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De tous tes sens, quel est ton préféré ? / Von allen Sinnen, welcher ist den liebster ?

Cette question et la façon de la présenter sont l'œuvre d'Anja : voir sa galerie : zeilensprung68. www.flickr.com/photos/80031727@N07/18107259904/in/contacts/

 

Chaque vendredi Anja pose une question qui est un sujet de réflexion que je trouve toujours pertinent et intéressant. Anja est allemande et m'a donné l'autorisation de retranscrire sa question en français dans ma galerie. J'en suis ravie et je la remercie encore.

 

Voir, entendre, sentir, gouter, toucher.

Quel grand mystère ! Nos sens sont en éveil en permanence, sans que l'on s'en rende compte.

Le gout serait le plus faible des sens. Pourtant, quel plaisir de savourer un plat que l'on aime ! Le toucher semble accessoire, mais ce sens est probablement le plus indispensable à la survie de l'être humain. Quel enchantement aussi lorsqu'une odeur nous transporte des années en arrière, nous rappelant soudain des souvenirs enfouis au plus profond de nous-mêmes ! L'ouïe est un sens précieux qui analyse instantanément ce qui nous entoure. La vue nous permet d'observer et d'analyser l'environnement.

Peut-on voir autrement qu'avec ses yeux ? Quel rôle jouent l'oeil et les autres organes dans la perception du réél et dans la construction de l'imaginaire ? J'en arrive à un autre sens : le sixième sens, qui est une forme de perception inconsciente. On peut parler aussi d'intuition.

Quel est ton sens préféré, celui qui te procure le plus de plaisir ?

Que penses-tu du sixième sens ? Crois-tu à son existence à côté des cinq sens classiques ?

Cormorant.

 

Silverdale, Lancashire.

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Ministère de l'Équipement et de l'Aménagement du Territoire - Dotation par la France d'autoroutes modernes "nécessité vitale" pour palier à l'inadaptation du réseau routier de l'époque voué à la paralysie : le reportage nous montre des images d'embouteillages. Le ministre de l'Équipement et de l'Aménagement du Territoire dans les deux gouvernements de Pierre Messmer, de 1972 à 1974, Olivier Guichard explique les ambitions du programme de construction qui doit atteindre 800 km par ans en 1978. L'ouverture de section nouvelles va bon train : Nancy / Metz par exemple. Le reportage nous montre l'intérieur des bureaux d'études qui conçoivent ces autoroute dont la conception est assistée par ordinateurs dont le projet d'ensemble en 3D est visualisé sur un écran. La voix off nous informe sur le financement de ces équipements. Puis on peut voir des images de la construction du pont sur la Seine à Saint Cloud reliant l'autoroute de Normandie au périphérique, de l'échangeur de Palaiseau sur 4 niveau : record d'Europe précise le commentaire. Le reportage nous informe que des sociétés d'économies mixtes ont étés crées pour les tronçons : Paris / Lille, Paris / Marseille, Paris / Normandie. Pour accélérer la construction l’État a eu recours à des concessions privées par exemple pour le tronçon Paris / Chartres. "Les autoroutes changent le visage de la France : artères économiques favorisant le développement industriel elles permettent de revitaliser des régions en perte de vitesse et de l'intégrer dans le mouvement général de l'expansion" Sur le plan européen elles vont combler le retard de la France et réaliser son insertion. Images de l'inauguration de l'autoroute entre Paris et Bruxelles par le président Georges Pompidou. Le reportage rappel que l'autre fonction capitale des autoroute est de favoriser la sécurité. La question de la limitation de vitesse est posée au ministre de l’Équipement, qui n'y est favorable que sur certains tronçons. Un des facteur de sécurité selon le commentaire est l'humanisation des autoroutes : aires de repos, restaurants, signalisation touristiques... "Rien n'est impossible aux techniques modernes" nous apprend la voix off qui prend comme exemple le déplacement sur rail de 65 mètres d'un château classé afin de faire passer l'autoroute Lille / Dunkerque.Durée : 4 minutes 30 secondes Sur les routes de France les ponts renaissent 1945 reconstruction de la France après la Seconde Guerre mondiale www.dailymotion.com/video/xuxrii?playlist=x34ije , Quelques mois après la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, un triste constat s'impose : 5 944 passages sont coupés, soit plus de 110 km de brèches ; de nombreuses villes se trouvent isolées.Les chantiers s'activent dans toute la France pour "gagner la bataille des communications routières". Mais outre la pénurie de main d’œuvre, il faut faire face au manque de matériaux (béton, métal) et donc déployer des trésors d'imagination pour reconstruire les ponts détruits. Si le savoir faire des tailleurs de pierre est exploité, le plus spectaculaire est le relevage des ponts, comme le pont de Galliéni à Lyon, où 7 à 800 tonnes d'acier sont sorti de l'eau avec des moyens de l'époque. En avril 1945, il reste 5 700 ponts à reconstruire soit 200 000 tonnes d'acier, 600 000 tonnes de ciment, 250 000 m3 de bois, 10 millions de journées d'ouvrier, prix de l'effort de reconstruction.1945

Auteurs / réalisateurs : images : G.Delaunay, A.Pol, son : C.Gauguier Production : Direction Technique des Services des Ponts et Chaussées / Ministère des Travaux Publics et des Transports Support original : 16 mm noir et blanc Durée : 14 min Thèmes principaux : infrastructures-ouvrages d'art Mot clés : chantier, pont, Reconstruction, restauration, béton précontraint, ministère des travaux publics et des transportsLieux : Lyon, Tournon, Caen - Le Bosquel, un village renait 1947 l'album cinématographique de la reconstruction, réalisation Paul de Roubaix production ministère de la Reconstruction et de l'Urbanisme, village prototype, architecte Paul Dufournet, www.dailymotion.com/video/xx5tx8?playlist=x34ije - Demain Paris 1959 dessin animé présentant l'aménagement de la capitale dans les années 60, Animation, dessin animé à vocation pédagogique visant à promouvoir la politique d’aménagement suivie dans les années 60 à Paris. Un raccourci historique sur l’extension de Paris du Moyen Âge au XIXe siècle (Lutèce, œuvres de Turgot, Napoléon, Haussmann), ce dessin animé retrace la naissance de la banlieue et de ses avatars au XXe siècle. Il annonce les grands principes d’aménagement des villes nouvelles et la restructuration du centre de Paris (référence implicite à la charte d’Athènes). Le texte est travaillé en rimes et vers. Une chanson du vieux Paris conclut poétiquement cette vision du futur. Thèmes principaux : Aménagement urbain / planification-aménagement régional Mots-clés : Banlieue, extension spatiale, histoire, quartier, ville, ville nouvelle Lieu géographique : Paris 75 Architectes ou personnalités : Eugène Haussmann, Napoléon, Turgot Réalisateurs : André Martin, Michel Boschet Production : les films Roger Leenhardt

www.dailymotion.com/video/xw6lak?playlist=x34ije - Rue neuve 1956 la reconstruction de la France dix ans après la fin de la seconde guerre mondiale, villes, villages, grands ensembles réalisation : Jack Pinoteau , Panorama de la reconstruction de la France dix ans après la fin de la seconde guerre mondiale, ce film de commande évoque les villes et villages français détruits puis reconstruits dans un style respectant la tradition : Saint-Malo, Gien, Thionville, Ammerschwihr, etc. ainsi que la reconstruction en rupture avec l'architecture traditionnelle à Châtenay-Malabry, Arles, Saint Étienne, Évreux, Chambéry, Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, Abbeville, Le Havre, Marseille, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Dunkerque. Le documentaire explique par exemple la manière dont a été réalisée la reconstruction de Saint-Malo à l'intérieur des rempart de la vieille ville : "c'est la fidélité à l'histoire et la force du souvenir qui a guidé l'architecte". Dans le même esprit à Gien, au trois quart détruite en 1940, seul le château construit en 1494 pour Anne de Beaujeu, fille aînée de Louis XI, fut épargné par les bombardements. La ville fut reconstruite dans le style des rares immeubles restant. Gien est relevé de ses ruines et le nouvel ensemble harmonieux est appelé « Joyau de la Reconstruction française ». Dans un deuxième temps est abordé le chapitre de la construction des cités et des grands ensembles, de l’architecture du renouveau qualifiée de "grandiose incontestablement". S’il est précisé "on peut aimer ou de ne pas aimer ce style", l’emporte au final l’argument suivant : les grands ensembles, c'est la campagne à la ville, un urbanisme plus aéré, plus vert." les films caravelles 1956, Réalisateur : Jack Pinoteau (connu pour être le metteur en scène du film Le Triporteur 1957 qui fit découvrir Darry Cowl) www.dailymotion.com/video/xuz3o8?playlist=x34ije , Levittown: The Construction and Systematic Execution of Discrimination in Modern Suburbia (NHD 2018) www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_KrD6PkX0M … … 17000 maisons en 2 ans un record dans l histoire des annees 60 @ la grande Acceleration @ Un point de bascule avec le changement de regime d'existence les 30 glorieuses americaine @ la constructions de masse.., ici LEVITTOWN a LONGISLAND, 17000 pavillons en 2 ans un Record...Yes this is it my Our Home Town: Levittown, PA (1954) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_KrD6PkX0M les 30 glorieuses atomique @ le projet PLOWSHARE de 1957 LE FILM ICI www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpjFU_kBaBE … STRAUSS le promoteur du nucleaire Americain les 30 glorieuses Américaine @ quand celles çi ratent le coche sur le developpement solaire... les occasions manquées de soigner notre humanité..www.dailymotion.com/video/xuxrii?playlist=x34ije Lyon, Tournon, Caen - Le Bosquel, un village renait 1947 l'album cinématographique de la reconstruction, réalisation Paul de Roubaix production ministère de la Reconstruction et de l'Urbanisme, village prototype, architecte Paul Dufournet, www.dailymotion.com/video/xx5tx8?playlist=x34ije - Demain Paris 1959 dessin animé présentant l'aménagement de la capitale dans les années 60, Animation, dessin animé à vocation pédagogique visant à promouvoir la politique d’aménagement suivie dans les années 60 à Paris. Un raccourci historique sur l’extension de Paris du Moyen Âge au XIXe siècle (Lutèce, œuvres de Turgot, Napoléon, Haussmann), ce dessin animé retrace la naissance de la banlieue et de ses avatars au XXe siècle. Il annonce les grands principes d’aménagement des villes nouvelles et la restructuration du centre de Paris (référence implicite à la charte d’Athènes). Le texte est travaillé en rimes et vers. Une chanson du vieux Paris conclut poétiquement cette vision du futur. Thèmes principaux : Aménagement urbain / planification-aménagement régional Mots-clés : Banlieue, extension spatiale, histoire, quartier, ville, ville nouvelle Lieu géographique : Paris 75 Architectes ou personnalités : Eugène Haussmann, Napoléon, Turgot Réalisateurs : André Martin, Michel Boschet Production : les films Roger Leenhardt

