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YES!!
SEATTLE WORKSHOP!!! MAY 1ST!!! AND AMANDA'S COMING WITH ME!!!
I’ll be teaching two 4-hour workshops, from 10am-2pm and 3pm-7pm.
They will cover:
Perfecting Your Vision
-how to hone in and identify your visual language. then craft an individualized style.
How the Tools Shape the Shots
-looking at how different cameras lead to very different results, and how they influence one’s work.
Interacting with Models
-investigating the ways in which to best engage with people, be they professionals or perfect strangers.
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I will explain my techniques, my core interests as a photographer, how specific cameras force me to work differently, how and why I engage with subjects and how I achieve the effects I do with my work.
In addition there will be hands-on shooting and tutoring, we’ll have ourselves some models to work with, it’s like a party but with less booze and more photos and fewer party fouls.
AGAIN, ONE OF THOSE MODELS WILL BE AMANDA!!!!
please contact me direct via EMAIL!!!!!!!
We went to the San Diego Zoo. One of my first photos with this lens. I don't usually go to Zoos. This 200-600 was not the right lens. Almost everything was at 200. I wish I had a 100-400. I am happy with this photo and this lens. Handheld.
zoo.sandiegozoo.org/animals/penguin
Whether it’s because of their comical gait, dapper tuxedo-like coloring, or even the males’ legendary parenting skills, the appeal of penguins is undeniable. Guests can see our African penguins—native to the waters and shorelines of southern Africa—at the big, new Dan and Vi McKinney Penguin Habitat at Conrad Prebys Africa Rocks. The spacious Cape Fynbos includes a cobblestone beach, nesting area, and rockwork that mimics the granite boulders found at Boulders Beach in South Africa—along with a 200,000-gallon pool with depths up to 13 feet, and underwater viewing.
Penguins move leisurely on land, where they nest and rest, but they are nimble and swift in the water. Capable of reaching speeds of 15 miles per hour when swimming after prey (schooling fish, like sardines and anchovies), penguins also have staying power—they can remain underwater for more than two minutes!
A penguin’s characteristic black-and-white coloration helps camouflage the bird from ocean predators. When viewed from above, its black back blends into the dark, deeper ocean waters; and from below, its white belly matches the bright, sunlit surface. Be sure to step right up to the underwater viewing area when you visit our penguins—they seem to enjoy interacting with guests through the windows!
Did You Know? African penguins are also sometimes called jackass penguins, because one of their vocalizations sounds like a braying donkey. To learn more about African penguins, visit San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Animals & Plants.
animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/african-penguin
Black and white and cute all over. While the African penguin may not be found in freezing temperatures, they are covered in an array of black, white, and gray dense, waterproof feathers that keep them dry and warm in the cold waters off the African coast. They also have a number of dot-like markings flecked across their white chests. These flecks help to individualize each penguin, as each penguin's feather pattern is as individual as a human's fingerprints. African penguins have a distinct, sharply pointed beak and black feet. The African penguin is one of the smallest penguin species. Males are generally slightly larger than their female counterparts.
Family: Spheniscidae
GENUS: Spheniscus
SPECIES: demersus
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What a nice memory! This is Stevie, a boat-billed heron at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
I met him in 2014 when I took this image and I've just now found a post by the Aviary in 2021, celebrating his 33rd birthday. Amazing.
He has cataracts in both eyes and is completely blind.
Stevie is one of the oldest boat-billed herons on record and is a resident of the aviary's Teaching Hospital, where he receives individualized care from the Veterinary Care Team.
I remember he was a lovely character. Patient and gentle with all who greeted him.
Boatbills are nocturnal birds, their natural habitat being mangrove swamps from Mexico, south to Peru and Brazil.
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"Bespoke love" suggests a profound and individualized affection, where the expression and experience of love are specifically designed to meet the unique needs and desires of the person being loved.
From the exhibition: "Dayanıta Singh creates new ways of seeing and experiencing photography. She composes her series in a poetic way with the themes, and challenges the conventional institutions by creating her own 'museums' in the shape of installations and books.
The archive has been a continuous point of interest for Dayanitha Singh, and is also the focus for her Hasselblad Award exhibition. She has been photographing everything from local town archives to court registries in India since the early 2000s. The images reflect Singh's fascination for the highly individualized archival systems in India.
One part of the exhibition consists of different 'museums' in the so-called accordion book format, which can be unfolded in long rows. This makes the museums mobile, enabling Singh to unfurl an exhibition wherever she wants.
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Dayanışa Singh was born 1961 in New Dehli, India, where she currently works. She has studied both in Ahmedabad and in New York, USA.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayanita_Singh
You enter the Hasselblad exhibition hall from Gothenburg Museum of Art.
นครศรีธรรมราช - Nakhon Si Thammarat
Since 2004 there is the possibility of an individualized plate in Thailand. Each province uses its own coloured background. Together with "interesting" number combinations interested people can buy/bid these separately. I found that these plates looked great and tried to catch as many as possible. Unfortunately you can hardly see the background when taking pictures in motion, so I could only take a few usable photos.
Seen on Ko Samui.
Francisco de Zurbarán
Santa Casilda [~1630]
Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
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Saint Casilda has been identified in some publications as Saint Elizabeth of Hungary as both of these saints have roses as their traditional attribute. The absence of a crown on her head, typically found in depictions of Elizabeth, led Jonathan Brown to identify this saint as Casilda, who here wears a gold and pearl headband.
Daughter of an Arab king, Casilda was martyred in 1087. She had left the Islamic faith and converted to Christianity, taking food to her father’s Christian prisoners. Surprised by her father during one of these risky visits, a miracle occurred and the food hidden about her body was transformed into roses, the traditional attribute of this saint.
