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Old Apollo program's Launch Control Center, now part of museum tour.

Volunteers and employees of the Milford Housing Development Corporation finish raising a wall of the Mutual Self-Help Housing Program’s 50,000th home in Bridgeville, DE on Jun. 8, 2015. Volunteers from Congressional staff, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Development (RD), and local lenders gathered to help the Tony Tilsen family frame their new house. The volunteer effort helped take two weeks off the Tilsens expected construction time and was part of June’s National Housing Month celebrations. The Tilsens are building their house with the help of other local Self-Help participants and the assistance and supervision of the Milford Housing Development Corporation, a non-profit. USDA photo by Steve Thompson.

Red raspberries grow vertically on suspended vines at the Horticulture Program's Learning Garden at Gwinnett Technical College, in Lawrenceville, GA, on Friday, Mar. 20, 2015.

Gwinnett Technical College Horticulture Program's Learning Garden in Lawrenceville, GA, on Friday, Mar. 20, 2015. The field allows students to demonstrate a variety growing techniques. All the plants are edible produce and allows culinary students to learn the value of farm fresh produce resulting in future Farm to Table practices that emphasize the partnership between the two programs. Horticulture students will plan and schedule plantings to meet the needs of upcoming menus. Culinary students will harvest the produce they will prepare that day. USDA photo by Lance Cheung.

 

A green roof grows on top of Groffs Family Funeral Home in Lancaster, Pa., on May 21, 2012. (Photo by Steve Droter/Chesapeake Bay Program)

 

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A nomad bee from the genus Nomada search for the nests of mining bees on a bare patch of soil in Annapolis, Md., on May 30, 2020. Nomada are a type of cuckoo bee that practices brood parasitism of mining bees and other ground-nesting bees. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)

 

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Jasmine Brown, right, explains to her mother, Twanjuri Brown, how a dead tulip poplar may be home to owls or other birds at Woodend Sanctuary in Chevy Chase, Md., on Feb. 27, 2020. The mother and daughter were attending the Taking Nature Black conference, hosted by Audubon Naturalist Society and covering topics such as creating healthy communities, fostering green jobs and combating climate change while incorporating principles of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)

 

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Students and faculty in UF Law’s Environmental and Land Use Law Program’s Spring Break Field Course explored the diverse marine and coastal ecoregion shared by South Florida and the Bahamian archipelago.

The purpose of the week-long course, led by Tom Ankersen, Florida Sea Grant's Legal Specialist, was to provide students a firm grounding in the law, policy and practice of coastal and marine sustainable development through field-based immersion, practitioner lectures, and reflective discussions.

The group traveled from the intensely developed waterfront of Biscayne Bay to the bustling government center of Nassau in the Bahamas, and then on to the quiet, rural family island of Andros, bounded by the great Bahama Bank and the Tongue of the Ocean. While there is a world of difference between the two neighbors separated by the Gulf Stream, they share a remarkably similar ecosystem facing many of the same threats, and common language of the common law.

This year’s Spring Break Field course furthers the UF Law Conservation Clinic’s South Florida Bahamas ecoregional initiative supported by Florida Sea Grant, and in partnership with the Bahamas National Trust.

To read more about the course and what the students learned, visit: www.law.ufl.edu/…/elulp-students-faculty-spend-spri…/

(UF/IFAS photos by Amy Stuart)

Teen campers at the Virginia National Guard Teen Wilderness Adventure Camp prepare to go inner tubing down a river June 24, 2013 at Wilderness Adventure at Eagle Landing in New Castle, Va. The Virginia National Guard Youth Program partnered with Operation Military Kids to provide 60 children of Virginia National Guard service members four days of outdoor adventures June 23-27, including mountain biking, kayaking, inner tubes, ropes courses and zip lines. (Photo by Master Sgt. A.J. Coyne, Virginia Guard Public Affairs)

Vice Adm. Ann E. Rondeau, president of the National Defense University, speaks to a group of Soldiers from the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School following an NDU master's degree program's thesis presentations June 2 on Fort Bragg, N.C.

After more than a decade of conducting operations overseas, the Army Reserve is bringing its unique capabilities home to benefit communities across America.

 

Localities across the nation are tapping into these skills through the DoD Innovative Readiness Training program. First authorized in 1993, IRT allows reserve component units to hone their wartime readiness through hands-on training while simultaneously providing quality services to communities throughout the U.S.

 

As the military’s premier force provider of organized capabilities, the Army Reserve is ideally suited to conduct these missions, said Col. Rhonda Smillie, the 88th Regional Support Command legislative liaison.

 

“The Army Reserve is composed almost entirely of combat support and combat service support units,” said Smillie. “Those same enabling capabilities used in operations overseas are exactly what many communities within our own country could greatly benefit from.”

 

Those activities include providing support such as medical and dental care, water purification, veterinary services and engineering projects.

 

The Army Reserve’s most recent mission took place on Fort Belknap, a geographically isolated Indian Reservation in north-central Montana. There, 33 Soldiers from subordinate units of the West Medical Area Readiness Support Group augmented the Indian Health Services Hospital.

 

Named Operation Walking Shield, the mission began July 21 and concluded Aug. 1. The Army Reserve staff consisted of eight different medical specialties to include lab technicians, dentists, physicians, critical care nurses, behavioral health specialists, optometry technicians and podiatrists.

 

The augmentation of these Army Reserve medical personnel greatly enhanced the Fort Belknap Hospital’s own medical staff of seven, enabling the clinic to nearly double the care it provides to the more than 5,000 members of the surrounding Tribes. By conclusion of the exercise, the Army Reserve Soldiers treated more than 900 patients.

 

Nona Longknife, credentialing coordinator for the Fort Belknap Hospital, said the addition of these medical practitioners enables the hospital staff to augment and enhance normal operations with much needed services. According to Longknife, the Army Reserve Soldiers bring specialized skills not available at the clinic. This affords some Tribal members their only opportunity to receive much needed expanded care.

 

“During this time of year we have more patients coming in for check-ups and physicals for stuff like sports, schools and Head Start,” said Longknife. “We also don’t have some medical specialists here like podiatrists, so many of our patients, especially our elderly, are able to get much needed care that would otherwise be unavailable.”

 

Capt. Mathew Plouffe, commander of the 4225th U.S. Army Hospital, said this was their third year conducting this mission and the benefits for everyone have been undeniable.

 

“Our Soldiers get real-world training,” said Plouffe. “Our EMTs are going on EMT runs, they’re driving the ambulance, they are picking up patients and bringing them back to the emergency room – our nurses are getting real world nursing experience, our podiatrist is treating feet – our dental techs are doing cleanings and assisting dentists who are treating real dental issues – our behavioral health specialists are working out in the field and in the clinic. This is real world training!”

 

In addition, Plouffe said being able to help an underserved community has been great for moral.

 

“Everybody is working as a team,” said Plouffe. “It certainly builds moral and cohesion being able to have an impact on a community. We are taking care of Americans. Missions like these are our only opportunity to really do that.”

 

Montana Senator John Walsh visited the training at Fort Belknap for himself on July 27.

 

According to Walsh, the unique skills the Army Reserve brings are invaluable in addressing serious community needs within our own country.

