former Prime Minister of Tunisia Mehdi Jomaa, and former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright co-chaired the initiative, which was designed to combine top-quality research on democracy and security with a participatory consultation process.
On September 13, as governments gathered in Washington for the 9th ministerial conference of the Community of Democracies, Foreign Policy at Brookings hosted Secretary Albright and Prime Minister Jomaa to launch the Dialogue’s final report. The co-chairs were joined by the two principal researchers for the report—Cheryl Frank, head of Transnational Threats and International Crime Programme for the Institute for Security Studies, and Ted Piccone, senior fellow in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings—for a discussion of the findings and what they tell us about the links between democracy and security.
Brookings President Strobe Talbott provided introductory remarks.
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The Ludwig church today is the symbol of the state capital of Saarland and is next to the church of our Lady in Dresden and the Michaelis Church in Hamburg one of the most important baroque churches in Germany. Together with the Ludwig square, the Ludwig church forms a representative, in the composition hardly surpassed ensemble of Baroque buildings north of the Alps. The Ludwig church was commissioned in 1761 by prince Wilhelm Heinrich:
Since it is apparently perceived that the citizenship of Saarbrücken increases daily, so the space in the Lutheran Church is much too small, so I have decided to have built a new church, and and it is my intention such with a capital of thirty thousand guilders in five years to bring about.
This order he gave to the originating from Zerbst in Saxony-Anhalt architect Friedrich Joachim Stengel. On 01 July 1762 finally took place the solemn laying of the cornerstone in Saarbrücken. A first setback suffered the building in 1768, as the patron Prince Wilhelm Heinrich died. Due to the increasingly escalating construction activities he left his son Prince Ludwig an immense mountain of debt, which is why the construction for the first time began to falter. His son Ludwig was it also who gave his name today's Ludwig church and the associated Ludwig square. The building was finally completed in 1775, so that the official consecration on August 25 could be celebrated with a big ceremony. The church in the ground plan forms a Greek cross with axis lengths of 34.2 m and 38.5 m. The Viennese sculptor Francuß Bingh manufactured for the balustrade 28 sand stone figures representing characters from the Old and New Testament.
The west facade of Ludwig church [Image: Wikipedia Userfoto Travel]
However, already a few years after the solemn consecration it came to the first striking changes to the Ludwig church. Prince Ludwig began, i.a., as a result of the French Revolution 1793 to break down anything Baroque and rebuild into Gothic style. By this also the Ludwig Church was affected and he had destroyed the especially for the church cast bells and dismantled many parts of the metal protective equipment, so that the church was subjected to decay.
From 1807 on took place regular maintenance and embellishment work in order to repair the damage suffered in the meantime by the church, which, however, no longer followed the original designs of Stengel. This works finally came to a close in 1887. On October 30 that year, the Ludwig church was reconsecrated in a solemn procession and opened. 1906, the entire building was finally by the provincial conservator of the Rhine Province Prof. Dr. Clemen inspected. This one had the church - unlike its predecessors - restored according to the original idea of Stengel and rebuilt. On 05 November 1911, the already third official consecration of the Ludwig church took place. As Saarbrücken suffered in World War II under a bombardment of the British, the Ludwig church was also not spared and burned out. 1949, the reconstruction was started, but this time they tried to change as little as possible and to focus on the restoration and preservation of the existing building stock.
Die Ludwigskirche bildet heute das Wahrzeichen der Landeshauptstadt des Saarlandes und ist neben der Frauenkirche in Dresden und der Michaeliskirche in Hamburg eine der bedeutendsten barocken Kirchenbauten in Deutschland. Zusammen mit dem Ludwigsplatz bildet die Ludwigskirche ein repräsentatives, in der Komposition kaum übertroffenes Ensemble an barocken Bauten nördlich der Alpen. In Auftrag gegeben wurde die Ludwigskirche 1761 durch Fürst Wilhelm Heinrich:
Nachdem man augenscheinlich merket, daß die Saarbrücker Bürgerschaft täglich zunimmt, also der Platz in der lutherischen Kirche viel zu klein ist, so habe ich resolviert, eine neue Kirche aufbauen zu lassen, und gedencke solche mit einem Capital von dreißig tausend Gulden in fünf Jahren in stand zu bringen.
Diesen Auftrag erteilte er dem aus Zerbst in Sachsen-Anhalt stammenden Baumeister Friedrich Joachim Stengel. Am 01. Juli 1762 erfolgte schließlich die feierliche Grundsteinlegung in Saarbrücken. Einen ersten Rückschlag musste der Bau 1768 hinnehmen, als der Schirmherr Fürst Wilhelm Heinrich starb. Aufgrund der zunehmend ausufernden Bautätigkeiten hinterließ er seinem Sohn Fürst Ludwig einen immensen Schuldenberg, weshalb der Bau erstmal ins Stocken geriet. Sein Sohn Ludwig war es auch, der der heutigen Ludwigskirche und dem dazugehörigen Ludwigsplatz seinen Namen gab. Der Bau wurde schließlich 1775 fertiggestellt, sodass am 25. August die offizielle Weihung mit einer großen Feierlichkeit begangen werden konnte. Die Kirche bildet im Grundriss ein griechisches Kreuz mit Achsenlängen von 34,2 m, bzw. 38,5 m. Der Wiener Bildhauer Francuß Bingh fertigte für die Balustrade 28 sandsteinerne Figuren an, die Gestalten aus dem Alten und dem Neuen Testament darstellen.
Die Westfassade der Ludwigskirche [Bild: Wikipedia-User Fototravel]
Allerdings kam es bereits wenige Jahre nach feierlicher Weihung zu den ersten markanten Veränderungen an der Ludwigskirche. Fürst Ludwig begann u.a. als Folge der Französischen Revolution 1793 alles Barocke abzubrechen und ins Gotische umzubauen. Davon war auch die Ludwigskirche betroffen und er ließ die eigens für die Kirche gegossenen Glocken zerstören und viele Teile der metallenen Schutzausstattung demontieren, sodass die Kirche dem Verfall ausgesetzt wurde.
Ab 1807 fanden, um die mittlerweile erlittenen Schäden der Kirche zu reparieren, regelmäßig Instandsetzungs- und Verschönerungs-Arbeiten statt, die allerdings nicht mehr den Originalentwürfen Stengels folgten. Ihren Abschluss fanden diese Arbeiten 1887. Am 30. Oktober jenes Jahres wurde die Ludwigskirche erneut in einer feierlichen Prozession geweiht und eröffnet. 1906 wurde der gesamte Bau schließlich von dem Provinzialkonservators der Rheinprovinz Prof. Dr. Clemen in Augenschein genommen. Dieser ließ die Kirche - im Gegensatz zu seinen Vorgängern - nach der ursprünglichen Idee Stengels restaurieren und wieder umbauen. Am 05. November 1911 fand die bereits dritte offizielle Weihung der Ludwigskirche statt. Als Saarbrücken im Zweiten Weltkrieg unter einem Bombardement der Briten litt, wurde die Ludwigskirche auch nicht verschont und brannte aus. 1949 begann man mit dem Wiederaufbau, versuchte dieses Mal aber möglichst wenig zu ändern und sich auf die Restaurierung und Konservierung des vorhandenen Baubestands zu konzentrieren.