www.dailymotion.com/video/xw6lak?playlist=x34ije - Rue neuve 1956 la reconstruction de la France dix ans après la fin de la seconde guerre mondiale, villes, villages, grands ensembles réalisation : Jack Pinoteau , Panorama de la reconstruction de la France dix ans après la fin de la seconde guerre mondiale, ce film de commande évoque les villes et villages français détruits puis reconstruits dans un style respectant la tradition : Saint-Malo, Gien, Thionville, Ammerschwihr, etc. ainsi que la reconstruction en rupture avec l'architecture traditionnelle à Châtenay-Malabry, Arles, Saint Étienne, Évreux, Chambéry, Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, Abbeville, Le Havre, Marseille, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Dunkerque. Le documentaire explique par exemple la manière dont a été réalisée la reconstruction de Saint-Malo à l'intérieur des rempart de la vieille ville : "c'est la fidélité à l'histoire et la force du souvenir qui a guidé l'architecte". Dans le même esprit à Gien, au trois quart détruite en 1940, seul le château construit en 1494 pour Anne de Beaujeu, fille aînée de Louis XI, fut épargné par les bombardements. La ville fut reconstruite dans le style des rares immeubles restant. Gien est relevé de ses ruines et le nouvel ensemble harmonieux est appelé « Joyau de la Reconstruction française ». Dans un deuxième temps est abordé le chapitre de la construction des cités et des grands ensembles, de l’architecture du renouveau qualifiée de "grandiose incontestablement". S’il est précisé "on peut aimer ou de ne pas aimer ce style", l’emporte au final l’argument suivant : les grands ensembles, c'est la campagne à la ville, un urbanisme plus aéré, plus vert." les films caravelles 1956, Réalisateur : Jack Pinoteau (connu pour être le metteur en scène du film Le Triporteur 1957 qui fit découvrir Darry Cowl) www.dailymotion.com/video/xuz3o8?playlist=x34ije - www.dailymotion.com/video/xk1g5j?playlist=x34ije Brigitte Gros - Urbanisme - Filmer les grands ensembles 2016 - par Camille Canteux chercheuse au CHS -Centre d'Histoire Sociale - Jeanne Menjoulet - Ce film du CHS daté de 2014 www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDUBwVPNh0s … L'UNION SOCIALE POUR L'HABITAT le Musée des H.L.M. musee-hlm.fr/ union-habitat.org/ - EXPOSITION :LES 50 ANS DE LA RESIDENCe SALMSON POINT-Du JOUR www.salmsonlepointdujour.fr/pdf/Exposition_50_ans.pdf - Sotteville Construction de l’Anjou, le premier immeuble de la Zone Verte sottevilleaufildutemps.fr/2017/05/04/construction-de-limm... - www.20minutes.fr/paris/diaporama-7346-photo-854066-100-an... - www.ladepeche.fr/article/2010/11/02/940025-140-ans-en-arc... dreux-par-pierlouim.over-blog.com/article-chamards-1962-9... missionphoto.datar.gouv.fr/fr/photographe/7639/serie/7695.. A partir des années 1950, le trafic de la banlieue parisienne suit l’urbanisation galopante et les dessertes ferroviaires doivent s’adapter et se moderniser.Quelques amateurs ont su immortaliser un monde ferroviaire qui était alors en voie de disparition. Dans ce film, nous retrouvons les dessertes 750 volts par troisième rail en rames « Standard » sur les lignes de Versailles-RD, sur la ligne d’Auteuil et entre Puteaux et Issy-Plaine mais aussi les derniers trains à vapeur à St Lazare, à La Bastille et sur le Nord et quelques ultimes voyages sur les lignes de Ceinture --------------De la révolution industrielle à aujourd’hui, un décryptage minutieux de la course au développement qui a marqué le point de départ de l’ère de l'anthropocène (ou l'ère de l'Homme) et de la déterioration continue de la planète. www.arte.tv/fr/videos/073938-000-A/l-homme-a-mange-la-terre/ Quelque 1 400 milliards de tonnes de CO2 sont aujourd’hui prisonnières de la basse atmosphère. Réchauffement climatique, déforestation, inondations, épuisement des ressources, pollutions, déchets radioactifs... : en deux siècles, la course au progrès et à la croissance a durablement altéré la planète, la crise environnementale se doublant d’une rupture géologique, avec l’avènement de l’ère anthropocène. Portée par l’exploitation des énergies fossiles – du charbon de la révolution industrielle en Angleterre au tout-pétrole de la domination économique des États-Unis –, l’industrialisation et ses corollaires, taylorisme et colonialisme, entraînent une exponentielle production de masse. Un processus qu’accélère la Première Guerre mondiale, les firmes chimiques mobilisées pour tuer l’ennemi se reconvertissant dans la destruction du vivant avec les herbicides, insecticides et fertilisants de l’agriculture intensive. Alors que l’urbanisation s’étend, la voiture, qui sonne le glas du tramway, se généralise, et l’Amérique s’inspire du modèle autoroutier nazi. La Seconde Guerre mondiale engendre une nouvelle organisation du travail, laquelle devient la norme, et annonce l’ère nucléaire de la guerre froide. Dans sa démesure, l’homme rêve déjà d’usages civils de l’atome (y compris pour l’abattement de montagnes et la dissolution des calottes glaciaires !). Le plastique et le béton deviennent les piliers de la consommation de masse, dévoreuse de matières premières et antidote à la contestation sociale, jusqu’à la révolution numérique. Liaisons dangereuses En balayant, avec de formidables archives issues du monde entier, deux siècles de progrès jusqu’à l’ère du big data, le film remonte aux sources de la crise écologique, en interrogeant avec précision les enjeux scientifiques, économiques et politiques qui y ont conduit. Fourmillant d’informations, il éclaire l’histoire de cette marche folle, et les liaisons dangereuses entre industries militaire et civile. Entre capitalisme et mondialisation imposés par les grandes puissances, un décryptage passionnant du basculement dans l’anthropocène, funeste asservissement de la nature par l’homme. le Logement Collectif* 50,60,70's dans tous ses états..Histoire & Mémoire de l'Habitat / Rétro-Villes / HLM / Banlieue / Renouvellement Urbain / Urbanisme URBANISME S’imaginer Paris et le Grand Paris @ Les 50ans d'Apur (link: 50ans.apur.org/#intro) 50ans.apur.org/#intro @ Où en est l'histoire urbaine des sociétés contemporaines ? Cet ouvrage, inspiré par Annie Fourcaut, qui contribua de manière décisive à son développement, propose un état des lieux de ce champ et explore des pistes de recherche ouvrant l'histoire urbaine à une variété de " genres ". Où en est l'histoire urbaine des sociétés contemporaines ? Cet ouvrage, inspiré par Annie Fourcaut, qui contribua de manière décisive à son développement, propose un état des lieux de ce champ. De Femmes à l'usine (1981), Bobigny, banlieue rouge (1986), à La banlieue en morceaux (2000), en passant par les publications collectives qu'elle a coordonnées et les travaux qu'elle a encadrés, la trajectoire de cette historienne a conduit l'histoire sociale et politique – telle qu'on la pratiquait dans les années 1970 – vers une histoire urbaine renouvelée. Le livre revient sur cette évolution et explore des pistes de recherche ouvrant l'histoire urbaine à une variété de " genres ". Les auteurs, historiennes et historiens, sociologues, politistes, géographes, architectes, urbanistes et décideurs politiques proposent une histoire urbaine à la fois interdisciplinaire et ancrée dans la fabrique de la ville et ses représentations, portant la marque de sa dédicataire.Les quatre sections de l'ouvrage dessinent les chantiers qu'Annie Fourcaut a investis : " Du social à l'urbain " met en avant la conviction qu'étudier l'histoire des villes, c'est toujours faire de l'histoire sociale ; " Qu'elle était belle la banlieue " est centré sur les banlieues, son territoire d'étude de prédilection ; " Les habits neufs des politiques de la ville " interroge les politiques urbaines successives et leur transformation ; enfin, " Banc d'essai des modernités " propose une analyse historique de l'urbanisme, comme discipline et comme pratique. www.benjamingibeaux.fr/portfolio/petite-histoire-de-lhabi... Le Label « Patrimoine du XXe siècle » créé en 1999 par le ministère de la Culture et de la Communication a pour but de faire connaître l’architecture de cette période. La comparaison des labellisations réalisées par les DRAC d’Île-de-France et d’Occitanie (ex Languedoc-Roussillon et de Midi-Pyrénées) montre la variété des méthodes employées pour rendre compte soit de l’importance numérique des édifices remarquables soit de la difficulté à établir ce corpus et de la nécessité de s’appuyer sur les inventaires ou études thématiques ou monographiques. Si l’attribution du label, désormais appelé "Architecture contemporaine remarquable" s’est faite depuis vingt ans de façon très diverse selon les régions, elle est toujours l’occasion de mettre en lumière et de porter à la connaissance du public des œuvres architecturales remarquables, notamment via une augmentation impressionnante des publications de qualité sur l'architecture du XXe siècle. En 1999, le ministère de la Culture et de la Communication propose la mise en place d’un nouvel outil pour permettre la reconnaissance et la sauvegarde des constructions élevées au cours du siècle qui s’achève. Le label « Patrimoine du XXe siècle » est une déclinaison nationale de la recommandation du conseil de l’Europe sur la prise en compte de l’architecture du XXe siècle. Ce dernier évoque, pour la conservation de ce patrimoine « moins reconnu », une absence d’intérêt « en raison de sa proximité dans l’Histoire, de l’abondance de ses témoignages et de son caractère hétérogène » et sa crainte de « pertes irréparables »2 . Le label mis en place par la France vise à appeler « l’attention des décideurs, des aménageurs, mais aussi et surtout de ses usagers et du public sur les productions remarquables de ce siècle » Chargées de mettre en place le label, les directions régionales des affaires culturelles (Drac), services déconcentrés du ministère de la Culture, ont à cette date déjà construit, chacune à sa manière, leur approche de la préservation du patrimoine du XXe siècle. Elles s’emparent alors diversement du label, appliquant de facto des labellisations aux immeubles de ce siècle déjà protégés au titre des monuments historiques4 ou mettant en place de véritables stratégies pour répondre pleinement aux attendus de la directive nationale. À partir de nos expériences, il nous a paru intéressant de montrer la diversité de la mise en place du label dans trois Drac parmi d’autres, l’Île-de-France ainsi que Languedoc-Roussillon et Midi-Pyrénées qui composent aujourd’hui la région Occitanie5. Pour chacune de ces Drac, il s’agit de montrer comment la connaissance de ce patrimoine, mais aussi ses particularités territoriales ont joué un rôle important dans le choix des méthodologies de sélection des œuvres à labelliser ainsi que la détermination de critères, et de présenter les résultats et les actions de valorisation menées pour faire connaître et apprécier ces créations architecturales récentes. Le label « Patrimoine du XXe siècle » en Île-de-France : gérer l’abondance La Drac Île-de-France s’est emparée tardivement du label « Patrimoine du XXe siècle », pour plusieurs raisons. Parmi les freins à l’action, il faut citer la question du pilotage de la mise en place du label entre différents services de la Drac, les interrogations liées à l’opportunité de ce nouveau dispositif et un relatif scepticisme quant à son efficacité, l’ampleur de la tâche au vu du corpus concerné, le plus important de France en quantité et sans doute en qualité, mais surtout l’engagement pris de longue date par cette Drac et les membres de sa commission régionale du patrimoine et des sites (CRPS) en faveur du patrimoine du XXe siècle. En effet, c’est sans doute dans cette région que l’on protège le plus grand nombre d’édifices contemporains au titre des monuments historiques : dans la première décennie du XXIe siècle, selon les années, 50 à 70 % des protections concernent des édifices construits au siècle précédent. Ainsi, ce nouveau dispositif, dépourvu de dispositions contraignantes, étranger à la culture de la conservation régionale des monuments historiques (CRMH) dont l’action est liée à la protection, peinait à démontrer son intérêt au regard de ce qu’offre la législation sur les monuments historiques. Cependant, au vu de l’enjeu que constitue la préservation de l’architecture contemporaine en Île-de-France, lié à la fois à l’ampleur de la production et aux évolutions urbaines et réglementaires constantes engageant sa conservation, la question de la mise en place du label était régulièrement posée à la Drac. Pilotée par la CRMH, la première expérience de labellisation y fut menée en 2004. Elle s’inscrivait dans la suite de l’étude menée par le groupe d’experts dirigé par Bernard Toulier, conservateur du Patrimoine au département du pilotage de la recherche et de la politique scientifique du ministère de la Culture, qui avait produit une liste d’édifices du XXe siècle repérés en bibliographie, inventaire devant servir de base à la constitution de propositions de labellisations. Selon la méthode suivie par ce groupe d’experts, on fit le choix de présenter tous les immeubles concernés regroupés par larges typologies. Les membres de la CRPS, devant lesquels fut présentée cette liste d’édifices, rejetèrent en bloc la sélection où voisinaient l’aérogare 1 de l’aéroport Roissy-Charles de Gaulle et la modeste mairie du 17e arrondissement de Paris présentée à la demande de son maire, arguant de l’impossibilité à valider le choix d’édifices que rien ne rapprochait. De plus, nombre des immeubles retenus étaient candidats à la protection au titre des monuments historiques, brouillant de fait l’identité du label et réfutant du même coup la conception un temps énoncée du label comme « antichambre » de la protection. En effet, si la grande qualité de la plupart des édifices sélectionnés montrait toute la richesse des créations contemporaines franciliennes, la seule présentation des plus remarquables d’entre eux résultait d’une absence de sélection argumentée, selon l’esprit du label. La présentation de cette première liste en CRPS tourna donc court. - La question des critères de sélection a été débattue à la lumière de l’expérience de la labellisa (...) En 2008, toujours sous l’impulsion du service des monuments historiques, une nouvelle orientation fut prise. Un pilotage, un groupe de travail, un objectif furent mis en place. Trois orientations furent définies : selon les recommandations de la CRMH de la région PACA, procéder par thématiques typologiques, méthode propice à l’élaboration de critères de sélection ; cibler un patrimoine déprécié ou en danger, pour répondre parfaitement aux attendus de la directive européenne ; pour cette première campagne de labellisation, choisir un champ vierge de reconnaissance patrimoniale, éloigné de la protection au titre des monuments historiques afin d’éviter toute confusion entre les édifices labellisés et les édifices protégés. Le thème des ensembles de logements, nombreux dans cette région, s’est naturellement dégagé. À géométrie variable, le groupe de travail dirigé par la cellule protection était formé d’un premier cercle pérenne, garant de la cohérence de la démarche de labellisation et des choix des thématiques, et d’un second, composé de spécialistes de chaque thématique retenue. Le premier cercle était constitué d’agents de la Drac (conservation des monuments historiques, service architecture, un architecte des bâtiments de France, chargé de faire le lien avec l’ensemble des services départementaux de l’architecture et du patrimoine de la région), de représentants du monde universitaire et de la recherche dans le domaine de l’architecture du XXe siècle.

