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You know it's been a long day when I post an orchid picture...it just means I'm too lazy to look through my pics for a more suitable one to post. But I'm almost to the end of the ones I liked, so I need to start shooting again!!
Today was a much better day than even I anticipated. We had a "walk-in" vaccine clinic. People were lined up when I got there at 0620 and we didn't open until 0745! This time we took appointments and it seemed like everything ran so much more smootly. We even were able to see people that missed an appointment slot and were done by 1230! I was very pleased, as was I think everyone else!!
Then it was off to Souder's for an after-clinic-before-move celebration/preparation. I'm so grateful for him and his wife, because I think we all needed that after this horrific week. It was nice to eat, chat, and be merry. Tomorrow I HAVE to go in and finish up my pile of records and finish packing my office. The Move officially starts on Monday.
All this craziness has been good for one thing...I don't miss Him as much during the days. But then the evening time comes and it's a little difficult. I cannot wait for April to get here!
So now that I've passed out in the bathtub, I think that it's time for me to go to bed for real! Oh the joys of not working a "regular" job!
A tour through the history of the Diocese of Würzburg
The were the first Christians in and around Würzburg at least since the mission of the Irish missionaries Kilian, Kolonat and Totnan who around 689 suffered the martyrdom. Boniface the creation of stable church structures is due to him. A center of earlier Christianization probably the monastery Karlburg at Karlstadt (district of Main-Spessart) may have been, which is associated with the Sacred Immina, as well as the of the Holy Leoba, a relative of Boniface, directed monastery of Tauberbischofsheim.
Burkard - the first bishop of Würzburg
End 741, no later than 742, consecrated archbishop Boniface Burkard first bishop of Würzburg. Burkard founded the St. Andrew's Abbey, on whose ground today stands the over 950-year-old parish church of St. Burkard. The life of faith in Franconia seems to have taken a rapid rise: Würzburg the Gospel soon proclaimed at the Upper Main, Steigerwald as well as with the Saxonians in Central and Northern Germany. The Diocese of Paderborn, from Main missionized, still today the Holy Kilian reveres as second patron.
In the Middle Ages, Würzburg had a high rank: imperial and court days took place, the wedding of emperor Frederick Barbarossa, also a German national council (1287). Numerous religious communities settled here; 1221 was born in Würzburg the first Franciscan monastery north of the Alps.
Reformation and Peasants' War brought changes
Würzburg under bishop Bruno saw the stable time of the Empire; later the conflicts in the Investiture Controversy, in which Bishop Adalbero played a prominent role. Also of social and religious grievances the city was not spared, in the aftermath of which Reformation and Peasants' War brought profound changes. A victim of the sectarian clashes was the martyr priest Liborius Wagner - now a warning voice for reconciliation.
To consolidation and a revival led the diocese especially bishop Julius Echter of Mespelbrunn. In addition to the Juliusspital other hospitals and charitable institutions emerged. Were promoted education and school system, in 1582 founded the university. Deep wounds inflicted the conflicts of the Thirty Years War. Swedish troops occupied the fortress Marienberg.
Baroque time - golden period
This confusion in the 18th century was followed by a long period of peace and prosperity. The Baroque era let flourish art and culture to amazing accomplishments. The art-minded prince-bishops from the house of Schönborn brought skilled artists to Würzburg. The construction of the residence and the Baroque transformation of the city began. On the country-side local artists created serene baroque churches. Church life flourished in solemn processions, festive liturgies and exhilarated music.
As a result of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, the Bishopric of Würzburg perished with other ecclesiastical territories. The secularization of 1803 also the cultural and charitable commitment of many monasteries ended.
1821 the Diocese of Würzburg arose newly
From now on church life sought new paths. 1848, for the first time the German bishops met in Würzburg for an Episcopal Conference. New religious communities emerged which tackled the social distress of the industrial age. The Catholic associative network began to constitute itself and to become influential.
In the culture war since 1871, the Catholic Church stood under state pressure. Then there were conflicts in the course of theological education, the First Vatican Council and the anti-modernism. After the misery of the First World War and the inflation period, the church struggle of the Third Reich in Lower Franconia became very violent. The solidarity of Catholics with their church and bishop Matthias Ehrenfried was demonstrated in the upturn of pilgrimages to the grave of Kilian from the year 1935 on.
The consequences of World War II
On March 16, 1945, with the city of Würzburg also the churches were reduced to a pile of rubble. Bishop Matthias Ehrenfried died in 1948; he was succeeded by bishop Julius Döpfner. 1957 Döpfner was appointed bishop of Berlin. His successor, Josef Stangl, who guided the destinies of the diocese until 1979, for his paternal and benevolent nature today is still remembered of many Catholics.