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With this assignment, I had chosen to replicate the works of Julia Margaret Cameron, an 1815-1879 photographer who had taken pictures mostly of women from what I can perceive. I liked the idea that Cameron had the intent to only photograph her friends and family in her photography activities rather than taking to public and photographing strangers in turn for money. This was one way in which I replicated her work, by choosing one of my close friends and offering to take her picture. With this pose, it is stated that Cameron would often photograph with the intent to capture qualities of innocence and virtue. In this case, I had chosen to take a candid photograph of my friend who was admiring lights, and rather than in a studio-like setting, I had chosen to go out into public to enjoy the majority of the natural world, and with this, I had told my friend to just act joyful as I would photograph her. This is turn created for a really nice photograph, capturing the innocence in which was just admiring the natural lights and beauty of the mall on a cold night. With a twist, this photo was based off if her famous image of then celebrity Dame Alice Ellen Terry, where she was photographed at a wall with no expression on her face but at the same time not looking at the camera. I had noticed that the background was mostly blurred out and somehow focused purely on the portrait figure of the person. Through this, I blurred part of the background out so that the natural image of the person would come out more thoroughly, and imitated the pose with the position of the hands. I had toned down the highlights of the picture to show the lines and natural structure of the person since silvertonish filter i had put on really lightened the natural features. The reasoning for the silver toning was to create a more realistic picture within the era of the 1850s, showing the black and white colors and had turned down shadows and contrasts to give the picture more of a blocky, static, and pixelating feel, which would in turn replicate the photo more from the 1800’s.
Belgian freecard by Boomerang.be. Photo: Warner Bros. Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne and Carrie-Anne Moss in The Matrix Reloaded (Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, 2003).
Keanu Reeves (1964) is a Canadian actor, producer, director and musician. Though Reeves often faced criticism for his deadpan delivery and perceived limited range as an actor, he nonetheless took on roles in a variety of genres, doing everything from introspective art-house fare to action-packed thrillers. His films include My Own Private Idaho (1991), the European drama Little Buddha (1993), Speed (1994), The Matrix (1999) and John Wick (2014).
Keanu Charles Reeves was born in 1964, in Beirut, Lebanon. His first name means ‘cool breeze over the mountains’ in Hawaiian. His father, Samuel Nowlin Reeves Jr., was a geologist of Chinese-Hawaiian heritage, and his mother, Patricia Bond (née Taylor), was a British showgirl and later a costume designer for rock stars such as Alice Cooper. Reeves's mother was working in Beirut when she met his father. Upon his parents’ split in 1966, Keanu moved with his mother and younger sister Kim Reeves to Sydney, to New York and then to Toronto. As a child, he lived with various stepfathers, including stage and film director Paul Aaron. Keanu developed an ardour for hockey, though he would eventually turn to acting. At 15, he played Mercutio in a stage production of 'Romeo and Juliet' at the Leah Posluns Theatre. Reeves dropped out of high school when he was 17. His film debut was the Canadian feature One Step Away (Robert Fortier, 1985). After a part in the teen movie Youngblood (Peter Markle, 1986), starring Rob Lowe, he obtained a green card through stepfather Paul Aaron and moved to Los Angeles. After a few minor roles, he gained attention for his performance in the dark drama River's Edge (Tim Hunter, 1986), which depicted how a murder affected a group of adolescents. Reeves landed a supporting role in the Oscar-nominated period drama Dangerous Liaisons (Stephen Frears, 1988), starring Glenn Close and John Malkovich. Reeves joined the casts of Ron Howard's comedy Parenthood (1989), and Lawrence Kasdan's I Love You to Death (1990). Unexpectedly successful was the wacky comedy Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (Stephen Herek, 1989) which followed two high school students (Reeves and Alex Winter) and their time-travelling high jinks. The success led to a TV series and a sequel, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (Pete Hewitt, 1991). From then on, audiences often confused Reeves's real-life persona with that of his doofy on-screen counterpart.
In the following years, Keanu Reeves tried to shake the Ted stigma. He developed an eclectic film roster that included high-budget action films like the surf thriller Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991) for which he won MTV's ‘Most Desirable Male’ award in 1992, but also lower-budget art-house films. My Own Private Idaho (1991), directed by Gus Van Sant and co-starring River Phoenix, chronicled the lives of two young hustlers living on the streets. In Francis Ford Coppola’s adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992), Reeves embodied the calm resolute lawyer Jonathan Harker who stumbles into the lair of Gary Oldman’s Count Dracula. In Europe, he played Prince Siddharta who became the Buddha in Bernardo Bertolucci’s Italian-French-British drama Little Buddha (1993). His career reached a new high when he starred opposite Sandra Bullock in the hit action film Speed (Jan de Bont, 1994). It was followed by the romantic drama A Walk in the Clouds (Alfonso Arau, 1995) and the supernatural thriller Devil’s Advocate (Taylor Hackford, 1997), co-starring Al Pacino and Charlize Theron. At the close of the decade, Reeves starred in a Sci-Fi film that would become a genre game changer, The Matrix (Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, 1999). Reeves played the prophetic figure Neo, slated to lead humanity to freedom from an all-consuming simulated world. Known for its innovative fight sequences, avant-garde special effects and gorgeous fashion, The Matrix was an international hit. Two sequels, The Matrix Reloaded (Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, 1999) and The Matrix Revolutions (Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, 1999) followed and The Matrix Reloaded was even a bigger financial blockbuster than its predecessor.
Now a major, bonafide box office star, Keanu Reeves continued to work in different genres and both in big-budget as in small independent films. He played an abusive man in the supernatural thriller The Gift (Sam Raimi, 2000), starring Cate Blanchett, a smitten doctor in the romantic comedy Something’s Gotta Give (Nancy Meyers, 2003) opposite Diane Keaton, and a Brit demon hunter in the American-German occult detective film Constantine (Francis Lawrence, 2005). His appearance in the animated Science Fiction thriller A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater, 2006), based on the novel by Philip K. Dick, received favourable reviews, and The Lake House (Alejandro Agresti, 2006), his romantic outing with Sandra Bullock, was a success at the box office. Reeves returned to Sci-Fi as alien Klaatu in The Day the Earth Stood Still (Scott Derrickson, 2008), the remake of the 1951 classic. Then he played a supporting part in Rebecca Miller's The Private Life of Pippa Lee (2009), which starred Robin Wright and premiered at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival. Reeves co-founded a production company, Company Films. The company helped produce Henry's Crime (Malcolm Venville, 2010), in which Reeves also starred. The actor made his directorial debut with the Chinese-American Martial arts film Man of Tai Chi (2013), partly inspired by the life of Reeves' friend, stuntman Tiger Chen. Martial arts–based themes continued in Reeves's next feature, 47 Ronin (Carl Rinsch, 2013), about a real-life group of masterless samurai in 18th-century Japan who avenged the death of their lord. Variety magazine listed 47 Ronin as one of "Hollywood's biggest box office bombs of 2013". Reeves returned as a retired hitman in the Neo-Noir action thriller John Wick (Chad Stahelski, David Leitch, 2014). The film opened to positive reviews and performed well at the box office. A sequel, titled John Wick: Chapter Two, is currently in production and is scheduled to be released in 2017. This year, he could be seen in the psychological horror film The Neon Demon (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2016) and the romantic horror-thriller Bad Batch (Ana Lily Amirpour, 2016). Reeves’ artistic aspirations are not limited to film. In the early 1990s, he co-founded the grunge band Dogstar, which released two albums. He later played bass for a band called Becky. Reeves is also a longtime motorcycle enthusiast. After asking designer Gard Hollinger to create a custom-built bike for him, the two went into business together with the formation of Arch Motorcycle Company LLC in 2011. Reported to be one of the more generous actors in Hollywood, Reeves helped care for his sister during her lengthy battle with leukaemia and has supported such organisations as Stand Up To Cancer and PETA. In January 2000, Reeves's girlfriend, Jennifer Syme, gave birth eight months into her pregnancy to Ava Archer Syme-Reeves, who was stillborn. The strain put on their relationship by their grief resulted in Reeves and Syme's breakup several weeks later. In 2001, Syme died after a car accident.
