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Concentration and a steady hand are a must as a student from Marvelous Masks and Fantastic Face Painting brings his mask to life.
2012 Kids’ College, offered through JCC's Center for Continuing Education.
Continuing construction work on what was the Westralia Swamp. Note that they've torn the backs off the Royal Insurance (right) and WA Trustee (left) Buildings to integrate them into the new structure.
I'm back at Leslie Anne's again for another wonderful dinner. As usual we begin with cheese and beer and then a mixed green salad. I haven't worn my pink cocktail dress in a while. It is too fancy for wearing to the movies, and there just aren't enough parties for a dress like this. Depending on the light, it can look pink or purple and has lots of glittery things imbedded in the cloth.
A talented student showcases her artistic ability in Creative Clay Creations as she sculpts an elephant.
2012 Kids’ College, offered through JCC's Center for Continuing Education.
UPDATE: I woke up today to the sad news this car, along with nine other classic vehicles (most of which appear in my photostream), were destroyed yesterday (April 3, 2014) when fire consumed the building in Petersburg, Illinois where the vehicles were stored. Fortunately, no one was hurt in the blaze. Our sympathies go to Mike Bell and family.
Photographed at the 43rd Annual Labor Day Celebration Classic Car Show in Greenview, Illinois on September 3, 2012. The event is sponsored by the Route 97 Cruisaders Car Club.
Please visit my collection of Motor Vehicles on Flickr where you will find over 10,000 car and truck photos organized in albums by model year, manufacturer, vehicle type, and more. This project, which began in 2008, continues to expand with new material added daily.
We took advantage of the warmest February we’ve ever had to continue our walk along and around the Capital Ring.
It’s a circular walk from Woolwich in east London, south of the River Thames, and then loops around the south and up to the north side, when you eventually arrive back in Woolwich via the Pedestrian tunnel that runs under the Thames.
In all there are 15 walks. Walk 7 goes from Richmond to Osterley Lock which is around 4 miles or so. It goes through Isleworth, Syon Park and Brentford - along the Grand Union Canal.
We chose to continue on to Hanwell, which is part of Walk 8. We stopped there and had a late lunch at The Clocktower Cafe. Delightful food, sensibly priced and we were served by two lovely young gentlemen who made us very welcome.
We then caught the 607 bus back into Uxbridge, and from there the 105 to get back home to Chalfont St Peter.
We had a lovely day and the sun shone the whole time, Temperatures got up to around 18c. Not bad for February!
The pictures record the journey, though the first one in the series is our bus ride into Uxbridge, where we took the tube to Richmond, via the Piccadilly and District lines.
If you’re read this far, thanks for reading!
Pictures taken with my iPhone 6 plus and then edited with Photolemur software. Clever stuff and saved me hours of editing!
U.S. Army Sgt. Derec Pierson walking through local Afghan nationals wheat field on a presence patrol with 3rd Platoon, Alpha Company Engineers, 1/172 Cavalry. He is a member of the 55th Signal Company (Combat Camera) from Fort Meade, Maryland, Bagh Alam Village, Parwan province, Afghanistan, April 28. (U.S. Army photo by Sean McKenna)
Joint Combat Camera Afghanistan
Courtesy Photo
Date: 04.28.2010
Location: Bagram, AF
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The An-2 is used as a light utility transport, parachute drop aircraft, agricultural work and many other tasks suited to this large slow-flying biplane. Its slow flight and good short field performance make it suited for short, unimproved fields, and some specialized variants have also been built for cold weather and other extreme environments. The Guinness Book of World Records states that the 45-year production run for the An-2 was for a time the longest ever, for any aircraft, but it was recently exceeded by the Lockheed C-130 Hercules.[1]
The Antonov An-2 was designed to meet a 1947 Soviet Ministry of Forestry requirement for a replacement for the Polikarpov Po-2, which was used in large numbers in both agricultural and utility roles. Antonov designed a large single bay biplane of all-metal construction, with an enclosed cockpit and a cabin with room for seats accommodating twelve passengers. The first prototype, designated SKh-1 and powered by a Shvetsov ASh-21 radial engine, flew on 31 August 1947. The second prototype was fitted with a more powerful Shvetsov ASh-62 engine, which allowed the aircraft's payload to be significantly increased from 1,300 kg (2,870 lb) to 2,140 kg (4,720 lb), and in this form it was ordered into production.[7]
Initial Soviet production was at State Factory 473 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR where the bulk of up to 5,000 units had been produced by 1960. Later Soviet production (after 1965, of model An-2M especially) was at State Factory 464 at Dolgoprudniy, Russian SFSR. After 1960, however, most An-2s were been built at Poland's WSK factory in Mielec, with over 13,000 made there before full production ended in 1991. Limited production from parts stocks, as well as spares and maintenance coverage continued until 2001, when four aircraft were produced for Vietnam.[8] China also builds the An-2 under licence as the Shijiazhuang Y-5.[1] It has been occasionally and erroneously reported that there was East German production of the An-2. While An-2s were extensively refurbished in East Germany, there were no new aircraft built there.
The An-2 was designed as a utility aircraft for use in forestry and agriculture. However, the basic airframe is highly adaptable and numerous variants have been developed. These include hopper-equipped versions for crop-dusting, scientific versions for atmospheric sampling, water-bombers for fighting forest-fires, flying ambulances, float-equipped seaplane versions and lightly armed combat versions for dropping paratroops.[9] The most common version is the An-2T 12-seater passenger aircraft. All versions (other than the An-3) are powered by a 750 kW (1,000 hp) nine-cylinder Shvetsov ASh-62 radial engine, which was developed from the Wright R-1820.[1] It uses 43 gallons of avgas per hour.[9]
An-2 on skis at Volosovo air field, Moscow region
An-2 at Grand Junction aviation show.
