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On Monday, 28th October 2013, an audience of students, journalists, aid workers and diplomats gathered at the Alliance Francaise de Delhi to watch Access to the Danger Zone, a documentary film directed by Peter Casear and narrated by Daniel Day–Lewis. The film was part of an MSF film screening series being hosted in 10 cities across India by Alliance Francaise and was followed by a Q&A with Dr Unni and Benjamin Wahren, Deputy Head of Mission at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
With footage shot in three of the world’s most dangerous environments – Afghanistan, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the film portrayed the consequences of violence that civilians are forced to endure as well as the challenges that MSF and ICRC experience in reaching these victims and delivering medical aid. Through candid material of MSF and ICRC’s operational activities and interviews with key experts, the film highlighted the principles which guide MSF’s operations - impartiality, independence and neutrality.
Voici une petite FC réalisé, une belle petite Minifée Woosoo jamais je ne pensais autant aimer ce modèle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bref gagatise devant ma petite!! Manque encore le gloss et le msc et aussi une wig approprié du coup mais bo je ne pouvais pas ne pas me dépêcher de la prendre en photos!!
Connu dans certaines parties du monde comme Margravine la Maudite.
Viens durant les nuits sombre, avec ses ailes silentieuse elle enroule sa victime dans un manteau mortelle. Elle est impartial comme la mort et inflexible comme la pierre.
Really like this Latina much better for Mexico Barbie. Love her full hair! I guess I'm impartial to Steffie.
The 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29), hosted by Azerbaijan in Baku, took place from 18 to 20 November 2024. With Azerbaijan, ITF Vice-President, serving as this year’s Presidency, COP29 was held at the iconic Baku Stadium. The event focused on fostering transparency, impartiality, and inclusivity through a framework built on two mutually reinforcing pillars: enhancing ambition and enabling action.
L'impartial, #43, Jeudi 24 octobre 2002, page 54, section "Gisors"
Transcript partiel:
Grâce à la synergie de plusieurs talents, le cinéma a rendu hommage à l'homme qui lui a donné son nom : Jacques Tati.
Jean-Marc Delacruz, à l'initiative de cette rétrospective TATI, a reçu à bras ouverts les artistes peintres Pierre Marcel et Frédéric Lère qui ont décoré le hall du cinéma. (...)
Le hall du cinéma honorera encore longtemps le génial personnage Jacques Tati, car à coups de craie et de pinceau, les peintres ont illustré le plafond du hall d'entrée en esquissant le portrait du cinéaste et en arborant certains accessoires de ses films. Des traits noirs, blancs, gris, et quelques touches de couleur ont donné à la fresque un éclat discret dont on ne se lassera pas. (…)
UN GRAND BRAVO
Vendredi soir, Jean-Marc Delacruz avait invité toutes les personnalités du monde culturel autour du maire Marcel Larmanou pour inaugurer cette peinture murale. "Nous remercions la ville pour avoir laissé libre cours à notre projet" disait Pierre Marcel (...)
Cash strapped UK youth encouraged to get creative on a budget
Young people are being invited to put their financial creativity to the test in an innovative digital competition launched today, challenging them to do something ingenious with just £5.
‘The Fiver Challenge’, run by online guide-to-life TheSite.org and funded by the Citi Foundation, invites 16 to 25 year-olds to upload an entry demonstrating what they would do with the money as either a blog post, photo or video on TheSite.org’s dedicated facebook page. Entrants are then free to ‘like’ and ‘comment’ on all of the entries and share their finance savvy ideas with others.
The creator of MoneySavingExpert.com and consumer campaigner, Martin Lewis, will join infamous video blogger Charlie McDonnell, representatives from The Guardian and the Citi Foundation to judge six separate categories - most entertaining, creative, fashionable, ‘clean’ fun, furthest stretched and selflessly spent fiver with the winner of each category taking home a brand new i-Pad.
Fiona Dawe, Chief Executive at YouthNet, the online charity which runs TheSite.org said: “It’s no secret that young people in the UK face a very uncertain financial future - largely characterised by soaring youth unemployment and the impending steep rise in tuition fees many face next year.”
“The idea behind this competition is to challenge perceptions of what is possible to achieve on a small budget and encourage entrants to think beyond being resourceful to prove just how imaginative and creative they can be with their money.”
‘The Fiver Challenge’ is now open for entries at www.facebook.com/thesite.org and closes on April 29th with the winner of each category announced on the May 16th.
Competition details and rules of entry can be found here.
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Media Enquiries:
For further information – or to arrange interviews – please contact Katy Miller at YouthNet on 020 7250 5716 or out-of-hours on 07766 660 755. Email media@youthnet.org
Notes to editors
•YouthNet is the UK’s first exclusively online charity and was founded by Martyn Lewis in 1995. It helps young people aged 16 to 25 make informed choices today for a brighter tomorrow by providing them with impartial information and support about anything and everything. YouthNet does this through three online services; the guide to life for 16 to 25 year-olds TheSite.org, the UK’s leading volunteering website Do-it and the first port of call for work, study and training advice Lifetracks.com.
•TheSite.org provides essential, straight-talking, anonymous advice to young people aged 16 to 25 about the issues affecting their lives
•During October 2010, 208,000 16 to 25 year-olds in the UK visited TheSite.org
•On average, TheSite.org answers 800 questions a month through a bespoke Q&A service (askTheSite). It includes an online community with 41,000 registered users plus a series of articles, blogs, podcasts and videos covering anything and everything relevant to 16 to 25 year-olds
•Launched in 1995, TheSite.org is now visited by around 800,000 unique users each month.
•Run by online charity YouthNet, Do-it (do-it.org.uk) hosts more than 1.6 million volunteering opportunities, searchable by postcode, plus articles and advice on finding the perfect role
•By the end of October 2010 649,774 volunteers were registered on Do-it and each month more than 50,000 opportunities are applied for through the site.
•YouthNet's Trustees are collectively responsible for setting the strategic direction and objectives of our organisation. They ensure that YouthNet operates within the legal and financial guidelines set out by law and are fulfilling the charity's objectives as set out in its constitution. They work closely with the Chief Executive and other senior staff in defining overall policy, setting targets and monitoring performance.
WCDB Had constant coverage of the election going, and Pat asked me to cover some of it as an impartial observer. It's a good thing that I'm the *only* one (it seems) without a radio show :)
It's really hard to get a shot of two people looking at a computer without being totally obtrusive... epic fail, I used flash! :)
This weeks Friday activity for the kids age 11-14 was Duct Tape Art! They each got a chance to design something unique using ten different colors of duct tape, and then once they were done their hard work was judged by an impartial librarian and the winners got to take home the extra rolls of duct tape as a reward!
On Monday, 28th October 2013, an audience of students, journalists, aid workers and diplomats gathered at the Alliance Francaise de Delhi to watch Access to the Danger Zone, a documentary film directed by Peter Casear and narrated by Daniel Day–Lewis. The film was part of an MSF film screening series being hosted in 10 cities across India by Alliance Francaise and was followed by a Q&A with Dr Unni and Benjamin Wahren, Deputy Head of Mission at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
With footage shot in three of the world’s most dangerous environments – Afghanistan, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the film portrayed the consequences of violence that civilians are forced to endure as well as the challenges that MSF and ICRC experience in reaching these victims and delivering medical aid. Through candid material of MSF and ICRC’s operational activities and interviews with key experts, the film highlighted the principles which guide MSF’s operations - impartiality, independence and neutrality.
Cpt. Joon Hong, Office of Staff Judge Advocate chief of administrative law, goes into detail of what conflicts of interest, and impartiality, one of the many talking points used in the mandatory Ethics Training Nov. 4 at the USAG-RC Theatre. — U.S. Army photo by Robert Haynes
St Bartholomew, Wesley Road, Armley, Leeds, 1872-78.
Monument to Benjamin Gott of Armley House (1762-1840)
By Joseph Gott (1785-1860), 1841.