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Inspired by a perceived lack of romance in the Minnesota tundra, Egg & Sperm :: Hide & Seek is an adult hide-and-seek game repeating throughout the night. It eggs on participants to share connections. Four members of the public per rotation wear glowing Sperm helmets and count while a large Egg rolls to a hiding location. When Sperm find the Egg and lays hands on it, the Egg glows more intensely. Once fully illuminated, the Egg is ushered back to the start point and the game begins again.
Playing with contact, this game electrifies connections between spectators, objects, and participants by offering a fun way to contemplate our motivations. Egg & Sperm uses technology to bring people closer together, physically as well as metaphorically. By exaggerating technology’s role at the center of the human quest for love, this work plays on sex and sexuality’s electrifying components. In emphasizing the body’s physicality, the artist hopes to inspire participating individuals into unplanned acts of contact.
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Collaboration with Kristen Murray on circuitry; with Emily Stover on the Uterine Arch.
Former Tunisian Primer Minister Mehdi Jomaa offers keynote remarks.
Due to their more open and deliberative nature, democracies are perceived as more vulnerable to conflict and violence. Even in established democracies, the role of democracy itself in underpinning national security and international stability is in doubt.
In June 2016, the Community of Democracies, an international forum dedicated to common action among democracies, launched the Democracy and Security Dialogue to foster greater collaboration among democracies to improve security outcomes and create a better environment for strengthening democracy around the world. Former Prime Minister of Tunisia Mehdi Jomaa, and former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright co-chaired the initiative, which was designed to combine top-quality research on democracy and security with a participatory consultation process.
On September 13, as governments gathered in Washington for the 9th ministerial conference of the Community of Democracies, Foreign Policy at Brookings hosted Secretary Albright and Prime Minister Jomaa to launch the Dialogue’s final report. The co-chairs were joined by the two principal researchers for the report—Cheryl Frank, head of Transnational Threats and International Crime Programme for the Institute for Security Studies, and Ted Piccone, senior fellow in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings—for a discussion of the findings and what they tell us about the links between democracy and security.
Brookings President Strobe Talbott provided introductory remarks.
Photo credit: Sharon Farmer
The Karpas Peninsula is a long, finger-like peninsula that is one of the most prominent geographical features of the island of Cyprus. Its farthest extent is Cape Apostolos Andreas, and its major population centre is the town of Rizokarpaso (Greek: Ριζοκάρπασο; Turkish: Dipkarpaz). The peninsula de facto forms the İskele District of Northern Cyprus, while de jure it lies in the Famagusta District of the Republic of Cyprus.
It covers an area of 898 km2, making up 27% of the territory of Northern Cyprus. It is much less densely populated than the average of Northern Cyprus, with a population density of 26 people per km2 in 2010. The town of Trikomo (İskele), the district capital, is considered to be the "gateway" and the geographical starting point of the peninsula, along with the neighboring village of Bogazi (Boğaz). Apart from Trikomo, the most important towns and municipalities in the area are Yialousa, Galateia, Rizokarpaso, Komi Kebir and Akanthou.
The peninsula hosts a number of historical sites such as Kantara Castle and Apostolos Andreas Monastery, as well as the ruins of Agia Trias Basilica and the ancient cities of Karpasia and Aphendrika among numerous others.
There are more than 46 sandy beaches in the peninsula, which are the primary Eastern Mediterranean nesting grounds for the loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas). The Golden Beach is situated around 15 km from the town of Rizokarpaso and is considered one of the finest and most remote beaches of Cyprus. It is one of the least tourist-frequented beaches in the island. The Karpas Peninsula is home to the Karpas donkey, known as a symbol of Cyprus; there are campaigns carried out jointly by Turkish and Greek Cypriots to conserve the rare donkeys of the peninsula.
Most of the activities in the Karpas Peninsula are related to agriculture, fishing, hunting, and some to micro-tourism. Local farmers take advantage of this natural environment to grow different fruits and vegetables mostly as sub-subsistence farming (although for local commerce too). The region is mostly known for its karpuz (Turkish for "watermelon"). Several tourist businesses can be found in the town of Rizokarpaso. These are generally restaurants serving traditional Turkish-Cypriot Cuisine, including meze.
Due to its geographical position, the Karpas Peninsula is somewhat protected from human interference. This makes it a pristine natural environment, home to many inland and marine species. When hunting season starts, the Karpas's forests are a popular location to go hunting for partridges. Meanwhile, the coastal region, with its clear waters, moderate northern currents, and rocky bottom with cave-like structures, is home to two of the most highly valued fish species: the orfoz (dusky grouper) and lahos (Epinepheluses). The price per kilogram of each species ranges from 35-80 Turkish lira, depending on the location and the season. However, fishing rates in the Karpas region and most of North Cyprus dramatically decreased last century because of the use of dynamite. This is why the Zafer Burunu (the tip of the peninsula) is now a protected natural heritage area, where marine species are slowly recovering to healthy population parameters.
Northern Cyprus, officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), is a de facto state that comprises the northeastern portion of the island of Cyprus. It is recognised only by Turkey, and its territory is considered by all other states to be part of the Republic of Cyprus.
Northern Cyprus extends from the tip of the Karpass Peninsula in the northeast to Morphou Bay, Cape Kormakitis and its westernmost point, the Kokkina exclave in the west. Its southernmost point is the village of Louroujina. A buffer zone under the control of the United Nations stretches between Northern Cyprus and the rest of the island and divides Nicosia, the island's largest city and capital of both sides.
A coup d'état in 1974, performed as part of an attempt to annex the island to Greece, prompted the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. This resulted in the eviction of much of the north's Greek Cypriot population, the flight of Turkish Cypriots from the south, and the partitioning of the island, leading to a unilateral declaration of independence by the north in 1983. Due to its lack of recognition, Northern Cyprus is heavily dependent on Turkey for economic, political and military support.
Attempts to reach a solution to the Cyprus dispute have been unsuccessful. The Turkish Army maintains a large force in Northern Cyprus with the support and approval of the TRNC government, while the Republic of Cyprus, the European Union as a whole, and the international community regard it as an occupation force. This military presence has been denounced in several United Nations Security Council resolutions.
Northern Cyprus is a semi-presidential, democratic republic with a cultural heritage incorporating various influences and an economy that is dominated by the services sector. The economy has seen growth through the 2000s and 2010s, with the GNP per capita more than tripling in the 2000s, but is held back by an international embargo due to the official closure of the ports in Northern Cyprus by the Republic of Cyprus. The official language is Turkish, with a distinct local dialect being spoken. The vast majority of the population consists of Sunni Muslims, while religious attitudes are mostly moderate and secular. Northern Cyprus is an observer state of ECO and OIC under the name "Turkish Cypriot State", PACE under the name "Turkish Cypriot Community", and Organization of Turkic States with its own name.
Several distinct periods of Cypriot intercommunal violence involving the two main ethnic communities, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, marked mid-20th century Cyprus. These included the Cyprus Emergency of 1955–59 during British rule, the post-independence Cyprus crisis of 1963–64, and the Cyprus crisis of 1967. Hostilities culminated in the 1974 de facto division of the island along the Green Line following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. The region has been relatively peaceful since then, but the Cyprus dispute has continued, with various attempts to solve it diplomatically having been generally unsuccessful.
Cyprus, an island lying in the eastern Mediterranean, hosted a population of Greeks and Turks (four-fifths and one-fifth, respectively), who lived under British rule in the late nineteenth-century and the first half of the twentieth-century. Christian Orthodox Church of Cyprus played a prominent political role among the Greek Cypriot community, a privilege that it acquired during the Ottoman Empire with the employment of the millet system, which gave the archbishop an unofficial ethnarch status.