The An-2 has design features which make it suitable for operation in remote areas with unsurfaced airstrips:
It has a pneumatic brake system (similar to those used on heavy road vehicles) to stop on short runways.[1]
It has an air line fitted to the compressor, so the pressure in the tires and shock absorbers can be adjusted without the need for special equipment.[1]
The batteries are large and easy to remove, so the aircraft does not need a ground power unit to supply power.[1]
There is no need for an external fuel pump to refuel the aircraft, as it has an onboard pump that allows the tanks to be filled from simple fuel drums.[1]
It has a minimum of complex systems. The crucial wing leading edge slats that give the aircraft its slow flight ability are fully automatic, being held closed by the airflow over the wings. Once the airspeed drops below 64 km/h (40 mph), the slats will extend because they are on elastic rubber springs.[1]
Take-off run: 170 m, landing run: 215 m (these numbers will of course vary depending on take-off/landing weight, outside air temperature, surface roughness, and headwind).[1]
Antonov An-2 (An2-TP)
A note from the pilot's handbook reads: "If the engine quits in instrument conditions or at night, the pilot should pull the control column full aft and keep the wings level. The leading-edge slats will snap out at about 64 km/h (40 mph) and when the airplane slows to a forward speed of about 40 km/h (25 mph), the airplane will sink at about a parachute descent rate until the aircraft hits the ground." [1]
The An-2 indeed has no stall speed quoted in the operating handbook. Pilots of the An-2 say one can fly the aircraft in full control at 30 mph (as a contrast, a modern Cessna four-seater light aircraft has a stall speed of around 50 mph). This slow stall speed makes it possible for the aircraft to fly backwards (if the aircraft is pointed into a headwind of, say, 35 mph (56 km/h), it will travel backwards at 5 mph (8.0 km/h) whilst under full control). (This is also possible with almost any other true Short Take Off and Landing (STOL) aircraft, but the Antonov has the distinction of being able to do the trick in the mildest headwind.)[1]
Closeup on a private An-2TP
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Eastern European communist states, most airlines in these areas have been withdrawing their An-2s from service, as some of these aircraft are now over 40 years old and the production of avgas had decreased.[9] Private operators are still using the planes, as their stability, capacity and slow-flying ability make them very popular, for instance for skydiving.[1][9]
In the early 1980s Antonov experimented with a development of the An-2 powered by a modern turboprop engine. The unit used was a 1,450 horsepower (1,080 kW) Glushenkov engine and aircraft fitted with this engine were fitted with a longer, more streamlined nose to accommodate it. See Antonov An-3 article for more information.[1]
In 2013 Antonov announced that it had successfully flown for the first time a new version of the An-2 dubbed the An-2-100 fitted with a 3-blade reversible propeller and a 1500 shp Motor Sich MS-14 turboprop running on kerosene rather than Avgas which is no longer produced in CIS countries.[10]
Whilst their high noise levels, increasing maintenance costs, high fuel consumption[9] and unsophisticated nature (the pre-flight checks alone take between 30 and 40 minutes) make them obsolete for commercial service in Europe, the large number of aircraft available means that prices are low (from as little as US$30,000 for a serviceable example). This makes them ideal for the developing world, where their ability to carry large loads into short airstrips makes them assets to airlines on a budget. Many ex-Aeroflot An-2s work as regional airliners in Africa, Central and South America, Cuba and southeast Asia.[1]
Ukrainian Hryvna depicting the An-2 airplane
North Korea has a number of the aircraft with[11] wooden propellers and canvas wings on their variants (the Y-5 version licence-built in China) giving them a low radar cross-section and therefore a limited degree of "stealth".[12] In a war they could possibly be used to parachute or deliver special forces troops behind enemy lines for sabotage operations.[1]
The An-2's ability, looks and flying characteristics, and its status as one of the world's biggest single-engined production biplanes, mean that demand for the An-2 is increasing in Western Europe and the United States, where they are prized by collectors of classic aircraft, making it an increasingly common sight at airshows. However, many western countries prohibit the use of the An-2 commercially because the aircraft has not been certified by the relevant national aviation authorities. These restrictions vary by country, but all prevent the An-2 being used for any 'for profit' purpose, with the exception of the United States, where An-2s imported since 1993 are limited to experimental certification & Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 21.191,21.193,21.195,91.313,91.319,[9] but PZL-built An-2s are exempt from this restriction due to a bilateral agreement with Poland.[1]
Modernization and refitting projects[edit]
In 2013, Antonov received orders for upgrading "hundreds" of the An-2 planes still in operation in Azerbaijan, Cuba and Russia to the An-2-100 upgrade version.[4]
The Siberian Research Institute of Aviation (SIBNIA) has test flown a highly modified Antonov An-2 with carbonfibre winglet-like braces and carbonfibre wing structures. This is to demonstrate the aerodynamic and structural changes planned for an An-2 replacement, Sukhoi has announced on 10 June 2015. The aircraft was equipped with a five-bladed turboprop engine, most probably the Honeywell TPE331 already installed on a modernized version of the An-2 that entered service in 2014. The autoclave-cured carbonfibre composite materials – including wing panels, spars and ribs – were produced by the Novosibirsk Aviation Plant. Sukhoi says the design change improved the speed of the An-2 by 50%, and testing also has shown the minimum flying speed of the aircraft is “close to zero”.
Barcelona, Spain.
Day three. Continuing our wandering.
Plaça d'Espanya is one of Barcelona's most important squares, built on the occasion of the 1929 International Exhibition, held at the foot of Montjuïc, in the Sants-Montjuïc district.
One of the city's biggest squares, it is the junction of several major thoroughfares: Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, Avinguda del Paral·lel, Carrer de la Creu Coberta and Carrer de Tarragona, and leads to the Palau Nacional through Avinguda de la Reina Maria Cristina, which houses one of Catalonia's finest museums, the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC). It was designed by Josep Amargós. The fountain at the centre of the square was designed by Josep Maria Jujol, a collaborator of Antoni Gaudí, while Miquel Blay designed the statues. The buildings were designed by Nicolau Maria Rubió i Tudurí.
Venetian Towers - they are 47 m (154 ft) tall and lead the way to the MNAC via Avinguda de la Reina Maria Cristina, an avenue commonly used to host trade fairs.
Parc de Joan Miró - previously known as Parc de l'Escorxador (Abbatoir Park), it is nowadays named after the Catalan painter Joan Miró, whose 22-metre-tall statue Dona i Ocell (Woman and Bird) can be seen in one of its corners.
Arenas de Barcelona, a bullring - It was built in 1900 in the Moorish Revival style and is being converted into a shopping center.
