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Suspended Animation Classic #295
Originally published August 21, 1994 (#34)
(Dates are approximate)
Mutt and Jeff and The Yellow Kid
By Michael Vance
The first out of the gate never reached the Winner’s Circle. But as it and its fellows jockeyed for position, a horse-of-a-different-color won the race that it still runs today.
It was a gamble, but in 1907, Bud Fisher created the daily comic strip. His started as funny, illustrated horse-racing tips. But “A. Mutt” copped the daily double by becoming the first daily sports panel to combine all of the elements of the comic strip.
The long and short of it is that “A. Mutt” was wildly successful and trotted on to national syndication as “Mutt and Jeff”, still running in newspapers eighty-six years later.
The long and short of “Mutt and Jeff” is string bean Mutt and diminutive Jeff, who fought and secretly loved one another much like Laurel and Hardy in films. Their names became synonymous with couples of mismatched height.
The first out of the gate was “The Yellow Kid” in October, 1896, which eventually introduced the first newspaper color, yellow, and bred the long-enduring slur, Yellow Journalism. Richard Outcault drew the vaudeville influenced pratfalls of the Kid. This bald-headed, mute rascal “spoke” with words that changed magically on his yellow nightshirt from panel to panel.
“The Yellow Kid” was an also-ran. It even carried thematic concepts from one week to the next, but was not a full-blown comic strip.
By January 31, 1912, the first, full page of comic strips was published. By the 1920s, a crowded field of strips filled hundreds of pages in hundreds of newspapers.
But it’s a sure bet nothing ever matched the day the most popular artform in history first trotted onto the sports page of “The San Francisco Chronicle” …
Except maybe the birth of the comic book, which we’ll save for another day.
The Last of Us Part II Remastered
Developed by Naughty Dog
Published by Sony Interactive Entertainment
I'm so excited to share with you that my Gratitude Pages have been published in the April issue of Art Journaling Magazine! More at my blog.
Figure 1 from Mouse Retinal Development - a Dark Horse Model for Systems Biology Research Published in Bioinformatics and Biology Insights
This is not just any book I am looking at. It is a photo book with write-ups about places in North America to travel with kids. Beyond that it is a book that a photo of MINE has been PUBLISHED! It just arrived this past week.
I must tell you I was blown away when I got the request to be paid to have a photo published in a book. (read my blog entry on it here). In addition to that they were paying me to have the photo in the book! AND... in addition to that they would send me a copy of it when it was in print - so here is my copy, in my hands.
See the next two photos in my stream to see the photo credits... and then too click one more photo further in my stream to see the page in the book with my photo printed on it!
Here is info about the book from an email that was written to me about the book when I was just learing about it. ... in case you are interested in getting a copy: Amazing Places to Take Your Kids in North America will be a large coffee table book that you'll be able to find in places like Wal Mart and on the bargain price bookshelves at places like Barnes & Noble. Travel agencies will also give them away as promotional items. About 10,000 copies will be printed.
This shot has been selected as a finalist in the Photographer's Forum 29th Annual Spring Photography contest; it will be published in the Best of Photography 2009 book! I will find out whether I'm an Honorable Mention or above in mid-August.
So excited!!
Published Accounts Awards 2019.
Lorraine Leonard, CRH,
Breffni Maguire, EY,
Niamh Connolly, CRH.
Iain White Photography.
"Perhaps the most important animal in this ecosystem is the gopher tortoise. Its presence is apparent from the burrows which it digs into sandy soils. Its burrow may be 10 feet deep and 25-35 feet (diagonally) long, providing a well insulated refuge for the tortoise as well as 358 other species including 301 invertebrates and 57 vertebrate species. The creation of the burrow refuge has acknowledged the gopher tortoise by ecologists as the keystone species for its habitat. Among the inquilines (co-inhabitants of the burrow) include the dung beetle which converts the dung into soil nutrients, the gopher frog which is found nowhere else but in burrows, various snakes such as the pine snake, coachwhip racer, red rat snake, gray rat snake, the eastern diamondback rattlesnake and the threatened Eastern indigo snake. Occupiers of abandoned burrows include the fox squirrel, opossum, raccoon, red and gray foxes, bobcats, armadillo and bobwhite quail. Based on this extensive inventory, the gopher tortoise deserves the title of keystone species." www.tortoise.org/archives/gopher.html
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Torna nella sua amata Italia Sting, con l’unica data italiana del “My Songs Tour” al Mediolanum Forum di Assago a Milano, martedì 29 ottobre. Neanche un problema alla spalla, che l’ha costretto ad una operazione la scorsa settimana, ha fermato l’energico artista britannico, che sarà quindi regolarmente sul palco di Assago.
Seppur il “My Songs Tour” nasca come ciclo di concerti per promuovere l’ultimo album “My Songs”, uscito il 24 maggio 2019, la tournée internazionale di Sting è di fatto l’occasione per fare il punto di una carriera irripetibile. Quella di Milano sarà la terzultima data europea per l’artista britannico, che poi volerà in America per altre cinque date. Il 9 dicembre, poi, Sting sarà al Beacon Theatre di New York insieme a Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, Eurythmics, Shaggy e molti altri per l’edizione numero 30 dell’annuale concerto benefico del Rainforest Fund, l’organizzazione che lo stesso Sting ha fondato per raccogliere fondi in difesa della foresta pluviale amazzonica.
Sting, nome d’arte di Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, ex bassista e fondatore dei The Police, formati nel 1977 insieme al batterista statunitense Stewart Copeland e al chitarrista Henry Padovani, più tardi sostituito da Andy Summers. Dopo la separazione della band avvenuta nel 1983, Sting si dedica alla carriera solista che dura a tutt’oggi. Mentre è del 1979 la sua prima apparizione televisiva come attore, nel film Quadrophenia dei The Who. Altri film più avanti negli anni lo vedono protagonista, come Le due facce del male (Brimstone and Treacle) (1982), e nel ruolo semi-romantico di Mick in Plenty (con Meryl Streep); uno dei suoi ruoli più famosi è quello di Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen nell’adattamento cinematografico di Dune (1984). È stato candidato 3 volte per Oscar alla migliore canzone nel 2001, 2002 e 2004 per i film “Le follie dell’imperatore”, “Kate & Leopold” e “Ritorno a Cold Mountain”.