The repeated rejections by the British of Greek Cypriot demands for enosis, union with Greece, led to armed resistance, organised by the National Organization of Cypriot Struggle, or EOKA. EOKA, led by the Greek-Cypriot commander George Grivas, systematically targeted British colonial authorities. One of the effects of EOKA's campaign was to alter the Turkish position from demanding full reincorporation into Turkey to a demand for taksim (partition). EOKA's mission and activities caused a "Cretan syndrome" (see Turkish Resistance Organisation) within the Turkish Cypriot community, as its members feared that they would be forced to leave the island in such a case as had been the case with Cretan Turks. As such, they preferred the continuation of British colonial rule and then taksim, the division of the island. Due to the Turkish Cypriots' support for the British, EOKA's leader, Georgios Grivas, declared them to be enemies. The fact that the Turks were a minority was, according to Nihat Erim, to be addressed by the transfer of thousands of Turks from mainland Turkey so that Greek Cypriots would cease to be the majority. When Erim visited Cyprus as the Turkish representative, he was advised by Field Marshal Sir John Harding, the then Governor of Cyprus, that Turkey should send educated Turks to settle in Cyprus.
Turkey actively promoted the idea that on the island of Cyprus two distinctive communities existed, and sidestepped its former claim that "the people of Cyprus were all Turkish subjects". In doing so, Turkey's aim to have self-determination of two to-be equal communities in effect led to de jure partition of the island.[citation needed] This could be justified to the international community against the will of the majority Greek population of the island. Dr. Fazil Küçük in 1954 had already proposed Cyprus be divided in two at the 35° parallel.
Lindley Dan, from Notre Dame University, spotted the roots of intercommunal violence to different visions among the two communities of Cyprus (enosis for Greek Cypriots, taksim for Turkish Cypriots). Also, Lindlay wrote that "the merging of church, schools/education, and politics in divisive and nationalistic ways" had played a crucial role in creation of havoc in Cyprus' history. Attalides Michael also pointed to the opposing nationalisms as the cause of the Cyprus problem.
By the mid-1950's, the "Cyprus is Turkish" party, movement, and slogan gained force in both Cyprus and Turkey. In a 1954 editorial, Turkish Cypriot leader Dr. Fazil Kuchuk expressed the sentiment that the Turkish youth had grown up with the idea that "as soon as Great Britain leaves the island, it will be taken over by the Turks", and that "Turkey cannot tolerate otherwise". This perspective contributed to the willingness of Turkish Cypriots to align themselves with the British, who started recruiting Turkish Cypriots into the police force that patrolled Cyprus to fight EOKA, a Greek Cypriot nationalist organisation that sought to rid the island of British rule.
EOKA targeted colonial authorities, including police, but Georgios Grivas, the leader of EOKA, did not initially wish to open up a new front by fighting Turkish Cypriots and reassured them that EOKA would not harm their people. In 1956, some Turkish Cypriot policemen were killed by EOKA members and this provoked some intercommunal violence in the spring and summer, but these attacks on policemen were not motivated by the fact that they were Turkish Cypriots.
However, in January 1957, Grivas changed his policy as his forces in the mountains became increasingly pressured by the British Crown forces. In order to divert the attention of the Crown forces, EOKA members started to target Turkish Cypriot policemen intentionally in the towns, so that Turkish Cypriots would riot against the Greek Cypriots and the security forces would have to be diverted to the towns to restore order. The killing of a Turkish Cypriot policeman on 19 January, when a power station was bombed, and the injury of three others, provoked three days of intercommunal violence in Nicosia. The two communities targeted each other in reprisals, at least one Greek Cypriot was killed and the British Army was deployed in the streets. Greek Cypriot stores were burned and their neighbourhoods attacked. Following the events, the Greek Cypriot leadership spread the propaganda that the riots had merely been an act of Turkish Cypriot aggression. Such events created chaos and drove the communities apart both in Cyprus and in Turkey.
On 22 October 1957 Sir Hugh Mackintosh Foot replaced Sir John Harding as the British Governor of Cyprus. Foot suggested five to seven years of self-government before any final decision. His plan rejected both enosis and taksim. The Turkish Cypriot response to this plan was a series of anti-British demonstrations in Nicosia on 27 and 28 January 1958 rejecting the proposed plan because the plan did not include partition. The British then withdrew the plan.
In 1957, Black Gang, a Turkish Cypriot pro-taksim paramilitary organisation, was formed to patrol a Turkish Cypriot enclave, the Tahtakale district of Nicosia, against activities of EOKA. The organisation later attempted to grow into a national scale, but failed to gain public support.
By 1958, signs of dissatisfaction with the British increased on both sides, with a group of Turkish Cypriots forming Volkan (later renamed to the Turkish Resistance Organisation) paramilitary group to promote partition and the annexation of Cyprus to Turkey as dictated by the Menderes plan. Volkan initially consisted of roughly 100 members, with the stated aim of raising awareness in Turkey of the Cyprus issue and courting military training and support for Turkish Cypriot fighters from the Turkish government.
In June 1958, the British Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan, was expected to propose a plan to resolve the Cyprus issue. In light of the new development, the Turks rioted in Nicosia to promote the idea that Greek and Turkish Cypriots could not live together and therefore any plan that did not include partition would not be viable. This violence was soon followed by bombing, Greek Cypriot deaths and looting of Greek Cypriot-owned shops and houses. Greek and Turkish Cypriots started to flee mixed population villages where they were a minority in search of safety. This was effectively the beginning of the segregation of the two communities. On 7 June 1958, a bomb exploded at the entrance of the Turkish Embassy in Cyprus. Following the bombing, Turkish Cypriots looted Greek Cypriot properties. On 26 June 1984, the Turkish Cypriot leader, Rauf Denktaş, admitted on British channel ITV that the bomb was placed by the Turks themselves in order to create tension. On 9 January 1995, Rauf Denktaş repeated his claim to the famous Turkish newspaper Milliyet in Turkey.
The crisis reached a climax on 12 June 1958, when eight Greeks, out of an armed group of thirty five arrested by soldiers of the Royal Horse Guards on suspicion of preparing an attack on the Turkish quarter of Skylloura, were killed in a suspected attack by Turkish Cypriot locals, near the village of Geunyeli, having been ordered to walk back to their village of Kondemenos.
After the EOKA campaign had begun, the British government successfully began to turn the Cyprus issue from a British colonial problem into a Greek-Turkish issue. British diplomacy exerted backstage influence on the Adnan Menderes government, with the aim of making Turkey active in Cyprus. For the British, the attempt had a twofold objective. The EOKA campaign would be silenced as quickly as possible, and Turkish Cypriots would not side with Greek Cypriots against the British colonial claims over the island, which would thus remain under the British. The Turkish Cypriot leadership visited Menderes to discuss the Cyprus issue. When asked how the Turkish Cypriots should respond to the Greek Cypriot claim of enosis, Menderes replied: "You should go to the British foreign minister and request the status quo be prolonged, Cyprus to remain as a British colony". When the Turkish Cypriots visited the British Foreign Secretary and requested for Cyprus to remain a colony, he replied: "You should not be asking for colonialism at this day and age, you should be asking for Cyprus be returned to Turkey, its former owner".
As Turkish Cypriots began to look to Turkey for protection, Greek Cypriots soon understood that enosis was extremely unlikely. The Greek Cypriot leader, Archbishop Makarios III, now set independence for the island as his objective.