In 1967, the rebuilding of the cathedral was completed. A response to the new challenges of the church by the presence found the Second Vatican Council, which was attended by bishop Josef Stangl and auxiliary bishop Alfons Kempf. For the implementation of the Council's decisions in Germany, the synod of the dioceses of the Federal Republic worked from 1972 to 1975 in Würzburg Cathedral. In 1968, the Diocesan Council of Catholics in the Diocese of Würzburg met for the first time. The involvement of the laity in the Church henceforth will become increasingly important. 1979 Dr. Paul-Werner Scheele in the long line of Würzburg chief shepherds became the 87th bishop. On 14 July 2003, after almost 25 years of fruitful ministry for the Diocese of Würzburg, Pope John Paul II. the age-related resignation of Dr. Paul-Werner Scheele as bishop of Würzburg accepted.
On September 19, 2004, Dr. Friedhelm Hofmann in Würzburg Kiliansdom in the office of bishop was inaugurated. Pope John Paul II. him on 25 June 2004 88th Bishop of Würzburg had appointed.
Ein Rundgang durch die Geschichte des Bistums Würzburg
Die ersten Christen gab es in und um Würzburg spätestens seit der Mission der irischen Glaubensboten Kilian, Kolonat und Totnan, die um 689 den Märtyrertod erlitten. Bonifatius ist die Schaffung stabiler kirchlicher Strukturen zu verdanken. Ein Zentrum früher Christianisierung dürfte auch das Kloster Karlburg bei Karlstadt (Landkreis Main-Spessart) gewesen sein, das mit der heiligen Immina in Verbindung gebracht wird, sowie das von der heiligen Lioba, einer Verwandten des Bonifatius, geleitete Kloster Tauberbischofsheim.
Burkard - der erste Bischof von Würzburg
Ende 741, spätestens 742, weihte Erzbischof Bonifatius Burkard zum ersten Bischof von Würzburg. Burkard gründete das St. Andreas-Kloster, auf dessen Grund heute die über 950 Jahre alte Pfarrkirche St. Burkard steht. Das Glaubensleben in Franken scheint einen raschen Aufschwung genommen zu haben: Würzburg verkündete das Evangelium bald am Obermain, im Steigerwald sowie bei den Sachsen in Mittel- und Norddeutschland. Das Bistum Paderborn, vom Main aus missioniert, verehrt heute noch den heiligen Kilian als zweiten Patron.
Im Mittelalter hatte Würzburg einen hohen Rang: Reichs- und Hoftage fanden statt, die Hochzeit Kaiser Friedrich Barbarossas, auch ein deutsches Nationalkonzil (1287). Zahlreiche Orden siedelten hier; 1221 entstand in Würzburg das erste Franziskanerkloster nördlich der Alpen.
Reformation und Bauernkrieg brachten Veränderungen
Würzburg sah unter Bischof Bruno die stabile Zeit des Kaisertums; später die Auseinandersetzungen im Investiturstreit, in denen Bischof Adalbero eine herausragende Rolle spielte. Auch von sozialen und kirchlichen Missständen blieb die Stadt nicht verschont, in deren Folge Reformation und Bauernkriege tiefgreifende Veränderungen brachten. Ein Opfer der konfessionellen Auseinandersetzungen war der Märtyrerpriester Liborius Wagner - heute ein Mahner für Versöhnung.
Zu Konsolidierung und neuer Blüte führte das Bistum vor allem Bischof Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn. Neben dem Juliusspital entstanden andere Spitäler und karitative Einrichtungen. Gefördert wurden Bildung und Schulwesen, die Universität 1582 gegründet. Tiefe Wunden schlugen die Auseinandersetzungen des Dreißigjährigen Krieges. Schwedische Truppen besetzten die Festung Marienberg.
Barockzeit - Blütezeit
Diesen Wirren folgte im 18. Jahrhundert eine lange Zeit des Friedens und der Blüte. Die Barockzeit ließ Kunst und Kultur zu erstaunlichen Leistungen aufblühen. Die kunstsinnigen Fürstbischöfe aus dem Haus Schönborn holten qualifizierte Künstler nach Würzburg. Der Bau der Residenz und die barocke Umgestaltung der Stadt begannen. Auf dem Lande schufen heimische Künstler heitere Barockkirchen. Das kirchliche Leben blühte in feierlichen Prozessionen, festlichen Liturgien und beschwingter Musik.
Als Folge der französischen Revolution und der napoleonischen Kriege ging das Hochstift Würzburg mit anderen geistlichen Territorien zugrunde. Die Säkularisierung von 1803 beendete auch das kulturelle und karitative Engagement vieler Klöster.