Two of my photos of Goshen, NY have been published in Hudson Valley, Magazine. April 2012 issue.
This is one of Main Street.
Gaochang (Chinese: 高昌; pinyin: Gāochāng), also called Karakhoja, Qara-hoja, Kara-Khoja, or Karahoja (قاراغوجا in Uyghur), is the site of a ruined, ancient oasis city on the northern rim of the inhospitable Taklamakan Desert in present-day Xinjiang, China. The site is also known in published reports as Chotscho, Khocho, Qocho, or Qočo. During the Yuan and Ming dynasties, Gaochang was referred to as "Halahezhuo" (哈拉和卓) (Qara-khoja) and Huozhou.
The ruins are located 30 km from Turpan. The archaeological remains are just outside the modern town of Gaochang, at a place called Idykut-schari or Idikutschari by local residents. (see the work of Albert Grünwedel in the external links below). Artistic depictions of the city have been published by Albert von Le Coq. Gaochang is considered in some sources to have been be a "Chinese colony", that is, it was located in a region otherwise occupied at the time by West Eurasian peoples.
A busy trading center, it was a stopping point for merchant traders traveling on the Silk Road. It was destroyed in wars during the 14th century, and old palace ruins and inside and outside cities can still be seen today. The ruins are located 30 km southeast of modern Turpan.
Near Gaochang is another major archeological site: the Astana tombs.
HISTORY
JUSHI JINGDOM AND EARLY HAN-CHINESE RULE
The earliest people known to have lived in the area were the Gushi (or Jushi). The region around Turfan was described during the Han dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE) as being occupied by the Jūshī, while control over the region swayed between the Han-Chinese and the Xiongnu.
Gaochang was built in the 1st century BC, it was an important site along the Silk Road. It played a key role as a transportation hub in western China. The Jushi leaders invited the Chinese Han dynasty to take over, and pledged their allegiance. In 327, the Gaochang Commandery (jùn) was created by the Former Liang under the Han Chinese ruler Zhang Gui. The Chinese set up a military colony/garrison, organized the land into multiple divisions and Han Chinese colonists from the Hexi region and the central plains also settled in the region.
After the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty, northern China split into multiple states, including the Central Asian oases. Gaochang was ruled by the Former Liang, Former Qin, and Northern Liang as part of a commandery. In 383 The General Lu Guang of the Former Qin seized control of the region.
In 439, remnants of the Northern Liang, led by Juqu Wuhui and Juqu Anzhou, fled to Gaochang where they would hold onto power until 460 when they were conquered by the Rouran Khaganate (which some scholars believe to have been the origin of the Avars).
ROURAN, GAOCHE AND GÖKTÜRK RULE
From the mid-5th century until the mid-7th century, there existed four independent statelets in the narrow Turpan basin. These were controlled by the Kan clan, Zhang clan, Ma clan, and Qu clan.
A the time of its conquest by the Rouran Khaganate, there were more than ten thousand Han Chinese households in Gaochang. The Rouran Khaganate, which was based in Mongolia, appointed a Han Chinese named Kan Bozhou to rule as King of Gaochang in 460, and it became a separate vassal kingdom of the Khaganate. Kan was dependent on Rouran backing. Yicheng and Shougui were the last two kings of the Chinese Kan family to rule Gaochang.
At this time the Gaoche (高車) was rising to challenge power of the Rouran in the Tarim Basin. The Gaoche king Afuzhiluo (阿伏至羅) killed King Kan Shougui, who was the nephew of Kan Bozhou. and appointed a Han from Dunhuang, named Zhang Mengming (張孟明), as his own vassal King of Gaochang. Gaochang thus passed under Gaoche rule.
Later, Zhang Mengming was killed in an uprising by the people of Gaochang and replaced by Ma Ru (馬儒). In 501, Ma Ru himself was overthrown and killed, and the people of Gaochang appointed Qu Jia (麴嘉) of Jincheng (in Gansu) as their king. Qu Jia hailed from the Zhong district of Jincheng commandery (金城, roughly corresponding to modern day Lanzhou, Gansu) Qu Jia at first pledged allegiance to the Rouran, but the Rouran khaghan was soon killed by the Gaoche, and he had to submit to Gaoche overlordship. During Qu rule, powerful families established marriage ties with each other and dominated the kingdom, they included the Zhang, Fan, Yin, Ma, Shi, and Xin families. Later, when the Göktürks emerged as the supreme power in the region, the Qu dynasty of Gaochang became vassals of the Göktürks.
While the material civilization of Kucha to its west in this period remained chiefly Indo-Iranian in character, in Goachang it gradually merged into the Tang aesthetics. In 607 the ruler of Gaochang Qu Boya paid tribute to the Sui Dynasty, but his attempt at sinicization provoked a coup which overthrew the Qu ruler. The Qu family was restored six years later, and the successor Qu Wentai welcomed the Tang pilgrim Xuanzang with great enthusiasm in 629 AD
TANG RULE
However, fearing Tang expansion, Qu Wentai later formed an alliance with the Western Turks and rebelled against Tang suzerainty. Emperor Taizong sent an army led by General Hou Junji against the kingdom in 640, and Qu Wentai apparently died of shock at news of the approaching army. Gaochang was annexed by the Chinese Tang dynasty and turned into a sub-prefecture of Xizhou (西州), and the seat of government of Anxi (安西). Before the Chinese conquered Gaochang, it was an impediment to Chinese access to Tarim and Transoxiania.
Under Tang rule, Gaochang was inhabited by Chinese, Sogdians, and Tocharians.