 

"Innovative Readiness Training missions are a win-win for the community and for the military,” said Walsh. “Operation Walking Shield at Fort Belknap is a great example of the program’s success because personnel are able to hone medical skills while helping a community in need of those services.”

 

Missions like these are also a great way to build relationships between communities and the Soldiers who want to make a difference, noted Walsh.

 

“Service members are especially important in helping communities because they are exceptionally motivated to make a difference,” said Walsh.

Smillie, who facilitated Walsh’s visit and invited all members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, said it is vital that the public and elected officials understand how Army Reserve IRT missions can benefit our communities.

 

“The Army Reserve is all about specialized capabilities. In addition to doctors and medical professionals, we have engineers, attorneys, transportation specialists,” said Smillie. “All these skills that enable our forces can also easily be transferred to the civilian sector and benefit our communities.”

 

This may be best illustrated by the example of Pfc. Johnna Snell who has paired her military occupation with her civilian career while simultaneously bettering her own community.

 

A member of the Crow Nation of Montana, Snell is an automated logistical technician assigned to the 4225th U.S. Army Hospital. She used her military training to qualify for her current civilian position as a supply technician for the Crow Agency Indian Health Services Hospital.

 

Snell said the combination of her background, military occupation, civilian occupation and current mission have all complimented each other greatly.

 

“I am proud to be a part of a unit that can actually help a Native American community through this program,” said Snell. “I’m also proud that I can do this for the Native people and bring this knowledge to other reservations.”

 

Snell has participated in Operation Walking Shield for the past three years. This year Snell served as the mission’s cultural liaison, charged with coordinating between the Tribes and the unit. According to Snell, the need for assistance is vast and the people greatly appreciate it.

 

“There is a need here and they struggle to find the services,” said Snell. “Every year we come back and they are excited to see us. The most rewarding thing is helping people in need.”

 

The value added to the Fort Belknap community is considerable in many aspects, said Longknife.

 

“Everybody understands that we get cut back, so we try to use everything the best we can,” said Longknife. “The services they provide let us saves for other things and prevents us from having to send an elder 200 miles away for the right care. Elders can’t travel like that all the time - it’s too hard on them.

 

“80,000 dollars is what I would have to pay for just three doctors to work two weeks,” continued Longknife. “With 80,000 dollars we could send one of our elders to a really good heart doctor, or have a child’s cleft pallet fixed, or have a child’s teeth fixed.”

 

Beyond benefitting from services the Army Reserve provides, knowing that someone cares and will help them impacts the community deeply, said Longknife.

 

“Our people have great appreciation for what is done here,” said Longknife. “Appreciation that the Army Reserve thinks that much of our people to take that two weeks that they could spend anywhere in the United States to do their Reserve time, and they choose to come here – and it fills the hearts of the people to think and know that somebody does care.”

 

WIPP’s exceptional safety performance in all operations was again acknowledged in 2013. In this photo of WIPP operations, personnel load a facility cask containing remote-handled TRU waste onto horizontal emplacement equipment. Once loaded, the emplacement equipment pushes the canister out of the facility cask and into a borehole. The DOE awarded WIPP with the Voluntary Protection Program’s Legacy of Stars award this year. This award, which is the result of achieving star status for four consecutive years, is the second DOE Legacy of Stars award WIPP has received. Also, the New Mexico Bureau of Mines and the New Mexico Mining Association recognized WIPP with the Safe Operator of the Year Award. This is the 25th such award received by WIPP out of the last 27 years.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder met with members of the North Charleston Police Department, Charleston Farms Community, and a program participant in the department's innovative program S.T.A.N.D. (Stop and Take A New Direction).

Attorney General Holder heard first hand how the program, which focused on not just arresting low level narcotics dealers with little or no prior criminal history but to go a step further and help those involved in the activity change their lives for the better, has changed the lives of several participants and improved the quality of life in the neighborhood. AG Holder praised the department for "thinking outside of the box" in crime reduction strategies and for its community involvement.

Of the original eight (8) participants accepted in to the program, four completed the program, maintain full time employment and continue to be productive citizens. The project was broadcast nationwide last year on Dateline NBC.

 

Photo by Ryan Johnson

  

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Eighth-grader Alexius Pierce made the go-ahead layup in the game's last minute, and junior Diamonne Harris hit four straight free throws in the final 10 seconds as the Syracuse Academy of Science held off Allegany-Limestone, 55-50, in a Class C girls basketball state semifinal at Hudson Valley Community College.

 

The Section III-champion Atoms (20-4) will play in the 8-year-old program's first state final at 4 p.m. Saturday against Section IX champion Millbrook.

 

"It feels unbelievable," said Harris, who led all scorers with 20 points. "We worked so hard - day after day - it was all worth it. It feels so good."

 

"We just willed our way (to the win), said senior leader Lyrik Jackson, who scored 14 points, grabbed eight rebounds and made five steals for the Atoms. "Coach said keep pushing. We didn't want to go home."

 

SAS, which trailed by six points at the half (32-26) sparked its second-half offense with a pressing defense that forced Allegany-Limestone into 22 turnovers and yielded a dozen steals.

 

The #SASAtoms also held Gators' star senior center Morgan Davis to 14 points, about five below her season's average. Morgan only had six in the second half.

 

"Amazing. Just amazing," said #SASCS head coach Reggie Pickard. "I'm still kind of dreaming - like are we here or not, you know? We're doing everything possible to win a championship. We've worked hard for eight years, and here we are."

 

The Atoms trailed by as many as eight points late in the second quarter but caught the Gators just two minutes into the third using a press that started paying off in turnovers.

 

"Our pressure has been the key for us all year," Pickard said. "We force turnovers, make the game kind of ugly.

I thought if we pressured a little more in the second half it would harder for them to get the ball to their bigs."

 

Allegany-Limestone, from Section VI near Olean, still led by two at the start of the fourth quarter, but SAS sophomore Xyel Bradford's 3-pointer put the Atoms ahead, 41-40, with just under 7 minutes left. Pierce hit another huge three with 2:30 left to play that gave SAS a 47-46 advantage.

 

But the Gators continued to make big baskets, too, and Allegany-Limestone had a 50-49 lead, and the ball, with just under a minute left to play.

 

On the in-bounds play, Harris dove for a steal and somehow got the ball to Pierce, who drove in for what would turn out to be the winning points, making it 51-50, Atoms.

 

The Gators began fouling, but Harris proved worthy against the pressure, hitting two sets for free throws in the final eight seconds.

 

"It was very nerve-wracking, but we do this all of the time in practice," she said. "I have to stay calm."

 

Allegany-Limestone coach Frank Martin said his team just couldn't quite hold it together in the final minutes against the SAS quickness.

 

"I'd love to have the last minute and a half back," he said. "We weren't as good as we needed to be to close this game out. We just weren't as good as we needed to be at the end."

 

The Atoms had a scare in the final seconds when Jackson took a shot to her head when she went down chasing a loose ball and an Allegany-Limestone player fell on top of her. She had to be helped off the court but was up and talking in the aftermath.

 

Harris said she hoped to go swimming in the hotel pool later in the day, but her coach wasn't hearing it.

 

No, no. We're not going to do any swimming," he said, laughing. "Too much muscle movement. They got mad at me last night because I took their phones from them. I'm doing that again tonight, too."