Pour les ensembles de logements, le second cercle du groupe de travail a permis d’associer des acteurs de terrain, des représentants des bailleurs sociaux, des experts. Le sujet fut restreint chronologiquement (1945-1975), son acception précisée (habitat collectif et individuel) et le corpus, basé sur les inventaires existants et la bibliographie, fut établi à partir des critères élaborés par le groupe de travail : histoire, forme urbaine, valeur d’usage, technique, style - Composée d’environ un tiers de ses membres, la délégation permanente est une émanation de la CRPS (...) De façon exceptionnelle, la liste des ensembles de logements fut en premier lieu présentée devant les membres de la délégation permanente de la CRPS7 pour en valider les orientations et s’assurer de l’adhésion des membres, à la fois pour ne pas risquer de réitérer l’expérience malheureuse de 2004 mais surtout pour interroger la commission sur le bien-fondé à distinguer ces ensembles de logements d'après-guerre, constructions parmi les plus décriées du XXe siècle.

La méthodologie proposée a conduit à la labellisation d’une première série d’immeubles, quarante ensembles de logements en 2010 (fig. 2, 3), puis d’une seconde série de soixante-quinze lieux de culte en 2011 (fig. 4, 5). Les critères peuvent être adaptés ou précisés selon le thème retenu : pour les édifices religieux, la qualité et l’originalité du décor furent ajoutés et la valeur d’usage exclue.La méthode choisie a été vertueuse : elle a permis de labelliser un grand nombre d’édifices, d’associer largement les services patrimoniaux de l’État et des collectivités, de créer des synergies avec l’université et les chercheurs, de valoriser l’action de l’État par des présentations en CRPS, des publications, des journées d’études, des expositions, actions relayées par la presse généraliste et spécialisée8 (fig. 6 et 7). Un partenariat pérenne s’est développé avec l’éditeur Beaux-Arts pour la publication de chaque campagne de labellisation, avec diffusion en kiosque au plus près du public concerné pour un prix inférieur à 15 €. Elle a également permis d’impliquer les acteurs de terrain, répondant ainsi à l’objectif visé de sensibilisation du public à cette architecture mal aimée Depuis 2016, la Drac Île-de-France a conduit trois nouvelles campagnes, toutes thématiques, fondées sur des partis méthodologiques diversifiés, adaptés aux sujets d’étude.

- Note méthodologique « Étude du patrimoine du XXe siècle de la métropole du Grand Paris », La manu (...) - La loi relative à la liberté de la création, à l’architecture et au patrimoine (LCAP) promulguée (...) Une campagne vise à identifier les édifices et ensembles contribuant à structurer le territoire de la récente métropole du Grand Paris. L’établissement d’une critériologie et la sélection ont été confiés à un bureau d’études, la Manufacture du patrimoine, associé à un groupe de travail conduit par la Drac. Des critères dits généraux, divisés en critères primaires et complémentaires, ont été retenus. Pour la thématique étudiée, se sont ajoutés sept critères spécifiques répondant aux enjeux de « l’émergence et du rayonnement de la métropole »10. Les grands travaux présidentiels ont été concernés dans un premier temps, aboutissant à la labellisation de dix édifices en novembre 2016, avant une présentation plus large d’édifices emblématiques, retenus pour l’obtention d’un label « Architecture contemporaine remarquable »11 en juin 2018.

