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Bill,
Here’s my contribution for the Hunter’s Moon. I’ve attached the same file if you need it.
Have a good weekend.
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I made some Flourless Chocolate Cookies as my contribution to KeikoFest 2013! I've been hunting for this recipe for years! I have tweaked it, but I still have some perfecting to do! Next time, I want to use the darkest chocolate I can find, and want them a tad chewier! It's the meringue-ness that gives them the crunch & chew that I desire! But these were a little airier than I wanted. I made some with chocolate chips, and some without! I'm close though! #flourlesschocolatecookies #keikofest2013 #food #instaeatup #instameetup #goodfriendsgoodfood #goodfriendsgoodfun #cookie #igersuniteandeat #igohana #ohanameansfamily #ohana #strivingfortheperfectcookie #cookiecookiecookiethatsforme #andmyfriends #cookiemonster #foodfamily #foodie4lyfe #foodfetish
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My contribution to Thanksgiving dinner: persimmon, pomegranate, squash, orange pepper, robusto cheese, asian pear, golden cherry tomato salad!
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angeliska: Made in collaboration with the lovely @coco_coquette !
deadmonique: Oh man, that looks and sounds delicious!
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xtimu: O my! So purty.
lambaria: Wow
telerouge: I'd look forward to thanksgiving if this was the type of food that was commonly available!
Portraying St. Lawrence honors the lives and contributions of three St. Lawrence community members, Margaret Kent Bass, Ernest M. Benedict, and Rev. Kathleen Buckley. The interactive exhibition is the culmination of an arts-based project focused on documenting who is represented in official portraiture and expanding representations of women and people of color in campus portraiture and other forms of public commemoration.
Honorees were selected based on nominations in a process designed to engage the campus community. Artists were chosen in collaboration with the nominees or their families. The exhibition features work by acclaimed Akwesasne Mohawk artist Dave Kanietakeron Fadden and two recent SLU graduates, Nadirah Croft and Mikayla Quinn.
Portraying St. Lawrence draws attention to who is commemorated in official campus portraiture, how portraits act as a form of public memory for an institution or community, and how we can expand both whom we remember and how we remember those important to our community through culturally responsive commemoration. The exhibition was made possible by a grant from St. Lawrence University’s Arts Collaborative.
Allison L. Rowland, Ph.D.
Jessica Sierk, Ph.D.
Angela Sweigart-Gallagher, Ph.D.
Dr. Margaret Kent Bass
Dr. Margaret Kent Bass was St. Lawrence University’s Director of Multicultural Affairs in 1993 and joined the English department in 2000. Bass was appointed Associate Dean for Faculty in 2004 and Interim VP and Dean of Students in 2005-06. Nominees shared that she was “a force of nature with a huge heart” who “brought insight and truth to every aspect of her work,” which included “work[ing] untiringly and unflinchingly on DEI issues.” One nominator compared her to “the ice-breaker ship that plows through sea ice so that other ships have a channel to sail through.” Among her many accolades are the Owen D. Young Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year Award and the Emily Eaton Hepburn Award for Creative Leadership. She currently resides in Vermont with her spouse Mary Hussman and plans to attend the dedication ceremony. Nadirah Croft, a recent SLU Higher Educational Opportunity Program graduate, drew Margaret Kent Bass’s portrait.
Ernest M. Kaientaronkwen Benedict, 1918-2011
In 1941, Ernest Benedict from the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation was the first Indigenous student to graduate from St. Lawrence University. In the years following, he went on to become a venerated chief of the Akwesasne Mohawk Council. He was a renowned activist and educator, having started one of the first Mohawk newspapers, Akwesasne Notes, and leading it to become one of the largest and most influential native newspapers in the world. He worked tirelessly against Indigenous oppression. The Benedict and Fadden family connections go back generations. As a teenager, Benedict came into contact with the great teacher Ray Tehanetorens Fadden, and as partners they sought to change the course of history by reviving the national identity of the Mohawk Nation. Dave Kanietakeron Fadden, who was commissioned to paint Benedict’s portrait, is Ray’s grandson. More about Benedict’s legacy can be found at indianz.com.