Britain resolved to solve the dispute by creating an independent Cyprus. In 1959, all involved parties signed the Zurich Agreements: Britain, Turkey, Greece, and the Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders, Makarios and Dr. Fazil Kucuk, respectively. The new constitution drew heavily on the ethnic composition of the island. The President would be a Greek Cypriot, and the Vice-President a Turkish Cypriot with an equal veto. The contribution to the public service would be set at a ratio of 70:30, and the Supreme Court would consist of an equal number of judges from both communities as well as an independent judge who was not Greek, Turkish or British. The Zurich Agreements were supplemented by a number of treaties. The Treaty of Guarantee stated that secession or union with any state was forbidden, and that Greece, Turkey and Britain would be given guarantor status to intervene if that was violated. The Treaty of Alliance allowed for two small Greek and Turkish military contingents to be stationed on the island, and the Treaty of Establishment gave Britain sovereignty over two bases in Akrotiri and Dhekelia.
On 15 August 1960, the Colony of Cyprus became fully independent as the Republic of Cyprus. The new republic remained within the Commonwealth of Nations.
The new constitution brought dissatisfaction to Greek Cypriots, who felt it to be highly unjust for them for historical, demographic and contributional reasons. Although 80% of the island's population were Greek Cypriots and these indigenous people had lived on the island for thousands of years and paid 94% of taxes, the new constitution was giving the 17% of the population that was Turkish Cypriots, who paid 6% of taxes, around 30% of government jobs and 40% of national security jobs.
Within three years tensions between the two communities in administrative affairs began to show. In particular disputes over separate municipalities and taxation created a deadlock in government. A constitutional court ruled in 1963 Makarios had failed to uphold article 173 of the constitution which called for the establishment of separate municipalities for Turkish Cypriots. Makarios subsequently declared his intention to ignore the judgement, resulting in the West German judge resigning from his position. Makarios proposed thirteen amendments to the constitution, which would have had the effect of resolving most of the issues in the Greek Cypriot favour. Under the proposals, the President and Vice-President would lose their veto, the separate municipalities as sought after by the Turkish Cypriots would be abandoned, the need for separate majorities by both communities in passing legislation would be discarded and the civil service contribution would be set at actual population ratios (82:18) instead of the slightly higher figure for Turkish Cypriots.
The intention behind the amendments has long been called into question. The Akritas plan, written in the height of the constitutional dispute by the Greek Cypriot interior minister Polycarpos Georkadjis, called for the removal of undesirable elements of the constitution so as to allow power-sharing to work. The plan envisaged a swift retaliatory attack on Turkish Cypriot strongholds should Turkish Cypriots resort to violence to resist the measures, stating "In the event of a planned or staged Turkish attack, it is imperative to overcome it by force in the shortest possible time, because if we succeed in gaining command of the situation (in one or two days), no outside, intervention would be either justified or possible." Whether Makarios's proposals were part of the Akritas plan is unclear, however it remains that sentiment towards enosis had not completely disappeared with independence. Makarios described independence as "a step on the road to enosis".[31] Preparations for conflict were not entirely absent from Turkish Cypriots either, with right wing elements still believing taksim (partition) the best safeguard against enosis.
Greek Cypriots however believe the amendments were a necessity stemming from a perceived attempt by Turkish Cypriots to frustrate the working of government. Turkish Cypriots saw it as a means to reduce their status within the state from one of co-founder to that of minority, seeing it as a first step towards enosis. The security situation deteriorated rapidly.
Main articles: Bloody Christmas (1963) and Battle of Tillyria
An armed conflict was triggered after December 21, 1963, a period remembered by Turkish Cypriots as Bloody Christmas, when a Greek Cypriot policemen that had been called to help deal with a taxi driver refusing officers already on the scene access to check the identification documents of his customers, took out his gun upon arrival and shot and killed the taxi driver and his partner. Eric Solsten summarised the events as follows: "a Greek Cypriot police patrol, ostensibly checking identification documents, stopped a Turkish Cypriot couple on the edge of the Turkish quarter. A hostile crowd gathered, shots were fired, and two Turkish Cypriots were killed."
In the morning after the shooting, crowds gathered in protest in Northern Nicosia, likely encouraged by the TMT, without incident. On the evening of the 22nd, gunfire broke out, communication lines to the Turkish neighbourhoods were cut, and the Greek Cypriot police occupied the nearby airport. On the 23rd, a ceasefire was negotiated, but did not hold. Fighting, including automatic weapons fire, between Greek and Turkish Cypriots and militias increased in Nicosia and Larnaca. A force of Greek Cypriot irregulars led by Nikos Sampson entered the Nicosia suburb of Omorphita and engaged in heavy firing on armed, as well as by some accounts unarmed, Turkish Cypriots. The Omorphita clash has been described by Turkish Cypriots as a massacre, while this view has generally not been acknowledged by Greek Cypriots.
Further ceasefires were arranged between the two sides, but also failed. By Christmas Eve, the 24th, Britain, Greece, and Turkey had joined talks, with all sides calling for a truce. On Christmas day, Turkish fighter jets overflew Nicosia in a show of support. Finally it was agreed to allow a force of 2,700 British soldiers to help enforce a ceasefire. In the next days, a "buffer zone" was created in Nicosia, and a British officer marked a line on a map with green ink, separating the two sides of the city, which was the beginning of the "Green Line". Fighting continued across the island for the next several weeks.
In total 364 Turkish Cypriots and 174 Greek Cypriots were killed during the violence. 25,000 Turkish Cypriots from 103-109 villages fled and were displaced into enclaves and thousands of Turkish Cypriot houses were ransacked or completely destroyed.
Contemporary newspapers also reported on the forceful exodus of the Turkish Cypriots from their homes. According to The Times in 1964, threats, shootings and attempts of arson were committed against the Turkish Cypriots to force them out of their homes. The Daily Express wrote that "25,000 Turks have already been forced to leave their homes". The Guardian reported a massacre of Turks at Limassol on 16 February 1964.
Turkey had by now readied its fleet and its fighter jets appeared over Nicosia. Turkey was dissuaded from direct involvement by the creation of a United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) in 1964. Despite the negotiated ceasefire in Nicosia, attacks on the Turkish Cypriot persisted, particularly in Limassol. Concerned about the possibility of a Turkish invasion, Makarios undertook the creation of a Greek Cypriot conscript-based army called the "National Guard". A general from Greece took charge of the army, whilst a further 20,000 well-equipped officers and men were smuggled from Greece into Cyprus. Turkey threatened to intervene once more, but was prevented by a strongly worded letter from the American President Lyndon B. Johnson, anxious to avoid a conflict between NATO allies Greece and Turkey at the height of the Cold War.
Turkish Cypriots had by now established an important bridgehead at Kokkina, provided with arms, volunteers and materials from Turkey and abroad. Seeing this incursion of foreign weapons and troops as a major threat, the Cypriot government invited George Grivas to return from Greece as commander of the Greek troops on the island and launch a major attack on the bridgehead. Turkey retaliated by dispatching its fighter jets to bomb Greek positions, causing Makarios to threaten an attack on every Turkish Cypriot village on the island if the bombings did not cease. The conflict had now drawn in Greece and Turkey, with both countries amassing troops on their Thracian borders. Efforts at mediation by Dean Acheson, a former U.S. Secretary of State, and UN-appointed mediator Galo Plaza had failed, all the while the division of the two communities becoming more apparent. Greek Cypriot forces were estimated at some 30,000, including the National Guard and the large contingent from Greece. Defending the Turkish Cypriot enclaves was a force of approximately 5,000 irregulars, led by a Turkish colonel, but lacking the equipment and organisation of the Greek forces.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations in 1964, U Thant, reported the damage during the conflicts:
UNFICYP carried out a detailed survey of all damage to properties throughout the island during the disturbances; it shows that in 109 villages, most of them Turkish-Cypriot or mixed villages, 527 houses have been destroyed while 2,000 others have suffered damage from looting.