The square was built on a site that had been previously used for public hangings, until the creation of the now demolished Ciutadella fortress in 1715, where the gallows were moved. It was designed in 1915 and built in 1929 so that it could be ready to host the 1929 Universal Exposition. In 1928, the dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera, who led the Spanish government at the time, ordered the pulling down of the four Ionic columns known as Les quatre columnes, built ten years before by Puig i Cadafalch, that symbolised the four bars of the Catalan flag as part of his banning of all Catalan symbols. The square has been in public use since then.
I liked how casual these two were. Cosplay doesn't have to be intense in order to be effective and enjoyable.
(I also like the fact that his wings stuck out behind him. Some choices work out well for the person with the camera.)
Interesting, isn't it, that genderflipping isn't even a "thing" any more. If he wants to wear the wings and she wants to wear the horns, why not? It's still "Saga."
I mean... That isn't ALL it is. Its keeping people safe... Keeping people happy... Doing what I can to make the world a better place. "He really built a legacy... *gasp*! I know... I will carry that legend... For I... Am Robin. The boy wonder..." Dick Grayson thinks, as he is at Tommy Elliot's funeral... And for every hero... The world gets better.
~Scarecrow
Service members from Operation Continuing Promise 2010, gather together at the beginning of a baseball game against the Limon Pirates at the Big Boy baseball stadium in Limon, Costa Rica, Aug. 28, 2010. Service members and civilians are deployed in support of CP10 providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to Caribbean, Central and South America.
"Trinity Street (formerly the High Street) is a street in central Cambridge, England. The street continues north as St John's Street, and south as King's Parade and then Trumpington Street.
The street is named after Trinity College, which is on its west side. Also on the street, just to the south, is Gonville and Caius College. St Michael's and St Mary's Courts in Gonville and Caius lie across Trinity Street on land surrounding St Michael's Church. St Michael's Court was completed in the 1930s when its south side was built.
Trinity Lane leads off Trinity Street to the west, between Trinity College and Gonville and Caius, turning south around the back of Gonville and Caius, and leading to Trinity Hall and Clare College.
Cambridge is a university city and the county town of Cambridgeshire, England, on the River Cam approximately 50 miles (80 km) north of London. At the United Kingdom Census 2011, its population was 123,867 including 24,506 students. Cambridge became an important trading centre during the Roman and Viking ages, and there is archaeological evidence of settlement in the area as early as the Bronze Age. The first town charters were granted in the 12th century, although modern city status was not officially conferred until 1951.
The University of Cambridge was founded in 1209. The buildings of the university include King's College Chapel, Cavendish Laboratory, and the Cambridge University Library, one of the largest legal deposit libraries in the world. The city's skyline is dominated by several college buildings, along with the spire of the Our Lady and the English Martyrs Church, and the chimney of Addenbrooke's Hospital. Anglia Ruskin University, which evolved from the Cambridge School of Art and the Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology, also has its main campus in the city.
Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology Silicon Fen with industries such as software and bioscience and many start-up companies born out of the university. Over 40 per cent of the workforce have a higher education qualification, more than twice the national average. The Cambridge Biomedical Campus, one of the largest biomedical research clusters in the world, is soon to house premises of AstraZeneca, a hotel, and the relocated Papworth Hospital.
The first game of association football took place at Parker's Piece. The Strawberry Fair music and arts festival and Midsummer Fair are held on Midsummer Common, and the annual Cambridge Beer Festival takes place on Jesus Green. The city is adjacent to the M11 and A14 roads. Cambridge station is less than an hour from London King's Cross railway station." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
Now on Instagram.
Continuing my use of manual mode shooting for my 365 Project, today I took the camera somewhere a little more challenging than my usual beaches and gardens: Pike Place Market! Lots of interesting light, crowded spaces, and of course, good food.
Life continues for this kid and many more kids like him who sell magazines, newspaper & novels on traffic signals.
Future of these kids looks bright & positive with many social organizations and individuals coming together to impart education to them.
©Russell Pritchard 9th August 2013
2013 World Police and Fire Games continue across Belfast and Northern Ireland.
Tennis at The Boat Club, Belfast
GB's Andrew King
©Russell Pritchard / Presseye
Continuing my series of Jupiter images, I switched to the somewhat larger 10" f/16 refractor of the Volkssternwarte München, and stayed with the Canon DSLM. THis time, I managed to capture the shadow of the moon Io inside the southern equatorial band, close to the western limb. Io itself is already besides the planet, but still close to it.
Despite the mp4 compression of the video (which is unavoidable with this camera model), the outline of the shadow is rather clear.
Contractors continue renovation work Nov. 22, 2010, to the Golden Lion Conference Center at Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, Italy. The project, being managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District, will modernize the community club building, including upgrades to the architecture, mechanical, electrical and fire suppression systems, as well as exterior finishes, the roof and other utilities. Renovations are scheduled to be complete in early 2011. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Mark Nedzbala)
After a short stop in Grafton Yard, 4490/4916/4306 return to Grafton City station to pick up the passengers and continue south with the RTM's 'Ocean to Outback' tour.
Construction continues on the Osage Nation's meat processing facility on Sept. 28, 2020. The facility should be completed and ready for operations before the end of the year. The facility is located in Hominy near Osage Casinos. CODY HAMMER/Osage News
My write up on photographing the new Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas here
On the weekend of November 20-21, 2010, I was invited to photograph the new Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas prior to their opening December 15, 2010 in Las Vegas NV.
This set of images represents my efforts that weekend to showcase this newest resort property opening up on the Las Vegas Strip. Thanks to David Scherer from The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas for showing me around, to Miiko Mentz at Katalyst Films for helping to arrange the shoot, and to my wife for modeling for me.
To learn more about The Cosmpolitan of Las Vegas, check out their website here or their Facebook page here.
18 Nov 2015 10.29am
Deer continued to say: So, would you initiate to talk to YMK tomorrow?
Picture taker thought for a while: .. No, it's not that simple
Deer: Huh?
Picture taker: He is a friend of Mr. Cannot Be Vam pire -
Deer: Then?
Picture taker: Who likes to joke.
Deer: So?
