Report upon natural history collections made in Alaska

Washington :Government Printing Office,1887.

biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29453728

Working The 6D16 09.25 West Burton Ps (Gbrf) To Ferrybridge Ps Gypsum Gbrf According To Realtime Trains The Route And Timings Were

West Burton Ps (Gbrf) 09.25 . 09.13 12E

Clarborough Jn 09.36 . 09.25 3/4 10E

Retford 09.43 . 09.33 1/4 9E

Thrumpton West Jn 09.46 . 09.33 12E

Worksop 09.54 1/2 . 09.43 3/4 10E

Shireoaks East Jn 09.58 . 09.44 13E

Shireoaks West Jn 09.59 1/2 No Report

Shireoaks 10.00 . 09.47 12E

Brancliffe East Jn 10.02 1/2 . 09.50 12E

Dinnington Sig Wp605 10.11 No Report

Dinnington Jn 10.16 . 10.00 1/2 15E

Maltby Colliery S B 10.31 1/2 . 10.18 13E

Firbeck Jn 10.36 No Report

St Catherines Jn 10.47 1/2 . 10.30 17E

Doncaster Decoy South Jcn 10.49 1/2 . 10.33 16E

Decoy Nth Jn 10.51 To 10.54 N/R 10.35 19E

Bridge Jn 10.57 1/2 No Report

Doncaster 10.58 1/2 . 10.47 1/2 11E

Donc. Marshgate Jn 10.59 No Report

Arksey Loop 11.02 No Report

Shaftholme Jn 11.06 . 10.52 3/4 12E

Haywood Jn 11.08 1/2 . 10.56 12E

Norton Level Crossing 11.13 No Report

Knottingley South Jn 11.24 . 11.13 10E

Knottingley West Jn 11.35 1/2 To 11.49 11.15 . 11.41 7E

Ferrybridge North Jn 11.53 . 11.43 10E

Ferrybridge Ps Gypsum Gbrf 11.59 . 11.49 10E

Alnwick Garden is a complex of formal gardens adjacent to Alnwick Castle in the town of Alnwick, Northumberland, England. The gardens have a long history under the dukes of Northumberland, but fell into disrepair until revived at the turn of the 21st century. The garden now features various themed plantings designed around a central water cascade. The revival of the gardens led to several public disputes between the Duchess of Northumberland and various garden experts concerning preservation and the use of public funds. The garden now belongs to a charitable trust, which is separate from Northumberland Estates, although the 12th Duke of Northumberland donated the 42-acre (17 ha) site and contributed £9 million towards redevelopment costs.

 

History

The first garden was laid down in 1750 by the 1st Duke of Northumberland, who employed Capability Brown, the celebrated Northumberland gardener, to landscape the parkland adjoining Alnwick Museum.

 

The 3rd Duke was a plant collector, and led a century of development at Alnwick – he brought seeds from over the world, and pineapples were raised in hothouses. In the middle of the 19th century, the 4th Duke created an Italianate garden featuring a large conservatory, and at the end of the century, the gardens were at their grandest, with yew topiary, avenues of limes and acres of flowers.

 

During the Second World War's "Dig for Victory" campaign, the garden was turned over and provided food, and soon afterwards the austerity of the 20th century saw the garden fall into disrepair. It was closed as a working garden in 1950.

 

Redevelopment

Redevelopment of the garden was instigated by Jane Percy, Duchess of Northumberland in 1997, and has been led by Belgian landscape designers Jacques and Peter Wirtz. It is the most ambitious new garden created in the United Kingdom since the Second World War, with a reported total development cost of £42 million.

 

The first phase of redevelopment, opened in October 2001, involved the creation of the cascade and initial planting of the gardens. On 22 December 2004 a large 6,000 sq ft (560 m2) tree house complex, including a cafe, was opened. A pavilion and visitor centre designed by Sir Michael Hopkins and Buro Happold opened in May 2006, with capacity for 1,000 people. The pavilion and visitor centre feature a barrel-vaulted gridshell roof. The gardens include several water features as well as architectural landscaping, topiary and decorative gates.

 

Poison Garden

A garden featuring intoxicating and poisonous plants was added in February 2005. The garden was thought of by the duchess herself, who wanted the garden to have something that was different from other gardens. Species of the Poison Garden include Strychnos nux-vomica (source of strychnine), hemlock, Ricinus communis (source of harmless castor oil but also deadly ricin), foxglove, Atropa belladonna (commonly called Deadly Nightshade), Brugmansia and Laburnum. The mission of the Poison Garden also includes drug education, with featured plantings of cannabis, coca and the opium poppy Papaver somniferum. The Poison Garden is now one of the main reasons that people visit the gardens.

The KOM League

Flash Report

For

The Week of

February 9, 2020

(It will take that long to read it if the links are accessed)

  

In recent weeks and now months, this source has been about as speedy in responding to e-mail messages and updates, on the status of former KOM leaguers, as the political apparatus in Iowa has been in counting caucus votes. In the future an attempt will be made to do better, on my part, but don’t bet on it.

 

Thanks to Jack Morris, baseball necrologist, the following was received. “I found an obit from about four months ago for Chet DiEmidio.”

www.kingfuneralservice.com/obituary/Chester-DiEmidio Sr

 

Obituary

 

Chet DiEmidio age 89 on October 12, 2019, of Southwest Philadelphia. Chet was a Philadelphia Police Officer for 31 years and then started a new career as a minor league baseball coach for the Chicago White Sox. Husband of the late Margaret A. (nee Kennedy). Beloved Father of Chet Jr., Debbi, Dean, Rick and Doug. Grandfather of Pete, Sophia, Alexa, Ava, and Nick. Relatives and friends are invited to his viewing on Wednesday evening from 6 pm to 8 pm and on Thursday morning from 8:45 am to 9:45 am at St. Barnabas Church, 6300 Buist Avenue, Philadelphia. Funeral Mass on Thursday at 10 am at St. Barnabas Church. Interment at SS. Peter & Paul Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations to Vitas Hospice, 1300 Wolf Street, Philadelphia, PA 19148 or the Leukemia Society, 100 N. 20th Street Suite 405, Philadelphia, PA 19103 would be appreciated.

