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The 54th Naval Cadet Class PLX

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Don Deering: Bush Pilot, Alaska Resident & Guardian Of The Glaciers by Alaska's Bearfoot Magazines

High on the mounded, nearly-treeless Alaska mountain pass that is Eureka Summit -- flanked from behind by the Talkeetna Mountains, and in front by the huge, high mountains of the Chugach Range -- lived Don Deering.

Don's name was painted in big, bold letters on a roadside rural mailbox, which had been pounded into the tundra next to the Glenn Highway near Eureka Lodge.

Don was round-faced and pleasant looking. In every way, he looked like a member of the neighborhood small town Minnesota Friday night bowling league. Or your favorite uncle. Like lots of guys do, Don liked to hang out at the nearby Eureka Lodge, drinking coffee, to while away the hours, bantering with staff, and surveying the dramatic vista of Alaska wilderness that sprawled out in front of Eureka Lodge's large windows. From a booth in the lodge cafe, you could look out at miles of woods and valleys below.

Beneath his mild exterior, Don Deering was a daring and skilled bush pilot.

And, even though he lived at Eureka Summit, Don was a Copper Valley person. (Though only local people consider Eureka Summit to be part of the Copper Valley. The distant Matanuska-Susitna Borough headquarters in Palmer, 85 miles away, had legally appropriated all the land in that area, including the top of the summit.)

But you also knew Don Deering was a Copper Valley guy because he had adopted the Copper Valley attitude toward life. He was a firm believer in taking selfless responsibility for others.

The concept of being your brother's keeper had, in those days, spread like a virus throughout the huge Copper Valley area. Rescuing others, in this cold and precarious homeland, was considered normal and expected behavior for anybody who was capable of stepping forward.

So, in 1989, local pilots and others who lived in the Copper Valley, met at the little Gulkana Airport, just north of Glennallen, on a sunny Saturday in September. The purpose of their meeting was to organize a Gulkana wing of the Civil Air Patrol. Civil Air Patrol members are volunteers. They provide disaster relief, look for downed planes, and develop education progams for young people who want to get involved in the Aerospace Program.

Civil Air Patrol members also receive training on how to maintain flight books, search systematically, and provide efficient help in time of need. Volunteers fly on regular training weekends, following grids, and observing quadrants from maps.

But that first fall weekend in 1989, the fledgling Copper Valley group had to jump right in, and get their training on the job, so to speak. They immediately began a search for an airplane carrying 4 men that had disappeared in mid-August, on an aborted flight to a mine near Eureka. The leads were slim. It was believed that the lost plane may have detoured as far north as Paxson. Or, maybe not.

Typically, and tragically, the pilot had made a big mistake. He hadn't told anyone where he was going.

Now a month and a half later, Copper River people had refused to give up searching for that lost plane. Though it was late September, local pilots, including the brand new Civil Air Patrol members, were still out there: Roy Tansy, an Ahtna leader from Cantwell; Chuck McMahan, a game guide from Gakona; Bob Carnahan, Gakona's elementary school principal; Ross Van Camp, the doctor at Cross Road Medical Center; Bob Gerlach, Scott Strauss...

There was a $25,000 reward for anyone finding the plane that fall. But that's not what motivated the search, explained Bob Carnahan. He pointed out that local pilots wouldn't want people to give up on them if they went down.

Don Deering was somebody whose skill and personality made him a key player in the Copper Vally's Civil Air Patrol; somebody who had a personal, unspoken goal of saving others. With no particular glory ever given to him, beyond the recognition of his immediate neighbors, and the guys he drank coffee with, Don Deering had, during his life in Alaska, rescued countless hapless pilots from disastrous crashes.

In so many ways, Don Deering was the Guardian of the Glaciers.

From high on his 3,322 foot high perch on Eureka Summit, surrounded by thin and patchy groves of dwarf black spruce, he could look down and see the vestiges of the great Ice Age across the broad, wild, rolling valley. He could see the huge glaciers of the Chugach Mountains, churning through their glacial valleys and spilling ice and glacial rivers into the lowlands.

A Land Surrounded By Glaciers

The entire Copper River Valley is surrounded by glaciers on all sides. Muscular, sinewy, vein-like glaciers that (when you soar over them, virtually, on Google Earth) look like a massive, mountain-sized athlete's bulging blood vessels flowing out of the mountains, and tapering off into mighty, deadly rivers -- the unpredictable capillaries of the moving, beating heart of Alaska.

Plenty of glaciers pour out of the mountain ranges that surround the Copper Valley.

To the north, far from Eureka Summit, the Alaska Range arcs above the valley. Its big glaciers include: The East Fork Glacier, the West Fork Glacier, the Maclaren Glacier, and the Susitna Glacier. Off to the east is the Gulkana Glacier, which feeds the Gulkana River.

Farther east, smothering the hills and valleys of the mighty Wrangell Mountains with ice, are the many glaciers and icefields of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. This park contains 5,000 square miles of ice. Some of the park's glaciers are serious reminders of the great, mile-thick ice sheets that once stretched all the way from the Copper Valley, down across all of Canada, and draping into the upper midwest, over 10,000 years ago.

The Wrangell's glaciers aren't to be trifled with. Even today. They're record-breakers. The Bagley Icefield, of the Wrangells, made up of many individual glaciers, is almost 130 miles long and 3,000 feet thick. The 75-mile long Nabesna Glacier is the world's longest interior valley glacier. The Malaspina Glacier is North America's largest piedmont glacier. And the Hubbard Glacier, also 75 miles long, is the North America's largest tidewater glacier.

To the south of Eureka Summit, beside the Glenn Highway, is the Matanuska Glacier of the Chugach Mountains -- the largest glacier you can get to by car in the United States. This glacier is 27 miles long and 4 miles wide.

And, directly across from Eureka Summit, east of the Matanuska Glacier, within Don Deering's immediate protective area, there are three big glaciers, all in a row, clawing their way out of the Chugach Range. The Nelchina Glacier flows into the Nelchina River. The Tazlina Glacier flows into Tazlina Lake. And next to that, south of Copper Center, the mighty Klutina Glacier flows into Klutina Lake, and on into the Klutina River. (This last, crevasse-filled glacier was one that was climbed by unlucky gold miners, entering the Copper Valley from Valdez, during the 1898 Gold Rush.)

Yes, there are many, many major glaciers ringing the Copper River Valley. And, yes, all of them are very large, and very far from help.

Alaska has a surfeit of people who own small airplanes. Its urban areas are wealthy, and men with money enjoy spending their hard-fought funds on planes. There are 8,000 "pilots" in Alaska. Out of a population of 800,000 residents. Compared to the rest of the U.S., the number of small planes is phenomenal: there are 16 times more planes per person, and 6 times more pilots. Not surprisingly the number of crashes in Alaska is high, too. Between 2004 and 2008, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association's Air Safety Foundation said that there were 5.85 accidents per 100,000 flight hours in small planes, nationally. In Alaska, it was almost 3 times that much: 13.59 accidents per 100,000 flight hours. This group has also pointed out that although Alaska has 2% of the nation's population, it accounts for 6% of the nation's small plane crashes.

The people who own and operate small planes in Alaska are not necessarily "pilots" in the sense that Don Deering was a pilot. They are people with planes. And, they might, or might not, have the flying hours, equipment maintenance skills, training, and abilities of a real pilot.

In Alaska, a weekend pilot might go out with some friends and family to check out the sights, including one or more glaciers. A surprising number end up crashing, and some are lost forever -- because they failed to file a flight plan; which is another name for a detailed description of where the plane intended to go, so it could be found.

Hunting season is a common time for planes to crash. Anchorage's Merrill Field -- where small planes leave the city for the wilderness -- is abuzz every August, as a little fleet of Cessnas and Piper Cubs climbs into the sky and rattles off over the trackless, roadless Alaska wilderness, in all directions, looking for excitement, like a hive of bees looking for flowers.

The enormous distances, by air, in the Copper Valley make it difficult to find lost people, lost boats... and lost planes. For example, in August, 1995, there were several Gulkana Civil Air Patrol callouts -- to three possible glaciers: Tazlina Glacier, Nelchina Glacier and Klutina Glacier.

As if one glacier was just like another. Again, they're not.

The Gulkana Civil Air Patrol was now 6 years old. Lee Adler, the Squadron Commander of the Gulkana Civil Air Patrol talked to the Copper River Country Journal that August about their work:

"Last Friday, Don Deering had a call from the Troopers. There had been a plane accident on Tyone Creek. Two fellows were on a bush strip, a real short strip. They wrecked the plane. Flipped it. One of them had a cellular phone, so they got Don to fly out there. He picked them up. They weren't injured, luckily. They went back with a new propeller and struts the next day; put the plane back together, and on take-off they wrecked it again. The same two guys. This time, Don flew them out. He said, That was it. They now are going to have to get the plane hauled out as a wreck.

"The next story: On Sunday, I got a call from Rescue Coordination Center. I took Dave Bruno. They said there was a plane in distress on either the Tazlina Glacier or the Nelchina Glacier. They didn't know for sure. After about an hour, we searched the entire Tazlina area and went over to the Nelchina. When we got to the Nelchina Glacier, we found a Super Cub with some broken landing gear. He had landed on a crack in the ice. The pilots' name is Dan Montgomery. We couldn't land. We had a Cessna. We fixed the location. We called the Rescue Coordination Center. At 8 o'clock that night, Don Deering rescued this guy. So he was the hero. Three times.

"The very next day, we got a call from Rescue Coordination Center. They said, 'There's another Super Cub missing. It was somewhere in the Tazlina Glacier or Klutina Glacier area. The pilot's name is Rick Crawford. We have searched four days now. There's been myself, and Brad Gavitt, Gladys Higginbotham, Paul Blair, Lori Routt, Dave Bruno, Don Deering...and after four days we have found nothing. The search is still going on, and now they're thinking, he's somewhere else. So, that man is missing. Now they think he's up at Mt. Susitna..."

The problem of finding downed pilots was compounded by a number of factors. The search teams were small, and volunteer-based. The areas involved were large. And nobody knew where anybody was headed because there were usually no flight plans.