Picture taker: We could joke about whether YMK has scratched marks on his face when we watched a vam pire show yesterday. Hmm, you don't have any dark shadow? I just noticed.
Deer: Nevermind about that. You watched that with Mr. Cannot Be Vam pire?
Picture taker: No, I watched the show at my place, I don't know where he was watching the show at that time. I could joke at that time too, but if I saw something like that tomorrow I could not joke.
Deer: But you might not see anything?
Picture taker: True. But I do not know how to start a conversation! It is not like talking to you over here when I could revise the words many times? And I might forget how to speak this language too!
The church of Our Lady of the Rule is in Opon town on the historic island of Mactan. The people first saw a picture of the Virgen de la Regla in 1735, when the first parish priest, Francisco Avalle, an Augustinian monk, showed it to them. Father Avalle was a devotee, having lived for 10 years in the Monastery of Nuestra Señora de la Regla in Chipiona, Andalucia, Spain. St. Augustine himself venerated this image. When he died in 430, his monks continued the devotion to her. When the Vandals invaded Africa in 433, the monks fled to Spain, taking the image with them. For several centuries, the Virgen de la Regla was venerated under several names: Virgen Libica, Virgen del Sagrario, Estrella de los Mares and La Virgen Morena, or Morenita.
Ball of fire from Heaven
Centuries passed and the image had been almost forgotten until, in 1330, the Virgin appeared to an Augustinian priest in the city of Leon, where King Ferdinand, after reconquering Spain, dedicated the Cathedral to Santa Maria de la Regla. The Virgin, who was carrying the Child Jesus in her arms, told the priest to go to the Sea of Cadiz and look for a cave where the image had been hidden away. She told the priest to get the image and place it in her church. She said she would guide him with celestial light. The priest did what he was told, and went on a long journey. One day, he rested under a tree and fell into deep slumber. Then he heard a sweet voice saying this was the place. He prayed and asked the Virgin to show him the exact spot. A ball of fire from heaven fell and struck the tree, but did not burn it. With the help of the people in the area, the priest dug the earth, until he found a huge rock. When the people lifted it, they saw the opening of a cave, and when they opened it, they saw a wooden crate, in front of which a lamp was burning. A church was built on the spot where the statue was found. There, the statue of Our Lady of the Rule had been permanently enshrined.
Pilgrims from other islands
In 1735, the people of Opon chose Our Lady of the Rule to be their patroness. They had a big picture made and placed it on the altar. Miracles began to happen. Nov. 21 became Our Lady's feastday. Thousands of pilgrims from neighboring islands come to the fiesta. They also come on Nov. 27 to mark the canonical coronation anniversary. On Nov. 27, 1954, Archbishop Julio Rosales crowned the Virgin as highlight to the Archdiocesan Marian Congress that year. The novena where I got this story was dated Feb. 21, 1987, with an imprimatur by Ricardo Cardinal Vidal. It was written in 1954. Every Saturday, 8 a.m., a Mass is sung at the shrine of Our Lady in Opon. Every day the devotees may go up to the sanctuary at the back and kiss the precious relic donated in 1908 by the Apostolic delegate Monsignor Agius. Please, report all favors received through Our Lady of the Rule to the parish priest of Opon.
feast day - every 21st day of November
So busy with other things right now that weaving has taken a back seat. With little bits here and there I'm about half way on the "Having a Party" cowl.
Friday, Day 14, September 30 and it has been two weeks since the protesters first descended on Wall Street. This day was a march to police headquarters as a protest against police brutality. Occupy Wall Street continues. Photos from Zuccotti Park and the march.
Good Magazine: The (Un)Official Occupy Wall Street Photographer's 15 Favorite Frames
The Occupy Wall Street Creative Commons Project
Day 1 September 17 Photos - Preoccupation and Occupation Begins
Day 2 September 18 Photos - People settle in; cardboard sign menage begins
Day 3 September 19 Photos - Community forms; protest signs
Day 7 September 23 Photos - First rain, protest signs, life
Day 8 September 24 Photos - Pepper spray day, Zuni Tikka, people
Day 21 October 6 Photos - Naomi Klein
Day 23 October 8 - Faces of OWS
Day 28 October 13 - Tom Morello of RATM
Day 31 - protesting Chihuahua and The Daily Show
Day 36 - Parents and Kids Day and quite a crowd
Day 40 - protesting hotties, Reverend Billy and tents
Day 43 Photos - Snow storm at OWS of the first NYC winter snowfall
Day 47 - Solidarity with Occupy Oakland
Day 52 November 7 - Jonathan Lethem, Lynn Nottage and Jennifer Egan
Day 53 November 8 - David Crosby and Graham Nash play OWS
Day 57 November 12 - Former NJ Gov. Jim McGreevey
Day 60 November 15 - Police evict protesters from Zuccotti
Occupy Colorado Springs Colorado on November 20
Do you want to see the Occupy Wall Street series laid out thematically? Click here
Continued from a previous post....
Then in the middle of the clearing my eyes located seemingly the source for this anomaly. There, covered in moss was a pyramid surrounded by a stone wall. Not large by Egyptian standards or small like a child’s play thing but in keeping with the trees and surrounding area. From my vantage point I could see no entrance. While walking on the path that led around the structure I pondered, why would anyone build anything like this? Certainly the effort was more than a passing whim. The size of the pyramid and the stones that it was made of were far more than a single person could have moved in a lifetime. Yet, its remote location and rough terrain dictated only a few could have possibly contributed to the effort.
To be continued....Here www.flickr.com/photos/casch/8398635457/in/photostream/
Fernando Hernández, a Hayward-based educator and artist, has exhibited surrealist mixed media sculptures throughout the Western states. In association with the East Bay Big Read of Rudolfo Anaya's Bless Me, Ultima, Fernando Hernández demonstrated bronze casting techniques at the Hayward Main Library on April 17, 2010. The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute for Museum and Library Services in partnership with Arts Midwest.
Fernando Hernández was born in Mexico City in 1968, and he lived in Mexico until he immigrated to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1984. 1984 is also when he first started making art in a serious manner. He has been a resident of Hayward since 1986.