 

Ed comment:

 

Some truths never surface until the final day of reckoning occurs or long after a fellow retires from baseball and reveals his true age. When reporting to the Miami, Oklahoma Eagles, in 1952 Chester Gerald DiEmidio claimed to have been born in 1933 making him three years younger than he was. He was the property of the Philadelphia Phillies at the time. There is no record of him playing in 1953 but in 1954 he returned to KOM league territory spending a short spell with the Joplin Cardinals of the Western Association. The Joplin Miners had been a New York Yankee affiliate since 1936.

 

DiEmidio was barely in Joplin long enough to visit friends in Miami, Okla. before he was hopping buses to Hannibal, Missouri and Dothan, Alabama and Erie, Pennsylvania where his baseball playing career concluded.

 

Over the years contact was made and maintained with the recently departed and he enjoyed reliving some of the great days of his youth. His obituary describes how he went to work as a protector of the citizenry and then at retirement embarked on a second career in the game he loved.

 

DiEmidio enjoyed reminiscing about some of his 1952 Miami teammates including Jim Owens and Seth Morehead who went on to play in the major leagues and Bert Convy who made it in a big way in music, television and the movies.

 

With DiEmidio’s passing there are now six members of that 1952 Miami Eagles who have even the slightest chance of seeing this report. They are: Wayne Doyle, Billy Ray Long, Jimmy Obringer, Jim Owens, Eddie Sack and Don Tullar.

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Weissman from last issue

 

In the previous issue of this seldom read and often ignored report, there was a header that just stated “Weissman.” The intention was to write a segment regarding a person by that name who played one game in the KOM league. However, due to lack of space, or fatigue, I never got around to finishing it. It was my hope some reader would point that out and ask “Why?” They didn’t so here goes.

 

Richard Weissman was born January 2, 1925 in East St. Louis, Illinois. He registered for the draft on his 18th birthday which, although being redundant, was January 2, 1943. At the time of his draft board physical examination he was 5’ 11” and weighed 145 pounds. His parents Louis and Sophie were Russian immigrants coming to this country in 1897. Mr. Weissman was listed as an iron worker and scrap metal dealer in East St Louis.

 

Not much was found regarding Richard Weissman but he did play in one game, at second base, for the 1948 Chanute, Kansas Giants.

 

Young Weissman moved to the west coast and lived in Lodi, Alta Loma and Canoga Park, California before moving to San Dimas where he passed away on March 26, 2008. His obituary wasn’t located but I wonder if it was mentioned therein that he was a professional baseball player for one game? I doubt that aspect of his life would have appeared and probably few, if anyone, outside his immediate family were aware of that fact? However, I now believe that at least a dozen people will know for I estimate that is the size of this reading audience.

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Comments regarding the previous issue.

 

It was never the intention to take a political poll regarding the impeachment efforts in Washington and the tempest in the teapot over the removal from office of this here preparer of the Flash Reports.

 

So, without further ado here are some comments generated by the report for January 26, 2020.

 

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Hey John, as far as a vote goes, there is absolutely no hesitation from the Chanute native-----YOU are absolved of all blame for any malfeasance. So continue on please. As for the other person (certainly not "gentleman") facing charges, the guy with the orange hair (like an orangutan), charge him GUILTY as charged and let's move on. More Flash Reports please. Do not cease!! Your Pal Casey Casebolt

•

John: In my capacity as an ex-officio (or something like that) member of the KOM jury, I vote for your acquittal! - Jerry Hogan-Novelist from Fayetteville, Arkansas

 

Reply:

Boy, I'm relieved. Thanks.

 

•

 

If I knew how to vote for you I would/. I don't understand much about what is going on but I love your articles and don’t want them to stop. Thanks for all you do. Judi Bartley Jordan—Daughter of longtime Dodger player, manager and scout—Boyd Bartley

 

Ed reply

 

You just voted for me. Thanks. As you can see much of what I write is tongue in cheek.

 

Thank you, John! I gather there is no increase in the price of our subscription for 2020! I enjoyed all your updates, plus your views on "sign stealing." What do you think about major league baseball getting electronic computer reading-and-calling of balls and strikes instead of umpires? Elaine Brooks—From the Bay Area of San Francisco

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I tried to add a response to your Flash Report but could not get logged in. It was a really good one. Sorry, Neil says sorry also. Dave Davis in Austin, Texas. The “Neil” to whom he referred left this world in 2012 but they still communicate and Dave shares what Neil, a late, great friend, thinks about these missives

 

•

 

John, I vote for acquittal... and in your case, too! Curtis Davis aka Brandy's son .. Brandy was a Bartlesville Pirate before becoming one in Pittsburgh, Pa.

 

•

John I was sure glad to receive this report. I was beginning to wonder if any more were going to come. We need them, as spring training is still a few weeks away. Don Papst—Chanute, Kansas.

 

•

Curtis Heider wrote “I vote for acquittal for you.”

•

 

My father talked about playing in one of these Pacific theater barnstorming games perhaps in Hawaii. Details were very sketchy. Thanks for another interesting reading, Bruce May—son of Wilbert May 1946 Carthage Cardinals

 

•

 

Finally!! Two observances of the celebration of Leonard Van De Hey’s life: July 18- Elroy, Wis: July 19- Marshfield, Wis. Kathy Finck

 

Ed reply:

 

Thanks for letting me know you are still tuned in.

 

Ed comment:

 

Van de Hey was a member of the 1950-51 Carthage Cubs and Kathy kept the readership informed of Leonard’s last few months of life in this realm. He passed away October 4, 2019 in Ashtabula, Ohio.

 

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Hi John: Yesterday (January 28) would have been my Dad, Tom Kordas’ 88th birthday. Just wanted to share a picture and caption from the newspaper right before he had to report to Army training camp back in the early 1950s. Hope you and all the remaining Carthage Cubs are doing well. Greg Kordas.

 

Ed reply:

 

A note was sent to Greg stating that his father left the Blackwell, Oklahoma Broncos in late August of 1952 to serve his country. The next year he was stationed at Ft. Chaffee, Arkansas and played baseball for that Army base team at Ft. Smith and their nickname was the “Smokers.” They were Arkansas State amateur champions and played in the National Baseball Congress tournament in Wichita, Kansas.

 

This is a relevant place to state that every attempt is made to send condolences to surviving family members of deceased former KOM leaguers. Each week I receive reminders from Legacy.com of the anniversary of those deaths. This is the one received for Thomas Kordas.

mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#search/kordas/FMfcgxwGCkmXKlGNz...