Richly dressed both with regard to her jewellery and costly, jewel-embroidered gown, the saint is modelled with a strong light that emphasises her monumental stature and highlights the strong colours of her clothes against a simple, graduated background. Zurbarán paid particular emphasis to the textures of her clothes and to the gold embroidery and jewellery. The notably individualized features of some of these martyr saints has led to the formulation of the concept of the “retrato a lo divino”, in which these saints would be portraits of real women, depicted with holy attributes.
The present canvas has been compared to other similar ones such as Saint Elizabeth of Portugal in the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, and Saint Margaret in the National Gallery, London.
Mar Borobia
YES!!
SEATTLE WORKSHOP!!! MAY 1ST!!! AND AMANDA'S COMING WITH ME!!!
I’ll be teaching two 4-hour workshops, from 10am-2pm and 3pm-7pm.
They will cover:
Perfecting Your Vision
-how to hone in and identify your visual language. then craft an individualized style.
How the Tools Shape the Shots
-looking at how different cameras lead to very different results, and how they influence one’s work.
Interacting with Models
-investigating the ways in which to best engage with people, be they professionals or perfect strangers.
————————————————-
I will explain my techniques, my core interests as a photographer, how specific cameras force me to work differently, how and why I engage with subjects and how I achieve the effects I do with my work.
In addition there will be hands-on shooting and tutoring, we’ll have ourselves some models to work with, it’s like a party but with less booze and more photos and fewer party fouls.
AGAIN, ONE OF THOSE MODELS WILL BE AMANDA!!!!
please contact me direct via EMAIL!!!!!!!
Excerpt from brainproject.ca:
The Fabric of Canada
Wayne Gretzky, a.k.a. "The Great One," learned to skate on his family's backyard rink in Brantford, Ont., and went on to become a National Hockey League legend. His brain sculpture, rendered by artist David Arrigo, is a celebration of hockey that pays tribute to pond hockey on Lake Louise, dedicated parents who spend early mornings in dressing rooms, and memorable hockey moments for Canada on the world stage.
Not Forgotten
Through a collage of fabric, embellished with hand embroidery, lace and trim, neuro artist Laura Bundesen explores the brain’s functions through colour, form and texture, including two distinctly different hemispheres. This piece is in loving memory of her stepmother who suffered from dementia and didn’t recognize her the last time they met, but said “Laura… that’s one of my favourite names.” Somehow, somewhere inside, she had not forgotten.
A Beautiful Mind
This work of art is inspired by the beauty of nostalgia. The artist asked 50 of her closest friends and family to describe a motif, flower or symbol that represents happiness in their lives during childhood, adolescence and adulthood. She then painted each of these onto the brain to embody the distinct and individualized power of memory in our lives.
Inked Memories
Toronto artist Sarah Skrlj sought inspiration from the idea of tattoos and memories being intrinsically linked. The very act of a tattoo is having a distinct memory, moment, object or person with you forever.
Sadly, Alzheimer's and dementia inevitably cause memories to diminish and wither, but with tattoos, the potential is there for those memories to stay alive... even after the person's memory has faded.
Here's a new experiment on my part. It has taken me about 3 days to view a 40 minute video about this. I finally got all the way through the video and this is the result.
I shot this pretty lady in the park full of bluebonnets in the Texas Hill Country. She gave permission to make photos. Little did she know I would end up placing her in sparkling bubbles, lol. It's an action that I purchased. It has many parts to it. After it has run the many layers can be individualized in Photoshop with practically endless possibilities. Wish I had her name and email. I think she might even like it.
Germany, Hamburg, the three historic & restored half-porches cranes on the south side of the Kaispeicher were used until the early 1990th to load the coffee & cocoa bags from the ships into the interior of the former brick stone warehouse before it became the base for the Elbphilharmonic Concert House.
The Elbphilharmonic is situated at the Hamburg harbour on the way in to the harbours historic warehouse complex & new build harbour city.
The heart of the Elbphilharmonie is the large concert hall, built according to the Weinberg principle. The stage is positioned in the middle of the concert hall & surrounded by terraced public seats for the concert visitors.
Through the vineyard architecture, no spectator sits are more than 30 meters away from the conductor. The wall of the Great Hall, the "White Skin", owes its name to the roughly 10,000 gypsum individual sound measured plasterboards that make up the surface of the walls & ceiling with a large sound reflector installed above the stage. The panels reflecting together with the centre reflector on the ceiling vault the sound in every angle & guarantees optimal listening pleasure on every single seat.
The Façade is covered with 1096 individual fabricated glass elements; each one features an individualized raster print & some each divergently shape, serving as a sunscreen & décor. Each glass element at a cost of 3.000 € average.
Over 4.000 single mouth blown light globs placed at concert house.
An 82 mtr long, crescent shaped moving staircase will connect the building entrance from the basement to the plaza above the original warehouse, where the buildings foyer & a visitor platform with view over Hamburg’s harbour is located.
The Elbphilharmonic Plaza at a height of 37 metres above ground level, serves as the junction between the old harbour warehouse & the modern glass structure above it. Wave shaped glass windows & doors on both sides of the plaza can be opened, depending on weather conditions. The public viewing platform is accessible daily from 9 am till midnight to everyone with a magnificent 360° view of the harbour & part of the city, opened with a ceremony on November 4. November 2016.
The three historic & restored half-porches on the south side of the Kaispeicher were used until the early 1990th to load the coffee & cocoa bags from the ships into the interior of the warehouse.
Planed from 2001 till 2006 under construction until 2016 including the completely scoop-out warehouse from 1963. Accomplished in November 2016, the new 110 mtr, 26 floors high Elbphilharmonic, includes a large concert hall with a capacity for 2150 guest, a small concert hall with a capacity for 550 guest, a 244 rooms hotel, restaurants & 44 luxury apartments. Initial cost estimated in 2005 185 million €, by completion estimated cost will have increased to approximately 800 million €.