Fernando Hernández received his MFA from Washington State University in Pullman in 1996 and taught ceramics at California State University until 1998, when he quit to become a freelance sculptor and educator. His mixed media sculptures, consisting of odd, surreal juxtapositions of symbolically charged elements with veiled references to genetics and science have been exhibited throughout the West Coast.
In 1998 he was awarded an Artist in Residency from the California Arts Council. He started working as an educator in local high schools teaching bronze casting and installation workshops. He has continued this work to the present day, often working through grants and in collaboration with local art organizations.
After the residency was over in 2001 he resumed his teaching career by becoming a part-time visiting lecturer teaching sculpture at Diablo Valley College. He currently teaches sculpture at Chabot College.
Starting in 1998 he redirected his artistic efforts towards installation work, often working in collaboration with other artists, students and community groups. The installations, relatively small at the beginning, became more complex over the years. His current and ongoing installation project is called The Columbarium. It is a collaborative project that involves dozens of artists and hundreds of high school and elementary school students.
Originally meant to be a one-time exhibit, Fernando Hernández and collaborating artists have evolved and exhibited The Columbarium more than six times. Although the number of participants and membership of the project fluctuates, it could be said that most participants in any given year have participated in the past. Because of this a small community of friends has evolved that come together seasonally to set up the installation. In 2002 he named this group the East Bay Art Collaborative.
ਮੋਰ ਨੱਚਦੇ ਹੋਏ ਵੀ ਰੋਂਦਾ ਹੈ ਤੇ ਹੰਸ ਮਰਦੇ ਹੋਏ ਵੀ ਗਾਉਂਦਾ ਹੈ,__ ਦੁੱਖ ਵਾਲੀ ਰਾਤ ਜੇਕਰ ਨੀਂਦ ਨਹੀਂ ਆੳਦੀ ਹੈ,, ਤਾ ਮੋਰ ਨੱਚਦੇ ਹੋਏ ਵੀ ਰੋਂਦਾ ਹੈ ਤੇ ਹੰਸ ਮਰਦੇ ਹੋਏ ਵੀ ਗਾਉਂਦਾ ਹੈ,__
ਦੁੱਖ ਵਾਲੀ ਰਾਤ ਜੇਕਰ ਨੀਂਦ ਨਹੀਂ ਆੳਦੀ ਹੈ,, ਤਾਂ ਖੁਸ਼ੀ ਵਾਲੀ ਰਾਤ ਵੀ ਕੋਣ ਸਉਂਦਾ ਹੈ... Continue
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ik kudi meri zindgi ch aayi. ik kudi meri zindgi ch aayi.
chahundi c oh maitho haq ch gwaahi.
par kuj v nai ohde lyi mere kolo hoia.
ohnu v rwaiya nale aap bda roiya.
oh khiji-2 rehndi c,khud to udaas.
oh c khushiyaan udeekdi,ik zindgi be-aas.
de k dilaase ohnu.main aap piche hoia.
ohnu v rwaiya nale aap bda roiya...
sochda haan main,k oh sochdi ki hou.
haal jdo mera eh hai,halat osdi ki hou.
oh v hou taare gindi,janda mere to v nai jdo soiya.
ohnu v rwaiya,nale aap bda… Continue
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sartaj ਅਸੀਂ ਗਾਏ ਗੁਰੁਦੁਆਰੇ ਤੇ ਕੋਲ ਕਾਰ ਸੀ
ਓਥੇ ਜਾ ਕੇ ਦੇਖੇਆ ਲੰਗਰ ਤਿਆਰ ਸੀ
ਕੋਈ ਕੋਈ ਸੁਣਦਾ ਸੀ ਬਾਬੇ ਦੀ ਗੱਲ ਨੂੰ
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ਜੋ ਮੈਨੂੰ Shopping ਕਰਾਏਗਾ,
ਤੂੰ ਮੇਰੇ ਪਿੱਛੇ ਗੇੜੇ ਲਾ
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ਕੋਈ Rich ਜਾ ਮੁੰਡਾ ਟਿਕਾਉਣਾ ਏ
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WHY NOT A GIRL PEOPLE PRAY FOR A BOY,
NOT FOR A GIRL
THEY DESIRE A BOY,
NOT A GIRL
BLESSINGS OF ELDERS ARE FOR MALE,
NOT FOR A FEMALE.
THEY LOVE TO HAVE A BOY,
NOT A GIRL
BUT.................................
BUT.................................
IN NEED OF WEALTH,
THEY PRAY THE GODESS LAXMI
IN NEED OF COURAGE,
THEY PRAY THE GODESS DURGA
IN NEED OF EDUCATION,
THEY CALL UPON GODESS SARASWATI
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Unknown (2011) Review
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Hi my dear friends. This is my new film review.
Liam Neeson returned to film in an action-thriller "Unknown" in the role of an unknown white male with a dip in the memory after a car accident.
