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The 21st annual Charles Dickens Festival
The Dickens Festival is a celebration of the author of A Christmas Carol, featuring the Village of Port Jefferson magically transformed into the Dickensian era with streets filled with roaming characters such as Father Christmas, Dickens Mayor, Scrooge, the Town Crier and the beloved chimney sweeps.
The 21st Annual Dickens Festival concludes with a Parade of Puppets and ceremony at Village Hall on Sunday evening.
Charles John Huffam Dickens an English writer and social critic born in 1812 in Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period, Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol in 1843.
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Charles Dickens author:
Oliver Twist (1839)
The Old Curiosity Shop (1841)
A Christmas Carol (1843)
The Chimes (1844)
The Cricket on the Hearth (1845)
The Battle of Life (1846)
The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain (1848)
David Copperfield (1850)
A Child's History of England (1853)
The Haunted House (1859)
A Holiday Romance (1868)
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Street Character Performances inclued
Terry Ryan Vlahos performing in Scrooge as Mrs. Emily Cratchit (Bob Cratchit's wife and mother of Timothy "Tiny Tim" Cratchit) based upon the 1843 novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Four shows:
Saturday 2pm
Saturday 5pm
Sunday 12noon
Sunday 2pm
Terry Ryan Vlahos performing in Oliver! as Mrs. Corney – matron at Oliver's workhouse based upon the 1839 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Four shows:
Saturday 1pm
Saturday 4pm
Sunday 1pm
Sunday 3pm
Ryan Janek Wolowski Victorian Englishman street character performance
Saturday 5 to 9:30pm
Tapestry Boston based vocal ensemble presents an evening of Kalanta (traditional Greek carols) Village Center 7 - 8:15pm
Theresa Irene Wolowski street character performance as
Charles Dickens older sister Mrs Frances Fanny Elizabeth Dickens Burnett born in 1810
Dickens Through December
December 10th 2016
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The Dickens Festival takes place in The Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson in the Town of Brookhaven on the North Shore of Long Island in Suffolk County, New York.
Directions:
LIRR Long Island Rail Road to Port Jefferson
Long Island Expressway to Exit 62
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The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 1837 till 1901. It was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities and national self-confidence for Britain.
Terry Ryan Vlahos and Ryan Janek Wolowski Victorian era family members - grandparents
Elizabeth McDOUGALL was born December 8th 1895 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Thomas Joseph RYAN was born Sep 8th 1896 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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Authors Washington Irving (USA) and Charles Dickens (England) are both often credited for creating Christmas classics in the 1800's that still resonate with people today
Washington Irving (1783 - 1859)
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. 1820
Fifth installment
"Christmas"
"The Stage Coach"
"Christmas Eve"
"Christmas Day"
"Christmas Dinner"
Author Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) "A Christmas Carol" 1843
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Additional famous Christmas story:
"A Visit from St. Nicholas" 1823
Clement Clarke Moore USA
with the quote:
"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night"
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Believed Christmas origins:
Christmas Tree - Germany
Advent wreath - Germany
Electric Christmas Lights - USA 1880
Christmas Cards - England 1843
Befana Christmas Witch - Italy
Santa Claus (Saint Nicholas) - Greece (area now Turkey)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - USA 1939
Birthplace of Jesus, Bethlehem, (area now Palestine)
Poinsettia red flowers - México
First documented snowman Netherlands 1380
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December 3rd 2016
Metamorphosis of a Snall Tortoiseshell larva in action,at Gill Pond,near Carbarns Pool,Motherwell...24/06/17
This Vic Viper can transform in to a robot. The only pieces taken off during the transformation are the guns, which are then placed into the robot's hands when it has finished its transformation. Pictures of it in robot form will come soon, I just need to get this in, in time for Novvember ;).
TRANSform Your Clay - Beads & Jewelry using Illustrations, TRANSlucent liquid clay and Image TRANSfers
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I sat at the bed, I saw someone sleeping, an old face, look like me.