The Tazlina Glacier, the Nelchina Glacier, the Klutina Glacier. They are not the same glacier.

After all these incidents in 1995, involving Don Deering, there were more, when hunting season rolled around again.

Exactly a year later, in September, 1996, Lee Adler, Squadron Commander of the local Civil Air Patrol, shaking his head in disbelief at Don's ability to pluck incoming adventurers from near certain death, called in another report to the Copper River Country Journal, again about Don Deering.

"We had a short mission yesterday," said Lee Adler. " It was an airboat on the Chitina River, He was somewhere between the Kennicott River and Chitina. We were sent out to search for him. We found him. He was already headed back under his own power and we just went over to Chitina and landed at Chitina Airport and found that he had returned back. We didn't do much.

"Two weeks ago, Don Deering at Eureka had two finds and saves, -- in two days. One was a sheep hunter who had fallen and injured himself, and was eventually picked up by the air National Guard Helicopter. The very next day, there was another hunter that had some kind of health problem. He had had hip replacements, and I guess his hips froze up, and he had to be helicoptered out to safety.

"Don's had a very active summer. Don's been with the Civil Air Patrol about 34 years. He's had about a hundred finds and saves. Don started his search and rescue work during the Korean War; he was rescuing downed airmen who were shot down over Korea. He's been doing it ever since.

"He's about 74-75 years old now, and flies out of Eureka, and has over 30,000 hours of flying logged so far in his life. Unofficially, we think he has the most finds and saves of any Civil Air Patrol member in the history of the CAP.

"There's nobody else that can come close in the Lower 48 because they don't have the opportunity."

Then, remembering he was talking to local people through the little newspaper, Lee Adler took a moment to caution his friends and neighbors who might be pilots: "Always have a flight plan when you fly. Try to stay within the capabilities of your body and equipment. Let somebody know where you're going. Be properly equipped.'' It was obvious. But you can never say it too often.

Don Deering was never formally honored for his achievements. The FAA's job is not to talk about success, but failure. And, when you look up Don Deering on the internet, he is listed in a single FAA incident report: for banging up his Piper PA-18 on the Eureka airstrip in an incident that happened at 1 pm on July 6, 1991, when his engine stalled on liftoff, and the plane dropped and rolled 30 feet before the left wing struck an empty cabin at the end of the runway.

That's it. The official summation of a Copper River hero's life, on the internet. Until now.

(Photo: In the hallway of Eureka Lodge, as a form of tribute by the lodge owners.)

Madoka Kaname - Selfless by Artha Prana

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Watch Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Full Movie – Online on Eros Now by payal chavan

Watch this selfless account of love as a newly married man helps his new wife re-connect with her lost lover to make her happy. But will this action result in happiness after all for the girl?. Watch Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam full movie on Eros Now!

Selfless. The word that made me go back to rational reality. by raptor_031

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"Remarkable People " - Jill. by Phil Dodd CPAGB BPE2*

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This, the start of my “Remarkable People” project begins with Jill – selflessly fundraising for WaterAid. I have to admit, this shot was not taken by me. It was taken by a young up & coming photographer – Molly Dodd (my 9 year old daughter !!), while on holiday. Needless to say, the following question after a few pushes of the shutter button was “can I have a camera for Christmas Dad ?” How could I refuse ?!!

Jill (or “Nanny Jill” to Molly) is family & she is based in North Yorkshire & this is her story:

"In 2003 I began making hand-crafted greetings cards for almost every occasion, firstly for ourselves then for our daughter who wanted to pay me. I refused but she insisted, so, as our church at that time was raising funds to sink wells in Mali, I decided that WaterAid should receive the money. Our friend and hairdresser was my second customer; she is still a very regular contributor and always gives in excess of the cost of the cards. I still charge just £1 for each card. Each year we take my cards to sell at our twice yearly Methodist Synod and usually do very well, as we now have regular customers who make a bee-line for our stall. On the third Saturday in October we hold a Coffee Morning in our home, we have just held our ninth; these occasions are very happy and people enjoy meeting old friends, some they may not have seen since the previous year. We have two very dear friends who help us out greatly by making tea and coffee to enable us to circulate.

There are millions of people throughout the world, in many countries, who do not have access to clean water or any sanitation. WaterAid not only provide clean water but teach the local people to maintain the equipment and supply the necessary tools".

So, believe it or not, just by selling these handmade greetings cards (and great they are too !) Jill has raised over £7500, I’m not sure how far this would go in terms of helping to supply clean water etc, but one thing I am sure of is that the people that WaterAid help would be a lot worse off without it !

It’s a staggering amount to have raised, & the fundraising goes on – “Congratulations Jill”, long may it continue.

Jill’s actions have touched (& continue to touch) other people’s lives on the other side of the world & I think that is remarkable.

Thanks for looking and / or commenting....

Best Regards,

Phil.

Update : As of January 2016, Jill has now raised the fantastic total of £11,550 for WaterAid. Personally, I feel that raising such a large amount of money for such a worthwhile cause deserves high praise - "Well Done Jill, long may your fundraising continue...."

Update : ( again !! ) Jill's running total as of November 2017 now stands at £14,823 ( just £177 short of her December target of £15,000 ). This latest addition to her fundraising has been achieved through coffee mornings, donations, still selling her hand-made cards, etc & again from my perspective ( as I'm sure you will agree ), is a massive contribution to WaterAid's funding & one she should feel very proud of. "Well done Jill" ! :)

Update again...

As of late December Jill's total now stands at £15,347 - target achieved !

The figure's just keep going up.... !! As of June 2018, Jill has now raised the fantastic amount of £16,000....

Should you wish to donate to help others, click the following link... Thanks !

Army Values Card by Jason Eppink

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It's a good thing I'm not interested in the armed forces. I don't think I could pledge half of these things.

Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, state of Germany (the art of very historical buildings and very important museums of Karlsruhe), Staatliche Kunsthalle (Hans-Thoma-Straße/Waldstraße) by alfred lex

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Gerard de Lairesse (1641 - 1711), among other things active in Liege, Utrecht and Amsterdam

Antiochus and Stratonike, 1676

Oil on canvas

Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe

This by the description and praise of Johann Joachim Winckelmann already in the 18th century famous picture tells an ancient story. The Syrian prince Antioches had been unhappily fallen in love with his young stepmother Stratonike and as a result he became ill. The doctor Erasistratos identified the cause of his suffering. He told this the old king Seleucus, who then selflessly handed over wife and kingdom to his son. Karoline Luise acquired the painting in 1769 at the price of 6,000 livres. It was thus one of the three most expensive paintings of her collection.

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Gerard de Lairesse (1641 - 1711), tätig unter anderem in Lüttich, Utrecht und Amsterdam

Antiochos und Stratonike, 1676

Öl auf Leinwand

Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe

Dieses schon im 18. Jahrhundert durch die Beschreibung und das Lob von Johann Joachim Winckelmann berühmte Bild erzählt eine antike Geschichte. Der syrische Königssohn Antioches hatte sich unglücklich in seine junge Stiefmutter Stratonike verliebt und war daran schwer erkrankt. Der Arzt Erasistratos erkannt den Grund des Leiddens. Er teilte diesen dem alten König Seleukos mit, der daraufhin seinem Sohn selbstlos Frau und Königreich übergab. Karoline Luise erwarb das Gemälde 1769 zum Preis von 6000 Livres. Es gehörte damit zu den drei teuersten Bildern ihrer Sammlung.

Collection

The foundation of the collection consists of 205 mostly French and Dutch paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries which Margravine Karoline Luise acquired 1759-1776. From this collection originate significant works, such as The portrait of a young man by Frans van Mieris the Elder, The winter landscape with lime kiln of Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, The Lacemaker by Gerard Dou, the Still Life with hunting equipment and dead partridge of Willem van Aelst, The Peace in the Chicken yard by Melchior de Hondecoeter as well as a self-portrait by Rembrandt van Rijn. In addition, four still lifes of Jean Siméon Chardin and two pastoral scenes by François Boucher, having been commissioned directly by the Marchioness from artists.

A first significant expansion the museum received in 1858 by the collection of canon Johann Baptist von Hirscher (1788-1865) with works of religious art of the 15th and 16th centuries. This group includes works such as two tablets of the Sterzinger altar and the wing fragment The sacramental blessing of Bartholomew Zeitblom. From 1899 to 1920, the native of Baden painter Hans Thoma held the position of Director of the Kunsthalle. He acquired old masterly paintings as the tauberbischofsheim altarpiece by Matthias Grünewald and drove the expansion of the collection with art of the 19th century forward. Only his successors expanded the holdings of the Art Gallery with works of Impressionism and the following generations of artists.

The permanent exhibition in the main building includes approximately 800 paintings and sculptures. Among the outstanding works of art of the Department German painters of the late Gothic and Renaissance are the Christ as Man of Sorrows by Albrecht Dürer, the Carrying of the Cross and the Crucifixion by Matthias Grünewald, Maria with the Child by Lucas Cranach the Elder, the portrait of Sebastian Brant by Hans Burgkmair the elder and The Nativity of Hans Baldung. Whose Margrave panel due to property disputes in 2006 made it in the headlines and also led to political conflicts. One of the biggest buying successes which a German museum in the postwar period was able to land concerns the successive acquisition of six of the seven known pieces of a Passion altar in 1450 - the notname of the artist after this work "Master of the Karlsruhe Passion" - a seventh piece is located in German public ownership (Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne).

In the department of Dutch and Flemish paintings of the 16th century can be found, in addition to the aforementioned works, the portrait of the Marchesa Veronica Spinola Doria by Peter Paul Rubens, Moses strikes the rock and water flows for the thirsty people of Israel of Jacob Jordaens, the still life with kitchen tools and foods of Frans Snyders, the village festival of David Teniers the younger, the still life with lemon, oranges and filled clay pot by Willem Kalf, a Young couple having breakfast by Gabriel Metsu, in the bedroom of Pieter de Hooch, the great group of trees at the waterfront of Jacob Izaaksoon van Ruisdael, a river landscape with a milkmaid of Aelbert Jacobsz. Cuyp as well as a trompe-l'œil still life of Samuel van Hoogstraten.