Kordas passed away 1/23/2017 in Monee, Illinois

 

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I read with pleasure your good writing in these reports. Even though I really do not know most of the players from those KOM days, I appreciate the diligence and details that you display in each Flash Report. As I look at the photos that often include signatures of those players, I am often struck by the clarity of these athletes’ handwriting, and as an old fogey educator, I bemoan the decline of cursive writing in the modern age. Even Connie’s left-handed signature was usually legible. Yikes, I really AM old!—Jackie Swensson. She is the widow of Conrad Swensson who pitched for the 1949-50 Ponca City Dodgers.

 

Ed reply:

 

Thanks for the kind words. Things have changed way too much over the years.

 

•

 

Hi John. How about the sign stealing going on back then and the lengths they go to do it?

 

I have not gotten a reply from Bobby Ramsey's family. I mentioned some pictures and thought they might like copies. Thanks for keeping in touch. Marge Qualls

 

Ed reply:

 

Hope you eventually hear from the Ramsey family. People are often slow to respond.

 

Ed comment:

 

Ramsey, Qualls, Bill Virdon, Don Taussig and John Gabler were members of the 1950 Independence, Kansas Yankees. For historical perspective, the latter three guys cited made it to the major leagues.

 

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John, I really don't know how you can have all that information and photos etc. Of course working very hard but I admire you with all my heart, thank you very much. Ernie Wallerstein played minor league baseball as Ernie Klein—From Havana, Cuba now living in freedom in New Jersey.

 

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Hi John, been trying to remember some pros that I met over the years. Hank Bauer, Spook Jacobs, Roger Maris, and six other Yankees/A's who were at Spook’s house next door Tom Earp—Kansas City (Yes, Tom is kin to the famous lawman of the same last name.)

 

Ed reply:

 

Could that rookie who pitched a no-hitter be the late Bob Grim?

 

Earp’s reply:

 

Yes, thank you. (It) Niggled at my mind for some years now!

 

Ed reply:

 

Having a mind niggling isn't pleasant . ________________________________________________

 

Now to the Don Biebel story

 

In the previous issue of whatever this is publication is called, a reference was made to the current baseball scandal—sign stealing. In that report, like most, space it concluded prior to my finishing what I wanted to say. Thus, I told the folks to look up key words like “Don Biebel” and other things like the Chicago Cubs scoreboard.

 

This is a link to the Chicago Cubs sign pilfering scheme.

thebaseballcodes.com/2019/11/19/that-time-when-the-cubs-w... Now, if you clicked on that site and read the article the rest of this report will make sense. If you ignored the link then do the same for the remainder of this submission.

 

Note from Don Biebel

 

John. Now you've done it. I'll be afraid to answer the phone now for fear MLB will be calling to suspend me without pay. Ha! Ha! myctfocbd.com/cbdbieb

 

Ed reply:

 

Don't you love it? I can't believe people are getting bent out of shape regarding something that has gone on since the birth of Abner Doubleday. Would you like to share some comments regarding what has been going on since electronic snooping has come about? I can make you a household name, again.

 

I'm sure glad to have known Don Biebel, off and on, over six decades. Have a great day, week and year.

 

Biebel’s response

 

Sign stealing is trying to get too modern with all this electronic equipment and too many people involved. The old KISS method is what you need. Keep.it simple stupid. If you can’t come up with a foolproof set of signs you have a problem. Things are getting tougher though with all this free agency and nobody staying on the same team for multiple seasons anymore. I was always concerned that one of our guys would get plunked and seriously hurt by my error or by being crossed up by the opposing pitcher. Like you say, what's the big deal it’s been going on for nearly 150 years.

 

I might add that one day while spending the afternoon in the scoreboard I caught Bob Buhl www.google.com/search?q=bob+buhl+baseball&oq=Bob+Buhl...

and Joey Jay www.google.com/search?q=joey+jay+baseball+player&oq=J... of the Braves sitting in the bleachers with a pair of binoculars. After making a phone call I had them promptly escorted back to the Braves locker room since they didn’t have tickets. Fun at the ‘ol ball park. The (Hank) Sauer story is still tops myctfocbd.com/cbdbieb

 

Ed reply:

 

Did the Cubs give much thought to their sign stealing when they released or traded a player? Who was actually in charge of authorizing the sign escapade in Chicago?

 

Biebel’s response

 

Not really we only did it the second half of the ‘59 season. At least that's the only time I was involved. Al Dark www.google.com/search?q=alvin+dark+stats&oq=Alvin+Dar... was the one that came up with the idea. All players were not included, (Ernie) Banks was one of those. You're coming up with lot of dirt about me. I'm really a nice honest guy.

 

Comment:

 

Biebel and Yours truly exchanged numerous other messages along this line and he felt I may have exposed his past to which I remarked “Don't worry you'll come out of this looking like a hero. You have to know the old batboy protects his former Carthage Cubs.”

 

Those comments led to this exchange. Biebel replied “I know you will protect me I appreciate that. Hope all is well with you. Love the reports.”

 

This editor admitted “I'm doing better after a trip to the emergency room yesterday. To which Biebel replied “Well I hope so, hope nothing serious.” The response to that was “They did every test known to mankind and found nothing. They didn't even find a sign of a brain when doing a CAT scan.”

 

Biebel opined “We’re better off without a brain. I'll never forget a comment Don Anderson (Carthage manager) said to me after I screwed up something and was trying to explain what happened. He said ‘Biebel, every time you think two runs score. I don’t think anymore.’”

 

Confession was made to Biebel that I never thought Anderson liked me when I as batboy. But years later he made up for it by visiting in person with me and calling by phone about once a month.

 

At this juncture in our conversation, regarding sign stealing, we ran out of ammunition and the subject turned to the girls the ball players dated in Carthage. For obvious reasons they will not be named. However, I recall every one of them for I set up dates for many of the single players. Never knowingly did I do that for a married player.

