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Vector Arena, Auckland, NZ
p.s. if you are gonna post my copyrighted images elsewhere on the internet at least have the decency to credit me with them or link them back to here, or i'll probably stop posting them or at least start putting big watermarks on them.
Queens Of The Stone Age @ Wamu Theater, Madison Square Garden, New York
p.s. if you are gonna post my copyrighted images elsewhere on the internet at least have the decency to credit me with them or link them back to here, or i'll probably stop posting them or at least start putting big watermarks on them.
The interior is largely as per the kit. The corners of the decency panels were snipped off and a paper clip grabrail fitted, so they more closely matched the real thing, and an air-sprung drivers seat was fitted for the same reason. The seats were covered with printed moquette, also fitted to the decency panels, and the current style velcro fitted antemecassers are also strips of printed label which effectively hide the join on the top of the seat where the label ends.
20220614 HELSINKI. CROWNE PLAZA. NAFM2022. Ministry for Foreign Affairs produces photo material for media representatives. Please feel free to use the photos for journalistic purposes, considering the following restrictions: One-time picture publishing right, no archiving or reselling. Editorial use only. When publishing the pictures, the name of the photographer and organisation shall be mentioned as a source. No picture manipulation is permitted. The holder of the picture rights and/or the organisation shall at all times retain the copyright to the picture. The publisher is not entitled to transfer rights to a third party. When publishing the pictures, the publisher shall ensure the legality of the context where the pictures are used, obtain the permissions and consents required for their publication, and observe the generally established practices and decency. The publisher shall also obtain the permissions needed for any names, persons, works of art, trademarks, and proprietary rights shown in the pictures. The publisher shall ensure that publication of the pictures does not insult anyone’s privacy or dignity. Photo: Atte Kajova
11th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Rovaniemi.
Finland hosts the 11th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting on 7 May in Rovaniemi. Minister-level representatives from the eight Arctic States will convene to review and approve work completed under the two-year Finnish Chairmanship to improve sustainable development and environmental protection in the Arctic.
Ministry for Foreign Affairs provides photo material for media representatives, participants and organisers of the meeting. Please feel free to use the photos, considering the following restrictions: Not for commercial purposes nor reselling. When publishing the pictures, the name of the photographer and organization shall be mentioned as the source. No picture manipulation is permitted. The holder of the picture rights and/or the organisation shall at all times retain the copyright to the picture. When publishing the pictures, the publisher shall ensure the legality of the context where the pictures are used, obtain the permissions and consents required for their publication, and observe the generally established practices and decency. The publisher shall ensure that publication of the pictures does not insult anyone’s privacy or dignity.
Photo: Jouni Porsanger / Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
11th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Rovaniemi.
Finland hosts the 11th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting on 7 May in Rovaniemi. Minister-level representatives from the eight Arctic States will convene to review and approve work completed under the two-year Finnish Chairmanship to improve sustainable development and environmental protection in the Arctic.
Ministry for Foreign Affairs provides photo material for media representatives, participants and organisers of the meeting. Please feel free to use the photos, considering the following restrictions: Not for commercial purposes nor reselling. When publishing the pictures, the name of the photographer and organization shall be mentioned as the source. No picture manipulation is permitted. The holder of the picture rights and/or the organisation shall at all times retain the copyright to the picture. When publishing the pictures, the publisher shall ensure the legality of the context where the pictures are used, obtain the permissions and consents required for their publication, and observe the generally established practices and decency. The publisher shall ensure that publication of the pictures does not insult anyone’s privacy or dignity.
Photo: Jouni Porsanger / Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
The Session of the Committee of Ministers, to be held at Finlandia Hall on 17 May 2019, will mark the end of Finland’s Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. At the meeting, Finland will hand over the Presidency to France. More than 30 ministers from the member States of the Council of Europe will attend the meeting. The meeting will be chaired by Foreign Minister Timo Soini.
Ministry for Foreign Affairs provides photo material for media representatives, participants and organisers of the meeting. Please feel free to use the photos, considering the following restrictions: Not for commercial purposes nor reselling. When publishing the pictures, the name of the photographer and organization shall be mentioned as the source. No picture manipulation is permitted. The holder of the picture rights and/or the organisation shall at all times retain the copyright to the picture. When publishing the pictures, the publisher shall ensure the legality of the context where the pictures are used, obtain the permissions and consents required for their publication, and observe the generally established practices and decency. The publisher shall ensure that publication of the pictures does not insult anyone’s privacy or dignity.
Photo: Kimmo Räisänen / Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Timo Soini and Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland welcoming the guests.
The Session of the Committee of Ministers, to be held at Finlandia Hall on 17 May 2019, will mark the end of Finland’s Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. At the meeting, Finland will hand over the Presidency to France. More than 30 ministers from the member States of the Council of Europe will attend the meeting. The meeting will be chaired by Foreign Minister Timo Soini.
Ministry for Foreign Affairs provides photo material for media representatives, participants and organisers of the meeting. Please feel free to use the photos, considering the following restrictions: Not for commercial purposes nor reselling. When publishing the pictures, the name of the photographer and organization shall be mentioned as the source. No picture manipulation is permitted. The holder of the picture rights and/or the organisation shall at all times retain the copyright to the picture. When publishing the pictures, the publisher shall ensure the legality of the context where the pictures are used, obtain the permissions and consents required for their publication, and observe the generally established practices and decency. The publisher shall ensure that publication of the pictures does not insult anyone’s privacy or dignity.