 

Article posted at highschoolsports.syracuse.com/news/article/-7252830500074...

Eighth-grader Alexius Pierce made the go-ahead layup in the game's last minute, and junior Diamonne Harris hit four straight free throws in the final 10 seconds as the Syracuse Academy of Science held off Allegany-Limestone, 55-50, in a Class C girls basketball state semifinal at Hudson Valley Community College.

 

The Section III-champion Atoms (20-4) will play in the 8-year-old program's first state final at 4 p.m. Saturday against Section IX champion Millbrook.

 

"It feels unbelievable," said Harris, who led all scorers with 20 points. "We worked so hard - day after day - it was all worth it. It feels so good."

 

"We just willed our way (to the win), said senior leader Lyrik Jackson, who scored 14 points, grabbed eight rebounds and made five steals for the Atoms. "Coach said keep pushing. We didn't want to go home."

 

SAS, which trailed by six points at the half (32-26) sparked its second-half offense with a pressing defense that forced Allegany-Limestone into 22 turnovers and yielded a dozen steals.

 

The #SASAtoms also held Gators' star senior center Morgan Davis to 14 points, about five below her season's average. Morgan only had six in the second half.

 

"Amazing. Just amazing," said #SASCS head coach Reggie Pickard. "I'm still kind of dreaming - like are we here or not, you know? We're doing everything possible to win a championship. We've worked hard for eight years, and here we are."

 

The Atoms trailed by as many as eight points late in the second quarter but caught the Gators just two minutes into the third using a press that started paying off in turnovers.

 

"Our pressure has been the key for us all year," Pickard said. "We force turnovers, make the game kind of ugly.

I thought if we pressured a little more in the second half it would harder for them to get the ball to their bigs."

 

Allegany-Limestone, from Section VI near Olean, still led by two at the start of the fourth quarter, but SAS sophomore Xyel Bradford's 3-pointer put the Atoms ahead, 41-40, with just under 7 minutes left. Pierce hit another huge three with 2:30 left to play that gave SAS a 47-46 advantage.

 

But the Gators continued to make big baskets, too, and Allegany-Limestone had a 50-49 lead, and the ball, with just under a minute left to play.

 

On the in-bounds play, Harris dove for a steal and somehow got the ball to Pierce, who drove in for what would turn out to be the winning points, making it 51-50, Atoms.

 

The Gators began fouling, but Harris proved worthy against the pressure, hitting two sets for free throws in the final eight seconds.

 

"It was very nerve-wracking, but we do this all of the time in practice," she said. "I have to stay calm."

 

Allegany-Limestone coach Frank Martin said his team just couldn't quite hold it together in the final minutes against the SAS quickness.

 

"I'd love to have the last minute and a half back," he said. "We weren't as good as we needed to be to close this game out. We just weren't as good as we needed to be at the end."

 

The Atoms had a scare in the final seconds when Jackson took a shot to her head when she went down chasing a loose ball and an Allegany-Limestone player fell on top of her. She had to be helped off the court but was up and talking in the aftermath.

 

Harris said she hoped to go swimming in the hotel pool later in the day, but her coach wasn't hearing it.

 

No, no. We're not going to do any swimming," he said, laughing. "Too much muscle movement. They got mad at me last night because I took their phones from them. I'm doing that again tonight, too."

 

Article posted at highschoolsports.syracuse.com/news/article/-7252830500074...

As part of the NYC DOT’s Urban Art Program’s Asphalt Art Activation initiative, NY Cares and the DOT Bike Share Program present “Lovely to See You” by Brooklyn-based artist Emily Caisip at the Franklin Street Bike Share station. On the first day of the two day installation, the DOT Bike Share staff primed the site with a vibrant blue color. On the second day, NY Cares volunteers assisted in the implementation of the colorful red leaf design. The leaf pattern was inspired by leaves that are strewn about on many of our New York City streets. The placement of the leaves was spontaneous, while creating a sense of order and pattern at the same time. This project was the first for the Asphalt Art Activation initiative, which activates asphalt with murals around bike share stations throughout the city.

 

NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Special Projects

Lovely to See You by Emily Caisip

Presented with NY Cares and the DOT Bike Share Program

Asphalt on Franklin Street between West Broadway and Varick Street, Manhattan

www.nyc.gov/urbanart

www.nycares.org

 

Eighth-grader Alexius Pierce made the go-ahead layup in the game's last minute, and junior Diamonne Harris hit four straight free throws in the final 10 seconds as the Syracuse Academy of Science held off Allegany-Limestone, 55-50, in a Class C girls basketball state semifinal at Hudson Valley Community College.

 

The Section III-champion Atoms (20-4) will play in the 8-year-old program's first state final at 4 p.m. Saturday against Section IX champion Millbrook.

 

"It feels unbelievable," said Harris, who led all scorers with 20 points. "We worked so hard - day after day - it was all worth it. It feels so good."

 

"We just willed our way (to the win), said senior leader Lyrik Jackson, who scored 14 points, grabbed eight rebounds and made five steals for the Atoms. "Coach said keep pushing. We didn't want to go home."

 

SAS, which trailed by six points at the half (32-26) sparked its second-half offense with a pressing defense that forced Allegany-Limestone into 22 turnovers and yielded a dozen steals.

 

The #SASAtoms also held Gators' star senior center Morgan Davis to 14 points, about five below her season's average. Morgan only had six in the second half.

 

"Amazing. Just amazing," said #SASCS head coach Reggie Pickard. "I'm still kind of dreaming - like are we here or not, you know? We're doing everything possible to win a championship. We've worked hard for eight years, and here we are."

 

The Atoms trailed by as many as eight points late in the second quarter but caught the Gators just two minutes into the third using a press that started paying off in turnovers.

 

"Our pressure has been the key for us all year," Pickard said. "We force turnovers, make the game kind of ugly.

I thought if we pressured a little more in the second half it would harder for them to get the ball to their bigs."

 

Allegany-Limestone, from Section VI near Olean, still led by two at the start of the fourth quarter, but SAS sophomore Xyel Bradford's 3-pointer put the Atoms ahead, 41-40, with just under 7 minutes left. Pierce hit another huge three with 2:30 left to play that gave SAS a 47-46 advantage.

 

But the Gators continued to make big baskets, too, and Allegany-Limestone had a 50-49 lead, and the ball, with just under a minute left to play.

 

On the in-bounds play, Harris dove for a steal and somehow got the ball to Pierce, who drove in for what would turn out to be the winning points, making it 51-50, Atoms.

 

The Gators began fouling, but Harris proved worthy against the pressure, hitting two sets for free throws in the final eight seconds.

 

"It was very nerve-wracking, but we do this all of the time in practice," she said. "I have to stay calm."

 

Allegany-Limestone coach Frank Martin said his team just couldn't quite hold it together in the final minutes against the SAS quickness.

 

"I'd love to have the last minute and a half back," he said. "We weren't as good as we needed to be to close this game out. We just weren't as good as we needed to be at the end."

 

The Atoms had a scare in the final seconds when Jackson took a shot to her head when she went down chasing a loose ball and an Allegany-Limestone player fell on top of her. She had to be helped off the court but was up and talking in the aftermath.

 

Harris said she hoped to go swimming in the hotel pool later in the day, but her coach wasn't hearing it.