我坐在床前 轉過頭看 誰在沉睡 哪一張蒼老的臉 好像是我 緊閉雙眼 《如煙》五月天
How To Transform Your Childs Bedroom
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Le Belem (1896) est le dernier trois-mâts barque français, le plus ancien trois-mâts en Europe en état de navigation et le second plus grand voilier restant en FranceN 1. Construit à Nantes, utilisé notamment dans les Antilles, puis tour à tour anglais, italien puis à nouveau français, cet ancien voilier de charge, plusieurs fois transformé, motorisé et rebaptisé, pour divers usages (croisière de luxe et navire-école), fut finalement déniché par hasard à Venise par un amateur nostalgique dans un piteux état à la fin des années 1970. Racheté grâce à l'appui d'une grande banque française qui finance la fondation qui entreprend sa restauration, il est aujourd'hui reconverti dans le cabotage, offre des stages d'initiation et de découverte aux passionnés, sert entre autres et accessoirement à la Marine nationale pour l'entraînement de ses mousses1 et apparaît dans les grands rassemblements de gréements traditionnels.
Le Belem fait l'objet d'un classement au titre des monuments historiques depuis le 27 février 1984.
Lancé le 10 juin 1896, seulement 7 mois après sa commande aux chantiers Dubigeon de Nantes par Fernand Crouan, de la Compagnie nantaise Denis Crouan et Fils spécialisée dans le transport du cacao pour le compte des chocolateries Menier3, il est affecté à la flotte des « Antillais » et peut transporter jusqu'à 675 tonnes de fret.
Son premier voyage, sous les ordres du capitaine Lemerle, surnommé « le merle noir », fut un demi-succès, un incendie à l'approche des côtes d'Amérique du Sud ayant détruit les 121 mules que le bateau transportait de Montevideo (Uruguay) à Belém (Brésil). Cela lui valut un retour précipité au chantier pour de lourdes réparations4. Bon marcheur, ce voilier de petit tonnage, comparé à la flotte des voiliers cap-horniers de l'époque, n'effectuera pas moins de 33 campagnes jusqu'à sa retraite commerciale le 31 janvier 1914.
Ces campagnes se feront principalement en direction de Belém, port situé sur la rive sud du bras méridional de l'embouchure du fleuve Amazone. Mais le Belem connaîtra bien d'autres destinations, telles que Montevideo en Uruguay, ou la Martinique aux Antilles d'où il échappera de peu à la colère de la montagne Pelée en 19023. En effet, l'entrée du port lui est refusée par manque de place, et il doit aller mouiller à l'autre bout de l'île, ce qui le sauvera. C'est d'ailleurs le Belem qui secourra les deux (ou trois) rescapés de la catastrophe. En 1907 et 1908, sa destination est la Guyane ; armé par Demange Frères il ravitaille Cayenne et son bagne6. Ces voyages étant non rentables, il est cédé à la Société des Armateurs Coloniaux.
L'équipage est alors composé de seulement 13 hommes dont les conditions de vie à bord sont rudes. En effet, il faut manier plus de 1 000 m2 de voiles. Le gréement est alors celui d'un trois-mâts barque, la brigantine triangulaire ne portant curieusement pas de vergue. Mâts et espars sont en bois, cordages en chanvre et voiles en coton.
L'expansion des bateaux à vapeur, plus fiables et plus réguliers pour la navigation commerciale, rend le Belem obsolète. Le 11 février 1914, il est racheté pour 3 000 livres sterling par le duc de Westminster à des fins de yachting7. Le Belem entame une nouvelle vie en tant que luxueux navire de croisière. À cette époque, il est profondément transformé pour assurer le confort du propriétaire et de ses invités.
La cale est transformée en cabines confortables et l'on peut accéder, par un escalier à double révolution, à un salon vitré, décoré en acajou de Cuba et monté sur le pont. Ceci imposera malheureusement que les basses voiles, très puissantes auparavant, soient retaillées. Les bas-mâts sont changés pour des tubes d'acier. On le dote aussi de 2 moteurs suédois Bollinder de 250 ch dont l'échappement se fait au travers du mât d'artimon, devenu creux. Du coup, avec la réduction de moitié de la grand-voile et de la misaine, la traînée hydraulique provoquée par les deux grosses hélices quadripales d'1,20 mètre de diamètre et l'augmentation du fardage (salon de pont et dunette surélevés) ont lourdement obéré ses très bonnes capacités nautiques à la voile. Il a pratiquement perdu 2 nœuds de vitesse et ne remonte quasiment plus au vent ! En contrepartie, il peut naviguer par tous les temps et manœuvrer seul dans tous les ports du monde, ce qui correspond bien aux attentes de son nouveau propriétaire.