- Introduite par la loi relative à la liberté de la création, à l’architecture et au patrimoine (LC (...) De façon innovante, la Drac a conclu un partenariat avec l’école nationale supérieure d’architecture (ENSA) Paris-Belleville avec laquelle elle s’est associée dès l’élaboration du premier label (colloque, exposition, travaux avec l’IPRAUS). Le thème choisi, inscrit dans la droite ligne du précédent, s’attache à l’étude des villes nouvelles. Par son caractère récent et spécifique dans l’histoire de la planification urbaine, cet objet d’étude implique une nouvelle approche, menée dans le cadre d’une convention triennale de chaire partenariale avec l’ENSA Paris-Belleville. La méthodologie s’appuie sur la grille d’analyse habituellement employée par la Drac, enrichie pour inclure davantage l’espace public. Des édifices de la ville d’Évry (Essonne), qui manifesta en 2016 son souhait de voir son patrimoine labellisé, ont été présentés en novembre 2018 aux membres de la commission régionale de l’architecture et du patrimoine (CRPA)12 en vue d’une labellisation.- Valérie Gaudard remercie vivement Mmes Agnès Chauvin, cheffe du bureau de la protection, et Maria (...)Enfin, le champ de l’architecture scolaire est abordé dès 2010. Au vu de l’immensité du corpus, la Drac a choisi en 2016 de s’attacher dans un premier temps aux lycées, en lien avec le service de l’Inventaire de la région Île-de-France Le label en Languedoc-Roussillon : une succession d’opportunités V- La Poste Art Nouveau de Tuchan, l’hôtel du Belvédère à Cerbère. - Certains construits vers 1900 relèvent davantage d’une esthétique encore XIXe comme la villa Las (...) - Le 3 octobre 2001, une CRPS dédiée a examiné onze propositions de protection, dont deux seulement (...)

Dans ce territoire riche en monuments anciens, l’attention pour l’architecture du XXe siècle s’observe dès les années 1980 avec la décentralisation. La commission régionale du patrimoine historique archéologique et ethnologique (Corephae) du 15 décembre 1986 a examiné les premiers dossiers14. Parmi des édifices de la première moitié du siècle, bénéficiant du recul et bien documentés, plus faciles à appréhender15, on peut citer les cliniques Saint-Charles à Montpellier, exemple d’architecture des années 1930, ornées des sculptures monumentales de Joachim Costa et des verrières d’Émile Brière, sauvées in extremis de la démolition. En l’an 2000, une campagne de protection thématique est lancée16, distinguant des bâtiments majeurs de l’entre-deux-guerres, comme le théâtre municipal de Carcassonne, le Palais des Arts et du Travail de Narbonne, le lycée technique Dhuoda à Nîmes, l’église Sainte-Thérèse à Montpellier mais également le centre d’apprentissage pour garçons, actuel lycée Mermoz à Béziers, œuvre de Pierre Jeanneret, à laquelle ont collaborés Jean Prouvé et Charlotte Perriand.

- Monument inscrit MH en 2009 Toujours à Odeillo, un petit collectif de maisons solaires, initiativ (...) Plus récemment ont été inscrits au titre des monuments historiques, le centre de vol à voile de la Montagne Noire, à Labécède-Lauragais, haut lieu de formation des pilotes entre 1932 et 1980 ou des installations solaires en Cerdagne, liées à la personnalité de Félix Trombe dont les recherches aboutissent à la construction entre 1962 et 1968 par le CNRS du four solaire d’Odeillo à Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via Pourtant, cette architecture du XXe siècle, représentant un nombre de réalisations jamais atteint, restait mal appréciée, mal aimé.

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The KOM League

Flash Report

For week of

June 19—25, 2016

Opening salvo:

 

Most weeks start with nothing to write about. This week was no exception. Then, someone will call or e-mail me with a question or obituary and the verbiage commences. Thus, without reader input I’d have nothing to share for everything I ever knew, for a fact or have fabricated, has already been shared in the 22- years of writing about the KOM league.

 

At this time I know some things that will appear in the next issue of this report for I didn’t have room to share them in this epistle. So, if you want to be mentioned in the next issue, get in touch.

 

Three historical photos of KOM leaguers are referenced in this report.. One had to be selected to place on the Flickr site and the one of the recently deceased Jim Allicotti was the winner: www.flickr.com/photos/60428361@N07/27654549751/

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Bad start to new week:

 

Early on the morning of June 12th I was copied on a Facebook message from the son of Richard and Molly McCoy. Not having access to that function I immediately went to the KOM database and pulled up the telephone number of the McCoy’s. No one answered the home phone but the call to the cellphone number had me in touch with Dick.

 

Immediately upon saying “Hello,” Dick knew my voice. I asked him if anything was wrong and there sure was. He said he had just gone through a traumatic experience. He had a biopsy of a large tumor under his left ear and learned that it was malignant. He will enter the hospital on June 13th for surgery. He told me on Sunday, 12th, that the procedure was first estimated to take two to three hours but due to further examination the surgery time was increased to an estimated eight hours.

 

A conversation ensued about life from youth to its advanced stages. Dick told me that he is nearing his 87th birthday and figured he had escaped some of the diseases that befall others. He said “I thought I was on the downhill side of that.” He mentioned that his mother lived to be 105 and figured he was on his way to equaling her longevity.

 

McCoy recalled that in his youth, as a Brooklyn Dodger farmhand and big league hopeful, that he thought the sun was wonderful when he could pitch a game in hot places like Ponca City and Ft. Worth. That turned out to be a major contributor to his current condition. As he spoke with his doctor he was asked if he ever chewed tobacco. McCoy said he had a little Beechnut while sitting in the dugout but was never a big user of it.

 

It’s pretty tough talking to someone like Dick who I’ve known for over 20 years and have been affiliated with him and Molly at wedding anniversaries as well as numerous KOM reunions. Many a morning, in the past couple of decades, I’d receive a call from Dick and it was usually a conversation that went “John, I played baseball with a guy in 1951, can you tell me if he’s still alive and if so, where?” Sometimes the guy had passed on and other times a connection was made for Dick to reunite with an old teammate. I recall the first time he ever asked about finding someone and it happened to be the widow of Pepper Martin. The Martins and McCoys were great friends and Dick has as many tales about Pepper as anyone I ever met.

 

“Every day is a new experience,” Dick declared. He had already been on the telephone with former teammate Gene Castiglione of the Ponca City Dodgers and a fellow mounds man in the Dodger organization by the name of Jim Melton. He opined that Melton was always on the verge of making it to the big leagues, posting large win totals in the minors.

 

Most generally I don’t share health conditions of former players in this forum. However, there are many readers who know Dick and Molly and I figured I’d share the news so that they can be in touch with the family.

 

I’ll keep everyone apprised of McCoy’s condition as it unfolds.

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Death of James Vincent Allicotti—baseball player, educator and screen actor

 

Last week I was going through my list of living, former KOM leaguers, from whom I hadn’t heard from for some time. One name I looked up was James Vincent Allicotti who played centerfield, in the month of June of 1950 for the Miami, Okla. Eagles. He joined the team on May 28. In 1949 he played for Wausau, in the Wisconsin State as well as Ada, Okla. in the Sooner State league. Aside from Miami, he also played for Ada in a dozen games prior to showing up in Miami. I didn’t find anything but less than a week later he passed away.

 

Most record books don’t indicate it but Allicotti hit from the right side of the plate. He was a big guy for his era going 6’ 2” and 190 pounds while at Miami. A photo of him in his time at Miami can be seen at this site: www.flickr.com/photos/60428361@N07/27654549751/

 

During the 1951 season Allicotti played for Spokane, WA in the Western International. He finished his baseball career in 1952 with Yuma, AZ in the Southwest International and Magic Valley (Twin Falls area) of the Pioneer leagues in 1952.

 

The following is his obituary that was brought to my attention by Jack Morris on June 15.

obits.ocregister.com/obituaries/orangecounty/obituary.asp...

 

James Vincent Allicotti, "Jim", 85, of Anaheim, CA passed away on Sunday, June 5, 2016. He was born September 22, 1930 in Denver, CO to the late Vincent and Josephine Allicotti. He was an avid golfer and also enjoyed fishing and hunting.

 

He played professional baseball in the minor leagues for the late Western International Baseball League's Spokane Indians. Between baseball seasons, he was a screen extra in several Hollywood films, and returned to work as an extra for television after retiring from his teaching career.

 

He earned his Master’s Degree in Health Science from CSU Los Angeles; and Pupil Personnel Services (PPS) Credential from Pepperdine University. He taught Health and Driver's Education for Anaheim Union High School District for 30 years, during which time he also served part-time as a Parks & Recreation Coordinator for City of Anaheim Community Services Department.

 

Jim is survived by his wife, Diana Allicotti; daughters Gina Allicotti, Sharon Allicotti, Annette Addie, Lola Allicotti; and granddaughters Amanda and Haylie Addie. He is also survived by sisters, Marie Parr and Lorraine Giordano; and was preceded in death by his sister, Mamie Coleman. A Funeral Mass will be held on Wednesday, June 15, 11:00 AM at St. Anthony Claret Catholic Church, 1450 La Palma Ave. Anaheim, CA 92805. Donations in Jim's name may be made to Anaheim Public Library Foundation:

 

The remnants of the 1950 Miami Eagles

 

With the passing of James Allicotti, the 40-man Miami roster is now down to these known survivors: George Garrison, Charles Kohs, Gary Plant Hildebrand, Bob Paulausky, Richard Sassi, Charles V. Quartaro, Louis Salreno and Don Fitzgerald. There were two members of that club I never located—Orlando G. “Tex” Simpson and Charles Mann. Simpson was a pitcher from Corpus Christi, Tex. and Mann was a first baseman from Moffett, Okla. . Mann also played for the Iola Indians in 1950. Miami had three managers that year—James Dorn Oglesby, Oren Carroll “Jack” Hodge and Francis Arthur “Pug” Griffin. They are all deceased. Miami had the tragic oddity of having a manager from 1950 and 1951 who later committed suicide. Jim Oglesby took his own life in 1955 and Tommy Warren did so in 1968. Both of the suicides occurred in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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A tough task in fate verification

 

Had I refrained from using a photo of the 1946 Chanute, Kansas pitching staff I would have saved myself a lot of effort. That photo carried with it an image of “Red” White. On the back of the photo “Red” was identified as Bob White. Well, there was a pitcher in the KOM league by the name of Robert White but he pitched for Miami, OK and not until 1949.