 

In perusing the names of the former Carthage Cub girlfriends it was discovered that the majority of them are deceased. However, one of special interest had a teaching career at a major university in the south. After over 30 years of marriage her husband passed away and she then married a prominent surgeon in the mid-south. He was two decades her senior and she is now a very rich widow living in the State of Florida. I told Biebel where she lived and that he should give her a call and relive the summers of 1950 and 1951. If any of you Carthage boys from the graduating classes, circa 1951-53 want to know to who I’m referencing, let me know

 

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And in contusion, collusion, collision or conclusion…

 

Finally, this report comes to a merciful end with this note from the 1950 Iola first baseman, Bob Schwarz. “John, I must say, your keeping coming, THE KOM LEAGUE FLASH REPORT (yet a low minor league, having ‘few’ highlights organization to write about,) is no small task for you, need I say. Be thankful that the good LORD blessed you with ‘WIT’, dry as it is. Thanks. Bob.”

Comment:

 

Yes, my wit is pretty dry. So, in order to read this report just add a cup of water and hope for the best.

 

Wheatland, IN

 

It's always nice to see a McDonaldland character in the wild, even though this piece of playground equipment isn't exactly the safest. Mashed.com reports: "According to a 1999 story from the South Florida Sun Sentinel, over 400 children were injured as a result of Officer Big Mac, causing everything from skull fractures to broken bones to concussions." McDonald's paid a $4 million fine to the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission; the company had already lost a $1 million lawsuit to Sid and Marty Krofft due to their burger-headed mascots' resemblance to H.R. Pufnstuf, so this bad but tasty cop was starting to become a liability. The "Big Mac Climber" was removed from the chain's playgrounds in 1997, and the McDonaldland characters were phased out altogether a few years later. One might assume the company would have destroyed these Playland figures rather than let them fall into non-corporate hands, but now and again I'll see one that escaped to the grounds of a school or day care center.

 

Jeremy Lin has really brought a whole new media following to the Garden. Every week there are Asian reporters broadcasting either i front of across the street from MSG. Thats inspirational.

 

My 28mm really performs well in these kind of shots.

 

Canon 5d mark ii

28mm f/2

The old Newcastle David Jones Store is a hollowed-out shell.

Providing nutrition to enhance quality of life for everyone, everyday.

  

photography: Mortadh Alshuwaikh

Model: Report Landon

 

www.facebook.com/MortadhPohto

 

FujiFilm 400, Leica MP, Summilux 35mm.

Probably an ex-Soviet military vehicle. Another sketch from the photos of the ADV riders "From Estonia with love". Reference photos for these sketches can be found on an amazing motorcycle ride report: advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=480532 (Page 1)

Note: original image is on page 30

Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 under the command of Captain George S. Nares ....

Edinburgh :Neill,1880-1895..

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The following article is a first-person Cornwall Marathon race report by Ottawa runner Ben-Zion Caspi, 67. It was written for the TriRudy blog, and is reproduced here with permission by the author.

 

In his report, Ben says, " At 36 km my slow running death started. I was...above a 6 minutes per km pace. Oh well, all I wanted to get to the finish line. During the lone run, before I started to see the half marathoners, there were no pretty girls with pony tails to chase and improve my pace... "

 

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Ben-Zion Caspi's race report (May 2, 2016)

 

As in most years, I was running with the group where many of its runners trained for Boston. I did not plan to run Boston, and I did not plan to run Ottawa either, so what do I do? I registered for the inauguration of the Cornwall Marathon, which was scheduled two weeks after Boston and 4 weeks before the Ottawa Marathon.

 

The training was OK. Last winter was very easy on us, not too many very cold weekends, and my body behaved with no significant injuries or illness.

 

The organizers of the Cornwall race were cautious, planning the first marathon as a learning one, and limiting the numbers of runners to 75. Only 75 runners will be able to lay the claim that they were part of the inauguration of the beautiful scenery of the Cornwall Marathon.

 

On the race website there was a description of the course, and part of it was: "The course is fast and has a net downhill elevation profile that includes a few gentle rollers." More on that latter.

 

At the end of March I registered.

 

Our group kept training and on the weekend when many traveled to Boston, three of us, Gilles, Colleen and I drove to the Crysler Park Marina (www.cryslerparkmarina.com/) in Morrisburg, and rode the course to Cornwall on our bicycles. It was a very pleasant ride of 84 km (52 miles). The marathon race course is point-to-point from Morrisburg to Cornwall.

 

As it is described at the race's web site, it is a beautiful course. It is still early spring, so no flowers or leaves are on the trees, but you are deep in nature and along the water (St. Lawrence River).

 

Race day arrived. Colleen and I planned to drive to the start and get a lift with one of our friends from the finish at Cornwall back to the car after the race. This plan gave us more time to sleep, since you had to be in Cornwall the latest at 6:05 a.m. on Saturday to be bused to the start line. Our option was to be at the start at 6:40 a.m., so we could sleep a bit longer before the race.

 

We arrived to Morrisburg at 6:30 a.m. On the drive there we passed a slow moving car, and were pleasantly surprised to realize that Irina and Alastair were in this car, driving to the start to cheer. Good friends for sure.

 

It was a chilly morning, perfect weather for me to run a marathon, a bit above freezing. Shorts, t-shirt, gloves and a hat. I was ready to roll.

 

I was not too concerned about my finish time; the plan was to run with Colleen and accommodate her desired pace. The idea was to get a time to qualify for Boston. I thought a 5 min. 20 sec. (5:20) per km pace would be good, but at the end we decided to run the first half at 5:15.

 

Since there were only 75 runners, there was no timing mat at the start and we all started together at 7 a.m. A beautiful morning for a run. Phil explained few things. It was funny to hear him warning us, "Watch the house in the middle of the road few hundred meters after the start." :-) It was not a joke.

 

I did not do any warm-up, and usually my first two km are very slow. Well not with Colleen. She was too eager for sure, and it was hard to rein her in. The first 7 km were done in 36 minutes, at a 5:08 pace. Not the planned pace for sure.

 

About 8 km of the first part of the race is on a firm trail bed of soft pine needles. It was pleasant run on this surface and it sure felt the different when we came to the asphalt path.

 

At 10 km our average pace was 5:12, still faster than the planned pace. At 14 km we left nature and ran on the Long Sault Parkway. You pass over many islands, each one of them with its unique name. Still beautiful scenery around but you share it with moving vehicles.

 

At 21 km our pace was about 5:18 (5 minutes, 18 seconds) per km and Colleen broke up with me. She told me it is not me, it is her, and I should go my own way.