1821 entstand das Bistum Würzburg neu
1821 entstand das Bistum Würzburg neu. Fortan suchte das kirchliche Leben neue Wege. 1848 trafen sich in Würzburg die deutschen Bischöfe erstmals zu einer Bischofskonferenz. Neue Ordensgemeinschaften entstanden, die sich der sozialen Not des Industriezeitalters annahmen. Das katholische Verbandswesen begann sich zu konstituieren und einflußreich zu werden.
Im Kulturkampf ab 1871 stand die katholische Kirche stark unter staatlichem Druck. Dazu kamen die Konflikte im Zuge der theologischen Aufklärung, des Ersten Vatikanischen Konzils und des Antimodernismus. Nach dem Elend des Ersten Weltkriegs und der Inflationszeit wurde der Kirchenkampf des Dritten Reiches in Unterfranken sehr heftig. Die Solidarität der Katholiken mit ihrer Kirche und Bischof Matthias Ehrenfried zeigte sich im Aufschwung der Wallfahrten zum Kiliansgrab ab dem Jahr 1935.
Die Folgen des Zweiten Weltkriegs
Am 16. März 1945 sanken mit der Stadt auch Würzburgs Kirchen in Schutt und Asche. Bischof Matthias Ehrenfried starb 1948; sein Nachfolger wurde Bischof Julius Döpfner. 1957 wurde Döpfner zum Bischof von Berlin ernannt. Sein Nachfolger Josef Stangl, der bis 1979 die Geschicke des Bistums lenkte, ist wegen seiner väterlichen und gütigen Art bei vielen Katholiken bis heute unvergessen.
1967 war der Wiederaufbau des Domes vollendet. Eine Antwort auf die neuen Herausforderungen der Kirche durch die Gegenwart fand das Zweite Vatikanische Konzil, an dem Bischof Josef Stangl und Weihbischof Alfons Kempf teilnahmen. Für die Umsetzung der Konzilsbeschlüsse in Deutschland arbeitete die gemeinsame Synode der Bistümer der Bundesrepublik von 1972 bis 1975 im Würzburger Dom. 1968 trat der Diözesanrat der Katholiken im Bistum Würzburg erstmals zusammen. Das Engagement von Laien in der Kirche wird fortan immer wichtiger. 1979 wurde Dr. Paul-Werner Scheele der 87. Bischof in der langen Reihe der Würzburger Oberhirten. Am 14. Juli 2003, nach fast 25 Jahren fruchtbaren Dienst für das Bistum Würzburg, nahm Papst Johannes Paul II. den altersbedingten Amtsverzicht von Dr. Paul-Werner Scheele als Bischof von Würzburg an.
Am 19. September 2004 wurde Dr. Friedhelm Hofmann im Würzburger Kiliansdom in das Amt des Bischofs eingeführt. Papst Johannes Paul II. hatte ihn am 25. Juni 2004 zum 88. Bischof von Würzburg ernannt.
Judy Himes, senior vice president and chief nursing officer at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, smiles aftedr being surprised with the Spirit of Nursing award during the 2021 Nurses' Week/Hospital Week Annual Nursing Recognition Mobile Ceremony on Monday, May 10, 2021.
SHUROOOOOOOO.
It's him!! It's really him!!
*must be dreaming*
I think Shuro is my little mold-hopper.. he does it the most. Dx
Only because I am very specific about his face, since he's my oldest and most precious character.
Anyone who is like this too will know what I mean.^^;
Finally. Just. Finally.
That's all I have to say, and it pretty much sums everything up.
. [ Juvenile Delinquent ] .
Shuro gets into lots of trouble.. some that he regrets, even though it wasn't entirely his fault.. :/
[Shuro is a Migidoll Jina boy]
D3
70-300 VR
Our son, Alex, came to visit Thanksgiving weekend on 2007. This was our last visit with him as he has since decided not to be a part of our family.
We wish him the best and miss him more than words can express.
This image was made near the Washington Monument in DC.
Tombstone of Francis Cochrane and family. Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Canada. Fall morning, 2020. Pentax K1 II.
Francis Cochrane was a businessman and politician. He spoke so seldom in Parliament that his nickname was Silent Frank. The town of Cochrane, Ontario was named after him.
Many details of this curious individual are provided at the links:
www.biographi.ca/en/bio/cochrane_francis_14E.html
COCHRANE, FRANCIS, businessman and politician; b. 18 Nov. 1852 in Clarenceville (Saint-Georges-de-Clarenceville), Lower Canada, second son of Robert Cochrane, a farmer, and Mary Ann Hunter; m. 16 Aug. 1882 Alice Lavinia Dunlop (Dunlap) in Pembroke Township, Ont., and they had two sons and a daughter; d. 22 Sept. 1919 in Ottawa.