The film is based on the…
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ਪੰਜਾਬ ਦੀ ਆਰਥਿਕਤਾ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਦੀ ਆਰਥਿਕਤਾ ਦਿਨੋਂ-ਦਿਨ ਡਾਵਾਂਡੋਲ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਜਾ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ, ਇਸ ਦਾ ਸਿਹਰਾ ਕਾਂਗਰਸੀ ਅਕਾਲੀਆਂ ਦੇ ਸਿਰ ਬੰਨਦੇ ਹਨ, ਅਕਾਲੀ ਕਾਂਗਰਸੀਆਂ ਦੇ ਬੜੇ ਝੂਠੇ ਸੱਚੇ ਵਾਅਦੇ ਵੋਟਰਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਕਰਕੇ ਪਾਣੀ ਵਾਂਗ ਪੈਸਾ ਵਹਾ ਕੇ ਕਈ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਰ ਦੇ ਨਸ਼ੇ ਪੱਤੇ ਭੋਲੇ ਵੋਟਰਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਛਕਾ ਕੇ ਜਾਇਜ ਤੇ ਨਜਾਇਜ ਢੰਗ ਅਪਣਾ ਕੇ ਮਿਲੀ ਰਾਜ ਗੱਦੀ ਨੂੰ ਬਚਾਈ ਰੱਖਣ ਲਈ ਸੱਤਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਆਈ ਕੋਈ ਵੀ ਪਾਰਟੀ ਖਾਲੀ ਖਜਾਨੇ ਦਾ ਖਿਆਲ ਭੁੱਲ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਹੈ। ਅਯੋਗ ਲਾਭਪਤਾਰੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਬੇਲੋੜੀਆਂ ਰਿਆਇਤਾਂ ਦੇ ਕੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਦੀ ਜੈ-ਜੈ ਕਾਰ ਕਰਵਾਉਣ ਵਰਗਾ ਗੁਨਾਹ ਕਿਹੜੀ ਪਾਰਟੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਕਰਦੀ ਖਾਲੀ ਖਜਾਨੇ ਦਾ ਢੰਡੋਰਾ ਪਿੱਟਣ ਵਾਲੀ ਅਕਾਲੀ ਭਾਜਪਾ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਵੀ… Continue
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ਪੰਥ ਤੇ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ 1469 ਈ: ਨੂੰ ਜਨਮ ਹੋਇਆ ਸਿੱਖ ਪੰਥ ਦੇ ਮੋਢੀ ਤੇ ਕਲਯੁੱਗ ਦੇ ਅਵਤਾਰ ਬਾਬੇ ਨਾਨਕ ਦਾ। ਸਿੱਖਾਂ ਦੇ ਪਹਿਲੇ ਗੁਰੂ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਦੇਵ ਜੀ, ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੇ ਹਮੇਸ਼ਾਂ ਦੁਨੀਆ ਨੂੰ ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀ, ਪ੍ਰੇਮ, ਵਹਿਮਾਂ-ਭਰਮਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਦੂਰ ਤੇ ਰੱਬ ਦੀ ਰਜਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਤੇ ਜਾਤ-ਪਾਤ ਦੇ ਭੇਦ ਮਿਟਾ ਕੇ ਜਿੰਦਗੀ ਜਿਉਣ ਲਈ ਪ੍ਰੇਰਿਤ ਕੀਤਾ, ਪਰ ਇਸ ਦੁਨੀਆ ਦੀ ਇੱਕ ਰੀਤ ਹੈ 'ਅੱਗਾ ਦੌੜ ਪਿੱਛਾ ਚੌੜ' ਮਤਲਬ ਕਿ ਇਹ ਦੁਨੀਆ ਭੁੱਲਦੀ ਬਹੁਤ ਛੇਤੀ ਹੈ। ਕਲਯੁੱਗ ਹਰ ਥਾਂ ਆਪਣਾ ਰੰਗ ਦਿਖਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ। ਇਤਿਹਾਸਕਾਰ ਲਿਖਦੇ ਹਨ ਕਿ ਜਦੋਂ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਦੇਵ ਜੀ ਨੇ ਸਰੀਰ ਛੱਡਿਆ ਤਾਂ ਹਿੰਦੂਆਂ ਤੇ ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਝਗੜਾ ਛਿੜ ਗਿਆ, ਹਿੰਦੂ ਕਹਿੰਦੇ… Continue
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baba ji ਆਰੀ ਆਰੀ ਆਰੀ,
ਰਾਮ ਦੇਵ ਬਾਬੇ ਨੇ ਛਾਲ ਮੰਚ ਤੋਂ ਮਾਰੀ,
ਹਡੀਆਂ ਤੁੜਾ ਬੈਠੀ ਭਗਤਨੀ ਇੱਕ ਵਿਚਾਰੀ ,
ਥੱਲੇ ਆ ਗਈ ਬਾਬੇ ਦੇ ਉੱਤੋਂ ਡਾਂਗ ਪੁਲਸ ਨੇ ਮਾਰੀ ,
ਲੁਕਿਆ ਜਨਾਨੀਆਂ ਵਿਚ ਉਂਝ ਸੀ ਵੱਡਾ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਚਾਰੀ,
......ਬੁੜ੍ਹੀ ਬਣ ਭੱਜ ਦੌੜਿਆ ਜਦੋਂ ਆਈ ਲੜਨ ਦੀ ਬਾਰੀ,
ਐਹੋ ਜਹੇ ਬਾਬਿਆਂ ਨੇ ਮੱਤ ਸਾਰੇ ਦੇਸ਼ ਦੀ ਮਾਰੀ
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Ik Onkar (God is One) Ik Onkar (God is One)
Sat Nam ( His name is True)
Kartaa Purakh (He is the Creator)
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Red Riding Hood(2011)
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Today in our screening room, where the entire post will be a solid spoiler, we look at the new film, directed by Catherine Hardwicke (known for such films as "Vanilla Sky" and "Mr.…
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ਜੋ ਬਹੁਤਾ ਪਿਆਰ ਦਿਖਾਉਂਦੇ ਨੇ ਉਹ ਆਖਿਰ ਲਾ ਕੇ ਛੱਡ ਜਾਂਦੇ........
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ਉਹ ਆਖਿਰ ਲਾ ਕੇ ਛੱਡ ਜਾਂਦੇ
ਜੋ ਬਹੁਤਾ ਪਿਆਰ ਦਿਖਾਉਂਦੇ ਨੇ ।
ਅੱਖ ਫੇਰ ਕੇ ਪਿੱਛੇ ਮੁੜਦੇ ਨਾ
ਅੱਖਾਂ ਦੇ ਤਾਰੇ ਕਹਾਉਂਦੇ ਨੇ ।
ਉਹ ਆਖਿਰ ਨੂੰ ਹੋ ਅੱਡ ਜਾਂਦੇ
ਜੋ ਬਹੁਤਾ ਮੋਹ ਜਤਾਉਂਦੇ ਨੇ ।
ਅੱਜ ਹੋਰ ਤੇ ਕਲ੍ਹ ਨੂੰ ਹੋਰ ਹੁੰਦੇ
ਇੱਥੋਂ ਤੋੜ ਕੇ ਉੱਥੇ ਲਾਉਂਦੇ ਨੇ ।
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ਜੋ ਕਾਹਲੀ ਕਦਮ ਵਧਾਉਂਦੇ ਨੇ ।
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Continuing with the 4th BBQ weekend. Instead of burgers and hotdogs, it's pizza! This is hot out of the oven...