Le beaupré, en acier depuis son origine, a été aussi raccourci, ramenant le centre de poussée vélique vers l'arrière et le rendant un peu plus ardent. Du coup, avec le gréement qu'il possède de nos jours, il ne peut pas porter toute sa brigantine aux allures de près sans le déséquilibrer, ce qui limite aussi la puissance de son gréement. Cependant, dépasser les 60 mètres de longueur hors-tout pouvant avoir des conséquences financières importantes en termes de redevances portuaires, le rallongement de cet espar afin de porter un ou deux focs supplémentaires n'est pas envisageableN 2.
Le Belem au large de Belle-Île, 2008
Racheté en 1921 par Sir Arthur Ernest Guinness, il est rebaptisé Fantôme II8. À dater de cette époque, le Belem va beaucoup naviguer, effectuant de très longs voyages. Cependant, même s'il a fait le tour du monde par les canaux de Panama et de Suez, il n'a jamais passé le cap Horn. Ces voyages cesseront en 1939, à l'orée de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Le Belem trouve alors refuge à l'île de Wight où il sera miraculeusement épargné par les bombardements mais son gréement subira de grosses avaries. Il servira de base à une unité des Forces navales françaises libres. La belle histoire entre le trois-mâts et Sir Ernest Guinness s'achèvera en 1949, à la mort de ce dernier.
Il appareille en 1952 pour Venise où son nouvel acquéreur, la fondation Cini, en fait un navire-école. Il est rebaptisé une fois de plus : Giorgio Cini9. Réarmé avec un dortoir dans l'entrepont, le gréement devient celui d'un trois-mâts goélette, plus facile à manœuvrer.
En 1972, l'Arme des Carabiniers italienne le rachète pour le chiffre symbolique d'une lire italienne, car elle souhaite se doter d'un navire-école. Il est remotorisé avec 2 moteurs Fiat de 300 ch mais sa nouvelle carrière fut courte. Le manque d'entretien pendant les années de guerre ne lui ont pas laissé fière allure et, rapidement, il est jugé trop vétuste pour emmener des cadets en mer. Les chantiers navals de Venise le remettent plus ou moins en état de naviguer, le gréement est remonté comme à l'origine en trois-mâts barque (le grand mât reprend son phare carré).
En 1976 et toujours pour une lire symbolique, les militaires cèdent le trois-mâts à un chantier vénitien qui, après une toilette sommaire, le propose à la vente.
Happy 200,000 views, Flickrites et al! (And all without a single Explore!)
Admittedly, this is one of the weirdest ones we've done in-studio in a while. Well done, sir.
[Strobist: Canon Speedlite 580EX into Photoflex Medium LiteDome camera left, 430EX into 12" beauty dish right and down-set, 430EX into Honl 1/4" grid left and down-set. All fired with Pocket Wizard Plus II]
ROMA ARCHEOLOGICA & RESTAURO ARCHITETTURA 2021. ROME CANNOT SURVIVE ANOTHER RAGGI TERM AS MAYOR - Raggi: "I rebuilt Rome, transforming it into a Ferrari, the strongest Italian car." The Romans: "A Ferrari driven by wild boars." Italics Magazine (16 Sept. 2021) & Cinghiali “contromano” tra il traffico: in via Trionfale; in: Prati Borgo / San Pietro (21/09/2021). wp.me/pbMWvy-1VH
“Bestemmie e cinghiali…dimmi che sei di Roma senza dirmi che sei di Roma”; in:
welcometofavalas / Instagram (Giugno e Luglio 2021).