Further examples of French paintings of the 17th and 18th centuries are, the adoration of the golden calf of Claude Lorrain, preparations for dance class of the Le Nain brothers, the portrait of Marshal Charles-Auguste de Matignon by Hyacinthe Rigaud, the portrait of a young nobleman in hunting costume of Nicolas de Largillière, The storm of Claude Joseph Vernet and The minuet of Nicolas Lancret. From the 19th century can be found with Rocky wooded valley at Civita Castellana by Gustave Courbet, The Lamentation of Eugène Delacroix, the children portrait Le petit Lange of Édouard Manet, the portrait of Madame Jeantaud by Edgar Degas, the landscape June morning near Pontoise by Camille Pissarro, homes in Le Pouldu Paul Gauguin and views to the sea at L'Estaque by Paul Cézanne further works of French artists at Kunsthalle.

One focus of the collection is the German painting and sculpture of the 19th century. From Joseph Anton Koch, the Kunsthalle possesses a Heroic landscape with rainbow, from Georg Friedrich Kersting the painting The painter Gerhard Kügelgen in his studio, from Caspar David Friedrich the landscape rocky reef on the sea beach and from Karl Blechen view to the Monastery of Santa Scolastica. Other important works of this department are the disruption of Adolph Menzel as well as the young self-portrait, the portrait Nanna Risi and The Banquet of Plato of Anselm Feuerbach.

For the presentation of the complex of oeuvres by Hans Thoma, a whole wing in 1909 at the Kunsthalle was installed. Main oeuvres of the arts are, for example, the genre picture The siblings as well as, created on behalf of the grand-ducal family, Thoma Chapel with its religious themes.

Of the German contemporaries of Hans Thoma, Max Liebermann on the beach of Noordwijk and Lovis Corinth with a portrait of his wife in the museum are represented. Furthermore the Kunsthalle owns works by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Carl Spitzweg, Arnold Böcklin, Hans von Marées, Wilhelm Leibl, Fritz von Uhde, Wilhelm Trübner and Max Klinger.

In the building of the adjacent Orangerie works of the collection and new acquisitions from the years after 1952 can be seen. In two integrated graphics cabinets the Kupferstichkabinett (gallery of prints) gives insight into its inventory of contemporary art on paper. From the period after 1945, the works Arabs with footprints by Jean Dubuffet, Sponge Relief RE 48; Sol. 1960 by Yves Klein, Honoring the square: Yellow center of Josef Albers, the cityscape F by Gerhard Richter and the Fixe idea by Georg Baselitz in the Kunsthalle. The collection of classical modernism wandered into the main building. Examples of paintings from the period to 1945 are The Eiffel Tower by Robert Delaunay, the Improvisation 13 by Wassily Kandinsky, Deers in the Forest II by Franz Marc, People at the Blue lake of August Macke, the self-portrait The painter of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, the Merzpicture 21b by Kurt Schwitters, the forest of Max Ernst, Tower gate II by Lyonel Feininger, the Seven Deadly Sins of Otto Dix and the removal of the Sphinxes by Max Beckmann. In addition, the museum regularly shows special exhibitions.

Sammlung

Den Grundstock der Sammlung bilden 205 meist französische und niederländische Gemälde des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts, welche Markgräfin Karoline Luise zwischen 1759 und 1776 erwarb. Aus dieser Sammlung stammen bedeutende Arbeiten, wie das Bildnis eines jungen Mannes von Frans van Mieris der Ältere, die Winterlandschaft mit Kalkofen von Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Die Spitzenklöpplerin von Gerard Dou, das Stillleben mit Jagdgeräten und totem Rebhuhn von Willem van Aelst, Der Friede im Hühnerhof von Melchior de Hondecoeter sowie ein Selbstbildnis von Rembrandt van Rijn. Hinzu kommen vier Stillleben von Jean Siméon Chardin und zwei Schäferszenen von François Boucher, die die Markgräfin bei Künstlern direkt in Auftrag gegeben hatte.

Eine erste wesentliche Erweiterung erhielt das Museum 1858 durch die Sammlung des Domkapitulars Johann Baptist von Hirscher (1788–1865) mit Werken religiöser Kunst des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts. Zu dieser Gruppe gehören Werke wie zwei Tafeln des Sterzinger Altars und das Flügelfragment Der sakramentale Segen von Bartholomäus Zeitblom. Von 1899 bis 1920 bekleidete der aus Baden stammende Maler Hans Thoma die Position des Direktors der Kunsthalle. Er erwarb altmeisterliche Gemälde wie den Tauberbischofsheimer Altar von Matthias Grünewald und trieb den Ausbau der Sammlung mit Kunst des 19. Jahrhunderts voran. Erst seine Nachfolger erweiterten die Bestände der Kunsthalle um Werke des Impressionismus und der folgenden Künstlergenerationen.

Die Dauerausstellung im Hauptgebäude umfasst rund 800 Gemälde und Skulpturen. Zu den herausragenden Kunstwerken der Abteilung deutsche Maler der Spätgotik und Renaissance gehören der Christus als Schmerzensmann von Albrecht Dürer, die Kreuztragung und Kreuzigung von Matthias Grünewald, Maria mit dem Kinde von Lucas Cranach der Ältere, das Bildnis Sebastian Brants von Hans Burgkmair der Ältere und die Die Geburt Christi von Hans Baldung. Dessen Markgrafentafel geriet durch Eigentumsstreitigkeiten 2006 in die Schlagzeilen und führte auch zu politischen Auseinandersetzungen. Einer der größten Ankaufserfolge, welche ein deutsches Museum in der Nachkriegszeit verbuchen konnte, betrifft den sukzessiven Erwerb von sechs der sieben bekannten Tafeln eines Passionsaltars um 1450 – der Notname des Malers nach diesem Werk „Meister der Karlsruher Passion“ – eine siebte Tafel befindet sich in deutschem öffentlichen Besitz (Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Köln).

In der Abteilung niederländischer und flämischer Malerei des 16. Jahrhunderts finden sich, neben den erwähnten Werken, das Bildnis der Marchesa Veronica Spinola Doria von Peter Paul Rubens, Moses schlägt Wasser aus dem Felsen von Jacob Jordaens, das Stillleben mit Küchengeräten und Lebensmitteln von Frans Snyders, das Dorffest von David Teniers dem Jüngeren, das Stillleben mit Zitrone, Orangen und gefülltem Römer von Willem Kalf, ein Junges Paar beim Frühstück von Gabriel Metsu, Im Schlafzimmer von Pieter de Hooch, die Große Baumgruppe am Wasser von Jacob Izaaksoon van Ruisdael, eine Flusslandschaft mit Melkerin von Aelbert Jacobsz. Cuyp sowie ein Augenbetrüger-Stillleben von Samuel van Hoogstraten.

Weitere Beispiele französischer Malerei des 17. bzw. 18. Jahrhunderts sind Die Anbetung des Goldeen Kalbes von Claude Lorrain, die Vorbereitung zur Tanzstunde der Brüder Le Nain, das Bildnis des Marschalls Charles-Auguste de Matignon von Hyacinthe Rigaud, das Bildnis eines jungen Edelmannes im Jagdkostüm von Nicolas de Largillière, Der Sturm von Claude Joseph Vernet und Das Menuett von Nicolas Lancret. Aus dem 19. Jahrhundert finden sich mit Felsiges Waldtal bei Cività Castellana von Gustave Courbet, Die Beweinung Christi von Eugène Delacroix, dem Kinderbildnis Le petit Lange von Édouard Manet, dem Bildnis der Madame Jeantaud von Edgar Degas, dem Landschaftsbild Junimorgen bei Pontoise von Camille Pissarro, Häuser in Le Pouldu von Paul Gauguin und Blick auf das Meer bei L’Estaque von Paul Cézanne weitere Arbeiten französischer Künstler in der Kunsthalle.

Einen Schwerpunkt der Sammlung bildet die deutsche Malerei und Skulptur des 19. Jahrhunderts. Von Joseph Anton Koch besitzt die Kunsthalle eine Heroische Landschaft mit Regenbogen, von Georg Friedrich Kersting das Gemälde Der Maler Gerhard Kügelgen in seinem Atelier, von Caspar David Friedrich das Landschaftsbild Felsenriff am Meeresstrand und von Karl Blechen den Blick auf das Kloster Santa Scolastica. Weitere bedeutende Werke dieser Abteilung sind Die Störung von Adolph Menzel sowie das Jugendliche Selbstbildnis, das Bildnis Nanna Risi und Das Gastmahl des Plato von Anselm Feuerbach.

Für die Präsentation des Werkkomplexes von Hans Thoma wurde 1909 in der Kunsthalle ein ganzer Gebäudetrakt errichtet. Hauptwerke des Künstlers sind etwa das Genrebild Die Geschwister sowie die, im Auftrag der großherzöglichen Familie geschaffene, Thoma-Kapelle mit ihren religiösen Themen.

Von den deutschen Zeitgenossen Hans Thomas sind Max Liebermann mit Am Strand von Noordwijk und Lovis Corinth mit einem Bildnis seiner Frau im Museum vertreten. Darüber hinaus besitzt die Kunsthalle Werke von Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Carl Spitzweg, Arnold Böcklin, Hans von Marées, Wilhelm Leibl, Fritz von Uhde, Wilhelm Trübner und Max Klinger.

Im Gebäude der benachbarten Orangerie sind Werke der Sammlung und Neuankäufe aus den Jahren nach 1952 zu sehen. In zwei integrierten Grafikkabinetten gibt das Kupferstichkabinett Einblick in seinen Bestand zeitgenössischer Kunst auf Papier. Aus der Zeit nach 1945 finden sich die Arbeiten Araber mit Fußspuren von Jean Dubuffet, Schwammrelief >RE 48:Sol.1960< von Yves Klein, Ehrung des Quadrates: Gelbes Zentrum von Josef Albers, das Stadtbild F von Gerhard Richter und die Fixe Idee von Georg Baselitz in der Kunsthalle. Die Sammlung der Klassischen Moderne wanderte in das Hauptgebäude. Beispiele für Gemälde aus der Zeit bis 1945 sind Der Eiffelturm von Robert Delaunay, die Improvisation 13 von Wassily Kandinsky, Rehe im Wald II von Franz Marc, Leute am blauen See von August Macke, das Selbstbildnis Der Maler von Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, das Merzbild 21b von Kurt Schwitters, Der Wald von Max Ernst, Torturm II von Lyonel Feininger, Die Sieben Todsünden von Otto Dix und der Abtransport der Sphinxe von Max Beckmann. Darüber hinaus zeigt das Museum regelmäßig Sonderausstellungen.