Photo: Kimmo Räisänen / Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Along the highway in Kealakekua stands a lone monument on a hillside just across from the Kona Historical Society. I've driven past it hundreds of times not giving it a second's thought. Recently, I climbed the leaf-strewn steps that lead to it to take a closer look. On the side facing me was the inscription: "W. Henry Greenwell Born June 7, 1869 Died June 17, 1927". Underneath the English inscription was another one in Japanese characters. The Greenwell name is well-known on the Kona side of the island as a family of ranchers and merchants. What I saw on the other side shocked and moved me. The inscription there read: "As an eternal remembrance to his friendship this monument is erected by his Japanese friends. TO HIM ALL PEOPLE ALIKE".
This rich, influential white man was born right after the American Civil War. Throughout his lifetime, racial intolerance was accepted among his kind and lynchings of African-Americans occurred regularly on the mainland. However, here on this speck of land in the middle of the ocean, there lived a man so decent to people of another race that they actually built a monument to him. Just fourteen years later, America would enter a war with the Empire of Japan. These same citizens who Mr. Greenwell saw as equals would be dehumanized in propaganda, treated with suspicion, and face overwhelming prejudice.
This lonely monument symbolizes the capacity for compassion and decency in every human being. I am better for having seen it.
My son bought this scooter through eBay and thought he’d got himself a bargain. Unfortunately the b*****d who sold it to him forgot to mention that he had had the engine rebuilt (even though the scooter is only 2 years old).
It turned out that the engine rebuild was a complete cowboy job. We had stored the scooter in the garage as my son could not ride it until his 17th birthday. On his birthday he rode the scooter down the road and it packed up. It needed a complete engine rebuild and the mechanic gave us a long list of parts that had either been replaced incorrectly or were missing altogether.
The only saving grace is that, although it has put my son over his budget, what he paid for the scooter plus the engine rebuild is still less than the current value of the scooter.
Valuable lesson – don’t pay cash for major purchases over eBay.
I did email the seller but he has not yet had the common decency to reply.
11th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Rovaniemi.
Finland hosts the 11th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting on 7 May in Rovaniemi. Minister-level representatives from the eight Arctic States will convene to review and approve work completed under the two-year Finnish Chairmanship to improve sustainable development and environmental protection in the Arctic.
Ministry for Foreign Affairs provides photo material for media representatives, participants and organisers of the meeting. Please feel free to use the photos, considering the following restrictions: Not for commercial purposes nor reselling. When publishing the pictures, the name of the photographer and organization shall be mentioned as the source. No picture manipulation is permitted. The holder of the picture rights and/or the organisation shall at all times retain the copyright to the picture. When publishing the pictures, the publisher shall ensure the legality of the context where the pictures are used, obtain the permissions and consents required for their publication, and observe the generally established practices and decency. The publisher shall ensure that publication of the pictures does not insult anyone’s privacy or dignity.
Photo: Jouni Porsanger / Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
The Session of the Committee of Ministers, to be held at Finlandia Hall on 17 May 2019, will mark the end of Finland’s Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. At the meeting, Finland will hand over the Presidency to France. More than 30 ministers from the member States of the Council of Europe will attend the meeting. The meeting will be chaired by Foreign Minister Timo Soini.
Ministry for Foreign Affairs provides photo material for media representatives, participants and organisers of the meeting. Please feel free to use the photos, considering the following restrictions: Not for commercial purposes nor reselling. When publishing the pictures, the name of the photographer and organization shall be mentioned as the source. No picture manipulation is permitted. The holder of the picture rights and/or the organisation shall at all times retain the copyright to the picture. When publishing the pictures, the publisher shall ensure the legality of the context where the pictures are used, obtain the permissions and consents required for their publication, and observe the generally established practices and decency. The publisher shall ensure that publication of the pictures does not insult anyone’s privacy or dignity.
Photo: Kimmo Räisänen / Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Timo Soini and Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland welcoming the guests.
The Session of the Committee of Ministers, to be held at Finlandia Hall on 17 May 2019, will mark the end of Finland’s Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. At the meeting, Finland will hand over the Presidency to France. More than 30 ministers from the member States of the Council of Europe will attend the meeting. The meeting will be chaired by Foreign Minister Timo Soini.
Ministry for Foreign Affairs provides photo material for media representatives, participants and organisers of the meeting. Please feel free to use the photos, considering the following restrictions: Not for commercial purposes nor reselling. When publishing the pictures, the name of the photographer and organization shall be mentioned as the source. No picture manipulation is permitted. The holder of the picture rights and/or the organisation shall at all times retain the copyright to the picture. When publishing the pictures, the publisher shall ensure the legality of the context where the pictures are used, obtain the permissions and consents required for their publication, and observe the generally established practices and decency. The publisher shall ensure that publication of the pictures does not insult anyone’s privacy or dignity.
Photo: Kimmo Räisänen / Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
LADY DAY IN COUNTY ARMAGH
This day, which is so strictly kept by a section of the community, was a quiet day in Armagh, orders have been issued that no procession of Home Rulers or Fenians was to take place. The same rule did not apply to other parts of the county, so that the ardent spirits, who, anxious to display their bits of green and make a noise, turned out. We are glad to say that on the whole everything passed off quietly, but we regret that at Loughgall and Newtownhamilton such was not the case. At the former village a party of Home Rulers invaded the sacred soil, but some brave spirits stopped the onward progress of the processionists and turned them down their right road home. At Tillevallen, near Newtownhamilton, a most wanton and cowardly attack was made upon a large body of Fenians who were marching along the road with drums beating and flags flying. From a hill commanding the road shots were fired upon the people, but, so far as we can learn, no harm was done, and it may have been blank cartridges which was fired. In any case no such thing should have been done, and it is a standing disgrace that such took place. Why cannot men who process to be Christians hold, and, if need be, discuss questions upon which they differ without maiming each other’s bodies and sacrificing life ? We cannot see any cause except the wickedness of their own hearts that would warrant men upon firing, striking, or wounding others who choose to make a display of their sentiments. If a disloyal procession, as in this case, passes along, it is the duty of Protestants to let them pass and let the authorities deal with them. It would be a different thing, however, if Protestants were assailed. Then with all their might and force they have a right to defend themselves and their homes. We hope that men of different political views will act wisely, and as Christian men bear and forbear. If we do not do so we will be in unprofitable broils, except to lawyers, every day.
