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"She forced her husband's son to commit the ultimate sin! A high-living architect who - as a result of his violent temper - finds himself enmeshed in two accidental deaths. When he discovers his 2nd wife having an affair with his teenage son...there's almost a third murder!"
Starring Alejandro Rey, Larry Linville and Claudia Jennings ("Gator Bait").
March is celebrated as NATIONAL RED CROSS MONTH in the U.S., and what a worthy organization it is - - both at home and, during wars, abroad. Though started in 1881, the organization mushroomed in size during WW I, going from 107 chapters to over 3800 in 1918. Part of the International Order, which began in Switzerland, The American Red Cross today is responsible for over 40% of the U.S. Blood supply. Yet, as the excerpt below from the JEWISH VIRTUAL LIBRARY shows, not even humanitarian efforts are above discrimination.
Despite its valorous track record, the Magen David Adom Society is not recognized by the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. This is because it is unwilling to adopt the Red Cross or Red Crescent as its emblem, choosing rather to use the Red Shield of David, whose use in the field of humanitarian relief dates to 1930.
The symbol of the Red Cross, the inverted flag of Switzerland, does not have an inherent religious significance. However, when in 1929, Islamic states insisted on the inclusion of the emblem of the Red Crescent, the juxtaposed emblems of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent came to have a religious implication.
As a result, short of adopting either emblem, the Magen David Adom is excluded from membership to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. In times of conflict, the Red Shield of David has "customary" recognition as the emblem used by the medical services of the armed forces. Under international humanitarian law it must be respected in the same way as the Red Cross or the Red Crescent.
The humanitarian work carried out by the Magen David Adom and other National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is too important to be enmeshed in politics. The Magen David Adom is an organization whose effectiveness, honor and integrity are globally recognized. The fact that its choice of emblem bans it from membership in the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is untenable.
The ethical cornerstone of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a shared desire to ensure that civilization operates morally and compassionately, particularly during times of war. Israel, as much as any country, deserves to be included within that circle of civilization.
Thanks to the Word of God, man has known for millennia that life is in the blood. We first find this in Leviticus 17:11, which says, “”For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.” As can be imagined, God does not want the blood, the life, of His people spilled. That is why He advises us in Palm 122:6 to pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
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Pressed Australian Peppermint Tree leaves
sewn in between purple veil fabric and blue Saturn
with gold thread...the six top leaves have separated from the enmeshed
old order to head towards unity
Nature collage
finished artwork 220 x 210cm
The third piece is
‘Separation leads to Unity’
Each time I gaze on the third piece of ‘Leaf Art’ my heart is filled with wonderment, love and gratefulness for having been honoured. Honoured to have been called to find Bahá’u’lláh.
'The huge awareness and understanding I gained after reading the description Bahá’u’lláh gave about the importance of understanding the meaning of separation, is what guided the spirit within this piece. When Bahá’u’lláh describes the meaning about the two edged sword theme that came from the primal Point’s mouth and that it only had one meaning, separation, my entire being becomes uplifted and my breath is refreshed with cool sweet air.
In this piece of ‘Leaf Art’, inspired by this particular text, six leaves have left, have separated from the group. Even though the group pattern is beautiful it is at an immature stage of uniformity and is veiled. The six separated leaves have pulled the veil back and now have to find a new way to come back together but this time not at an immature state of uniformity but at a newer level, unveiled and in a more mature stage of Unity.
The fabric again represents veils and the ‘Fabric of Life” theme. The square shape is being used to symbolise the thought process of moving out of the square.
‘Thinking outside of the box’.
Again the thread is to symbolise the relationship between the spiritual realm and the physical realm. The colour purple and the gold thread are to symbolise the high station, the realm of spirit, plays in this process. The connection between detachment and the importance placed by Bahá’u’lláh, on the process of separation, is what speaks the loudest in this piece to me.
Suspended Animation Classic #660 First published August 19, 2001 (#33) (Dates are approximate)
Brusel By Michael Vance
Magnificent: an adjective seldom used in this review column and dreamily appropriate for a new graphic novel from Europe, Brusel.
Dreamily?
Its plot is magnificently intriguing. Goaded by a visionary scientist, the government of Brusel redesigns its twisting, nightmarish streets and antiquated buildings into a completely functional, modern city. During the 19th century setting of Brusel, modern means 'an homage to cityscapes from the covers of 1930s science-fiction magazines'.
Huh? 1930s? 19th century?
A 'modern' florist selling a new product that never fades--plastic flowers--is enmeshed with these bureaucrats who attempt to scientific-ally control life, and with a beautiful woman who entangles him in her skirts and an underground movement that wants to destroy the reconstruction.
Its art is a magnificent reverie. The cityscapes of artist Francois Schuiten are heavily influenced by the Winsor McCay comic strip masterpiece, Little Nemo in Slumberland, and SF magazine covers now seven decades re-moved. Like McCay, Schuiten is a trained architect. Like those old SF covers, Schuiten's cities capture a sense of grandeur, awe, and wonder.
Every other aspect of Schuiten's visual storytelling is equality as entertaining and technically superb. This is a rare artistic jewel in which many panels deserve long and delightful study as Brusel is read over and over again.
This charming muddle of different eras, dream, and reality is a satire that ridicules bloated bureaucracy, over-blown urbanization, pseudo-science, and Kafkaesque disenfranchisement from society. More importantly, it is proof that there are comic books that adults will not only enjoy, but also genuinely treasure.