 

No, no. We're not going to do any swimming," he said, laughing. "Too much muscle movement. They got mad at me last night because I took their phones from them. I'm doing that again tonight, too."

 

Article posted at highschoolsports.syracuse.com/news/article/-7252830500074...

One of the women's organizations we met with, supported by the United Nations Development Program's STRONG PLACES program. This group makes beautiful tablecloths, bedspreads, pillows, and other items.

In scratching out a 64-61 win over Maryland Eastern Shore on Saturday evening at the HU Convocation Center, the Hampton University men's basketball team snapped its six-game losing streak.

 

The Pirates improved to 9-14 overall and 5-5 in the MEAC on the season.

 

Head coach Edward Joyner Jr. won his 91st career game in the process, becoming the program's all-time winningest Div. I coach – surpassing Steve Merfeld.

 

Guard Reginald Johnson registered his second straight 20-point game, leading all Pirate scorers with 21 points on 7-for-15 shooting. Guard/forward Dwight Meikle added 16 points and a team-high 11 rebounds for his fourth double-double of the season.

 

Guard Deron Powers added 11 points and four assists.

The Pirates shot 44.2 percent (23-for-52) from the floor – thanks in large part to a 14-for-25 effort (56.0 percent) in the second half. Hampton scored 25 points off of 16 UMES turnovers, and Hampton held a 26-22 edge in points in the paint.

 

A layup from Devin Martin with 2:14 left in the game tied the contest at 58-58, before Johnson answered with 1:11 left by converting an acrobatic 3-point play to put the Pirates up 61-58. Dominique Elliott cut that lead to 61-60 with a jumper with 55 seconds left.

 

But Meikle put his stamp on the game with 42 seconds left, finding space on the fast break before floating in the air, making it look as if he would finger-roll the ball into the hoop, before slamming the ball home with one hand to give the Pirates a 63-60 lead.

 

The two teams traded free throws down the stretch, but Martin missed both of his 3-pointers in the closing moments to hand the Pirates the hard-fought win.

 

The UMES led much of the night, though – particularly in the first half. The Hawks opened the game with six straight – thanks to back-to-back 3-pointers from Ryan Andino – before the Pirates cut the lead to 6-5 on a jumper in the paint from junior forward Jervon Pressley.

 

The Hawks opened the game back up, taking a 22-10 lead at the 8:37 mark after a 3-pointer from Martin. A dunk from Michael Myers and a layup from Devon Walker gave UMES a 29-16 lead with 2:39 left in the half.

 

But Hampton scored the last seven points of the frame – a jumper and 3-pointer from Meikle and a jumper from Powers – to cut UMES' lead to 29-23 at the break.

 

That momentum carried into the second half, as the Pirates cut UMES' lead to one on three separate occasions before taking their first lead of the night on a Johnson layup with 15:12 left – putting Hampton up 36-35.

Johnson then hit a trey to put the Pirates up 39-35 at the 13:32 mark.

 

Johnson added a layup with 13:14 remaining to give the Pirates a 41-37 lead, before UMES went on a 10-1 run to take a 47-42 lead with 10:39 left to play after a dunk from Elliott. Elliott later gave the UMES a 53-48 lead at the 6:29 mark with a free throw.

 

After a pair of Martin free throws gave the Hawks a 55-50 lead, the Pirates went on a 7-0 spurt, taking a 57-55 lead with 3:13 left to play after a jumper from Powers.

 

Red Weasel Media was sitting on the baseline to capture all of the high flying action. Go Pirates!

Egrets wade through shallow water in Kenilworth Marsh in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 23, 2014. The area is part of the 9-mile Anacostia Water Trail, which features natural areas as well as riverfront recreation and ends where the Anacostia meets the Potomac River. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)

 

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Pictured with the LSU Eunice Respiratory Care program’s faculty are (seated) Markie Edler of New Iberia, Katie Latiola of Iota, Brittany Thibodeaux of Eunice and Amber Lantier of Duson. Standing are LSU Eunice Program Director Kathleen Warner, Elycia Abrusley of Alexandria, Michael Benoit of Church Point, Asia Semien of Eunice, Michael Klein of New Iberia, Kristie Bordelon of Mamou, Clinical Coordinator Michael Wyble, Haley Gauthier of Marksville, Chelsey Wise of Simpson, and Clinical Instructor David Asbury.

  

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A bridge under construction on the West Branch Susquehanna is seen near Northumberland, Pa., on Sept. 17, 2019. The Susquehanna provides roughly half of the total freshwater reaching the Chesapeake Bay downstream. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)

 

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I photographed this United States Air Force C-17 Glovemaster III over the Black Point Wildlife Drive section of Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge located immediately north of the NASA Space complex on Florida's Atlantic Coast. The Wildlife Refuge is located near Patrick Air Force Base and regularly we would see military aircrafts overhead.

The McDonnell Douglas/Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is a large military transport aircraft that was developed for the United States Air Force (USAF) from the 1980s to the early 1990s by McDonnell Douglas. The C-17 carries forward the name of two previous piston-engined military cargo aircraft, the Douglas C-74 Globemaster and the Douglas C-124 Globemaster II. The C-17 is based upon the YC-15, a smaller prototype airlifter designed during the 1970s. It was designed to replace the Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, and also fulfill some of the duties of the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy. Compared to the YC-15, the redesigned airlifter differed in having swept wings, increased size, and more powerful engines. Development was protracted by a series of design issues, causing the company to incur a loss of nearly US$1.5 billion on the program's development phase. On 15 September 1991, roughly one year behind schedule, the first C-17 performed its maiden flight. The C-17 formally entered USAF service on 17 January 1995. Boeing, which merged with McDonnell Douglas in 1997, continued to manufacture the C-17 for almost two decades. The final C-17 was completed at the Long Beach, California plant and flown on 29 November 2015. The C-17 commonly performs tactical and strategic airlift missions, transporting troops and cargo throughout the world; additional roles include medical evacuation and airdrop duties. The transport is in service with the USAF along with air arms of India, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and the Europe-based multilateral organization Heavy Airlift Wing. The type played a key logistical role during both Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq, as well as in providing humanitarian aid in the aftermath of various natural disasters, including the 2010 Haiti earthquake and the 2011 Sindh floods.

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Maria Theresa monument Maria Theresa monument in Vienna

Maria Theresa Square

The Maria Theresa monument is the most important ruler monument of the Habsburg monarchy in Vienna. It is reminiscent of the Empress Maria Theresa, who ruled from 1740 to 1780, and is since 1888 on the Maria Theresa Square on the Vienna ring road (Castle Square - Burgring) between the then Imperial Museums, in 1891 opened the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Art History) and in 1889 opened the Natural History Museum (Naturhistorisches Museum), in front of the background of the Museum Quarter, then the imperial stables. This by Tritons and Najad Fountains accompanied Ensemble monument counts to the UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Vienna.