The monument was shipped over from Joseph Gott's studios in Rome.
Endowed with talents to dignify every relation of life he maintained with inflexible uprightness the character of a merchant with impartial justice the office of a magistrate, and the unshaken confidence the warmth of friendship. He was always ready to promote the welfare of the town of Leeds and the advocates of its literary scientific charitable institutions found in him a judicious advisor and generous patron under the gifts of health prosperity and length of days. He exhibited the powers of divine courage in the pure benevolent and holy principle by which he sought to share his conduct and relying for salvation only on the merits of his redeemer. He calmly resigned his soul into the hands of a merciful creator on the 14th February in the 78th Year of his age. His remains are interred in a vault in this church.
This memorial was moved to here in 1890 from the old chapel which used to be in the present churchyard.
www.leodis.net/discovery/discovery.asp?page=2003219_34885...
Joseph Gott was the son of Benjamin Gott, a woollen manufacturer from Leeds. Joseph was apprenticed to John Flaxman between 1798 and 1802, he then entered the Royal Academy Schools in March 1805.
In 1822 Gott was sent to Rome on a pension from the painter Sir Thomas Lawrence, who also introduced him to Antonio Canova. Initially Gott was very successful, receiving numerous commissions from English visitors to Rome. He was particularly known for his terracotta groups and sensitive sculptures of children and animals.
However from 1838, Gott's practice went into decline following a cholera epidemic that stopped the flow of tourists. He also lost his children and his wife's memory was permanently damaged by the disease. Gott ceased making new work around 1845 and died in Rome in 1860.
accessibilité aux personnes handicapées Un bon point pour la préfecture à laon
Un bâtiment laonnois arrive en tête d'un classement sur l'accessibilité.
qui a obtenu la note de dix sur dix et les félicitations !
LE SITE INTERNET www.accessiblepourmoi.com/
a établi un classement des villes et de certaines préfectures ou sous-préfectures.
Et c'est la préfecture de Laon qui arrive en tête (ex æquo avec Melun) sur treize établissements visités
pour le moment.
L'association Mobilité réduite, à l'origine de cette action, ne se contente pas de consulter des documents et de recueillir des témoignages.
Entre début mai et fin novembre, les adhérents prennent leur voiture et viennent sur place pour voir comment les choses se passent réellement.
Ils visitent, incognito, des villes de toutes tailles et de tous bords politiques ou des établissements publics.
Une bonne surprise
Le président, Jean-Michel Royère, est venu lui-même constater comment cette administration située en ville haute accueille les personnes en situation de handicap.
Et il a eu une bonne surprise.
« Quand je suis arrivé devant la grille de la préfecture, j'ai vu le logo « handicap » sur les barrières.
On m'a ouvert et il y avait quatre places réservées à l'intérieur.
plusieurs places de stationnement réservées aux personnes à mobilité réduite ..
L'accès est facile, il y a un cheminement court et praticable, un accueil aux normes, des toilettes conformes...
Le service communication de la préfecture précise de son côté que des travaux sont réalisés depuis plusieurs années et que « le cheminement des accès au bâtiment Signier a été repris et le dallage refait.
Il y a un guichet surbaissé accessible au niveau de l'accueil général et les ascenseurs sont aux normes depuis 2008.
Un programme de travaux d'un montant de 70 000 €, d'une durée de 10 semaines, sera lancé en septembre. Chaque service (cartes grises, permis de conduire, bureau de la nationalité) disposera d'un guichet d'accueil surbaissé.
Ces guichets seront également dotés d'une boucle à induction magnétique permettant une communication adaptée entre les personnels d'accueil et les usagers malentendants ou non appareillés. »
Restera pour l'association à tester la ville.
Elle a prévu de le faire cet automne ou au printemps prochain. Mais impossible d'en savoir plus. « Afin de ne pas être influencé dans un sens ou dans l'autre et pour rester impartial, nous ne rencontrons ni élu, ni association.
C'est donc une photo à un instant T de la situation globale de la ville.
Si des travaux d'accessibilité conformes à l'esprit de la loi sont prévus ou en cours de réalisation, nous devrions normalement les constater la fois suivante. La note qui sera alors attribuée devrait donc progresser en conséquence.
C'est le but essentiel de nos audits incognito, mesurer la progression des collectivités territoriales en terme d'accessibilité. »
Préfecture de Laon (02010) Picardie > Aisne (02)
2 rue Paul Doumer
02010 Laon CEDEX 9
+33 3 23 21 82 82
courrier @ aisne.pref.gouv.fr
Très pratique
Cabine photo universelle La seule cabine photo, conçue pour être accessible à tous!
Malentendants
Malvoyants
Handicapés en fauteuil
conçue pour être accessible à tous!
Malentendants Malvoyants Handicapés en fauteuil ...
Deadwood became known for its lawlessness; murders were common, and justice for murders not always fair and impartial. The town attained further notoriety when gunman Wild Bill Hickok was killed on August 2, 1876.
This weeks Friday activity for the kids age 11-14 was Duct Tape Art! They each got a chance to design something unique using ten different colors of duct tape, and then once they were done their hard work was judged by an impartial librarian and the winners got to take home the extra rolls of duct tape as a reward!
Maharaja: The Splendour of India’s Royal Courts at the AGO © Linda Dawn Hammond / IndyFoto.com 10, His Royal Highness Y.S. Mandhatasinhji of Rajkot, in the Nehru jacket, proudly poses with the vehicle, as he speaks about its significance. The unique saffron-coloured 1934 Rolls Royce Phantom II, custom-built for His Highness Thakore Sahib Dharmendrasinhji Lakhajiraj of Rajkot, on loan from his great-grandson His Excellency Y.S. Mandhatasinhji of Rajkot. The Rajkot state crest appeared on the doors and side windows along with the motto “Dharmi praja raja,” meaning “An impartial ruler of men of all faiths.” Press conference, November 16, 2010.
Today, we look at the survivor of Amazon shipping disaster, Transformers Earthrise: Snapdragon.
Snapdragon is the second of two Horrorcons to be reimagined by Hasbro/Takara for the modern age of Transformers., with the other being Apeface who was released as part of the Siege lineup in Fall 2019. While the personality of the pair different depending on the continuity, this much remains constant - this pair of Decepticons are Headmaster Triplechangers, with questionable animal modes.
Like with Apeface, this iteration of the character brings that G1 nostalgia along with improvements to the actual engineering behind the toy, and updated Technobabble. Instead of a Headmaster, the little figure is called a Titan Master, but is still named Krunk after the G1 character. The overall shape of the figure, colours, alt modes, face, and so on are instantaneous recognizable to us Old Timers
I keep forgetting to mention this, but in addition to the figure and weapons, each box has a "decoder strip" which is a throwback to the G1 toy days, where you'd put a red piece of plastic up against the Tech Specs on the back of the box to get the characters vital stats. These days, it's used to decode some message that I believe unlocks stuff on a website.
As far as I can tell, Snapdragon is the first use of this particular mould, which is always nice. Two of the biggest issues I had with Apeface appear to be resolved here. The first being that Apeface had no waist, which is absolutely insane for a Voyager sized figure in this day and age. The other problem was that for some reason the plastic quality was inferior to the rest of the Siege line, which is not the case anymore. Plastics feel stiffer and aren't a pearl finish, which overall seems to allow for better tolerances, as well as the detailing on the figure to actually show up.
There is technically a third point, but that's with the Battle Damage paint apps. Some people like them. Some people don't. I'm impartial.
Articulation and range of motion on Snapdragon are pretty much what you'd expect (ankles, knees, thigh twist, hip, waist, shoulders, forearm pivot, and head - there is no useful wrist articulation). So, again you'll get your run of the mill action poses, but with a toy that do something other than stand around and look pretty).