So, if you love it so much, Mr. Fancy-Pants reviewer, why don't you marry it?
Oh, if only. But this graphic novel is out of my league.
Two restrained sexual situations will off-put some readers, but Brusel is one of the best graphic novels of 2001, and remains very highly recommended for adults.
Brusel/120 pgs., $19.95/story by Benoit Peeters/sold in book and comics shops, or at www.nbmpublishing.com.
In 1886 a shy, middle-aged piano tuner named Edgar Drake receives an unusual commission from the British War Office: to travel to the remote jungles of northeast Burma and there repair a rare piano belonging to an eccentric army surgeon who has proven mysteriously indispensable to the imperial design. From this irresistible beginning, The Piano Tuner launches its protagonist into a world of seductive loveliness and nightmarish intrigue. And as he follows Drake’s journey, Mason dazzles readers with his erudition, moves them with his vibrantly rendered characters, and enmeshes them in the unbreakable spell of his storytelling.
The Artist Shed for the L$0 enMESHed into Fall 2 Hunt. October 15th to November 15th.
Details: enmeshedhunts.wordpress.com/enmeshed-into-fall-2-hunt-hints/
Those who go into solitude without seeking holiness or freedom from sin not only fail to get away from their own vices but also become more deeply enmeshed in them.
-Thomas Merton: Twentieth-Century Wisdom for Twenty-First-Century Living (New Monastic Library: Resources for Radical Discipleship) by Paul R. Dekar
The fan refers to the "Affair of the Diamond Necklace" in which Marie Antoinette was enmeshed. Read more about it here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affair_of_the_Diamond_Necklace
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Notaden nichollsi occurs from the Southern Kimberley region of Western Australia and through the southern section of Northern Territory into western Queensland. The extent of occurrence of the species is approximately 1249600 km2
This frog is one of Australia's burrowing frogs that survive dry weather by burrowing into the ground and building a small capsule of dried mucous inside which to wait for rain. They prefer open country with sparse vegetation on impervious or clay soils. They spend most of their time under ground and only come to the surface to feed and breed after heavy rains. They have been found buried up to 1m underground. Notaden nichollsi breed after heavy rain in desert claypans that become filled with water. Males call whilst floating in water. Spawn containing up to 1000 eggs is laid in jelly chains enmeshed in submerged vegetation. Tadpoles are quick to develop taking just over 2 weeks to metamorphose.
When we drove through the area had recently had a heavy downpour and there were thousands of these little orange golf balls sitting all over the road. This species has notoriously high mortality in captivity.
Luohan - Arhat - Buddha
On show here is our beautiful wooden Chinese Luohan sat in meditation holding a begging bowl or medicine pot, His robe has been painted in a red oxide color and then he has been gold gilded so as to show appreciation of his value (in a spiritual meaning) to its owner.
From China
Material Wood
Size 230mm Tall.
Age unknown
Provenance Treasures of Wisdoms private collection.
About Luohans (lohans)..Luohans are Buddhist figures, in sanskrit known as Arhat or "destroyer of enemy" (desires) or deserving or worthy" . A luohan supposedly has passed through all the stages of enlightenment, the eightfold path, and has conquered all the desires that enmesh a person in continuous cycle of birth and death and will no longer be reborn. They are regarded as saints reaching nirvana and are attributed with supernatural powers. Ananda is considered one of the principal disciples of the Buddha. He was a first cousin of the Buddha and was deeply attached to him. His counterpart, Kassapa, when hearing of Ánanda's attainment of arahantship, led the applause. Ánanda held him in the highest veneration......... The Song (Sung) Dynasty helped to reunify china after the fall of T'ang and develop Lohans role. Song is noted for revival of ancient Confucian beliefs.
The enlightened rulers urged construction of Buddhist temples with rows of eighteen or sixteen lohans...a different due to Buddhist texts. Lohan , derived from sanskrit Arhan, is a disciple of Buddha who is enlightened. Lohans became popular since T'ang and by the time of Song dynasty , artists depicted each Lohan with different facial features.
All information is most welcome
Sisterhood of Dune -- "It is eighty-three years after the last of the thinking machines were destroyed in the Battle of Corrin, after Faykan Butler took the name of Corrino and established himself as the first Emperor of a new Imperium. Great changes are brewing that will shape and twist all of humankind.
The war hero Vorian Atreides has turned his back on politics and Salusa Secundus. The descendants of Abulurd Harkonnen Griffen and Valya have sworn vengeance against Vor, blaming him for the downfall of their fortunes. Raquella Berto-Anirul has formed the Bene Gesserit School on the jungle planet Rossak as the first Reverend Mother. The descendants of Aurelius Venport and Norma Cenva have built Venport Holdings, using mutated, spice-saturated Navigators who fly precursors of Heighliners. Gilbertus Albans, the ward of the hated Erasmus, is teaching humans to become Mentats…and hiding an unbelievable secret.
The Butlerian movement, rabidly opposed to all forms of “dangerous technology,” is led by Manford Torondo and his devoted Swordmaster, Anari Idaho. And it is this group, so many decades after the defeat of the thinking machines, which begins to sweep across the known universe in mobs, millions strong, destroying everything in its path.