The situation worsened in 1967, when a military junta overthrew the democratically elected government of Greece, and began applying pressure on Makarios to achieve enosis. Makarios, not wishing to become part of a military dictatorship or trigger a Turkish invasion, began to distance himself from the goal of enosis. This caused tensions with the junta in Greece as well as George Grivas in Cyprus. Grivas's control over the National Guard and Greek contingent was seen as a threat to Makarios's position, who now feared a possible coup.[citation needed] The National Guard and Cyprus Police began patrolling the Turkish Cypriot enclaves of Ayios Theodoros and Kophinou, and on November 15 engaged in heavy fighting with the Turkish Cypriots.
By the time of his withdrawal 26 Turkish Cypriots had been killed. Turkey replied with an ultimatum demanding that Grivas be removed from the island, that the troops smuggled from Greece in excess of the limits of the Treaty of Alliance be removed, and that the economic blockades on the Turkish Cypriot enclaves be lifted. Grivas was recalled by the Athens Junta and the 12,000 Greek troops were withdrawn. Makarios now attempted to consolidate his position by reducing the number of National Guard troops, and by creating a paramilitary force loyal to Cypriot independence. In 1968, acknowledging that enosis was now all but impossible, Makarios stated, "A solution by necessity must be sought within the limits of what is feasible which does not always coincide with the limits of what is desirable."
After 1967 tensions between the Greek and Turkish Cypriots subsided. Instead, the main source of tension on the island came from factions within the Greek Cypriot community. Although Makarios had effectively abandoned enosis in favour of an 'attainable solution', many others continued to believe that the only legitimate political aspiration for Greek Cypriots was union with Greece.
On his arrival, Grivas began by establishing a nationalist paramilitary group known as the National Organization of Cypriot Fighters (Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston B or EOKA-B), drawing comparisons with the EOKA struggle for enosis under the British colonial administration of the 1950s.
The military junta in Athens saw Makarios as an obstacle. Makarios's failure to disband the National Guard, whose officer class was dominated by mainland Greeks, had meant the junta had practical control over the Cypriot military establishment, leaving Makarios isolated and a vulnerable target.
During the first Turkish invasion, Turkish troops invaded Cyprus territory on 20 July 1974, invoking its rights under the Treaty of Guarantee. This expansion of Turkish-occupied zone violated International Law as well as the Charter of the United Nations. Turkish troops managed to capture 3% of the island which was accompanied by the burning of the Turkish Cypriot quarter, as well as the raping and killing of women and children. A temporary cease-fire followed which was mitigated by the UN Security Council. Subsequently, the Greek military Junta collapsed on July 23, 1974, and peace talks commenced in which a democratic government was installed. The Resolution 353 was broken after Turkey attacked a second time and managed to get a hold of 37% of Cyprus territory. The Island of Cyprus was appointed a Buffer Zone by the United Nations, which divided the island into two zones through the 'Green Line' and put an end to the Turkish invasion. Although Turkey announced that the occupied areas of Cyprus to be called the Federated Turkish State in 1975, it is not legitimised on a worldwide political scale. The United Nations called for the international recognition of independence for the Republic of Cyprus in the Security Council Resolution 367.
In the years after the Turkish invasion of northern Cyprus one can observe a history of failed talks between the two parties. The 1983 declaration of the independent Turkish Republic of Cyprus resulted in a rise of inter-communal tensions and made it increasingly hard to find mutual understanding. With Cyprus' interest of a possible EU membership and a new UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in 1997 new hopes arose for a fresh start. International involvement from sides of the US and UK, wanting a solution to the Cyprus dispute prior to the EU accession led to political pressures for new talks. The believe that an accession without a solution would threaten Greek-Turkish relations and acknowledge the partition of the island would direct the coming negotiations.
Over the course of two years a concrete plan, the Annan plan was formulated. In 2004 the fifth version agreed upon from both sides and with the endorsement of Turkey, US, UK and EU then was presented to the public and was given a referendum in both Cypriot communities to assure the legitimisation of the resolution. The Turkish Cypriots voted with 65% for the plan, however the Greek Cypriots voted with a 76% majority against. The Annan plan contained multiple important topics. Firstly it established a confederation of two separate states called the United Cyprus Republic. Both communities would have autonomous states combined under one unified government. The members of parliament would be chosen according to the percentage in population numbers to ensure a just involvement from both communities. The paper proposed a demilitarisation of the island over the next years. Furthermore it agreed upon a number of 45000 Turkish settlers that could remain on the island. These settlers became a very important issue concerning peace talks. Originally the Turkish government encouraged Turks to settle in Cyprus providing transfer and property, to establish a counterpart to the Greek Cypriot population due to their 1 to 5 minority. With the economic situation many Turkish-Cypriot decided to leave the island, however their departure is made up by incoming Turkish settlers leaving the population ratio between Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots stable. However all these points where criticised and as seen in the vote rejected mainly by the Greek Cypriots. These name the dissolution of the „Republic of Cyprus", economic consequences of a reunion and the remaining Turkish settlers as reason. Many claim that the plan was indeed drawing more from Turkish-Cypriot demands then Greek-Cypriot interests. Taking in consideration that the US wanted to keep Turkey as a strategic partner in future Middle Eastern conflicts.
A week after the failed referendum the Republic of Cyprus joined the EU. In multiple instances the EU tried to promote trade with Northern Cyprus but without internationally recognised ports this spiked a grand debate. Both side endure their intention of negotiations, however without the prospect of any new compromises or agreements the UN is unwilling to start the process again. Since 2004 negotiations took place in numbers but without any results, both sides are strongly holding on to their position without an agreeable solution in sight that would suit both parties.
False colour heatmap of perceived light intensity in Tallinn. More about methodology here www.spinunit.eu/portfolio/tallinn-night-map/
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Kirana King - India Ki Nayi Dukan
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Check this video to perceive how Kirana King has changed an old and disorderly Kirana Store in Jaipur into a cutting edge, value store. The deals after the fabulous makeover are unimaginable. Additionally, the storekeeper is progressively centered around business development after the problem free stock administration, production network framework and a 24x7 help of Kirana King.
Kirana King is a pioneer grocery marketplace that launched its tremendous project with high hopes 'Parivartan' on August 15, 2018. With an objective to change the sloppy Kirana division of India into a composed and productive one, the organization presented a wonderful arrangement of change for all the neighborhood Kirana storekeepers who needed to be a piece of the change for better future.
If you are a basic supply retailer attempting to secure a position in this aggressive market, hold hands with Kirana King and change your store into 'India Ki Nayi Dukan'.
To know more about Kirana King and how we can help you, contact us at: info@kiranaking.com l kiranaking.com
Hearing-impaired people, although able to perceive sounds through their hearing aids, still have difficulty hearing clearly. When sounds cannot be fully received, everything is observed and understood visually. In this artwork, sound is transformed into waves of colors that can be displayed visually. The special device helps translate the world of auditory stimuli into visual code and presents the situation of a hearing loss through the poetry of colors and visual metaphors.
Photo: tom mesic
Source: WikiPedia
The Hart Senate Office Building, first occupied in 1982 and named for Michigan Senator Philip A. Hart, broke with tradition. Unlike its predecessors, the Hart Building boasted a contemporary, energy-efficient design that could accommodate a growing number of staff members and various technological innovations. The building’s centerpiece is a towering, asymmetrical 90-foot (27 m)-high atrium whose skylight brightens corridors and offices.
While the building was under construction, a panel of curators was charged with identifying potential sculptors and establishing criteria for the commission of a contemporary work to enliven the atrium. Alexander Calder and four other artists were invited to submit proposals. Calder was approached through his dealer, Klaus Perls, on July 29, 1975, just after his 77th birthday. A sketch and a model for Mountains and Clouds were submitted by November and, in April 1976, Calder’s innovative design was accepted.