Reverend Kathleen Buckley, 1953-2020
Rev. Buckley served as chaplain of St. Lawrence University from 2001 until her death in 2020. As a long-standing member of the St. Lawrence University Diversity Committee, she was deeply involved in intergroup dialogue, restorative justice trainings, fostering interfaith dialogue and space, and various diversity working groups throughout her time here. She is remembered by many as a spiritual advisor, compassionate presence, and fierce advocate for LGBTQIA+ justice on campus. As her partner Rev. Dr. Shawn Whitehead said of her: “When Kathleen said all are welcome, she meant it.” The Sullivan Center’s Reverend Kathleen Buckley Conference Room for Diversity & Inclusion, named in her memory, is a meeting space open to all students whose work aligns with Buckley’s inspired vision for the Laurentian community. Her portrait, painted by Mikayla Quinn, will be installed in Gunnison Chapel.
My Experience with HALO Trust Kosovo (1999–2007) 🌍
A Call for Recognition and Respect ✊ 🌍
I call for: 🌍
Official recognition of the contribution of the first HALO Trust staff in Kosovo;
The issuance of official certificates for each of them;
The consideration of symbolic rewards for their work and sacrifice;
Financial and material support for HALO Trust, as other countries support similar organizations. 🌍✊
Fita Kosova – 35 Years of Experience in EOD & UXO🌍
Since 1999, in the days following NATO’s bombing campaign, I have been part of humanitarian and military efforts to clear Kosovo’s land from unexploded ordnance (UXO) and landmines. I served with HALO Trust, working in the most dangerous regions of the country — from the village of Rastavicë to the outskirts of Junik — where I led entire demining teams, often managing over 100 people at once.
I had the privilege of being one of the first in Kosovo to be trained by Mr. Mark Frankish, a renowned international expert in the field of EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), a former British Army officer, and Senior Advisor to UNMAS. The training we received from him laid the foundation for developing local expertise in EOD and UXO.
In these historical photos I will share, you can see the brave men and women who, today, serve in Kosovo’s police, civil service, and security sectors — many of them are successful professionals, team leaders, and certified demining specialists. They were dedicated, educated, and ready to risk their lives to make Kosovo safer for its citizens.
We weren’t just employees — we were humanitarians with big hearts, who, with small wages and under difficult conditions, contributed to building a better future. Over the years, I witnessed the demolition of thousands of tons of weapons, mines, and unexploded ordnance in locations coordinated with UNMIK and KFOR. HALO Trust was the first organization to build capacity for controlled demolitions in Kosovo.
A Call for Recognition and Respect
Today, many of these true heroes — those who worked in extreme conditions to clear land and save lives — remain unrecognized by the state of Kosovo. Meanwhile, individuals with no contribution have been rewarded, while these brave men and women continue to be forgotten.
I call for:
Official recognition of the contribution of the first HALO Trust staff in Kosovo;
The issuance of official certificates for each of them;
The consideration of symbolic rewards for their work and sacrifice;
Financial and material support for HALO Trust, as other countries support similar organizations.
In Conclusion
History should not be written with empty words or by those who were never on the ground. It should be written with actions and true testimonies. HALO Trust and its personnel in Kosovo were the cornerstone of security after the war. I have proudly and responsibly been part of this history. Today, at 58 years old, I continue to work in EOD and sports, learning something new every day to contribute further to peace.
Thank you for your attention.
Respectfully,
Fita Kosova
(EOD / UXO Operator, Veteran of HALO Trust Kosovo 1999–2007)🌍✊
Përvoja ime me HALO Trust Kosovë (1999–2007) 🌍✊
Fita Kosova – 35 vite përvojë në fushën e EOD & UXO🌍
Që nga viti 1999, në ditët e para pas bombardimeve të NATO-s, kam qenë pjesë e përpjekjeve humanitare dhe ushtarake për çminimin dhe pastrimin e territorit të Kosovës nga mjetet shpërthyese të mbetura nga lufta. Kam shërbyer si pjesë e organizatës HALO Trust, në zonat më të rrezikshme të vendit — nga fshati Rastavicë deri afër Junikut — ku kam udhëhequr ekipe të tëra çminimi, shpesh me mbi 100 persona nën komandë.