Every one of these characters, and all of these groups, will become enmeshed in the contest between Reason and Faith. All of them will be forced to choose sides in the inevitable crusade that could destroy humankind forever…." -- from www.amazon.com
This is a decent book so far...took me a little while to get back into "Dune mode", but definitely enjoying the story so far.
Sisterhood of Dune -- Started: Feb. 19, 2012 Finished:
25 Book Challenge Book #12
Chinese Luohan - Arhat - Buddha
Underside view showing the tree ring marks and an interesting hole.
We can see he has been painted blue and red then gilded and the gilding is flaking off.
I am going to guesstimate an age of around the 19c ?
Do you know ?
On show here is our beautiful wooden Luohan sat in meditation holding a begging bowl or medicine pot, His robe has been painted in a red oxide color and then he has been gold gilded so as to show appreciation of his value (in a spiritual meaning) to its owner.
From China
Material Wood
Size 230mm Tall.
Age unknown
Provenance Treasures of Wisdoms private collection.
About Luohans (lohans)..Luohans are Buddhist figures, in sanskrit known as Arhat or "destroyer of enemy" (desires) or deserving or worthy" . A luohan supposedly has passed through all the stages of enlightenment, the eightfold path, and has conquered all the desires that enmesh a person in continous cycle of birth and death and will no longer be reborn. They are regarded as saints reaching nirvana and are attributed with supernatural powers. Ananda is considerd one of the principal disciples of the Buddha. He was a first cousin of the Buddha and was deeply attached to him. His counterpart, Kassapa, when hearing of Ánanda's attainment of arahantship, led the applause. Ánanda held him in the highest veneration......... The Song (Sung) Dynasty helped to reunify china after the fall of T'ang and develop Lohans role. Song is noted for revival of ancient Confucian beliefs. The enlightened rulers urged construction of Buddhist temples with rows of eighteen or sixteen lohans...a different due to Buddhist texts. Lohan , derived from sanskrit Arhan, is a disciple of Buddha who is enlightened. Lohans became popular since T'ang and by the time of Song dynasty , artists depicted each Lohan with different facial features.
Any information is most welcome.
City of Bristol Rowing Club. Autumn Head 17th November 2013
In a succesful attempt at avoiding another crew who had blocked a path through one arch Tethys managaged to become enmeshed in the bridge. In fairness they then rowed on to the finish
We kicked of the show with hard-to-argue songs. In the Cronies song Lizzie Steeleheart repeats the phrase "Cronies in the boardroom, slicing up the pie, books being cooked, while all the bosses lie..." and similar images of Enron, Wall Street, BP. In the design of the Charleston worship-show, our director Savitri D decided to turn toward the mountains only after we found some shared values with the audience. At the end of Cronies, our own complicity becomes enmeshed in our accusation, as the "Cronies in the boardroom" becomes all of us. Some audience people begin to point too, and the gospel night begins.
This event brings together participants of the Researching BWPWAP workshop that preceded transmediale and was focused on the question of how BWPWAP can be interpreted in the context of research culture. This process culminated in the production of a peer-reviewed research newspaper—itself an experiment in new forms of scholarly publishing. Following the thread initiated last year with the collaborative production of the “World of the News” (transmediale 2k+12), the research newspaper is the thematic publication of transmediale 2013.
Strategies within software and net culture Back When Pluto Was A Planet became enmeshed with big business. Research culture was visited by a similar fate: Conferences were reduced to events to foster cultural capital, and scholarly communications were reduced to impact factors measured by grant givers. In light of all this, what kinds of technological and artistic practices are suggested by BWPWAP and might produce rhizomatic effects for research? Is research today more occupied with mundane acts of recategorization and—following Bologna—with what Lyotard already called performativity? Or does it still inspire the kind of marvel and wonder that so many ascribe to Pluto and that BWPWAP captures as a cultural term? If BWPWAP captures a time when transmedial culture was researched outside academia, we would like to reflect on how network culture and digital media contribute to and transform research culture, forcing it out of its closet and, if not into the solar system, then at least beyond the academy.
www.transmediale.de/content/launch-researching-bwpwap-new...
This multi-story retail complex by Frank Lloyd Wright, completed in the early 1950s and defaced with doohickeys some decades later, is one of the architect's very few conventionally "urban" buildings. It accepts its party-wall edges, occupies nearly the entire plot, and, its steeple, though figural, hardly cancels out the context the way the Guggenheim's grand spiral does. Indeed, this perhaps points up the ways in which the Guggenheim is, despite appearances, enmeshed in the sidewalk and street; in both buildings, the circulation route is an extension of urban foot traffic, more obvious in this open-air condition. The angular crinkles reflect the invisible diamond grid, familiar from certain of the Usonian houses, and probably Wright's way of ensuring that some independent structuring spirit survived the logics of commercialism.
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Family : Moraceae
Central Queensland to Southern NSW.
Out in the open Ficus macrophylla has a relatively compact rounded crown but in rainforest situation it can reach an enormous size,up to 50m high and a stem diameter of up to 240cm. While it can be grown directly in the ground it often starts its life high up in the canopy gradually enmeshing the host as its roots follow the host tree to the ground.
It has glossy lustrous leaves and develops massive flanged and irregularly wide buttresses to support its huge volume in shallow, sometimes waterlogged, soils.
The fruit varies with maturity from green through orange to purple when ripe and is edible but quite dry to taste.The fruit can appear at any time but generally Feb-May.