1). ROME CANNOT SURVIVE ANOTHER RAGGI TERM AS MAYOR – Raggi: “I rebuilt Rome, transforming it into a Ferrari, the strongest Italian car.” The Romans: “A Ferrari driven by wild boars.” Italics Magazine (16 Sept. 2021)
Foto: Roma & Virginia Raggi / Facebook & Twitter (09/2021).
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ROME - With just under three weeks left until elections in Rome, more than 2 million residents are tasked with choosing the next mayor of the Italian capital city amid a flurry of last-ditch public appearances and advertising onslaughts. The current mayor, anti-establishment Five Star Movement Virginia Raggi, is not lacking for opponents. The most significant is Enrico Michetti, who has thrown down the gauntlet to Raggi in a bid to raise the center-right flag over Capitoline Hill. But she’s got plenty to worry about on her own side of the aisle in the forms of Roberto Gualtieri as the center-left nominee and Carlo Calenda as the candidate for the progressive Azione party.
Most polling doesn’t bode particularly well for the incumbent Raggi: she’s currently trailing both Michetti and Gualtieri and only a hair in front of Calenda. Of course, with undecided voters topping 40%, it really is still anyone’s game. But it shouldn’t be this close, not with the promise with which Raggi entered the Eternal City. So what went wrong for her?
A rough start as a mayor
Virginia Raggi was elected the 34th mayor of Rome in June 2016, with 67.2% of votes in the second round. The first female mayor of the capital city promised to rid it of corruption, with the promise that “the wind is changing.” But it all went wrong.
It was a risky move to withdraw their 2024 Olympic bid, and the way it was done made her no friends in both public or private circles. She insisted that “with more than €13 billion of debt, Rome can’t afford to shoulder more to build cathedrals in the desert.” But her detractors heavily contested the position, claiming that pulling out from the bidding wasted the chance to upgrade infrastructure and public facilities with little or no expense. Funds would have come into Rome via the International Olympic Committee, private investors, and the government. According to a study from Tor Vergata University, the city lost an estimated €7.1 billion of gross revenue, 40,000 job opportunities, and, most of all, the chance to drag the capital city into the 21st century with cutting-edge infrastructures.
Once, Roman emperors used to host awe-inspiring public games in an attempt to appease and distract a population in constant turmoil. Back then, the Roman poet called Juvenal called it panem et circenses, Bread and Circuses.
Foto: Foto: France / EuroNews (13/07/2021) & Virginia Raggi / Instagram (17/07/2021).
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These days no one seems to bother that much, preferring it seems to distract citizens with piles of garbage and wild boars. Though that sounds like a metaphor, it sadly is not. The waste management sector of Rome is near total collapse: every year the city council spends €170 million shipping the capital’s garbage to other Italian regions. Dumpsters are so full of trash that gulls, rats, and even boars have been spotted rummaging through bins to find something to eat. They are not particular, but no matter; they are spoiled for choice.
Foto: TG 3 Lazio & Virginia Raggi (07/2021).
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Make no mistake, Rome is filthy. Not only does the capital recycle 15% less garbage than the Italian average (45% as opposed to 61.3% in 2019), but only 60% of roads in the city are effectively cleaned, far below the 92% guaranteed by the publicly traded AMA, the company tasked with providing urban hygiene services. Yet despite this, Roman residents pay the highest waste tax in Italy, 42% higher than Florence.
The (lost) battle against corruption
Faithful to the motto of the anti-establishment Five Star Movement, Virginia Raggi trounced her opponents by promising to clean the city of corruption. But for a mayor that failed to clean up waste from the streets, it’s not surprising that she soon found herself under investigation by magistrates. The long list of judiciary proceedings deeply undermined Virginia Raggi’s authority, as two cases of malfeasance in office regarding staffing of her private office broke out. Eventually, the Court dropped all the charges against the mayor, citing her right-hand Raffaele Marra instead for illegal hiring practices. But the damage was done to her reputation and in Rome, reputation is everything.
Another trial regarding the new AS Roma soccer club stadium in 2018 resulted in the arrest of none people for crimes including corruption. Among them was the president of Acea (the local multi-utility providing water and energy services) Luca Lanzalone, who had been appointed to the position by Raggi herself. Although the mayor didn’t receive a sentence, the affair perpetrated the notion that anyone around the mayor was incompetent or, at worse, corrupt.