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Watch Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Full Movie – Online on Eros Now by payal chavan

Watch this selfless account of love as a newly married man helps his new wife re-connect with her lost lover to make her happy. But will this action result in happiness after all for the girl?. Watch Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam full movie on Eros Now!

Lovemère Annual Mother’s Day Sale Event from 5th - 8th May 2022 by Lovemere Store

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It's the time of the year to honor all selfless and hardworking mothers who never take a day off even on their bad days. On the Special Day of Mother’s Day, Lovemère treats all the brave pregnant ladies and beautiful mummies of Singapore, Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Brunei, US, and UK with a special discount. Enjoy 15% off on everything (Nursing bras, tops, panties, breastfeeding pads, maternity wear dresses, bottoms, swimwear) storewide from 5th - 8th May 2022 when you shop at lovemere.com with check out code “MOTHERSDAY2022”. No minimum purchase.

A sight of selfless service by devotees by Sant Nirankari Mission

October 25, 2019: View of Samagam Sewa -72nd Annual Nirankari Sant Samagam

commitment by joonyoung kim

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wishes so fervent and selfless.

@Bongeunsa Temple

Seoul, ROK

Kind, Selfless by bokehboi/hal

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…husband

Watch Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Full Movie – Online on Eros Now by payal chavan

Watch this selfless account of love as a newly married man helps his new wife re-connect with her lost lover to make her happy. But will this action result in happiness after all for the girl?. Watch Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam full movie on Eros Now!

Hawaii H.O.M.E. Project’s 2022 Hoʻola Me Ke Kahiau: Healing with Compassion Through Selfless Giving by UHMed

For the first time since the pandemic, the H.O.M.E. Project’s annual brunch fundraiser returned as an in-person event at the John A. Burns School of Medicine campus

20131124Cheverus112 by Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston

November 24, 2013 - CHEVERUS AWARD RECIPIENTS.

Congratulations to the 95 Cheverus Award recipients for 2013 who are receiving their recognition at this moment at Holy Cross Cathedral in a Mass with Cardinal Seán. The award recognizes years of selfless service, often unheralded and done with no recompense but the knowledge of having given all to the Lord. The recipients are:

Susan Abbott, St. Theresa of Avila, West Roxbury

Laura Albaladejo, St. Patick, Brockton

Josephine and Charles Anastasia, St. John Chrysostom, West Roxbury

Ruth Andrews, St. Katharine Drexel, Boston

Mother Teresa Benedicta, OCD, North Region

William Bibeau, St. John the Baptist, Haverhill

Madelyn Brown, The Catholic TV Network, Watertown (2012)

Judy Burton, St. Mary/St. Catherine of Siena, Charlestown

Jacquelyn Butterfield, St. Anne, Littleton

James Buxton, Holy Trinity, Lowell

John Carter, Sacred Heart, Waltham

Everett Casey, Sacred Heart, Middleborough

John Cheboryot and Mercy Anampiu, St. Michael, Lowell, Kenyan Apostolate

Antonio Jr. and Gracita Chiefe, St. Mary, Randolph, Filipino Apostolate

Deacon Charles Clough, West Region

William Corrigan, St. Anthony of Padua, Allston

Marileia Costa, St. Anthony of Padua, Everett, Brazilian Apostolate

Paul Daly, Sacred Heart, Quincy

Joan DeGuglielmo, St. Francis of Assisi, Cambridge

Sister Thomasita Delaney, RMS, Merrimack Region

Samuel E. DeMerit, St. Paul, Cambridge

Jose DePina, St. Peter, Dorchester

Barbara Devita, St. Thomas of Villanova, Wilmington

Linda Devoll, St. John the Evangelist, Canton

Rose DiMare, Immaculate Conception, Revere

Anne Doherty, St. Camillus, Arlington

M.J. Doherty, Archdiocese of Boston

Kevin Dolan, Sts. Martha and Mary, Lakeville

Thomas Dwyer, Esq., Archdiocese of Boston

Joanne Eagan, Sacred Heart, Lynn

Stephen Fair, St. Mary of the Assumption, Brookline

Walter Faria, St. Mary of the Nativity, Scituate

George and Linda Furtado, Immaculate Conception, Everett

Rosa Garcia, St. James, Haverhill

Deacon Alfred Geneus, St. John the Evangelist, Cambridge, Haitian Apostolate...

photos by George Martell - Pilot New Media, Archdiocese of Boston.

John Jay Medal recipient Kitty Aresty with Ken Jenkins Chairman Westchester County Board of Legislators by Jay Heritage Center

Photo credit Cutty McGill

Mamaroneck's Kitty Aresty Receives First John Jay Medal for Service

Jay Heritage Center (JHC) Founder Catherine "Kitty" Aresty of Mamaroneck and New York Preservation Advocate, Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel were recipients of the 1st Annual "John Jay Medal for Service" awarded at JHC's 20th Anniversary Gala on Saturday, October 13, 2012. In keeping with the legacy of one of America's greatest Founding Fathers, the John Jay Medal recognizes individuals who demonstrate a selfless spirit of commitment and engagement with their community.

As one of the original Founders of the Jay Coalition (the precursor of today's Jay Heritage Center) Kitty Aresty helped harness the energy of thousands of volunteers and citizens to save the Jay Property when it was threatened by commercial development in the early 1980s. Working tirelessly alongside government agencies and officials, she was one of 5 dynamic women who formed the vanguard for preservation of the site, finally securing a victory in 1992; her total commitment to seeing the property restored for public use extends more than 30 years including 22 consecutive years on the JHC Board.

Similarly, Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel's career spans more than 40 years. She has been a pioneering champion of preservation and the arts, credited with bringing the first public art to Bryant Park and the first public performance to Central Park. The first Director of Cultural Affairs for New York City, she was the longest term Landmarks Commissioner in the city’s history, spanning four mayoral administrations from 1972 to 1987. Her expertise and advocacy of historic preservation has garnered her countless honors and prestigious appointments from nor fewer than 4 US Presidents. Dr. Diamonstein-Spielvogel is the current Vice Chair of the New York State Council on the Arts.

Congresswoman Nita Lowey and Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino served as Honorary Co-Chairs of the evening which drew over 170 people from Manhattan, Westchester and Greenwich to the National Historic Landmark site. While the event also marked an important 2 decade milestone for the organization, adding to the festive feeling was the recent announcement of a public private partnership between JHC, New York State Parks and Westchester County to manage and restore the entire 23 acre Jay estate as a historic park and educational resource. The site has been a member of Westchester County's African American Heritage Trail since 2004 and was added to the prestigious Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area following its nomination in 2008 by County Legislator Judy Myers.

JHC President Suzanne Clary commended the men, women and coalition of non-profits that first saved Jay's home but also emphasized the "new coalition" they are forming with other museums and preservation groups like the NY Preservation League, The Landmarks Conservancy, Audubon NY, the World Monuments Fund and more. Congresswoman Lowey recognized the power of bi-partisan support that continues to guide JHC's success. Ken Jenkins, Chairman of the Westchester County Board of Legislators presented a proclamation to both honorees and added his strong words of support for the Jay Heritage Center's mission to revitalize one of Westchester's premiere heritage destinations. Steve Otis, former Mayor of Rye brought accolades from Sen. Suzi Oppenhiemer and personally congratulated the two medal awardees on their vision and tenacity; he reminded the audience how dilapidated the Jay site was when first acquired and how miraculous its transformation had been under JHC's trusted stewardship. Both honorees gave moving remarks and thanks and underscored the continued need to stay "passionate" about preservation.

The theme of the night was Roaring 20s - guests dressed in everything from raccoon coats and spats to flapper dresses and boas made for an evening that was simply "the bees knees!"

Jay Heritage Center

210 Boston Post Road

Rye, NY 10580

(914) 698-9275

Email: jayheritagecenter@gmail.com

Follow and like us on:

Twitter @jayheritage

YouTube www.youtube.com/channel/UChWImnsJrBAi2Xzjn8vR54w

www3.westchestergov.com/news/all-press-releases/4358-asto...

A National Historic Landmark since 1993

Member of the African American Heritage Trail of Westchester County since 2004

Member of the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area since 2009

On NY State's Path Through History (2013)

My awords by Elena Gukova

My awards are

for many years of selfless work

to promote the communist ideas of humanism, peace and friendship between peoples,

for active participation in the struggle for social justice, for my loyalty to the Soviet Union.

20131124Cheverus019 by Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston

November 24, 2013 - CHEVERUS AWARD RECIPIENTS.