Paint work is... alright. Smaller figure and lower price point means fewer apps as compared to Doubledealer whom I looked at last. It's serviceable, and honestly with no real official art work or Takara version to tell me otherwise, I can only presume that this is the artistic vision of the figure come to life.
When it comes to a Transformer, build quality is always the biggest thing as poor QC can result in a warped looking figure or misaligned limbs, and in the past this has always been an issue when talking about Hasbro vs Takara. Well, if this unified product thing has done one thing right, it's that I find despite having more complicated transformations and more moving parts, I find that the figures hold together much better than before, and the joints/finishes on the piece generally aren't bad either.
Transformation to Jet mode and then Dragon mode are fairly intuitive, especially compared to Apeface. At the end of the day, while I like stupidly complicated transformations, if a simple one can get the job done, so be it. On the whole, it's pretty typical for a Voyager size figure. After all they can't all be as intricate as Springer.
That about does it for Snapdragon. I was worried he would disappoint me as much as Apeface did, but I'm glad that money was put towards addressing the biggest issues that I had with that release. An easy recommend if you're into Headmasters and if, like me, you never got around to playing with one in the 80s.
At this time, I still have the two Arcee's on preorder (which are way late), and still no ability to preorder Sky Lynx and Scorponok. It's been a very strange year to say the least, but I would have thought I would have had the ability to at least preorder things.
Oh well... things will happen when the time is right. Besides, I've got a bunch of other things to tinker with in the meantime.
Narrator: "In olden days, guilt was often decided by trial by ordeal. The accused was bound and thrown in a lake. If he sank, he was guilty. If he floated, he was innocent. Was this fair and impartial
justice? They thought it was."
accessibilité aux personnes handicapées Un bon point pour la préfecture à laon
Un bâtiment laonnois arrive en tête d'un classement sur l'accessibilité.
qui a obtenu la note de dix sur dix et les félicitations !
LE SITE INTERNET www.accessiblepourmoi.com/
a établi un classement des villes et de certaines préfectures ou sous-préfectures.
Et c'est la préfecture de Laon qui arrive en tête (ex æquo avec Melun) sur treize établissements visités
pour le moment.
L'association Mobilité réduite, à l'origine de cette action, ne se contente pas de consulter des documents et de recueillir des témoignages.
Entre début mai et fin novembre, les adhérents prennent leur voiture et viennent sur place pour voir comment les choses se passent réellement.
Ils visitent, incognito, des villes de toutes tailles et de tous bords politiques ou des établissements publics.
Une bonne surprise
Le président, Jean-Michel Royère, est venu lui-même constater comment cette administration située en ville haute accueille les personnes en situation de handicap.
Et il a eu une bonne surprise.
« Quand je suis arrivé devant la grille de la préfecture, j'ai vu le logo « handicap » sur les barrières.
On m'a ouvert et il y avait quatre places réservées à l'intérieur.
plusieurs places de stationnement réservées aux personnes à mobilité réduite ..
L'accès est facile, il y a un cheminement court et praticable, un accueil aux normes, des toilettes conformes...
Le service communication de la préfecture précise de son côté que des travaux sont réalisés depuis plusieurs années et que « le cheminement des accès au bâtiment Signier a été repris et le dallage refait.
Il y a un guichet surbaissé accessible au niveau de l'accueil général et les ascenseurs sont aux normes depuis 2008.
Un programme de travaux d'un montant de 70 000 €, d'une durée de 10 semaines, sera lancé en septembre. Chaque service (cartes grises, permis de conduire, bureau de la nationalité) disposera d'un guichet d'accueil surbaissé.
Ces guichets seront également dotés d'une boucle à induction magnétique permettant une communication adaptée entre les personnels d'accueil et les usagers malentendants ou non appareillés. »
Restera pour l'association à tester la ville.
Elle a prévu de le faire cet automne ou au printemps prochain. Mais impossible d'en savoir plus. « Afin de ne pas être influencé dans un sens ou dans l'autre et pour rester impartial, nous ne rencontrons ni élu, ni association.
C'est donc une photo à un instant T de la situation globale de la ville.
Si des travaux d'accessibilité conformes à l'esprit de la loi sont prévus ou en cours de réalisation, nous devrions normalement les constater la fois suivante. La note qui sera alors attribuée devrait donc progresser en conséquence.
C'est le but essentiel de nos audits incognito, mesurer la progression des collectivités territoriales en terme d'accessibilité. »
Préfecture de Laon (02010) Picardie > Aisne (02)
2 rue Paul Doumer
02010 Laon CEDEX 9
+33 3 23 21 82 82
courrier @ aisne.pref.gouv.fr
Très pratique
Cabine photo universelle La seule cabine photo, conçue pour être accessible à tous!
Malentendants
Malvoyants
Handicapés en fauteuil
conçue pour être accessible à tous!
Malentendants Malvoyants Handicapés en fauteuil ...
17th century chapel
It is placed on the wild coast, and is a jewel of our religious heritage. Thanks to the action of the association, it can be often open and very many visitors, hikers (the chapel is located on the edge of the GR 34), and tourists can thus gather there for a few moments.
The chapel is open every day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., from Palm Sunday to All Saints' Day and during the Christmas holidays. Outside these periods, the chapel is open every Sunday.
This small chapel isolated on the moor a few steps from a superb coast attracts many visitors.
But it is not alone: a Gallic stele stands not far from the entrance and a fountain, visible along the coastal path, attest to the antiquity of a cult at this location. Moreover, the water from the spring is always supposed to cure rheumatism and eye diseases. This heptagonal Iron Age stele was reused as a cross stand.
Note that it bears an inscription engraved on one of the sides:
TP ST GONVEL 1757.
The spring water is captured by a fountain just before flowing into the sea. It is likely that it was Christianized by the presence of a cross long before the chapel was built.
This chapel, built in 1785, was able to replace an older one. She was traditionally the goal of a Pardon of the Sea.
The interior is very sober
Two polychrome statues dominate the altar. On the left, Saint Samson wears the episcopal mitre.
Of all the many monks who came from the British Isles in the 6th century to evangelize Brittany, Saint Samson is one of the few who are well attested by history since he signed the acts of the Council of Paris around 555.1
Originally from Wales, and pupil of Saint Ildut who gave his name to Lanildut, he would have landed in Plougasnou, in the north of Finistère, where the foundation of the monastery of Lanmeur is attributed to him. He had been ordained a bishop, without a bishopric, before coming to the continent. Appointed Bishop of Dol by King Childebert 1st, he died there around the year 565. His influence throughout Brittany was such that many localities or Breton religious buildings bear his name. It is not impossible that he came to see his friend Ildut in the Pays d'Iroise.
Two other statues catch the eye in this chapel
On the left wall, Saint Isidore, the modest Spanish plowman, represents a model of a peasant who is both hardworking and very pious.
To the right of the altar, Saint Yves is dressed as a magistrate. His gaze directed towards the litigants shows them his listening while with his raised hands, he indicates to them his impartiality 2 during his judgments.
We will also take a look at the modern stained glass windows dating from 1993. On the left, Saint Anne, the mother of the Virgin, with her daughter. On the right, Saint Samson, whose bishop's crozier can be seen, heals a patient.
Ultimately, a small, modest chapel full of charm, located in an environment that is both wild and grandiose, which gives it all the qualities of a real postcard subject.
Sources: www.chapelleslandunvez.fr/
Today, we look at the survivor of Amazon shipping disaster, Transformers Earthrise: Snapdragon.
Snapdragon is the second of two Horrorcons to be reimagined by Hasbro/Takara for the modern age of Transformers., with the other being Apeface who was released as part of the Siege lineup in Fall 2019. While the personality of the pair different depending on the continuity, this much remains constant - this pair of Decepticons are Headmaster Triplechangers, with questionable animal modes.