Regardless of who takes the reins, expectations look gloomy for the Eternal city. And though it is unfair to blame Virginia Raggi for everything that has gone wrong in the capital, she certainly hasn’t done anything to alleviate the problems that both preceded her and emerged in her tenure. For someone with so much promise, her greatest sin may just be her apathetic governance. The data speaks for itself: the city of Rome dropped from 18th in 2019 to 32th in 2020 in the national rankings for quality of life. No amount of bread nor circuses can fix that.
Fonte / source:
--- Italics Magazine (16 Sept. 2021).
italicsmag.com/2021/09/16/rome-cannot-survive-another-rag...
Foto: Rome, Prati Borgo / San Pietro (21/09/2021).
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2). ROMA - Cinghiali “contromano” tra il traffico: in via Trionfale la processione si svolge in pieno giorno. Prati Borgo / San Pietro (21/09/2021).
In una via Trionfale trafficata, in pieno giorno, i cinghiali “contromano” si districano tra il traffico. La scena è stata ripresa, all’altezza del civico 8229, da un residente mentre era sul balcone della sua abitazione e mostra un comportamento fin qui inedito di suidi che, solitamente, si spostano al calar del sole alla ricerca di cibo, soprattutto accanto ai cassonetti ricolmi di rifiuti.
Automobilisti e scooteristi, quasi increduli, sono costretti a scansarsi per far passare tre cinghiali adulti e undici cuccioli, non si sono registrati incidenti.
Il candidato sindaco di Azione, Carlo Calenda, ha postato nel proprio profilo Twitter un video che ritrae i cinghiali da un’altra angolazione. “Non pensate sia arrivato il momento di sedervi a un tavolo e affrontare la questione?” – ha scritto Calenda taggando il presidente della Regione, Nicola Zingaretti, e la prima cittadina di Roma, Virginia Raggi.
I suidi sono animali dal comportamento prevalentemente notturno. La carovana non è la prima ripresa nel nostro territorio, il 21 luglio scorso, un cinghiale è stato filmato da una passante in viale Mazzini, a poche decine di metri da piazzale Clodio, due giorni dopo, invece, un cucciolo è stato trovato morto in via Trionfale, accanto ai bidoni della spazzatura.
Fonte / source:
--- Prati Borgo / San Pietro (21/09/2021).
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So I had to create a work profile for an internal thing. We realized in the office that most of us didn't have a recent photo, and of course they know I have a camera so I was asked to take photos. I decided to take pictures in this picking area and did headshots for two of my coworkers. In return one of them took this of me. This is a rare photo, photography is forbidden for the most part in my job but the bokeh in this photo hides anything that might not want to be shared. it works.
Foto: Osvaldo Afonso/Imprensa MG
BELO HORIZONTE (01/01/07) – O governador Aécio Neves tomou posse, na tarde de hoje, para seu segundo mandato, defendendo o valor da autonomia dos estados para a democracia e a construção de novo pacto federativo no país. Primeiro governador de Minas reeleito, com 7,2 milhões de votos, Aécio Neves homenageou, em seu pronunciamento, na Assembléia Legislativa, os ex-governadores mineiros João Pinheiro, Teófilo Otoni e Juscelino Kubitschek. Todos eles, nas palavras do governador, homens públicos que transformaram a realidade do Estado.
“Em nossa história, não faltaram grandes homens públicos que combinaram a razão política com o compromisso com o desenvolvimento. Foram muitos em cada uma das gerações de montanheses. Ao homenageá-los, quero reuni-los em três grandes personalidades que têm sido a inspiração permanente do meu governo”, afirmou, em pronunciamento.
Na solenidade de posse para o novo mandato 2007/2010, o governador afirmou que inicia este novo governo com a responsabilidade que os mineiros lhe confiaram de trabalhar para reduzir as diferenças regionais. Segundo ele, alcançar melhor distribuição de renda e condições de vida passa necessariamente pela melhor divisão entre estados e municípios dos recursos hoje concentrados na União.