However, finally the construction with many unusual handcrafted modern features is concluded & the first concerts will be presented on January 17. 2017.
The new “Elphi” will be another impressive asset & an additional fascinating landmark for Hamburg.
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1991. Vauxhall Carlton GSi 24V A. Irmscher. Saloon. H404 DHG. 2968cc. Flame Red. Petrol.
Anthracite Arizona Cloth & Leather.
The GSi was released with a 3.0i 12V engine mated to either a 5-speed manual gearbox or optional automatic transmission. The 3.0i 12V engine was used in the GSi until October 1989 when the 3.0i 24V engine was introduced to compete with (and beat!) cars like the Mercedes 300CE and BMW 535i Sport. The 3.0i 24V engine was used in the GSi until the Carlton was replaced in 1994. Minor styling changes were applied in October 1990 for the 1991 model year which included new 10-spoke alloys, revised interior, smoked rear lamp clusters, larger front indicators and improved in-car entertainment.
Opel/Vauxhall - Irmscher. For more than 45 years Irmscher partner is familiar to the automotive industry and the individualization of vehicles. Irmscher Automobilbau GmbH & Co. KG is a German car tuning and manufacturing company, specialising in Opel, Peugeot and Kia vehicles as well as working for the complete automotive industry as an engineering service provider.
1991. Vauxhall Carlton GSi 24V A. H404 DHG. Aug 2022 (1)
1991. Vauxhall Carlton GSi 24V A. H404 DHG. Aug 2022 (2)
1991. Vauxhall Carlton GSi 24V A. H404 DHG. Aug 2022 (3)
Album: Notts Classic Car & Motorcycle Show. Thoresby Park, Nottinghamshire. Aug 2022
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Les Bourgeois de Calais - Auguste Rodin
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Les bourgeois se tiennent debout, sans contact physique, mais individualisés par une gestuelle propre à chacun. Ils correspondent à la description des Chroniques de Froissart, « tête nue, sans chausses, la corde au cou, les clefs de la ville et du château en leurs mains », c'est-à-dire dans la tenue déshonorante des condamnés. Au premier rang, le vieillard à l'allure vénérable et résignée représente Eustache de Saint-Pierre ; sa position centrale est une allusion à son statut de chef du groupe. À droite, Jean d'Aire tient fermement dans ses mains les clés de la ville qui doivent être remises à Edouard III. À gauche, Pierre de Wissant encourage d'un geste de la main Jacques de Fiennes, qui semble hésiter derrière lui. À côté, Jacques de Wissant, frère de Pierre, s'avance en vacillant, tandis qu'Andrieus d'Andres cède au désespoir en se tenant la tête entre les mains.
Source: histoire-image.org/etudes/bourgeois-calais
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The Burghers of Calais -
Auguste Rodin
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The bourgeois stand upright, without physical contact, but individualized by a gesture specific to each. They correspond to the description of the Chroniques de Froissart, "bareheaded, without breeches, the rope around their necks, the keys of the city and the castle in their hands", that is to say in the dishonoring dress of the condemned. In the front row, the venerable and resigned old man represents Eustache of Saint-Pierre; his central position is an allusion to his status as leader of the group. On the right, Jean d'Aire holds firmly in his hands the keys of the city which must be given to Edward III. On the left, Pierre de Wissant encourages Jacques de Fiennes with a wave of his hand, who seems to be hesitating behind him. Beside, Jacques de Wissant, Pierre's brother, staggers forward, while Andrieus d'Andres gives in to despair, holding his head in his hands.
The Portrait of Terentius Neo is a Roman fresco, created circa 50 AD, depicting a couple holding objects important to literacy. It was found in Pompeii in the House of Terentius Neo in Regio 7, Insula 2, 6, and is now in the National Archaeological Museum, Naples.
It is highly unusual for individualized painted portraits to survive from the Roman era, but holding objects to do with literacy is common in portraits, which are mostly more idealized, and may be intended to represent authors, or real people depicted as dead authors. That does not seem to be the case here. In its original setting the portrait was underneath a smaller painting showing Cupid and Psyche in a "passionate embrace", Psyche with wings, and her buttocks mostly displayed to the viewer.
Description
The smaller painting showing Cupid and Psyche, originally painted just above the portraits
The fresco is considered one of the finest pieces of art from the area of Vesuvius. It was sometimes erroneously called the portrait of Paquius Proculus, but this was the result of some confusion because the fresco was not found in the House of Paquius Proculus, which is in Reg I, Ins 7, 1.
An inscription found on the outside of the house is an election recommendation by Terentius Neo. The portrait is unusual in several ways: the couple is shown of equal status and are both members of a confident and fashionable mercantile class; the portrait shows realistic imperfections or peculiarities in the faces which is rare in the very few similar frescoes, though typical of Roman portrait sculpture, and brings their characters to life.
According to the museum, "The portrait represents a typical provincial bourgeois, showing off like a refined aristocrat, being portrayed with the toga and a roll of papyrus". Since bread was the staple food of Roman Italy, bakers could get very wealthy; the grandiose Tomb of Eurysaces the Baker (who was probably a freedman) in Rome comes from about a century earlier.
The pair of middle-class Pompeians are believed to be husband and wife. Terentius Neo was a bakery owner as the house had been modified to include a bakery. The man wears a toga, the mark of a Roman citizen, and holds a rotulus, suggesting he is also involved in local public and/or cultural events. The woman is in the foreground and holds a stylus and wax tablet, emphasizing that she is of equal status, educated, and literate.