 

So there I was running alone. The 75 runners at that point were spread all over and if you did not plan to run with somebody you were on your own. For some it can be a difficult experience. I did not mind and kept running. I tried to keep a pace of 5:15 and was able to do so for the next 4 km. At that point things changed. Wind and, if you remember the beginning of this story, the “few gentle rollers” ganged up on me, and apparently on most other racers. I started to slow down.

 

I stopped enjoying the scenery of the beautiful course and was very busy trying to convince my legs muscles to move my body faster. Nope, nobody listened.

 

For a few km I was able to maintain 5:40 pace and at that point I started seeing the half-marathon runners. It was less lonely, but did not improve my pace.

 

I forgot to mention that some friends, who were driving, moved along the course at few points to cheer the runners. Thanks so much to Jonathan, Chris, Karen, Irina, Benjamin, Alastair. I hope I did not forget anyone.

 

I think it was at 33 km I saw Ibrahim (Mike) on his bike. He was cheering loudly. At 36 km my slow-running-death started. I was many km above a 6 minutes pace. Oh well, all I wanted to get to the finish line.

 

During the lone run before I started to see the half marathoners, there were no pretty girls with pony tails to chase and improve my pace. Now there were many, running fast, fresh after 'only' 10-12 km, but I was not chasing anybody. All I was yearning for was the finish line. And then a ray of sunshine: my dear friends Diane and Dawn showed up on their bicycles.

 

I stopped on course to give Diane a hug. She was telling me to move on, that I am losing time. Like I cared.

 

They left me and went riding toward Colleen and I kept my slogging. The 39 to 40 km part was the worst: 6:19. I was seriously contemplating walking the rest, but it is well ingrained in my head that walking is not an option.

 

At that point Dian and Dawn appeared again. It was great to see them, so I picked up the pace. Yea right. The last 2.2 km were blazing fast: 13 minutes. :-(

 

Arriving to the finish line, I was welcomed by many of our friends, cheering loudly. They had run the 5 and 10 km races and were waiting patiently for Ezio, Kevin, Colleen and me to get to the finish line after 42.2 km.

 

It was a major feeling of relief. I got to end of another 42.2 monster, my thirty-fourth. You might think that is a lot of marathons, but listen… At the beginning of the race, another runner joined us and we talked a bit. He was running his 161st 42.2 km. All I said was, you are a marathon junky; you need help.

 

Talking to many of the runners after, the general consensus was that the course was not as fast as we hoped it to be, and most were off of their wishful finish time. We all agreed though, that it is a beautiful course and it was organized superbly…and the medal is beautiful.

 

Thanks to all the volunteers and the organizer. Cornwall knows how to throw a party for runners and triathletes. Yes, hope see you in August.

 

Again, if you managed to get to this end, thanks for reading.

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Other race reports by Ben Caspi:

 

1) Ottawa 2015 - www.flickr.com/photos/ianhun/18027471110

 

2) Richmond 2015 - www.flickr.com/photos/ianhun/16264464205

 

3) Boston 2014 - www.flickr.com/photos/ianhun/14063880214 ..... (over 13,000 views)

 

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Cornwall Marathon website: runtoendms.com/

  

Note: the photo is from the Richmond (Ontario) Road Races, January 13, 2013.

W&W J301 throttles uphill towards East Avenue in Cedarville, NJ at dusk.

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Working The 482V 12.49 Crewe Bas Hall S.S.M. To Derby Litchurch Lane According To Realtime Trains The Route And Timings Were

Crewe Bas Hall S.S.M. {XXM} 12.49 . 12.49 RT

Crewe Bas Hall S.S.S. 12.52 No Report

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Betley Road Sb 12.58 1/2 No Report

Madeley (Staffs) 13.04 . 13.04 RT

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Little Bridgeford Jn 13.23 1/2 No Report

Stafford Doxey Junction 13.28 1/2 No Report

Stafford North Jn 13.29 No Report

Stafford 13.29 . 13.28 1/2 RT

Stafford South Jn 13.29 1/2 No Report

Stafford Trent Valley Jn 13.31 No Report

Whitehouse Jn 13.34 No Report

Colwich 13.38 . 13.37 1/4 RT

Rugeley North Jn 13.41 . 13.39 1/2 1E

Rugeley Trent Valley 13.41 . 13.39 3/4 1E

Curborough Jn 13.47 . 13.45 1E

Lichfield North Jn 13.48 . 13.46 1/2 1E

Lichfield Trent Valley 13.49 . 13.48 RT

Lichfield T.V. Jn 13.50 No Report

Alrewas L.C. 13.54 . 13.53 1E

Wichnor Jn 13.56 . 13.56 1/4 RT

Barton Under Needwood S Jn 13.56 1/2 No Report

Barton Under Needwood N Jn 13.57 1/2 No Report

Branston Jn 14.00 . 14.00 1/4 RT

Burton Leicester Jn 14.00 1/2 . 14.01 1/2 1L

Burton-on-Trent 14.01 . 14.02 1L

Horninglow Bridge Jn 14.01 1/2 No Report

Burton Wetmore Jn 14.02 No Report

Clay Mills Jn 14.03 . 14.04 1/4 1L

Willington 14.09 . 14.06 1/4 2E

North Stafford Jn 14.11 . 14.07 3E

Stenson Jn 14.12 . 14.07 1/2 4E

Sunnyhill 14.16 No Report

Melbourne Jn 14.17 No Report

Peartree 14.17 1/2 . 14.12 5E

L.N.W. Jn Derby 14.18 . 14.16 3/4 1E

Derby London Rd Junction 14.19 . 14.24 1/2 5L

Derby 14.20 To 14.50 14.26 1/4 . 14.28 1/4 21E

Derby Litchurch Lane 14.56 . 15.00 4L

The Shenval Press were one of the more important protagonists of quality typography, design and printing in the UK during the mid-20th Century and were printers of various of the 'quality' typographical journals of the day. This fine advert from a post-WW2 copy of Alphabet & Image includes a charming sketch of their Soho, London, address by Hugh Casson.

 

It appears that, decades later, the Press ended up in a bizarre mess thanks to one of the Shand family who managed it - www.sfo.gov.uk/about-us/annual-reports--accounts/annual-r...