Congratulations to the 95 Cheverus Award recipients for 2013 who are receiving their recognition at this moment at Holy Cross Cathedral in a Mass with Cardinal Seán. The award recognizes years of selfless service, often unheralded and done with no recompense but the knowledge of having given all to the Lord. The recipients are:

Susan Abbott, St. Theresa of Avila, West Roxbury

Laura Albaladejo, St. Patick, Brockton

Josephine and Charles Anastasia, St. John Chrysostom, West Roxbury

Ruth Andrews, St. Katharine Drexel, Boston

Mother Teresa Benedicta, OCD, North Region

William Bibeau, St. John the Baptist, Haverhill

Madelyn Brown, The Catholic TV Network, Watertown (2012)

Judy Burton, St. Mary/St. Catherine of Siena, Charlestown

Jacquelyn Butterfield, St. Anne, Littleton

James Buxton, Holy Trinity, Lowell

John Carter, Sacred Heart, Waltham

Everett Casey, Sacred Heart, Middleborough

John Cheboryot and Mercy Anampiu, St. Michael, Lowell, Kenyan Apostolate

Antonio Jr. and Gracita Chiefe, St. Mary, Randolph, Filipino Apostolate

Deacon Charles Clough, West Region

William Corrigan, St. Anthony of Padua, Allston

Marileia Costa, St. Anthony of Padua, Everett, Brazilian Apostolate

Paul Daly, Sacred Heart, Quincy

Joan DeGuglielmo, St. Francis of Assisi, Cambridge

Sister Thomasita Delaney, RMS, Merrimack Region

Samuel E. DeMerit, St. Paul, Cambridge

Jose DePina, St. Peter, Dorchester

Barbara Devita, St. Thomas of Villanova, Wilmington

Linda Devoll, St. John the Evangelist, Canton

Rose DiMare, Immaculate Conception, Revere

Anne Doherty, St. Camillus, Arlington

M.J. Doherty, Archdiocese of Boston

Kevin Dolan, Sts. Martha and Mary, Lakeville

Thomas Dwyer, Esq., Archdiocese of Boston

Joanne Eagan, Sacred Heart, Lynn

Stephen Fair, St. Mary of the Assumption, Brookline

Walter Faria, St. Mary of the Nativity, Scituate

George and Linda Furtado, Immaculate Conception, Everett

Rosa Garcia, St. James, Haverhill

Deacon Alfred Geneus, St. John the Evangelist, Cambridge, Haitian Apostolate...

photos by George Martell - Pilot New Media, Archdiocese of Boston.

Roaring 20s Boas and pearls for all the guests by Jay Heritage Center

Photo Credit Cutty McGill

Jay Heritage Center (JHC) Founder Catherine "Kitty" Aresty and New York Preservation Advocate, Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel were recipients of the 1st Annual "John Jay Medal for Service" awarded at JHC's 20th Anniversary Gala on Saturday, October 13, 2012. In keeping with the legacy of one of America's greatest Founding Fathers, the John Jay Medal recognizes individuals who demonstrate a selfless spirit of commitment and engagement with their community.

As an early member of the Jay Coalition, Catherine "Kitty" Aresty helped harness the energy of thousands of volunteers and citizens to save the Jay Property when it was threatened by commercial development in the early 1980s. She was one of 5 dynamic women who formed the vanguard for preservation of the site, finally securing a victory in 1992 but her total commitment to seeing the propert restored for public use extends more than 30 years including 22 consecutive years on the JHC Board.

Similarly, Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel's career spans more than 40 years. She has been a pioneering champion of preservation and the arts, credited with bringing the first public art to Bryant Park and the first public performance to Central Park. The first Director of Cultural Affairs for New York City, she was the longest term Landmarks Commissioner in the city’s history, spanning four mayoral administrations from 1972 to 1987. Her expertise and advocacy of historic preservation has garnered her countless honors and prestigious appointments from nor fewer than 4 US Presidents. Dr. Diamonstein-Spielvogel is the current Vice Chair of the New York State Council on the Arts.

Congresswoman Nita Lowey and Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino served as Honorary Co-Chairs of the evening which drew over 170 people from Manhattan, Westchester and Greenwich to the National Historic Landmark site. While the event also marked an important 2 decade milestone for the organization, adding to the festive feeling was the recent announcement of a public private partnership between JHC, New York State Parks and Westchester County to manage and restore the entire 23 acre Jay estate as a historic park and educational resource.

See the announcement here:

The site has been a member of Westchester County's African American Heritage Trail since 2004 and was added to the prestigious Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area following its nomination in 2008 by County Legislator Judy Myers.

JHC President Suzanne Clary commended the men, women and coalition of non-profits that first saved Jay's home but also emphasized the "new coalition" they are forming with other museums and preservation groups like the NY Preservation League, The Landmarks Conservancy, Audubon NY, the World Monuments Fund and more. Congresswoman Lowey recognized the power of bi-partisan support that continues to guide JHC's success. Ken Jenkins, Chairman of the Westchester County Board of Legislators presented a proclamation to both honorees and added his strong words of support for the Jay Heritage Center's mission to revitalize one of Westchester's premiere heritage destinations. Steve Otis, former Mayor of Rye brought accolades from Sen. Suzi Oppenhiemer and personally congratulated the two medal awardees on their vision and tenacity; he reminded the audience how dilapidated the Jay site was when first acquired and how miraculous its transformation had been under JHC's trusted stewardship. Both honorees gave moving remarks and thanks and underscored the continued need to stay "passionate" about preservation.

The theme of the night was Roaring 20s - guests dressed in everything from raccoon coats and spats to flapper dresses and boas made for an evening that was simply "the bees knees!"

Jay Heritage Center

210 Boston Post Road

Rye, NY 10580

(914) 698-9275

Email: jayheritagecenter@gmail.com

Follow and like us on:

Twitter @jayheritage

YouTube www.youtube.com/channel/UChWImnsJrBAi2Xzjn8vR54w

A National Historic Landmark since 1993

Member of the African American Heritage Trail of Westchester County since 2004

Member of the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area since 2009

On NY State's Path Through History (2013)

Surrey firefighter to receive Medal of Good Citizenship by Province of British Columbia

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Dylan Van Rooyen, a selfless volunteer in Surrey, is presented with BC’s newest honour on May 31st, 2016. Van Rooyen is a firefighter whose inspirational leadership and involvement with many organizations and events centres on helping Surrey youth and families. His service to community includes countless hours volunteering at organizations like the Child Development Foundation of British Columbia, Tong Louie Family YMCA, Surrey Fire Fighters’ Charitable Society as a director and committee member of its charity golf tournament and Leave a Legacy group.

Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016IGR0014-000857

Toa Ignika Revamp by James Bailey (Bane of Seagulls)

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A revamp of the Toa Ignika, a selfless hero who gave his life to save Mata Nui. :'(

20131124Cheverus050 by Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston

November 24, 2013 - CHEVERUS AWARD RECIPIENTS.

Congratulations to the 95 Cheverus Award recipients for 2013 who are receiving their recognition at this moment at Holy Cross Cathedral in a Mass with Cardinal Seán. The award recognizes years of selfless service, often unheralded and done with no recompense but the knowledge of having given all to the Lord. The recipients are:

Susan Abbott, St. Theresa of Avila, West Roxbury

Laura Albaladejo, St. Patick, Brockton

Josephine and Charles Anastasia, St. John Chrysostom, West Roxbury

Ruth Andrews, St. Katharine Drexel, Boston

Mother Teresa Benedicta, OCD, North Region

William Bibeau, St. John the Baptist, Haverhill

Madelyn Brown, The Catholic TV Network, Watertown (2012)

Judy Burton, St. Mary/St. Catherine of Siena, Charlestown

Jacquelyn Butterfield, St. Anne, Littleton

James Buxton, Holy Trinity, Lowell

John Carter, Sacred Heart, Waltham

Everett Casey, Sacred Heart, Middleborough

John Cheboryot and Mercy Anampiu, St. Michael, Lowell, Kenyan Apostolate

Antonio Jr. and Gracita Chiefe, St. Mary, Randolph, Filipino Apostolate

Deacon Charles Clough, West Region

William Corrigan, St. Anthony of Padua, Allston

Marileia Costa, St. Anthony of Padua, Everett, Brazilian Apostolate

Paul Daly, Sacred Heart, Quincy

Joan DeGuglielmo, St. Francis of Assisi, Cambridge

Sister Thomasita Delaney, RMS, Merrimack Region

Samuel E. DeMerit, St. Paul, Cambridge

Jose DePina, St. Peter, Dorchester

Barbara Devita, St. Thomas of Villanova, Wilmington

Linda Devoll, St. John the Evangelist, Canton

Rose DiMare, Immaculate Conception, Revere

Anne Doherty, St. Camillus, Arlington

M.J. Doherty, Archdiocese of Boston

Kevin Dolan, Sts. Martha and Mary, Lakeville

Thomas Dwyer, Esq., Archdiocese of Boston

Joanne Eagan, Sacred Heart, Lynn

Stephen Fair, St. Mary of the Assumption, Brookline

Walter Faria, St. Mary of the Nativity, Scituate

George and Linda Furtado, Immaculate Conception, Everett

Rosa Garcia, St. James, Haverhill

Deacon Alfred Geneus, St. John the Evangelist, Cambridge, Haitian Apostolate...

photos by George Martell - Pilot New Media, Archdiocese of Boston.

Russell and Kay Booth by Jay Heritage Center

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Photo Credit Cutty McGill

Jay Heritage Center (JHC) Founder Catherine "Kitty" Aresty and New York Preservation Advocate, Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel were recipients of the 1st Annual "John Jay Medal for Service" awarded at JHC's 20th Anniversary Gala on Saturday, October 13, 2012. In keeping with the legacy of one of America's greatest Founding Fathers, the John Jay Medal recognizes individuals who demonstrate a selfless spirit of commitment and engagement with their community.

As an early member of the Jay Coalition, Catherine "Kitty" Aresty helped harness the energy of thousands of volunteers and citizens to save the Jay Property when it was threatened by commercial development in the early 1980s. She was one of 5 dynamic women who formed the vanguard for preservation of the site, finally securing a victory in 1992 but her total commitment to seeing the propert restored for public use extends more than 30 years including 22 consecutive years on the JHC Board.

Similarly, Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel's career spans more than 40 years. She has been a pioneering champion of preservation and the arts, credited with bringing the first public art to Bryant Park and the first public performance to Central Park. The first Director of Cultural Affairs for New York City, she was the longest term Landmarks Commissioner in the city’s history, spanning four mayoral administrations from 1972 to 1987. Her expertise and advocacy of historic preservation has garnered her countless honors and prestigious appointments from nor fewer than 4 US Presidents. Dr. Diamonstein-Spielvogel is the current Vice Chair of the New York State Council on the Arts.

Congresswoman Nita Lowey and Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino served as Honorary Co-Chairs of the evening which drew over 170 people from Manhattan, Westchester and Greenwich to the National Historic Landmark site. While the event also marked an important 2 decade milestone for the organization, adding to the festive feeling was the recent announcement of a public private partnership between JHC, New York State Parks and Westchester County to manage and restore the entire 23 acre Jay estate as a historic park and educational resource. The site has been a member of Westchester County's African American Heritage Trail since 2004 and was added to the prestigious Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area following its nomination in 2008 by County Legislator Judy Myers.

