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Teen campers at the Virginia National Guard Teen Wilderness Adventure Camp participate in a team-building exercise June 25, 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)
Cottingham Farm is seen in Easton, Md., on July 21, 2015. (Photo by Keith Rutowski/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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Building Futures YouthBuild students worked with a team from local Lowe's stores to improve private homes along Central Avenue in Alton, Monday, June 20, 2016. The students and volunteers painted, rebuilt fences and stained a deck, among other work, all of which is part of the program's long term Central Avenue Beautification Project. Photos by Laura Inlow, L&C Media Services Manager
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center left; poses for a photo with the World Food Program’s 2011 George McGovern Leadership Awardees Bill Gates, left; and Howard Buffett, center right; and World Food Program Executive Director Josette Sheeran, right; at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 24, 2011. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]
Community members, students, faculty and clergy gathered on November 11 in the Chapel of the Holy Spirit to commemorate Kristallnacht, an event that shocked the world 76 years ago. On November 9 to November 10, 1938, Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses and killed close to 100 Jews. In the aftermath of Kristallnacht, also called the “Night of Broken Glass,” some 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and sent to Nazi concentration camps. The program’s featured speaker was Rabbi Marcelo Kormis of Congregation Beth El in Fairfield. The photo exhibit in the Chapel Narthex was on loan from the local Merkaz Community High School for Judaic Studies. Photo by Tracy Deer-Mirek 11/11/15
Collards grow in a terraced row in the Gwinnett Technical College Horticulture Program's Learning Garden, 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.
Marion Karl poses with her dog Leila at the top of a hill on her property in Cooperstown, N.Y., on May 21, 2015. The hill is part of Karl’s 173 acres in a conservation easement, and she hikes to it almost daily to take in a view of Otsego Lake. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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NRC Commissioner Annie Caputo Speaks to the NRC hosted 2019 National State Liaison Officer Conference participants in Rockville, Md.
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Maryland Department of Natural Resources conducts the annual striped bass spawning stock survey in the northern Chesapeake Bay between Howell Point and Aberdeen Proving Ground on April 18, 2017. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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This image is of the 1954 Tournament of Roses parade program's cover. Printed on the cover is "Pasadena Tournament of Roses" "Famous Books in Flowers" "1954 * Official Program" "50₵."
January 1954
Repository Information:
Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections, Conrad Hall, 888 Wilson Rd., Room 101, East Lansing, MI 48824, archives.msu.edu
Subjects:
Rose Bowl (Football game)
Resource Identifier:
A004446
The DOT Urban Art Program presented artist Chang-Jin Lee's work "Comfort Women Wanted" on one of the DOT Urban Art Program's art display structures in a temporary plaza located at 14th Street and 9th Avenue in Manhattan for one month starting on May 6, 2013. Based on the artist's interaction with comfort women survivors and a former Japanese solider from WWII, "Comfort Women Wanted" sheds light on one of the largest cases of female trafficking in the 20th century.
During WWII, young women from Asia and the Netherlands were kidnapped, imprisoned and forced to cater to the needs of the Japanese Imperial Army. By some estimates, only 30% of these women survived the "comfort stations." For the project "Comfort Women Wanted," ad-like posters depict black & white portraits of Asian comfort women survivors. The title and text reference Asian newspapers' comfort women advertisements that were circulated during the war. The project promotes awareness of the comfort women, some of whom are still alive today, and examines a history that has been largely forgotten.
To further explore the complexities of this project, visit Lee's one day screening at Hauser & Wirth Gallery on May 29th.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Art Display Structure
Comfort Women Wanted by Chang-Jin Lee
14th Street and 9th Avenue, Manhattan
nyc.gov/urbanart
changjinlee.net
Community Health Immunization Program’s Laura Wilson, RN, CPNP, gives Chanel Archuleta a vaccine at the immunization clinic kickoff organized and supported by Denver Health, Denver Public Schools and Kaiser Permanente.
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!
Salt marsh wetlands are seen at sunrise at Port Isobel on Tangier Island in Accomack County, Va., on Sept. 25, 2010. (Photo by Matt Rath/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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The Early Show is an American television morning news talk show broadcast by CBS from New York City. The program airs from 7 to 9 a.m. Monday through Friday, 8 to 10 a.m. Saturdays in eastern time zones. It airs live on most affiliates in the Eastern Time Zone, but is tape delayed in the remaining time zones. The Early Show features celebrity interviews and light entertainment and news pieces. In some markets, the Saturday version may not air. Having premiered on November 1, 1999, it is the youngest of the major networks' morning shows, although CBS has programmed in that timeslot continuously since 1965.[citation needed]
The Early Show, like many of its predecessors, has traditionally run third in the ratings to its rivals, NBC's Today and ABC's Good Morning America. Much like NBC's The Today Show and The Tonight Show, the title The Early Show is analogous to that of CBS' late-night talk show, Late Show.
Saturday edition
The Saturday edition of The Early Show premiered in September 1997 as CBS Saturday Morning. It is anchored by Chris Wragge of WCBS and Betty Nguyen.[15] WCBS' chief meteorologist Lonnie Quinn serves as weather anchor, and Rebecca Jarvis serves as news anchor. Nguyen is temporarily anchoring while Erica Hill is on maternity leave, no date has been given for her return. The show features news and lifestyle segments, including two holdovers from the original CBS Saturday Morning: Chef on a Shoestring (a cooking segment) and The Second Cup Cafe (a music segment).
As of 2008, The Saturday Early Show no longer carries a separate name from the weekday edition, and is introduced simply as The Early Show. The program is broadcast live beginning at 8:00 a.m. ET on Saturday mornings from the GM Building on Fifth Avenue in New York City, across the street from Central Park. It airs at various times through the country on most CBS stations. However, depending on the time zone it may or may not air (some CBS affiliates preempt the Saturday morning edition for local newscasts, and some push up the timeslot of the Saturday morning children's program block after the newscast if it ends before 9:00 a.m. in order to make up for it).
The Early Show does not carry a Sunday edition, nor are there any plans for one in the near future, due to the continued success of CBS News Sunday Morning, which has a distinctly different format with long form journalism reports and in depth interview segments.
[edit]Early Backstage
Introduced July 14, 2009, The Early Show's Web site features a daily blog called Early Backstage giving visitors a look at things not seen on the broadcast, such as after-the-show anchor antics, celebrity interviews and behind-the-scenes features. Early Backstage is hosted by Adam Wurtzel (Adam the Audience Guy).
[edit]Ratings
CBS has been the perennial third-place finisher in the morning race since 1976, placing second only a few times in the past 30 years. CBS beat Good Morning America for second place the weeks of January 17, 1977 and December 28, 1998. The Today Show was in first place both times. However, CBS outrated The Today Show for second spot over a few weeks in 1984 when Jane Pauley was on maternity leave. At that time, Good Morning America was ranked #1.[16]
In 2007, CBS sought to change the 3rd place position of The Early Show in September 2007 by hiring Shelly Ross, former executive producer of GMA from 1999–2004. Significant changes were made to the program as Ross asserted her influence. For instance, the network no longer allows the frequent local station breaks that were previously allowed during the former broadcast as of January 7, 2008.[17] CBS reportedly views the removal of those breaks as vital to creating a national profile for the program.[citation needed]
However, some CBS affiliates continue to air the full program on another co-owned sister station and continue to air their local morning news; WWL-TV in New Orleans has never aired the Early Show or any of its previous versions, broadcasting all local newscasts instead, currently from 5am-9am. The Early Show now airs in New Orleans on MyNetworkTV sister station WUPL. Cincinnati's WKRC-TV airs the full show on the CBS station with an hour of all-local news on the co-owned CW channel. Salt Lake City's KUTV (which was formerly owned by the network until 2007) continues to pre-empt the program's first hour despite the network's insistence.[citation needed]
Industry insiders considered Ross' influence to be a serious threat and bring the profile of the show up to make the program a true competitor to NBC's Today and ABC's Good Morning America. After six months, Ross was fired from the position, after frequent feuds with staff, particularly Smith and Chen, who reportedly informed managemnt that either Ross would have to go or they would.[18]
In 2008, TV season, The Early Show is showing ratings strength with double-digit increases compared with a year earlier. Today has averaged 6 million viewers (up 6%) and a 2.2 in adults 25-54 (flat). ABC's Good Morning America has averaged 4.9 million (up 1%) and a 1.7 in adults aged 25-54 (flat). Early Show has averaged 3.5 million (up 20%) and a 1.3 in adults 25-54 (up 30%).[19]
For the fourth quarter of 2008 (9/22/08-12/28/08), The Early Show (2.92 million viewers) posted its best delivery among total viewers in three years (since 2.93m in 2005) and cut the gap with GMA by 578,000 viewers. The CBS broadcast is also in its closest competitive position to both GMA and Today in a decade in total viewers and the key news demographic of adults aged 25-54.[citation needed]
Total Viewers '08 Total Viewers '07 Change
The Early Show 2,920,000 2,780,000 +5%
Today 5,459,000 5,499,000 -1%
Good Morning America 4,508,000 4,946,000 -9%
Year-to-year, CBS' The Early Show cut the Total Viewer gap by 190,000 between 2nd place Good Morning America.[20]
Total Viewers: NBC: 5,820,000 / ABC: 4,522,000 / CBS: 3,213,000
Ages 25-54 rating: NBC: 2.1/15 / ABC: 1.7/11 / CBS: 1.2/8
On WBNS-TV 10 in Columbus, the first half-hour of The Early Show managed to surpass NBC's Today in ratings.[21] All three broadcasts increased viewership from the prior week.