Historical Background View from the top (2010)

The Empire of Austria in 1859 and 1866 lost Lombardy and Veneto to the new Kingdom of Italy. It was in 1866 forced to resigne after the defeat of the German war, the Prussians had triggered by violation of the rules of the German Confederation from Germany, which in 1871 was constituted as German Empire under a new empire. In 1867 Emperor Franz Joseph I. in Compromise with Hungary had to agree to the formal division of the empire into a ruled from Vienna cisleithanian and ruled from Budapest transleithanian half of the Empire, with Hungary increasingly presenting itself not as a part of the empire, but as a largely independent state. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leitha

During the World Exhibition 1873 in Vienna an economic crisis had occurred, the "founders' crash - Gründerkrach" that devalued liberalism as the leading political movement and new mass parties, for the time being, the Christian Social Party, and later the Social Democrats, putting forth. In addition, more and more national movements were felt in the multiethnic state. Those centrifugal and the imperial power eroding tendencies one would counteract by patriotic appeals to splendor and glory of the empire. At the since 1858 under construction and in 1865 opened new Vienna ring road around the old town was offered the chance. On the Maria Theresa Square the center facing adjoining Heldenplatz outside the Hofburg in 1860 and 1865 monuments of the two most important generals of the monarchy were built. For the Maria Theresa square, which with the Heldenplatz should form an Imperial Forum, it was a good occasion to erect a monument to the historical mother of the nation. She had by her marriage to Francis Stephen of Lorraine and his election as emperor, the Roman-German Empire brought back to Vienna and the continuation of the dynasty, now as House of Habsburg-Lorraine, secured. She referred to a time when the development of the monarchy was not dependent on any political party nor on national political considerations, but by the wisdom of the rulers. Her reputation and popularity should radiate to the current empire.

The monument Gypsum model of a draft of the monument Maria Theresa surrounded by the allegories of the cardinal virtues For the execution of the sculptures in 1874 the three sculptors Johannes Benk, Carl Kundmann and Caspar Zumbusch submitted designs. Emperor Franz Joseph I decided for Zumbusch, with his student Anton Brenek around 13 years working on the bronze sculptures, which have a total weight of 44 tons. Carl von Hasenauer designed the architecture of the monument. With the base, the monument covers an area of ​​632 square meters and is 19.36 m high, on top the seated figure of the Empress with 6 m height. Base and chain pedestal consist of Mauthausen granite from Enghagen in Upper Austria, pedestal and base of brown hornblende granite from Petersburg-Jeschitz at Pilsen in the Czech Republic, the columns of serpentinite from Wiesen near Sterzing in South Tyrol. The program's content for the monument came from Alfred von Arneth, director of the Imperial House, Court and State Archives. The monarch herself sits on her throne at the top, in the left hand a scepter and the Pragmatic Sanction, the State and the Constitutional Treaty, her allowing the rule in the Habsburg lands as woman, saluting with the right hand the people. Around the throne on the cornice are sitting as allegorical personifications of the cardinal virtues of justice, strength, gentleness and wisdom four female figures.

At the four sides of the base each is located a circular field with a relief and before that a freestanding statue in thematic context: The consultants of the Archduchess are represented by Wenzel Anton Kaunitz as a statue and Johann Christoph von Bartenstein, Gundakar Thomas Graf Starhemberg and Florimond Claude of Mercy-Argenteau in relief, the background shows the Gloriette in the garden of Schonbrunn Palace. For the administration stand Friedrich Wilhelm von Haugwitz (statue) and Antal Grassalkovich I, Samuel Brukenthal, Paul Joseph of Riegger, Karl Anton von Martini and Joseph von Sonnenfels in a consulting room in the Imperial Palace. For the military stand Joseph Wenzel I (statue) with Franz Moritz von Lacy, Andreas Hadik of Futak and Franz Leopold of Nádasdy in front of the castle in Wiener Neustadt, in which in 1752 the Theresa Military Academy was established. Science and art are represented by the physician Gerard van Swieten (statue), the numismatist Joseph Hilarius Eckhel, the historian György Pray and the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck, Joseph Haydn and the as child represented Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in front of the Old University. Consultants Management Military Science and Art On the diagonal axes surround equestrian statues of four commanders from the era of Maria Theresa the monument: Leopold Joseph von Daun (1705-1766), Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller (1683-1744), Gideon Ernst von Laudon (1717-1790) and Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg and Traun (1677-1748). Leopold Joseph von Daun Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller Gideon Ernst von Laudon Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg and Traun Open base during the renovation (2008).

The monument is being totally renovated since October 2008. In a first step, the base whose granite cladding and the foundation were restored. Under the monument in the course of the work a 600-square-foot brick vault was discovered as a supporting structure that is similar to already known components underneath the equestrian statues on Heroes' Square. In a second step, the stone and metal surfaces are being rehabilitated until probably October 2013.

Reception The monument in 1888 Maria Theresa Square in 1900

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Cover crops and no-till agriculture best management practices (BMPs) are seen in an agricultural field in Queen Anne's County, Md., on Oct. 24, 2012. (Photo by Steve Droter/Chesapeake Bay Program)

 

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A carpenter bee hovers long enough for a closeup in the backyard of a participant in the RiverSmart Homes program in Washington, D.C., on April 13, 2017. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)

 

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New Mexico Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham’s aide Alma Acosta helps nail paneling on the Mutual Self-Help Housing Program’s 50,000th home in Bridgeville, DE on Jun 8, 2015. Volunteers from Congressional staff, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development (RD), and local lenders gathered to help the Tony Tilsen family frame their new house. The volunteer effort helped take two weeks off the Tilsens expected construction time and was part of June’s National Housing Month celebrations. The Tilsens are building their house with the help of other local Self-Help participants and the assistance and supervision of the Milford Housing Development Corporation, a non-profit. USDA photo by Steve Thompson.

Valdez is known as the "Snow Capital of Alaska," where seasonal snowfall can exceed 560 inches, more snow than any sea-level station in the United States. In addition to its public service responsibilities, the NOAA NWS Valdez office serves as the regional hub for the collection of ship observations via satellite telephone. Privacy concerns voiced by various mariners, fueled the pilot program in September 2004. Since the program's inception, WSO Valdez has disseminated over 800 real-time observations a month during peak fishing seasons. These observations provide support to the NWS forecast and warning programs and have a major impact on global, regional and local climate analysis.

 

Pictured (from left): Rob Brooks, Gordon May, Debra Elliott, OIC, Wendy Zwickl, and Ron Williams.

 

Mataponi Creek, a freshwater tributary of the Patuxent River and the Chesapeake Bay, is seen at Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary in Upper Marlboro, Md., on Nov. 5, 2009. (Photo by Matt Rath/Chesapeake Bay Program)

 

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Agnes and Stephen Reading, who endow 10 nursing student scholarships annually through a donation to the WCC Foundation, received a tour of the program's lab and simulation technology.

Students and faculty in UF Law’s Environmental and Land Use Law Program’s Spring Break Field Course explored the diverse marine and coastal ecoregion shared by South Florida and the Bahamian archipelago.

The purpose of the week-long course, led by Tom Ankersen, Florida Sea Grant's Legal Specialist, was to provide students a firm grounding in the law, policy and practice of coastal and marine sustainable development through field-based immersion, practitioner lectures, and reflective discussions.

The group traveled from the intensely developed waterfront of Biscayne Bay to the bustling government center of Nassau in the Bahamas, and then on to the quiet, rural family island of Andros, bounded by the great Bahama Bank and the Tongue of the Ocean. While there is a world of difference between the two neighbors separated by the Gulf Stream, they share a remarkably similar ecosystem facing many of the same threats, and common language of the common law.