Ingredients:
Homemade pizza dough
Grilled skinless bone-in chicken breast
Sweet hickory smoked barbeque sauce (Stubb's) - bottled sauce
Shredded Jack cheese
Fresh salsa
Green onions
When grilling the chicken breast, you can under cook it a little. This is to prevent it from being too dry or over-cooked when it is topped on the pizza and cooked again. The idea of grilling the chicken is to add the smokiness when it is used on the pizza. Glaze the chicken with the BBQ sauce at the last 5 minutes of grilling. Then let it cool before slicing.
Everyone has their own favorite homemade pizza dough recipe.We like thin crust pizzas. We have a couple of "go to" recipes, one from Art Smith which requires the dough to sit overnight in the fridge and the other one is from Kitchenaid. It's foolproof for us.
To assemble the pizza just spread the base with BBQ sauce then top with cheese, next add the chicken slices on top of the cheese. Then dollop spoonful of the fresh salsa, sprinkle a little more cheese over and bake in a preheated 425F oven for about 15-20 minutes or until the pizza is bubbly and the crust is nicely browned on the edge. Sprinkle with green onions as soon as the pizza is removed from the oven. Slice and serve immediately!
Enjoy
Tamiya Pearl White outer shrouds over Blue Metallic Frame. Testors Flat and Gloss White base on various parts. Enamel wash to be added next.
My baby boy is my inspiration to help other mother continue breastfeeding after they return to work.
The last church from a hectic October; what with trips to London and Norwich as well as work, it was a busy month all round.
My plan had been to go to Harbledown to see the two churches there, but for some reason I did not find them, but did visit 4 others, including Blean.
Blean is a village just outside Canterbury, on a hill overlooking the city, and for the most part, it seems to be a fairly modern village spread out along the Canterbury to Whiststable road, then to find just behind a row of modern shops is an ancient site, with such an unusual church comes as a surprise.
The Dedication shows how old the church is. And the site itself is ancient, being the site of a large Roman Villa, and a fortified Saxon manor house, the moat of which partly survives.
My shots did not come out well, it was a dull day and the lighting in the church was very poor. Shots of the windows came out fine, though.
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How wonderful to find an unlocked isolated church in an area where many are kept closed! This charming flint building stands on a well-used public footpath (the former Roman Salt Road) that runs across a dry valley outside Canterbury. Its tree-shaded churchyard contains venerable yews and the church itself, dedicated to Ss Cosmas and Damian (see also Challock) is welcoming indeed. The nave and chancel are thirteenth century - see the typical lancet windows - but the huge north aisle, doubling the church in size, dates from the 1860s. Its arcade, however, is a good copy of thirteenth century work with huge cylindrical piers and an easternmost arch that stops short of the floor as if to allow space for a Rood Screen. The interior is light and spacious with much emphasis on the rustic medieval roof timbers. The twin-lancet east window contains some good mid-Victorian glass by Henry Holiday. The altar rails are seventeenth century whilst tucked behind the main door is a huge early eighteenth century memorial. As part of their millennium celebrations the locals reordered the church to great effect, moving the clumsy organ to the back and replacing it by the pulpit. These works have improved the interior no end.
www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=Blean
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In common with most churches and other old buildings, little is known with any degree of certainty during the dark ages between the departure of the Romans in 4th Century and the Norman conquest of the 11th Century.
However, the Blean Historical and Archaeological Group undertook some very detailed research in the period 1982-86 (on which much of the information herein is based), and established beyond doubt that a substantial Roman villa existed to the south-west of the church from 1st to 3rd centuries.
(Indeed, fragments of Roman brick, which would logically have derived from this site, have long been known to be incorporated into the west exterior wall of the present church).
It is also known that a fortified manor was built on the same site in the 13th century, so it is fairly likely that there were Jutish-Saxon settlements or small estates in this immediate area for much, if not all, of the intervening periods.
By the time of the Domesday Book (1086), there were twelve surrounding farmsteads or holdings within the bounds of the manor, but clearly it had been well-established as a community long before that date.
A church was noted on the present site in 1086 (not the present building), with a strong suggestion of an early pre-Conquest church prior to that. There is an (unproven) folklore suggestion that the site of the present church actually dates from 598, when the early monks accompanying Augustine from Rome set up a shrine to the Saints Cosmus and Damian at this point on the ancient Salt Road to the north Kent coast at Seasalter (which runs past the church).
Dedications to these two saints are very unusual in Britain (there are, in fact, only four in the whole country), but they were at that time very well known in Rome, where the church in their names had been opened in the Forum as recently as 530 (the Basilica of Saints Cosmus & Damian).
Whether true or not, the whole site appears to have been fortified at some point during the dark ages, resulting in the somewhat unusual relics of a wall and moat around what is now our graveyard - it was most likely a fortified manor within which a simple wooden church was included. The site became too restricted after the Conquest, resulting in the manor itself being moved onto what had once been the Roman villa.
These were times of great unrest, and clearly the presence of a fortified structure belonging to Robert de Crevequer (regarded as a "rebel" at a time of virtual civil war) at such a strategic location proved too much for King Henry III, who in 1259 ordered that the walls be razed to the ground and the moat filled in - in fact, only one wall alongside the road was razed, although that was sufficient for military purposes.
To no avail, since the manor was confiscated anyway - such was the political turbulence of the time!
The present flintstone church, roofed with Kent peg tiles, was rebuilt before 1233, by order of the Crown, and the "Calendar of Liberate Rolls" for 1233 shows Henry lll repaying the sum of £20.3s.8d to Walter de Kirkeham for carrying out this instruction.
From about 1200 onwards, the Eastbridge Hospital had acquired a growing interest in the area, the lordship
of the manor being formally confirmed in 1359, and the Master of Eastbridge still remains the Patron of the parish. It would appear that the fortunes of the manor itself declined after this, and severe fire damage in the late 14th or early 15th century resulted in the site being abandoned.
It seems likely that the local population was then in decline in any case, possibly as a result of the ravages of the Black Death.
Depopulation was a continuing problem right up until the present time, since the local communities polarised towards either Blean or Tyler Hill, a process accelerated by the opening of the present main roads to Whitstable and Herne Bay respectively.