Kam pasur privilegjin të jem ndër të parët në Kosovë që janë trajnuar nga z. Mark Frankish, një ekspert i njohur ndërkombëtar në fushën e EOD (Deminim dhe Asgjësim të Mjeteve të Pashpërthyera), një ish-oficer britanik dhe këshilltar i lartë i UNMAS. Trajnimi që morëm nga ai ishte themeli i ndërtimit të kapaciteteve vendore në fushën e EOD dhe UXO.
Në këto foto historike që do të ndaj, shihen djem dhe vajza të guximshëm që sot shërbejnë në polici, shërbime civile dhe në sektorin e sigurisë — shumë prej tyre profesionistë të suksesshëm, liderë ekipesh dhe teknikë të certifikuar të deminimit. Ata ishin të përkushtuar, të edukuar dhe të gatshëm të rrezikonin jetën për ta bërë Kosovën më të sigurt për qytetarët e saj.
Ne nuk ishim thjesht punonjës – ishim humanistë me zemër të madhe, që me paga të vogla dhe në kushte shumë të vështira, kontribuuam për një të ardhme më të mirë. Ndër vite, kam qenë dëshmitar i demolimeve të mijëra tonëve armë, mina dhe municione në pika të koordinuara me UNMIK-un dhe KFOR-in. HALO Trust ishte organizata e parë që ndërtoi kapacitete për demolime të kontrolluara në Kosovë.
Apel për njohje dhe respekt
Sot, shumë prej këtyre heronjve të vërtetë – të cilët kanë punuar në kushte ekstreme për pastrimin e tokës dhe shpëtimin e jetëve – nuk janë njohur zyrtarisht nga shteti i Kosovës. Ndërkohë që individë pa kontribut janë shpërblyer, këta burra dhe gra të guximshëm vazhdojnë të mbeten të harruar.
Unë bëj thirrje që:
Të njihet zyrtarisht kontributi i stafit të parë të HALO Trust në Kosovë;
Të lëshohet një certifikatë shtetërore për secilin prej tyre;
Të shqyrtohet mundësia e një shpërblimi simbolik për punën dhe sakrificën e bërë;
Të mbështetet HALO Trust me donacione dhe ndihmë, siç bëjnë edhe vendet tjera për organizata të tilla.
Në përfundim
Historia nuk duhet të shkruhet me fjalë boshe apo nga ata që nuk kanë qenë në terren. Duhet të shkruhet me vepra dhe dëshmi të vërteta. HALO Trust dhe personeli i saj në Kosovë kanë qenë themeli i sigurisë pas luftës. Kam qenë pjesë e kësaj historie me krenari dhe përgjegjësi. Sot, në moshën 58 vjeçare, vazhdoj të merrem me EOD dhe sport, dhe çdo ditë mësoj diçka të re për të kontribuar akoma për paqe.
Faleminderit për vëmendjen.
Me respekt,
Fita Kosova
(Operativ i EOD / UXO, Veteran i HALO Trust Kosovë 1999–2007)🌍✊
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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia
Philadelphia, commonly referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the second-most populous city in the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Philadelphia is known for its extensive contributions to United States history, especially the American Revolution, and served as the nation's capital until 1800. It maintains contemporary influence in business and industry, culture, sports, and music. Philadelphia is the nation's sixth-most populous city with a population of 1,603,797 as of the 2020 census and is the urban core of the larger Delaware Valley (or Philadelphia metropolitan area), the nation's seventh-largest and one of the world's largest metropolitan regions consisting of 6.245 million residents in the metropolitan statistical area and 7.366 million residents in its combined statistical area.
Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Quaker and advocate of religious freedom. The city served as the capital of the Pennsylvania Colony during the British colonial era and went on to play a historic and vital role as the central meeting place for the nation's founding fathers whose plans and actions in Philadelphia ultimately inspired the American Revolution and the nation's independence following the Revolutionary War. Philadelphia hosted the First Continental Congress in 1774, preserved the Liberty Bell, and hosted the Second Continental Congress during which the founders signed the Declaration of Independence, which historian Joseph Ellis has described as "the most potent and consequential words in American history". Once the Revolutionary War commenced, the Battle of Germantown and the siege of Fort Mifflin were fought within Philadelphia's city limits. The U.S. Constitution was later ratified in Philadelphia at the Philadelphia Convention of 1787. Philadelphia remained the nation's largest city until 1790, when it was surpassed by New York City, and it served as the nation's first capital from May 10, 1775, until December 12, 1776, and on four subsequent occasions during and following the American Revolution, including from 1790 to 1800 during the construction of the new national capital of Washington, D.C.