Letter to the Editor
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LADY DAY AT ANNAGHMORE
TO THE EDITOR OF THE ULSTER GAZETTE.
Sirs,―The Lady Day turn out of the Fenians and their sympathisers, in the neighbourhood of Loughgall and Annaghmore, on Friday the 15th inst., was a miserable sight, indeed. The thing would be unworthy of notice, but that a peaceably disposed locality should be disturbed by a lot of fellows who, judging from their exterior, would be more profitably employed in the hay field and flax-holes in their respective parts of the country, than trudging along the public roads with disloyal colours, making fools of themselves through a district inhabited by loyal and true Protestants, but for whose liberality and charity, many of them would be going ill-clad and ill-fed to hear his Reverence on Sundays. For several days before the 15th, “Scouts” were observed on the move, no doubt, “warning in” the “boys” for a big day at Annaghmore, a townland (but for those outsiders gathering into it, and a few turf “cummers,” who reside in the vicinity of Annaghmore Hill) which is as peaceful and loyal as any of it’s neighbours. A force of police were drafted into the place, under the command of Mr. Bodkin, of Killarney, to preserve the peace, of course, as rumour had it. The Fenians intended burning the effigy of King William or some other Protestant worthy, in the evening. And perhaps it was as well to anticipate any disturbance that might have ensued in the event of such a design being carried out. But discreet, augmented by fear, prevailed in the councils of their leaders, and nothing of the kind was attempted. Towards twelve o’clock about 300, the half of whom wore green sashes of the usual design, with a couple of green flags, with harps without crowns upon them, and a few drums, marched off to meet their brethren coming from the direction of Blackwater, Knockaconey, Annahagh, &c., passing through the townlands of Ardress and Egerlougher, where they were met by about 150, of whom about 70 wore green sashes. They also had a few drums and two flags. These forces joined, passing the “Friendship Tavern”. Here, one of them, known as the “Lame Lieutenant,” was handed half a loaf by a female friend, “to keep his pockets till he’d come home.” And one of the Annaghmore contingent “fell out” at this point, thinking he had went far enough. He is known as the “Barefooted Timber Merchant,” who usually carries his stock in trade on his back, in the shape of a bundle of besoms. An idea of the “Demonstration” may be formed, when one of the party was heard to say the “Merchant” was the only bit of decency that they had among them excepting, perhaps, the “Coragh Cobbler.” By this time the report had spread like wildfire, that they intended carrying out their oft repeated threat of marching through the little Protestant village of Loughgall, by, instead of going direct to Annaghmore, making a bend at Laurel Hill, and coming back through the village, taking the villagers by surprise, and so getting their long cherished desire accomplished, of “marching triumphantly through Orange Loughgall.” Fortunately for them, Sergeant Beatty of Loughgall, with seven men of the R.I.C., were at the “turn,” at Laurel Hill, where a few Protestants, who heard the rumour, had collected to prevent the Fenians coming into the village, had they attempted to do so. Sergeant Beatty is deserving of much praise for his conduct on the occasion, as at one time matters were beginning to assume a serious aspect. He is emphatically a peace officer, but very resolute and determined when he sees a crisis approaching. To his courage, ably assisted by the men under him, and a civilian, Mr Joseph Jackson, of Loughgall, is to be attributed the fact that a serious breach of the peace was not committed, and much blood shed. Mr. Bodkin, R.M., who had been with the police in Annaghmore, came up in time, and his presence had a beneficial effect. The procession was permitted to go in the direction of Annaghmore; but instead of going there the party separated, after having collected 6d a-head from the sash wearers, which, it is said, was spent in drink at a public house. The procession soon after broke up, and in a very short time not a man of them was to be seen. It appears some blows were exchanged at the “turn” at Laurel Hill, one young man, a Protestant, having got a severe cut in the head while he was relieving a man who was thrown in the hedge by one of the processionists. If there is any reliance to be placed in the “signs of the times,” we are fast approaching a crisis. When disloyal and rebellious processions, with rebellious emblems, are permitted in open day through loyal and peaceable districts, we must believe a period is approaching when it may be too late for our milk and water Protestants to try and counteract the stage of things they have so liberally contributed to bring about in this country. If the law continues to tolerate such disloyal displays, the disloyal must keep to their own quarters, for they may rest assured that the Protestants of Loughgall know how and when to act when trampled upon by rebels. A “Home Rule” flag was cut down in the evening from a place called “the Rocks.” What if he who placed it there would read, mark, and learn a little of the history of the past, and ask himself the question, “What sort of home would the Protestants of Ireland have if those who clamour for Home Rule had an upper hand in the country?” I am happy to say the excitement of Friday’s exhibition is over, and it is hoped that we will long be spared from seeing such a hidious spectacle.―
Yours, &c.,
Loyalty
Loughgall, Aug. 20, 1873.
11th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Rovaniemi.
Finland hosts the 11th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting on 7 May in Rovaniemi. Minister-level representatives from the eight Arctic States will convene to review and approve work completed under the two-year Finnish Chairmanship to improve sustainable development and environmental protection in the Arctic.
Ministry for Foreign Affairs provides photo material for media representatives, participants and organisers of the meeting. Please feel free to use the photos, considering the following restrictions: Not for commercial purposes nor reselling. When publishing the pictures, the name of the photographer and organization shall be mentioned as the source. No picture manipulation is permitted. The holder of the picture rights and/or the organisation shall at all times retain the copyright to the picture. When publishing the pictures, the publisher shall ensure the legality of the context where the pictures are used, obtain the permissions and consents required for their publication, and observe the generally established practices and decency. The publisher shall ensure that publication of the pictures does not insult anyone’s privacy or dignity.