Wikipedia reports, "A nymph (Greek: νύμφη, nymphē) in Greek mythology and in Latin mythology is a minor female nature deity typically associated with a particular location or landform. Different from goddesses, nymphs are generally regarded as divine spirits who animate nature, and are usually depicted as beautiful, young nubile maidens who love to dance and sing; their amorous freedom sets them apart from the restricted and chaste wives and daughters of the Greek polis. They are believed to dwell in mountains and groves, by springs and rivers, and also in trees and in valleys and cool grottoes." And in sea caves! - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymph

 

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Welcome to your epic hero's journey! The beautiful 45surf goddess 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 Journey Mythology. I wouldn't be saying it if it hadn't happened to me.

 

PRETTY! Canon 5D Mark II Photos of Beautiful Blonde Swimsuit Bikini (Green One Piece Swimsuit!) Model Goddess with Pretty Blue Eyes in a Sea Cave !

 

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She was tall, thin, fit, and very pretty with long, blonde hair and blue eyes! From Sweden!

 

The Canon EOS 5D Mark II EF 24-105/4L IS USM was my workhorse until I got the Nikon D800 & D800E with the 70-200 mm 2.8 VR2 zoom.

 

Canon, Nikon, you can't go wrong with the pretty 45surf model goddesses! (Though the D800 is my new love.)

 

May the goddess inspire ye along a hero's journey of yer own making, and the path of yer own taking.

 

Was a classic socal autumn morning with a bright, blue, sunny sky! Hope the photos make you feel like you were there! :)

  

May the HJM Goddesses guide, inspire, and exalt ye along yer heroic artistic journey!

 

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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.

 

A Gold 45 Goddess guards the wisdom of dx4/dt=ic -- my physics theory which appears on all the 45surf clothes. Yes I have a Ph.D. in physics! :) You can read more about my research and Hero's Journey Physics here:

herosjourneyphysics.wordpress.com/ MDT PROOF#2: Einstein (1912 Man. on Rel.) and Minkowski wrote x4=ict. Ergo dx4/dt=ic--the foundational equation of all time and motion which is on all the shirts and swimsuits. Every photon that hits my Nikon D800e's sensor does it by surfing the fourth expanding dimension, which is moving at c relative to the three spatial dimensions, or dx4/dt=ic!

 

May the Hero's Journey Mythology Goddess inspire you (as they have inspired me!) along your own artistic journey! All the Best on Your Epic Hero's Journey from Johnny Ranger McCoy! Catch those photons as they surf the fourth expanding dimension!

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Cambridge, Mass. :Printed for the Museum,1880.

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At the end of my fourth grade year in Denton, Texas I received this report card from my teacher Mrs. Swafford. Technically referred to as a "Progress and Achievement Report," it came, as all of my elementary school report cards did, enclosed in an envelope printed by the First State Bank of Denton, an icon of the community whose logo was imprinted on countless textbook covers over the years.

 

My mom recently turned over a box containing this report card to me. Also tucked inside the envelope was my old library card from the Emily Fowler Public Library, complete with a metal plate containing my identification number. High tech!

 

These are some of many curious items collected in JD's House of Miscellany.

 

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Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 under the command of Captain George S. Nares ....

Edinburgh :Neill,1880-1895..

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Google Glass - Minority Report or Invasion of Privacy?

 

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Sony RX1 User Report.

 

I hesitate to write about gear. Tools are tools and the bitter truth is that a great craftsman rises above his tools to create a masterpiece whereas most of us try to improve our abominations by buying better or faster hammers to hit the same nails at the same awkward angles.

 

The internet is fairly flooded with reviews of this tiny marvel, and it isn’t my intention to compete with those articles. If you’re looking for a full-scale review of every feature or a down-to-Earth accounting of the RX1’s strengths and weaknesses, I recommend starting here.

 

Instead, I’d like to provide you with a flavor of how I’ve used the camera over the last six months. In short, this is a user report. To save yourself a few thousand words: I love the thing. As we go through this article, you’ll see this is a purpose built camera. The RX1 is not for everyone, but we will get to that and on the way, I’ll share a handful of images that I made with the camera.

 

It should be obvious to anyone reading this that I write this independently and have absolutely no relationship with Sony (other than having exchanged a large pile of cash for this camera at a retail outlet).

 

Before we get to anything else, I want to clear the air about two things: Price and Features

 

The Price

 

First things first: the price. The $2800+ cost of this camera is the elephant in the room and, given I purchased the thing, you may consider me a poor critic. That in mind, I want to offer you three thoughts:

 

Consumer goods cost what they cost, in the absence of a competitor (the Fuji X100s being the only one worth mention) there is no comparison and you simply have to decide for yourself if you are willing to pay or not.

Normalize the price per sensor area for all 35mm f/2 lens and camera alternatives and you’ll find the RX1 is an amazing value.

You are paying for the ability to take photographs, plain and simple. Ask yourself, “what are these photographs worth to me?”

 

In my case, #3 is very important. I have used the RX1 to take hundreds of photographs of my family that are immensely important to me. Moreover, I have made photographs (many appearing on this page) that are moving or beautiful and only happened because I had the RX1 in my bag or my pocket. Yes, of course I could have made these or very similar photographs with another camera, but that is immaterial.

 

35mm by 24mm by 35mm f/2

 

The killer feature of this camera is simple: it is a wafer of silicon 35mm by 24mm paired to a brilliantly, ridiculously, undeniably sharp, contrasty and bokehlicious 35mm f/2 Carl Zeiss lens. Image quality is king here and all other things take a back seat. This means the following: image quality is as good or better than your DSLR, but battery life, focus speed, and responsiveness are likely not as good as your DSLR. I say likely because, if you have an entry-level DSLR, the RX1 is comparable on these dimensions. If you want to change lenses, if you want an integrated viewfinder, if you want blindingly fast phase-detect autofocus then shoot with a DSLR. If you want the absolute best image quality in the smallest size possible, you’ve got it in the RX1.

 

While we are on the subject of interchangeable lenses and viewfinders...

 

I have an interchangeable lens DSLR and I love the thing. It’s basically a medium format camera in a 35mm camera body. It’s a powerhouse and it is the first camera I reach for when the goal is photography. For a long time, however, I’ve found myself in situations where photography was not the first goal, but where I nevertheless wanted to have a camera. I’m around the table with friends or at the park with my son and the DSLR is too big, too bulky, too intimidating. It comes between you and life. In this realm, mirrorless, interchangeable lens cameras seem to be king, but they have a major flaw: they are, for all intents and purposes, just little DSLRs.