This year’s Spring Break Field course furthers the UF Law Conservation Clinic’s South Florida Bahamas ecoregional initiative supported by Florida Sea Grant, and in partnership with the Bahamas National Trust.

To read more about the course and what the students learned, visit: www.law.ufl.edu/…/elulp-students-faculty-spend-spri…/

(UF/IFAS photos by Amy Stuart)

Matt Preedy, the Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Program’s director of south end projects, talks to a reporter about the Friday, March 11, opening of the S. Royal Brougham Way on-ramp to northbound SR 99 in Seattle. Learn more about construction underway to replace the south end of the Alaskan Way Viaduct.

Wild blue phlox blooms in a conservation landscaping garden at the offices of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay in Annapolis, Md., on April 13, 2022. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)

 

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AUGUST 17, 2019 - Elon celebrates the accomplishments of students in its Master of Education program during the program's commencement exercises.

Students and faculty in UF Law’s Environmental and Land Use Law Program’s Spring Break Field Course explored the diverse marine and coastal ecoregion shared by South Florida and the Bahamian archipelago.

The purpose of the week-long course, led by Tom Ankersen, Florida Sea Grant's Legal Specialist, was to provide students a firm grounding in the law, policy and practice of coastal and marine sustainable development through field-based immersion, practitioner lectures, and reflective discussions.

The group traveled from the intensely developed waterfront of Biscayne Bay to the bustling government center of Nassau in the Bahamas, and then on to the quiet, rural family island of Andros, bounded by the great Bahama Bank and the Tongue of the Ocean. While there is a world of difference between the two neighbors separated by the Gulf Stream, they share a remarkably similar ecosystem facing many of the same threats, and common language of the common law.

This year’s Spring Break Field course furthers the UF Law Conservation Clinic’s South Florida Bahamas ecoregional initiative supported by Florida Sea Grant, and in partnership with the Bahamas National Trust.

To read more about the course and what the students learned, visit: www.law.ufl.edu/…/elulp-students-faculty-spend-spri…/

(UF/IFAS photos by Amy Stuart)

The annual fall canoe paddle with Professor of Biological Sciences David White offers students an opportunity to wade through some of the most beautiful swamps and bayous just a short distance from New Orleans in southeastern Louisiana.

 

The trips start in the late afternoon and last into the evening and night offers a great twilight experience to see firsthand our cypress trees, swamp, marsh plants, and wildlife. Participants see see alligators, wading birds, ducks, and spectacular scenes of Spanish-moss covered trees. With lights after dark participants shine for night-stalking wildlife.

 

Dr. White studies plant community and population ecology in wetland ecosystems. Recent research has focused on study of the establishment and spread of the marsh reed, Phragmites australis, within the Mississippi River Delta and the community structure of tropical forests in the Yucatan Peninsula. Dr. White is also involved in a long term research project (going on 25 yrs) on marsh plant biomass within the Delta.

Staff from Maryland Department of Natural Resources use the Susquehanna Flats near Havre de Grace, Md., as a classroom while leading a workshop to learn how to identify and monitor various species of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) that live in the Chesapeake Bay on July 25, 2016. A healthy patch of underwater grasses provides food and habitat for animals like fish and crabs, reduces shoreline erosion, and improves water quality by slowing the current and helping sediment filter out of the water column. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)

 

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Carrie Wan, a May 2014 graduate of the 4-year Bachelor of Science (BS) in Nursing program at Rutgers School of Nursing, is congratulated by the Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey's Michael Francis, board member, and Marsha Atkind, executive director.

 

Carrie Wan, a resident of East Brunswick, is a May 2014 graduate of the four-year Bachelor of Science (BS) in Nursing program at Rutgers School of Nursing, where she served as her program’s class president, and a member of several school committees. Respected for her compassionate service to both classmates, and patients, she has volunteered with organizations such as the Community Food Bank of New Jersey. She recently accepted a nursing position at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.

  

A deadrise workboat is seen on Tangier Island, Va., on Sept. 25, 2010. (Photo by Matt Rath/Chesapeake Bay Program)

 

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Eighth-grader Alexius Pierce made the go-ahead layup in the game's last minute, and junior Diamonne Harris hit four straight free throws in the final 10 seconds as the Syracuse Academy of Science held off Allegany-Limestone, 55-50, in a Class C girls basketball state semifinal at Hudson Valley Community College.

 

The Section III-champion Atoms (20-4) will play in the 8-year-old program's first state final at 4 p.m. Saturday against Section IX champion Millbrook.

 

"It feels unbelievable," said Harris, who led all scorers with 20 points. "We worked so hard - day after day - it was all worth it. It feels so good."

 

"We just willed our way (to the win), said senior leader Lyrik Jackson, who scored 14 points, grabbed eight rebounds and made five steals for the Atoms. "Coach said keep pushing. We didn't want to go home."

 

SAS, which trailed by six points at the half (32-26) sparked its second-half offense with a pressing defense that forced Allegany-Limestone into 22 turnovers and yielded a dozen steals.

 

The #SASAtoms also held Gators' star senior center Morgan Davis to 14 points, about five below her season's average. Morgan only had six in the second half.

 

"Amazing. Just amazing," said #SASCS head coach Reggie Pickard. "I'm still kind of dreaming - like are we here or not, you know? We're doing everything possible to win a championship. We've worked hard for eight years, and here we are."

 

The Atoms trailed by as many as eight points late in the second quarter but caught the Gators just two minutes into the third using a press that started paying off in turnovers.

 

"Our pressure has been the key for us all year," Pickard said. "We force turnovers, make the game kind of ugly.

I thought if we pressured a little more in the second half it would harder for them to get the ball to their bigs."

 

Allegany-Limestone, from Section VI near Olean, still led by two at the start of the fourth quarter, but SAS sophomore Xyel Bradford's 3-pointer put the Atoms ahead, 41-40, with just under 7 minutes left. Pierce hit another huge three with 2:30 left to play that gave SAS a 47-46 advantage.

 

But the Gators continued to make big baskets, too, and Allegany-Limestone had a 50-49 lead, and the ball, with just under a minute left to play.

 

On the in-bounds play, Harris dove for a steal and somehow got the ball to Pierce, who drove in for what would turn out to be the winning points, making it 51-50, Atoms.

 

The Gators began fouling, but Harris proved worthy against the pressure, hitting two sets for free throws in the final eight seconds.

 

"It was very nerve-wracking, but we do this all of the time in practice," she said. "I have to stay calm."

 

Allegany-Limestone coach Frank Martin said his team just couldn't quite hold it together in the final minutes against the SAS quickness.

 

"I'd love to have the last minute and a half back," he said. "We weren't as good as we needed to be to close this game out. We just weren't as good as we needed to be at the end."

 

The Atoms had a scare in the final seconds when Jackson took a shot to her head when she went down chasing a loose ball and an Allegany-Limestone player fell on top of her. She had to be helped off the court but was up and talking in the aftermath.

 

Harris said she hoped to go swimming in the hotel pool later in the day, but her coach wasn't hearing it.

 

No, no. We're not going to do any swimming," he said, laughing. "Too much muscle movement. They got mad at me last night because I took their phones from them. I'm doing that again tonight, too."