The details of Frank Cochrane’s first 40 years are obscure. A son of Methodist parents, he was educated in the separate school at Saint-Thomas-de-Foucault (Noyan). According to family lore, he worked for a time in a department store in Chicago but was fired after a fist-fight with his supervisor. In the late 1870s he ended up in his maternal uncles’ general store in the Ottawa valley lumbering community of Pembroke. He soon joined the local hardware business of Dunlop and Chapman, and in 1882 he married Alice Dunlop. The couple moved upriver to Mattawa, where Frank took charge of a new branch of the company. He prospered enough to establish his own hardware and mining supply store in Sudbury, the emerging nickel-copper centre of northeastern Ontario; he located there in the fall of 1890, with Alice and their children joining him a year later.
Cochrane parlayed his store into Cochrane Hardware Limited, described at his death by the Sudbury Star as “one of the largest commercial institutions of its kind in the province, with branch stores all over the North Country.” An early reflection of his success was the completion in 1894 of the Cochrane Block, an imposing, three-storey brick building. Cautioned that it was too grand for the struggling town, he remained optimistic; 20 years later he would preside over the opening of an even more impressive headquarters in a considerably bigger Sudbury.
As Cochrane became established, he diversified his activities. One of his most profitable investments was in hydroelectricity. In 1902 he and local prospector William McVittie incorporated the Wahnapitae Power Company to develop generating sites. Two years later it won the contract to supply Sudbury, and it would continue to do so until 1929, when the Cochrane family sold its shares to the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario for more than $1 million. Again in partnership with McVittie, Cochrane speculated in various mineral properties, the most valuable being the so-called Frood Extension, purchased in 1908 and sold to the Mond Nickel Company in 1910 for $200,000.
As successful a businessman as Cochrane was, his historical significance lies primarily in his political career. A lifelong Conservative – family members recalled hosting Sir John A. Macdonald* in Mattawa – Cochrane was appointed Sudbury’s enumerator for the 1891 census, a patronage plum reserved for the party faithful. One of the “company of 100 associates” who successfully petitioned Queen’s Park for the incorporation of Sudbury as a town in 1892, he rose to greater prominence three years later, when he headed the organization of the local agricultural society and board of trade. In January 1896 he formally entered municipal politics by winning a seat on council for the predominantly English-speaking ward of McCormick. He served three terms as mayor (1897, 1898, 1902), each time defeating his Liberal critic, James A. Orr, editor of the Sudbury Journal. Competent and highly regarded, Cochrane stressed growth, accommodation with the area’s mining powers, and fiscal responsibility, policies very much in line with his business interests.
Cochrane ventured beyond municipal politics in 1902, when he contested the new constituency of Nipissing West in the provincial general election. With some justification, based on the poll results, he attributed his defeat to the advantage of the bilingual Liberal candidate, Joseph Michaud, in the riding’s French-speaking sections. The experience nevertheless proved valuable since it drew him into official party circles and brought his organizational skills to the attention of Conservative leader James Pliny Whitney.
Although active behind the scenes, Cochrane did not run in the election of January 1905, in which Adolphe-Osias Aubin defeated Michaud. Within days, however, rumours began to circulate that premier-designate Whitney intended naming Cochrane to his cabinet as spokesman for northern Ontario, possibly as minister of a new portfolio (mines). In February an accident delayed the appointment: when boarding a moving train near Sudbury, Cochrane slipped and his right leg was severed below the knee. His rehabilitation took several months. In May Whitney announced the conversion of the crown lands portfolio into a new department, Lands and Mines (later Lands, Forests, and Mines). Cochrane was sworn in as minister at the end of the month; the deputy minister continued to be Aubrey White. On 13 June Cochrane was returned by acclamation in a by-election in Nipissing East, its member, Charles Lamarche, having resigned in a move that may have been prearranged. Cochrane’s appointment was received with scepticism by the press in southern Ontario. The Liberal Globe of Toronto, for example, commented that he had no legislative experience and no “wide-spread prominence in any other sphere of activity.”
Cochrane’s six years as minister, though not without controversy and some failures, would be the most satisfying period of his political career. From the outset he was determined to play an aggressively interventionist role in the management of Ontario’s natural resources. Shortly after taking office, for instance, he cancelled five dormant pulp-and-paper agreements and put the concessions up for auction. Similarly, he rescinded a number of unworked claims being held on speculation by invoking a little-known section of the Mines Act that required proof of a mineral deposit. His most enduring accomplishments were the new Mines Act, approved by the legislature in April 1906, and the related Supplementary Revenue Act, passed a year later.