“Os avanços que o país precisa não acontecerão. Não alcançaremos a justiça social que todos almejamos enquanto não tivermos a coragem de desconcentrar recursos. Enquanto não houver autonomia administrativa para estados e municípios e justiça tributária”, afirmou o governador.
Ele garantiu que Minas Gerais não fugirá da responsabilidade de participar da construção de um futuro mais solidário para todos os brasileiros.
“Da mesma forma com que sempre seremos solidários ao país no enfrentamento dos graves problemas coletivos, em especial no campo social, Minas também saberá sempre cobrar responsabilidades e decisões pautadas pelo compromisso com o bem comum”, ressaltou.
O governador chegou à Assembléia Legislativa às 16h30. No plenário, ao lado do vice-governador eleito, Antonio Augusto Junho Anastasia, e do presidente do Legislativo, deputado estadual Mauri Torres, ele assinou o Termo de Posse e o Compromisso Constitucional. Estavam presentes as principais autoridades do Estado, sua filha Gabriela, e seus pais Inês Maria Neves Faria e Aécio Cunha.
Modelo para o país
Ao falar para mais de 550 pessoas presentes no plenário e galerias da Assembléia, o governador Aécio Neves afirmou que os avanços obtidos no Estado nos últimos quatro anos criaram bases concretas para assegurar o crescimento de Minas nos próximos anos.
O governador lembrou que a reorganização e modernização do Estado começaram pelo ajuste fiscal e financeiro das contas públicas. Ele destacou o conjunto adotado de medidas administrativas inovadoras que ficou conhecido como Choque de Gestão e se tornou modelo para o país. De acordo com o governador, o objetivo que norteou as ações era o de dar mais qualidade aos gastos públicos para poder oferecer melhores serviços e atender as maiores demandas da população.
“As medidas que tomamos, para orgulho dos mineiros, são hoje reconhecidas como referenciais de boa gestão no Brasil. Não foi uma caminhada fácil, uma vez que partíamos de um déficit acumulado em mais de uma década. Tivemos que adotar medidas duras, a fim de cumprir o que determina a Lei de Responsabilidade Fiscal. Foi possível reduzir as despesas com a máquina pública e dar prioridade à recuperação da nossa capacidade de investimentos. Gastar menos com o governo para gastar mais com a população foi o nosso lema. Nossa obstinação”, afirmou.
Investimentos executados
O governador destacou, no pronunciamento, que a reorganização do Estado possibilitou o aumento das receitas próprias sem aumento da carga tributária. Ele disse também que Minas Gerais, depois de muitos anos, conseguiu reduzir a dependência em relação ao governo federal.
"Em uma demonstração inequívoca da eficiência do trabalho de nossa equipe, conseguimos realizar 91% do orçamento dos investimentos autorizados, com recursos próprios, enquanto a média brasileira de execução desta rubrica não chegou aos 50%. Economizamos com as compras do Estado e eliminamos drasticamente os desperdícios. Apesar de termos reduzido o ICMS incidente sobre 152 produtos de consumo popular, o crescimento na arrecadação desse tributo foi de 18,3% em 2005, enquanto no Sudeste a variação foi de 11,3% e, no Brasil, de 11,9%. Mais uma vez, falo de eficiência na gestão da coisa pública”, ressaltou.
Avanços sociais
O governador afirmou que os investimentos do Governo do Estado em áreas consideradas essenciais, como segurança pública, saúde, educação e infra-estrutura dobraram em seu primeiro mandato em relação a governos anteriores. O total de recursos destinados a programas de todos os setores da administração saltou de R$ 283 milhões em 2003 para R$ 1,4 bilhão em 2005.
“Na Saúde, cresceram de R$ 330 milhões para R$ 775 milhões; na Educação, de R$ 56 milhões para R$ 227 milhões; na Segurança, de R$ 20 milhões para R$ 247 milhões; nos Transportes, de R$ 259 milhões para R$ 712 milhões”, lembrou.
Ele afirmou que a eficiência na gestão, o rigor no trato dos recursos públicos e o compromisso com o crescimento levaram Minas a apresentar indicadores positivos em todos os setores da economia, possibilitando avanços sociais que chegaram, principalmente, às regiões mais pobres do Estado.