Total Viewers: NBC: 5,700,000 / ABC: 4,600,000 / CBS: 3,100,000
Ages 25-54 Rating: NBC: 2.1 / ABC: 1.6 / CBS: 1.1[22]
Even as Smith, Chen and Rodriguez grow more comfortable after CBS's failed experiment with a four-anchor team, their program remains far behind its rivals. After the May sweeps, The Early Show boasted of a 5 percent increase in viewers, while Today dipped 3 percent and Good Morning America by 4 percent.[9]
[edit]Theme music
The debut theme for the The Early Show' was a typical opener for an American morning news program. When the show reformatted with new hosts and set they used an instrumental version of Sting's 1999 hit, Brand New Day until late October 2006, when it was replaced by the CBS Evening News theme from James Horner. In January 7, 2008, CBS made an attempt to relaunch the show with new hosts and set plus an updated theme music that of the James Horner's composition. The theme was modified for a number of times since the reformat took launch.
[edit]International broadcasts
In Australia, The Early Show airs on Network Ten weekday mornings from 4.00am under the title "The CBS Early Show", with Fridays edition being held over to the following Monday. A national weather map of Australia is inserted during local affiliate cut-aways for weather. No local news is inserted, however. America's top 3 breakfast television programs air in Australia almost simultaneously, with NBC Today airing on the Seven Network at 4.00am and Good Morning America on Nine airing from 3.30 am. Unlike the above, The Early Show is not condensed or edited. It is, however, pre-empted in most regional areas for paid and religious programming.
In the Philippines, it is currently being shown on Lifestyle Network Tue to Sat 6 to 8 am (local time).[23]
[edit]Awards
In 2010, The Early Show was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for "Outstanding TV Journalism Segment" for the segment "Reverend’s Revelation: Minister Speaks Out About Being Transgender" during the 21st GLAAD Media Awards.
ROMA ARCHEOLOGICA & RESTAURO ARCHITETTURA 2021: Fango - Fango - Fango. Un Colosseo sconosciuto e affascinante scoperto a Volterra, Italia. Notizie e progressi dell'incredibile scoperta e l'eccellente documentazione degli scavi (2015-21). Fonte: Prof.ssa Elena Sorge, L'Anfiteatro Che Non C'era / Fb (Sett. e Ott. 2021) & Dott.ssa Antonia Falcone (2021), e altre notizie e risorse archeologiche in italiano e inglese. [Italiano / English]. wp.me/pbMWvy-22a
Foto: Anfiteatro di Volterra / Video; in: ArchaeoReporter (2020-2021).
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1). VOLTERRA / TUSCANY, ITALY— Colosseum Discovered in Volterra, Italy. Archaeology Magazine, USA (12 Nov. 2015).
Foto: VOLTERRA (Si). Scoperto l’anfiteatro romano. ArcheoMedia (13/11/2015).
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A Roman amphitheater thought to date to the first century A.D. has been discovered in the town of Volterra, once a well-known Etruscan city that fell under Roman rule. “It’s puzzling that no historical account records the existence of such an imposing amphitheater. Possibly it was abandoned at a certain time and gradually covered by vegetation,” archaeologist Elena Sorge of the Tuscan Superintendency told Discovery News.
Foto: VOLTERRA (Si). Scoperto l’anfiteatro romano / Video; in: ArchaeoReporter (2020-21).
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“This amphitheater was quite large. Our survey dig revealed three orders of seats that could accommodate about 10,000 people. They were entertained by gladiator fights and wild beast baiting,” Sorge explained. A survey conducted with ground-penetrating radar by Carlo Battini of the University of Genoa indicates that much of the amphitheater, which was constructed of stone in the same manner as the nearby theater, is under 20 to 32 feet of dirt.
Foto: VOLTERRA (Si). Scoperto l’anfiteatro romano / Video; in: ArcheoMedia & ArchaeoReporter (2020-21).
www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/51572275916
Fonte / source:
--- Archaeology Magazine, USA (12 Nov. 2015).
www.archaeology.org/news/3876-151112-italy-volterra-amphi...
www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/51573198325
Foto: VOLTERRA (Si). Scoperto l’anfiteatro romano / Video; in: ArchaeoReporter (2020-21).
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L’anfiteatro romano di Volterra (2020-21); in: Facebook & Instagram (10/2021).
Foto: VOLTERRA (Si). Scoperto l’anfiteatro romano / Video; in: ArcheoMedia & ArchaeoReporter (2020-21)
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Foto: Prof.ssa Elena Sorge (a cura di), Volterra, L’Anfiteatro Che Non C’era / Facebook (10/2021).
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--- Prof.ssa Elena Sorge (a cura di), Volterra, L'Anfiteatro Che Non C'era / Facebook (10/2021).
Questa pagina nasce per rimanere in costante aggiornamento sulla scoperta dell'anfiteatro di Volterra.
www.facebook.com/anfiteatro.volterra/
Foto: Prof.ssa Elena Sorge (a cura di), Volterra, L’Anfiteatro Che Non C’era / Facebook (10/2021).
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Foto: Prof.ssa Elena Sorge (a cura di), Volterra, L’Anfiteatro Che Non C’era / Facebook (10/2021).
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--- Prof. Elena Sorge (ed.), Volterra, the lost Roman Amphitheatre. Five years of excavations, 2015-21. Facebook (10/2021).
www.facebook.com/anfiteatro.volterra/
Foto: Prof. Elena Sorge (ed.), Anfiteatro Romano – Profilo ufficiale dell’Anfiteatro di Volterra / Instragram (10/2021).
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--- Prof. Elena Sorge (ed.), Anfiteatro Romano - Profilo ufficiale dell'Anfiteatro di Volterra / Instragram (10/2021).
www.instagram.com/anfiteatrovolterra/
Foto: Dott.ssa Antonia Falcone, Scoperto l’anfiteatro romano (2021). Archeologa e Blogger / Founder @ProfessioneArcheologo / Instagram (10/2021).
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--- Dott.ssa Antonia Falcone, Scoperto l’anfiteatro romano (2021). Archeologa e Blogger / Founder @ProfessioneArcheologo / Instagram (10/2021). www.instagram.com/archeoantonia/
Nota: Un ringraziamento molto speciale alla Dott.ssa Antonia Falcone che ha avuto la gentilezza di segnalarmi i significativi scavi presso il L'anfiteatro Romano Volterra (09/2021).
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Foto: SCOPERTE E SCAVI – VOLTERRA (Si). Scoperto l’anfiteatro romano. ArcheoMedia (13/11/2015).
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2). SCOPERTE E SCAVI - VOLTERRA (Si). Scoperto l’anfiteatro romano. ArcheoMedia (13/11/2015).
Un anfiteatro romano è stato scoperto nella città di Volterra, una città etrusca ben nota che cadde sotto il dominio romano nel I secolo a.C.
“E ‘sconcertante che nessun racconto storico registri l’esistenza di una tale imponente anfiteatro. Forse è stato abbandonato in un determinato momento e gradualmente ricoperto dalla vegetazione”, dice l’archeologa Elena Sorge della Soprintendenza toscana a Discovery News.
“Questo anfiteatro era abbastanza grande. La nostra indagine ha rivelato tre ordini di posti che potevano ospitare circa 10.000 persone. Sono stati fatti combattimenti di gladiatori e adescamento di animali selvaggi – dice Sorge. “Un sondaggio condotto con un radar da Carlo Battini dell’Università degli Studi di Genova ha indicato che gran parte dell’anfiteatro, che è stato costruito in pietra nello stesso modo come il vicino teatro, è sotto terra da 20 a 32 piedi di spessore.”