Photo: Jouni Porsanger / Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Timo Soini and Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland welcoming the guests.
The Session of the Committee of Ministers, to be held at Finlandia Hall on 17 May 2019, will mark the end of Finland’s Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. At the meeting, Finland will hand over the Presidency to France. More than 30 ministers from the member States of the Council of Europe will attend the meeting. The meeting will be chaired by Foreign Minister Timo Soini.
Ministry for Foreign Affairs provides photo material for media representatives, participants and organisers of the meeting. Please feel free to use the photos, considering the following restrictions: Not for commercial purposes nor reselling. When publishing the pictures, the name of the photographer and organization shall be mentioned as the source. No picture manipulation is permitted. The holder of the picture rights and/or the organisation shall at all times retain the copyright to the picture. When publishing the pictures, the publisher shall ensure the legality of the context where the pictures are used, obtain the permissions and consents required for their publication, and observe the generally established practices and decency. The publisher shall ensure that publication of the pictures does not insult anyone’s privacy or dignity.
Photo: Kimmo Räisänen / Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
A monument of Icelandic Agriculture by Kleifarvatn.Authorities should have the decency to remove this eyesore.
Catching up on some back shots from the beginning of the year
On a walk around the Addington Cemetery with a wonderful Flickr friend. February 13, 2016 Christchurch New Zealand.
There is so much damaged in the cemetery because of the earthquake we have had. It is such a pity as I don' think it will ever be fully repaired.
The Addington Cemetery was established in 1858 when the Scottish Presbyterians of St Andrew’s Church purchased land for a cemetery in Selwyn Street. Although not the first cemetery in Christchurch, Addington was in fact the first “public” cemetery, “being open to all persons of any religious community” and allowing the performance of any religious service “not contrary to public decency”.
The first burial took place on the 10th of November 1858. The cemetery has several persons of note buried within its grounds including activist Kate Sheppard, Christchurch Mayor Tommy Taylor and members of the pioneer family, the Deans.
For More Info:http://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/addington-cemetery/
20220614 HELSINKI. CROWNE PLAZA. NAFM2022. Ministry for Foreign Affairs produces photo material for media representatives. Please feel free to use the photos for journalistic purposes, considering the following restrictions: One-time picture publishing right, no archiving or reselling. Editorial use only. When publishing the pictures, the name of the photographer and organisation shall be mentioned as a source. No picture manipulation is permitted. The holder of the picture rights and/or the organisation shall at all times retain the copyright to the picture. The publisher is not entitled to transfer rights to a third party. When publishing the pictures, the publisher shall ensure the legality of the context where the pictures are used, obtain the permissions and consents required for their publication, and observe the generally established practices and decency. The publisher shall also obtain the permissions needed for any names, persons, works of art, trademarks, and proprietary rights shown in the pictures. The publisher shall ensure that publication of the pictures does not insult anyone’s privacy or dignity. Photo: Atte Kajova
11th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Rovaniemi.
Finland hosts the 11th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting on 7 May in Rovaniemi. Minister-level representatives from the eight Arctic States will convene to review and approve work completed under the two-year Finnish Chairmanship to improve sustainable development and environmental protection in the Arctic.
Ministry for Foreign Affairs provides photo material for media representatives, participants and organisers of the meeting. Please feel free to use the photos, considering the following restrictions: Not for commercial purposes nor reselling. When publishing the pictures, the name of the photographer and organization shall be mentioned as the source. No picture manipulation is permitted. The holder of the picture rights and/or the organisation shall at all times retain the copyright to the picture. When publishing the pictures, the publisher shall ensure the legality of the context where the pictures are used, obtain the permissions and consents required for their publication, and observe the generally established practices and decency. The publisher shall ensure that publication of the pictures does not insult anyone’s privacy or dignity.
Photo: Jouni Porsanger / Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Farewell Reception on the occasion of the 11th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting at Arktikum.
Finland hosts the 11th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting on 7 May in Rovaniemi. Minister-level representatives from the eight Arctic States will convene to review and approve work completed under the two-year Finnish Chairmanship to improve sustainable development and environmental protection in the Arctic.
Ministry for Foreign Affairs provides photo material for media representatives, participants and organisers of the meeting. Please feel free to use the photos, considering the following restrictions: Not for commercial purposes nor reselling. When publishing the pictures, the name of the photographer and organization shall be mentioned as the source. No picture manipulation is permitted. The holder of the picture rights and/or the organisation shall at all times retain the copyright to the picture. When publishing the pictures, the publisher shall ensure the legality of the context where the pictures are used, obtain the permissions and consents required for their publication, and observe the generally established practices and decency. The publisher shall ensure that publication of the pictures does not insult anyone’s privacy or dignity.
Photo: Jouni Porsanger / Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Session Americana playing at the Lizard Lounge in Cambridge, MA.
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This ad hoc acoustic supergroup started around a table at a small pub in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where Ry Cavanaugh, Billy Conway, Sean Staples, Dinty Child, Jim Fitting and other friends gathered to swap songs and stories. Their lively performances and inspired versions of tunes from the dusty backroads of America's past were such a hit with fans that they decided to take their musical conversation into the studio. The two-CD debut Tabletop People ups the ante with stellar appearances by folksinger Rose Polenzani, Twinemen's Laurie Sargent, Dennis Brennan, Asa Brebner, Merrie Amsterburg, Dan Kellar, Presidents of the United States' Chris Ballew, Jabe Beyer, Tim Gearon and other luminaries. And the 18 gritty, funny, soulful performances included span a gamut of emotions and tastes that should please both adult and younger listeners.