Photographed in Sydney Botanic Gardens
IDENTIFYING AUSTRALIAN RAINFOREST PLANTS,TREES & FUNGI - Flick Group --> DATABASE INDEX
I just finished listening to an audio recording of "Crime and Punishment". I'd already been blown away by "The Brothers Karamazov" and now I'm awestruck anew!
There are few authors I know that can pack so much intensity into a narrative covering only a few days. Brilliant!
This ring is made from an antique brooch (given to me by my grandmother). The brooch is enmeshed with copper wire in teal and rich brown with three different shades of freshwater pearls.
Luohan - Arhat - Buddha
On show here is our beautiful wooden Luohan sat in meditation holding a begging bowl or medicine pot, His robe has been painted in a red oxide color and then he has been gold gilded so as to show appreciation of his value (in a spiritual meaning) to its owner.
From China
Material, Wood
Size 230mm Tall.
Age unknown
Provenance Treasures of Wisdoms private collection.
About Luohans (lohans)..Luohans are Buddhist figures, in sanskrit known as Arhat or "destroyer of enemy" (desires) or deserving or worthy" . A luohan supposedly has passed through all the stages of enlightenment, the eightfold path, and has conquered all the desires that enmesh a person in continuous cycle of birth and death and will no longer be reborn. They are regarded as saints reaching nirvana and are attributed with supernatural powers. Ananda is considered one of the principal disciples of the Buddha. He was a first cousin of the Buddha and was deeply attached to him. His counterpart, Kassapa, when hearing of Ánanda's attainment of arahantship, led the applause. Ánanda held him in the highest veneration......... The Song (Sung) Dynasty helped to reunify china after the fall of T'ang and develop Lohans role. Song is noted for revival of ancient Confucian beliefs. The enlightened rulers urged construction of Buddhist temples with rows of eighteen or sixteen lohans...a different due to Buddhist texts. Lohan , derived from sanskrit Arhan, is a disciple of Buddha who is enlightened. Lohans became popular since T'ang and by the time of Song dynasty , artists depicted each Lohan with different facial features.
Proposal for the Fourth Plinth
By Mark Leckey
Larger Squat Afar
Proposed Material: fiberglass laminate
I believe the proposal reflects how we now approach the world in the 21st century. Because of current technology, objects and artefacts are no longer these fixed, permanent things. Instead we look at any sculpture, object or image and ask, what can I do with that? How can I change it to suit my desires?'
Larger Squat Afar is an anagram of ‘Trafalgar Square’, and Mark Leckey’s chimera is itself an amalgam of elements lifted from all the statues found in the square. Details of James II, the water fountain, Admiral Jellicoe and the plinth itself are enmeshed into a single figure, which, while appearing absurd illustrates the compound history of both people and place. Fabricated using 3D laser scanning and printing technology, Larger Squat Afar embodies the power of the digital to overcome the physical and to fulfill the more monstrous capacities of the human imagination.
Leckey frequently looks to the mediated nature of public and private environments, in which imagery is employed to transcend the mundane. Collage and animation techniques are used in videos and sculptures, where the hidden is made explicit, desires are expressed and obscure personal narratives are revealed. It is digital platforms, above all else, that signal the contemporary for Leckey, where even the inanimate object can appear to communicate to us at will.
[GLA website]
The Fourth Plinth of Trafalgar Square, in its northwest corner, designed by Sir Charles Barry (1795-1860). It was originally intended to be the base for an equestrian statue of William IV, although it never happened due to funding problems.
In 1998 the Royal Academy of Arts began the Fourth Plinth Project with commissioning three consecutive works; in 2005 the scheme was reprised and has been running ever since.
BOSCASTLE
Three Inns, three Rivers, three Churches, and a most popular harbour. Boscastle is a great day out in Cornwall, with excellent facilities, historic harbour, parking, public toilets, shops, cafes, pubs, restaurants, stunning scenery and breathtaking views.
Boscastle is a medieval harbour and village hidden in a steep sided valley. This natural harbour on the North Cornwall coastline was created by the confluence of three rivers. Boscastle is an excellent base for touring the area, all of Cornwall or North Devon, including moorlands, sheltered wooden valleys and coastal footpaths offering magnificent views.
From the harbour the visitor can explore the beautiful surrounding area with its ancient woods, the old village of Boscastle with cottages dating back to the 15 th Century, the site of the Norman Castle and the medieval strip farming system which is still in operation on the cliff top. And there is much, much more, not least the stunning coastal views.
Boscastle's small harbour now provides shelter to a number of little fishing boats. It was once a hive of activity with trade taking place between Wales, Bristol and the south of England.
From the harbour a lovely valley heads inland; a path follows a fast flowing burbling stream which leads to several hidden churches allowing you to discover the little known connection between North Cornwall and Thomas Hardy.
The Elizabethan Harbour, built in 1584 by Sir Richard Grenville of 'Revenge' fame, has been the scene of many acts of heroism and treachery over the years with privateers and volunteers, smugglers and wreckers.
An hour before low water, with a rough sea that is, you can see and bear a splendid blow hole rendering water and spray across the harbour mouth.
Along this stretch coastline lives the legend of King Arthur, the Knights of the Round Table, the Quest for the Holy Grail. The Chapel of St. James is believed to have been built on the ancient pilgrim route to Compostella in Spain.