Tang dynasty became greatly weakened due to the An Lushan Rebellion, and in 755, the Chinese were forced to pull back their soldiers from the region. The area was first taken by the Tibetans, then finally by the Uyghurs in 803, who called the area Kocho (Qocho).
UYGHUR KINGDOM OF QOCHO
After 840 it then became occupied by Uyghurs fleeing Kirghiz invasion of their land. The Uyghurs established the Kingdom of Qocho (Kara-Khoja) in 850. The inhabitants of Qocho practiced Buddhism, Manichaeism and Nestorian Christianity. The Uyghurs converted to Buddhism and sponsored building of temple caves in the nearby Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves where depictions of Uyghur sponsors may be seen. The Buddhist Uyghur kings, who called themselves idiquts, retained their nomadic lifestyle, residing in Qocho during the winter, but moved to the cooler Bishbalik near Urumchi in the summer.
Qocho later became a vassal state of the Kara-Khitans. However, In 1209, the idiqut Barchuq offered Genghis Khan the suzerainty of his kingdom, and went personally to Genghis Khan with a sizeable tribute when demanded in 1211. The Uyghurs thus went into the service of the Mongols, who later formed the Yuan Dynasty in China. The Uyghurs became bureaucrats (semu) of the Mongol Empire and their Uyghur script was modified for Mongolian. As far south as Quanzhou, preponderance of Gaochang Uyghur in Nestorian Christian inscriptions of the Yuan period attests to their importance in the Christian community there.
The Gaochang area was sieged by the Mongols of the Chagatai Khanate (not part of Yuan Dynasty) from 1275 to 1318 by as many as 120,000 troops.
BUDDHISM
Buddhism spread to China from India along the northern branch of the Silk Road predominantly in the 4th and 5th centuries as the Liang rulers were buddhists. The building of Buddhist grottos probably began during this period. There are clusters close to Gaochang, the largest being the Bezeklik grottos.
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Sabato 8 giugno 2013 nell’Arena concerti di Rho Fiera ha avuto luogo uno degli appuntamenti più importanti di quest’estate per i fan dell’heavy metal, ovvero il festival Sonisphere 2013, con la partecipazione di ben sette formazioni fra le quali, gruppo di punta, gli Iron Maiden.
Gli Iron Maiden sono la storia del metal inglese, e dalla ‘reunion’ del 1999 le quotazioni sono in continua ascesa. La promessa di suonare al Sonisphere la scaletta del ‘Maiden England’ tour del 1988 renderà felici sia i fan irriducibili della prima ora, sia i giovanissimi appassionati che nel 1988 non erano nemmeno nati.
Inoltre, il gruppo inglese si è “fatto social”, e invita i fan presenti al concerto a condividere foto e commenti su una pagina apposita, e segnalano che l’hashtag per il concerto di Milano sarà #maidenmilan.
Bruce Dickinson – voce
Dave Murray – chitarra ritmica e solista
Adrian Smith – chitarra ritmica e solista, cori
Janick Gers – chitarra ritmica e solista
Steve Harris – basso, cori
Nicko McBrain – batteria
Naha Awards collection published in " Salons Unlimited USA " on the left & "Pelluqerias " Spain on the right ,
Hair : Silas Tsang
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I'm now an Internationaly Published photographer! FDM magazine, from Asia contacted me through flickr to use my photo in there March 2011 issue. My photo appears on the cover, table of contents and page 26, with photo credit. :)
This photograph was published in the Illustrated Chronicle on the 1st of July 1915.
During the Great War the Illustrated Chronicle published photographs of soldiers and sailors from Newcastle and the North East of England, which had been in the news. The photographs were sent in by relatives and give us a glimpse into the past.
The physical collection held by Newcastle Libraries comprises bound volumes of the newspaper from 1910 to 1925. We are keen to find out more about the people in the photographs. If you recognise anyone in the images please comment below.
Copies of this photograph may be ordered from us, for more information see: www.newcastle.gov.uk/tlt Please make a note of the image reference number above to help speed up your order.
This is my first picture i have had published and I'm absolutely oven the moon, really, no pun intended.
I can't even begin to explain how happy this has made me, I'm a total amateur, I'm not a professional photographer, i just like to get out there and take some pictures purely as a hobby when I have a spare 5 minutes, i only just bought my first DSLR 2 months before taking this picture on it.
I was paid for the picture, but the money actually means very little, what I'm really ecstatic about is the fact i now have a free copy of a magazine that has one of my pictures in it, money can't buy that.
3 years taking pictures when i could as a hobby and now i have a picture Published, need a say more ? I'm just so happy.
I don't necessarily agree with black & white photos and especially not night photos, but they paid for it, so the can use it how they like.
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I tend to take pictures of Light trails, Motorway traffic, Street lights, Buildings, Landscapes, Bokeh, Night bokeh and Hexagonal Night Bokeh in England.
All of my pictures are 100% natural and untouched in every way without ever been Photo shopped or altered or messed about with in anyway whatsoever, No multi layered photography, No HDR's and No image manipulation of any kind, all of my pictures look just the way they did when I saw them at the time of taking and I'm VERY PROUD of that.
I don't do any photo processing at all, I don't even own any photo software.
All of my starbursts are all 100% natural without using any filters or anything else, as is all my bokeh, night bokeh and hexagonal night bokeh, its all natural, no funny gimmicks at all.
I don't do anything with my pictures apart from take them and then upload them , 99.99999% of my pictures don't even get cropped , they are all 100% natural and untouched and then uploaded.
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This photograph was published in the Illustrated Chronicle on the 20th of January 1916.
During the Great War the Illustrated Chronicle published photographs of soldiers and sailors from Newcastle and the North East of England, which had been in the news. The photographs were sent in by relatives and give us a glimpse into the past.
The physical collection held by Newcastle Libraries comprises bound volumes of the newspaper from 1910 to 1925. We are keen to find out more about the people in the photographs. If you recognise anyone in the images and have any stories or information to add please comment below.