Design and delays
On November 10 1976, Calder brought the Mountains and Clouds maquette—his 20-inch (510 mm) sheet-metal model—to Washington, D.C., to present it to the Architect of the Capitol and finalize the placement of the piece. After making minor adjustments to two of the clouds, he expressed satisfaction with the maquette as positioned in a model of the atrium. This proved to be a final visit: Calder died of a heart attack that night after he returned to New York City. Despite his death, the approval of the maquette and the siting of the work meant that fabrication of the full-sized sculpture could proceed. But in 1979, fabrication was delayed and nearly terminated when public funds for the sculpture were eliminated from the costly construction budget for the Hart Building.
Financial assistance materialized in 1982 through Senator Nicholas F. Brady, who believed the Calder sculpture to be "the right work for the right place at the right time." As New Jersey’s senator for eight months—appointed to a vacancy pending election of a successor—Brady wished to present a gift to the Senate on his departure and offered to raise the needed funds. Together with art collector and philanthropist Paul Mellon and former Treasury Secretary C. Douglas Dillon, Brady formed the Capitol Art Foundation, which accomplished the task. The Calder sculpture was installed in the atrium of the Hart Building in 1986.
Appearance
Because the interior of the atrium presents a complex background of doors, windows, balconies and stairwells capped by a coffered ceiling, Calder stressed simplicity in the design of the sculpture. Similarly, because of the polished white marble that dominates the space, he decided on a matte black surface for the entire piece. The mountains–- the stabile–- are made up of four flat, angular steel plates with five mountain peaks among them and two archlike legs, one branching off the other. The clouds–- the mobile–- consist of four overlapping, curvilinear aluminum plates. In the absence of any air source to propel them, they are turned by a computer-controlled motor, which generates random patterns. Shortly after their installation, the clouds ceased to move when a mechanical problem with the design of the main bearing prevented the motor-driven shaft from turning the clouds. After an exhaustive inspection of the bearing system, the office of the Senate superintendent awarded a contract in October 2001 for the redesign and manufacture of a new bearing system that will again set the clouds in motion.
The placement of Mountains and Clouds makes the sculpture part of the entire irregularly shaped public space of the building, not just part of the east atrium. Calder’s genius in positioning it led to the work’s great success. The atrium is directly entered from the east doors to the building. As one passes through a low lobby, only a section of the black steel sheets of the mountains appears, perceived as a virtually flat surface. The whole complex composition becomes apparent only when one reaches the junction of lobby and atrium. Suddenly, the full height of the atrium and the sculpture astonishes the viewer. Had the enormous work been centered in the atrium, it might have produced an overwhelming sense of oppression or confinement. But by locating the nearest portion of the stabile some 40 feet (12 m) from the atrium’s east wall, Calder allowed viewers the necessary space and distance to take in the whole work.
The sculpture extends into the large north-south corridor (as tall as the atrium) that continues through the entire building. Most visitors probably experience the sculpture first from that corridor. They may notice it immediately on entering either the north or south doors, when one of the arch-shaped legs of the mountains appears to step out from the atrium into the corridor, or when one of the clouds enters or leaves the corridor’s air space.
Approaching Mountains and Clouds from the south entrance gives a different impression; one initially sees only two mountain peaks, and the highest seems to touch or merge into the lowest cloud form. From this perspective, it is the mountain-cloud unit that impresses.
Perhaps the most satisfying view is from the north. The work presents an open, more fully readable composition of two or three peaks with legs and clouds that seem to float in front of the mountains. There is a large circle cut through one of the mountain sheets, offering, from this view, needed relief from the massive stabile. The arch-shaped legs are reminiscent of flying buttresses and, like flying buttresses, they provide both support and aesthetic pleasure.
The walls of the atrium in which Calder’s mountains stand are pierced on many levels by balconies, windows, and walkways. Thus, the mountains may be climbed, in a sense, and each stage of the ascent offers different views–-indeed, different understandings–-of the mountains and the clouds. As in actual mountain climbing, the distant clouds gradually become looming clouds during the ascent, until eventually the climber stands above them.
“It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it.”
Entry in category 3. Locations and instruments; Copyright CC-BY-NC-ND: Birgitta Borghoff
Together with partners from Liechtenstein, Austria and Germany, the ZHAW is exploring how art-based strategies transform digital and analogue communication in organisations as part of an Erasmus+ project on "Creative Agility". As a discourse researcher, I was able to observe and experience how political, art and science actors behave towards the big complex questions with narrowly defined competences. The animated picture shows my observation position in the Artistic Interventions laboratory. The postcard pinned above my seat caught my eye spontaneously: "I won't let reality dictate what I perceive." For me, this was an invitation to engage in a creagile experiment of observation and to perceive with all my senses. The photos were taken with an iPhone SE. I created an animated image file from the photos.
I truly perceive this photo as one of my best photos of 2014... the question is: Should I?
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Here's a photo from my album of the 13 September 2014 FHC Fly Day events for your personal enjoyment. Please share!
At the Jay Estate in Rye, we try to make history, which is often perceived as old and dusty, something fresh and relevant. To do this we rely heavily on our partnerships with area schools, other non-profits and corporate grantors like Rye's own Con Edison, all of whom have the vision to think outside the box and outside the classroom. Together, we've created new hands-on opportunities to train the "Founders" of tomorrow and promote civic engagement in a multitude of fields.
Well you can't get much more hands-on than archaeology which is a critical component of environmental review at any landmark site, including our own. So this past month, six Rye Country Day High School volunteers really lived their school's motto of "Not for Self but For Service" and put themselves through a rigorous dirt-under-your-fingernails field experience! Not only did they help uncover and identify cultural resources for JHC but they also helped create a template for mini-archaeology camps that will be offered to younger kids in Westchester later this summer.
In their report to their advisor they explained, "For our senior term project, we elected to help with an archaeological dig at the Jay Heritage Center, assisting Dr. Eugene Boesch in searching for artifacts that might reveal more about John Jay's 1745 colonial farmhouse - the home where he grew up as a child in Rye. Following criteria set by the Department of the Interior, we dug, screened, measured and catalogued 18th century square nails and iridescent glass, an assortment of glazed pottery and creamware, a clay tobacco pipe bowl marked TD and a pipe stem, and pieces of animal bones. But our most exciting find was probably a prehistoric tool or scraper revealing the presence of earlier First Nations encampments on the site. We learned that archaeology is a necessary part of environmental review since our cultural resources are fragile and not renewable. "
While most adults might stereotype kids this age as being glued to the screens on their I-phones, these girls worked diligently and thoughtfully mastering large wooden screens to sift shovelfuls of earth for artifacts. The prize? Holding a prehistoric stone blade in their hands, one they dug up themselves after 3 patient, buggy days in the hot sun. As one girl admitted, it had that "Wow, Indiana Jones" excitement to it but it also made them appreciate that other people "breathed" here.
At the end of the week, the girls cleaned, labeled and photographed their finds. Several asked if they could come back as counselors for the mini-archaeology camp, hoping to witness the same excitement on the faces of a dozen 10 year old summer campers when they make their own awesome discoveries.
It is close partnerships with area schools and corporate grantors like Con Edison that make programs of civic engagement like this possible. Students leave our site with visual and tactile impressions more indelible than looking at any image in a textbook or Smart board. As a result, they are the ones digging even deeper for greater, more visible returns on their hard work when they come back to volunteer again.
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Tried out the food at a Firehouse Subs.
I'm not an aficionado of "spicy hot", and my mouth hurt just Noticing the array of roughly 50 kinds of hot sauces.
My son would probably have a field day in here, lol.
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Hopefully this won't confuse people to death. I've reached March 1 in my catching up on my 365 photographs, and have decided this one makes a dandy "365". I figured it would be even worse if I were to try to do "current day" and "catch up from when I was out of town" at the same time ....