The rebuilt church of circa 1233 is characterised by the lancet windows of Early English Gothic style and has changed little, apart from the closing of two lancets in the west wall and their replacement during the 14th century by a window in the Perpendicular late Gothic style, plus a similar new window in the south wall of the nave.
This latter alteration coincided with the institution of the post of Vicar in the Blean (c.1375), and culminated in the building of the church's finest possession, its timber crown-post roof.
The church at this time was very colourful, with many of the windows being in stained glass (of which only a few fragments remain in one of the chancel lancet windows), a painted rood screen (the marks where it was fitted are still visible in the beams above the pulpit) and several wall paintings dedicated to St. Thomas, the Virgin Mary, and of course our "own" Saints Cosmus and Damian. With sets of candles in front of each, the impression would have been one of a highly coloured interior, typical of the medieval fashions.
Naturally, it all had to go in the religious upheavals following the Reformation, and whitewash became the order of the day - even the stone altar had to be broken up, its wooden replacement itself landing the then Vicar in serious trouble in 1551 as it was judged by the Archdeaconry Court as being "indistinguishable from the stone altar it had replaced!"
Hard times indeed - by the visitation of Archbishop Parker in 1573, it was reported that the church was "devoid of all glazing" - and we complain today of draughts! Apart from the walls and roof, the only major fittings remaining are the 15th Century stone font, the John Boys memorial of 1612 and the Communion Rails of 1697.
According to Edward Hasted's book History of the County of Kent, Canterbury 1782 vol. 3 ...The Church is but small and mean. It consists of only one aisle and a chancel having a low pointed turret at the west end...Anciently an appendage of the manor and remained so until Hamo le Crevequer called in the Charter. Hamo de Blen son of Etardus le Crevequer, gave the church to the Master and Brethren of the Hospital of Eastbridge, Canterbury. The gift was confirmed to the Hospital by the Archbishop Stephen Langton between 1206 and 1228. Blean was known as Cossmasblene in a document of 1548 by which the Master and co-Brethren of the Eastbridge Hospital confirmed their gift of about one virgate of land, subject to a rental of 3s a year, to William Harter and his wife. This piece of land and "a lyttel tennemant besyde the church of Cosmes Bleane" was referred to in a survey of houses and lands of the Manor of Hothe and Blean (calendared 'late 16th Century'), and gyven by the Masters of the Hospitall longe tyme past to the Auncesters of the wiff of one William Harter yet lyving and her heirs....
The Victorian rebuilding and extension was certainly enthusiastic, although unfortunately much of the original appearance of the church appears to have been obliterated in the process. The whole north wall disappeared to accommodate a sizeable extension, whilst the present single bell gable replaced the earlier wooden turret above the old building (the timbers from which are alleged to have been used in the stables of the then vicarage at Mulberry Down).
The old windows were replaced by new stained glass ones - including work by the well-known Victorian artist Henry Holiday.
Some fragments of the earlier glass were built into one window however, and perhaps more importantly, the quality of the work done has withstood the test of time, and we are very fortunate today in that we have inherited a basically sound structure in relatively good repair. Nevertheless, there is currently a scheduled programme of work to repair and restore these beautiful windows.
The plain open pews, choir and pulpit date from 1866, whilst the new organ (strangely sited by today's tastes) was installed in 1909. We are told that the original seating was for 273 souls - perhaps they were thinner in those days! The present main altar is comparatively modern, being designed in 1964 by Harold Anderson (architect to Canterbury Cathedral and a Churchwarden in Blean for 49 years!).
In 2000, after considerable consultation within the parish, the opportunity was taken to re-order the church with the objective of making it more accessible for worship and community use. The restrictive pew layout and the poor acoustics were tackled. In particular the organ was moved to a more appropriate location at the west end of the church. The font was moved away from the main door to the eastern end of the (‘new’ Victorian) north aisle.
The pulpit was moved to the place where the organ had originally been sited and we believe that the opening up of the sight lines resulting from this show off the magnificent timber crown-post roof in all its splendour. In 2005, we succeeded in raising sufficient money to bring water to the church hall providing much needed lavatory and kitchen facilities. Further developments to that hall are planned.
We are determined that our church building should provide the flexibility and modern facilities needed for the Christian message to continue to be proclaimed for another thousand years in this ancient place.
There are several plaques and memorials in the church which may be included on this page. For the time being here are two Plaques and signs in the church, one giving an interesting bequest and another the list of Vicars up to 1995.
Senior Ugandan general meets with U.S. Army Africa leaders; continues cooperative partnership
VICENZA, Italy – When Ugandan Brig. Gen. Silver Kayemba arrived at U.S. Army Africa headquarters on April 27, he was met by familiar faces.
Kayemba, 53, the chief of training and operations for the Ugandan People’s Defense Force, was a key player during Natural Fire 10, a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief exercise co-led by the UPDF and U.S. Army Africa, held in Uganda in Oct. 2009.
“This visit strengthens our relationship with the U.S. Armed Forces, particularly with U.S. Army Africa,” Kayemba said. “We are looking forward to even closer cooperation in the future.”
One of the first people Kayemba met was Maj. Gen. William B. Garrett III, commander of U.S. Army Africa.
“As part of our engagement strategy, U.S. Army Africa invites senior military leaders from partner land forces to see how our command operates,” Garrett said. “We create opportunities to discuss the way forward, as the U.S. Army continues to work with Ugandan land forces to strengthen their capacity to support security missions in Africa.”
U.S. Army Africa leaders briefed Kayemba on the command’s mission, its ongoing partnerships with African land forces to foster securing, stability and peace on the African continent. During his two-day visit, Kayemba also toured Caserma Ederle, stopping first at training simulators used by Soldiers prior to deploying.
In 2006, Kayemba visited several military sites in the United States, to include the Pentagon, National Defense University, and a U.S. Marine Corps base. As a junior officer then, Kayemba also attended the basic transportation officer course in the United States.
During Natural Fire, Kayemba served as exercise deputy director and worked closely with Garrett.
“We’ve been reviewing lessons learned from Natural Fire,” Kayemba said. “We are going to benefit from what I’ve seen here and I look forward to working with U.S. Army Africa in future.”
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