Copies of this photograph may be ordered from us, for more information see: www.newcastle.gov.uk/tlt Please make a note of the image reference number above to help speed up your order.
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Red Bull Flying Bach, lo spettacolo unico che unisce le melodie immortali di Bach e le acrobazie tipiche della break dance, sabato 1 ottobre al Teatro degli Arcimboldi di Milano.
Dopo aver collezionato sold-out in tutto il mondo, a grande richiesta il Red Bull Flying Bach torna in Italia, dopo quattro anni, per cinque imperdibili appuntamenti che vedranno ancora una volta fondere, in un unico show, passato e presente a colpi di danza. La breakdance, rappresentata dai Flying Steps, la crew campione del mondo, incontrerà I passi di danza della ballerina Virginia Tomarchio (ex vincitrice Amici 14), il tutto sulle note della musica del compositore e musicista Johann Sebastian Bach.
Con la direzione artistica di Vartan Bassil e Christoph Hagel i ballerini hanno dimostrato che la breakdance e la musica del celebre compositore tedesco possono fondersi perfettamente. La performance, unica nel suo genere, dà nuova vita al “repertorio di clavicembalo ben temperato” di Bach, miscelando la musica “colta” alla cultura giovanile, nota dopo nota e passo dopo passo. Protagonisti dello show, in una trama di 70 minuti, sono un pianoforte e un clavicembalo, beat elettronici e passi di breaking come head spin, power move e freeze, mentre sullo sfondo scorrono immagini audiovisive.
La creazione di una propria grande produzione era un vecchio sogno dei Flying Steps. Vartan Bassil, fondatore dei Flying Steps, direttore artistico e premiato coreografo, racconta «Nei tentativi precedenti di unire musica classica e breakdance, i B-boys avevano contribuito alla musica semplicemente con i propri passi. Per il Red Bull Flying Bach invece non ci limitiamo solo a ballare, ma a focalizzare e ridare vita al Well-Tempered Clavier di Bach. Per noi, il Red Bull Flying Bach World Tour è un sogno divenuto realtà. Vogliamo incantare con la nostra arte il pubblico di ogni continente». E il direttore Christoph Hagel aggiunge «Le movenze di una crew di Breakdance sono tanto cool quanto le fughe di Bach. Dalla Croazia al Giappone, se ne accorgeranno tutti».
The Postcard
A carte postale which was published by Neurdein et Cie of 52, Av. de Breteuil, Paris.
It was posted via the Army Field Post Office on Sunday the 19th. January 1919 to:
Mrs. F. Hill,
12 Brunswick Road,
Balsall Heath,
Birmingham,
England.
The message on the back of the card was as follows:
"On Active Service.
Dear F,
Just a few lines to let you
know that I am alright.
Hope you are keeping well.
I will write you a letter
later.
Love Fred".
The message was over-printed with a censor's stamp which stated:
'Passed by censor no. 8940'
Fécamp
Fécamp is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of north-western France.
Fécamp is situated in the valley of the river Valmont, at the heart of the Pays de Caux, on the Alabaster Coast. It is around 35 km northeast of Le Havre, and around 60 km northwest of Rouen.
In 2017, Fécamp had a population of 18,641 individuals.
History of Fécamp
The prehistoric site, on the high ground inland from the port of Fécamp, reveals human occupation dating back to Neolithic times. Spreading over 21 hectares, surrounded by walls and ditches for a length of nearly 2000 meters, the area has yielded objects ranging in date from the Neolithic until Roman times.
Many items of the Gallo-Roman period have been found locally, particularly coins (including two gold Gallic coins found in 1839). A bronze axe, of Celtic design, was unearthed in 1859.
The history of Fécamp has always revolved around the fishing industry and its harbour (first mentioned in the 11th century). The reputation of the salt-herrings of Fécamp was established as early as the 10th. century, and that of smoked herrings from the 13th. century.
An association of whale fishermen was created in the 11th. century. Fishing for cod started commercially in the 16th. century, under the impetus of Nicolas Selles, an early shipping magnate.
Throughout the 19th. century and the early part of the 20th. century, Fécamp had an important role as the chief fishing port in France for cod and cod-related fish. This was the case up until the 1970's, when Canada stopped all access to their fishing grounds.
First practised by three-masted sailing ships, Atlantic fishing trips could last more than six months, the time taken to fill the hold with cod, which were salted to preserve them.
The fishing was actually carried out in small boats, carrying only two or three fishermen. Many of these small boats became lost in the fog, and never returned to the main ship.
As technology evolved, the three-mast boats disappeared, giving way to steamers, then to diesel-engined vessels. These days, only a small fishing fleet survives, restricted to fishing around coastal waters. In the harbour, pleasure-boats have taken the place of all but a few fishing-boats.
Civil Architecture of Fécamp
-- Ruins of the 12th. to 14th. century former ducal palace enclosed in the abbey grounds – two towers and a wall section.
-- Remains of the fort of Bourg-Baudouin, on the approach to Notre-Dame-du-Salut.
-- Benedictine Palace, ruined buildings of the Benedictine abbey.
-- Former mill of the 18th. century.
-- The Town hall, a Louis XVI style building.
-- Former hostelry of the Grand Cerf, 16th. century.
-- Courtyard de la Maîtrise with an 11th. to 12th. century tower.
-- Old houses in the neighbourhood of the Hallettes, of which two houses are 16th. century - in Rue Arquaise and Rue de la Voûte (built with reclaimed materials from the abbey palace).
-- Water Tower 13th. century.
-- Épinay farm, 16th. century, former country retreat of a religious order.
Church Architecture of Fécamp
-- Church of the Trinity: Primitive Norman Gothic style, constructed from 1175 to 1220 with some Roman traces. Lantern tower from the 12th. century; Façade - 18th. century; Porch - 13th. century; choir - 14th. to 15th. century; Chapel of the Virgin 16th. century with 13th. century stained-glass windows; Organ from 1746, originating from Montivilliers Abbey; Group of multi-coloured stone from the 15th. century; 16th. century balustrades and tombs of the Dukes of Normandy from the 13th. to 14th. centuries.