 

Had I used the 1946 Chanute team photo I would have identified Bob White as William D. White. After Frank Houston asked me about Mr. White and whether he ever lived in Oklahoma City I decided I had better go back to my early 1990’s records. This reference takes you to the 1946 team photo. William “Red” White is the second from the left in the back row: www.flickr.com/photos/60428361@N07/27729119415/

 

Chanute’s “Red” White had the full name of William Denzil White. He was born on September 2, 1923 in Arcola, MO which is in Dade County with the largest town in that county being Greenfield and the population there has been around 1,000 for decades.

 

By 1930, Red White’s father, William Barton White, had moved his family to Visalia, California but in 1935 the family was back in Dade County. Death records indicate Red’s mother died in Visalia in 1961 and his dad died in 1966 in Oak Grove, Mo.

 

William Denzil White graduated from high school (most likely, Greenfield) in 1941 and on 8/21/1942 he joined the U. S. Army. He served there until January 22, 1946 and then returned to Dade County. During the spring of 1946 he made his way to Carthage, MO where the Topeka and Chanute Owls were holding spring training. He made the team as a left-handed pitcher and “went northwest,” to Chanute, when the Carthage Cardinals returned from their spring training in Albany, Georgia. The following photo of Topeka/Chanute players was taken at the motor court just across the street (Route 66) from the Carthage ballpark. . That was one of two motels in Carthage at the time: www.flickr.com/photos/60428361@N07/27729119415/ Ballplayers stayed there while the big brass of those teams stayed at the Drake Hotel or Boots Motor Court. Boots was where Clark Gable stayed when he came to Carthage.

 

The 1946 season wasn’t the best for the recently discharged soldier as he went 8-15. That season Chanute was the only farm team of the Topeka Owls. In 1947 Miami took the Owl franchise and Chanute played as an independent club. White went back to Chanute for his second season in pro ball but it was not as successful or as long as his first.

 

Most likely, White played a lot of baseball with and against Floyd “Goat” Wooldridge., who was born at Jerico Springs, in 1928, and lived in Greenfield when he signed with the St Louis Cardinals in 1950. It wasn’t possible to track White to more than two places after his stint in the KOM. He lived in Bellflower, Calif. and died in the same place Floyd Wooldridge was born, Jerico Springs, passing away there on June 14, 1993 and is buried at the Anna-Edna Cemetery.

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A Special story—regarding a former Whiz Kid

 

The following only proves that by dropping every name of anyone I have ever known, in these reports, yields feedback. A reader in Kansas City sent a clipping with a post-it note attached that read “John, for some reason I seem to remember you referencing this Ben Craig information one time. Am I dreaming?” I informed the writer that he wasn’t dreaming and due to Casebolt keeping his eyes open and maintaining a sharp memory the following is being shared.

 

www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/steve-rose/a...

By clicking on the aforementioned URL you’ll get a photo.

For those without URL capability here is the entire article:

 

By Steve Rose

Those who don’t know Ben Craig may think his request to throw a portion of his ashes in the air along Metcalf Avenue in Overland Park is a bit odd.

 

But this 87-year-old civic leader, who has cancer and has been given three months to live, has rational reasons for this unusual request. Metcalf Avenue is the spine of Overland Park — and, by extension all of Johnson County — and that is the community that Ben Craig has poured his soul into. Aside from his family, Ben has dedicated himself to this community above all else. And he has left his indelible mark.

 

Ben came to Overland Park 52 years ago to become president of Metcalf Bank, a small start-up at 79th Street and Metcalf Avenue. It was also in 1964 that Ben joined the Overland Park Rotary Club, where he holds the distinction of perfect attendance over those 52 years.

 

Ben brings total commitment to everything, which has made him an icon. He has been involved in so many causes and achieved so many awards that a list of them is literally six pages long.

 

When Metcalf Avenue’s business development stretched only a few blocks south of 75th Street and the county was strictly a bedroom suburb, Ben saw a fertile community that he thought would someday be far more than simply nice homes, shops and outstanding schools. Johnson County has become a commercial hub, thanks in part to Ben.

 

Economic development is in Ben’s blood. He founded the Overland Park Chamber of Commerce and has led almost every business organization that exists in the county. He is the only Johnson County banker to serve as president of the Kansas Banker’s Association. You might expect that kind of business involvement from a banker. But although Ben built a thriving, sprawling bank empire, he never solicited business from those he served with or from any government. He kept banking and serving in two separate worlds.

 

Ben’s clear choice for his most significant life achievement is chairing the campaign committee that championed a $12.9 million bond issue to establish Johnson County Community College. The success of that campaign resulted in the community’s crown jewel, ranked as one of the finest in America. But that was just the beginning of Ben’s involvement there.

 

Ben was the first chairman of the JCCC Foundation, which has raised tens of millions of dollars over the years toward scholarships for those who couldn’t afford full tuition. He has stayed involved with the college. It should come as no surprise that Ben is leaving a large part of his estate to the college scholarship fund.

 

Ben has been behind the scenes in local politics. He was always on the lookout for good officeholders. Ben mentored hundreds of candidates over the years. Sometimes he raised funds for their campaigns.

 

Ben’s true joy, which lights up his face, is the Deanna Rose Farmstead in Overland Park. Not only has Ben been a longtime leader of that organization, he generously built a large, all-brick replica of an old-time bank called “Ben’s Bank” for children to learn about banking.

 

Throughout most of his life, Ben didn’t take the time for hobbies. But in his ’60s, he took up golf, which became a passion. A natural athlete who once played minor league baseball (on the same team as Mickey Mantle), Ben has religiously played twice a week until recently. He finally shot a hole-in-one four years ago.

 

Ben is a privately spiritual man. As he tells his life story, Ben assigns much of what has happened to him to his creator. He views the last few months of life as a gift, so that he has the time to get things in order and say goodbye to his family and many friends.

 

So, one day, if you see ashes flying through the air over Metcalf Avenue, that’s Ben. It will be symbolic. The real Ben is in every nook and cranny of the community he has spent his lifetime serving.

 

Steve Rose, longtime Johnson County columnist: srose@kc.rr.com

 

The Epilogue:

 

After reading Mr. Rose’s great article I shared these comments with him. “A Kansas City reader sent me your excellent article on Ben Craig. As a historian of amateur and professional baseball in Southeast Kansas, Northwest Oklahoma and Southwest Missouri I got to know Ben Craig quite well over the past two decades.

 

When Ben Craig and Mickey Mantle were teammates they played for Barney Barnett of Baxter Springs, Kansas. Barnett would gather the best athletes from the area each summer. From 1944--1951 Barney managed the team he called ‘The Whiz Kids.’ I've always said that the Whiz Kids turned out to be great successes in their fields of endeavor. Craig was one of the more outstanding in my opinion.

 

I don't wish to bore you but I witnessed Craig's dealing with a very ill wife and how he fulfilled ‘Till Death Do Us Part’ to the extreme.

 

One of the stories that stands out in my mind, concerning Craig, was a Baxter Springs game in 1948 with their main rival, the Alba, Missouri Aces. The Aces were blessed by having all the Boyer brothers on the team at one time or another. In 1948 Kenny was on the team and he faced Craig. Craig could throw a ball through a brick wall. In a game Craig threw one so hard Kenny couldn't get out of the way. It hit him upside the temple and he fell like he had been shot. Kenny laid on the ground for quite some time. Craig once told me that he thought he had killed him.

 

Kenny got over the blow to the head and before the season was over Craig was pitching against Alba once more. When it was Kenny's time to bat he stood so far away from the plate he couldn't hit anything. He just wanted to get his times at bat behind him. Craig said he always felt bad about that incident since he hadn't hit his opponent on purpose. The next year Kenny Boyer signed with the St. Louis Cardinals

 

Ben Craig had played part one year of professional baseball in the Sooner State league, in 1947. He then returned home and played for the Whiz Kids when Mantle joined them. At that time Ben Craig was the big strapping member of the team and Mantle was one of the runts of the outfit.”

 

Mr. Rose answered my e-mail and said he would print my comments and take them to Ben Craig since he doesn’t have e-mail. On the other hand, the author of the Craig article does have an e-mail. I ask readers to communicate with an author when they write a story that is even tangentially associated with the KOM league. In this case the author can be contacted at srose@kc.rr.com

 

Ben Craig had a great deal of influence and contact with future big league stars such as Mickey Mantle and Kenny Boyer but he also had a lot to do with the KOM League Remembered newsletter being funded and going to better homes and gardens for sixteen years. Without people like Ben Craig the KOM communication lines would have faded long before the start of the 21st century.

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Newbill influence continues

 

My cousin's little grandson who is 12 is in Cooperstown playing in a tournament. His team is now out but Caden hit a home run in one game and played well so he is pretty happy with his performance. Plus, he is really a basketball player. He wanted me to send him some photos of his great uncle playing ball so I did. He wanted to show all his teammates. Then today they went to the museum and went to the records department and had them pull this up. Caden wants to play catch with him and wants to know if you can play catch in heaven. I assured him that you can.