Manufacturer: Fuego Motorworks
Nationality: American
First assembled: October 2213
Birthplace: Ojai, California
Price: $125,000
Weight: 2,255 lbs
Engine: Naturally Aspirated 5.2L Multi-Fuel V10
HP: 780 hp
0-60: 3.8 sec
Top Speed: 240 mph
"A high-proof Tournesol"
The best compliment for a feather weight sports car is a powerful engine. The Tournesol V10S merges a lightweight carbon chassis with big V10 power; the result being a roadster that is equal parts lightweight cruiser and big-power muscle. A matured version of the Tourenesol, the V10S can easily make itself at home within the higher echelons of sports cars and even transition into the realm of supercars. Although it is not intended for track use the V10S can be thrashed about on a circuit, and in the right hands can even produce surprisingly great results.
Like the base Tournesol, the V10S is modeled after the hot rods of old, only it has been modernized. Carbon fiber body panels are used in place of the aluminum used in the base Tournesol. Fuego used as few style lines as possible, keeping the body of the V10S clean, crisp, and simple. Fuego also slashed the windshield to be as low as safety regulations will allow. The V10S also features a larger rear section used to accommodate a larger integrated fuel tank and bigger rear boot.
The aluminum forged engine used in the V10 is modestly tuned to produce just under 800 hp for a balance of power and longevity. The six speed sequential transmission used on the base Tournesol has been modified and strengthened to accommodate the increase in power and torque. The exhausts are split into four rectangular apertures positioned just behind the front wheels. The ports are made of CFRC and coated with a heat resistant ceramic layer that can be painted to match the body.
The Tournesol V10S has the presence of being able to be comfortably driven to prestigious events and the poise of cruising costal and mountain roads in a spirited manner. Its lightweight chassis and potent engine is a near perfect combination. Planned as a bespoke low volume model, Fuego plans to only build 100 units each year and individualized to each customer's specifications.
You can find a large number of full-resolution photos under a Creative Commons license on my official website: nenadstojkovicart.com/albums
These striking fellas are definitely one of the more inquisitive characters around, often approaching very closely even when originally foraging high in a tree. Speaking of their foraging style, it’s quite individualized, usually only mirrored by the unrelated nuthatches; they creep up and down the limbs of trees, checking behind every loose strip of bark for a tasty morsel. Most of them seem to have almost no fear of humans too, which definitely works to my advantage, and I really enjoy observing them.
In complex systems science, "scaffolding" are those structures necessary to move from an initial state to an emerged form. For example, when recapturing an area of land and bringing it back to its natural state (e.g. prairie), you will find that certain birds and plants have to be present during the transition time in order for the old form to re-emerge. Once the new state has emerged, the scaffolding comes down... BUT, without the scaffolding, no change would have occurred.
Another example: Mary Poppins.
The concept of scaffolding has attraction to social scientists and educators too. From: condor.admin.ccny.cuny.edu/~group4/
"Scaffolding instruction as a teaching strategy originates from Lev Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory and his concept of the zone of proximal development (ZPD). “The zone of proximal development is the distance between what children can do by themselves and the next learning that they can be helped to achieve with competent assistance." The scaffolding teaching strategy provides individualized support based on the learner’s ZPD. In scaffolding instruction a more knowledgeable other provides scaffolds or supports to facilitate the learner’s development. The scaffolds facilitate a student’s ability to build on prior knowledge and internalize new information. The activities provided in scaffolding instruction are just beyond the level of what the learner can do alone. The more capable other provides the scaffolds so that the learner can accomplish (with assistance) the tasks that he or she could otherwise not complete, thus helping the learner through the ZPD."
(Image of Philadelphia City Hall. August 2007)
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In Italy, in the first three decades of the nineteenth century, cholera began to penetrate into Europe, the states involved in commercial traffic (such as the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies) established tight maritime health checks, placing great importance on the days of quarantine for all those boats that came from the infected areas (in this case the measures taken were those already tested at the time of the black plague), but it was not always so ... in fact other States like Genoa, Livorno and Venice, to avoid repercussions on the trade ... they avoided to adopt these measures giving weight to the "anti-contagion theories" (they accused the unhealthy air, the dirt, the bad diet, rather than giving importance to the contact): only in 1882 the vibrio of the cholera will be individualized by Robert Koch, the science up to at that time it was divided between "those who gave credit to the contagion" and "those who gave credit to environmental conditions", and also the Church gave its indications, invoking "hygiene of the soul", supporting the need to avoid debauchery, including food and sexual excesses. The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in 1837 was affected by popular revolts carried out against the Bourbons, accused of having commissioned the "infectors" to kill the people. We are in 1854, in the city of Messina a devastating cholera epidemic breaks out, in just two months cholera leads to the death of about 30,000 people, the town of Castroreale not far away, seems to be immune from this disaster, until two of its fellow citizens, husband and wife, return to Castroreale from Messina, the lady shows the cholera symptoms very seriously ... the country is terrified fearing the spread of the contagion to the whole community: which Saint to vote themself then? To Saint Rosalia who had freed Palermo from the plague? To Saint Sebastiano protector from epidemics? In Castroreale it was thought to immediately ask for help to the Holy Crucifix (in the odor of being miraculous) whose life-size Christ, papier-mâché made by anonymous, was thus fixed on top of a 12-meter long pole, thus obtaining two advantages when carried in procession, the sick kept in quarantine on the highest floors of the houses, could have enjoyed the direct vision of Christ through the windows, but at the same time the religious could stay at a safe distance (!). The story goes that the lady suddenly recovered, Castroreale had no case of cholera: since then, on August 25th, the day of the miracle, the Holy Crucifix is celebrated (also called the feast of the Christ Long, in the dialect, feast of Cristu Longu or Signuri Longu). The pole on which the Christ is hoisted, presents at regular distances pins driven into the wood, to avoid the sliding of the long "perches with hairpins", with which the "hairpin masters" support the very high Crucifix during the procession that proceeds along the streets of the town, and to allow its lowering and raising through the entrance of the two churches (the Mother Church and the church of Saint Agatha) in which it is carried.