The Rivers Jordan, Valency and Paradise flow through the village. The Valency Valley is a fine walk around to the dark and intriguing Minster Church, almost enmeshed by rare trees and shrubs looking for light. Jordan Vale is the steep hill running from the Bottreaux House Hotel to the Wellington. A walk up or down takes one "back in time".
Forrabury Church stands high up to the south of Boscastle and not too far off the coastal path. The site of "Botreaux Castle" is at the top end of the village dating back to 1100 AD, and the views over Boscastle are quite magnificent when approaching from this direction. It' s worth turning around and going back again should you be travelling upwards.
The castle of Bottreaux, from which Boscastle gained its name, has, alas, vanished but it is said that much of the village was built from its stone. Indeed there are stone windows in the Wellington that are reputed to have come from the Castle. A tiny opening and a road near here takes you down past Minster church through a valley to Lesnewth and St. Juliots Church.
Thomas Hardy fell in love with Boscastle when working as an architect on the renovation of St. Juliots Church. He also fell in love in Boscastle, to Emma Gifford, whom he married after a four year courtship—it was not a successful relationship and ended in tragedy after 30 years. Hardy was not daunted but returned to the land he loved and wrote some of his most moving poetry. A copy of "A Pair of Blue Eyes" will describe all the valleys and cliffs up to High Cliff (731 ft), the highest in Cornwall.
The Museum of Witchcraft in Boscastle, Cornwall, houses the world's largest collection of witchcraft related artefacts and regalia. The museum has been located in Boscastle for over forty years and is amongst Cornwall's most popular museums.
Boscastle flood of 2004
A flash flood on 16 August 2004 caused extensive damage to the village. Residents were trapped in houses as the roads turned into rivers: people were trapped on roofs, in cars, in buildings and on the river's banks. and the village's visitor centre was washed away.
Two Royal Air Force Westland Sea King rescue helicopters from Chivenor, three Royal Navy Sea Kings from Culdrose, one RAF Sea King from St Mawgan and one Coastguard S61 helicopter from Portland searched for and assisted casualties in and around the village.
The operation was coordinated by the Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre (ARCC) based at RAF Kinloss in Scotland in the largest peacetime rescue operation ever launched in the UK. A total of 91 people were rescued and there were no fatalities, only one broken thumb. Around 50 cars were swept into the harbour and the bridge was washed away, roads were submerged under 2.75 m of water, making communication effectively impossible until flood-waters subsided. The sewerage system burst, and for this range of health and safety reasons Boscastle was declared temporarily inaccessible.
Boscastle was flooded again on 21 June 2007 although the scale of destruction was not nearly as serious as in 2004.
BOSCASTLE
Three Inns, three Rivers, three Churches, and a most popular harbour. Boscastle is a great day out in Cornwall, with excellent facilities, historic harbour, parking, public toilets, shops, cafes, pubs, restaurants, stunning scenery and breathtaking views.
Boscastle is a medieval harbour and village hidden in a steep sided valley. This natural harbour on the North Cornwall coastline was created by the confluence of three rivers. Boscastle is an excellent base for touring the area, all of Cornwall or North Devon, including moorlands, sheltered wooden valleys and coastal footpaths offering magnificent views.
From the harbour the visitor can explore the beautiful surrounding area with its ancient woods, the old village of Boscastle with cottages dating back to the 15 th Century, the site of the Norman Castle and the medieval strip farming system which is still in operation on the cliff top. And there is much, much more, not least the stunning coastal views.
Boscastle's small harbour now provides shelter to a number of little fishing boats. It was once a hive of activity with trade taking place between Wales, Bristol and the south of England.
From the harbour a lovely valley heads inland; a path follows a fast flowing burbling stream which leads to several hidden churches allowing you to discover the little known connection between North Cornwall and Thomas Hardy.
The Elizabethan Harbour, built in 1584 by Sir Richard Grenville of 'Revenge' fame, has been the scene of many acts of heroism and treachery over the years with privateers and volunteers, smugglers and wreckers.
An hour before low water, with a rough sea that is, you can see and bear a splendid blow hole rendering water and spray across the harbour mouth.
Along this stretch coastline lives the legend of King Arthur, the Knights of the Round Table, the Quest for the Holy Grail. The Chapel of St. James is believed to have been built on the ancient pilgrim route to Compostella in Spain.
The Rivers Jordan, Valency and Paradise flow through the village. The Valency Valley is a fine walk around to the dark and intriguing Minster Church, almost enmeshed by rare trees and shrubs looking for light. Jordan Vale is the steep hill running from the Bottreaux House Hotel to the Wellington. A walk up or down takes one "back in time".
Forrabury Church stands high up to the south of Boscastle and not too far off the coastal path. The site of "Botreaux Castle" is at the top end of the village dating back to 1100 AD, and the views over Boscastle are quite magnificent when approaching from this direction. It' s worth turning around and going back again should you be travelling upwards.
The castle of Bottreaux, from which Boscastle gained its name, has, alas, vanished but it is said that much of the village was built from its stone. Indeed there are stone windows in the Wellington that are reputed to have come from the Castle. A tiny opening and a road near here takes you down past Minster church through a valley to Lesnewth and St. Juliots Church.
Thomas Hardy fell in love with Boscastle when working as an architect on the renovation of St. Juliots Church. He also fell in love in Boscastle, to Emma Gifford, whom he married after a four year courtship—it was not a successful relationship and ended in tragedy after 30 years. Hardy was not daunted but returned to the land he loved and wrote some of his most moving poetry. A copy of "A Pair of Blue Eyes" will describe all the valleys and cliffs up to High Cliff (731 ft), the highest in Cornwall.