Like with Apeface, this iteration of the character brings that G1 nostalgia along with improvements to the actual engineering behind the toy, and updated Technobabble. Instead of a Headmaster, the little figure is called a Titan Master, but is still named Krunk after the G1 character. The overall shape of the figure, colours, alt modes, face, and so on are instantaneous recognizable to us Old Timers
I keep forgetting to mention this, but in addition to the figure and weapons, each box has a "decoder strip" which is a throwback to the G1 toy days, where you'd put a red piece of plastic up against the Tech Specs on the back of the box to get the characters vital stats. These days, it's used to decode some message that I believe unlocks stuff on a website.
As far as I can tell, Snapdragon is the first use of this particular mould, which is always nice. Two of the biggest issues I had with Apeface appear to be resolved here. The first being that Apeface had no waist, which is absolutely insane for a Voyager sized figure in this day and age. The other problem was that for some reason the plastic quality was inferior to the rest of the Siege line, which is not the case anymore. Plastics feel stiffer and aren't a pearl finish, which overall seems to allow for better tolerances, as well as the detailing on the figure to actually show up.
There is technically a third point, but that's with the Battle Damage paint apps. Some people like them. Some people don't. I'm impartial.
Articulation and range of motion on Snapdragon are pretty much what you'd expect (ankles, knees, thigh twist, hip, waist, shoulders, forearm pivot, and head - there is no useful wrist articulation). So, again you'll get your run of the mill action poses, but with a toy that do something other than stand around and look pretty).
Paint work is... alright. Smaller figure and lower price point means fewer apps as compared to Doubledealer whom I looked at last. It's serviceable, and honestly with no real official art work or Takara version to tell me otherwise, I can only presume that this is the artistic vision of the figure come to life.
When it comes to a Transformer, build quality is always the biggest thing as poor QC can result in a warped looking figure or misaligned limbs, and in the past this has always been an issue when talking about Hasbro vs Takara. Well, if this unified product thing has done one thing right, it's that I find despite having more complicated transformations and more moving parts, I find that the figures hold together much better than before, and the joints/finishes on the piece generally aren't bad either.
Transformation to Jet mode and then Dragon mode are fairly intuitive, especially compared to Apeface. At the end of the day, while I like stupidly complicated transformations, if a simple one can get the job done, so be it. On the whole, it's pretty typical for a Voyager size figure. After all they can't all be as intricate as Springer.
That about does it for Snapdragon. I was worried he would disappoint me as much as Apeface did, but I'm glad that money was put towards addressing the biggest issues that I had with that release. An easy recommend if you're into Headmasters and if, like me, you never got around to playing with one in the 80s.
At this time, I still have the two Arcee's on preorder (which are way late), and still no ability to preorder Sky Lynx and Scorponok. It's been a very strange year to say the least, but I would have thought I would have had the ability to at least preorder things.
Oh well... things will happen when the time is right. Besides, I've got a bunch of other things to tinker with in the meantime.
Here I am sporting the Western Washington University t-shirt my daughter gave me sitting next to my son, Josh, in his Central sweatshirt.
Image from "The Parties and The Men, or, Political Issues of 1896 ... The Issues of the Day Impartially Reviewed."
Contrast digitally enhanced.
This weeks Friday activity for the kids age 11-14 was Duct Tape Art! They each got a chance to design something unique using ten different colors of duct tape, and then once they were done their hard work was judged by an impartial librarian and the winners got to take home the extra rolls of duct tape as a reward!
"Contemplation of Justice" Statue on the Supreme Court Plaza by James Earle Fraser. In this sculpture, a seated female figure reflects on a small figure of Justice that she holds in her right hand. The figure of Justice is blindfolded and cradles a set of scales in her arms.
The portrayal of a female figure representing Justice dates back to depicitions of Themis and Justicia in ancient mythology. Themis, known for her clear-sightedness, was the Greek Goddess of Justice and Law. In Roman mythology, Justicia (Justice) was one of the four Virtues along with Prudence, Fortitude, and Temperence.
Over time "Justice" became associated with scales to represent impartiality and a sword to symbolize power. During the 16th century 'Justice" was often portrayed with a blindfold. The origins of the blindfold is unclear, but it seems to have been added to indicate the tolerance of, or ignorance to, abuse of the law by the judicial system. Today, the blindfold is generally accepted as a symbol of impartiality, but may be used to signify these other traits in political cartoons.
This weeks Friday activity for the kids age 11-14 was Duct Tape Art! They each got a chance to design something unique using ten different colors of duct tape, and then once they were done their hard work was judged by an impartial librarian and the winners got to take home the extra rolls of duct tape as a reward!
This weeks Friday activity for the kids age 11-14 was Duct Tape Art! They each got a chance to design something unique using ten different colors of duct tape, and then once they were done their hard work was judged by an impartial librarian and the winners got to take home the extra rolls of duct tape as a reward!
Maharaja: The Splendour of India’s Royal Courts at the AGO © Linda Dawn Hammond / IndyFoto.com 10, the unique saffron-coloured 1934 Rolls Royce Phantom II, custom-built for His Highness Thakore Sahib Dharmendrasinhji Lakhajiraj of Rajkot, on loan from his great-grandson His Excellency Y.S. Mandhatasinhji of Rajkot. The Rajkot state crest appeared on the doors and side windows along with the motto “Dharmi praja raja,” meaning “An impartial ruler of men of all faiths.” press conference, November 16, 2010.
Gerard or Gerard Sagredo (Hungarian: Gellért; Italian: Gerardo di Sagredo; Latin: Gerardus; 23 April 977/1000 – 24 September 1046) was the first bishop of Csanád in the Kingdom of Hungary from around 1030 to his death. Most information about his life was preserved in his legends which contain most conventional elements of medieval biographies of saints. He was born in a Venetian noble family, associated with the Sagredos or Morosinis in sources written centuries later. After a serious illness, he was sent to the Benedictine San Giorgio Monastery at the age of five. He received excellent monastic education and also learnt grammar, music, philosophy and law.
He left Venice for a pilgrimage to the Holy Land around 1020, but a storm compelled him to break his journey near Istria. He decided to visit the Kingdom of Hungary. Maurus, bishop of Pécs, and Stephen I of Hungary convinced him not to continue his pilgrimage, emphasizing that Gerard's preachings could accelerate the conversion of the Hungarians. Gerard was made the tutor of the king's son and heir, Emeric. Before long, Gerard went to the Bakony Hills to live as a hermit near Bakonybél. Stephen I made him bishop of the newly established Diocese of Csanád (encompassing present-day Banat in Serbia, Romania and Hungary) around 1030. Benedictine monks who could speak Hungarian helped him to preach among the local inhabitants.
Sources
Most information of Gerard was not preserved in impartial sources, but in his hagiographies. The Short Life of Saint Gerard, which was composed around 1100, is an abridgement of an earlier biography. The earlier biography did not survive. The Short Life primarily presents Gerard as a bishop. The majority of scholars regard the Short Life the most reliable source of Gerard's life.
The Long Life of Saint Gerard is a compilation of multiple sources, including the biography that the author of the shorter legend had also utilized. The Long Life was completed in the late 13th century or in the 14th century. It was regarded as a source of absolute reliability for centuries, but this view radically changed in the 20th century. György Györffy even stated that the Long Life was a forgery. Historian Gábor Klaniczay also emphasizes that the longer legend contains obviously anachronistic elements. On the other hand, Carlile Aylmer Macartney says that the Long Life preserved the original form of Gerard's earliest (now lost) biography.
Gerard's own work, the Deliberatio supra hymnum trium puerorum also contain references to his life. Simon of Kéza's chronicle and the Illuminated Chronicle preserved fragments from the common source of Gerard's two Lives. A 13th-century rhymed version (or chant) of Gerard's legend was also preserved, but it does not contain more information than the Short Life.
Family and youth
Gerard's Long Life dedicates two chapters to his family and childhood. Conventional elements of medieval hagiographies abound in both chapters, suggesting that the author borrowed many motives from other legends, especially from the Life of Saint Adalbert of Prague. Gerard was born in Venice in a noble family. The noble origin of saintly hermits was often emphasized in their legends.