Small note in closing: in the Mother Church is the Chapel of the Assumption where the statuary complex of the Virgin Mary Assumed (1848) is located, whose author is Matteo Mancuso from Messina, to whom a son died while working on the statue, so he personified his son in the little angel with his eyes closed at the feet of the Virgin Mary; at the foot of the statue there is the statuette of the seventeenth century of baby Virgin Mary, which is carried in procession on 8th September by children receiving first communion.
Ezio Famà
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In Italia, nelle prime tre decadi dell’ottocento, il colera iniziò a penetrare in Europa, gli Stati interessati dai traffici commerciali (come il Regno delle Due Sicilie) istituirono dei serrati controlli sanitari marittimi, ponendo grande importanza ai giorni di quarantena per tutte quelle imbarcazioni che provenivano dalle zone infette (in questo caso i provvedimenti presi erano quelli già sperimentati ai tempi della peste nera), ma non sempre fu così…infatti altri Stati come Genova, Livorno e Venezia, per evitare ripercussioni sui commerci…evitarono di adottare tali provvedimenti dando peso alle “teorie anticontagioniste” (esse accusavano l’aria malsana, la sporcizia, la cattiva alimentazione, piuttosto che dare importanza al contatto): solo nel 1882 il vibrione colerico verrà individuato da Robert Koch, la scienza fino ad allora era divisa tra “contagionisti” ed “epidemiologi”, ed anche la Chiesa ci metteva del suo, invocando “l’igiene dell’anima”, sostenendo la necessità di evitare gli stravizi, inclusi gli eccessi alimentari e sessuali. Il Regno delle Due Sicilie nel 1837 fu interessato da rivolte popolari attuate contro i Borboni, accusati di aver incaricato gli “untori” di uccidere il popolo. Siamo nel 1854, nella città di Messina scoppia una devastante epidemia di colera, in soli due mesi il colera porta a morte circa 30.000 persone, la cittadina di Castroreale non molto distante, sembra essere immune da tale iattura, fino a quando due suoi concittadini, marito e moglie ritornano al paese provenienti da Messina, la signora mostra in forma gravissima i sintomi colerici…il paese è terrorizzato temendo il propagarsi del contagio a tutta la comunità: a quale Santo votarsi dunque? A Santa Rosalia che aveva liberato Palermo dalla Peste? A San Sebastiano protettore dalle epidemie? A Castroreale si pensò di chiedere subito aiuto al Santissimo Crocifisso (in odore di essere miracoloso) il cui Cristo, in grandezza naturale, realizzato da anonimo in cartapesta, venne così fissato in cima ad un palo lungo 12 metri, ottenendo così due vantaggi quando portato in processione, i malati tenuti in quarantena nei piani più alti delle abitazioni, avrebbero potuto godere della visione diretta del Cristo attraverso le finestre, ma al contempo i religiosi potevano mantenersi a debita distanza (!). La storia racconta che la signora improvvisamente guarì, Castroreale non ebbe nessun caso di colera: da allora, il 25 di Agosto, il giorno del miracolo, si festeggia il Santissimo Crocifisso (detta anche festa del Cristo Lungo, in dialetto, del Cristu Longu o Signuri Longu). Il palo sul quale viene issato il Cristo, presenta a distanze regolari dei perni infissi nel legno, per evitare lo scivolamento delle lunghe “pertiche con forcine” , con le quali i “maestri di forcina” sostengono l’altissimo Crocifisso durante la processione che procede lungo le strade della cittadina, ma anche per consentirne l’abbassamento e l’innalzamento attraverso l’ingresso delle due chiese nelle quali viene portato (la Chiesa Madre e la chiesa di Sant’Agata).
Piccola nota in chiusura: nella Chiesa Madre si trova la Cappella dell’Assunzione ove è sito il complesso statuario della Madonna Assunta (1848), il cui autore è il messinese Matteo Mancuso, al quale, durante la lavorazione della statua, morì un figlio che egli impersonò nell’angioletto con gli occhi chiusi ai piedi della Madonna; in basso sotto la statua si trova la statuetta del seicento di Maria Bambina, che viene portata in processione l’otto settembre dai bambini che ricevono la prima comunione.
Ezio Famà
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In Italy, in the first three decades of the nineteenth century, cholera began to penetrate into Europe, the states involved in commercial traffic (such as the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies) established tight maritime health checks, placing great importance on the days of quarantine for all those boats that came from the infected areas (in this case the measures taken were those already tested at the time of the black plague), but it was not always so ... in fact other States like Genoa, Livorno and Venice, to avoid repercussions on the trade ... they avoided to adopt these measures giving weight to the "anti-contagion theories" (they accused the unhealthy air, the dirt, the bad diet, rather than giving importance to the contact): only in 1882 the vibrio of the cholera will be individualized by Robert Koch, the science up to at that time it was divided between "those who gave credit to the contagion" and "those who gave credit to environmental conditions", and also the Church gave its indications, invoking "hygiene of the soul", supporting the need to avoid debauchery, including food and sexual excesses. The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in 1837 was affected by popular revolts carried out against the Bourbons, accused of having commissioned the "infectors" to kill the people. We are in 1854, in the city of Messina a devastating cholera epidemic breaks out, in just two months cholera leads to the death of about 30,000 people, the town of Castroreale not far away, seems to be immune from this disaster, until two of its fellow citizens, husband and wife, return to Castroreale from Messina, the lady shows the cholera symptoms very seriously ... the country is terrified fearing the spread of the contagion to the whole community: which Saint to vote themself then? To Saint Rosalia who had freed Palermo from the plague? To Saint Sebastiano protector from epidemics? In Castroreale it was thought to immediately ask for help to the Holy Crucifix (in the odor of being miraculous) whose life-size Christ, papier-mâché made by anonymous, was thus fixed on top of a 12-meter long pole, thus obtaining two advantages when carried in procession, the sick kept in quarantine on the highest floors of the houses, could have enjoyed the direct vision of Christ through the windows, but at the same time the religious could stay at a safe distance (!). The story goes that the lady suddenly recovered, Castroreale had no case of cholera: since then, on August 25th, the day of the miracle, the Holy Crucifix is celebrated (also called the feast of the Christ Long, in the dialect, feast of Cristu Longu or Signuri Longu). The pole on which the Christ is hoisted, presents at regular distances pins driven into the wood, to avoid the sliding of the long "perches with hairpins", with which the "hairpin masters" support the very high Crucifix during the procession that proceeds along the streets of the town, and to allow its lowering and raising through the entrance of the two churches (the Mother Church and the church of Saint Agatha) in which it is carried.