The Museum of Witchcraft in Boscastle, Cornwall, houses the world's largest collection of witchcraft related artefacts and regalia. The museum has been located in Boscastle for over forty years and is amongst Cornwall's most popular museums.
Boscastle flood of 2004
A flash flood on 16 August 2004 caused extensive damage to the village. Residents were trapped in houses as the roads turned into rivers: people were trapped on roofs, in cars, in buildings and on the river's banks. and the village's visitor centre was washed away.
Two Royal Air Force Westland Sea King rescue helicopters from Chivenor, three Royal Navy Sea Kings from Culdrose, one RAF Sea King from St Mawgan and one Coastguard S61 helicopter from Portland searched for and assisted casualties in and around the village.
The operation was coordinated by the Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre (ARCC) based at RAF Kinloss in Scotland in the largest peacetime rescue operation ever launched in the UK. A total of 91 people were rescued and there were no fatalities, only one broken thumb. Around 50 cars were swept into the harbour and the bridge was washed away, roads were submerged under 2.75 m of water, making communication effectively impossible until flood-waters subsided. The sewerage system burst, and for this range of health and safety reasons Boscastle was declared temporarily inaccessible.
Boscastle was flooded again on 21 June 2007 although the scale of destruction was not nearly as serious as in 2004.
East-German postcard by VEB Progress Film-Vertrieb, Berlin, no. 1679, 1962. Ellen Schwiers in Der letzte Zeuge/The Last Witness (Wolfgang Staudte, 1960).
Versatile German film and stage actress Ellen Schwiers (1930) often appeared as the dark, passionate woman, enmeshed in her own sensuality or another fate. During her 60 year career, she played in ca. 50 films and 150 television productions, but she also worked – and still works - as a stage actress, director, and intendant.
For more postcards, a bio and clips check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.
View From Alice Springs, central Australia. 100 people held a carbon-free
windy vigil to call on the Australian Government to become a leader at
Copenhagen for the 350 target within a fair and binding framework. Our event
partnered the "End Discrimination and Racism" message of Human Rights Day.
In central Australia climate change is translating into widespread uranium
exploration and mining. This follows nearly 15 years of systematic neglect
and manipulation of indigenous people by the Howard government with the
hidden agenda of opening access to uranium through policies promoting
poverty, confusion, anger and division. In 2007 the national Racial
Discrimination Act was suspended to enable formal Government INTERVENTION
which has introduced wideranging State controls over Indigenous peoples'
lives.
Meanwhile, from 2000 the Adelaide to Darwin railway was built by KBR, then a
subsidiary of Hallibuton, for the transport and export of this uranium. The
long term plans of Big Energy and associates for Australia are
comprehensive: build the railway, mine the uranium, dump the waste, ensure
and control nuclear power as the next global primary energy source. This
lobby is huge and undemocratic. It explains why Australia, rich in renewable
resources, technology and expertise, is NOT DOING IT'S BEST. We call on
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to STOP subsiding fossil fuels; to STOP enmeshing
Australia in the global nuclear cycle; to LIMIT uranium mining, to VALUE
remote Australia's indigenous communities and environment, and to START
putting some REAL commitment into renewables and safe climate! NOW.
organised by Climate Action Group. photographer: Oliver Eclipse
I just finished listening to an audio recording of "Crime and Punishment". I'd already been blown away by "The Brothers Karamazov" and now I'm awestruck anew!
There are few authors I know that can pack so much intensity into a narrative covering only a few days. Brilliant!
This ring is made from an antique brooch (given to me by my grandmother). The brooch is enmeshed with copper wire in teal and rich brown with three different shades of freshwater pearls.
This event brings together participants of the Researching BWPWAP workshop that preceded transmediale and was focused on the question of how BWPWAP can be interpreted in the context of research culture. This process culminated in the production of a peer-reviewed research newspaper—itself an experiment in new forms of scholarly publishing. Following the thread initiated last year with the collaborative production of the “World of the News” (transmediale 2k+12), the research newspaper is the thematic publication of transmediale 2013.
Strategies within software and net culture Back When Pluto Was A Planet became enmeshed with big business. Research culture was visited by a similar fate: Conferences were reduced to events to foster cultural capital, and scholarly communications were reduced to impact factors measured by grant givers. In light of all this, what kinds of technological and artistic practices are suggested by BWPWAP and might produce rhizomatic effects for research? Is research today more occupied with mundane acts of recategorization and—following Bologna—with what Lyotard already called performativity? Or does it still inspire the kind of marvel and wonder that so many ascribe to Pluto and that BWPWAP captures as a cultural term? If BWPWAP captures a time when transmedial culture was researched outside academia, we would like to reflect on how network culture and digital media contribute to and transform research culture, forcing it out of its closet and, if not into the solar system, then at least beyond the academy.
www.transmediale.de/content/launch-researching-bwpwap-new...
Part of the eyes } world { hands exhibit in the Albury Art Gallery (23 October to 6 December 2009). In addition to the still images on the wall, the gallery space features three video monitors (with couches/seating) in the centre, which will play continuous loops of imagery.
This is the loop for monitor 3.
csusap.csu.edu.au/~dspennem/photography/exhibitions/eyes/...