 

Sometimes unexpected sweet moments sneak into your day! Cindy Newbill—Kansas

 

Ed comment:

 

Caden’s great uncle is the late, great Bobby Gene Newbill who played for the 1949 Independence Yankees among other places. It must have been a huge surprise for Caden’s friends to learn his great uncle played on the same team with Mickey Mantle.

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Nothing of insignificance appears in these reports

 

John: I read all of your interesting reports although I know of very few of the players mentioned, having spent only a few days with Iola in 1950. You mentioned Rich Eichhorst in your latest report who was the only Southeast Missouri State basketball player to have ever played in the NBA. He led the league in scoring his senior season, 1956 I believe. I was a Senior at SEMO State at the same time and knew who he was although I never met him. I was a few years older than him, having been in the Marine Corps and playing parts of 3 years of baseball and then going to SEMO State on the GI Bill.

 

He, Carl (Pete) Ritter, Ray Ripplemeyer and Elmer Balzer were outstanding players for SEMO State in the early to mid-1950s. I knew Balzer as he had played some pro baseball and I believe Ripplemeyer had done so also, although I never really met him. I know Pete Ritter very well, having gone to the same high school, Advance, although I was several years older than him. Pete was probably the best basketball player to ever come out of SE Missouri with the possible exception of Win Wilfong of the Puxico HS, his small town HS having won 2 straight state championships in the days before the so called “Final four”. Wilfong played a few years in the NBA, scoring about 2000 points. He played a little baseball when he was a high schooler and was a little on the profane side. I pitched a game against the Puxico town team; we were winning, and the Puxico manager asked Wilfong if he would pinch hit. He responded “hell no, if that son of a ----- hit you, he’d kill you”, (the SOB being me). I could throw quite hard at that time and was pretty wild.

 

Ritter is the all-time leading basketball scorer for SEMO State and to my knowledge the only SEMO player to have had his number retired. He, like Wilfong, was only 6 ft. 2 inches but this didn’t prevent them from being great college scorers. Ritter was drafted by the St. Louis Hawks but injured his knee severely and was never able to play in the NBA. He is now the Mayor of the town of Advance.

 

Bill Ashcraft

Overland Park, Ks.

 

Ed comment:

 

One of the great joys in researching and looking for former KOM league came when I first located Bill Ashcraft. It turned out that he worked with the Drug Enforcement Agency with his former Iola teammate from 1950, Bernard Leroy Coulter. What turned out to come as a greater surprise was that both Coulter and Ashcraft worked for my first cousin, Ernest Hall, who was head of that agency in Kansas City. Over the years Ashcraft shared photos taken at Drug Enforcement conferences and one included that of a very young Joe Arpaio who now is a well-known sheriff in Arizona.

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A trivia contestant:

 

The answer is three young men in the stands with the lone adult... and, I see the name Del Webb, possibly who these retirement communities are named after. I will check it out. Thanks, John.

Cindy Lange—Palatine, Ill.

 

Ed comment:

 

No one reported seeing more than three young boys in the grandstand behind the photo of the 1947 Bartlesville Oilers. There were four. I’ll explain. In the center of the Bartlesville dugout was a post supported by two beams that were in a “V” configuration. A little boy is in the photo just above that “V.” If you have deleted that photo here is the access to it. www.flickr.com/photos/60428361@N07/27511893266/

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Comments about last report:

 

JOHN, WHAT A NICE FEELING E-MAIL. I REALLY ENJOYED READING IT. WALT Babcock—A resident of Cape Cod, Mass.

 

Another good one John –Jim Skog in Davenport, Iowa

 

Ed comment:

 

It was a bit ironic that those were the only two “atta-boys” received regarding the last report and they came within five minutes of the other. To top that Babcock is the person who introduced Skog to the existence of the Flash Reports. Skog is a former military pilot who spent his post military days flying the big birds for United Airlines. Babcock has also spent many days pretty high up himself. He doesn’t fly an airplane, drink or take drugs but he still gets pretty high once in a while over certain antics of our elected and non-elected leaders. I know that he does for I hear from him a “few” times a week.

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A Flash Report extra—a pigs ear

 

Things go on around my home other than writing Flash Reports. Early this past week I went big game hunting or better stated, the big game came to me. I awoke the morning after setting a trap the previous evening and came face-to-face with a very unhappy raccoon. That fellow is on my Flickr site but most of you wouldn’t go there to see it even if I provided the correct URL. However, my photo recipients had a lot of interest in it for they also have raccoon stories to tell. Here is where they viewed it. www.flickr.com/photos/60428361@N07/26996981274/

 

I surmised that instead of a trap I should get me a coon dog and a former Tennessee resident who has migrated to Florida sent this tale. “Your neighbors will love a coon dog. I had one that tracked our hogs that swam across the Tennessee River when the water was low and dams had not been built. He would track them and hold them by the ear until I came after hearing the pig squeal.”

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Clips from a May 27, 1947 Iola Register sports page

 

It isn’t feasible to share entire pages of old newspapers but sometimes I find things that are unique or I learn something I didn’t know about members of the KOM league. I’m including four clips from a late May edition of the Iola Register. Of all the stories I don’t know which one surprised me the most. It comes down to the articles about Jim Hansen and Boyd Bartley. I suppose I spoke as much with Jim Hansen, until the time of his death, as anyone. I knew he played as a fullback for both Nebraska and Iowa during WW II but never did he tell me he played for the Chicago Bears. It would make sense for Ray “Fido” Murphy, Topeka Owls owner, was a scout of the Bears and even had Scooter McLean on his Topeka club in 1946. Murphy signed Hansen to a Topeka contract in 1946. My search of every Chicago Bear roster shows no trace of Hansen having played in a NFL game for them. McLean used to urge his baseball teammates to join the Bears for they could double in one NFL game what they could earn in a month playing Class D or C baseball. For those of you unfamiliar with salaries of the 1946 era the Class D players made between $90 and $125 a month. I have the contracts to prove it. So, playing for the Bears a guy might make as much as $250 a week.

 

Another surprise was that it took Boyd Bartley until late May of 1947 to get tossed from his first game as a collegiate or professional and when he did he talked his way back into the contest. Read it in this set of clips for these are all quotes from the newspaper. And, newspapers are always correct, right?

Time Hangs Heavy for Nick Najjar

 

Time—7:45.

Place—Cubs' dugout.

Nick Najjar —"Rabbit, what time is it?'

Lloyd Ayers — "Quarter of eight."

Najjar —"Tell me when it's eight, will you?"

Ayers—"Yeah."

Five minutes later: Najjar—"Rabbit, what time is it?"'

Ayers—"Ten minutes of."

Najjar—"Thanks."

Najjar to Buck Walz- “We’ll start warming up at eight.

Buck. Walz -"Okay."

At. 7:53: Najjar—"Is it eight' yet, Rabbit?"'

Ayers—"No; seven till."

Najjar—"Thanks."

At- 7:55: Najjar--"Come on Buck, let's warm up.

Chanute Owls of 1946 became Miami “Wise Birds” of 1947

 

Miami is scheduled to arrive in town today for its first invasion of the Cub den at Riverside Park. The Oklahoma ball team will appear with only one of its 1946 performers—Outfielder Loren Packard but carries a fair resemblance to the 1946 Chanute Owls, having appropriated Chanurc's sponsor, the Topeka Owls, the Chanute nickname, and two players, Jim Hansen, catcher, and Marty Debish, outfielder. And, incidentally, the Owls come to town from Chanute, where they have just accomplished a feat that may never have been performed in the KOM before—a clean sweep of Chanute at Chanute. They captured a doubleheader there Sunday and added a 12-7 victory last night. Jim "No Hit" Morris, is another individual lending distinction to the Owls.

 

Garnett, Kansas fans will be here tomorrow night to celebrate the no- hit game pitched by that city's contribution to KOM ball. Morris blanked Carthage 12-0 on opening day of the season. He is tentatively scheduled as the Miami pitcher tomorrow. Miami is the third place team in the KOM, 4 games back of the Cubs. Bill Davis, pitcher with the Topeka Owls last season is the Miami manager. Big Loren Packard, the Owls' clean-up hitter, was the KOM's second heaviest hitter when the latest averages were figured, having hit .379. (Ed note: The photo taken after Morris tossed the non-hitter is the only KOM league photo to ever appear in the Associated Press. Long story, I’ve shared it previously. If curious let me know and I’ll share it with you.)

 

Former Iowa and Nebraska fullback had signed with the Chicago Bears

 

Jim Hansen, the Chicago Bears professional football player, is the catcher who was sidelined at Chanute last fall in favor of Dave Dennis, action that caused an explosion in the Chanute- lola Shaughnessy play-off. He is currently batting .359. John Barley, business manager of the Cubs; said at noon today that tonight's game is definitely "on," unless more rain falls. (Ed note: Barley replaced Lloyd “Rabbit” Ayers as business manager, in 1947, and died the next year.)

 

Players are coming and going fast In the KOM league now. Independence has received three new outfielders and two pitchers. All clubs, must trim down to 15 by Friday.

Kicked out of game and talked his way back in

 

Boyd Bartley, the studious and gentlemanly young man managing the Ponca City Dodgers, has never been expelled from a ball game by an umpire, according to the Ponca City News. His career covers, the University oi Illinois, the Brooklyn Dodgers, and the Montreal Royals. He: was a near victim of Umpire (Seward) Rice of the KOM on a recent night, however, getting a pink slip but having it withdrawn when he convinced Rice there was nobody else to play his second base position. He must have studied law when a student at Illinois.

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I quit

 

There were a number of more stories to relate and comments to share regarding previous reports but they will have to wait for another time.

 

As is frequently stated, “If you receive these reports and wish you didn’t, let me know.” That is one of the few things in life over which I have complete control. I make the foregoing statement for I can’t determine who is or isn’t reading the reports from the feedback, or lack of it.