Il Colosseo a Volterra scoperta del secolo?
Stavano scavando per realizzare un’opera di bonifica vicino a Porta Diana, a sud della necropoli etrusca. A un certo punto la pala meccanica, tolto un primo strato di terra, urta una fila di grossi ciottoli ammonticchiati verso la collinetta del cimitero comunale. I lavori si fermano subito e qualcuno tra i responsabili del cantiere si mette a ripulire con le mani il terriccio che ancora copre quello che sembra essere un manufatto antico. Un gesto istintivo e prudente. Da queste parti, a Volterra e dintorni, quando si scava è facile imbattersi in reperti dell’età del ferro, etruschi, romani o medievali, e conviene bloccarsi al minimo sospetto. È così che sono affiorati i primi tratti di un muro, una ventina di metri, che qualche giorno dopo, con l’intervento della Soprintendenza ai beni archeologici della Toscana, appare con nitore in tutta la sua forma facendo sobbalzare il responsabile dell’ufficio, Andrea Pessina e il sindaco Marco Buselli.
Si tratterebbe infatti di una scoperta unica nel suo genere: un arco ellittico lungo ottanta metri che lascia presupporre l’esistenza in quel sito di un edificio pubblico di origini romane adibito, probabilmente, a giochi gladiatori. La struttura, peraltro, assomiglia molto al Teatro di Vallebona, dell’epoca di Augusto, che sorge dall’altra parte della città. Bisogna scavare di più, ora, per fare emergere il resto di questo “piccolo Colosseo”, che si nasconderebbe ancora sotto terra. I finanziamenti sono stati promessi. E il “museo a cielo aperto” di Volterra si arricchirà, speriamo presto, di un altro prezioso gioiello. Una prova di civiltà.
Fonte / source:
--- ArcheoMedia (13/11/2015); S.v., Archaeology Magazine, USA (12 Nov. 2015).
www.archeomedia.net/volterra-si-scoperto-lanfiteatro-romano/
Foto: SCOPERTE E SCAVI – VOLTERRA (Si). Scoperto l’anfiteatro romano. ArcheoMedia (13/11/2015).
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3). SCOPERTE E SCAVI - VOLTERRA (Pi). L’anfiteatro romano. ArcheoMedia (27/11/2020).
L’anfiteatro romano di Volterra nel 2015 era “L’Anfiteatro che non c’era”, una sorta di claim pubblicitario che campeggia ora sulla vivacissima e seguita pagina Facebook dello scavo archeologico. Non c’era perchè nessuno ne sospettava neppure l’esistenza: nessuna fonte antica, nessun reperto riconosciuto, nessun sospetto che un edificio mastodontico giacesse silenzioso da forse oltre 1600 anni, in una vallecola verde di erba, di ortaggi e alberi da frutto a poca distanza dalla necropoli etrusca del Portone, con le cosiddette tombe dei Marmini.
Questa necropoli è, di fatto, la “fornitrice” di una gran parte del materiale conservato al museo Guarnacci, uno dei più antichi d’Europa. Un’area scavata dall’Ottocento in poi e non certo ignorata da generazioni di archeologi, di ricerche, di sopralluoghi.
Benchè poco più a sud del teatro romano di Vallebuona, la cui scoperta risale agli anni ’50 del XX secolo, e poco più a nord della Porta Diana, questo lacerto bucolico nell’area urbana di Volterra sembrava solo un vasto terreno collinare di fianco al cimitero, quello moderno, senza nessuna traccia visibile anche ad occhio esperto. E neppure i simpatici signori che si affacciavano dalla loro casa verso la vallata dell’Era, breve e vivace fiume che si butta in Arno, avevano mai sospettato che la loro scoscesa proprietà potesse nascondere una delle più importanti scoperte dell’archeologia classica recente in Italia.
Eppure, proprio le acque che poi finiscono nell’Era, avevano deciso di fare la loro parte nella scoperta. Il regime torrentizio del fiume è alimentato da quelle che gli arrivano veloci dai poggi soprastanti. Per tenerle sotto controllo da secoli i fossi e i torrenti più o meno regolati, che qui chiamano botri, sono essenziali. Il deflusso idrico dal colle di Volterra si era ridotto troppo a seguito di una serie di frane dovute al maltempo, e il Consorzio Idraulico del Basso Valdarno nell’estate del 2015 aveva iniziato i lavori di ripristino. E qui, per fortuna, scatta il buonsenso dell’archeologia preventiva, sotto il controllo della Soprintendenza Archeologica di Pisa (Sorge, 2016, p.249).
Il botro di Docciola fluiva attraverso un argine malmesso, dove l’acqua aveva scoperto un muro in panchino, la pietra che rappresenza l’essenza stessa della città, la spina dorsale dei suoi edifici. Una decina di metri in tutto, ma non dritti, curvi. E non molto curvi, una cosa appena accennata. Poi altri 7 metri, un po’ curvi. Poi altri 20 metri, ancora curvi. Insomma, un totale di 42 metri, manco a dirlo, tutti curvi.
“Sta a vedere che… Va beh, proviamo sulla parte opposta della vallecola…”. Ed ecco un altro saggio di scavo, e ancora due spezzoni murari. Non vi diciamo che aspetto avevano, avete già indovinato. Insomma, a settembre 2015 era chiaro che la struttura fosse ellittica, gigantesca, e appartenente (per tipologie murarie) a un edificio pubblico di epoca romana. Insomma, se due più due faceva ancora quattro, un edificio con ellittico con un asse di 87 metri ed uno di 68 non poteva che essere un anfiteatro. L’anfiteatro che non c’era. E che ad un lustro di distanza c’è eccome, e non smette di riservare grosse sorprese. Ecco il motivo per cui abbiamo scelto di raccontare i primi cinque anni di questa indagine archeologica nel primo videoreportage di ArchaeoReporter.
La sorpresa arriva in un altro settembre, quello del 2020, alle 15 del primo giorno. Il buco che si apre è quello tipico di una tana di un animale, magari un comune topo. Elena Sorge, l’archeologa della soprintendenza che si culla il suo scavo fin dal primo giorno, sa che bisogna procedere con prudenza comunque, come lo sanno i suoi collaboratori. Infatti il foro si allarga, poi ancora, s’intravvede un arco perfettamente conservato. Arriva una torcia elettrica, e si fa fatica a scrutare il fondo: è una galleria perfettamente conservata, almeno fin dove s’intuiscono possibili crolli più avanti. Serviva per portare gli spettatori da un ordine dell’anfiteatro all’altro.
Foto: VOLTERRA (Si). Scoperto l’anfiteatro romano / Video; in: ArcheoMedia & ArchaeoReporter (2020-21)
www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/51572511568
Quando nella prima settimana di settembre 2020 è apparso il sistema di ambulacri sotterranei, ben conservati (che verranno esplorati nel 2021, con l’aiuto dei vigili del fuoco di Pisa), si è aggiunto un altro tassello importante alla compensione del monumento. E questo vale anche per la scoperta del cuniculo circumpodiale, ossia il corridoio provvisto di volta che circondava l’arena. Ancora più recente la scoperta del corridoio voltato che circondava l’arena, con probabili funzioni di servizio per gladiatori, addetti ai servizi e forse anche le belve per gli spettacoli (Sorge, 2020). Da ultimo, appare evidente come sotto l’arena stessa si trovi un altro sistema sotterraneo, che si dovrà valutare con quali funzioni con il proseguimento degli scavi. Ci si può forse aspettare, ma qui mi gioco la carta della scommessa più che dell’ipotesi, un sistema complesso paragonabile ad anfiteatri tipo quello di Capua.
Ce n’è comunque abbastanza ritenere il monumento come un privilegiato campo d’azione da cui ricavare preziosi dati, soprattutto da mettere in confronto con altri edifici analoghi ancora solo parzialmente indagati. Una pietra angolare per la ricerca archeologica legata agli edifici pubblici romani in Italia
Nota tecnica: Lo scavo è diretto da Elena Sorge, funzionario della Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio di Pisa, con a collaborazione di professionisti, tecnici dell’Istituto di Scienze del Patrimonio Cuturale del CNR (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche), studiosi dell’Università degli Studi di Firenze e di Pisa e della Detroit Foundation. Nel 2020 è eseguito da Cooperativa Archeologia.