-- Saint-Étienne’s church: 16th. century flamboyant Gothic porch and south transept from 1500, façade and tower from the 19th. century; wooden statues and pulpit 17th. to 18th. century.
-- Chapel Notre-Dame-du-Salut: Originally 14th. century, on a cliff: Rebuilt in the 17th. century; a gilded statue of the Virgin on the roof.
-- Chapel of the Precious Blood: Rebuilt in stone in the 17th. century, covering the miraculous source of the "Precious Blood".
Fécamp Museums
Fécamp museums are as follows:
-- Municipal Museum: Earthenware, glassware, 18th. and 19th. century paintings, archaeology, religious art and maritime folklore.
-- Benedictine Palace Museum: Objects of religious art from the 12th. to 18th. century (some of the collection originates from the former abbey); 14th. to 18th. century metalwork; Benedictine liquor manufacturing equipment for distillation etc.
-- Museum of Arts et de l'Enfance: Gallo-Roman objects found in the 19th. century explaining man's beginnings in Fécamp.
-- Museum Terre-Neuvas et de la Pêche (Newfoundland and Fishing): Museum of Fécamp's glorious maritime past, inaugurated in 1988 but closed in 2012 to be integrated in the new "Musée des Pêcheries". The adventures of the cod-fishermen that left for long months in the icy waters of Newfoundland (boats, models, equipment), construction and naval repair, architectural model of the town, audio-visual events and exhibitions of painting (annual display of naval painting).
The Musée des Pêcheries gathers together the municipal collections. It includes: art and history items, ethnographic items linked to fishing and sailors, and Doctor Dufour's childhood collection. The museum occupies a historical building, a former fish factory which has been partly transformed to welcome the collections. It has been given a roof extension that gives a 360 degree view of Fécamp's port.
-- Musée du Chocolat: Chocolate discovery museum.
-- Visits to the watercress beds.
-- Maison du Patrimoine (Heritage house) Built and furnished as in the 16th century. Since 2005, the municipal archives have been stored here.
Villa Émilie, Art Nouveau style house from the end of the 19th. century.
People Associated with Fécamp
Notable people associated with Fécamp include:
-- Jean Accart, World War II fighter pilot – born in Fécamp.
-- David Belle (1973), creator of Parkour.
-- Pierre Carron (1932), sculptor and painter.
-- Louis-Armand Chardin (1755–1793), baritone and composer.
-- Étienne Chicot, comedian, born in Fécamp.
-- Remigius de Fécamp, first bishop of Lincoln.
-- Raoul Dufy (1877–1953), Fauvist painter.
-- Guy Dupré (born 1928), writer - born in Fécamp.
-- Edward the Confessor, exiled to Fécamp.
-- Gustave Lambert, explorer.
-- Alexandre Legrand, industrialist, “rediscovered” Bénédictine.
-- René Legros [fr], inventor, born in Fécamp.
-- Eugène Lepoittevin, painter.
-- Louis Levacher (1934–1983), sculptor and painter.
-- Jean Lorrain, writer was born in Fécamp (9 August 1855).
-- Jacques Mazoyhie, ship owner.
-- Guy de Maupassant, once lived in Fécamp.
-- Tony Parker, French basketball player (played one year with Fécamp).
-- Bella Pochez, resistance member, murdered in Auschwitz.
-- Philippe Porée-Kurrer (1954), writer.
-- Richard I of Normandy (933-996).
-- Paul Vasselin, politician.
-- Wace, writer – stayed in Fécamp.
-- William of Volpiano, religious reformer - buried in Fécamp in 1031.
A Rooftop Aeroplane Landing
So what else happened on the day that Fred posted the card?
Well, on the 19th. January 1919, French aviator Jules Védrines claimed a 25,000 franc prize by landing a Caudron G.3 aircraft on the roof of a department store in Paris, though he was injured, and his aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
'Ravished Armenia'
Also on that day, 'Ravished Armenia', the first film to depict the Armenian Genocide of 1915, was released by First National Pictures.
The film was adapted from the autobiography of Aurora Mardiganian, a survivor of the genocide who also starred in the film.
One portion of the film has survived, with a 24-minute sequence being restored in 2009.
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La cantante inglese, Jess Glynne, arriva, per la prima volta in Italia, per un concerto imperdibile il 21 marzo 2016 al Fabrique di Milano, con il suo I Cry When I Laugh Tour.
Jess Glynne nasce ad Hampstead e cresce a Muswell Hill, entrambi sobborghi della capitale inglese. Frequentando l’East London College conosce i suoi futuri collaboratori: Jin Jin e il produttore Bless Beats. Uno dei primi pezzi scritto dai tre cattura l’attenzione della Black Butter Records e poi successivamente nell’agosto del 2013 la porta a firmare con l’Atlantic Records. Lo stesso anno il produttore di deep-house, Route 94, la coinvolge nel ri-arrangiamento di My Love che viene pubblicata nella compilation Annie Mac Presents dell’omonima dj. Grazie a quest’ultima canzone, il gruppo elettronico Clean Bandit ingaggia Jess per il singolo Rather Be.
Jess Glynne vanta il record di essere stata la seconda cantante inglese, dopo Cheryl Cole, ad avere avuto cinque singoli piazzati alla numero 1.
La cantante inglese è sicuramente una delle scoperte del pop internazionale di quest’anno, si è presentata infatti agli EMA 2015 con ben 3 nomination per le categorie: Best UK & Ireland Act, Best New e Best Push.
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The Postcard
A postcard that was published by Valentine & Sons Ltd. of Dundee and London. The image is a glossy real photograph, and the card was printed in Great Britain.
The card was posted in Glasgow using a 2d. stamp on Friday the 3rd. June 1949. The postmark informs the reader of:
'Scottish Industries
Exhibition Glasgow.
1st. to 17th. Sept. 1949.'