Small note in closing: in the Mother Church is the Chapel of the Assumption where the statuary complex of the Virgin Mary Assumed (1848) is located, whose author is Matteo Mancuso from Messina, to whom a son died while working on the statue, so he personified his son in the little angel with his eyes closed at the feet of the Virgin Mary; at the foot of the statue there is the statuette of the seventeenth century of baby Virgin Mary, which is carried in procession on 8th September by children receiving first communion.
Ezio Famà
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In Italia, nelle prime tre decadi dell’ottocento, il colera iniziò a penetrare in Europa, gli Stati interessati dai traffici commerciali (come il Regno delle Due Sicilie) istituirono dei serrati controlli sanitari marittimi, ponendo grande importanza ai giorni di quarantena per tutte quelle imbarcazioni che provenivano dalle zone infette (in questo caso i provvedimenti presi erano quelli già sperimentati ai tempi della peste nera), ma non sempre fu così…infatti altri Stati come Genova, Livorno e Venezia, per evitare ripercussioni sui commerci…evitarono di adottare tali provvedimenti dando peso alle “teorie anticontagioniste” (esse accusavano l’aria malsana, la sporcizia, la cattiva alimentazione, piuttosto che dare importanza al contatto): solo nel 1882 il vibrione colerico verrà individuato da Robert Koch, la scienza fino ad allora era divisa tra “contagionisti” ed “epidemiologi”, ed anche la Chiesa ci metteva del suo, invocando “l’igiene dell’anima”, sostenendo la necessità di evitare gli stravizi, inclusi gli eccessi alimentari e sessuali. Il Regno delle Due Sicilie nel 1837 fu interessato da rivolte popolari attuate contro i Borboni, accusati di aver incaricato gli “untori” di uccidere il popolo. Siamo nel 1854, nella città di Messina scoppia una devastante epidemia di colera, in soli due mesi il colera porta a morte circa 30.000 persone, la cittadina di Castroreale non molto distante, sembra essere immune da tale iattura, fino a quando due suoi concittadini, marito e moglie ritornano al paese provenienti da Messina, la signora mostra in forma gravissima i sintomi colerici…il paese è terrorizzato temendo il propagarsi del contagio a tutta la comunità: a quale Santo votarsi dunque? A Santa Rosalia che aveva liberato Palermo dalla Peste? A San Sebastiano protettore dalle epidemie? A Castroreale si pensò di chiedere subito aiuto al Santissimo Crocifisso (in odore di essere miracoloso) il cui Cristo, in grandezza naturale, realizzato da anonimo in cartapesta, venne così fissato in cima ad un palo lungo 12 metri, ottenendo così due vantaggi quando portato in processione, i malati tenuti in quarantena nei piani più alti delle abitazioni, avrebbero potuto godere della visione diretta del Cristo attraverso le finestre, ma al contempo i religiosi potevano mantenersi a debita distanza (!). La storia racconta che la signora improvvisamente guarì, Castroreale non ebbe nessun caso di colera: da allora, il 25 di Agosto, il giorno del miracolo, si festeggia il Santissimo Crocifisso (detta anche festa del Cristo Lungo, in dialetto, del Cristu Longu o Signuri Longu). Il palo sul quale viene issato il Cristo, presenta a distanze regolari dei perni infissi nel legno, per evitare lo scivolamento delle lunghe “pertiche con forcine” , con le quali i “maestri di forcina” sostengono l’altissimo Crocifisso durante la processione che procede lungo le strade della cittadina, ma anche per consentirne l’abbassamento e l’innalzamento attraverso l’ingresso delle due chiese nelle quali viene portato (la Chiesa Madre e la chiesa di Sant’Agata).
Piccola nota in chiusura: nella Chiesa Madre si trova la Cappella dell’Assunzione ove è sito il complesso statuario della Madonna Assunta (1848), il cui autore è il messinese Matteo Mancuso, al quale, durante la lavorazione della statua, morì un figlio che egli impersonò nell’angioletto con gli occhi chiusi ai piedi della Madonna; in basso sotto la statua si trova la statuetta del seicento di Maria Bambina, che viene portata in processione l’otto settembre dai bambini che ricevono la prima comunione.
Ezio Famà
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Built in 1858 at no. 17 Byron Street.
"Niagara-On-The-Lake National Historic Site of Canada is an early-19th century Loyalist town located on the southern shore of Lake Ontario, near the United States border. The historic district covers 25 city blocks and includes more than 90 residential, commercial, ecclesiastical and institutional buildings constructed between 1815 and 1859. The majority of the buildings are constructed in the British Classical Tradition, producing similarities in design, materials and scale. The wide, tree-lined streets within the district follow a late-18th century grid plan. The district also includes a city park and two early-19th-century cemeteries. The landscape is gently rolling in places, with a creek running through part of the district. The official recognition refers to the approximately 41 hectares of related buildings and landscapes within the district boundaries.