A taxa de mortalidade infantil caiu em 15,4% no Estado. Através de programas como o Saúde em Casa, que destina recursos para equipar e dar condições de trabalho às equipes do Programa Saúde da Família (PSF), do governo federal, o governo do Estado está conseguindo diminuir o número de internações hospitalares.
“O PIB de Minas, em 2005, foi 4,7%, o dobro do obtido pelo Brasil. Alcançamos a melhor posição da década em exportações. Geramos cerca de 700 mil empregos com carteira assinada. Atraímos cerca de 100 bilhões em novos investimentos. E alcançamos resultados emblemáticos no campo social: caiu substancialmente em Minas a mortalidade materno-infantil. Aumentamos a cobertura da assistência preventiva à saúde e diminuímos as internações hospitalares desnecessárias”, afirmou.
Educação
O governador citou, em seu pronunciamento, avanços alcançados também na Educação. Ele lembrou que Minas Gerais foi pioneiro na ampliação do ensino fundamental de oito para nove anos. O projeto assegurou o acesso de crianças de seis anos nas escolas públicas de Minas. O governo de Minas também foi o primeiro a distribuir gratuitamente livros didáticos para os 900 mil alunos do ensino médio matriculados nas escolas estaduais.
“Fomos o primeiro Estado brasileiro a implantar o ensino fundamental de nove anos e a distribuir livros didáticos gratuitos ao ensino médio”, disse.
Segurança
Os investimentos em segurança pública também possibilitaram que as taxas de criminalidade sofressem redução. O índice de crimes violentos na Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte caiu em 31,7% no primeiro semestre de 2006 em comparação a igual período de 2003.
“Depois de uma década de crescimento vertiginoso, conseguimos conter a grave onda de violência e estão em queda os principais indicadores de criminalidade violenta nas principais regiões do Estado”, afirmou.
The Health Emergency Advanced
Reactive Team arrives at the Last Chance Home and advises the residents of their impending organ transplants,
Randomly given by Lottery.
Pointblank from G1 Transformers cartoon series, turns into a futuristic speedster. Transformation doesn't require reassembly of parts.
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13-15 October -5th OECD World Forum on Statistics, Knowledge, and Policy: Transforming Policy, Changing Lives. Guadalajara, Mexico.
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Haitian mobile operator Digicel, flanked by banking, Gates Foundation and USAID and other representatives, claims a $2.5 million award from the Haiti Mobile Money Initiative (HMMI) on Jan. 10, 2011, in Port-au-Prince. Digicel was recognized for being the first to launch a mobile money service in Haiti which meets the HMMI competition's criteria. HMMI is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and USAID. Photo copyright Kendra Helmer/USAID
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Photos in a series for a digital storytelling project as part of an Ed.S. in Library Media Sciences at the University of West Georgia.
Pre-departure entertainment before boarding the Elvis Express bound for Parkes.
Go-go dancer turned cabaret dancer.
Prelude to Parkes Elvis Festival, Central Station Concourse, Sydney, Australia (Thursday 9 Jan 2014 @ 9:12am)
Texture courtesy of Skeletal Mess
I was asked to make a dress that transformed from rags to riches on stage in front of the audience in a matter of seconds - not an easy feat! But it worked like magic, and here is the before and after shot!
Sara Pantuliano, Managing Director, Overseas Development Institute, United Kingdom, speaking during the session, Transforming Humanitarian Finance, at the Annual Meeting 2018 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 25, 2018. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Ciaran McCrickard
Participants during an Arena Session at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa 2017. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Faruk Pinjo
These floor graphics not only help transform the space but they were used for this event to help guide people throughout the venue.