The card was sent to:
N. Naif-Rogg,
Bachlettenstraße 78,
Basle,
Switzerland.
The Kyles of Bute
The Kyles of Bute is a narrow, scenic sea channel in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, that separates the northern end of the Isle of Bute from the Cowal Peninsula on the Scottish mainland.
Renowned for its dramatic, tree-lined hillsides and tranquil waters, this stunning strait is designated as a National Scenic Area.
The channel is roughly 20 miles long, and less than a mile wide at its narrowest points. It is naturally split into two distinct stretches:
-- The East Kyle: Runs from Rothesay Bay northwest up toward Loch Riddon. It features a cluster of small, uninhabited islands, including the Burnt Islands and Eilean Dubh (Black Island).
-- The West Kyle: Sweeps southwest from the mouth of Loch Riddon, passing picturesque coastal villages before opening into the Sound of Bute.
-- Key Attractions
-- Kyles of Bute Viewpoint: Located on the mainland side along the high road between Tighnabruaich and Colintraive. Maintained by the National Trust for Scotland, this famous roadside layby offers panoramic vistas looking down over the Burnt Islands and Loch Riddon.
-- Boating and Sailing: The waters are highly sheltered, making them a haven for yachts and kayakers. You can book local excursions like Bute Boat Tours to see the resident seal colonies and spot porpoises or sea eagles.
-- Charming Villages: The mainland villages of Tighnabruaich, Kames, and Colintraive frame the channel, offering traditional pubs, shoreline walks, and overnight moorings.
-- The Colintraive Ferry: One of Scotland's shortest ferry crossings, connecting Rhubodach on Bute to Colintraive on the mainland in just a few minutes.
-- Hiking: The shoreline forms part of the Loch Lomond and Cowal Way, offering excellent hiking paths through silver birch woodlands and rocky ledges.
For a view of the now-demolished Caladh Castle, please search for the tag 44GCH45
An Admission of Telling Porkies
So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?
Well, on the 3rd. June 1949, while testifying at the trial of Alger Hiss, Whittaker Chambers admitted under cross-examination that he had lied to the FBI and to the House Un-American Activities Committee in previous statements about Communist spy activities in the United States.
Contempt of Court in NY
Also on that day, in New York, three of the eleven defendants in the Smith Act trial (John Gates, Henry Winston and Gus Hall) were sent to jail by Judge Harold Medina for contempt of court.
Confusion Over the Name of a Country
Also on the 3rd. June 1949, the official gazette of King Abdullah cleared up confusion about his country's name by announcing that it had been changed from Transjordan to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
The name change had been decided upon in December 1948, but international press coverage had continued to refer to the country as Transjordan, because it was not known when the change had become official.
Mickey Rooney
Also on that day, Mickey Rooney married actress Martha Vickers just hours after picking up his final divorce papers from his second wife Betty Jane Rase.
Dragnet
Also on the 3rd. June 1949, the police procedural drama series Dragnet premiered on NBC Radio. The program was later made into a popular TV series running from 1951 to 1959.
-- Procedural Drama
A procedural drama is a genre of television and literature that focuses on the step-by-step, technical processes of professionals (such as detectives, lawyers, or doctors) solving a case.
It primarily uses an episodic structure where a problem is introduced and generally fully resolved within a single episode.
Shelley Winters
Also on that day, the mystery film Take One False Step starring William Powell and Shelley Winters premiered in Los Angeles.
The Postcard
A postally unused carte postale published by Neurdein et Cie of Paris.
Jeanne d'Arc
Jeanne d'Arc, or Joan of Arc (c. 1412 – 30th. May 1431) was nicknamed 'The Maid of Orléans' (French: 'La Pucelle d'Orléans'). She is a heroine of France for her role during the Lancastrian phase of the Hundred Years' War, and was canonized as a Catholic saint.
She was born to Jacques d'Arc and Isabelle Romée, a peasant family, at Domrémy in the Vosges of northeast France.
Late in the Hundred Years' War, Joan claimed to have received visions of the Archangel Michael, Saint Margaret, and Saint Catherine of Alexandria instructing her to support Charles VII and recover France from English domination.
The as-yet-unanointed King Charles VII sent Joan to the Siege of Orléans as part of a relief army. She gained prominence after the siege was lifted only nine days later. Several additional swift victories led to Charles VII's consecration at Reims. This long-awaited event boosted French morale and paved the way for the final French victory at Castillon in 1453.
On 23 May 1430, she was captured at Compiègne by the Burgundian faction, a group of French nobles allied with the English. She was later handed over to the English and put on trial by the pro-English bishop Pierre Cauchon on a variety of charges. After Cauchon declared her guilty, she was burned at the stake in May 1431, dying at about nineteen years of age.
In 1456, an inquisitorial court authorized by Pope Callixtus III examined the trial, debunked the charges against her, pronounced her innocent, and declared her a martyr. In the 16th. century she became a symbol of the Catholic League, and in 1803 she was declared a national symbol of France by Napoleon Bonaparte.
She was beatified in 1909 and canonized in 1920. Joan of Arc is one of the nine secondary patron saints of France, along with Saint Denis, Saint Martin of Tours, Saint Louis, Saint Michael, Saint Rémi, Saint Petronilla, Saint Radegund and Saint Thérèse of Lisieux.
Joan of Arc has remained a popular figure in literature, painting, sculpture, and other cultural works since the time of her death, and many famous writers, playwrights, filmmakers, artists, and composers have created, and continue to create, cultural depictions of her.
Rouen
Rouen is a city on the River Seine in northern France, and is relatively close to the English Channel. Formerly one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe, the population of the metropolitan area is 702,945 (2018). People from Rouen are known as Rouennais.
“Upon approaching Rouen one is sure to be struck
by the insolent daring of its situation. Lying on a
sloping plain beside the river, it seems to disdain the
well-nigh impregnable site afforded by the steep cliffs
which rise just to the northeast.