 

As I mentioned above, I have an interchangeable lens system, why would I want another, smaller one? Clearly, I am not alone in feeling this way, as the market has produced a number of what I would call “professional point and shoots.” Here we are talking about the Fuji X100/X100s, Sigma DPm-series and the RX100 and RX1.

 

Design is about making choices

 

When the Fuji X100 came out, I was intrigued. Here was a cheap(er), baby Leica M. Quiet, small, unobtrusive. Had I waited to buy until the X100s had come out, perhaps this would be a different report. Perhaps, but probably not. I remember thinking to myself as I was looking at the X100, “I wish there was a digital Rollei 35, something with a fixed 28mm or 35mm lens that would fit in a coat pocket or a small bag.” Now of course, there is.

 

So, for those of you who said, “I would buy the RX1 if it had interchangeable lenses or an integrated viewfinder or faster autofocus,” I say the following: This is a purpose built camera. You would not want it as an interchangeable system, it can’t compete with DSLR speed. A viewfinder would make the thing bigger and ruin the magic ratio of body to sensor size—further, there is a 3-inch LCD viewfinder on the back! Autofocus is super fast, you just don’t realize it because the bar has been raised impossibly high by ultra-sonic magnet focusing rings on professional DSLR lenses. There’s a fantastic balance at work here between image quality and size—great tools are about the total experience, not about one or the other specification.

 

In short, design is about making choices. I think Sony has made some good ones with the RX1.

 

In use

 

So I’ve just written 1,000 words of a user report without, you know, reporting on use. In many ways the images on the page are my user report. These photographs, more than my words, should give you a flavor of what the RX1 is about. But, for the sake of variety, I intend to tell you a bit about the how and the why of shooting with the RX1.

 

Snapshots

 

As a beginning enthusiast, I often sneered at the idea of a snapshot. As I’ve matured, I’ve come to appreciate what a pocket camera and a snapshot can offer. The RX1 is the ultimate photographer’s snapshot camera.

 

I’ll pause here to properly define snapshot as a photograph taken quickly with a handheld camera.

 

To quote Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” So it is with photography. Beautiful photographs happen at the decisive moment—and to paraphrase Henri Cartier-Bresson further—the world is newly made and falling to pieces every instant. I think it is no coincidence that each revolution in the steady march of photography from the tortuously slow chemistry of tin-type and daguerreotype through 120 and 35mm formats to the hyper-sensitive CMOS of today has engendered new categories and concepts of photography.

 

Photography is a reflexive, reactionary activity. I see beautiful light or the unusual in an every day event and my reaction is a desire to make a photograph. It’s a bit like breathing and has been since I was a kid.

 

Rather than sneer at snapshots, nowadays I seek them out; and when I seek them out, I do so with the Sony RX1 in my hand.

 

How I shoot with the RX1

 

Despite much bluster from commenters on other reviews as to the price point and the purpose-built nature of this camera (see above), the RX1 is incredibly flexible. Have a peek at some of the linked reviews and you’ll see handheld portraits, long exposures, images taken with off-camera flash, etc.

 

Yet, I mentioned earlier that I reach for the D800 when photography is the primary goal and so the RX1 has become for me a handheld camera—something I use almost exclusively at f/2 (people, objects, shallow DoF) or f/8 (landscapes in abundant light, abstracts). The Auto-ISO setting allows the camera to choose in the range from ISO 50 and 6400 to reach a proper exposure at a given aperture with a 1/80 s shutter speed. I have found this shutter speed ensures a sharp image every time (although photographers with more jittery grips may wish there was the ability to select a different default shutter speed). This strategy works because the RX1 has a delightfully clicky exposure compensation dial just under your right thumb—allowing for fine adjustment to the camera’s metering decision.

 

So then, if you find me out with the RX1, you’re likely to see me on aperture priority, f/2 and auto ISO. Indeed, many of the photographs on this page were taken in that mode (including lots of the landscape shots!).

 

Working within constraints.

 

The RX1 is a wonderful camera to have when you have to work within constraints. When I say this, I mean it is great for photography within two different classes of constraints: 1) physical constraints of time and space and 2) intellectual/artistic constraints.

 

To speak to the first, as I said earlier, many of the photographs on this page were made possible by having a camera with me at a time that I otherwise would not have been lugging around a camera. For example, some of the images from the Grand Canyon you see were made in a pinch on my way to a Christmas dinner with my family. I didn’t have the larger camera with me and I just had a minute to make the image. Truth be told, these images could have been made with my cell phone, but that I could wring such great image quality out of something not much larger than my cell phone is just gravy. Be it jacket pocket, small bag, bike bag, saddle bag, even fannie pack—you have space for this camera anywhere you go.

 

Earlier I alluded to the obtrusiveness of a large camera. If you want to travel lightly and make photographs without announcing your presence, it’s easier to use a smaller camera. Here the RX1 excels. Moreover, the camera’s leaf shutter is virtually silent, so you can snap away without announcing your intention. In every sense, this camera is meant to work within physical constraints.

 

I cut my photographic teeth on film and I will always have an affection for it. There is a sense that one is playing within the rules when he uses film. That same feeling is here in the RX1. I never thought I’d say this about a camera, but I often like the JPEG images this thing produces more than I like what I can push with a RAW. Don’t get me wrong, for a landscape or a cityscape, the RAW processed carefully is FAR, FAR better than a JPEG.

 

But when I am taking snapshots or photos of friends and family, I find the JPEGs the camera produces (I’m shooting in RAW + JPEG) so beautiful. The camera’s computer corrects for the lens distortion and provides the perfect balance of contrast and saturation. The JPEG engine can be further tweaked to increase the amount of contrast, saturation or dynamic range optimization (shadow boost) used in writing those files. Add in the ability to rapidly compensate exposure or activate various creative modes and you’ve got this feeling you’re shooting film again. Instant, ultra-sensitive and customizable film.