The product of extensive public consultation, the Mines Act was an attempt to meet miners’ demands for a more equitable system for exploiting mining lands. Emphasizing decentralization and uniformity, it divided the province into mining divisions, eliminated the leasehold system, and delineated a single and relatively inexpensive process for the acquisition of properties. Alarmed by the paucity of provincial revenues derived from the silver strikes in the Cobalt district, Cochrane, like Whitney, was determined to ensure that Ontario received the “people’s share” of the wealth generated by its mines. Particularly controversial was the provision in the revenue act for an annual tax on mining profits, the first in Ontario’s history. Mining companies lobbied furiously against the innovation. Under pressure, Cochrane agreed to change it from a flat to a progressive tax, making it more palatable to small firms. In the case of the Sudbury-based International Nickel Company, however, the change was privately offset by an agreement that temporarily circumvented the progressive clauses [see Almon Penfield Turner].
A consummate politician, Cochrane carefully tended his northeastern fiefdom – “Greater Ontario” he preferred to call it. Each summer he toured the region, building a Tory organization of considerable strength, often accompanied by cabinet colleagues or southern journalists. Government largesse in the form of colonization roads, railway subsidies, educational aid, and settlement assistance found its way to the area in ever-greater quantities. Particularly favoured was Sudbury, which in 1907 was designated the seat of a new judicial district; a year later, in part because of provincial assistance, it was linked to Toronto by both the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Canadian Northern. Political opponents charged that Cochrane was not above lining the pockets of his acquaintances, citing especially the government’s decision in 1906 to award $130,000 to his brother-in-law David Alexander Dunlap in the settlement of a mining-claim dispute at Cobalt. Cochrane’s political assiduity paid off handsomely in the election of June 1908. He was easily returned in his new constituency, Sudbury, and thanks in large part to his organizational ability, the party swept the other 10 northern ridings. Whitney immediately reappointed Cochrane to Lands, Forests, and Mines, and later, in gratitude, cabinet named the new town-site at the junction of the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway and the National Transcontinental in his honour. (A northern township had also been named for him, in 1905.)
Cochrane’s growing reputation for organization led Robert Laird Borden*, leader of the federal Conservatives, to call on him to assist in the party’s Ontario campaign in the general election of October 1908. A tireless worker, he accompanied Borden on several swings through the province. The Conservatives won only the same number of seats there as in 1904, but there was a bright spot in northern Ontario, where, as a result of Cochrane’s efforts, the party’s representation increased from one to three of the four ridings. This involvement, an important step in Cochrane’s career, strengthened his ties to Borden and oriented him towards the federal arena. Perhaps for this reason and because major legislative changes had been made in 1906–7, his second term in the Whitney government was less consequential than his first. Its most notable accomplishment was the revision of forestry policy in 1910 to augment revenues.
In 1911 the highly contentious reciprocity agreement between the United States and the Liberal government of Sir Wilfrid Laurier heightened the likelihood of an early general election. As a result Cochrane’s exertions on behalf of the federal Conservatives increased substantially. His summer tour of his constituency extended to the rest of the province, and in August he was named chair of the party’s election committee for Ontario. In September the Tories made their long-awaited breakthrough, winning 73 of the province’s 86 seats (including all four in the north), a result Borden attributed to Cochrane.
In a manner reminiscent of the provincial scenario of 1905, Cochrane had not run in 1911, but with victory was to come a portfolio in the new government. He resigned from the Ontario cabinet in October. Once again a safe seat was found for him: George Gordon, the member for Nipissing, resigned (later to be elevated to the Senate) and Cochrane was speedily acclaimed. In Frank Cochrane, Borden had an mp of acumen and loyalty. His appointment to the Department of Railways and Canals was also an acknowledgement of the support tendered by Whitney’s provincial machine, although the new minister soon established that he was more than Whitney’s man in Ottawa.
Cochrane’s term as minister (1911–17) proved a good deal more frustrating than his years in the Whitney administrations. The labyrinthine politics of the quasi-public, quasi-private world of railways were trying, but doubly so when the folly of constructing two transcontinental lines (the Canadian Northern and the National Transcontinental/Grand Trunk Pacific venture), where the existing one (the Canadian Pacific) sufficed, was fast becoming apparent. From the outset Cochrane faced a series of seemingly unresolvable problems: the managerial troubles of the Intercolonial Railway in the Maritimes; the exorbitant construction costs of the government’s National Transcontinental, which were revealed by a royal commission in 1912–14 and which underlay the Grand Trunk’s refusal to lease the line upon its completion in 1915; the repeated petitions for financial assistance from the Grand Trunk/Grand Trunk Pacific tandem and the Canadian Northern; and the insistence of western Conservatives that Ottawa initiate the construction of the Hudson Bay Railway, a project Cochrane thought premature.
These issues had enormous financial and political implications for the government, and Cochrane’s ability to act was severely constrained by the views of his ministerial colleagues and the prime minister. He shared the concern of Borden and Minister of Finance Sir William Thomas White* over the plight of the Canadian Northern, and was much more antagonistic than the rest of cabinet towards the Grand Trunk conglomerate. Complicating his work too was the Liberal-controlled Senate, which, several times in 1912–13, defeated measures coming from his department, for instance a plan to provide assistance to the provinces for developing Canada’s highway system.