With 18 four-year universities and colleges, Philadelphia is one of the nation's leading centers for higher education and academic research. As of 2018, the Philadelphia metropolitan area was the state's largest and nation's ninth-largest metropolitan economy with a gross metropolitan product of US$444.1 billion. The city is home to five Fortune 500 corporate headquarters as of 2022. As of 2023, metropolitan Philadelphia ranks among the top five U.S. venture capital centers, facilitated by its proximity to New York City's entrepreneurial and financial ecosystems. The Philadelphia Stock Exchange, owned by Nasdaq since 2008, is the nation's oldest stock exchange and a global leader in options trading. 30th Street Station, the city's primary rail station, is the third-busiest Amtrak hub in the nation, and the city's multimodal transport and logistics infrastructure, includes Philadelphia International Airport, and the rapidly-growing PhilaPort seaport. A migration pattern has been established from New York City to Philadelphia by residents opting for a large city with relative proximity and a lower cost of living.
Philadelphia is a national cultural center, hosting more outdoor sculptures and murals than any other city in the nation. Fairmount Park, when combined with adjacent Wissahickon Valley Park in the same watershed, is 2,052 acres (830 ha), representing one of the nation's largest and the world's 45th-largest urban park. The city is known for its arts, culture, cuisine, and colonial and Revolution-era history; in 2016, it attracted 42 million domestic tourists who spent $6.8 billion, representing $11 billion in economic impact to the city and its surrounding Pennsylvania counties.
With five professional sports teams and one of the nation's most loyal fan bases, Philadelphia is often ranked as the nation's best city for professional sports fans. The city has a culturally and philanthropically active LGBTQ+ community. Philadelphia also has played an immensely influential historic and ongoing role in the development and evolution of American music, especially R&B, soul, and rock.
Philadelphia is a city of many firsts, including the nation's first library (1731), hospital (1751), medical school (1765), national capital (1774), university (by some accounts) (1779), stock exchange (1790), zoo (1874), and business school (1881). Philadelphia contains 67 National Historic Landmarks, including Independence Hall. From the city's 17th century founding through the present, Philadelphia has been the birthplace or home to an extensive number of prominent and influential Americans. In 2021, Time magazine named Philadelphia one of the world's greatest 100 places.
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USS New Jersey (BB-62) is an Iowa-class battleship and the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the U.S. state of New Jersey. She was often referred to fondly as "Big J". New Jersey earned more battle stars for combat actions than the other three completed Iowa-class battleships, and was the only US battleship used to provide gunfire support during the Vietnam War.
During World War II, New Jersey shelled targets on Guam and Okinawa, and screened aircraft carriers conducting raids in the Marshall Islands. During the Korean War, she was involved in raids along the North Korean coast, after which she was decommissioned into the United States Navy reserve fleets, better known as the "mothball fleet". She was briefly reactivated in 1968 and sent to Vietnam to support US troops before returning to the mothball fleet in 1969. Reactivated once more in the 1980s as part of the 600-ship Navy program, New Jersey was modernized to carry missiles and recommissioned for service. In 1983, she participated in US operations during the Lebanese Civil War.
New Jersey was decommissioned for the last time in 1991 after having served a total of 21 years in the active fleet. During her career she earned a Navy Unit Commendation for service in Vietnam, and 19 battle and campaign stars for combat operations during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Lebanese Civil War, and service in the Persian Gulf. After a brief retention in the mothball fleet, she was donated to the Home Port Alliance in Camden, New Jersey, and has served as a museum ship there since 15 October 2001.