 

Pro Tip: Focusing

 

Almost all cameras come shipped with what I consider to be the worst of the worst focus configurations. Even the Nikon D800 came to my hands set to focus when the shutter button was halfway depressed. This mode will ruin almost any photograph. Why? Because it requires you to perform legerdemain to place the autofocus point, depress the shutter halfway, recompose and press the shutter fully. In addition to the chance of accidentally refocusing after composing or missing the shot—this method absolutely ensures that one must focus before every single photograph. Absolutely impossible for action or portraiture.

 

Sensibly, most professional or prosumer cameras come with an AF-ON button near where the shooter’s right thumb rests. This separates the task of focusing and exposing, allowing the photographer to quickly focus and to capture the image even if focus is slightly off at the focus point. For portraits, kids, action, etc the camera has to have a hair-trigger. It has to be responsive. Manufacturer’s: stop shipping your cameras with this ham-fisted autofocus arrangement.

 

Now, the RX1 does not have an AF-ON button, but it does have an AEL button whose function can be changed to “MF/AF Control Hold” in the menu. Further, other buttons on the rear of the camera can also be programmed to toggle between AF and MF modes. What this all means is that you can work around the RX1’s buttons to make it’s focus work like a DSLR’s. (For those of you who are RX1 shooters, set the front switch to MF, the right control wheel button to MF/AF Toggle and the AEL button to MF/AF Control Hold and voila!) The end result is that, when powered on the camera is in manual focus mode, but the autofocus can be activated by pressing AEL, no matter what, however, the shutter is tripped by the shutter release. Want to switch to AF mode? Just push a button and you’re back to the standard modality.

 

Carrying.

 

I keep mine in a small, neoprene pouch with a semi-hard LCD cover and a circular polarizing filter on the front—perfect for buttoning up and throwing into a bag on my way out of the house. I have a soft release screwed into the threaded shutter release and a custom, red twill strap to replace the horrible plastic strap Sony provided. I plan to gaffer tape the top and the orange ring around the lens. Who knows, I may find an old Voigtlander optical viewfinder in future as well.

Saturday track action at the 2019 Spa Six Hours: the winning Philip Walker/Miles Griffiths/Gordon Shedden Ford GT40 driving into the sunset at Fagnes.

 

Find more pictures and a comprehensive report at 8W.

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This is a report on the feast of St. Sebastian that was celebrated in the Sicilian town of Tortorici; the feast was held on January 20 of last year 2018. The devotees men go "naked" to the Holy as a sign of penance, they are dressed in white with a shirt and trousers, an handkerchief folded in a triangle shape on the pant and they walk barefoot; women, even they walk barefoot or wearing only white stockings, wearing white shirts and skirts, an handkerchief covering her head: all devotees, "naked" and not, accompany the saint in procession.

The religious rite is celebrated in the Church of St. Maria Assunta , with the participation of local authorities who continue an ancient tradition, and that is to deliver the keys of the city, as a sign of devotion to the Holy . At noon starts the procession through the streets of the City. The artistic "float" is carried only by the "naked" , this is a privilege but also a duty of penance . The first stage of the procession is in the River Calagni where devotees invoking the grace , this rite is the complex relationship of the city of Tortorici with the rivers: the rivers have always provided water for the food, for irrigation fields, but often the rivers have destroyed or damaged the territory, so... the Holy is invoked to ward off damage . After the stop in the River Calagni, the procession resumes through the streets of the town.

In Sicily, the oldest traces of the cult of San Sebastiano date back to 1347, when, on the occasion of the terrible epidemic of bubonic plague that hit all of Europe, the saint was proclaimed patron and protector of Palermo.

This epidemic spread a great devotion to St. Sebastian because the saint, tied to a column and hit by arrows, was considered the symbol of humanity pierced by the plague's arrows.

on 20 January 2018, in Tortorici, the celebrations in honor of San Sebastiano were performed in a sad and reduced form, as the whole community was close to the pain of Chiara's family, a very young girl of 20 who lost her life in a car accident, with the car crashing into the river bed that flows through Tortorici.

  

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Questo è un racconto fotografico della festa di San Sebastiano celebrato nella città siciliana di Tortorici, festa che si è tenuta il 20 gennaio dekllo scorso anno 2018. I devoti vanno "nudi" al Santo come segno di penitenza, essere "nudi" si intende in questo caso, essere vestiti di bianco, gli uomini indossano una camicia, dei pantaloni con un fazzoletto piegato a triangolo che cinge la vita e camminano scalzi; anche le donne camminano a piedi nudi o indossano solo calze bianche, indossano camicie e gonne bianch ed un fazzoletto copre la testa: tutti i devoti, "nudi" e non, accompagnano il santo in processione.

Il rito religioso è celebrato nella Chiesa di S. Maria Assunta, con la partecipazione delle autorità locali che continuano un'antica tradizione, consegnare le chiavi della città al Santo, come segno di devozione. A mezzogiorno inizia la processione per le vie della città, la vara viene portata solo dagli uomini "nudi", questo è si un privilegio, ma anche un dovere di penitenza. La prima tappa della processione è nelle acque gelide del fiume Calagni, dove i devoti invocano la grazia, questo rito è il complesso rapporto che la città di Tortorici ha coi fiumi: i fiumi hanno da sempre fornito acqua per il cibo, per coltivare i campi, ma spesso i fiumi a Tortorici hanno anche distrutto o danneggiato il territorio, quindi ... il Santo viene così invocato per scongiurare danni. Dopo la sosta nel fiume Calagni, la processione riprende per le vie della città.

In Sicilia le tracce più antiche del culto di San Sebastiano riportano al 1347, quando, in occasione della terribile epidemia di peste bubbonica che colpì tutta l’Europa, il santo fu proclamato compatrono e protettore di Palermo.

Questa epidemia fece diffondere una grande devozione per San Sebastiano poiché il santo, legato a una colonna e colpito dalle frecce, veniva considerato il simbolo dell’umanità trafitta dagli strali della peste.

il 20 gennaio 2018, a Tortorici, i festeggiamenti in onore di San Sebastiano, sono stati eseguiti in forma mesta e ridotta, poichè tutta la comunità si è stretta attorno al dolore della famiglia di Chiara, una giovanissima ragazza di 20 anni che ha perso la vita in un incidente automobilistico, l'automobile sulla quale Chiara viaggiava è precipitata dentro l'alveo del Fiume Grande che attraversa Tortorici.

  

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