Efforts by Cochrane to deal with the perplexing rail situation were thrown into disarray in 1914 by World War I, which diverted financial and political resources away from railways. At the same time, by intensifying competition among the three transcontinentals, the war exacerbated the financial difficulties of the Canadian Northern and the Grand Trunk, and forced the prime minister to move toward nationalization, essentially taking the matter out of Cochrane’s hands. In May 1916 White announced temporary assistance to the CN and the GT; the following month a royal commission was appointed to make recommendations on Canada’s railways. Businessman that he was, Cochrane was not particularly enthusiastic about the majority recommendation delivered in May 1917 in favour of government acquisition of the two troubled railways, but like many of his cabinet colleagues he went along with it as the best option.
Not surprising for someone in his sixties, deteriorating health limited Cochrane’s activities during the war. In late 1913 he had had a nervous breakdown which required hospitalization, followed by a Mediterranean cruise in the spring of 1914. As well, he began to suffer the debilitating effects of Bright’s disease and had to take extended leaves. Worrisome too was the fact that his sons were overseas with the Canadian Expeditionary Force. A visit to the Western Front in the winter of 1915–16 aggravated his health and spawned rumours the following summer of his resignation.
Despite everything, Cochrane remained on the job, largely out of loyalty to Borden, who valued but did not necessarily follow his advice. A case in point occurred in the spring of 1915, when the ever-partisan Cochrane urged the prime minister, without success, to take advantage of the government’s popularity and call a wartime election. Predictably, Cochrane welcomed Borden’s announcement of conscription in May 1917 but he strongly opposed his efforts to form a coalition with the Liberals the following summer. It was somewhat surprising that Borden included Cochrane as a minister without portfolio in the Union government created in October. The explanation lay in part in the bonds between the two men and partly in Borden’s desire to retain Cochrane’s organizational skills for the upcoming election. Cochrane’s health did not permit him to play more than a secondary, advisory role in this campaign though he himself was easily returned in December for the new riding of Temiskaming.
Cochrane’s last years were especially unhappy. Convinced, probably with good reason, that Borden had promised him the chair of the board created to manage the government-owned railway system, including the recently nationalized Canadian Northern (but not yet the Grand Trunk), he was embittered in September 1918 when David Blythe Hanna* was nominated instead. Cabinet had reportedly been divided on the appointment, with Borden arguing that Cochrane’s health would not have stood up to the task. Compounding Cochrane’s devastation was the death of his younger son, Ogden Dunlap, in January 1919 from injuries sustained in a military training accident. Cochrane never recovered from the loss. Greater Ontario’s first, and some would argue greatest, politician died on 22 September in Ottawa. He was buried beside Ogden in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto.
Frank Cochrane was an exceptional individual, full of contradictions. By popular consensus a mild-mannered man, the six foot three inch hardware merchant was prepared to use physical force if necessary: according to Montreal financier Sir Herbert Samuel Holt*, Cochrane “could clean out a drunken sleeping car quicker than anyone I’ve seen in my life.” A chauvinistic booster of the north, he used his influence to further the regional ambitions of Sudbury, his place of business, but he never actually owned a home there or anywhere else in the region. A partisan of the first rank, he angered fellow Conservatives by refusing to dispense patronage blindly. A master electoral strategist, he never contested the same constituency twice. An unpretentious merchant from the backwoods, he became the trusted confidant of a premier and a prime minister. Most remarkable of all perhaps, he was a politician and a minister who spoke so sparingly in parliament that he earned the sobriquet Silent Frank. Canadian politics have seldom seen the like of him since.
Afican-American in MLK Day parade, pushing child in stroller, wife next to him, protesters behind them carry upside down American flag, including one wearing Guy Fawkes/anonymous mask.
I first saw him from behind approaching the Art Gallery of Ontario on Toronto’s Dundas Street. The unique hairstyle caught my eye immediately and it was just my luck that he disconnected from a phone call just in time for me to say hi and introduce myself. He was very open to my unexpected approach and introduction and had an immediate positive response to my Human Family Project. “Of course. I’d be glad to. I have to warn you, though, I’m meeting a friend in just a minute or two so it will have to be fast.” I promised to be quick and led him up a couple of stairs to use the colonnade in front of the AGO. Meet Syrus.
I was charmed by Syrus’ open smile and aura of positive energy. Feeling the pressure of time I took a couple of photos without a lot of careful planning and finished up with a photo looking down on his head from behind to show the fancy hairstyle.