Nota sui Finanziamenti: tra i primi a finanziare gli scavi la Fondazione e la Cassa di Risparmio di Volterra; poi la Direzione Generale Archeologia; il Comune di Volterra che ha acquisito e reso di proprietà pubblica il terreno dell’area di scavo; la Regione Toscana e i finanziamenti legati al concorso Art Bonus.
22 novembre 2020: ci segnalano cortesemente che negli ultimi 50 anni in effetti in Italia è stato scavato (e pubblicato) anche l’anfiteatro di Cividate Camuno, scoperto nel 1984 assieme al teatro (e non è l’unico soggetto di ricerca, agggiungiamo). Senz’altro diverso come “impatto”, non paragonabile come stato di conservazione e dimensioni, ma molto importante per gettare luce sui processi della presenza romana nell’arco alpino.
BIBLIOGRAFIA / REFERENCES
– Battini, C. and Sorge, E. (2016). Dynamic Management of Survey Data and Archaeological Excavation. The Case Study of the Amphitheatre of Volterra. Scientific Research and Information Technology Vol. 6, Issue 2 pp. 119-132
– Brothers, A.J. (1989). Buildings for Entertainment. In Barton, J.M, Roman Public Buindings. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, pp.97-125
– Sorge, E. (2016). La scoperta dell’Anfiteatro di Volterra. Notiziario della Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Toscana 11/2015, Saggi (p. 241-276). Firenze: All’Insegna del Giglio
– Sorge, E. (2020) L’Anfiteatro che non c’era: la scoperta, lo scavo e la valorizzazione dell’anfiteatro romano di Volterra. Internal Report. Unpublished in november 2020.
Fonte / source:
--- SCOPERTE E SCAVI - VOLTERRA (Pi). L’anfiteatro romano. ArcheoMedia (27/11/2020).
www.archeomedia.net/volterra-pi-lanfiteatro-romano/
Foto: Anfiteatro di Volterra / Video (18 Novembre 2020 – 22 Dicembre 2020); In: ArchaeoReporter (10/10/2021).
www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/51573195955
--- Anfiteatro di Volterra / Video (18 Novembre 2020 - 22 Dicembre 2020); In: ArchaeoReporter (10/10/2021).
www.archaeoreporter.com/tag/anfiteatro-di-volterra/
Foto: Volterra, the lost Roman Amphitheatre. Five years of excavations, a VIDEO DOCUMENTARY (English subtitles). ArchaeoReporter (18 November 2020). www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/51572957294/
4). "Volterra, the lost Roman Amphitheatre. Five years of excavations, a VIDEO DOCUMENTARY (English subtitles). ArchaeoReporter (18 November 2020).
For five years, excavations have been underway in the ‘lost’ Roman amphitheatre of Volterra. ArchaeoReporter could not have chosen a better location for its first story. The report features aerial images taken with a drone, as well as close-ups of the site, which was discovered in 2015 and continuously challenges what is known about classical archaeology. The amphitheatre was once home to fierce gladiators and gruesome battles, but more importantly it is considered to be a symbol of the romanisation of Etruria. Elena Sorge, the scientific director at the Archaeological Superintendence of Pisa and Livorno [Officially: Soprintendenza archeologica di Pisa e Livorno], guides us through the work site, where archaeological investigations and restoration efforts are carried out simultaneously, unearthing new findings month after month. 2020 has marked the discovery of the underground passageways and tunnels, as well as of the vaulted corridor, coins and other finds that are critical for dating the site, which is currently thought to come from the Julio-Claudian era.
--- Volterra, the lost Amphitheatre - (Italian with English subtitles - Audio enhanced) / You-Tube; in: ArchaeoReporter (14 Dec. 2020) [14:25]. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxaCdXHGA9Y
This discovery was actually made by accident during the maintenance work being carried out on a moat previously excavated in the 1950s. It is a small, rapid stream of water flowing down the Volterra hill, right behind Porta Diana and a little downhill from the Roman theatre. The Superintendence has entrusted the monitoring of the area to professional archaeologists, a typical example of preventive archaeology. It is important to remember that in many excavation sites there is an archaeological risk. It really says a lot that, in Italy, being able to learn about and enhance one’s own land is considered to be a risk, instead of a potential source of valuable research, both in archaeology and in other fields of study. In short, the wall discovered in July, 2015, has a slightly accentuated curve, which is indicative of something unconventional, together with the fact that the construction technique is similar to that of the theatre from the Augustan age.
--- Anfiteatro di Volterra, in "diretta" dallo scavo archeologico 2021 - Prima puntata. ArchaeoReporter (09/10/2021) [15:50].
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGLrtQsmI3A
Technical note: The archaeological site is supervised by Elena Sorge, a member of Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio di Pisa, in collaboration with Istituto di Scienze del Patrimonio Culturale – CNR (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche), University of Firenze and University of Pisa, and with Detroit Foundation.
Fonte / source:
--- ArchaeoReporter (18 November 2020).
www.archaeoreporter.com/en/2020/11/18/volterra-roman-amph...
5). L'Anfiteatro di Volterra: le scoperte dello scavo archeologico più sbalorditivo del 2020. Finestre sull'Arte (29/12/2020).
Verrà ricordato come lo scavo archeologico del 2020: l'Anfiteatro di Volterra, scoperto nel 2015, è stato scavato approfonditamente a partire dal 2019 e quest'anno ha rivelato scoperte eccezionali.
Nell’archeologia, il 2020 sarà ricordato probabilmente come l’anno dell’Anfiteatro di Volterra: quest’anno, infatti, la campagna di scavo dell’importantissimo sito archeologico scoperto appena cinque anni fa è ripresa con vigore dando alla luce esiti sorprendenti e inaspettati. Il risultato più eclatante, lo scorso 1° settembre, è stato sicuramente il rinvenimento del sistema di ambulacri sotterranei, finora sepolti nella collina, che in antico gli spettatori utilizzavano, come negli stadi moderni, per raggiungere le gradinate dalle quali assistevano agli spettacoli.
Foto: VOLTERRA (Si). Scoperto l’anfiteatro romano / Video; in: ArchaeoReporter (2020-21)
www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/51572275846
Nelle settimane successive è stato scoperto anche il corridoio voltato che circondava l’arena, detto “cuniculo circumpodiale”, e che serviva invece ai gladiatori e in generale a coloro che si esibivano nell’arena (era il punto da cui entravano anche le eventuali belve sfruttate per i giochi: non si trattava però di tigri o leoni, animali che si esibivano nelle strutture più grandi in quanto animali di pregio e difficili da far arrivare oltre che da addestrare alla lotta, bensì, con più probabilità, di orsi, lupi o comunque animali più facilmente reperibili).
Foto: VOLTERRA (Si). Scoperto l’anfiteatro romano / Video; in: ArchaeoReporter (2020-21)
www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/51572275861
Lo scavo è seguito dalla Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio delle province di Pisa e Livorno ed è diretto dall’archeologa Elena Sorge: dal 2019 (anno in cui sono cominciate le operazioni) ha potuto contare su finanziamenti per poco più di ottocentomila euro, arrivati grazie al concorso Art Bonus e alla partecipazione della Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Volterra, della Regione Toscana e del Comune di Volterra. Serviranno altri tre milioni per completare lo scavo: ma sono risorse ben investite, perché a Volterra sta emergendo una struttura di eccezionale rilevanza, peraltro ben conservata.
Fonte / source:
--- Finestre sull'Arte (29/12/2020).
www.finestresullarte.info/archeologia/anfiteatro-di-volte...
Foto: Alla scoperta dell’Anfiteatro di Volterra: tesoro perduto e poi ritrovato. Intoscana / Tv & You-Tube (27/09/2021)
www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/51571462782
6). VOLTERRA / CULTURA - Alla scoperta dell’Anfiteatro di Volterra: tesoro perduto e poi ritrovato. Intoscana / Tv & You-Tube (27/10/2021).
Apertura straordinaria degli scavi archeologici. Sparito dalle carte e dalle cronache antiche già dal III secolo dopo Cristo, il Teatro riaffiora per un caso fortuito nel 2015.
A Volterra una delle scoperte archeologiche più importanti della storia: l’anfiteatro romano. Sparito dalle carte e dalle cronache antiche già dal III secolo dopo Cristo riaffiora per un caso fortuito nel 2015.