The identification of Gerard's family is uncertain. An expanded version of Petrus de Natalibus's Catalogue of Saints, which was published in 1516, identified Gerard as a member of the Sagredo family. Although the family was granted Venetian nobility only in the 14th century, some scholars (including Fabio Banfi) accept the Sagredos' claim to their kinship with Saint Gerard. Historian László Szegfű says that Gerard was actually a Morosini.
Gerard's father, who was also named Gerard, and mother, Catherine, had awaited his birth for three years. They baptised their son George because he was born on the feast of Saint George (23 April). The year of his birth is unknown, but he was born between around 977 and 1000. He was renamed in the memory of his father who died during a pilgrimage or journey (anachronistically mentioned in Gerard's Long Life as a crusade).
Ecclesiastic career
At the age of five, Gerard was taken seriously ill. His recovery was attributed to the prayers of the Benedictine monks of the San Giorgio Monastery in Venice. His family soon sent him to the monastery, offering him to spiritual life. Gerard took the "religious cloth" and was educated in the monastery. He could read and write and knew the basic elements of arithmetic. His Long Life emphasizes that Gerard strictly observed the rules of monastic life and wore coarse cloths to "mortify his body". He also studied the "words of the prophets and the speeches of the Orthodox apostles". The use of certain expressions (including dux verbi, or "leader of the Word") suggests that Gerard read Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite in Greek.
After the founding abbot of the monastery, John Morosini, died in 1012, Gerard was appointed prior to administer the monastery until the new abbot, Guglielmo, was elected. Guglielmo sent Gerard to "Bologna" to study grammar, music, philosophy and law. Gerard mentioned his stay in Gaul, where he read Plato, suggesting that the original version of the Long Life or its source referred to his studies in Burgundy instead of Bologna. Gerard returned to the San Giorgio Monastery five years later. His Long Life writes that Gerard was made abbot although he had been opposed to his election. No information about his activities as abbot was preserved in the sources, implying that he actually never held that office.
Gerard left for a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. According to his Long Life, he wanted to follow the example of Saint Jerome. Modern historians say that internal strifes (armed conflicts between the Orseolos and their opponents) compelled him to leave the town around 1018 or 1021. A storm forced him to seek refuge in a Benedictine monastery on an island near Istria. In the monastery, he met one Rasina. Historian György Györffy associates Rasina with Radla, a close companion of Adalbert of Prague; László Mezey writes that Rasina was the abbot of the Saint Martin Monastery in Lussino. Rasina persuaded Gerard to accompany him to Hungary, saying that "nowhere else in the world could one find today a more suitable place to win souls for the Lord". The conversion of the Hungarians had started in the 970s, but it accelerated only around 1000. The systematic organization of the Church began during the reign of the first king of Hungary, Stephen I of Hungary, who was crowned on the first day the new millennium.
Royal tutor and hermit
A bearded crowned man wearing a lance and the orb and cross
Portrayal of Stephen I of Hungary who convinced Gerard to stay in Hungary instead of travelling to the Holy Land
Gerard and Rasina visited Zara, Knin and Senj before reaching Pécs in Hungary. Gerard met Maurus, bishop of Pécs, and Anastasius, Abbot of Pécsvárad, in Pécs. The two prelates wanted to persuade Gerard to stay in Hungary, stating that "God's will" had brought him to the country. After Gerard gave sermons in their presence, Maurus and Anastasius stated that he was a "master of the word", declaring that such a cleric had never visited Hungary.
Maurus and Anastasius convinced Gerard, who wanted to continue his pilgrimage to the Holy Land, to meet King Stephen I in Székesfehérvár. During their meeting, the king emphasized that his realm was the most suitable place for Gerard "to serve God", promising that he would authorize Gerard to preach anywhere in Hungary. Stephen I even threatened Gerard that he would not allow him to continue his journey to Jerusalem, but also alluding that he would make Gerard bishop. Finally, Gerard accepted Stephen's proposal and decided to stay in Hungary. Before long, on the Feast of the Assumption (15 August), Gerard gave a sermon in honor of the "Woman clothed with the Sun", which was the first recorded sign of the cult of Virgin Mary in Hungary. According to Macartney, the description of Gerard's journey to Hungary and his meetings with the two prelates and the king were incorporated into the Long Life based on a nearly contemporaneous report, but they contain evidently imaginary details, such as the conversations between Gerard and Stephen I.
Gerard was made the tutor of Stephen's son and heir, Emeric. Gerard's role as the crown prince's tutor was only mentioned in the Long Life, implying that this was only an invention by the hagiographer who wanted to create a strong connection between the three most important saints of the early Kingdom of Hungary, but the story is not surely invented. Szegfű writes that Gerard may have influenced Stephen's Admonitions to Emeric. László Mezey proposes that Gerard was only responsible for the spiritual education of Emeric.
After Emeric's education was completed, Gerard settled in the Bakony Hills to live as a hermit near Bakonybél, at a place where the saintly Gunther of Bohemia had lived. Szegfű says that Gerard's withdrawal from the royal court was the consequence of the arrival of the family of the Doge Otto Orseolo to Hungary around 1024. During the following years, Gerard built a chapel at the foot of a hill, and wrote theological studies and homilies (which were later lost). He referred to the commentaries that he had written to the Epistle to the Hebrews and to the Prologue to the Gospel of John. Gerard lived as a hermit for seven years, which suggests that he must have spent several years in the Bakony Hills even if the author of his legend only invented the symbolic number seven.
Bishop of Csanád
A powerful chieftain, Ajtony, ruled the region near the rivers Tisza, Danube and Mureș in the early 11th century. He was baptised according to the "Greek rite" and settled "Greek" (or Byzantine) monks in his seat on the Mureș. After Ajtony began taxing the salt carried on the Mureș, Stephen I of Hungary sent the royal army against him under the command of Csanád, who had previously been Ajtony's commander. Csanád defeated and killed Ajtony whose domain was transformed into a county. Ajtony's seat was renamed for Csanád.
After the conquest of Ajtony's territory, Stephen I summoned Gerard from his hermitage and made him bishop of the newly established Diocese of Csanád. László Mezey says that the king appointed Gerard to administer the diocese because Gerard's knowledge of the Greek language and the Byzantine theological ideas enabled him to preach in a territory where Greek priests had up to that time proselytized. The Annales Posonienses recorded that "Gerard was consecrated bishop" in 1030, but the reliability of this date was not accepted by all historians. The king appointed twelve monks from the Benedictine monasteries in Hungary to accompany Gerard to his see. Seven of the twelve monks who could speak Hungarian were tasked with interpreting for Gerard among Ajtony's former subjects. The Greek monks who had arrived during Ajtony's rule were transferred from Csanád to a monastery newly established at Oroszlámos (present-day Banatsko Aranđelovo in Serbia), and their former monastery was granted to the Benedictines.
Gerard and the Benedictine monks shared a house and he forbade them to leave it without his authorization. The monks were required to be present for the morning service and to wear monastic costume. Gerard continued to wear the habits of a hermit (cilice or goat skins) and spent days in solitude in the forests near his see. His legend also writes that he often "took the axe" to cut woods to "mortify his flesh" and to help to "those who had to do this work".
Gerard was a missionary bishop, tasked with the conversion of the pagan inhabitants of his diocese. His Long Life writes that people came to Gerard, "noblemen and commoners, rich and poor", asking him to baptize them "in the name of the Holy Trinity". They brought horses, cattle, sheep, carpets, rings and necklaces to give them to the bishop. The Long Life credits Gerard with the building of churches "for every city" in his diocese to serve the growing number of believers. Although the Long Life attributes the establishment of the archdeaconries of Gerard's diocese to him, most scholars regard this statement as a clear anachronism. Gerard regularly visited Stephen. During a travel from Csanád to the royal court in Székesfehérvár or Esztergom, he and one of his clerics, Walther, stayed in a manor where a slave woman was singing while making flour on a grinder. Gerard referred to the music as the "symphonia Ungarorum" (or "drum of the Hungarians"), associating the sound of the grinder with a drum roll. Being touched by her cheerfulness while making a hard work, Gerard gave the woman precious gifts.