 

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Shade: so what are we doing here?

 

Wayne: I don’t know. We were just called to meet here? Why am I stuck with you?

 

Me: Hi guys! Are you ready for an interview?

 

Shade: Wait, wait, what? I just remembered I had to go do something so see ya! ;)

 

Wayne: ( snatches Shade’s arm and yanks him back down) You are not leaving. Now sit still like a normal person

 

Shade: Who said I was normal?

 

Me: Ok, let us begin.

 

1. What was your childhood like?

 

Wayne: Not very fun to say the least. My parents and little sister were murdered in a robbery. I was blearily able to grab my little brother Sade and stash us behind some stuff under the bunk bed. the two of us survived and took refuge in a orphanage for several years. one day a family was interested in Sade, but only wanted 1 child. when they said that we were brothers, Sade rebuked them saying that was all a mistake and that we were "Not" related. (even though i was the one who looked after him all these years) Well he got adopted so that was that. I haven't seen him since, and I still have yet to decide if i even want to or not. Later on I grew up in a foster home and had to sleep in a garage.

 

Shade: I think it was normal. I just had fun with my best friend Ashers and annoyed his sister Kaela.

 

Wayne: You know he doesn’t like to be called Ashers

 

Shade: I know. I just like to annoy him since he annoys me ALL the time. -_-

 

Me: I love you two. XD Next question.

 

2. If you could go back in time and change one thing, what would it be?

 

Wayne: I am not big on holding any regrets. What is done is done and you can’t change it.

 

Shade: Dating Jasper!! That was absolutely the worst and I mean worse chose I ever made!! All you guys out there DONT date her!!

 

Wayne: it is only because you broke up her dated her best friend, got back together and broke up with her again. I am not even that stupid.

 

Shade: Says the guy who lives alone.

 

Wayne: oh you be quiet.

 

Me: hey, we have an interview remember.

 

Wayne: yeah Shade behave yourself.

 

Shade: What did I do?

 

Me: can we please continue with this?

 

3. How much do you weigh?

 

Shade: 145, yeah not too much. I a little skinny.

 

Wayne: Actually a just 192. and I’m not a fat person. I’ve always been tall and had a big bone structure. I still try to work out as close as I did into the army, unlike some of the others I know in the police force.

 

4. Have you ever loved and lost? I'll bet it was your fault, wasn't it? Tsk tsk...

 

Wayne: Maybe yes because I never asked? It just feels kind of awkward

 

Shade: He means Jade. XD

 

Wayne: Shut up!

 

Shade: They met and Ash and Amber’s wedding and they just talked and talked…

 

Wayne: Do you want me to honestly hurt you!

 

Shade: No… I’ll be quiet. o_o

 

5. What do you do for a living, and why?

 

Wayne: Well, I first entered the army as soon as I could enlist. After a few years of that I left and now work in the police force.

 

Shade: I still am not a %100 sure on what I want to be. I just do odd jobs for now.

 

6. What kind of music do you listen to? Do you play any instruments? If so, which ones?

 

Wayne: I like Rise Against, Red, Thousand Foot Crutch, and a few others. I am mostly an Alternative Metal person.

 

Shade: Nothing that he said

 

Wayne: You have then no good taste. -_-

 

7. How old are you?

 

Wayne: I am 23

 

Shade: 22

 

8. What is the most annoying thing in the world?

 

Wayne: How about people. Shade, Jasper, Lukara and Jenny.

 

Shade: I think that is the one thing we can agree... Wait! No sir I am not annoying!

 

Wayne: Yes you are. Now don’t get all upset.

 

Shade: I am upset!

 

Me: calm down

 

Shade: But he just

 

Me: Calm down. XD

 

9. What is your favorite word?

 

Wayne: I say “How’s life” a lot for no reason. I guess it is how I start up conversation.

 

Shade: You make no since. Mine is “No comment” if I don’t want to say anything. But people like to abuse my phrase in my face to annoy me. I am like “it’s my phrase lay off! “

 

10. Do you have any interesting hobbies?

 

Wayne: I like to work with cars mechanics. For some strange reason I find it relaxing.

 

Shade: Whatever I want to do is my hobby

 

11. What's the most romantic thing anyone has ever done for you...?

 

Wayne: It’s a back and forth battle I guess.

 

Shade: Invited me over for dinner.

 

Me: Was it good?

 

Shade: Yeah, it was.

 

12. Everyone has an adrenaline fix, what's yours?

 

Wayne: Motorcycling.

 

Shade: doing unsafe things :)

 

13. What do you do to relax at the end of a long day?

 

Shade: sleep, TV, internet

 

Wayne: He can mess around. I mostly have to work on paper work, or work out, or finish whatever I have to do that day. I like to keep myself busy.

 

14. Do you have any obsessions?

 

Shade: Nothing at all.

 

Wayne: Uh no. You sir are practically obsessed with everything.

 

Shade: No I am not!

 

Wayne: Yes you are.

 

Shade: No I am not!

 

Me: Ok guys, you can stop auguring now.

 

Shade: he started it.

 

Wayne: No you

 

Me: I said stop it. -_-

 

15. What is your nationality?

 

Wayne: I grew up in an orphanage so I really just don’t know. I should look it up.

 

Shade: I am at least American

 

16. What languages can you speak?

 

Wayne: English and Spanish, just the basics.

 

Shade: Uh… I think just English.

 

17. If you could own ANY animal in the world as a pet, what would it be?

 

Wayne: I would still have my dog Robin.

 

Shade: a leopard

 

18. What do others think your best quality is?

 

Wayne: No one has ever told me. Well I never asked to be honest. I know one thing is I am straight forwards and will tell you the truth even if you don’t want to hear it.

 

Shade: I’m smart, talented, brave-

 

Wayne: he’s lying.

 

Shade: Hey that’s not fair lover boy

 

Wayne: Will you stop that!!

 

Me: You know this will be posted on Flickr right? ;)

 

Wayne: Oh crap!

 

Shade: Uh oh…

 

19. Who do you consider to be your hero?

 

Wayne: Probably the Colonel Jefferson from back when I was in the army. He was a really great guy as well as mentor.

 

Shade: Ash. :)

 

Me: for some strange reason I am seeing a name pop up again and again.

 

20. Have you ever been in a fight? Did you win?

 

Wayne: Back when I was a sergeant in the army we both lost and won battles. Thankfully I made it out of the chaos and I am still alive to this day last I checked.

 

Shade: Not when it includes Jasper. Her mind is set on killing me I swear!

  

21. What's a random thing you find yourself doing every day?

 

Wayne: Wishing people would just behave themselves.

 

Shade: people say many things.

 

22. SPEED FAVORITES GO! Book, Movie, Game, Food, Drink, Color!?

 

Wayne: I’ve always had an interest in history, The Book of Eli, poker, as long as it isn't crap I’ll eat it. Dr. Pepper, and I think red?

 

Shade: comics,

Monopoly ,People say it is pizza even though I don’t really like it, any Coke product really, and green.

 

23. Where is your house located and what is it like?

Do you live alone or does someone live with you?

 

Wayne: I live in an apartment on the third floor. I am alone thank you.

 

Shade: I live where he is not

 

24. What is the most sentimental thing you own and why?

 

Wayne: Probably my dog tags. They remind me of the hard ships I had faced.

 

Shade: My friend. And I know that sounds weird.

 

25. Are you in a relationship? How's it working out for you?

 

Wayne: Now that’s a funny question. Sort of yes and no.

 

Shade: Jasper black mailed me to all the other girls so it just make it in possible for me to get one.

 

Me: well maybe one will come along one day. :)

 

Shade: Can you please get rid of Jasper!!

 

Me: I’ll think about it I guess?

 

26. What's the worst you've ever been injured or sick?

 

Wayne: To many times to count. Between the army and almost getting shot to death on a failed mission with Ash, I got stabbed, punched, smacked, you named it. I always try to get back on my feet if at all possible.

 

27. What scares you the most?

 

Wayne: I am not really of anything.

 

Shade: Ash told me you were afraid of something?

 

Wayne: Whatever! Now stop poking your nose in my life. Let’s just say it almost killed me as a child.

 

Shade: But poking into other people lives is Lukara’s job

 

Me: you got that one right Shade.

 

28. Something random about you that people don't know?

 

Wayne: I like to work with my hands and I would rather do things myself than let others do it for me. I’m pretty straight forward so there isn’t too much left to say

 

Shade: What about Jade? (teases.)

 

Wayne: Shade this is really getting boring. Now if I didn’t have self-restraint I would love to hurt you.

 

Me: Good thing you do.

 

Wayne: You know, sometimes I feel like the only normal person here. -_-

 

Me: that is not true, but life does seem that way sometimes.

 

29. Do you have any pets?

Yes, I have a grey collie named Robin. She is very free spirited dog and likes to wonder off. I don’t like it when she dose because I have to go out and find her again.

 

Shade: I did have a tarantula. Then someone killed it.

 

30. Okay that's all!!! What did you think of this interview?

 

Wayne: It was fine I guess as long as Jade doesn’t read it. It was a little

strange I do have to say.

 

Shade: Hey Jade!

 

Jade: What is it? (enters room)

 

(Wayne drags Sade into other room.)

 

Jade: what was that about?

 

Me: ( I shrug) Just another doll interview. Nothing special.

 

Jade: alright then.

  

(if you have any interview request let me know.)

“Where are you going? Are you lookin' for answers to questions under the stars?”

Where Are You Going: Dave Matthews Band, Busted Stuff

 

This is one of my favorite ballads from the Dave Matthews Band. It’s one of those songs with such a beautiful melody and soft sounds to match the softness of Dave’s voice. Every word, every note seems to have been hand selected for a perfect match and placement in the song.