Da quel momento torna alla luce in tutto il suo splendore “L’Anfiteatro che non c’era” grazie alle ricerche e agli scavi guidati dalla Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio delle province di Pisa e Livorno. Pietra dopo pietra, l’anfiteatro romano con i suoi tre ordini della grande ampiezza di 32 metri per 64 riscrive la storia della Volterra romana come nuovo importante centro del potere imperiale nell’antichità.
--- VOLTERRA / CULTURA - Intoscana / Tv & You-Tube (27/10/2021).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G-_XlKLFxk&t=41s
Le celebrazioni della Giornata degli Etruschi 2021 voluta dal Consiglio regionale della Toscana e dedicata alla ricerca, tutela e promozione della cultura e delle origini del territorio toscano non potevano che svolgersi a Volterra che affonda le proprie radici nella civiltà del rame del III millennio avanti Cristo, e si riscopre grazie alle recenti ricerche nella Necropoli delle Colombaie non più solo città delle urne, ma vera città etrusca e grazie all’Anfiteatro Romano come prestigioso centro della Roma antica.
Foto: Alla scoperta dell’Anfiteatro di Volterra: tesoro perduto e poi ritrovato. Intoscana / Tv & You-Tube (27/09/2021).
www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/51572957589
“Volterra Cantiere Aperto” grazie agli investimenti congiunti di Regione Toscana, Ministero della Cultura, Comune di Volterra, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Volterra e privati che superano in totale i 3 milioni di euro. Un cantiere destinato a durare anni, soprattutto se parliamo degli scavi archeologici dell’Anfiteatro romano, che non resterà per molto di solo appannaggio dei ricercatori, ma si trasformerà già dal 2022 in un sito visitabile in sicurezza.
Foto: Alla scoperta dell’Anfiteatro di Volterra: tesoro perduto e poi ritrovato. Intoscana / Tv & You-Tube (27/09/2021).
www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/51572957559
Nel servizio le interviste alla professoressa Elena Sorge della Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio delle province di Pisa e Livorno, responsabile degli scavi all’Anfiteatro romano di Volterra, al presidente del Consiglio regionale della Toscana Antonio Mazzeo, al sindaco di Volterra Giacomo Santi e all’assessore alla cultura del Comune di Volterra Dario Danti.
Fonte / source:
--- Intoscana / Tv & You-Tube (27/10/2021).
www.intoscana.it/it/dettaglio-video/alla-scoperta-dellanf...
Foto: Un viaggio dentro all’anfiteatro che non c’era. QUI NEWS srl / Corriere Della Sera (10/10/2020).
www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/51572511653
7). VOLTERRA - Un viaggio dentro all'anfiteatro che non c'era. QUI NEWS srl / Corriere Della Sera (10/10/2021).
Foto: Un viaggio dentro all’anfiteatro che non c’era. QUI NEWS srl / Corriere Della Sera (10/10/2020).
www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/51572276006
I responsabili dello scavo, guidati da Elena Sorge, hanno realizzato un video all'interno dell'importante scoperta archeologica
Foto: Un viaggio dentro all’anfiteatro che non c’era. QUI NEWS srl / Corriere Della Sera (10/10/2020).
www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/51572957484
VOLTERRA — Ora che lo scavo all'anfiteatro romano è al sicuro, barricato per l'inverno, l'equipe guidata da Elena Sorge ha pubblicato un video delle gallerie (che potete vedere in fondo all'articolo).
--- Il corridoio sotterraneo - l'interno. Immagini dall'interno del corridoio sotterraneo appena scoperto. QUI NEWS srl / Corriere Della Sera (10/10/2021) & Anfiteatro Romano Volterra / You-Tube (10/10/2021) [03:10].
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJoBr6cQOMY
Foto: Un viaggio dentro all’anfiteatro che non c’era. QUI NEWS srl / Corriere Della Sera (10/10/2020).
www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/51572276031
"Immagini forti - hanno scritto su Fb - Questo è il video top secret nelle gallerie all'indomani della scoperta. Finora non ci è sembrato opportuno pubblicarlo, soprattutto per non indurre in tentazione curiosi e sconsiderati. Oggi, con le gallerie off limits, chiuse e barricate per proteggerle dai rigori invernali, possiamo pubblicarlo".
Foto: Un viaggio dentro all’anfiteatro che non c’era. QUI NEWS srl / Corriere Della Sera (10/10/2020).
www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/51572511708
La persona protagonista nel video è il topografo Giorgio Pocobelli del CNR. Le riprese e la regia sono dell'ispettore di cantiere Dario Ceppatelli.
Foto: Un viaggio dentro all’anfiteatro che non c’era. QUI NEWS srl / Corriere Della Sera (10/10/2020).
www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/51572276056
Fonte / source:
--- QUI NEWS srl / Corriere Della Sera (10/10/2021).
www.quinewsvolterra.it/volterra-viaggio-dentro-anfiteatro...
Foto: Documenting the First Amphitheater Discovered in Europe in 150 Years.
The Journal of American Institute of Architects (03 Sept. 2019).
www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/51571462952
8). KATHARINE KEANE, "HISTORIC PRESERVATION - Architecture Researchers Help Document First Amphitheater Discovered in Europe in 150 Years. The Journal of American Institute of Architects (03 Sept. 2019).
Volterra, Italy - A team from the Volterra-Detroit Foundation, Autodesk, and Case Technologies spent two weeks this spring archiving one of the greatest discoveries on the continent in more than a century.
This spring, architecture students, professors, and volunteers associated with the Volterra-Detroit Foundation were offered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel to Volterra, Italy, to help digitally archive the first ancient amphitheater discovery in Europe in 150 years.
It all began in 2015 when a construction team was working to expand a neighborhood cemetery where they "stumbled across the remains of what appeared to be a Roman wall," Tristan Randall, strategic project executive at Autodesk, one of the program's sponsors, tells ARCHITECT. Accustomed to "sudden surprises like this, the workers contacted the local archaeology supervisor, who was able to determine that, underneath the site they were excavating, there were remains of a Roman amphitheater," Randall continues. This amphitheater would turn out to be the first such discovery in Europe in more than a century. "It's not just a once-in-a-lifetime event," he says. "Think—six or seven generations. So this is a privilege and an incredible opportunity."
Foto: VOLTERRA (Si). Scoperto l’anfiteatro romano / Video; in: ArcheoMedia & ArchaeoReporter (2020-21)
www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/51572957464
Over two weeks in April, 13 participants settled into the Etruscan-era town to digitally scan and record the amphitheater, which measures approximately 84 meters (275 feet) long and 66 meters (216 feet) wide, according to Elena Sorge, archaeological superintendent of Tuscany. The structure likely featured three tiers of seating with a 10,000-person capacity, and an access tunnel underneath. This size makes it all the more shocking that the amphitheater was ever lost.
"The majority of amphitheaters known today did not have to be 'discovered,' as their remains were at such scale that they were known centuries ago, like [the] Colosseum," explains University of Detroit Mercy professor of architecture and program lead Wladek Fuchs. "As far as I know, there are no studies of the history of discoveries of the amphitheaters, for exactly that reason—that most of them were never completely lost.”
Fonte / source:
--- The Journal of American Institute of Architects (03 Sept. 2019).
www.architectmagazine.com/technology/architecture-researc...
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Thursday, December 7, 2017, 4pm - 8PM
Friday, December 8, 10am - 7pm
Saturday, December 9, 10am - 7pm
Sunday, December 10, 10am- 7pm
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The Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard will present its annual Holiday Show and Sale December 7-10, 2017 in its state-of-the art facility at 224 Western Avenue, Allston, Massachusetts.
Nearly seventy artists will present an extraordinary selection of ceramic work in this annual exhibition. From functional dinnerware to sculptural masterpieces, this popular exhibition has something for everyone and attracts several thousand visitors each year. Free cups made by the exhibiting artists will be given away on a first-come, first-served basis during the festive Opening Reception on Thursday, December 7, from 4:00 – 8:00 pm. The Show and Sale continues Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, December 8, 9, and 10, from 10:00 am – 7:00 pm.
Gallery 224, the Ceramics Program’s dedicated exhibition space, will showcase works from artists participating in the Holiday Show and Sale.
The Ceramics Program Show and Sale runs concurrently with the Allston-Brighton Winter Market next door at the Harvard Ed Portal. Artists’ studios nearby at 119 Braintree Street will also be open on Saturday and Sunday for Allston Open Studios.
A touchstone for the arts within Barry’s Corner, Allston, the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard provides a creative studio and laboratory study environment for Harvard students, staff, and faculty, as well as designers, artists, scholars, and scientists from the greater Boston, national and international arenas. Courses, workshops, master classes and special events are offered in the program's 15,000-square-foot studio at 224 Western Ave., near the Harvard Stadium in Allston.