JHC President Suzanne Clary commended the men, women and coalition of non-profits that first saved Jay's home but also emphasized the "new coalition" they are forming with other museums and preservation groups like the NY Preservation League, The Landmarks Conservancy, Audubon NY, the World Monuments Fund and more. Congresswoman Lowey recognized the power of bi-partisan support that continues to guide JHC's success. Ken Jenkins, Chairman of the Westchester County Board of Legislators presented a proclamation to both honorees and added his strong words of support for the Jay Heritage Center's mission to revitalize one of Westchester's premiere heritage destinations. Steve Otis, former Mayor of Rye brought accolades from Sen. Suzi Oppenhiemer and personally congratulated the two medal awardees on their vision and tenacity; he reminded the audience how dilapidated the Jay site was when first acquired and how miraculous its transformation had been under JHC's trusted stewardship. Both honorees gave moving remarks and thanks and underscored the continued need to stay "passionate" about preservation.

The theme of the night was Roaring 20s - guests dressed in everything from raccoon coats and spats to flapper dresses and boas made for an evening that was simply "the bees knees!"

Jay Heritage Center

210 Boston Post Road

Rye, NY 10580

(914) 698-9275

Email: jayheritagecenter@gmail.com

Follow and like us on:

Twitter @jayheritage

YouTube www.youtube.com/channel/UChWImnsJrBAi2Xzjn8vR54w

Rich Clary, John Jay Medal recipient Kitty Aresty, Ken Jenkins Chairman of the Westchester County Board of Legislators, JHC President Suzanne Clary and Steven Aresty by Jay Heritage Center

A National Historic Landmark since 1993

Member of the African American Heritage Trail of Westchester County since 2004

Member of the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area since 2009

On NY State's Path Through History (2013)

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Photo Credit Cutty McGill

Jay Heritage Center (JHC) Founder Catherine "Kitty" Aresty and New York Preservation Advocate, Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel were recipients of the 1st Annual "John Jay Medal for Service" awarded at JHC's 20th Anniversary Gala on Saturday, October 13, 2012. In keeping with the legacy of one of America's greatest Founding Fathers, the John Jay Medal recognizes individuals who demonstrate a selfless spirit of commitment and engagement with their community.

As an early member of the Jay Coalition, Catherine "Kitty" Aresty helped harness the energy of thousands of volunteers and citizens to save the Jay Property when it was threatened by commercial development in the early 1980s. She was one of 5 dynamic women who formed the vanguard for preservation of the site, finally securing a victory in 1992 but her total commitment to seeing the propert restored for public use extends more than 30 years including 22 consecutive years on the JHC Board.

Similarly, Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel's career spans more than 40 years. She has been a pioneering champion of preservation and the arts, credited with bringing the first public art to Bryant Park and the first public performance to Central Park. The first Director of Cultural Affairs for New York City, she was the longest term Landmarks Commissioner in the city’s history, spanning four mayoral administrations from 1972 to 1987. Her expertise and advocacy of historic preservation has garnered her countless honors and prestigious appointments from nor fewer than 4 US Presidents. Dr. Diamonstein-Spielvogel is the current Vice Chair of the New York State Council on the Arts.

Congresswoman Nita Lowey and Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino served as Honorary Co-Chairs of the evening which drew over 170 people from Manhattan, Westchester and Greenwich to the National Historic Landmark site. While the event also marked an important 2 decade milestone for the organization, adding to the festive feeling was the recent announcement of a public private partnership between JHC, New York State Parks and Westchester County to manage and restore the entire 23 acre Jay estate as a historic park and educational resource.

See the announcement here:

www3.westchestergov.com/news/all-press-releases/4358-asto...

The site has been a member of Westchester County's African American Heritage Trail since 2004 and was added to the prestigious Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area following its nomination in 2008 by County Legislator Judy Myers.

JHC President Suzanne Clary commended the men, women and coalition of non-profits that first saved Jay's home but also emphasized the "new coalition" they are forming with other museums and preservation groups like the NY Preservation League, The Landmarks Conservancy, Audubon NY, the World Monuments Fund and more. Congresswoman Lowey recognized the power of bi-partisan support that continues to guide JHC's success. Ken Jenkins, Chairman of the Westchester County Board of Legislators presented a proclamation to both honorees and added his strong words of support for the Jay Heritage Center's mission to revitalize one of Westchester's premiere heritage destinations. Steve Otis, former Mayor of Rye brought accolades from Sen. Suzi Oppenhiemer and personally congratulated the two medal awardees on their vision and tenacity; he reminded the audience how dilapidated the Jay site was when first acquired and how miraculous its transformation had been under JHC's trusted stewardship. Both honorees gave moving remarks and thanks and underscored the continued need to stay "passionate" about preservation.

The theme of the night was Roaring 20s - guests dressed in everything from raccoon coats and spats to flapper dresses and boas made for an evening that was simply "the bees knees!"

Jay Heritage Center

210 Boston Post Road

Rye, NY 10580

(914) 698-9275

Email: jayheritagecenter@gmail.com

Follow and like us on:

Twitter @jayheritage

YouTube www.youtube.com/channel/UChWImnsJrBAi2Xzjn8vR54w

My wife works hard. Her hard work if selfless and brings people joy. Besides being a fashion designer for her brand @chezchelle and a Grants Manager for the Arts Council, she can now add Wedding Planner to her already impressive resume. Proud of her. Here by Substantial Music

A National Historic Landmark since 1993

Member of the African American Heritage Trail of Westchester County since 2004

Member of the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area since 2009

On NY State's Path Through History (2013)

Forgiveness by Natashi Jay

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And at the cross he, shed his blood, and forgave us all for our sins. selflessness at it's pinnacle.

Bammer's chain. :)

selfless by emma songall

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self-portrait

Professor Njuguna's Thanksgiving dinner. by African Economic Research Consortium

It was all cheer and dance celebrating Professor Njuguna’s selfless service through the years.

Members of the AERC Network were particularly grateful for his leadership, noting that his contribution to the organization was tremendous.

ICYMI: Watch all the action here www.youtube.com/watch?v=siukqYu-KZo

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November 24, 2013 - CHEVERUS AWARD RECIPIENTS.

Congratulations to the 95 Cheverus Award recipients for 2013 who are receiving their recognition at this moment at Holy Cross Cathedral in a Mass with Cardinal Seán. The award recognizes years of selfless service, often unheralded and done with no recompense but the knowledge of having given all to the Lord. The recipients are:

Susan Abbott, St. Theresa of Avila, West Roxbury

Laura Albaladejo, St. Patick, Brockton

Josephine and Charles Anastasia, St. John Chrysostom, West Roxbury

Ruth Andrews, St. Katharine Drexel, Boston

Mother Teresa Benedicta, OCD, North Region

William Bibeau, St. John the Baptist, Haverhill

Madelyn Brown, The Catholic TV Network, Watertown (2012)

Judy Burton, St. Mary/St. Catherine of Siena, Charlestown

Jacquelyn Butterfield, St. Anne, Littleton

James Buxton, Holy Trinity, Lowell

John Carter, Sacred Heart, Waltham

Everett Casey, Sacred Heart, Middleborough

John Cheboryot and Mercy Anampiu, St. Michael, Lowell, Kenyan Apostolate

Antonio Jr. and Gracita Chiefe, St. Mary, Randolph, Filipino Apostolate

Deacon Charles Clough, West Region

William Corrigan, St. Anthony of Padua, Allston

Marileia Costa, St. Anthony of Padua, Everett, Brazilian Apostolate

Paul Daly, Sacred Heart, Quincy

Joan DeGuglielmo, St. Francis of Assisi, Cambridge

Sister Thomasita Delaney, RMS, Merrimack Region

Samuel E. DeMerit, St. Paul, Cambridge

Jose DePina, St. Peter, Dorchester

Barbara Devita, St. Thomas of Villanova, Wilmington

Linda Devoll, St. John the Evangelist, Canton

Rose DiMare, Immaculate Conception, Revere

Anne Doherty, St. Camillus, Arlington

M.J. Doherty, Archdiocese of Boston

Kevin Dolan, Sts. Martha and Mary, Lakeville

Thomas Dwyer, Esq., Archdiocese of Boston

Joanne Eagan, Sacred Heart, Lynn

Stephen Fair, St. Mary of the Assumption, Brookline

Walter Faria, St. Mary of the Nativity, Scituate

George and Linda Furtado, Immaculate Conception, Everett

Rosa Garcia, St. James, Haverhill

Deacon Alfred Geneus, St. John the Evangelist, Cambridge, Haitian Apostolate...

photos by George Martell - Pilot New Media, Archdiocese of Boston.

20131124Cheverus031 by Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston

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November 24, 2013 - CHEVERUS AWARD RECIPIENTS.