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eyes } world { hands
Photography by Dirk HR Spennemann
366 days… 2 cameras …364 people
All of us are enmeshed in a daily network of inter-personal relationships: with family and friends, acquaintances and co-workers, with people in shops or strangers in the street. It is the sum of all these relationships that defines our social world.
The eyes } world { hands project documents the world seen through the eyes of photographic artist Dirk Spennemann. On each day of the year in 2008, Dirk photographed a different person, with the first and last days book-ended by ‘self-portraits’ of the two cameras used.
Shot on location, these images capture the diversity of modern society, filtered by the photographer’s experience and contact range. The 364 photographic portraits focus on the eyes and hands of the participants. In most eyes you can see a reflected image of the world around the photographer, and in the hands you see the instruments that actively shaped that world 2008.
The portraits encompass all walks of life, from A (academic) to Z (zoo photographer), from high (flight attendant) to low (diving consultant), from high-tech (IT specialist) to low-tech (happy camper), from past (archaeologist) to future (futurist).
The locations where the eye photos were taken reflects the artist’s own activity range. As an university academic, he traveled to a variety of locations in Australia and overseas during 2008. While the majority of images were taken in Albury-Wodonga, the photo series exemplifies the increasing mobility and globalization of our community
No Fish. No fish at all. Rather something quite curvy is enmeshed in this net, namely Me!
Trying some different lighting and a little added saturation to make the hot pink stand out even more than it normally would against the black lycra spandex and neutral background... How do you think it turned out?
I was inspired to do this experiment by another image I saw here on flickr (thank you, catgurl!). I like the way it turned out- the hot pink fishnet bodystocking clings perfectly and stands out against the black lycra spandex leotard and leggings to highlight all my curves so deliciously!
To see more pix of in other sexy, tight and revealing catsuits click this link: www.flickr.com/photos/kaceycdpix/sets/72157623726915059/
To see more pix of me in sexy boots click here: www.flickr.com/photos/kaceycdpix/sets/72157622816479823/
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City of Bristol Rowing Club. Autumn Head 17th November 2013
In a succesful attempt at avoiding another crew who had blocked a path through one arch Tethys managaged to become enmeshed in the bridge. In fairness they then rowed on to the finish
Composicion. Primer Disparo: niño solo corriendo. Segundo disparo: niño y pajaro quietos. Tercera toma: Un segundo pajaro pasa volando. El niño es el mismo.
Composition. First Shot: boy only running. Secondly shot: quiet boy and bird. Third shot: A second bird happens flying. The boy is the same.
My daughter in Switzerland enmeshed within her music while taking in the beautiful sites :)
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The method begins with engraving or chiseling a cross-hatched pattern into the mild steel ground. A thin gold or silver foil is then applied to the steel using hammers and punches.The foil, which is thicker and much more durable than gold leaf, can be cut into delicate shapes and applied in ornate patterns onto the steel. The textured ground becomes enmeshed with the foil during the hammering process, creating a smooth, permanent finish. The steel is then blackened with heat, to create a sharp contrast to the bright designs in gold and silver. Finally, the whole piece is treated with beeswax or lacquer to prevent rust.
Sexy fun cool summer dress coming to June's round of Enmeshed Monthly. Materials Enabled. Fits Belleza - Isis, Venus, Freya; Maitreya (beta); Slink- Hourglass, Physique Copy/NoMod/NoTrans
Part of the eyes } world { hands exhibit in the Albury Art Gallery (23 October to 6 December 2009). In addition to the still images on the wall, the gallery space features three video monitors (with couches/seating) in the centre, which will play continuous loops of imagery.
This is the loop for monitor 2.
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eyes } world { hands
Photography by Dirk HR Spennemann
366 days… 2 cameras …364 people
All of us are enmeshed in a daily network of inter-personal relationships: with family and friends, acquaintances and co-workers, with people in shops or strangers in the street. It is the sum of all these relationships that defines our social world.
The eyes } world { hands project documents the world seen through the eyes of photographic artist Dirk Spennemann. On each day of the year in 2008, Dirk photographed a different person, with the first and last days book-ended by ‘self-portraits’ of the two cameras used.
Shot on location, these images capture the diversity of modern society, filtered by the photographer’s experience and contact range. The 364 photographic portraits focus on the eyes and hands of the participants. In most eyes you can see a reflected image of the world around the photographer, and in the hands you see the instruments that actively shaped that world 2008.
The portraits encompass all walks of life, from A (academic) to Z (zoo photographer), from high (flight attendant) to low (diving consultant), from high-tech (IT specialist) to low-tech (happy camper), from past (archaeologist) to future (futurist).
The locations where the eye photos were taken reflects the artist’s own activity range. As an university academic, he traveled to a variety of locations in Australia and overseas during 2008. While the majority of images were taken in Albury-Wodonga, the photo series exemplifies the increasing mobility and globalization of our community
The Elfin Oak, in Kensington Gardens, located just by the Diana Playground dedicated to Princess Diana.
There are also links with the comedian Spike Milligan, who loved this tree and campaigned long and hard for its preservation.