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(United States) "الولايات المتحدة" "Vereinigte Staaten" "アメリカ" "美国" "미국" "Estados Unidos" "États-Unis"
(Camden) "كامدين" "卡 姆 登" "कैमडेन" "カムデン" "캠 던" "Камден"
(New Jersey) "نيو جيرسي" "新泽西州" "न्यू जर्सी" "ニュージャージー" "뉴저지" "Нью-Джерси"
(Pennsylvania) "بنسلفانيا" "宾夕法尼亚州" "Pennsylvanie" "पेंसिल्वेनिया" "ペンシルベニア" "펜실베니아" "Пенсильвания" "Pensilvania"
(Philadelphia) "فيلادلفيا" "费城" "Philadelphie" "फिलाडेल्फिया" "フィラデルフィア" "필라델피아" "Филадельфия" "Filadelfia"
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One day we wandered down to a rocky beach somewhere called Drunk Bay. It took us a while to realize that the coral, and rocks, and logs, and coconut parts that were strewn over the rocks, even high and in unlikely places were not the work of great waves in mighty storms, but of people. People making little people. Or occasionally dogs, or lions. There were hundreds of these things.
Balanced semi-vertically on a large rock, our little guy sports a coral body, limbs, head and nose. A coconut toupe, two stone eyes, and a seashell mouth complete the ensemble.
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this is just to point out the magenta red base board donated as scrap lumber from our friend M and this old log that was forever in our way, but now has a useful purpose as a step for the hens.
2024-05-28: Beth Dunford, Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development at African Development Bank speaks during the AM2024: USAID Contribution Agreement to TAAT & AEFPF.
After the January 2010 earthquake, three young girls took an initiative to raise money in a way they could manage: Make and sell items (beautiful little decorated sculptures in folded paper). The result? NOK 218,– transferred to ‘Save the Children’ (Redd Barna).
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Title: A contribution to the study of mummification in Egypt : with special reference to the measures adopted during the time of the XXI dynasty for moulding the form of the body
Creator: Smith, Grafton Elliot, Sir, 1871-1937
Creator: Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publisher: Le Caire : [Impr. nationale]
Sponsor: Jisc and Wellcome Library
Contributor: Royal College of Surgeons of England
Date: 1906
Language: eng
Description: Mémoires présentés à l'Institut Égyptien, t. V, fasc. I
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placid and still...this lake is a haven for nature lovers. the locals are very friendly and helpful too. not mention that its a twin lake...
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia
Philadelphia, commonly referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the second-most populous city in the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Philadelphia is known for its extensive contributions to United States history, especially the American Revolution, and served as the nation's capital until 1800. It maintains contemporary influence in business and industry, culture, sports, and music. Philadelphia is the nation's sixth-most populous city with a population of 1,603,797 as of the 2020 census and is the urban core of the larger Delaware Valley (or Philadelphia metropolitan area), the nation's seventh-largest and one of the world's largest metropolitan regions consisting of 6.245 million residents in the metropolitan statistical area and 7.366 million residents in its combined statistical area.
Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Quaker and advocate of religious freedom. The city served as the capital of the Pennsylvania Colony during the British colonial era and went on to play a historic and vital role as the central meeting place for the nation's founding fathers whose plans and actions in Philadelphia ultimately inspired the American Revolution and the nation's independence following the Revolutionary War. Philadelphia hosted the First Continental Congress in 1774, preserved the Liberty Bell, and hosted the Second Continental Congress during which the founders signed the Declaration of Independence, which historian Joseph Ellis has described as "the most potent and consequential words in American history". Once the Revolutionary War commenced, the Battle of Germantown and the siege of Fort Mifflin were fought within Philadelphia's city limits. The U.S. Constitution was later ratified in Philadelphia at the Philadelphia Convention of 1787. Philadelphia remained the nation's largest city until 1790, when it was surpassed by New York City, and it served as the nation's first capital from May 10, 1775, until December 12, 1776, and on four subsequent occasions during and following the American Revolution, including from 1790 to 1800 during the construction of the new national capital of Washington, D.C.