The history of the city bears out the audacity of its
location. Through all the centuries, its inhabitants
concerned themselves so continuously in conquering
other peoples that little time was left in which to
consider the security of their own homes.”
-- Charles Hitchcock Sherrill, Stained Glass Tours in France (1908).
Rouen was the seat of the Exchequer of Normandy during the Middle Ages. It was one of the capitals of the Anglo-Norman dynasties, which ruled both England and large parts of modern France from the 11th. to the 15th. centuries.
From the 13th. century onwards, the city experienced a remarkable economic boom, thanks in particular to the development of textile factories and river trade. Claimed by both the French and the English during the Hundred Years' War, it was in Rouen that Joan of Arc was tried and burned alive.
Severely damaged by a wave of bombing in 1944, Rouen nevertheless regained its economic dynamism in the post-war period thanks to its industrial sites and busy seaport, which is the fifth largest in France.
Endowed with a prestige established during the medieval era, and with a long architectural heritage in its historical monuments, Rouen is an important cultural capital. Several renowned establishments are located here, such as the Museum of Fine Arts, the Secq des Tournelles Museum, and Rouen Cathedral.
“Perhaps the most characteristic feature of Rouen
when viewed from a distance is the great number
of its spires that shoot up above the housetops,
earning for it the sobriquet of the City of Churches.”
-- Charles Hitchcock Sherrill, Stained Glass Tours in France (1908).
Sadly not all of those churches are still there because of the ravages of war.
Seat of an archdiocese, Rouen also hosts a court of appeal and a university. Every four to six years, Rouen becomes the showcase for a large gathering of sailing ships called "L'Armada"; this event makes the city an occasional capital of the maritime world.
Rouen Cathedral
Rouen Cathedral was commenced in the 12th. Century on the site of an earlier structure. It has a Roman crypt.
The Butter Tower dates from the 16th. century. The name of the Tour de Beurre comes from the fact that butter was banned during Lent, and those who wished to carry on eating it had to donate 6 Deniers Tournois towards the building of the tower. Practically everyone in Rouen must have carried on eating butter in order to fund a tower like that!
The Victorian cast-iron Lantern Tower in the centre of the building made the cathedral the tallest building in the world from 1876 until 1880, when it was overtaken by Cologne Cathedral.
The Lantern Tower was designed by the architect Jean-Antoine Alavoine who proposed the use of cast iron, a modern material for the time, because it was less combustible than wood, and lighter than stone. The Lantern Tower took 50 years to construct. The 151 metre height of the spire still makes Rouen Cathedral the tallest cathedral in France.
The presence of a lantern tower at the crossing of the transept is a frequent feature in churches in Normandy (St. Ouen in Rouen, and Bayeux) and in England (Gloucester, Salisbury, and Winchester).
The lantern is in a bulge in the ironwork near the top of the spire, which is surmounted by a weathercock.
The Cathedral holds the heart of Richard the Lionheart. His bowels were buried within the church of the Château de Châlus-Chabrol in the Limousin. The cathedral seems to have got the better end of that particular deal!
Claude Monet painted a series of studies of the cathedral's façade 1894. Roy Lichtenstein also made a series of pictures of the front of the building.
The Cathedral has had to put up with a lot of wilful destruction during its lifetime:
- The Calvinists damaged much of what they could easily reach during the religious wars of the 16th. Century - the furniture, tombs, stained glass and statuary.
- The French State nationalised the building in the 18th. Century, and sold some of its furniture and statues to make money. The chapel fences were melted down to make guns.
- In WW2 the Cathedral was first bombed in 1944, taking 7 bombs. The bombs narrowly missed destroying a key pillar of the Lantern Tower, but damaged most of the south aisle, and destroyed two medieval rose windows. One of the bombs was fortunately a dud and failed to explode.
- As a consequence of a subsequent WW II bombing, the north tower, on the left of the façade, was entirely burned. During the fire the stonework calcified and the bells melted, leaving molten metal on the floor. The cathedral is still being restored after the extensive damage incurred during World War II.
Also, during the violent storm of December 1999, a copper-clad wooden turret weighing 26 tons fell into the Cathedral and damaged the choir and the stalls. The three other turrets were removed for maintenance and safety purposes before being replaced in 2012.
The Execution of Jeanne d'Arc
Jeanne d'Arc was executed not far from the Cathedral in the Vieux-Marché on Wednesday the 30th. May 1431.
The famous depiction of 19 year old Joan of Arc's execution showing her on top of a pile of wood and straw is wrong.
The site for her execution comprised a stake at the centre of a large ring of wood, with a gap left for Joan to be led to the stake. Once she was tied to the stake and the gap closed, she was hidden from sight.
One authority has suggested that her body would have burnt in the following sequence: calves, thighs and hands, torso and forearms, breasts, upper chest and face.
However in all likelihood she would have died from heatstroke, loss of blood plasma and carbon dioxide poisoning before the fire attacked the upper parts of her body.
After Jeanne had expired, the English exposed her charred body so that no-one could claim that she had escaped alive, then burned her body twice more to reduce it to ashes in order to prevent the collection of relics.
They then cast her remains into the Seine.
A modern church now stands on the site of her execution.
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Dopo diversi riconoscimenti nazionali, tra cui il “Biella Festival”, il “Premio Lunezia” e il più recente “Suoni e Rumori Festival”, i “Respiro”, duo violino e voce composto da Lara Ingrosso e Francesco Del Prete, afferrano un nuovo importante traguardo che li porterà ad aprire il concerto dei Marlene Kuntz al Fabrique di Milano, per uno degli eventi di TIMmusic Onstage Awards Week in collaborazione con Rai Radio2, l’11 marzo 2016.
Solo pochi mesi fa i Marlene Kuntz decidevano di coinvolgere altri musicisti in un’appassionante iniziativa: mettendo a disposizione il testo del brano che ha dato il titolo al loro ultimo lavoro discografico, “Lunga attesa”, chiedevano ad altri creativi di qualunque genere e tipologia di musicare le immaginifiche parole di Cristiano Godano. I giornalisti di Ondarock, Onstage e Rockol avrebbero poi ascoltato le versioni pubblicate e scelto i brani migliori.