"Genius ... Jaw-dropping vocals ... Session Americana is blessed in this regard:...musicianship that sets the standard for the genre in Boston
and vocals that do the same"
— Performer Magazine
Session Americana sit tightly around a small cafe table, ambient mics tuned to catch the whole sound of the voices and instruments. A suit-case drum kit, an old electric bass, a bunch of acoustic instruments, a field organ: This format feels very theatrical and though the musicians face each other, the audience feels drawn into the circle by the warmth, joy and camaraderie that emanate outwards by the all star cast of characters seated around the table. What keeps you coming back show after show is the same thing that any audience member longs for, great songs performed by a great band. The six core members of the band have brought enviable careers worth of experience to the “table”, featuring (current and former) members of Treat Her Right, Patty Griffin, Lori McKenna, The The, Dennis Brennan, Kris Delmhorst. The group has grown from a rag tag jam at a local pub to a regional institution, playing gigs from church coee houses to urban nightclubs to regional festival tents to large halls.
Band: Ry Cavanaugh, Billy Beard, Dinty Child, Jim Fitting, Sean Staples and Jon Bistline.
*Winner “2005 Best Folk Act” - The Boston Music Awards
*Winner “Best Roots Act 2006” - Improper Bostonian “Best of Boston” Issue
*Winner “Best CD” 2007 - Improper Bostonian
*Nominated “Best Roots Act” 2007 - WFNX/Boston Phoenix Best Music Poll
*Nominated "Best Live Act" 2007 - The Boston Music Awards
*Nominated "Best Americana Act" 2008 - The Boston Music Awards
“Genius ... Jaw-dropping vocals ... Session Americana is blessed in this regard: ...musicianship that sets the standard for the genre in Boston and vocals that do the same”
— NE Performer Magazine
“No egos, no big production, just some great songs stripped down to their bare essentials and performed with a real genuineness of spirit and emotional authenticity... it’s beautiful.” (Brian Mosher)
— The Noise
“An eclectic, swinging tour de force” — The Boston Globe
“[This] local country-folk megagroup’s double CD is one of the most loose, spontaneous, warm, and homespun acts of community and decency since the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s Will the Circle Be Unbroken.”
— The Boston Phoenix
“the cream of the Somerville/Cambridge community" - No Depression (read less)
Queens Of The Stone Age @ Spandau Citadel, Berlin, Germany
p.s. if you are gonna post my copyrighted images elsewhere on the internet at least have the decency to credit me with them or link them back to here, or i'll probably stop posting them or at least start putting big watermarks on them.
11th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Rovaniemi.
Finland hosts the 11th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting on 7 May in Rovaniemi. Minister-level representatives from the eight Arctic States will convene to review and approve work completed under the two-year Finnish Chairmanship to improve sustainable development and environmental protection in the Arctic.
Ministry for Foreign Affairs provides photo material for media representatives, participants and organisers of the meeting. Please feel free to use the photos, considering the following restrictions: Not for commercial purposes nor reselling. When publishing the pictures, the name of the photographer and organization shall be mentioned as the source. No picture manipulation is permitted. The holder of the picture rights and/or the organisation shall at all times retain the copyright to the picture. When publishing the pictures, the publisher shall ensure the legality of the context where the pictures are used, obtain the permissions and consents required for their publication, and observe the generally established practices and decency. The publisher shall ensure that publication of the pictures does not insult anyone’s privacy or dignity.
Photo: Jouni Porsanger / Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Farewell Reception on the occasion of the 11th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting at Arktikum.
Mr. Timo Koivurova, Director of Arctic Center and Chair of the Lapland Arctic Council Host Committee.
Finland hosts the 11th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting on 7 May in Rovaniemi. Minister-level representatives from the eight Arctic States will convene to review and approve work completed under the two-year Finnish Chairmanship to improve sustainable development and environmental protection in the Arctic.
Ministry for Foreign Affairs provides photo material for media representatives, participants and organisers of the meeting. Please feel free to use the photos, considering the following restrictions: Not for commercial purposes nor reselling. When publishing the pictures, the name of the photographer and organization shall be mentioned as the source. No picture manipulation is permitted. The holder of the picture rights and/or the organisation shall at all times retain the copyright to the picture. When publishing the pictures, the publisher shall ensure the legality of the context where the pictures are used, obtain the permissions and consents required for their publication, and observe the generally established practices and decency. The publisher shall ensure that publication of the pictures does not insult anyone’s privacy or dignity.
Photo: Jouni Porsanger / Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
President of Finland Sauli Niinistö and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Timo Soini greeting the guests at Finlandia Hall.
The Session of the Committee of Ministers, to be held at Finlandia Hall on 17 May 2019, will mark the end of Finland’s Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. At the meeting, Finland will hand over the Presidency to France. More than 30 ministers from the member States of the Council of Europe will attend the meeting. The meeting will be chaired by Foreign Minister Timo Soini.
Ministry for Foreign Affairs provides photo material for media representatives, participants and organisers of the meeting. Please feel free to use the photos, considering the following restrictions: Not for commercial purposes nor reselling. When publishing the pictures, the name of the photographer and organization shall be mentioned as the source. No picture manipulation is permitted. The holder of the picture rights and/or the organisation shall at all times retain the copyright to the picture. When publishing the pictures, the publisher shall ensure the legality of the context where the pictures are used, obtain the permissions and consents required for their publication, and observe the generally established practices and decency. The publisher shall ensure that publication of the pictures does not insult anyone’s privacy or dignity.