Artists exhibiting this year include:
Alice Abrams
Natalie Andrew
Bruce Armitage
Pam Baker
Paul Bessette
Jenny Blicharz
Satomi Bol
Rosanna Bonnet
Darrah Bowden
Ann Boyajian
Summer (Min) Chen
Margaret Clark
Sarah de Besche
Angela DeVecchi
Holladay Dickerman
Richard Farrell
Darcie Flanigan
Stuart Gair
Justin Goedde
Pamela Gorgone
Tina Gram
Christine Gratto
Maurisse Gray
Louise Gutheil
Susan R. Hallstein
Marcia Halperin
Rachael Hamilton
Vicki L. Heller
Marek Jacisin
Madeline Johnson
Melinda Jordan
Judy Kanigel
Adria Katz
Mary Kenny
Gretchen Keyworth
Taeeun Kim
Joyce Lamensdorf
Laurie Leuchtenburg
Judy Levin
Gretchen Mamis
Joanna Mark
Cyndi Mason
Zachary Mickelson
Maeve Mueller
Steve Murphy
Julie Nussbaum
Stephanie Osser
Vicki Paret
Jennifer Howe Peace
Maxine Peck
Florence Pénault
Seth Rainville
Crystal Ribich
Carol Rissman
Judy Rosenstein
Mia Saporito
Lucy Scanlon
Gunnel Schmidt
Nancy Shotola
Kathi Tighe
Bernard Toale
Kyla Toomey
Emma Vesey
Lansing Wagner
Miriam Weil
Hiroko Williamson
Pao-Fei Yang Kuo
Trish Youens
Katherine Younger
Joseph Zina
The Studio is wheelchair accessible.
For more information or directions please call 617.495.8680 or visit www.ofa.fas.harvard.edu/ceramics
John Smucker of Taneytown, Md., leads a tree planting at a farm near Fountain Rock Park in Walkersville, Md., on Oct. 25, 2014. Smucker is a technology education teacher at Northwest Middle School in Taneytown, and spends about 700 hours a year planting trees through Stream-Link Education, the nonprofit he created. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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Three finalists in the Transition Trucking: Driving for Excellence recognition program stand with the Kenworth T680 that was awarded to the program's top rookie military driver. From left are Troy Davidson, a driver with Werner Enterprises and the recipient of the top honor; Kevin Scott, a driver with TMC Transportation; and Russell Hardy, a driver with Trimac Transportation. Photo courtesy of Joshua Roberts /U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
The Chesapeake Watershed Forum is held at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, W.Va., on September 26, 2014. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Bowie State University marked the renewal of a Memorandum of Understanding to increase cooperation towards the improvement of the environment and green career pathways, in addition to other opportunities, at the university in Prince George's County, Md., on Feb. 1, 2018. Bowie State University is the oldest historically black college/university (HCBU) in the state of Maryland. (Photo by Caitlyn Johnstone/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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George Hastings, of Baltimore, Md., poses at Nick's Oyster Bar inside Cross Street Market in Baltimore on Feb. 23, 2015. Hastings is a two-time national champion oyster shucker, and has been shucking since the 1970s. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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DXO offered some of us tenured customers a free permanent version of Filmpak 3 as part of their opening publicity for Filmpak 4. This program’s purpose is to take a digital picture and give it the same look that different films would have produced, had it been on those films. Although the freebie was more limited in film choices than their #4, it still gave a lot of the old favorites.
For space reasons, I reduced a snapshot taken with an EOS-M by 50%, then applied some of the various filters. Even jpegged, the file is pretty big. To see which films are represented and to get a good look at things like grain and the lines in Polachrome, you will need to see “all size” button, then open up as “original.” You can move the large view around on your screen and see the different color shades of the different iterations.
S.C. Army National Guard Soldiers and fire department/EMS rescuers with the S.C. Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team (SC-HART) program, S.C. Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 1 (SC-TF1), conduct training-rescue operations during their first, 2018, quarterly rescue-training event Table Rock, Pickens County, Jan. 18, 2018. The three-day training event includes both day and night operations, with focus on land and water-based rescue, along with incorporating a variety of additional challenges for crews and rescuers, such as extraction of survivors from mountain-wooded areas and other “constricted” scenarios. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Roberto Di Giovine)
Spotlight Program's Board hosted students for breakfast on the first day of #GSUnited Homecoming 2016.
Decorative flowers at the Gwinnett Technical College Horticulture Program's Learning Garden, in Lawrenceville, GA, on Friday, Mar. 20, 2015. Decorative flowers can also be harvested and displayed in dining rooms.
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.
Lt. Governor Dianne Primavera addresses members of the 233rd Space Group, Dec. 9, 2022, Greeley Air National Guard Station, Greeley, CO. The 233rd Space Group utilizes Mobile Ground Systems, designed to work with the Defense Support Program's early warning satellites to provide survivable missile warning and attack assessment data to NORAD in the event of war.
Photo by Master Sgt. Amanda Geiger
Microplastics from the Patapsco River are pictured at the laboratory of Dr. Lance Yonkos in the Department of Environmental Science & Technology at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md., on Feb. 6, 2015. Microplastics were collected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association Marine Debris Program in 2011 via a manta trawl in four tributaries feeding into the Chesapeake Bay. A study led by Yonkos reports that the prevalence of microplastics in the watershed is positively correlated with population density and proportion of development. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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The Wolf Pack volleyball team has won five conference championships in the program’s history. The ‘Pack plays in The Den on the Loyola’s campus in the heart of Uptown New Orleans.
Photos by Kyle Encar
Taken on September 9, 2015
Copyright 2015 Loyola University New Orleans
Soybeans are harvested from an agricultural field in Queen Anne's County, Md., on Oct. 24, 2012. (Photo by Steve Droter/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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Information From: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Early_Show
The Early Show is an American television morning news talk show broadcast by CBS from New York City. The program airs from 7 to 9 a.m. Monday through Friday, 8 to 10 a.m. Saturdays in eastern time zones. It airs live on most affiliates in the Eastern Time Zone, but is tape delayed in the remaining time zones. The Early Show features celebrity interviews and light entertainment and news pieces. In some markets, the Saturday version may not air. Having premiered on November 1, 1999, it is the youngest of the major networks' morning shows, although CBS has programmed in that timeslot continuously since 1965.[citation needed]
The Early Show, like many of its predecessors, has traditionally run third in the ratings to its rivals, NBC's Today and ABC's Good Morning America. Much like NBC's The Today Show and The Tonight Show, the title The Early Show is analogous to that of CBS' late-night talk show, Late Show.
Saturday edition
The Saturday edition of The Early Show premiered in September 1997 as CBS Saturday Morning. It is anchored by Chris Wragge of WCBS and Betty Nguyen.[15] WCBS' chief meteorologist Lonnie Quinn serves as weather anchor, and Rebecca Jarvis serves as news anchor. Nguyen is temporarily anchoring while Erica Hill is on maternity leave, no date has been given for her return. The show features news and lifestyle segments, including two holdovers from the original CBS Saturday Morning: Chef on a Shoestring (a cooking segment) and The Second Cup Cafe (a music segment).
As of 2008, The Saturday Early Show no longer carries a separate name from the weekday edition, and is introduced simply as The Early Show. The program is broadcast live beginning at 8:00 a.m. ET on Saturday mornings from the GM Building on Fifth Avenue in New York City, across the street from Central Park. It airs at various times through the country on most CBS stations. However, depending on the time zone it may or may not air (some CBS affiliates preempt the Saturday morning edition for local newscasts, and some push up the timeslot of the Saturday morning children's program block after the newscast if it ends before 9:00 a.m. in order to make up for it).
The Early Show does not carry a Sunday edition, nor are there any plans for one in the near future, due to the continued success of CBS News Sunday Morning, which has a distinctly different format with long form journalism reports and in depth interview segments.
[edit]Early Backstage
Introduced July 14, 2009, The Early Show's Web site features a daily blog called Early Backstage giving visitors a look at things not seen on the broadcast, such as after-the-show anchor antics, celebrity interviews and behind-the-scenes features. Early Backstage is hosted by Adam Wurtzel (Adam the Audience Guy).