Stephen I died on 15 August 1038. His nephew, the Venetian Peter Orseolo mounted the throne, but he was dethroned in 1041. Peter's successor, Samuel Aba, had many lords executed. He visited Csanád, asking Gerard to put a crown on his head during the mass on Resurrection Sunday. He refused Aba, but the bishops who accompanied the king to Csanád, performed the coronation. Gerard went to the pulpit, declaring that the "sword of vengeance will descend" upon Aba's head in three years, because he had gained the kingdom by deceit. The credibility of the report of the Long Life of Aba's visit in Gerard's see is subject to scholarly debates.
Martyrdom
The Holy Roman Emperor, Henry III, invaded Hungary and defeated Aba in the Battle of Ménfő in 1044. Peter Orseolo was restored, but his rule was unpopular, because he favored his German and Italian retaineers.
Gerard's martyrdom took place on 24 September 1046, during the Vata pagan uprising. His co-martyrs were Bystrik and Buldus. There are various accounts of his death. According to one, he was stoned, pierced with a lance, and his body thrown from the Blocksberg cliff into the Danube. An alternate account claims that he was placed on a two-wheel cart, hauled to the hilltop and rolled down a hill of Buda, now named Gellert Hill, then still being alive at the bottom, was beaten to death. Other unverified tales report him as being put into a spiked barrel and rolled down the hill during a mass revolt of pagans.
Canonized in 1083, along with St. Stephen and St. Emeric, Gerard is currently one of the patron saints of Hungary. His feast day is 24 September.
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ExPiano : dernier Week-end
Lancé le week-end dernier, le dernier projet de l’association gisorsienne Plein Ph’art propose une exposition pour le moins originale, dans l’enceinte de l’église de Saint-Clair-sur-Epte. Baptisée « ExPiano », elle présente – comme son nom l’indique, des pianos – mais détournés et revisités par des artistes en tout genre. A l’origine de l’aventure, le professionnel Nicolas Dumas – réparateur, vendeur, accordeur à Montagny-en-Vexin – et membre de l’association, a fait don d’un « cimetière » de 14 instruments. Mis entre les mains des sculpteurs, peintres, plasticiens amis ou invités par Plein Ph’Art, ils reprennent vie sous de nouvelles formes, selon l’imagination des artistes.
A l’église de Saint-Clair, en partenariat avec la municipalité, les œuvres sont mises en valeur dans un cadre spacieux et de caractère. Pour ce second week-end, après la prestation toujours remarquée du détonnant Gee jazz band, l’exposition s’achèvera également en musique, avec cette fois-ci un concert classique (15 heures, payant), autour de l’œuvre de Chopin et de ses contemporains.
Le 17-18 avril à l’église de Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, de 14 heures à 19 heures.
Légende de la photo : Comme prévu, la nouvelle exposition de Plein Ph’art étonne autant qu’elle enchante, là encore particulièrement bien mise en valeur dans un cadre prestigieux
Today, we look at the survivor of Amazon shipping disaster, Transformers Earthrise: Snapdragon.
Snapdragon is the second of two Horrorcons to be reimagined by Hasbro/Takara for the modern age of Transformers., with the other being Apeface who was released as part of the Siege lineup in Fall 2019. While the personality of the pair different depending on the continuity, this much remains constant - this pair of Decepticons are Headmaster Triplechangers, with questionable animal modes.
Like with Apeface, this iteration of the character brings that G1 nostalgia along with improvements to the actual engineering behind the toy, and updated Technobabble. Instead of a Headmaster, the little figure is called a Titan Master, but is still named Krunk after the G1 character. The overall shape of the figure, colours, alt modes, face, and so on are instantaneous recognizable to us Old Timers
I keep forgetting to mention this, but in addition to the figure and weapons, each box has a "decoder strip" which is a throwback to the G1 toy days, where you'd put a red piece of plastic up against the Tech Specs on the back of the box to get the characters vital stats. These days, it's used to decode some message that I believe unlocks stuff on a website.
As far as I can tell, Snapdragon is the first use of this particular mould, which is always nice. Two of the biggest issues I had with Apeface appear to be resolved here. The first being that Apeface had no waist, which is absolutely insane for a Voyager sized figure in this day and age. The other problem was that for some reason the plastic quality was inferior to the rest of the Siege line, which is not the case anymore. Plastics feel stiffer and aren't a pearl finish, which overall seems to allow for better tolerances, as well as the detailing on the figure to actually show up.
There is technically a third point, but that's with the Battle Damage paint apps. Some people like them. Some people don't. I'm impartial.
Articulation and range of motion on Snapdragon are pretty much what you'd expect (ankles, knees, thigh twist, hip, waist, shoulders, forearm pivot, and head - there is no useful wrist articulation). So, again you'll get your run of the mill action poses, but with a toy that do something other than stand around and look pretty).
Paint work is... alright. Smaller figure and lower price point means fewer apps as compared to Doubledealer whom I looked at last. It's serviceable, and honestly with no real official art work or Takara version to tell me otherwise, I can only presume that this is the artistic vision of the figure come to life.
When it comes to a Transformer, build quality is always the biggest thing as poor QC can result in a warped looking figure or misaligned limbs, and in the past this has always been an issue when talking about Hasbro vs Takara. Well, if this unified product thing has done one thing right, it's that I find despite having more complicated transformations and more moving parts, I find that the figures hold together much better than before, and the joints/finishes on the piece generally aren't bad either.
Transformation to Jet mode and then Dragon mode are fairly intuitive, especially compared to Apeface. At the end of the day, while I like stupidly complicated transformations, if a simple one can get the job done, so be it. On the whole, it's pretty typical for a Voyager size figure. After all they can't all be as intricate as Springer.
That about does it for Snapdragon. I was worried he would disappoint me as much as Apeface did, but I'm glad that money was put towards addressing the biggest issues that I had with that release. An easy recommend if you're into Headmasters and if, like me, you never got around to playing with one in the 80s.
At this time, I still have the two Arcee's on preorder (which are way late), and still no ability to preorder Sky Lynx and Scorponok. It's been a very strange year to say the least, but I would have thought I would have had the ability to at least preorder things.
Oh well... things will happen when the time is right. Besides, I've got a bunch of other things to tinker with in the meantime.
"The observation of others is coloured by our inability to observe ourselves impartially. We can never be impartial about anything until we can be impartial about our own organism."
-A. R. Orage
Self portraits of self-discovery - "My last night in New York city" - October 2005
This weeks Friday activity for the kids age 11-14 was Duct Tape Art! They each got a chance to design something unique using ten different colors of duct tape, and then once they were done their hard work was judged by an impartial librarian and the winners got to take home the extra rolls of duct tape as a reward!
John C. Spooner (1843-1919), U.S. Senator from Wisconsin.
Image from "The Parties and The Men, or, Political Issues of 1896 ... The Issues of the Day Impartially Reviewed."
Contrast digitally enhanced.
A photograph of Robert Gardiner.
Born in Scotland, Gardiner settled in the Excel region of eastern Alberta in 1909, raising grain and purebred horses. Two months after arriving, he joined UFA, and became active in political affairs. In the 1921 federal election, Gardiner was elected Member of Parliament for Medicine Hat with the UFA backed Progressive Party of Canada party; he became the house leader of the UFA caucus. He was reelected in 1925 and then again in 1926 as a candidate for the United Farmers of Alberta. As a politician, he lobbied for the retention of the Crows Nest Pass Agreement and led an investigation into corruption in the hydro industry. In 1931, while still in parliament, Gardiner was elected UFA president. Defeated in the 1935 federal election, Gardiner presided over UFA's departure from politics in 1939. Known for his fairness and impartiality Gardiner turned the organization from politics to advocacy and marketing. He died shortly after retiring as UFA chairman in 1945.