 

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Ryan Davis of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay visits young trees on a Plain sect farm near Christiana, Pa., on July 25, 2020. Funded by a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Alliance planted the trees in the spring of 2019 to form a 1-acre stream buffer that will filter stormwater runoff before it leaves the 88-acre farm. The farmer has also installed other conservation measures with grants from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service's Environmental Quality and Incentives Program (EQIP). These include a manure storage pit, barnyard stormwater control, and several grassed waterways on the property. "These conservation practices have done more than increase water quality; they have dramatically improved the farm's operational efficiency and thus the lives of the farmer and his sons," Davis said.

 

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Volunteers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development (RD), Congressional staff, local lenders, the Tony Tilsen family, and employees of the Milford Housing Development Corporation celebrate the Mutual Self-Help Housing Program’s 50,000th home in Bridgeville, DE on Jun. 8, 2015. Volunteers from Congressional staff, USDA RD, and local lenders gathered to help the Tilsen family frame their new house. The volunteer effort helped take two weeks off the Tilsens expected construction time and was part of June’s National Housing Month celebrations. The Tilsens are building their house with the help of other local Self-Help participants and the assistance and supervision of the Milford Housing Development Corporation, a non-profit. USDA photo by Steve Thommpson.

Washington Regional Alcohol Program's Chooser Cruiser uses a donated ex-Red Top Cab Ford Crown Victoria and a light bar and other markings from the Arlington County Police to advertise Sober Ride®. Crop. [α900-05940] Stickers revised because it needed to say ARLINGTON on the driver's side, and fixing that meant POLICE was too big. Derived from a Moc by Spencer Rezkalla.

The Eastern Connecticut State University Baseball Team defeated Salisbury University, 3-2, in game two of the 2022 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship Series, capturing the program’s fifth NCAA National Championship. (Photo by Jimmy Naprstek/Kodiak Creative)

PNNL scientists are studying ice and mixed-phase clouds as part of the DOE ARM Program’s StormVex field campaign. The study is being conducted at the Storm Peak Lab located on Colorado’s Storm Peak (elevation 3220 m, or 10,564 ft), a location known to be often embedded in clouds. This photo shows radiometer instruments deployed as part of the campaign covered in severe rime. Scientists are working to develop new designs to mitigate the effects of riming on the radiation instruments.

 

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Dr. Cleo Samudzi, dean of the Missouri Academy of Science, Mathematics and Computing, congratulates Courtney Flood, of Kansas City, after she received her degree during the program's commencement ceremony, May 28, 2011. Seventy-four students received associate of science degrees along with their high school diplomas, becoming the 10th class to graduate from the Missouri Academy at Northwest Missouri State University. The Missouri Academy's 2011 class, known as the Pioneers, was the largest in the program's history. (Photo by Heidi Johnson/University Advancement)

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Ukrainian Live Tour — знати, слухати, любити українське наживо.

Соковитий плейлист із добірної музики команда Ukrainian Live збирала в архівах впродовж двох років. Тур “Повернення української класики” — це захоплива розповідь про міфи, час, пристрасті та Галичину. У тринадцятьох містах України в рамках великого концертного туру Ukrainian Live, за підтримки Українського культурного фонду.

З понад 1000 композиторів було обрано 10 митців, які жили і творили музичну культуру на зламі епох. Вони — ніжні та романтичні, трагічні та мрійливі, бурхливі та медитативні — їх твори, об’єднані в унікальну добірку, з акцентом на Час, Пристрасть і Міфи.

 

Час

Час, помножений на швидкість — це відстань. Міст між минулим і майбутнім.

Сидір Воробкевич — ранній професійний галицький композитор, фортепіанна “Фантазія” якого розпочинає музичну подорож Ukrainian Live Tour. Автодидакт, його постать однозначно знакова для української музичної історії. Лістівські традиції простежуються у творах Воробкевича расподійністю форми та наративністю викладу музичної думки.

Столітній класик українського мистецтва Станіслав Людкевич. Без нього важко уявити Львів ХХ століття. Він переносить у сферу споглядальності, мелодійності та мрій.

 

Пристрасть

Пришвидшує биття серця, тиск крові граничний.

Пізній романтизм Нестора Нижанківського — згусток емоцій та насичених фарб, від глибокої лірики до потужного драматизму.

Так само пристрасним був Зиновій Лисько. В культурі його закарбували сміливі експерименти з музичною мовою та формою, в найкращих тенденціях нововіденців, Берга та Веберна, та розгалужена ритмічна структура створюють незабутнє відчуття гри з часом та простором.

 

Міфи

Дві трагічні історії двох галицьких митців.

У концерті прозвучать дві фортепіанні мініатюри Бориса Кудрика — митця з трагічною долею, зламаною тоталітарним режимом. Попри це, Кудрик до останніх днів залишався безмежним оптимістом, його творчість світилася любов’ю до життя. Василь Барвінський пройшов тернистий шлях від ректора львівської консерваторії до полоненого у концтаборах тоталітарного режиму. Його твори спалювали у внутрішньому дворику консерваторії, а зараз увесь світ шукає його загублені рукописи, аби відновити історичну справедливість. Так склалося, що з Борисом Кудриком вони були ув’язнені у сусідніх концтаборах - проте лише Барвінський був реабілітований за життя. Йому вдалося привести назад до України декілька мініатюр Кудрика, а безліч фортепіанних сонат, якими славився композитор були назавжди втрачені.

 

З 15 вересня до 26 жовтня, у 13 містах України, за маршрутом - Львів, Тернопіль, Хмельницький, Вінниця, Житомир, Рівне, Київ, Чернігів, Харків, Кривий Ріг, Дніпро, Кропивницький та Одеса.

 

Команда Ukrainian Live ретельно працює над тим, щоб класичною музикою могли насолодитись якомога більше людей, щоб українці пізнали та цінували своє національне культурне надбання.

 

ЗА ПІДТРИМКИ УКРАЇНСЬКОГО КУЛЬТУРНОГО ФОНДУ

 

Музиканти:

Микола Гав’юк, Адріан Боднар – скрипка

Богдана Неділько, Сергій Коров’яцький – віолончель

Дмитро Микитин – фортепіано

 

Директор проекту: Тарас Демко

Артистичний директор: Іван Остапович

Менеджер: Дмитро Микитин

 

Програма:

С. Воробкевич – Фантазія для фортепіано

С. Людкевич – "Голосіння" для скрипки і фортепіано

В. Безкоровайний – "Спомин з гір", "Пісня без слів", "Вечірні мрії" (для фортепіано)

Н. Нижанківський – Тріо

З. Лисько – Соната для фортепіано

С. Людкевич – Тріо "Ноктюрн" (Мале тріо)

Б. Кудрик – Вальс для фортепіано

Л. Мазепа – Елегійний ескіз (Тріо)

Б. Кудрик – Гумореска для фортепіано

В. Барвінський – Соната для віолончелі та фортепіано

Р. Сімович – Фантазія для фортепіано

А. Кос-Анатольський – Романс з балету "Хустка Довбуша" для скрипки і фортепіано

В. Барвінський – Колискова (Тріо)

  

Організатор:

Громадська організація «Колеґіум Музікум»