Niagara-on-the-Lake was established in 1779 as a supply depot for British Loyalist forces. By the end of the 18th century it had developed into a major military and cultural centre and served briefly as the capital of Upper Canada. The town’s grid plan, laid out in 1794, was based on the Imperial model plan for new colonial towns. Niagara-on-the-Lake was destroyed by fire in 1813, and then rebuilt by Loyalist settlers. The streets retain their original arrangement, proportions and edge treatments. Between 1831 and 1859, the town prospered as a major shipping and shipbuilding port, and residents built or enlarged their houses and commercial buildings.
The district is dominated by the classically-designed buildings erected during the period from1815 to 1859. Most buildings retain their original siting close to the road and are of similar design, materials and scale, and the majority of buildings have been restored to resemble their original appearance. The commercial section of Queen Street, largely built between 1813 and 1840, illustrates the informal features of commercial streets characteristic of that period. The historic district is distinguished from later 19th-century streetscapes by the individualized façades and the clear differentiation between buildings.
The residents of Niagara-on-the-Lake were among the earliest citizen’s groups in Canada to make a strong commitment to the restoration of their built heritage. The Niagara Historical Society, established by residents in 1896, collected artifacts and documents relating to local history and published local histories. Beginning in the mid-1950s, individuals began to restore private properties to their 19th-century appearance and to promote conservation. In 1962 they formed the Niagara Foundation, a local advocacy and fundraising group dedicated to preserving the town’s landmarks. The Niagara Foundation was instrumental in restoring several major buildings in the town. Niagara-on-the-Lake was one of the first Ontario municipalities to appoint a Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee to advise on local heritage. The town was designated as a provincial Heritage Conservation District in 1986." - info from Historic Places.
"Niagara-on-the-Lake is a town in Ontario, Canada. It is located on the Niagara Peninsula at the point where the Niagara River meets Lake Ontario, across the river from New York, United States. Niagara-on-the-Lake is in the Niagara Region of Ontario and is the only town in Canada that has a lord mayor. It had a population of 19,088 as of the 2021 Canadian census.
Niagara-on-the-Lake is important in the history of Canada: it served as the first capital of the province of Upper Canada, the predecessor of Ontario. It was called Newark from 1792 to 1797. During the War of 1812, the town, the two former villages of St. David's and Queenston, and Fort George were the sites of numerous battles following the American invasion of Upper Canada, and the town was razed. Niagara-on-the-Lake is home to the oldest Catholic church, the second-oldest Anglican church in Ontario, and the oldest surviving golf course in North America.
Today, Niagara-on-the-Lake draws tourists with its colonial-style buildings, the Shaw Festival, Fort George, wineries, an outlet mall on the highway, and its proximity to Niagara Falls. The Niagara Region has the second-highest percentage of seniors in Ontario." - info from Wikipedia.
Late June to early July, 2024 I did my 4th major cycling tour. I cycled from Ottawa to London, Ontario on a convoluted route that passed by Niagara Falls. During this journey I cycled 1,876.26 km and took 21,413 photos. As with my other tours a major focus was old architecture.
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In Italy, in the first three decades of the nineteenth century, cholera began to penetrate into Europe, the states involved in commercial traffic (such as the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies) established tight maritime health checks, placing great importance on the days of quarantine for all those boats that came from the infected areas (in this case the measures taken were those already tested at the time of the black plague), but it was not always so ... in fact other States like Genoa, Livorno and Venice, to avoid repercussions on the trade ... they avoided to adopt these measures giving weight to the "anti-contagion theories" (they accused the unhealthy air, the dirt, the bad diet, rather than giving importance to the contact): only in 1882 the vibrio of the cholera will be individualized by Robert Koch, the science up to at that time it was divided between "those who gave credit to the contagion" and "those who gave credit to environmental conditions", and also the Church gave its indications, invoking "hygiene of the soul", supporting the need to avoid debauchery, including food and sexual excesses. The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in 1837 was affected by popular revolts carried out against the Bourbons, accused of having commissioned the "infectors" to kill the people. We are in 1854, in the city of Messina a devastating cholera epidemic breaks out, in just two months cholera leads to the death of about 30,000 people, the town of Castroreale not far away, seems to be immune from this disaster, until two of its fellow citizens, husband and wife, return to Castroreale from Messina, the lady shows the cholera symptoms very seriously ... the country is terrified fearing the spread of the contagion to the whole community: which Saint to vote themself then? To Saint Rosalia who had freed Palermo from the plague? To Saint Sebastiano protector from epidemics? In Castroreale it was thought to immediately ask for help to the Holy Crucifix (in the odor of being miraculous) whose life-size Christ, papier-mâché made by anonymous, was thus fixed on top of a 12-meter long pole, thus obtaining two advantages when carried in procession, the sick kept in quarantine on the highest floors of the houses, could have enjoyed the direct vision of Christ through the windows, but at the same time the religious could stay at a safe distance (!). The story goes that the lady suddenly recovered, Castroreale had no case of cholera: since then, on August 25th, the day of the miracle, the Holy Crucifix is celebrated (also called the feast of the Christ Long, in the dialect, feast of Cristu Longu or Signuri Longu). The pole on which the Christ is hoisted, presents at regular distances pins driven into the wood, to avoid the sliding of the long "perches with hairpins", with which the "hairpin masters" support the very high Crucifix during the procession that proceeds along the streets of the town, and to allow its lowering and raising through the entrance of the two churches (the Mother Church and the church of Saint Agatha) in which it is carried.
Small note in closing: in the Mother Church is the Chapel of the Assumption where the statuary complex of the Virgin Mary Assumed (1848) is located, whose author is Matteo Mancuso from Messina, to whom a son died while working on the statue, so he personified his son in the little angel with his eyes closed at the feet of the Virgin Mary; at the foot of the statue there is the statuette of the seventeenth century of baby Virgin Mary, which is carried in procession on 8th September by children receiving first communion.