To see more historic UFA materials, visit the United Farmers Historical Society at archives.ufa.com.
He is one who never inflicts pain. This description is both refined and, as far as it goes, accurate. He is mainly occupied in merely removing the obstacles which hinder the free and unembarrassed action of those about him; and he concurs with their movements rather than takes the initiative himself. His benefits may be considered as parallel to what are called comforts or conveniences in arrangements of a personal nature; like an easy chair or a good fire, which do their part in dispelling cold and fatigue, though nature provides both means of rest and animal heat without them. The true gentleman in like manner carefully avoids whatever may cause a jar or a jolt in the minds of those with whom he is cast --- all clashing of opinion, or collision of feeling, all restraint, or suspicion, or gloom, or resentment; his great concern being to make every one at his ease and at home. He has his eyes on all his company; he is tender towards the bashful, gentle towards the distant, and merciful towards the absurd; he can recollect to whom he is speaking; he guards against unseasonable allusions, or topics which may irritate; he is seldom prominent in conversation, and never wearisome. He makes light of favors while he does them, and seems to be receiving when he is conferring. He never speaks of himself except when compelled, never defends himself by a mere retort; he has no ears for slander or gossip, is scrupulous in imputing motives to those who interfere with him, and interprets everything for the best. He is never mean or little in his disputes, never takes unfair advantage, never mistakes personalities or sharp saying for arguments, or insinuates evil which he dare not say out. From a long-sighted prudence, he observes the maxim of the ancient sage, that we should ever conduct ourselves towards our enemy as if he were one day to be our friend. He has too much good sense to be affronted at insults, he is too well employed to remember injuries, and too indolent to bear malice. He is patient, forbearing, and resigned, on philosophical principles; he submits to pain, because it is inevitable, to bereavement, because it is irreparable, and to death, because it is his destiny.
If he engages in controversy of any kind, his disciplined intellect preserves him from the blundering discourtesy of better, perhaps, but less educated minds; who, like blunt weapons, tear and hack instead of cutting clean, who mistake the point in argument, waste their strength on trifles, misconceive their adversary, and leave the question more involved than they find it. He may be right or wrong in his opinion, but he is too clear-headed to be unjust; he is as simple as he is forcible, and as brief as he is decisive. Nowhere shall we find greater candor, consideration, indulgence: he throws himself into the minds of his opponents, he accounts for their mistakes. He knows the weakness of human reason as well as its strength, its province and its limits.
If he be an unbeliever, he will be too profound and large-minded to ridicule religion or to act against it; he is too wise to be a dogmatist or fanatic in his infidelity. He respects piety and devotion; he even supports institutions as venerable, beautiful, or useful, to which he does not assent; he honors the ministers of religion, and it contents him to decline its mysteries without assailing or denouncing them. He is a friend of religious toleration, and that, not only because his philosophy has taught him to look on all forms of faith with an impartial eye, but also from the gentleness and effeminacy of feeling, which is the attendant on civilization
This weeks Friday activity for the kids age 11-14 was Duct Tape Art! They each got a chance to design something unique using ten different colors of duct tape, and then once they were done their hard work was judged by an impartial librarian and the winners got to take home the extra rolls of duct tape as a reward!
accessibilité aux personnes handicapées Un bon point pour la préfecture à laon
Un bâtiment laonnois arrive en tête d'un classement sur l'accessibilité.
qui a obtenu la note de dix sur dix et les félicitations !
LE SITE INTERNET www.accessiblepourmoi.com/
a établi un classement des villes et de certaines préfectures ou sous-préfectures.
Et c'est la préfecture de Laon qui arrive en tête (ex æquo avec Melun) sur treize établissements visités
pour le moment.
L'association Mobilité réduite, à l'origine de cette action, ne se contente pas de consulter des documents et de recueillir des témoignages.
Entre début mai et fin novembre, les adhérents prennent leur voiture et viennent sur place pour voir comment les choses se passent réellement.
Ils visitent, incognito, des villes de toutes tailles et de tous bords politiques ou des établissements publics.
Une bonne surprise
Le président, Jean-Michel Royère, est venu lui-même constater comment cette administration située en ville haute accueille les personnes en situation de handicap.
Et il a eu une bonne surprise.
« Quand je suis arrivé devant la grille de la préfecture, j'ai vu le logo « handicap » sur les barrières.
On m'a ouvert et il y avait quatre places réservées à l'intérieur.
plusieurs places de stationnement réservées aux personnes à mobilité réduite ..
L'accès est facile, il y a un cheminement court et praticable, un accueil aux normes, des toilettes conformes...
Le service communication de la préfecture précise de son côté que des travaux sont réalisés depuis plusieurs années et que « le cheminement des accès au bâtiment Signier a été repris et le dallage refait.
Il y a un guichet surbaissé accessible au niveau de l'accueil général et les ascenseurs sont aux normes depuis 2008.
Un programme de travaux d'un montant de 70 000 €, d'une durée de 10 semaines, sera lancé en septembre. Chaque service (cartes grises, permis de conduire, bureau de la nationalité) disposera d'un guichet d'accueil surbaissé.
Ces guichets seront également dotés d'une boucle à induction magnétique permettant une communication adaptée entre les personnels d'accueil et les usagers malentendants ou non appareillés. »
Restera pour l'association à tester la ville.
Elle a prévu de le faire cet automne ou au printemps prochain. Mais impossible d'en savoir plus. « Afin de ne pas être influencé dans un sens ou dans l'autre et pour rester impartial, nous ne rencontrons ni élu, ni association.
C'est donc une photo à un instant T de la situation globale de la ville.
Si des travaux d'accessibilité conformes à l'esprit de la loi sont prévus ou en cours de réalisation, nous devrions normalement les constater la fois suivante. La note qui sera alors attribuée devrait donc progresser en conséquence.
C'est le but essentiel de nos audits incognito, mesurer la progression des collectivités territoriales en terme d'accessibilité. »
Préfecture de Laon (02010) Picardie > Aisne (02)
2 rue Paul Doumer
02010 Laon CEDEX 9
+33 3 23 21 82 82
courrier @ aisne.pref.gouv.fr
Très pratique
Cabine photo universelle La seule cabine photo, conçue pour être accessible à tous!
Malentendants
Malvoyants
Handicapés en fauteuil
conçue pour être accessible à tous!
Malentendants Malvoyants Handicapés en fauteuil ...
Thames Embankment, London.
(Below the bust) -
W. T. Stead
1849 - 1912
This memorial to a journalist of wide renown was erected near the spot where he worked for more than thirty years by journalists of many lands in recognition of his brilliant gifts fervent spirit & untiring devotion to the service of his fellow men.
{To the right of the bust:}
Geo. Frampton. RA, 1913
{Beside the text, on the left, is a little statue of a man in armour entitled:}
Fortitude
{And, on the right, is a little statue of a woman in medieval dress, entitled:}
Sympathy
The inscription refers to Stead having worked near this site for 30 years. This was in Catherine Street in the offices of the Pall Mall Gazette, a paper which was eventually taken over by the Evening Standard.
There is a copy of this memorial in Manhattan on the Central Park wall at the end of 91st Street.
"W. T. Stead. A London Memorial. Journalists' Tributes
The Times (Tuesday, July 6, 1920) p. 12
Mr. J. A. Spender unveiled on the Thames Embankment yesterday the portrait bronze erected by British and American journalists to commemorate the late W. T. Stead.
A similar memorial has been raised to Mr. Stead in Now York. The ceremony took place in a downpour of rain, and after the plaque had been unveiled the company went to the offices of the Education Committee of the London County Council, where in a little room placed at the disposal of the committee they listened to an eloquent tribute to Mr. Stead from Mr. Spender, and to the written messages of other journalists and public men read by Mr. Robert Donald.