Photo: Kimmo Räisänen / Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Well ...here is where I lose friends and place myself beyond the pale of decency and good taste. I recently had occasion to drive two people to a funeral they could not otherwise have attended. I had not known the deceased and strolled around the crematorium during the service. The funerary rites of a culture always have a tale to tell and this was an instructive experience. That religion is dead does not mean, of course, that the religious impulse disappears from the human psyche: here the votive offering was much in evidence. Often it seemed to take the form of tributes to wind deities: there were many wind chimes, "mobiles" and pinwheels. This is natural, I suppose; we imagine the departed soul as carried aloft on some gentle, perfect air. But, goodness me! What is one to make of people whose response to the great conundrum of the human predicament ...the mystery of Life and Death... is ...is the Smurfs? Imaginatively, in an effort to understand others, I try to put myself in their shoes, to comprehend their motives. But no. This is beyond me. I just can't understand how anyone can think this sort of thing a suitable response to bereavement.
The one thing that is avoided at all costs is religious, especially Christian imagery. If there is an Almighty in this place it must be Walt Disney. Figurines of dwarves, gophers, chipmunks and wabbits (yes, I know, Bugs Bunny was Warner Bros) rub pink, plastic shoulders with cute fairies. In my nasty way I notice the creepily de-sexualised appearance of the latter, with their nub-like proto-breasts ...neither child nor adult, but something pertly freakish in between. Mouldering teddy bears are lashed to trees; children's drawings flutter in the breeze; football is a frequent motif. Lest you think that I have exaggerated by selection, let me assure you that every row of graves pullulated with this sort of thing.
When religious emotion is supressed, does it disappear? No. Pushed under the surface it comes bobbing up again a little way off, but, because it is supressed, in a dark, negativised form. Sentimentality is the negative, degenerate form of true feeling. We see it everywhere in modern Britain. We see it in those naff roadside shrines; we saw it in the reaction to the death of the Princess of Wales; we see it here, in these dismal places where ordinary people are despatched, now that the churchyards are full and burial is somehow rather discouraged. Besides, no one can afford it. But oh! ...the emotional and cultural impoverishment. Well, we've done what we can. He was a Man U supporter wasn't he? I'll be glad to get this tie off. I've got some Stella in the 'fridge if you want to come back with us. What's on telly?
Patricia Volonakis Davis
Harlot's Sauce: A Memoir of Food, Family, Love, Loss, and Greece
First published in: 2008
This edition: Harper Davis, 2009
ISBN: 978-0-9819153-0-2
Cover photography by Ross Pelton; design by Amberfiresanity
Harlot's Sauce: A Memoir of Food, Family, Love, Loss and Greece - that's a title with a lot of promise. It sounds so warm, like this book would be a comfort but strikingly realistic and true all the same. A book that is completely human.
And the moment I started this book, I knew I would love it. Patricia's pleasant voice is full of goodhearted humor, instantly sweeping you off your feet, carrying you into her story. As a reader I would say Patricia's strength is her voice and how likable it is. I became invested in her story from the get go because of this.
When Italian-American Patricia meets beautiful Greek Gregori, love is in the air, their wedding impending. Patricia's Sicilian dad doesn't like it one bit, and does his best to sabotage their upcoming nuptials. But where her father is stubborn in his ways, so is Patricia - the more her father tries to stop the wedding from happening, the more determined Patricia is to move forward with it, even though there's a part of herself that senses that maybe, just maybe, this isn't the path for her.
We (readers) see it happen, and we're kinda torn about the situation: we want Patricia to be happy, but foresee trouble for her. Eventually we decide to just brace ourselves for what's to come.
Several years into their marriage, one son born in the meantime, the couple isn't doing too well. Instead of taking responsibility for his own actions, Gregori selfishly blames his misery on being in the States. Knowing Gregori wants to live in Greece and wanting to give their marriage another chance, Patricia decides to go to Greece with him. And now Patricia's story is really only just beginning. What becomes a journey to save her marriage becomes instead a journey to find herself.
This authentic memoir isn't just about a marriage coming undone. It also isn't just another My Big Fat Greek Wedding. There is more to this.
What should be noted is that Harlot's Sauce is a clever first-hand observation of what it's like to be first-generation American. Sure, watch enough movies set in New York and you get a relatively good idea about cultural differences. But Patricia explains it in a way that makes it relatable, even if you're not a 'Something-Hyphen-American', but born and raised in North-Western Europe, like myself. I understood what she meant. I couldn't relate, being from another place altogether, yet I could. She allows her readers to put themselves in her shoes in every way.
Not only does she talk about being a 'Something-Hyphen-American'; she also shares what it's like to have Sicilian parents who love the USA, while being married to a Greek who hates America. Take your parents and husband to a soccer match (NYC against Greece) and just wait for all the bombs to burst. Then there's the Italian versus the Greek grandmother. The catholic church versus the Greek-Orthodox church.
That's a lot of cultural (e.g. sensitive!) material to handle, and Patricia does it with decency and wit.
I learned one lesson anyway: I will never again assume that all Italians love cheese. As a Dutch person, I should know better: not all Dutch people love cheese, either... even though we're referred to as cheeseheads, much like people from Wisconsin. (See? Relatable.)
Patricia handles everything with grace and humor. Gregori isn't the nicest of men, putting his Greek family before Patricia all the time. Not to mention the mother-in-law; daughters-in-law will universally cringe at Patricia's Greek MIL's actions. But it's Patricia who rises above it all years later, in her writing. What a woman. She dominates the memories of their relationship (instead of letting them control her). She owns this part of her life. She embraces, tightly, her younger naive self. This is a woman who can laugh at herself. How refreshing!
I never once pitied her (sympathize, yes - pity, no) because she never pities herself as she writes. Patricia opens herself up, a lot, and she isn't afraid to do it. There are sad moments. But she doesn't sensationalize her story, there's no abundance of drama. She's not bitter, she isn't spiteful. She sounds nothing but mature to me, and that makes her someone to look up to. I imagine her children must be very proud of her.