[edit]Ratings
CBS has been the perennial third-place finisher in the morning race since 1976, placing second only a few times in the past 30 years. CBS beat Good Morning America for second place the weeks of January 17, 1977 and December 28, 1998. The Today Show was in first place both times. However, CBS outrated The Today Show for second spot over a few weeks in 1984 when Jane Pauley was on maternity leave. At that time, Good Morning America was ranked #1.[16]
In 2007, CBS sought to change the 3rd place position of The Early Show in September 2007 by hiring Shelly Ross, former executive producer of GMA from 1999–2004. Significant changes were made to the program as Ross asserted her influence. For instance, the network no longer allows the frequent local station breaks that were previously allowed during the former broadcast as of January 7, 2008.[17] CBS reportedly views the removal of those breaks as vital to creating a national profile for the program.[citation needed]
However, some CBS affiliates continue to air the full program on another co-owned sister station and continue to air their local morning news; WWL-TV in New Orleans has never aired the Early Show or any of its previous versions, broadcasting all local newscasts instead, currently from 5am-9am. The Early Show now airs in New Orleans on MyNetworkTV sister station WUPL. Cincinnati's WKRC-TV airs the full show on the CBS station with an hour of all-local news on the co-owned CW channel. Salt Lake City's KUTV (which was formerly owned by the network until 2007) continues to pre-empt the program's first hour despite the network's insistence.[citation needed]
Industry insiders considered Ross' influence to be a serious threat and bring the profile of the show up to make the program a true competitor to NBC's Today and ABC's Good Morning America. After six months, Ross was fired from the position, after frequent feuds with staff, particularly Smith and Chen, who reportedly informed managemnt that either Ross would have to go or they would.[18]
In 2008, TV season, The Early Show is showing ratings strength with double-digit increases compared with a year earlier. Today has averaged 6 million viewers (up 6%) and a 2.2 in adults 25-54 (flat). ABC's Good Morning America has averaged 4.9 million (up 1%) and a 1.7 in adults aged 25-54 (flat). Early Show has averaged 3.5 million (up 20%) and a 1.3 in adults 25-54 (up 30%).[19]
For the fourth quarter of 2008 (9/22/08-12/28/08), The Early Show (2.92 million viewers) posted its best delivery among total viewers in three years (since 2.93m in 2005) and cut the gap with GMA by 578,000 viewers. The CBS broadcast is also in its closest competitive position to both GMA and Today in a decade in total viewers and the key news demographic of adults aged 25-54.[citation needed]
Total Viewers '08 Total Viewers '07 Change
The Early Show 2,920,000 2,780,000 +5%
Today 5,459,000 5,499,000 -1%
Good Morning America 4,508,000 4,946,000 -9%
Year-to-year, CBS' The Early Show cut the Total Viewer gap by 190,000 between 2nd place Good Morning America.[20]
Total Viewers: NBC: 5,820,000 / ABC: 4,522,000 / CBS: 3,213,000
Ages 25-54 rating: NBC: 2.1/15 / ABC: 1.7/11 / CBS: 1.2/8
On WBNS-TV 10 in Columbus, the first half-hour of The Early Show managed to surpass NBC's Today in ratings.[21] All three broadcasts increased viewership from the prior week.
Total Viewers: NBC: 5,700,000 / ABC: 4,600,000 / CBS: 3,100,000
Ages 25-54 Rating: NBC: 2.1 / ABC: 1.6 / CBS: 1.1[22]
Even as Smith, Chen and Rodriguez grow more comfortable after CBS's failed experiment with a four-anchor team, their program remains far behind its rivals. After the May sweeps, The Early Show boasted of a 5 percent increase in viewers, while Today dipped 3 percent and Good Morning America by 4 percent.[9]
[edit]Theme music
The debut theme for the The Early Show' was a typical opener for an American morning news program. When the show reformatted with new hosts and set they used an instrumental version of Sting's 1999 hit, Brand New Day until late October 2006, when it was replaced by the CBS Evening News theme from James Horner. In January 7, 2008, CBS made an attempt to relaunch the show with new hosts and set plus an updated theme music that of the James Horner's composition. The theme was modified for a number of times since the reformat took launch.
[edit]International broadcasts
In Australia, The Early Show airs on Network Ten weekday mornings from 4.00am under the title "The CBS Early Show", with Fridays edition being held over to the following Monday. A national weather map of Australia is inserted during local affiliate cut-aways for weather. No local news is inserted, however. America's top 3 breakfast television programs air in Australia almost simultaneously, with NBC Today airing on the Seven Network at 4.00am and Good Morning America on Nine airing from 3.30 am. Unlike the above, The Early Show is not condensed or edited. It is, however, pre-empted in most regional areas for paid and religious programming.
In the Philippines, it is currently being shown on Lifestyle Network Tue to Sat 6 to 8 am (local time).[23]
[edit]Awards
In 2010, The Early Show was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for "Outstanding TV Journalism Segment" for the segment "Reverend’s Revelation: Minister Speaks Out About Being Transgender" during the 21st GLAAD Media Awards.
Manuel Antonio Villafuerte, left, harvests grapes with Dan Skidmore at Boordy Vineyards in Hyde, Md., on Oct. 20, 2014. The winery and vineyard implements sustainable practices such as building a wetland on a nearby stream and composting stems and the grape pumice leftover after crushing.
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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.
Dr. Bill Harman, Director of the SUNY Oneonta Biological Field Station in Cooperstown, N.Y., walks along the station's dock on Otsego Lake while an undergraduate field class prepares to catch fish on May 22, 2015. The Biological Field Station is comprised of 2,600 acres supporting laboratories, classrooms, offices, equipment, and conserved land. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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The DOT Urban Art Program presented artist Chang-Jin Lee's work "Comfort Women Wanted" on one of the DOT Urban Art Program's art display structures in a temporary plaza located at 14th Street and 9th Avenue in Manhattan for one month starting on May 6, 2013. Based on the artist's interaction with comfort women survivors and a former Japanese solider from WWII, "Comfort Women Wanted" sheds light on one of the largest cases of female trafficking in the 20th century.
During WWII, young women from Asia and the Netherlands were kidnapped, imprisoned and forced to cater to the needs of the Japanese Imperial Army. By some estimates, only 30% of these women survived the "comfort stations." For the project "Comfort Women Wanted," ad-like posters depict black & white portraits of Asian comfort women survivors. The title and text reference Asian newspapers' comfort women advertisements that were circulated during the war. The project promotes awareness of the comfort women, some of whom are still alive today, and examines a history that has been largely forgotten.
To further explore the complexities of this project, visit Lee's one day screening at Hauser & Wirth Gallery on May 29th.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Art Display Structure
Comfort Women Wanted by Chang-Jin Lee
14th Street and 9th Avenue, Manhattan
nyc.gov/urbanart
changjinlee.net
On the wall of the Cheerful Tortoise, a Portland State University hangout. PSU wrestling is one paint job away from obivion.
Collegiate wrestling is in decline on the West coast.
The first wrestling match we attended was at Portland State University. Now that program's been shut down, as has wrestling at the University of Oregon. Wrestling died at the University of Washington in about 1980.
I like wrestling because men can excel regardless of their stature. That's not true of many other sports.
It's also one of the few sports that hasn't been tainted by professionalism at the high school and college levels. It is and will remain a true amateur sport. They do it because they love the sport (hence the word "amateur"), not money or fame.
Here's an excerpt from a March 2009 newspaper article about the PSU team's demise:
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Even as he watched his team compete for perhaps the final time at this month's Pacific-10 Conference championships, Portland State wrestling coach Mike Haluska remained optimistic.
"I just had a really good feeling through all of this that it would work out," Haluska said.
Instead, the Portland State wrestling team was informed Wednesday by the university that it has been eliminated.
The news comes two months after PSU president Wim Wiewel created a seven-person task force to look into concerns with the wrestling program related to finances, academics and lack of success at the Division I level.
"This is very disappointing," Haluska said. "None of (the athletes) want to leave. They all want to wrestle at Portland State. Right now, they're obviously pretty down. But we're going to fight to keep it."
Portland State athletic director Torre Chisholm told the Vikings their fate in a 45-minute meeting Wednesday morning. The university task force recommended that wrestling become a club sport.
"I don't believe that it was any single area of concern that led to the decision, but a combined effect of all the problems," Chisholm said. "Added together, the wrestling program was in serious distress and the university lacks the resources to fix the many problems."
Portland State becomes the 15th college in Oregon to eliminate wrestling in the past 35 years, including the 670th in the nation, according to the National Wrestling Coaches Association. The University of Oregon cut its program after the 2007-08 season.