Le tre versioni vincitrici, rispettivamente “Versione più originale”, “Miglior arrangiamento” e “Miglior esecuzione”, hanno visto i Respiro primeggiare per l’originalità della loro.
1) Miglior arrangiamento: Stanley Rubik (scelti da Ondarock).
2) Versione più originale: Respiro (scelta da Onstage).
3) Miglior esecuzione: Astral Week (scelti da Rockol).
Respiro: Un celeste violino francese a 5 corde collegato ad una pedaliera multieffetto con cui colorare ed elettrizzare suoni e timbri dello strumento, una loop-machine atta a registrare e sovrincidere le varie tracce che compongono i brani musicali originali: fili tra le dita di un compositore (Francesco) che si colorano del suo instancabile desiderio di esplorare e conoscere nuovi modi di esprimersi, e che intrecciano i fili tesi di un’altra viaggiatrice solitaria (Lara) sin dall’infanzia immersa nel mondo del canto, della recitazione, della scrittura, della danza.
Così due binari dapprima paralleli si incrociano per dar vita ad un progetto pop che porta dentro di sé un arcobaleno di sonorità differenti, rifacendosi all’esperienza e all’apporto creativo di entrambi i due artisti: Respiro.
One of my Parlotones pictures has been published in the November issue of In London magazine (www.inlondon.com).
The Postcard
A postcard that was published in Great Britain prior to June 1918. The photography was by Bassano.
The following is printed on the divided back of the card:
'"My Queen" & "Romance"
Novelettes. One Penny
Weekly.
Two Picture Postcards
presented with each copy'.
Jan Kubelík
Jan Kubelík (5th. July 1880 – 5th. December 1940) was a Czech violinist and composer.
-- Jan Kubelík - The Early Years
Jan was born in Michle (now part of Prague). His father, a gardener by occupation, was an amateur violinist.
He taught his two sons the violin, and after discovering the talent of Jan, who was aged five at the time, arranged for him to study with Karel Weber and Karel Ondříček.
At the age of eight Jan studied at the Prague Conservatory with Otakar Ševčík, of whose technique he became the most famous representative. As a child, he used to practise for 10 to 12 hours a day, or "until my fingers started to bleed."
In 1898 he toured as a soloist, soon becoming renowned for his great virtuosity and flawless intonation, and his very full and noble tone. He played a Guarneri del Gesù and also two Stradivarius violins: he acquired the 1715 Stradivarius Emperor in 1910.
-- Jan Kubelík's Musical Career
After great success following his debut in Vienna, and in London (where he first appeared at a Hans Richter concert in 1900), Kubelík toured in the USA in 1901 for the first time.
Jan made his first appearance with the Royal Philharmonic Society, London in the season of 1901–2, and in 1902 was awarded the Society's Gold Medal. In 1902 he brought the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra to London, having assisted it financially in the previous year.
In 1903 he married Countess Anna Julie Marie Széll von Bessenyö (born on the 1st. March 1880 in Budapest), niece of former Prime Minister of Hungary Kálmán Széll, with whom he had eight children, five violinist daughters and three sons, among them the conductor Rafael Kubelík.
Kubelík made a number of recordings for The Gramophone Company, and for Fonotipia/Polydor. The Gramophone Company recorded him as obbligato to Dame Nellie Melba in 1904, a match which reflected the classical phrasing and tonal purity of his art, and which was an ideal complement to Dame Nellie.
Their early version of the Bach-Gounod 'Ave Maria' was recorded twice, in October 1904 and again in February 1905; it became one of the great early classics of the gramophone, and was one of those records which made the instrument a popular success, even though the double celebrity single-sided title retailed at one guinea.
Nine years later (when recording technology had improved) the partnership was reformed to re-make the record in May 1913 with organ accompaniment, and again in October 1913. It was the latter version which then survived in the inter-war catalogue in two-sided form. Jan's 1935 Carnegie Hall concert was also recorded, and has been reissued.
Jan wrote music, including six violin concertos, and continued to perform in public until his death, with a pause between the end of the Great War and 1920, during which period he composed.
In 1920 Jan resumed his concert career, but with the advent of Jascha Heifetz, his career dwindled somewhat.
-- The Death of Jan Kubelík
Jan died in Prague in 1940, at the young age of 60.
-- Critical Reception and Legacy of Jan Kubelík
In 1907, reviewing a concert by Kubelík at New York's massive Hippodrome Theatre, the New York Times wrote:
"Mr. Kubelík's artistry is of the most remarkable
kind. He is not a deeply moving player; he has
not the power of touching profoundly and
immediately the hearts of his listeners, nor of
laying hold of the inner mystery of the greatest
music.
There is something aloof in him as he plays it;
yet few have the power of so ravishing the
senses with the sheer beauty of his tone, the
charm of his cantilena, the elegance and ease
with which he masters all the technical difficulties
of what he is playing so that they no longer suggest
themselves as difficulties.
Octaves, thirds and sixths drop from his instrument
in a tone of honeyed sweetness and oily smoothness;
not a large tone, but one of indescribable roundness
and purity; his runs and passages of all sorts are as
pearls from his hands.
There is something of feminine grace and charm in
Mr. Kubelík's playing, and he seldom compels by its
authority or stirs by its passion and virility, but in its
way it is wholly delightful".
In 1903 Kubelík's portrait was painted by Philip de László, and a 1912 Cubist painting by Georges Braque incorporates a handbill featuring the words "Mozart Kubelick" (sic).
Carl Sandburg mentions Jan Kubelík in his Chicago Poems (1916).
He is adored by the sisters in Sally Benson's collected short stories, which later became the film 'Meet Me in St. Louis' (1944).
Kubelik is also referred to in Robert Ludlum's 2002 novel 'The Janson Directive'.