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the ability to choose and arrange the rainbow's spectrum can be transformed into an intellectual motif -- the rainbow of consciousness and the explosion of the individual within the whole.
all of us are born into this social contract of humanity. we don't have any choice about this. we are raised and reared within the boundaries of these social contracts.
currently, in this part of the world, there is a loosening of the moral and religious hold on sexuality and the range of the human heart's ability to be bigger than the limited and challenging gender roles of the past.
both sexes, men and women, are starting to understand themselves inside a much greater context and understanding than we think the past afforded.
it is just one of the outgrowths of a materialized capitalistic system of social contracting.
with moving imagery and invisible worlds now firmly entrenched across the country, the powerful syndrome of "the emperor who wore no clothes" can take full effect.
in the original tale, the narrative stops short on the exclamation of a small girl child who says, "but, mommy, he's not wearing any clothes!"
and of course, the moral right and the rigid uptight sexual judgers all come down on the period with their verdict -- which really is that the emperor has been cheated and defrauded in front of everyone.
but we already know of this lesson.
so perhaps we really should be asking where our true naked leaders are -- not the one who got cheated and defrauded and paraded in front of his subjects by clever tailors. we should be asking where our naked leaders of greatness and awesomeness and full human glory might be.
we really should be considering the idea that our leaders shouldn't need to be covered up in metaphorical or physical buffers and boundaries.
but our leaders are weapons manufacturers and drug dealers and pornographers.
our leaders spread disease and pestilence and cause wars in other countries.
our leaders are not rainbow warriors. they are gold and diamond collectors. they use time and drugs to rule and reign. they use entertainment and news to delight and bemuse.
we are the fire children.
we love our energy.
but we don't worship the sun like we used to in the alleged past.
we worship ourselves.
and this worship of the self is the exploding dahlia.
we are these dahlias floating through space. and each of us explode one day.
Benjamin Zander working with a soprano on the Benedictus from Haydn's Mass No. 7 in B flat major, Hob.XXII:7 “Little Organ Mass" during the fourth day of music workshops organised by The Avison Ensemble.
The Avison Ensemble is delighted to have welcomed Benjamin Zander to present a series of music workshops in Newcastle for musicians and listeners as part of our ongoing commitment to music learning in the North East. These workshops were held from 13th to 16th August 2012 in Newcastle University’s King’s Hall; they were open to amateur and professional musicians of all ages and to listeners, including those with no previous experience of classical music.
These workshops were transformative and inspirational for the musicians participating as they discovered new possibilities in interpretation, expression and performance. Ben explored the ‘hidden language’ of music and the impact of its use on both performers and listeners. However, these were not technical master classes – they were full of surprises and often emotional experiences which transformed the audience and players’ outlook on the relationship of music to life.
The Avison Ensemble is the outstanding period instrument orchestra based in Newcastle upon Tyne, which plays and popularises the music of Charles Avison (1709-1770) and other English classical composers of the Baroque period, such as Garth, Arne and Herschel. The Ensemble also performs Purcell, Handel, Vivaldi, Corelli, Geminiani, Pergolesi, Teleman, Rameau, Bach, Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven. The Ensemble is strongly committed to music learning in North East England and has an active education programme and its own annual Young Musicians’ Awards competition.
Ben Zander is the acclaimed conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and a passionate musician and speaker of world renown. He has collaborated in performances with many of the world’s greatest musicians, amongst whom have been Rostropovich, Oscar Shumsky, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Martha Argerich, Yo-Yo Ma, and Jaqueline Du Pré.
Ben’s work with young people and youth orchestras is world renowned and he has recently been awarded the Youth Orchestra of the Americas 10th anniversary award for his invaluable contribution to the youth symphony movement across the Americas. He has recently formed the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra to “… shape the musical leadership of tomorrow”.
Ben is one of the most sought-after speakers in the world. Bringing his insights as the conductor of major symphony orchestras to business leaders involved in transformation and change, Ben has become a much sought-after speaker to major organizations all over the world including Shell, IBM, Arthur Andersen, KPMG, Sprint, NASA and the US Army.
The way I would have named this a couple of years ago is
1° Parallel 2° Parallel 3° Yoshimura 4° Parallel
This uses the transformed version.
This is an awesome view on part of the Moka range featuring Virgin Peak, Pieter Both and Le Pouce. Taken from Canteen Peak on a clear day with almost infinite visibility. Once you reach the summit the pain of the ascension disappears like magic under the unobstructed vista.
As is usually the case, legends abound around those iconic places. Here is one of Pieter Both from Wikipedia.
With only a 15 mins stop, I managed only this short timelapse