This memoir written by one of the strongest female voices I've ever encountered in life is a book I wholeheartedly recommend to anyone. It doesn't matter how old you are, where you're from, what life you've lived. This story will find a place with you.
And be sure to savor this saucy book; once you get a taste of Harlot's Sauce, it will leave you wanting a whole lot more. (I can only hope there will be seconds one day.)
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11th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Rovaniemi.
Finland hosts the 11th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting on 7 May in Rovaniemi. Minister-level representatives from the eight Arctic States will convene to review and approve work completed under the two-year Finnish Chairmanship to improve sustainable development and environmental protection in the Arctic.
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Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Timo Soini and Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland welcoming the guests.
The Session of the Committee of Ministers, to be held at Finlandia Hall on 17 May 2019, will mark the end of Finland’s Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. At the meeting, Finland will hand over the Presidency to France. More than 30 ministers from the member States of the Council of Europe will attend the meeting. The meeting will be chaired by Foreign Minister Timo Soini.
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Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Timo Soini and Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland welcoming the guests.
The Session of the Committee of Ministers, to be held at Finlandia Hall on 17 May 2019, will mark the end of Finland’s Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. At the meeting, Finland will hand over the Presidency to France. More than 30 ministers from the member States of the Council of Europe will attend the meeting. The meeting will be chaired by Foreign Minister Timo Soini.
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President of Finland Sauli Niinistö and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Timo Soini greeting the guests at Finlandia Hall.
The Session of the Committee of Ministers, to be held at Finlandia Hall on 17 May 2019, will mark the end of Finland’s Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. At the meeting, Finland will hand over the Presidency to France. More than 30 ministers from the member States of the Council of Europe will attend the meeting. The meeting will be chaired by Foreign Minister Timo Soini.
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Session Americana playing at the Lizard Lounge in Cambridge, MA.
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This ad hoc acoustic supergroup started around a table at a small pub in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where Ry Cavanaugh, Billy Conway, Sean Staples, Dinty Child, Jim Fitting and other friends gathered to swap songs and stories. Their lively performances and inspired versions of tunes from the dusty backroads of America's past were such a hit with fans that they decided to take their musical conversation into the studio. The two-CD debut Tabletop People ups the ante with stellar appearances by folksinger Rose Polenzani, Twinemen's Laurie Sargent, Dennis Brennan, Asa Brebner, Merrie Amsterburg, Dan Kellar, Presidents of the United States' Chris Ballew, Jabe Beyer, Tim Gearon and other luminaries. And the 18 gritty, funny, soulful performances included span a gamut of emotions and tastes that should please both adult and younger listeners.
"Genius ... Jaw-dropping vocals ... Session Americana is blessed in this regard:...musicianship that sets the standard for the genre in Boston
and vocals that do the same"
— Performer Magazine
Session Americana sit tightly around a small cafe table, ambient mics tuned to catch the whole sound of the voices and instruments. A suit-case drum kit, an old electric bass, a bunch of acoustic instruments, a field organ: This format feels very theatrical and though the musicians face each other, the audience feels drawn into the circle by the warmth, joy and camaraderie that emanate outwards by the all star cast of characters seated around the table. What keeps you coming back show after show is the same thing that any audience member longs for, great songs performed by a great band. The six core members of the band have brought enviable careers worth of experience to the “table”, featuring (current and former) members of Treat Her Right, Patty Griffin, Lori McKenna, The The, Dennis Brennan, Kris Delmhorst. The group has grown from a rag tag jam at a local pub to a regional institution, playing gigs from church coee houses to urban nightclubs to regional festival tents to large halls.
Band: Ry Cavanaugh, Billy Beard, Dinty Child, Jim Fitting, Sean Staples and Jon Bistline.
*Winner “2005 Best Folk Act” - The Boston Music Awards
*Winner “Best Roots Act 2006” - Improper Bostonian “Best of Boston” Issue
*Winner “Best CD” 2007 - Improper Bostonian
*Nominated “Best Roots Act” 2007 - WFNX/Boston Phoenix Best Music Poll
*Nominated "Best Live Act" 2007 - The Boston Music Awards
*Nominated "Best Americana Act" 2008 - The Boston Music Awards
“Genius ... Jaw-dropping vocals ... Session Americana is blessed in this regard: ...musicianship that sets the standard for the genre in Boston and vocals that do the same”
— NE Performer Magazine
“No egos, no big production, just some great songs stripped down to their bare essentials and performed with a real genuineness of spirit and emotional authenticity... it’s beautiful.” (Brian Mosher)
— The Noise
“An eclectic, swinging tour de force” — The Boston Globe
“[This] local country-folk megagroup’s double CD is one of the most loose, spontaneous, warm, and homespun acts of community and decency since the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s Will the Circle Be Unbroken.”
— The Boston Phoenix
“the cream of the Somerville/Cambridge community" - No Depression
Biffy Clyro supporting Queens Of The Stone Age, Wintertur, Switzerland
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VISIT TO NOKIA AND SITRA. PHOTO: ATTE KAJOVA
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After the shock of Donald Trump’s inauguration day, when millions of Americans (and visiting foreigners like me) felt understandably distraught, bereft, dismayed, as the grotesque, narcissistic, predatory, corrupt fraud that is Donald Trump delivered a bleak and graceless inauguration speech, it was nothing short of a delight on Saturday, Jan. 21, Day 2 of the aberrant Trump presidency, when, across the country and around the world, millions of women (plus large numbers of supportive men) marched in protest against Trump and all he and his administration stand for — his disdain for women, his racism, his xenophobia, his adherence to intolerant white Christian fundamentalism, and, last but not least, his opaque, but very obviously corrupt business practices. Two US academics have estimated that between 3.3m and 4.6m people marched in total across the US, with New York’s turnout estimated at between 400,000 and 500,000 people.