 

This song always reminds me of the days of soul searching- of seeking answers to questions under the stars. When I felt a lot of hard decisions and sadness was in my life, and as my face was often drowned with such decisions, I always had this song to be there and lift my spirits.

 

*** Artist Notes ***

Capturing the essence of looking out at the morning stars after a night of endless soul searching.

 

Lyrics:

Where are you going, with your long face pulling down?

Don't hide away, like an ocean

That you can't see but you can smell

And the sound of waves crash down

 

I am no superman.

I have no reasons for you

I am no hero, Aww that's for sure

But I do know one thing:

Is where you are is where I belong.

I do know, where you go, is where I wanna be.

 

Where are you going? Where do you go?

Are you lookin' for answers to questions under the stars?

Well if along the way you are growin weary, you can rest with me

Until a brighter day, you're ok.

 

I am no superman.

I have no answers for you.

I am no hero, aww that's for sure.

But I do know one thing:

Where you are is where I belong.

I do know, where you go, is where I wanna be

 

Where are you going? Where do you go?

Where do you go? Where are you goin? Where do you go?

 

I am no superman.

I have no answers for you

I am no hero, Aww that's for sure

But I do know one thing:

Is where you are is where I belong.

I do know, where you go, is where I wanna be.

 

Where are you goin'? Where do you go?

 

Tell me where are you going?

Where? Let's go.

   

Lester Public Library, Two Rivers, Wisconsin

-2IL, compensated with a SB600 reflected into an umbrella standing on the left side, slightly underneath her face

 

- Taken at 11:16 AM on October 28, 2006 - cameraphone upload by ShoZu

Parce que les questions sont souvent une excellente suite aux conférences.

The Question Mark Butterfly ~ Polygonia interrogationis ~ Ventral Side ~ on my window sill in Sparta, NJ

 

Question Mark. Aus der Serie „Satzzeichen“ 2014

Rotierende Skulptur aus Lianen Findling, fluoriszierendes Klebeband, schwarze Totenkopf Büchse und Schwarz Licht

Skulptur, Objekt, Video, Installation, Fotografie

Markus Wintersberger 2014

set simo

 

Copyright © 2010 Lorenzo Meneghello. All rights reserved.

Please, do not use my photos without my written permission.

 

Image done using the puppet warp tool in Photoshop CS5.

Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC) Chairman, H.E. Festus Mogae, outlined the three defining questions that face South Sudan – Peace, Relief and Inclusivity

 

At the opening of JMEC’s plenary meeting on 15th March 17 in Juba, the Chairman said, “Whether by design or default, a war is being waged around this country and the security and humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate.”

 

“How do we stop the fighting? How do we stop innocent people dying of starvation? And how do we ensure that the interests and concerns of all South Sudanese communities are fully represented and considered?

 

Regarding the new reports of and intense fighting between the government forces and the SPLA in Opposition in Fangak and the Equatoria, with worst incidents reported in and around Kajo-keji, the chairperson of the JMEC, Festus Mogae, said there must be “accountability for these violations.”

 

“It is not acceptable and I strongly condemn the violence, the killings, the human rights abuses and the destruction of homes by all armed groups across this country,” lamented Festus Mogae

 

“Those responsible must be held accountable,” he stressed.

 

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Okay if I was to start a bntm would you audition ? . I did one but I didn't get many entries an I was embarrassed so I deleted the photo and never started . I think it's going to be fun but its okay if you don't want to enter ill just wait another time because I have so many bntm themes so consider it and yeah .... Bye !

  

Here's my first bag of suri alpaca fur. 2 ounces white raw materials.

now I need to not be lazy and practice on my MH doll that I cut the hair off of.

 

can I cut up a white shirt in strips and make a wig cap using the strips if I dunk them in modge podge or just glue? (kinda like paper mache)

 

Or what kind of material can I use to make a wig cap like Xanthi did?

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Lighthouse at the sunset. Haugesund, Norway. North Sea Expedition 2017. July 2017.

 

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At Thrillhouse, San Francisco 8-28-08

Question Mark. Aus der Serie „Satzzeichen“ 2014

Rotierende Skulptur aus Lianen Findling, fluoriszierendes Klebeband, schwarze Totenkopf Büchse und Schwarz Licht

Skulptur, Objekt, Video, Installation, Fotografie

Markus Wintersberger 2014

"The Transparent Society" by David Brin. 1998.

New Instagram! instagram.com/45surf

 

New blog celebrating my philosophy of photography with tips, insights, and tutorials!

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Ask me any questions! :)

 

Sony A7R RAW Photos of Pretty Brunette Bikini Swimsuit Model Goddess! Carl Zeiss Sony FE 55mm F1.8 ZA Sonnar T* Lens! Lightroom 5.3 ! Pretty Hazel Eyes & Silky Brown / Black Hair!

 

And here're a couple of HD video movies I shot of the goddess with the 4K Sony:

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Enjoy! Be sure to watch in the full 1080P HD!

 

The epic goddess was tall, thin, fit, tan, and in wonderful shape (as you can see).

 

Check out my greatest hits compilation, and let me know what you think:

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Epic Goddess Straight Out of Hero's Odyssey Mythology! Pretty Model! :) Tall, thin, fit and beautiful!

 

Welcome to your epic hero's odyssey! The beautiful 45surf goddess sisters hath called ye to adventure, beckoning ye to read deeply Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, whence ye shall learn of yer own exalted artistic path guided by Hero's Odyssey Mythology. I wouldn't be saying it if it hadn't happened to me.

  

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Pretty Swimsuit Bikini Model Goddess! :)

 

Follow me on facebook! facebook.com/elliot.mcgucken

 

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Nikon D300 Photos of Beautfiul Sexy Hot Brunette!

 

She was a beauty--a gold 45 goddess for sure! A Gold 45 Goddess exalts the archetypal form of Athena--the Greek Goddess of wisdom, warfare, strategy, heroic endeavour, handicrafts and reason. A Gold 45 Goddess guards the beauty of dx4/dt=ic and embodies 45SURF's motto "Virtus, Honoris, et Actio Pro Veritas, Amor, et Bellus, (Strength, Honor, and Action for Truth, Love, and Beauty," and she stands ready to inspire and guide you along your epic, heroic journey into art and mythology. It is Athena who descends to call Telemachus to Adventure in the first book of Homer's Odyssey--to man up, find news of his true father Odysseus, and rid his home of the false suitors, and too, it is Athena who descends in the first book of Homer's Iliad, to calm the Rage of Achilles who is about to draw his sword so as to slay his commander who just seized Achilles' prize, thusly robbing Achilles of his Honor--the higher prize Achilles fought for. And now Athena descends once again, assuming the form of a Gold 45 Goddess, to inspire you along your epic journey of heroic endeavour.

 

ALL THE BEST on your Epic Hero's Odyssey from Johnny Ranger McCoy!

 

Modeling the Gold 45 Revolver Gold'N'Virtue swimsuit. :)

 

A laid-back,classic, socal lifestyle shoot!

 

May the 45surf goddesses inspire you along am artistic journey of your own making!

 

All 45surf Hero's Odyssey Mythology Photography is shot in the honor of Truth, Beauty, and the Light of Physicist Dr. E's Moving Dimensions Theory's dx4/dt=ic . The fourth dimension is expanding relative to the three spatial dimensions at the rate of c. Ergo relativity, time, entropy, and entanglement.

 

All the best on your Epic Hero's Odyssey from Johnny Ranger McCoy!

 

New blog celebrating my philosophy of photography with tips, insights, and tutorials!

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All the best on your Epic, Homeric, Heroic Odyssey into the Art of Photography from Johnny Ranger McCoy!

Although I love the metrics aspect of Last.fm, I find they raise more questions than they answer (possibly that's what Metrics are for).

 

So please answer the following questions:

1) have you heard of 'Boards of Canada'

2) have you heard of 'Siouxsie and the Banshees'

 

Now, I would have thought, in a straw-poll, and possibly based upon universally recognised measurements such as record sales etc, that the second question would have garnered more positives.

 

Looking at the plays and shouts shown on Last.fm however, one could postulate that despite the Record Companies protestations to the contrary, listening to music on the internet is a truer reflection of public consumption - and the bands that have been earning money from the 'traditional' distribution models have not been the bands that the public, money being no object, would actually have listened-to (and therefore made rich).

 

Or am I talking bollocks?

Question for panel discussion with Kate Ivey-Williams, Gabrielle Acosta, Steven Proctor and Hinrich von Haaren.

Kiki questions infamous Japanese cannibal Sagawa Issei through a megaphone. Performance at Malaria art Show, 1993, Tokyo.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issei_Sagawa

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GugjdJzMePw

 

... just a couple more questions mam and we'll have this little ole census behind us for another ten years. I've got to find bloweduptruck and give him credit for the census taker .... so much to do, so few hours in a day.

 

Here's the link to BlowedUPtruck's photostream and thank bloweduptruck for the use of your guy and his laptop ... I asked the lady, but she declined to be credited. Here's the link, as promised ...

 

www.flickr.com/photos/doctorburns/

The question was: "How does it feel to be on top of Danica's head ?"

 

Danica's hair replied: "Awesome"

 

One more Go Daddy commercial for you featuring Danica and her hair for ya !

 

youtu.be/2H-CeS8FT7k

Also? I love my 100mm macro lens. Need to use it more.

Before his performance at the Sheslow Auditorium on September 28th, Joshua Redman coached jazz bands from Hoover High School and Drake University in the Patty and Fred Turner Jazz Center at Drake University. After offering his thoughts about each performance, Redman soloed with the groups. He also answered questions from the audience about starting his career in jazz and how students can stay focused.

Officially the Kingdom of Thailand and formerly known as Siam, is a country at the centre of the Indochinese peninsula in Southeast Asia.

 

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