Співорганізатор:

Львівський будинок органної та камерної музики (Львівський органний зал)

За підтримки:

УКРАЇНСЬКОГО КУЛЬТУРНОГО ФОНДУ

 

ЛЬВІВ - 15 ВЕРЕСНЯ, 19 00 - Львівський органний зал

ТЕРНОПІЛЬ - 17 ВЕРЕСНЯ, 18:30 - Тернопільська обласна філармонія

ХМЕЛЬНИЦЬКИЙ - 19 ВЕРЕСНЯ, 18:30 - Хмельницька обласна філармонія

ВІННИЦЯ - 23 вересня, 18:30 - Вінницька обласна філармонія

РІВНЕ - 24 ВЕРЕСНЯ, 18:30 - Органний зал Рівненської обласної філармонії

ЖИТОМИР - 26 ВЕРЕСНЯ, 18:30 - Житомирська обласна філармонія ім. С. Ріхтера

КИЇВ - 15 ЖОВТНЯ, 20:00 - НМАУ ім. П. Чайковського, Малий зал

ЧЕРНІГІВ - 16 ЖОВТНЯ, 17:00 - Чернігівський філармонійний центр

ХАРКІВ - 18 жовтня, 16:00 – Харківський національний театр опери і балету ХНАТОБ «Схід-Опера», малий зал

ДНІПРО - 20 ЖОВТНЯ, 18:30 - Дніпропетровська обласна філармонія

КРИВИЙ РІГ - 23 жовтня, 15:00 – Криворізьке державне музичне училище

КРОПИВНИЦЬКИЙ - 25 ЖОВТНЯ, 19:00 - Кіровоградська обласна філармонія

ОДЕСА - 26 ЖОВТНЯ, 17:00 - Urban Music Hall

  

///English//

Ukrainian Live Tour — know, listen and love Ukrainian live.

A rich play list of selected music the Ukrainian Live team had been gathering through archives for two years. The "Return of Ukrainian Classical Music" tour is an exciting tale about myths, time, passion, and Galicia. In thirteen cities of Ukraine, in the framework of the Ukrainian Live grand concert tour with the support of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation.

10 artists who lived and created musical culture at the break of eras were chosen from over 1,000 composers. Their creations are tender and romantic, tragic and wistful, wild and meditative and they are combined into a unique selection with emphasis on Time, Passion and Myths.

 

Time

Time multiplied by speed is distance. A bridge between past and present.

Sydir Vorobkevych is an early professional Galician composer. His "Fantasy" for the piano begins the musical journey of the Ukrainian Live Tour. Being a self-taught man, he is uniquely significant for Ukrainian musical history. Traditions of Liszt can be traced in the works by Vorobkevych with a rhapsodic form and a narrative expression of the musical thought.

Stanyslav Lyudkevych is a centennial classic of Ukrainian art. It's hard to imagine the XX century Lviv without him. He brings us into the realm of observance, melody and dreams.

 

Passion

The heart is quickening its pace and blood pressure is up to the limit.

Late romanticism of Nestor Nyzhankivsky is a cluster of emotions and rich colors, from deep lyrics to powerful drama.

Zynoviy Lysko was just as passionate. His work is a part of our culture and he is remembered for bold experiments with musical language and form in the best trends of the newcomers Berg and Webern and the ramified rhythmic structure, which when combined create an unforgettable feeling of playing with time and space.

 

Myths

Two tragic stories of two artists from Galicia.

At the concert you will hear two miniatures for the piano written by Borys Kudryk, an artist with a tragic fate destroyed by the totalitarian regime. Despite all of that, Kudryk remained an optimist till his last days and his work shines with love for life. Vasyl Barvinskyi went through a thorny path from being the Head of the Lviv Academy of Music to a prisoner in the concentration camps of the totalitarian regime. His works were burnt in the inner yard of the Academy and now the whole world is searching for his lost manuscripts to restore historic justice. It so happened that both he and Borys Kudryk were imprisoned in neighboring camps. However, only Barvinskyi got exonerated while still being alive. He managed to bring several miniatures by Kudryk back to Ukraine, but numerous piano sonatas the composer was so famous for were lost forever.

 

From September 15 till October 26, in 13 cities of Ukraine with the following route — Lviv, Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi, Vinnytsya, Zhytomyr, Rivne, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Kryvyi Rih, Dnipro, Kropyvnytskyi and Odesa.

 

The Ukrainian Live team puts in a lot of effort so that classical music can be enjoyed by as many people as possible and so that Ukrainian know and value their national cultural heritage.

 

WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE UKRAINIAN CULTURAL FOUNDATION

 

Musicians:

Mykola Haviuk, Andrian Bodnar — violin

Bohdana Nedilko, Serhiy Korovianskyi — cello

Dmytro Mykytyn — piano

 

Project director: Taras Demko

Art director: Ivan Ostapovych

Manager: Dmytro Mykytyn

 

Program:

S. Vorobkevych — Fantasy for the piano

S. Lyudkevych — "Keening" for violin and piano

V. Bezkrovnyi — "Memory from the Mountains", "A song without Words", "Evening Dreams" (for piano)

N. Nyzhankivskyi — Trio

Z. Lysko — Sonata for piano

S. Lyudkevych — Trio "Nocturne" (small trio)

B. Kudryk — Waltz for piano

L. Mazepa — Elegiac sketch (Trio)

B. Kudryk — Humoresque for piano

V. Barvinskyi — Sonata for violoncello and piano

R. Simovych — Fantasy for piano

A. Kos-Anatolskyi — Romantic song from the "Khustka Dovbusha" ballet for violin and piano

V. Barvinskyi — Lullaby (Trio)

  

LVIV — SEPTEMBER 15, 7 P.M. — Lviv Organ Hall

TERNOPIL — SEPTEMBER 17, 6:30 P.M. — Ternopil Regional Philharmonic

KHMELNYTSKYI — SEPTEMBER 19, 6:30 P.M. — Khmelnytskyi Regional Philharmonic

VINNYTSYA — SEPTEMBER 23, 6:30 P.M. — Vinnytsya Regional Philharmonic

RIVNE — SEPTEMBER 24, 6:30 P.M. — Rivne Regional Philharmonic Organ Hall

ZHYTOMYR — SEPTEMBER 26, 6:30 P.M. — Richter Regional Philharmonic in Zhytomyr

KYIV — OCTOBER 15, 8 P.M. — P. Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine, Small Hall

CHERNIHIV — OCTOBER 16, 5 P.M. — Chernihiv Regional Philharmonic

KHARKIV — OCTOBER 18, 5 P.M. — Kharkov National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre "East Opera", Small Hall

DNIPRO — OCTOBER 20, 6:30 P.M. — Dnipro Regional Philharmonic

KRYVYI RIH — OCTOBER 23, 3 P.M. — Kryvyi Rih Academy of Music

KROPYVNYTSKYI — OCTOBER 25, 7 P.M. — Kirovohrad Regional Philharmonic

ODESA — OCTOBER 26, 5 P.M. — Urban Music Hall

 

Host:

NGO"Collegium Musicum"

Co-host:

Lviv House of Organ and Chamber Music (Lviv Organ Hall)

With the support of:

THE UKRAINIAN CULTURAL

FOUNDATION

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