Congratulations to the 95 Cheverus Award recipients for 2013 who are receiving their recognition at this moment at Holy Cross Cathedral in a Mass with Cardinal Seán. The award recognizes years of selfless service, often unheralded and done with no recompense but the knowledge of having given all to the Lord. The recipients are:

Susan Abbott, St. Theresa of Avila, West Roxbury

Laura Albaladejo, St. Patick, Brockton

Josephine and Charles Anastasia, St. John Chrysostom, West Roxbury

Ruth Andrews, St. Katharine Drexel, Boston

Mother Teresa Benedicta, OCD, North Region

William Bibeau, St. John the Baptist, Haverhill

Madelyn Brown, The Catholic TV Network, Watertown (2012)

Judy Burton, St. Mary/St. Catherine of Siena, Charlestown

Jacquelyn Butterfield, St. Anne, Littleton

James Buxton, Holy Trinity, Lowell

John Carter, Sacred Heart, Waltham

Everett Casey, Sacred Heart, Middleborough

John Cheboryot and Mercy Anampiu, St. Michael, Lowell, Kenyan Apostolate

Antonio Jr. and Gracita Chiefe, St. Mary, Randolph, Filipino Apostolate

Deacon Charles Clough, West Region

William Corrigan, St. Anthony of Padua, Allston

Marileia Costa, St. Anthony of Padua, Everett, Brazilian Apostolate

Paul Daly, Sacred Heart, Quincy

Joan DeGuglielmo, St. Francis of Assisi, Cambridge

Sister Thomasita Delaney, RMS, Merrimack Region

Samuel E. DeMerit, St. Paul, Cambridge

Jose DePina, St. Peter, Dorchester

Barbara Devita, St. Thomas of Villanova, Wilmington

Linda Devoll, St. John the Evangelist, Canton

Rose DiMare, Immaculate Conception, Revere

Anne Doherty, St. Camillus, Arlington

M.J. Doherty, Archdiocese of Boston

Kevin Dolan, Sts. Martha and Mary, Lakeville

Thomas Dwyer, Esq., Archdiocese of Boston

Joanne Eagan, Sacred Heart, Lynn

Stephen Fair, St. Mary of the Assumption, Brookline

Walter Faria, St. Mary of the Nativity, Scituate

George and Linda Furtado, Immaculate Conception, Everett

Rosa Garcia, St. James, Haverhill

Deacon Alfred Geneus, St. John the Evangelist, Cambridge, Haitian Apostolate...

photos by George Martell - Pilot New Media, Archdiocese of Boston.

piccadilly circus by Eddie Clarke

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From the Wikipedia article:

"At the south-western side of the Circus, moved from its original position in the centre, stands the Shaftesbury Monument memorial fountain, erected in 1892-1893 to commemorate the philanthropic works of Lord Shaftesbury. It is topped by Alfred Gilbert's winged nude statue, sometimes known as The Angel of Christian Charity. It is popularly known as Eros after the mythical Greek God of Love, although he is intended to be Eros' twin Anteros. The statue has become a London icon, and a graphical illustration of the statue is used as the symbol of the Evening Standard newspaper and appears on its masthead.

The use of a nude figure on a public monument was controversial at the time of its construction, but it was generally well-received by the public. The Magazine of Art described it as, "...a striking contrast to the dull ugliness of the generality of our street sculpture, ... a work which, while beautifying one of our hitherto desolate open spaces, should do much towards the elevation of public taste in the direction of decorative sculpture, and serve freedom for the metropolis from any further additions of the old order of monumental monstrosities."'

Technologically ground-breaking at the time, this statue was the first in the world to be cast in aluminium. The statue originally pointed its bow to the north, up Shaftesbury Avenue. However, during the Second World War the statue was removed for safe keeping, and when it was returned its bow was fixed pointing in to the south, towards Lower Regent Street.

The winged figure on the fountain is generally called Eros, is often supposed to be The Angel of Christian Charity, but was intended to be Anteros, a brother of Eros, and is recorded as such in the records of Westminster City Council. The sculptor Alfred Gilbert had already sculpted a statue of Anteros, when commissioned for the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain, and chose to reproduce the same subject, who as 'The God of Selfless Love' was deemed to suitably represent the philanthropic 7th Earl of Shaftesbury. Gilbert described Anteros as portraying 'reflective and mature love, as opposed to Eros or Cupid, the frivolous tyrant.' The model for the sculpture was a 16-year-old Italian, whose name appears to have vanished from history. The fountain, when originally placed, was meant to have Anteros pointing his bow towards Wimborne Saint Giles in Dorset, which was the Earl's country seat.

When the memorial was unveiled, there were numerous complaints. Some felt it was sited in a vulgar part of town (the theatre district) and others felt that it was too sensual as a memorial for a famously sober and respectable Earl. Some of the objections were tempered by renaming the statue as The Angel of Christian Charity, which was the nearest approximation that could be invented in the Christian pantheon for the role of Anteros in the Greek. But the name never became widely known, and the original name came back, under the shortened form Eros, signifying the God of Sensual Love; quite inappropriate to commemorate the Earl, but just right to signify the carnal neighbourhood of London, into which Soho had developed.

The iconography deteriorated to the level where the memorial came to be seen as the lustful, half-naked Eros burying his shaft up Shaftesbury Avenue, absolutely typifying degenerate Soho. During his life-time Gilbert had already said of his sculpture 'There is more than £3,000 worth of copper. take it down, melt it, and turn it into pence and give it to the unfortunate people who nightly find a resting place on the Thames Embankment, to the everlasting shame and disgrace of the greatest metropolis in the world'."

20131124Cheverus092 by Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston

November 24, 2013 - CHEVERUS AWARD RECIPIENTS.

Congratulations to the 95 Cheverus Award recipients for 2013 who are receiving their recognition at this moment at Holy Cross Cathedral in a Mass with Cardinal Seán. The award recognizes years of selfless service, often unheralded and done with no recompense but the knowledge of having given all to the Lord. The recipients are:

Susan Abbott, St. Theresa of Avila, West Roxbury

Laura Albaladejo, St. Patick, Brockton

Josephine and Charles Anastasia, St. John Chrysostom, West Roxbury

Ruth Andrews, St. Katharine Drexel, Boston

Mother Teresa Benedicta, OCD, North Region

William Bibeau, St. John the Baptist, Haverhill

Madelyn Brown, The Catholic TV Network, Watertown (2012)

Judy Burton, St. Mary/St. Catherine of Siena, Charlestown

Jacquelyn Butterfield, St. Anne, Littleton

James Buxton, Holy Trinity, Lowell

John Carter, Sacred Heart, Waltham

Everett Casey, Sacred Heart, Middleborough

John Cheboryot and Mercy Anampiu, St. Michael, Lowell, Kenyan Apostolate

Antonio Jr. and Gracita Chiefe, St. Mary, Randolph, Filipino Apostolate

Deacon Charles Clough, West Region

William Corrigan, St. Anthony of Padua, Allston

Marileia Costa, St. Anthony of Padua, Everett, Brazilian Apostolate

Paul Daly, Sacred Heart, Quincy

Joan DeGuglielmo, St. Francis of Assisi, Cambridge

Sister Thomasita Delaney, RMS, Merrimack Region

Samuel E. DeMerit, St. Paul, Cambridge

Jose DePina, St. Peter, Dorchester

Barbara Devita, St. Thomas of Villanova, Wilmington

Linda Devoll, St. John the Evangelist, Canton

Rose DiMare, Immaculate Conception, Revere

Anne Doherty, St. Camillus, Arlington

M.J. Doherty, Archdiocese of Boston

Kevin Dolan, Sts. Martha and Mary, Lakeville

Thomas Dwyer, Esq., Archdiocese of Boston

Joanne Eagan, Sacred Heart, Lynn

Stephen Fair, St. Mary of the Assumption, Brookline

Walter Faria, St. Mary of the Nativity, Scituate

George and Linda Furtado, Immaculate Conception, Everett

Rosa Garcia, St. James, Haverhill

Deacon Alfred Geneus, St. John the Evangelist, Cambridge, Haitian Apostolate...

photos by George Martell - Pilot New Media, Archdiocese of Boston.

A view of Selfless Service during 72nd Annual Sant Samagam by Sant Nirankari Mission

November 09: HH taking round at Bhodwal Majri Railway Station -72nd Sant Samagam

20131124Cheverus074 by Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston

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November 24, 2013 - CHEVERUS AWARD RECIPIENTS.

Congratulations to the 95 Cheverus Award recipients for 2013 who are receiving their recognition at this moment at Holy Cross Cathedral in a Mass with Cardinal Seán. The award recognizes years of selfless service, often unheralded and done with no recompense but the knowledge of having given all to the Lord. The recipients are:

Susan Abbott, St. Theresa of Avila, West Roxbury

Laura Albaladejo, St. Patick, Brockton

Josephine and Charles Anastasia, St. John Chrysostom, West Roxbury

Ruth Andrews, St. Katharine Drexel, Boston

Mother Teresa Benedicta, OCD, North Region

William Bibeau, St. John the Baptist, Haverhill

Madelyn Brown, The Catholic TV Network, Watertown (2012)

Judy Burton, St. Mary/St. Catherine of Siena, Charlestown

Jacquelyn Butterfield, St. Anne, Littleton

James Buxton, Holy Trinity, Lowell

John Carter, Sacred Heart, Waltham

Everett Casey, Sacred Heart, Middleborough

John Cheboryot and Mercy Anampiu, St. Michael, Lowell, Kenyan Apostolate

Antonio Jr. and Gracita Chiefe, St. Mary, Randolph, Filipino Apostolate

Deacon Charles Clough, West Region

William Corrigan, St. Anthony of Padua, Allston

Marileia Costa, St. Anthony of Padua, Everett, Brazilian Apostolate

Paul Daly, Sacred Heart, Quincy

Joan DeGuglielmo, St. Francis of Assisi, Cambridge

Sister Thomasita Delaney, RMS, Merrimack Region

Samuel E. DeMerit, St. Paul, Cambridge

Jose DePina, St. Peter, Dorchester

Barbara Devita, St. Thomas of Villanova, Wilmington

Linda Devoll, St. John the Evangelist, Canton

Rose DiMare, Immaculate Conception, Revere

Anne Doherty, St. Camillus, Arlington

M.J. Doherty, Archdiocese of Boston

Kevin Dolan, Sts. Martha and Mary, Lakeville

Thomas Dwyer, Esq., Archdiocese of Boston

Joanne Eagan, Sacred Heart, Lynn

Stephen Fair, St. Mary of the Assumption, Brookline

Walter Faria, St. Mary of the Nativity, Scituate

George and Linda Furtado, Immaculate Conception, Everett

Rosa Garcia, St. James, Haverhill

Deacon Alfred Geneus, St. John the Evangelist, Cambridge, Haitian Apostolate...

photos by George Martell - Pilot New Media, Archdiocese of Boston.

Patriotic Salutes to Honor the Victims of 9/11 Drew Hundreds of Supporters by City of Missouri City, Texas missouricitytx.gov

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Photos courtesy of Missouri City

Stafford and Missouri City fire ladders form a platform for Old Glory to fly high, symbolizing the unity of the cities, the State and the Nation.