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Fort Hood Survivor Outreach Services, a model for the Army, holds 2nd annual Survivor Seminar & Good Grief Camp
By Rob McIlvaine
FMWRC Public Affairs
FORT HOOD, Texas – The 2010 Fort Hood Military Survivor Seminar and Good Grief Camp brought together nearly 300 Family members from as far away as South Korea, Alaska and Nebraska who joined other survivors in weekend-long program of comfort and support.
Included in this group were 120 youngsters ranging in age from four to 19 who participated in a full schedule of activities, each with a Soldier/Mentor who spent the entire two full days with them using the buddy system.
“We’ve had Families tell us, ‘We don’t want to sit around and cry,’ so based on their feedback and with the help of Lt. Gen. Rick Lynch, our Survivor Outreach Services has grown considerably,” said Janeth Lopez, Fort Hood Survivor Outreach Services Program Manager.
Lynch, who is now the commanding general of the Installation Management Command, combined the efforts of several organizations and services to take care of military Families when he was the III Corps and Fort Hood Commander.
“One of the biggest challenges for an installation is acquiring the space needed to house the services required to adequately help surviving Families,” Lopez said.
Beginning in the spring of 2009, a series of events led to significant changes for surviving Families at Fort Hood.
First, the God Star Family Center’s organization, Helping Unite Gold Star Survivors (HUGSS) was replaced by SOS, a program which falls under the Army’s Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command.
“Along with the Casualty Assistance Center, HUGSS, Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, and focus groups used to help form the program’s future, the Fort Hood SOS program began to take shape,” Lopez said.
The Fort Hood area of responsibility includes 175 counties in Texas. Because of the size, one of the first actions, after acquiring the large space to house their offices and Hall of Remembrance, was to hire a staff.
“Our local program was given a Program Manager position and an Office Assistant, two Support Coordinators who would help a Family with programs already existing within the Army, two Financial Counselors and two Family Life Coach positions who would help Families of fallen Soldiers cope with the impact of grief, loss and bereavement,” Lopez said.
For the second annual Survivor Seminar & Good Grief Camp, Fort Hood units, their Soldiers and area businesses pitched in to make the weekend memorable for all those attending.
Members of the Armed Services YMCA volunteered their time to cook beef brisket from six in the morning on Saturday until four in the afternoon when the pulled brisket, baked beans, hot dogs and salad were served up for free.
One of the guys pulling out the brisket and wrapping it up in tin foil for further baking was retired Army Sgt. Maj. David Clemons, who was 1st Cavalry Command Sergeant Major from 2006 to 2008.
“I’ve got some guys in there on the wall at the Hall of Remembrance and I just enjoy giving back,” Clemons said as he jabbed a long fork into a brisket with a hearty smile on his face.
Other units joining were Soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Division Horse Cavalry Detachment, pilots of an Apache Attack helicopter from the 21st Cavalry, a couple of tanks including an M1 A2 SEP V2, a team of Army bridge builders, the Army band, and dogs and their Soldier handlers from the Army K-9 corps. Local businesses included Westbound, a rock and roll band, and Veteran Sound, a group of veterans who handled music mixing and speakers for the band.
“In the three months I’ve been here at SOS the ball has really begun to roll and is now creating a landslide,” Financial Counselor Duane Atchison said of the program.
“Thanks to Lt. Gen. Rick Lynch who started the ball rolling, the interaction of units here on base and the chaplain, this program will do nothing but get stronger and become a major support system for surviving Families,” Atchison said.
During the first day’s opening general session, TAPS Director of Training Darcie Sims told the surviving Families that no matter where or how a Soldier died, everyone was there to listen and to help.
“It is not how someone died that brought us here. None of us wanted to be here. Whatever happened that cost them their life, it did not cost them our love,” Sims said.
“Many of us here maybe never got a chance to say ‘I’m sorry’ or you didn’t get a chance to say ‘goodbye.’ Tonight after dinner and the Soldier Show, we’ll all get a chance to yell up to the heavens, ‘Goodbye, I love you,’” Sims said.
Following two full days of sessions where Families spent time sharing their stories and learning how to cope through meditation, games, exercise and dance, the time for the balloon release finally arrived.
Messages to their loved ones were attached to balloons and they took to the field.
Wayne, a child of a Soldier who had fallen, had no problem announcing what he had written to his father as his Soldier/Mentor David Riecke helped him get ready to release his balloon.
“I miss you,” Wayne said.
Joe Velovitch takes a sample of the maple syrup being produced at Springboro Tree Farms in Brookston, Indiana so he can test its sugar content Feb. 13, 2023. Springboro runs the raw maple sap through a reverse osmosis machine multiple times before starting to boil reducing the necessary boiling time from 50 hours to 12. Rich Hines, who owns the farms, has worked with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service to implement conservation practices on his 33 acres of his forestland in Brookston, Indiana. Hines used the forest for maple syrup production as well as recreation. Hines worked with NRCS through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program to implement brush management, trail improvements and a forest management plan. He also utilized the Conservation Stewardship Program’s forest songbird habitat maintenance, forest stand improvement and tree planting enhancements. (NRCS photo by Brandon O’Connor)
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Oct. 28, 2014) -- Army researchers are evaluating prototype devices developed for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, known as DARPA, Warrior Web program's goal is to create a soft, lightweight undersuit to help reduce injuries and fatigue, while improving mission performance. DARPA is responsible for the development of new technologies for the U.S. military.
Researchers from Harvard University's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering spent the past two years developing a biologically inspired smart suit that aims to boost efficiency through a new approach. A series of webbing straps contain a microprocessor and a network of strain sensors.
Read more at www.army.mil/article/135272
(U.S. Army photo by Tom Faulkner)
A view of the Nanticoke River looking southwest shows wetlands just north of Nanticoke Wildlife Management Area in Wicomico County, Md., on June 18, 2010. The area is part of the 16,000-acre Nanticoke Unit of Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, which the Fish & Wildlife Service is approved to acquire. (Photo by Matt Rath/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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South Carolina National Guard Soldiers and fire department/EMS rescuers with the S.C. Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team (SC-HART) program, S.C. Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 1 (SC-TF1), perform rescue training aboard an UH-60L Black Hawk medium-lift utility helicopter and a LUH-72A multi-mission, light, utility-helicopter at the S.C. Fire Academy campus, Columbia, South Carolina, May 30 through June 5, 2017. The event included both day and night operations, with focus on land and water-based rescue, along with incorporating a variety of additional challenges for crews and rescuers, such as extraction of survivors from tall-building and other “constricted” scenarios. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Roberto Di Giovine)
Berenice Rodriguez
Nursing
How would you describe your WSSU experience?
My time at WSSU has been an amazing journey. I have learned so much about myself in these four years. My courses have been challenging and my professors have always pushed me to be better.
What were some of your favorite parts of your college experience?
My favorite part of my college experience has been the people I have met in college both faculty and students. They have all taken part in my success in college.
What was it like to study in China and Brazil?
Studying abroad got me out of my comfort zone and taught me that learning does not always happen in a classroom. I learned about the world and the different cultures that I was surrounded by. I became more understanding of other cultures and I also had a chance to share my own culture with the world.
How did study abroad enhance your college experience and prepare you for your next step?
Thanks to studying abroad I was able to make my resume Stand out. I showed that I am able to work with people from varies backgrounds and that I am culturally competent. After studying abroad, I also decided to pursue a minor in Portuguese which also made me trilingual ; thus making me competitive for the job marker.
What obstacles did you face while pursuing your degree?
It was not easy to be away from home. Although my hometown, Charlotte, is only an hour and a half away due to my classes and clinical I was not able to spend as much time with my family as I would of liked to.
What are your plans after graduation?
After graduation I will start working as a nurse . I have been offer a job at Presbyterian Hospital back in my home town for which I am very grateful. Eventually I would like to become a travel nurse.
Are there any particular faculty, coaches, mentors, or staff that made a difference in your life?
The Office of International Programs has become like a second home to me. Deana Brim, Rickford Grant, and Jodi Sekhon have become my fa
Earle Peterson gives a tour of Greenwoods Conservancy, his 1,200-acre property in Burlington, N.Y., that is protected through a conservation easement with the Otsego Land Trust, on May 23, 2015. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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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
Kegs are stacked at Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown, N.Y., on May 21, 2015. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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Fungi grow in the forest at the Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art near Millersburg, Pa., on Oct. 28, 2016. Fungi play a major role in regenerating the forest by digesting fallen trees and plant matter, effectively recycling the nutrients back into the soil. (Photo by Leslie Boorhem-Stephenson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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