So. 60/365. 1 March 2010.
[for March's general theme of "The Spectrum We Perceive": here's quite the array of bright color]
I perceive beginning a project 365 on the 1st of January as a lack of creativity, imagination, and most of all, of originality, that's why I'm beginning my Project 365 today. Enjoy !
I wish a happy new year to all of my followers !
Inspired by a perceived lack of romance in the Minnesota tundra, Egg & Sperm :: Hide & Seek is an adult hide-and-seek game repeating throughout the night. It eggs on participants to share connections. Four members of the public per rotation wear glowing Sperm helmets and count while a large Egg rolls to a hiding location. When Sperm find the Egg and lays hands on it, the Egg glows more intensely. Once fully illuminated, the Egg is ushered back to the start point and the game begins again.
Playing with contact, this game electrifies connections between spectators, objects, and participants by offering a fun way to contemplate our motivations. Egg & Sperm uses technology to bring people closer together, physically as well as metaphorically. By exaggerating technology’s role at the center of the human quest for love, this work plays on sex and sexuality’s electrifying components. In emphasizing the body’s physicality, the artist hopes to inspire participating individuals into unplanned acts of contact.
Presented by Northern Lights.mn
Photograph courtesy the artists
Collaboration with Kristen Murray on circuitry; with Emily Stover on the Uterine Arch.
Contrary to popular myth, New Yorkers are not assholes.
What people tend to perceive as being an asshole is really just being too busy to bother with idle pleasantries. It isn't that they're jerks, it's just that they're usually in a rush and if you were to stop one to ask them for directions, your answer would be less of
"Aw, new to town? Where you from, hon? That so? I've got cousins up there! Beautiful in the fall. So anyway, what you wanna do is go up this street until you get to the second Duane Reade on your right. Then you're gonna wanna take a right and head down to Third and it should be right there. With the green awning. Oh no problem. You too, buhbye."
and more of
"Go up to 28th, take a right, go down two blocks. Yeah, see ya."
New Yorkers, like anyone else in the world, are normal people with normal temperaments and normal personalities. And they're just as friendly, helpful, and nice as the next guy.
Right up until they get on a train.
The minute a New Yorker gets on a train, all bets are off. What might pass for a civilized society above ground turns into a free-for-all under its streets. Stock brokers, school teachers, pastors, deacons, and all manner of person shed off their friendly personae when they enter the tunnels of the New York transit system. They are no longer men, they are morlocks in a Wellsian nightmare.
The little old ladies are the worst, pushing and shoving and cursing and stabbing you with their umbrellas. They might be somebody's sweet ol' gran-gran by light of day, but down in the dark they are little more than hellbeasts in muumuus.
I'm not sure what it is about the subway system that turns people into such animals. Perhaps it's the lack of daylight. Or perhaps it's the stress of commuting; there's a direct proportionality between the bestial nature of riders and how packed the trains are. Or maybe it's that people feel free to be their ruthless selves, their anonymity protected by the dank and the shadow. Odds are, though, it's a combination of the three and other things not even considered.
The only time there is a break in the savagery is when they find an enemy-in-common to direct their aggression toward: the MTA. Turn enough local trains express, make people wait long enough for a train that should've been there twenty-five minutes ago, trap them in a tunnel long enough because of "train traffic ahead," and you'll find that even the worst of enemies will band together in solidarity and snark.
People who were shoving and pushing each other not a second ago are not brothers-in-arms, rolling their eyes together and grumbling under their breath together, bound in a common disdan for "those jagoffs" at the MTA.
Of course, this accord only lasts as long as the problem that brought them together in the first place. Once the system is running smoothly again, they're back at each others' throats, punching and climbing over each other to get onto the train, slowing things down for the train behind them.
And then they get off at their stop, climb the stairs out of the station, and go back to being stock brokers and school teachers and pastors and deacons, their abhorrent behavior left behind in the dark, anonymous, shadowy catacombs of Manhattan.
How do we perceive life? Each and everyone of us see things through a different filter. Our experiences, emotions, our innate makings make each of us unique. Each one of these help us interpret life.
If everyone perceived in the same way, how boring a life to live. God is unique and creative. What an awesome God we have.
Kirana King - India Ki Nayi Dukan
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Check this video to perceive how Kirana King has changed an old and disorderly Kirana Store in Jaipur into a cutting edge, value store. The deals after the fabulous makeover are unimaginable. Additionally, the storekeeper is progressively centered around business development after the problem free stock administration, production network framework and a 24x7 help of Kirana King.
Kirana King is a pioneer grocery marketplace that launched its tremendous project with high hopes 'Parivartan' on August 15, 2018. With an objective to change the sloppy Kirana division of India into a composed and productive one, the organization presented a wonderful arrangement of change for all the neighborhood Kirana storekeepers who needed to be a piece of the change for better future.
If you are a basic supply retailer attempting to secure a position in this aggressive market, hold hands with Kirana King and change your store into 'India Ki Nayi Dukan'.
To know more about Kirana King and how we can help you, contact us at: info@kiranaking.com l kiranaking.com
Kirana King - India Ki Nayi Dukan
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Check this video to perceive how Kirana King has changed an old and disorderly Kirana Store in Jaipur into a cutting edge, value store. The deals after the fabulous makeover are unimaginable. Additionally, the storekeeper is progressively centered around business development after the problem free stock administration, production network framework and a 24x7 help of Kirana King.
Kirana King is a pioneer grocery marketplace that launched its tremendous project with high hopes 'Parivartan' on August 15, 2018. With an objective to change the sloppy Kirana division of India into a composed and productive one, the organization presented a wonderful arrangement of change for all the neighborhood Kirana storekeepers who needed to be a piece of the change for better future.
If you are a basic supply retailer attempting to secure a position in this aggressive market, hold hands with Kirana King and change your store into 'India Ki Nayi Dukan'.
To know more about Kirana King and how we can help you, contact us at: info@kiranaking.com l kiranaking.com
Infographic showing relationship between 'good' health and disability in England and Wales.
ONS website: www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census-analysis/how-do...
Polyus is an omnidirectional speaker that allows multiple listeners to perceive different sounds from the same source simultaneously. Using Polyus, sounds can be positioned in specific areas of a room that will be only perceived by the listener in the area that a sound is assigned to. The system consists of three core components: the “Acouspade”, a directional speaker which can focus sound into a narrow beam, a reflector redirecting the sound while spinning at high velocity and a LIDAR (light detection and ranging) sensor tracking the visitor’s position. It allows the creation of nonlinear, spatial compositions through which the audience can move, rather than perceiving it on a timeline. The system is also intended to test our ability to orient ourselves using our hearing.
credit: Florian Voggeneder
Inspired by a perceived lack of romance in the Minnesota tundra, Egg & Sperm :: Hide & Seek is an adult hide-and-seek game repeating throughout the night. It eggs on participants to share connections. Four members of the public per rotation wear glowing Sperm helmets and count while a large Egg rolls to a hiding location. When Sperm find the Egg and lays hands on it, the Egg glows more intensely. Once fully illuminated, the Egg is ushered back to the start point and the game begins again.
Playing with contact, this game electrifies connections between spectators, objects, and participants by offering a fun way to contemplate our motivations. Egg & Sperm uses technology to bring people closer together, physically as well as metaphorically. By exaggerating technology’s role at the center of the human quest for love, this work plays on sex and sexuality’s electrifying components. In emphasizing the body’s physicality, the artist hopes to inspire participating individuals into unplanned acts of contact.
Presented by Northern Lights.mn
Photograph Patrick Kelley, courtesy Northern Lights.mn
Collaboration with Kristen Murray on circuitry; with Emily Stover on the Uterine Arch.