Sadly, it is now enmeshed in a thick wire cage, to protect it from vandalism. It also, however, makes the figures very hard to see (not to mention photograph)
As long as man was small in numbers and limited in technology, he could realistically regard the earth as an infinite reservoir, an infinite source of inputs and an infinite cesspool for outputs. Today we can no longer make this assumption. Earth has become a space ship, not only in our imagination but also in the hard realities of the social, biological, and physical system in which man is enmeshed. In what we might call the "old days," when man was small in numbers and earth was large, he could pollute it with impunity, though even then he frequently destroyed his immediate environment and had to move on to a new spot, which he then proceeded to destroy. Now man can no longer do this; he must live in the whole system, in which he must recycle his wastes and really face up to the problem of the increase in material entropy which his activities create. In a space ship there are no sewers.
-- Kenneth E. Boulding
I know this picture has been done a million times before, but I wanted to do my own version...
Structure-
// enMESHed Pastel Sands Cottage
Bedroom-
// Second Spaces - Lofty Daydreams - white
// Second Spaces - Treat Yourself - Travel - room service
// The Loft - Mirror Cluster Pewter
// !! Follow US !! Love tower (large) blue/silver
// NOMAD Amore Crown Wall Decor
// [we're CLOSED] linen rug blue
View From Alice Springs, central Australia. 100 people held a carbon-free
windy vigil to call on the Australian Government to become a leader at
Copenhagen for the 350 target within a fair and binding framework. Our event
partnered the "End Discrimination and Racism" message of Human Rights Day.
In central Australia climate change is translating into widespread uranium
exploration and mining. This follows nearly 15 years of systematic neglect
and manipulation of indigenous people by the Howard government with the
hidden agenda of opening access to uranium through policies promoting
poverty, confusion, anger and division. In 2007 the national Racial
Discrimination Act was suspended to enable formal Government INTERVENTION
which has introduced wideranging State controls over Indigenous peoples'
lives.
Meanwhile, from 2000 the Adelaide to Darwin railway was built by KBR, then a
subsidiary of Hallibuton, for the transport and export of this uranium. The
long term plans of Big Energy and associates for Australia are
comprehensive: build the railway, mine the uranium, dump the waste, ensure
and control nuclear power as the next global primary energy source. This
lobby is huge and undemocratic. It explains why Australia, rich in renewable
resources, technology and expertise, is NOT DOING IT'S BEST. We call on
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to STOP subsiding fossil fuels; to STOP enmeshing
Australia in the global nuclear cycle; to LIMIT uranium mining, to VALUE
remote Australia's indigenous communities and environment, and to START
putting some REAL commitment into renewables and safe climate! NOW.
organised by Climate Action Group. photographer: Oliver Eclipse
In the top left corner a photo of the “re” – development of Dharavi in process. But maybe we need to rewind all the way back to our initial vision of apocalyptic slums and question it – what is a slum after all? The mass-housing projects that house people in superficially respectable homes are not slums? Even if the residents cannot sustain their livelihoods and maintain their buildings? Aren’t we witnessing all these giant-structures get moisturized and sick in the harsh weather of Mumbai? And neighbourhoods full of shops, restaurants, workshops and assembling units are referred to as slums even when they produce wealth, provide livelihoods, sustain local economies and keep on improving themselves overtime? Many neighbourhoods in Mumbai that are referred to as a slum actually sustain economies and are enmeshed in the larger economy of the city – national as well as global. The experience of street-life will indicate to you the health of an urban economy more than anything else. Many urbanists around the world, following Jane Jacobs, have recognized the importance of street-life, markets, vendors, loiters, pedestrians and other users of public spaces to keep places safe, culturally vibrant and economically sound.
He felt trapped. My karma must have been very bad in my last life, he told himself. Japan seemed as inaccessible as if it were in another time. It no longer seemed possible for him ever to find it again, at least the Japan he had left twelve years ago. For him 'there was no more Japan; it was but a withered flower - calling him still like a siren of the sea.
Nicholas awoke just before dawn. For just a moment, he was quite convinced that he was in his old house on the outskirts of Tokyo, the Zen garden, the oblique shadows on the wall by his head made by the stand of tall rustling bamboo. He heard a cuckoo's brief call, the rush of the morning's traffic into the city, muffled, funneled and yet magnified by the distance and the peculiar acoustics of the topography.
He turned his head, still half asleep, saw a female form asleep beside him. Yukio. She had come back after all, he thought. He had known she would. But now to actually have her here beside him -
He sat up abruptly, his heart racing. A runic chanting, as if from far away across the distance of a sea, abruptly metamorphosed into the drifting crash of the surf, coming clear to him through the open window, the cry of the gulls. Still he knew the meaning of that arcane chanting...
He took several deep breaths. Japan clung to him now like a fine gauzy veil, enmeshing him. What had recalled it to him so intensely?
He looked around, saw the tip of Justine's nose and her soft sensual lips, partly opened as she breathed, the only parts of her not covered by the sheet, blue and white and grey, rippling like the sea. She slept deeply now within its heavy bosom.
What is it about her, he wondered, that pulls me like a current? Oddly, he felt adrift upon the tides. Watching her, the soft rise and fall of her warm body, he knew that he was being drawn back to Japan, into the past where he dared not tread...
excerpt from the novel The Ninja written by Eric Van Lustbader
For a small highstreet, Low Fell sustains an unusually high number of restaurants, particularly Italian restaurants, and restaurants offering mixed cuisine (eg. Italian and Mexican).
This isn't so much an example of 'back to back' cultures as is described elsewhere in this photostream, but a commercial enmeshment of cultures on the highstreet.