Syrus briefly answered a couple of my questions before his friend arrived and they had to be on their way. Syrus is 39 and came to Toronto from his native Montreal. He is an artist, community activist, researcher, youth advocate, and educator. As if that wasn’t enough, he is Program Coordinator of the Art Gallery of Ontario Youth Program. He holds degrees in Art History and Visual Studies, a Masters degree in Sociology and Equity Studies, and currently a PhD candidate at York University in Environmental Studies. Whew! You can learn more about Marcus here: syrusmarcusware.com/about/.
I barely had time to ask Syrus about the greatest challenge he has faced and he quickly responded “Being transgender and living in a world that only recognizes two genders.” I mentioned that I had some familiarity with what those challenges would be from my years as a social worker where my agency’s offices were on the edge of Toronto’s “gay village.” I asked Syrus how life was treating him currently and he said “My life is really good these days.” When I asked about the great hairstyle, he said it is about 8 years old now.
I would have enjoyed hearing more from Syrus about his life and work but his friend had arrived so it was time to say goodbye. Syrus apologized for having to cut things so short but kindly invited me to follow up by email which I will do.
Thank you Syrus, for squeezing in a quick meeting and the photos in the midst of a busy morning. You certainly sound like a bundle of creative energy and I admire your commitment to social activism.
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Efraín has white hair and dyes it blue or cyan.... somehow red was the color I chose to his first wig... what the hell was I thinking????
someone know how make his eyes less dark in pictures, in real life they don´t look like that... maybe I should try some urethane eyes on him??
Dennis is my boss. And he fits the description - the students and staff respect him. He is the kind of guy you like working for. He is understanding but can put the hammer down when he needs to! He is a big guy, dresses well and doesn't mess around! But, he is also understanding. He was a teacher and understands how things work. He lets the staff do their thing and handle our business in the classroom. And he feels that is where we as a staff can be successful. And to me, that is paramount.
I first contacted Dennis back in the Spring of 2007. I was teaching at Holicong Middle School for Central Bucks School District. I got that job right out of college and life was good. But I just wasn't feeling the middle school vibe even though I enjoyed the staff at Holicong. So I found out that Hatboro-Horsham (HH) was hiring a Technology Education teacher at the High School. I really knew nothing about HH but figured I should inquire. So I called the contact person, who was Mr. Williams. Little did I know, he was the Principal! So I called him and we spoke for a few minutes and he sounded like a great guy and seemed very interested that I was interested in the job. He then gave me Lori Gallagher's name (you will see her soon!) Lori was the department head of the Family Consumer Science, Art and Technology Education department. So I gave her a call and she was great in describing the school, department, etc. Long story short, after a great interview, I got the job.
Leaving Holicong was not easy and honestly was one of the hardest career decisions I have ever made. But I have not regretted that decision and have loved every second of being here at HH. And Dennis is one of those reasons why.
Every school has it issues, hurdles and trying times. In today's education field, times have never been harder. Terrible decisions from the State and National level force schools into a corner in nearly every scenario. We have become a society solely dependent upon test scores. How did your school/student score in this test, in that test, etc. It's been somehow used to determine how good a school is these days. Which is a shame because testing has no real world value in society. Can you imagine coming out of college, going in for an interview and the interviewer going "so, back in the 11th grade, how did you test on your Keystone Science test?" Get out. It's meaningless. The employer will be asking you what type of real world experience you have in your field, what can you contribute to your staff/colleagues , how involved are you in extra-curricular activities, do you belong to any professional organizations, etc. We are forced to teach to the test. Not to the student. And that is a sad part of today's education. The decisions being passed down are short sighted. Tax payers want teachers and schools held accountable. And honestly, there is nothing wrong with that. But when you have to find a way to analyze a teacher/administrator and do it by test scores alone, there is a major flaw there.
Dennis is a great leader and someone who understands the hurdles we face going forward. He is the perfect guy to delegate when he needs to and be hands off when he needs to. You can't ask for much more than that!
My best friend passed away 2/26/2019. I love you Luke. Always and forever. Thank you for helping me and guiding me.
As a kitten 5/24/2006 to 2/26/2019, Luke was my best friend. I miss him so much already. Words cannot express my sorrow and deep love for him.
Please pray for him, I know he has a soul and is in a better place now.
I will be getting a tattoo of his portrait and paw prints soon. Also the verse from Luke 12:34.
Tibetan Buddhist Pet & Animal Blessing – Amitabha Mantra – Om Ami Dewa Hri
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Le Cimetière du Montparnasse, Paris, France
I headed south to le Cimetière Montparnasse. After the Paris churchyards closed in the 18th century, a full three quarters of a century before the English closed their urban churchyards, four great cemeteries were laid out to the north, east, south and west of the city. Pere Lachaise is the most famous, Montmartre the most aesthetically pleasing, but Montparnasse probably the most interesting. I spent about three hours and three hundred photographs pottering about. Some of the famous graves are easy to find because they are well documented, and visitors have placed tributes on them. For example, the first grave I went in search of, Samuel Beckett's, has metro tickets placed on it by visitors as a mark of having waited for something.