Missouri City partnered with Stafford recently to pay tribute to the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and to honor the selfless firefighters, police officers and military personnel who defended the nation on and after that fateful day.

During the solemn commemoration on Protector's Plaza at Public Safety Headquarters, about 100 people gathered on a clear Sunday morning to salute the fallen, show their support for the cities' Fire and Police Departments and to hear Patriot Day remarks from local, state and national officials. Fire trucks from Missouri City and Stafford extended their ladders to form a platform that displayed Old Glory high above the crowd as a reminder of how the nation came together 10 years ago when terrorists hijacked four U.S. planes-two were crashed into the World Trade Center towers, one into a Pentagon building in Washington, D.C., and heroic passengers and crew took control of the fourth plane crashing it into a Pennsylvania field and preventing an attack on the U.S. Capitol building.

The Missouri City Police Department Honor Guard presented the colors as a firefighter rang a bell to mark the sacrifice of firefighters who rushed into the Twin Towers to save those trapped inside the burning structures.

Fire Chief Russell Sander shared the significance of ringing the bell: "The tolling of the bell is a long tradition. When a firefighter was killed in the line of duty, a special signal would be tapped out-five measured dashes, pause, five measured dashes, followed by another pause, and five measured dashes. All the station houses in the area could hear the sign of honor and respect for firefighters who made the ultimate sacrifice."

Sander also recognized the firefighters who lost their lives on 9/11 and emphasized the dedication of the profession: "We aspire to come to the aid of others when no one else will. A word that is often used in the fire service is honor. It means respect or esteem. Today we gather to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice on that horrible day."

Mayor Allen Owen read a proclamation honoring the nearly 3,000 people who died on Sept. 11, 2001. He told the audience: "It's fitting that we are here this morning at this plaza and standing here at a statue called the protector because that's exactly what many of those people who lost their lives were doing that day. Not taking their own lives into consideration but trying to save as many people as they could by rushing into the burning buildings into harm's way."

State Rep. Ron Reynolds also read a proclamation from the State Legislature, and presented a flag that had been flown over the Texas Capitol in Austin to Mayor Owen and Fire Chief Russell Sander and Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald. "This is in memory of those who gave their lives-firefighters, police officers, emergency medical responders-and those ordinary citizens such as you who gave a little extra and made an extraordinary sacrifice for our country to come together," Reynolds told the audience.

Congressman Al Green told the supporters that everyone is given "a watch" on this Earth. He went on to explain that the passengers on flight 93 overtook the hijackers when it was "their watch", and added "a nation will be eternally grateful" for their actions.

Congressman Pete Olson recounted the day 10 years ago when he was driving to work at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., where he worked for former U.S. Sen. Phil Gramm. According to Olson, he, like many others, didn't realize the nation was under attack until he heard about the second plane that crashed into the second tower in New York. Olson also paid tribute to the passengers onboard Flight 93.

"When their plane got hijacked, they went 'Texan'," he said. "They tried to storm the cockpit and nobody knew what went on in there, but we do know the plane did not make it to its destination, the U.S. Capitol."

And, Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald reminded the supporters about how the nation came together on 9/11. "For just one day, set aside your differences, set aside the squabbles, and substitute that for the sense of patriotism we all knew on that fateful day in September, 2001. Ten years later, we have gotten back to normal but that's the same normal that makes us one, that same normal that makes us a great nation."

After a 21-gun salute, the Honor Guard retired the colors.

In a separate commemoration later in day, about 150 people turned out for a ceremony held by the Missouri City VFW Post 4010 & Ladies Auxiliary and the VFW Motorcycle Group Unit 1. The organization's tribute honored the firefighters, police officers, military personnel and citizens who sacrificed their lives to protect the nation ten years ago. They also paid tribute to military personnel who have served overseas in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Dulles High School JROTC presented the colors, Mayor Allen Owen presented the VFW Post with a City Proclamation and State Rep. Ron Reynolds presented a State Proclamation to recognize the firefighters, police officers and others who gave their lives in the terrorist attacks. Congressman Pete Olson, Chief Joel Fitzgerald and Chief Russell Sander also addressed the assembly of veterans and their families, public safety officials and residents in attendance.

There is so much I still have to learn... about what love really is, about being selfless, humanitarian and finding a meaning in life. As I keep on learning I will try to keep on sharing the journey with you. I just hope this motivates you to also be true by Renzo Grande

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180830-A-JD133-214 by 82nd Airborne Division

20131124Cheverus015 by Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston

November 24, 2013 - CHEVERUS AWARD RECIPIENTS.

Congratulations to the 95 Cheverus Award recipients for 2013 who are receiving their recognition at this moment at Holy Cross Cathedral in a Mass with Cardinal Seán. The award recognizes years of selfless service, often unheralded and done with no recompense but the knowledge of having given all to the Lord. The recipients are:

Susan Abbott, St. Theresa of Avila, West Roxbury

Laura Albaladejo, St. Patick, Brockton

Josephine and Charles Anastasia, St. John Chrysostom, West Roxbury

Ruth Andrews, St. Katharine Drexel, Boston

Mother Teresa Benedicta, OCD, North Region

William Bibeau, St. John the Baptist, Haverhill

Madelyn Brown, The Catholic TV Network, Watertown (2012)

Judy Burton, St. Mary/St. Catherine of Siena, Charlestown

Jacquelyn Butterfield, St. Anne, Littleton

James Buxton, Holy Trinity, Lowell

John Carter, Sacred Heart, Waltham

Everett Casey, Sacred Heart, Middleborough

John Cheboryot and Mercy Anampiu, St. Michael, Lowell, Kenyan Apostolate

Antonio Jr. and Gracita Chiefe, St. Mary, Randolph, Filipino Apostolate

Deacon Charles Clough, West Region

William Corrigan, St. Anthony of Padua, Allston

Marileia Costa, St. Anthony of Padua, Everett, Brazilian Apostolate

Paul Daly, Sacred Heart, Quincy

Joan DeGuglielmo, St. Francis of Assisi, Cambridge

Sister Thomasita Delaney, RMS, Merrimack Region

Samuel E. DeMerit, St. Paul, Cambridge

Jose DePina, St. Peter, Dorchester

Barbara Devita, St. Thomas of Villanova, Wilmington

Linda Devoll, St. John the Evangelist, Canton

Rose DiMare, Immaculate Conception, Revere

Anne Doherty, St. Camillus, Arlington

M.J. Doherty, Archdiocese of Boston

Kevin Dolan, Sts. Martha and Mary, Lakeville

Thomas Dwyer, Esq., Archdiocese of Boston

Joanne Eagan, Sacred Heart, Lynn

Stephen Fair, St. Mary of the Assumption, Brookline

Walter Faria, St. Mary of the Nativity, Scituate

George and Linda Furtado, Immaculate Conception, Everett

Rosa Garcia, St. James, Haverhill

Deacon Alfred Geneus, St. John the Evangelist, Cambridge, Haitian Apostolate...

photos by George Martell - Pilot New Media, Archdiocese of Boston.

John Jay Medal recipients Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel and Kitty Aresty with Congresswoman Nita Lowey by Jay Heritage Center

Photo Credit Cutty McGill

Jay Heritage Center (JHC) Founder Catherine "Kitty" Aresty and New York Preservation Advocate, Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel were recipients of the 1st Annual "John Jay Medal for Service" awarded at JHC's 20th Anniversary Gala on Saturday, October 13, 2012. In keeping with the legacy of one of America's greatest Founding Fathers, the John Jay Medal recognizes individuals who demonstrate a selfless spirit of commitment and engagement with their community.

As an early member of the Jay Coalition, Catherine "Kitty" Aresty helped harness the energy of thousands of volunteers and citizens to save the Jay Property when it was threatened by commercial development in the early 1980s. She was one of 5 dynamic women who formed the vanguard for preservation of the site, finally securing a victory in 1992 but her total commitment to seeing the propert restored for public use extends more than 30 years including 22 consecutive years on the JHC Board.

Similarly, Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel's career spans more than 40 years. She has been a pioneering champion of preservation and the arts, credited with bringing the first public art to Bryant Park and the first public performance to Central Park. The first Director of Cultural Affairs for New York City, she was the longest term Landmarks Commissioner in the city’s history, spanning four mayoral administrations from 1972 to 1987. Her expertise and advocacy of historic preservation has garnered her countless honors and prestigious appointments from nor fewer than 4 US Presidents. Dr. Diamonstein-Spielvogel is the current Vice Chair of the New York State Council on the Arts.

Congresswoman Nita Lowey and Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino served as Honorary Co-Chairs of the evening which drew over 170 people from Manhattan, Westchester and Greenwich to the National Historic Landmark site. While the event also marked an important 2 decade milestone for the organization, adding to the festive feeling was the recent announcement of a public private partnership between JHC, New York State Parks and Westchester County to manage and restore the entire 23 acre Jay estate as a historic park and educational resource.

See the announcement here:

www3.westchestergov.com/news/all-press-releases/4358-asto...

The site has been a member of Westchester County's African American Heritage Trail since 2004 and was added to the prestigious Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area following its nomination in 2008 by County Legislator Judy Myers.

JHC President Suzanne Clary commended the men, women and coalition of non-profits that first saved Jay's home but also emphasized the "new coalition" they are forming with other museums and preservation groups like the NY Preservation League, The Landmarks Conservancy, Audubon NY, the World Monuments Fund and more. Congresswoman Lowey recognized the power of bi-partisan support that continues to guide JHC's success. Ken Jenkins, Chairman of the Westchester County Board of Legislators presented a proclamation to both honorees and added his strong words of support for the Jay Heritage Center's mission to revitalize one of Westchester's premiere heritage destinations. Steve Otis, former Mayor of Rye brought accolades from Sen. Suzi Oppenhiemer and personally congratulated the two medal awardees on their vision and tenacity; he reminded the audience how dilapidated the Jay site was when first acquired and how miraculous its transformation had been under JHC's trusted stewardship. Both honorees gave moving remarks and thanks and underscored the continued need to stay "passionate" about preservation.

The theme of the night was Roaring 20s - guests dressed in everything from raccoon coats and spats to flapper dresses and boas made for an evening that was simply "the bees knees!"

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