Mr. Donald presided, and among those present were Lord Milner, Mr. John Burns, Sir Horace Marshall, Sir George Frampton, Sir Harry Brittain, M.P., Sir Alfred Robbins, Dr. J. E. Stead, the Rev. Herbert Stead, Miss E. Stead, Mr. Hamilton Fyfe, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Gilliland, Mr. John Stead, Mr. William Hill, and Mr. Arnold White.
STEAD'S ADVICE TO A BEGINNER.
It had originally been intended that the memorial should be unveiled by Mr. Wickham Steed, Editor of The Times. Mr. Steed, who is out of the country, sent the following letter, which was read by the chairman:—
"My dear Donald,—I am grieved not to be able to unveil the tablet to our old friend and colleague, W. T. Stead, next Monday, when I shall, unfortunately, be away from England without any chance even of using, as he would have loved to do, the wireless telephone. I had looked forward to this opportunity of paying some tribute to his memory, both as a man and as a journalist, and of bearing witness to the degree in which he possessed the two qualities which lift the exercise of our craft above a level that might otherwise seem sordid—a burning sincerity and a passion for justice. This I can say with full impartiality, since I do not remember having been in complete agreement with him on any single question; but neither did I ever detect in him the slightest taint of self-interest, other than the self-interest of which we are all guilty when we are striving for the victory of causes which we believe to be right.
"Of his achievements as a writer and an editor it is not for me to speak. Others who were directly associated with him in his daily work have qualifications in this respect which I cannot claim. But I have always owed him a debt of gratitude for the advice he gave me almost exactly 30 years ago, when, as a youth eager to enter journalism, I saw him for the first time in his 'sanctum' overlooking the spot where you will gather on Monday. I remember his words as if they had been spoken yesterday, and repeat them here as they may perchance be of interest, if not of value, to other aspirants to membership of the daily Press. 'A journalist!' he exclaimed, 'how can I know whether you are fit to be a journalist? There is only one way to find out. Try; if you have anything to say that you feel you must say, why, say it, and send it to some editor, who will probably send it back. Don't waste time over mere phrases. Sail right into the heart of your subject at once. When you have written your masterpiece, imagine that you have to telegraph it to Australia at your own expense, and cut out every superfluous word, above all, the adjectives. Then, if anything remains, try it on an editor and see what happens. If you do not succeed, as you won't unless you have really got something to say that you cannot help saying, try again and again. Presently, you will find out whether you are fit to be a journalist or not.'
"Strange to say this advice encouraged me greatly, or I was convinced that I had something to say, and that it was the duty of editors to print that something. Presently some of them did, the first being the late Sir E. T. Cook, who printed in the Pall Mall Gazette a short account that I remember writing on a waiting room table at Liverpool-street Station of a lecture on old-age pensions given by Mr. J. A. Spender at Toynbee Hall, with the late Charles Booth in the chair. Afterwards, when studying in Germany and in France, the Westminster Gazette was very kind to me and really gave me my start in journalism—which I have always felt I owed to Stead's advice.
"We surely do well to commemorate our great men, and Stead had an unquestionable title to greatness in our craft. Erratic and even fantastic as were some of his ideas and enterprises, they were all marked by a touch of genius and by child-like good faith. He refused to be abashed by disappointments. To the end he believed the best of everybody and everything. He had a faculty for ignoring obstacles that sometimes, though by no means always, helped him to overcome them. His mind was of an absolute sort; not given to subtlety, nor always appreciating the relative value of some general principles; but, above all, he was a real man, responding to every thrill of human nature, overflowing with sympathy, commanding devotion because himself devoted to others, and ever ready to laugh without malice or rancour at his own disappointments and failures. Your committee has been well inspired in erecting a permanent memorial to his work for, rightly understood, it will remain an inspiration to those who knew him and it and to those who may come after him and us."
The American Ambassador, in a letter regretting that a previous engagement prevented him from being present, said:— "It would indeed have been a satisfaction for me to pay my personal tribute to so distinguished a journalist, who did so much to better the relations between our two countries."
LORD NORTHCLIFFE'S TRIBUTE.
Lord Northcliffe wrote:—"I regret exceedingly that unavoidable circumstances prevent my being able to participate in the function to-morrow. Stead had so many friends that you will have no difficulty in finding many worthier than I to honour the memory of a remarkable man. It was my great fortune to know Stead from many angles. A mighty affectionate creature he was—especially to young men, and to those he loved to criticize, of whom I was one.
"An aspect of his personality that I have not seen referred to was his wonderful general knowledge. He and I spent a day in parts ot Roman Britain— Silchester among other places—and packed away in that great brain of his was a vast store of knowledge of the early history of England. How much he did to relieve the tedium of the dull evening newspapers of the early eighties was but part of a great revolution which he effected in journalism. When he passed so mysteriously, I was one of many who felt that they had lost a true friend. I was in possession of perhaps the last letter that he wrote, suggesting, on the eve of his departure in the , a series of articles from America for one of my newspapers. Again, let me say how deeply I regret an absence not of my own seeking."
The letters from Lord Morley and Lord Fisher, printed in The Times yesterday, were also read.
Mr. Robert Donald, in a short speech, said that they were met to do honour to a great personality and the greatest journalist of his age. The memorial which had been unveiled by Mr. Spender was a tribute by journalists to a master of their craft. Mr. Wickham Steed, who, it had been hoped would have been with them, entered journalism on the advice and with the encouragement of Mr. Stead, and had attained the highest position in his profession.
MR. SPENDER ON THE NEW JOURNALISM.
Mr. Spender said that he knew Stead for 30 years, and during the last 15 of them a week never passed without his spending at least an hour in his company. When Stead came to London there was some danger that journalism would be strangled in its own traditions, but he broke the bonds, widened its scope, and embraced a great new range of human interests and emotions.
"We who are living now," Mr. Spender continued, "can scarcely realize the various objections which were taken to the new journalism in those days. Elders were very tenacious of their traditions. They vehemently opposed any departure from the code which prescribed a certain schedule of subjects as alone of public interest and worthy to be dealt with in a newspaper. Into this world came Stead, with his overflowing vitality, his unbounded curiosity— curiosity which in later years stretched beyond the confines of space and time—his unsleeping interest in everything human, his impetuous temperament, and his positive preference for shocking and even scandalizing people if he could rouse the complacent into thought. His predecessor was Lord Morley, and from Lord Morley he may have learned something of that seriousness in which, in spite of his exuberance, he invariably approached great public affairs. With him he had very distinguished young men who differed from him wholly in temperament and education, but who were captured by his genius, carried on by the tide of his splendid indiscretions, and who worked with him to produce results which were unique in the history of journalism."
Stead's great qualities, Mr. Spender added, came from a man overflowing with warm affection and emotion. It had been contended in recent days that journalism was a mere branch of commerce. There was no one who would more scornfully have repudiated that phrase than Stead. Again and again he staked his whole fortune and career on forlorn and unpopular causes. In his warm chivalry for men and women, particularly women, he even brought himself into conflict with authority. Let those who had one-half of his zeal for the right cast the first stone Stead never resented any criticism of himself however, harsh, except one, and that was that he did what he had done in order to sell his paper. To him journalism from beginning to end was a vocation abounding in opportunities, but weighted with solemn responsibilities.
The memorial has been executed by Sir George Frampton. It is affixed to one of the terraces on the embankment nearly opposite the Temple Station of the District Railway. Beneath the bust portrait of Mr. Stead, is the following inscription:— "W T. Stead. 1840-1912. This memorial to a journalist of wide renown was erected near the spot where he worked for more than 30 years by journalists of many lands in recognition of his brilliant gifts, fervert spirit, and untiring devotion to the service of his fellow-men." www.attackingthedevil.co.uk/titanic/memorial.php