I already knew where Beckett's grave was, but two others in the same section were more difficult, as I did not have exact locations. I eventually found the grave of Phillipe Noiret, an actor I very much admired particularly for his role in my favourite film, Cinema Paradiso, but also for his role in Le Cop, which has criminally never had a DVD release with English subtitles. There were no public tributes on it, merely a plaque from his wife saying 'pour mon Cher Philippe' and a picture of a horse. While I was photographing it, four gendarmes, two men and two women, passed behind me and came across to see why I was photographing it. "Noiret!" exclaimed one of the men, and then "mais pourquoi le cheval?" wondered one of the women. But they didn't stop for me to explain, for I had read an article about Noiret about fifteen years previously in a copy of La Nouvelle Observateur while staying in a hotel in Boulogne, and I knew that he had bred horses in his spare time.
The other grave I had hoped to find in this section was that of Susan Sontag, but I couldn't track it down.
The joint headstone of Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir is easily found by the main entrance, and I thought it rather sweet that they were remembered together. Despite all their efforts for existentialism and feminism, it was like a headstone in a quiet English churchyard which might have 'reunited' or 'together in eternity' inscribed on it. I think he wasn't pleasant company, and while she was certainly more intelligent than he was she made intellectual arrogance respectable. I photographed their headstone more out of interest than admiration.
Admiration was at the heart of my search for a gravestone lost in sections 6 and 7 which I think is not found often. It is for the surrealist photographer Man Ray. I was delighted to find it after barely 20 minutes searching. He designed it himself, and in his own handwriting into the cement it says 'unconcerned, but not indifferent', which could be taken as rebuff to Satre and his circle I suppose. Charmingly, beside it like the other half of a book is a photograph of him with his wife and the inscription 'Juliet Man Ray 1911-1991, together again'. Enough to leave De Beauvoir spluttering into her Pernod.
This yaoi bondage costume was based on a dare. I dared Greg to do it. I even helped him pick out some of the costume pieces and he borrowed my collar and I bought him the leash. He was a hit with the girls! Got him a girlfriend!
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La formazione finlandese guidata da Ville Valo ha pubblicato il nuovo album dal titolo "Tears On Tape" lo scorso aprile, il disco ha messo d'accordo sia stampa che fans.
Gli HIM sono un gruppo rock finlandese di Helsinki, fondato nel 1991 dal cantante Ville Valo, dal chitarrista Lily Lazer (Mikko Lindström) e dal bassista Mige Amour (Mikko Paananen). L'attuale formazione comprende anche il tastierista Emerson Burton (Janne Johannes Puurtinen) e il batterista Gas Lipstick (Mika Kristian Karppinen). I temi toccati da questo gruppo sono principalmente l'amore e la morte. Il nome corretto della band è scritto tutto maiuscolo, in quanto formata originariamente col nome di His Infernal Majesty.
Ville Valo - voce
Lily Lazer - chitarra e voce
Mige Amour - basso
Emerson Burton - tastiere
Gas Lipstick - batteria
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La formazione finlandese guidata da Ville Valo ha pubblicato il nuovo album dal titolo "Tears On Tape" lo scorso aprile, il disco ha messo d'accordo sia stampa che fans.
Gli HIM sono un gruppo rock finlandese di Helsinki, fondato nel 1991 dal cantante Ville Valo, dal chitarrista Lily Lazer (Mikko Lindström) e dal bassista Mige Amour (Mikko Paananen). L'attuale formazione comprende anche il tastierista Emerson Burton (Janne Johannes Puurtinen) e il batterista Gas Lipstick (Mika Kristian Karppinen). I temi toccati da questo gruppo sono principalmente l'amore e la morte. Il nome corretto della band è scritto tutto maiuscolo, in quanto formata originariamente col nome di His Infernal Majesty.
Ville Valo - voce
Lily Lazer - chitarra e voce
Mige Amour - basso
Emerson Burton - tastiere
Gas Lipstick - batteria
Photos of Finnish love metal band HIM performing on the Rock Allegiance Tour in Abbotsford on September 8th.
Old Car
Can you identify what does not fit in this image???
Carro Antiguo
Pueden encontrar que es lo que no encaja en esta foto?????
I am supposed to test my blood every day. I don't.
I have thought that T could have diabetes for awhile now. I push the thought to the back of my head as fast as it pops into my brain.
Today with my moms support I pulled my gluclose meter out and decided to test him. His readings were high. I am going to do a fasting one tomorrow morning before totally start freaking out and calling the doctor for an appointment. He was a brave little dude, only freaked out once he saw the blood. The pricks didn't phase him.