With 18 four-year universities and colleges, Philadelphia is one of the nation's leading centers for higher education and academic research. As of 2018, the Philadelphia metropolitan area was the state's largest and nation's ninth-largest metropolitan economy with a gross metropolitan product of US$444.1 billion. The city is home to five Fortune 500 corporate headquarters as of 2022. As of 2023, metropolitan Philadelphia ranks among the top five U.S. venture capital centers, facilitated by its proximity to New York City's entrepreneurial and financial ecosystems. The Philadelphia Stock Exchange, owned by Nasdaq since 2008, is the nation's oldest stock exchange and a global leader in options trading. 30th Street Station, the city's primary rail station, is the third-busiest Amtrak hub in the nation, and the city's multimodal transport and logistics infrastructure, includes Philadelphia International Airport, and the rapidly-growing PhilaPort seaport. A migration pattern has been established from New York City to Philadelphia by residents opting for a large city with relative proximity and a lower cost of living.
Philadelphia is a national cultural center, hosting more outdoor sculptures and murals than any other city in the nation. Fairmount Park, when combined with adjacent Wissahickon Valley Park in the same watershed, is 2,052 acres (830 ha), representing one of the nation's largest and the world's 45th-largest urban park. The city is known for its arts, culture, cuisine, and colonial and Revolution-era history; in 2016, it attracted 42 million domestic tourists who spent $6.8 billion, representing $11 billion in economic impact to the city and its surrounding Pennsylvania counties.
With five professional sports teams and one of the nation's most loyal fan bases, Philadelphia is often ranked as the nation's best city for professional sports fans. The city has a culturally and philanthropically active LGBTQ+ community. Philadelphia also has played an immensely influential historic and ongoing role in the development and evolution of American music, especially R&B, soul, and rock.
Philadelphia is a city of many firsts, including the nation's first library (1731), hospital (1751), medical school (1765), national capital (1774), university (by some accounts) (1779), stock exchange (1790), zoo (1874), and business school (1881). Philadelphia contains 67 National Historic Landmarks, including Independence Hall. From the city's 17th century founding through the present, Philadelphia has been the birthplace or home to an extensive number of prominent and influential Americans. In 2021, Time magazine named Philadelphia one of the world's greatest 100 places.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Museum_of_Art
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is an art museum originally chartered in 1876 for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. The main museum building was completed in 1928 on Fairmount, a hill located at the northwest end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway at Eakins Oval. The museum administers collections containing over 240,000 objects including major holdings of European, American and Asian origin. The various classes of artwork include sculpture, paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, armor, and decorative arts.
The Philadelphia Museum of Art administers several annexes including the Rodin Museum, also located on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, and the Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building, which is located across the street just north of the main building. The Perelman Building, which opened in 2007, houses more than 150,000 prints, drawings and photographs, 30,000 costume and textile pieces, and over 1,000 modern and contemporary design objects including furniture, ceramics, and glasswork.
The museum also administers the historic colonial-era houses of Mount Pleasant and Cedar Grove, both located in Fairmount Park. The main museum building and its annexes are owned by the City of Philadelphia and administered by a registered nonprofit corporation.
Several special exhibitions are held in the museum every year, including touring exhibitions arranged with other museums in the United States and abroad. The museum had 437,348 visitors in 2021.
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(United States) "الولايات المتحدة" "Vereinigte Staaten" "アメリカ" "美国" "미국" "Estados Unidos" "États-Unis"
(Pennsylvania) "بنسلفانيا" "宾夕法尼亚州" "Pennsylvanie" "पेंसिल्वेनिया" "ペンシルベニア" "펜실베니아" "Пенсильвания" "Pensilvania"
(Philadelphia) "فيلادلفيا" "费城" "Philadelphie" "फिलाडेल्फिया" "フィラデルフィア" "필라델피아" "Филадельфия" "Filadelfia"
A good number of photos published by this writer were personaly taken, followed by contributions by my children, Ma. Theresa and eldest Grandchild Saijo, USA; Jinggoy, Canada; W. Antonio, DBP and Wilfredo, Jr Syntacticsd, Inc. CdeO, Angelique Ross, Cebu; Nikki Reign, Butuan City; The best timeline photos by Kapamilya and Friends at Facebook.
Adventure into Gardening is among my top agenda, Skyline and Nature Garden.
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Gives a brief history of the Chinatown library and its contributions.
Interviews with longtime library employees and users.
Sing Tao Daily, March 25, 2007