Stepping out of Grand Central Station into a river of protest, with more clever, witty and insightful handmade posters than you could imagine, and with chants and cheers punctuating the general hubbub at regular intervals was to feel that perhaps this dystopian vision of America can indeed be overthrown before it wreaks untold havoc at home and abroad. And with no beginning or end of the protest in sight, it was easy to believe that the number marching was much larger than even the academics’ estimate.
It will take more than one day, of course, as the people of America need to unite like never before — everyone who didn’t vote for Trump, everyone threatened by Trump, everyone appalled by Trump, including, of course, those who voted for him but might already be having second thoughts. This could be a disastrous presidency, or it could be even worse than that, but people need to put aside any notions of complacency, and work out how to resist. This was a great start, and a historic moment that everyone there will remember, but now there needs to be much more action and organizing.
As you look at these photos, however, I hope they are a reminder of a day of hope across the US and around the world, when ordinary people demonstrated that fundamental decency will not be silenced, and that a tolerant, multi-racial society, featuring, at its heart, equality between women and men, and between people whatever their race, creed or color, has humour, intelligence and compassion that throw into even sharper relief how troublingly miserable, negative and ungenerous Donald Trump and his advisors are.
For an article by US Uncut about the numbers attending the protests, see: usuncut.com/news/womens-march-largest-protest-us-history/
For the turnout estimates, see: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xa0iLqYKz8x9Yc_rfhtmSOJQ2...
For an article in New York Daily News, which ran a front page devoted to the protests, under the headline, “See them roar,” see: www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/women-march-washington-...
For my website, see: www.andyworthington.co.uk
For my Facebook posts after Trump’s inauguration, see:
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For my most interesting photos, see: www.flickriver.com/photos/andyworthington/popular-interes...
Photo by Lincoln (2.5), who insists on being in charge of the camera remote. I agree because it's quicker than arguing and we only have a minute for this on-location photo shoot before we have to leave for preschool. He distracts me by saying "Look Mama! Our potatoes are growing! (Lie, as they were just planted days ago.) I look anyway. Whatever. At least he stopped playing Angry Birds long enough to come outside with me.
Me-made tank is Simplicity 2587, a pattern by Cynthia Rowley. Layered over a plain white tee from American Apparel for warmth and decency. Lucky Jeans, Merona sandals from Target. Ray-Ban prescription sunglasses. Nashelle gold chain/silk cord/aquamarine braided necklace (doubled).
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Farewell Reception on the occasion of the 11th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting at Arktikum.
Tenor Petrus Schroderus perfoming at Arktikum Glass Hall.
Finland hosts the 11th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting on 7 May in Rovaniemi. Minister-level representatives from the eight Arctic States will convene to review and approve work completed under the two-year Finnish Chairmanship to improve sustainable development and environmental protection in the Arctic.
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Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Timo Soini and Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland welcoming the guests.
The Session of the Committee of Ministers, to be held at Finlandia Hall on 17 May 2019, will mark the end of Finland’s Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. At the meeting, Finland will hand over the Presidency to France. More than 30 ministers from the member States of the Council of Europe will attend the meeting. The meeting will be chaired by Foreign Minister Timo Soini.
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Unspoilt, peaceful, Georgian country parish church, mostly dating from 1719-20 but built on the foundation of a much older church. From the outside, it is a handsome church, X-plan, with an additional wing at the west end, topped by a belfry tower, containing the ducal retiring rooms. The interior, renovated 1784-5 and re-arranged circa 1870, has a typical presbyterian layout with central pulpit and three galleries. Many of the box pews have a central communion table. The north aisle of the church is taller and more sophisticated, built for the Duke of Queensberry and remaining from the earlier church. Inside the Queensberry Aisle is the real jewel of the church: the most amazing monument for the Queensberry burial vault, a baroque mural monument and free-standing baldacchino carved in 1695 by John van Nost to the design of James Smith who was also architect of the later church. A riot of swagged fabric, garlands of flowers, urns, barley-sugar columns, cherubs, skulls and pediments, all in gleaming white marble. 'There are few buildings in which baroque magnificence and presbyterian decency are so happily combined.' (George Hay, Architecture of Scottish Post-Reformation Churches). The churchyard contains some fine 17th-19th century stone monuments, many with classical ornament, including the martyr's monument to Daniel MacMichael and the 1685 monument to the children of William Lukup, Master of Works at nearby Drumlanrig.
Washington DC, The Walter E. Washington Convention Center, the afternoon of March 1, 2015. Around one hundred social justice activists affiliated with Code Pink, Jewish Voice For Justice, AVAAZ, US Campaign To End The Israeli Occupation, Boycott From Within, Answer Coaltion and other peace and faith groups demonstrate in front of the Convention Center to protest the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) yearly DC meeting. AIPAC is regarded by many as the most powerful lobbying group in town. AIPAC has a policy agenda that's out of step with the values of most Jewish Americans and other participants in civilized society but they call the tune because our corrupt political culture is fueled by money, not decency. In an act of peaceful civil disobedience, five demonstrators, all women, were arrested for failing to obey police orders to remove themselves from the granite in front of one of the Convention Center's many doorways. They were given three warnings before being arrested. I photographed one of women as she was being lead away in plastic handcuffs. "I'm a Jewish mother!" she proclaimed. I gave her the 'thumbs up'.
Most of the DC cops kept their cool but when some of the demonstrators got in their face a brief scuffle ensued. Some of us locked arms and and helped lift up one of the Code Pink ladies who was almost knocked down onto the steps by a DC officer who lost it.