Ezio Famà
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In Italia, nelle prime tre decadi dell’ottocento, il colera iniziò a penetrare in Europa, gli Stati interessati dai traffici commerciali (come il Regno delle Due Sicilie) istituirono dei serrati controlli sanitari marittimi, ponendo grande importanza ai giorni di quarantena per tutte quelle imbarcazioni che provenivano dalle zone infette (in questo caso i provvedimenti presi erano quelli già sperimentati ai tempi della peste nera), ma non sempre fu così…infatti altri Stati come Genova, Livorno e Venezia, per evitare ripercussioni sui commerci…evitarono di adottare tali provvedimenti dando peso alle “teorie anticontagioniste” (esse accusavano l’aria malsana, la sporcizia, la cattiva alimentazione, piuttosto che dare importanza al contatto): solo nel 1882 il vibrione colerico verrà individuato da Robert Koch, la scienza fino ad allora era divisa tra “contagionisti” ed “epidemiologi”, ed anche la Chiesa ci metteva del suo, invocando “l’igiene dell’anima”, sostenendo la necessità di evitare gli stravizi, inclusi gli eccessi alimentari e sessuali. Il Regno delle Due Sicilie nel 1837 fu interessato da rivolte popolari attuate contro i Borboni, accusati di aver incaricato gli “untori” di uccidere il popolo. Siamo nel 1854, nella città di Messina scoppia una devastante epidemia di colera, in soli due mesi il colera porta a morte circa 30.000 persone, la cittadina di Castroreale non molto distante, sembra essere immune da tale iattura, fino a quando due suoi concittadini, marito e moglie ritornano al paese provenienti da Messina, la signora mostra in forma gravissima i sintomi colerici…il paese è terrorizzato temendo il propagarsi del contagio a tutta la comunità: a quale Santo votarsi dunque? A Santa Rosalia che aveva liberato Palermo dalla Peste? A San Sebastiano protettore dalle epidemie? A Castroreale si pensò di chiedere subito aiuto al Santissimo Crocifisso (in odore di essere miracoloso) il cui Cristo, in grandezza naturale, realizzato da anonimo in cartapesta, venne così fissato in cima ad un palo lungo 12 metri, ottenendo così due vantaggi quando portato in processione, i malati tenuti in quarantena nei piani più alti delle abitazioni, avrebbero potuto godere della visione diretta del Cristo attraverso le finestre, ma al contempo i religiosi potevano mantenersi a debita distanza (!). La storia racconta che la signora improvvisamente guarì, Castroreale non ebbe nessun caso di colera: da allora, il 25 di Agosto, il giorno del miracolo, si festeggia il Santissimo Crocifisso (detta anche festa del Cristo Lungo, in dialetto, del Cristu Longu o Signuri Longu). Il palo sul quale viene issato il Cristo, presenta a distanze regolari dei perni infissi nel legno, per evitare lo scivolamento delle lunghe “pertiche con forcine” , con le quali i “maestri di forcina” sostengono l’altissimo Crocifisso durante la processione che procede lungo le strade della cittadina, ma anche per consentirne l’abbassamento e l’innalzamento attraverso l’ingresso delle due chiese nelle quali viene portato (la Chiesa Madre e la chiesa di Sant’Agata).
Piccola nota in chiusura: nella Chiesa Madre si trova la Cappella dell’Assunzione ove è sito il complesso statuario della Madonna Assunta (1848), il cui autore è il messinese Matteo Mancuso, al quale, durante la lavorazione della statua, morì un figlio che egli impersonò nell’angioletto con gli occhi chiusi ai piedi della Madonna; in basso sotto la statua si trova la statuetta del seicento di Maria Bambina, che viene portata in processione l’otto settembre dai bambini che ricevono la prima comunione.
Ezio Famà
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Neri Genovese racconta la Processione del Cristo Lungo di Castroreale (ME)
Castroreale borghi piu belli d' italia Venerdi santo 2014 cristo lungo in processione
Castroreale (ME) - U Signuri Longu - 2017
Il Cristo Lungo di Castroreale: un rito secolare tra fede e leggenda
La processione del Cristo Lungo a Castroreale
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L'AMORE AI TEMPI DEL COLERA (IT)
L' Amore ai Tempi del Colera - Finale
Love In the Time of Cholera - Official Trailer [HD]
Laura Marinoni e Giulia Valsecchi "L'amore ai tempi del colera" - LA PAROLA AL TEATRO
1991. Vauxhall Carlton GSi 24V A. Irmscher. Saloon. H404 DHG. 2968cc. Flame Red. Petrol.
Anthracite Arizona Cloth & Leather.
The GSi was released with a 3.0i 12V engine mated to either a 5-speed manual gearbox or optional automatic transmission. The 3.0i 12V engine was used in the GSi until October 1989 when the 3.0i 24V engine was introduced to compete with (and beat!) cars like the Mercedes 300CE and BMW 535i Sport. The 3.0i 24V engine was used in the GSi until the Carlton was replaced in 1994. Minor styling changes were applied in October 1990 for the 1991 model year which included new 10-spoke alloys, revised interior, smoked rear lamp clusters, larger front indicators and improved in-car entertainment.
Opel/Vauxhall - Irmscher. For more than 45 years Irmscher partner is familiar to the automotive industry and the individualization of vehicles. Irmscher Automobilbau GmbH & Co. KG is a German car tuning and manufacturing company, specialising in Opel, Peugeot and Kia vehicles as well as working for the complete automotive industry as an engineering service provider.
1991. Vauxhall Carlton GSi 24V A. H404 DHG. Aug 2022 (1)
1991. Vauxhall Carlton GSi 24V A. H404 DHG. Aug 2022 (2)
1991. Vauxhall Carlton GSi 24V A. H404 DHG. Aug 2022 (3)
Album: Notts Classic Car & Motorcycle Show. Thoresby Park, Nottinghamshire. Aug 2022
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This portrait belongs to a large group of similar works known as “Fayum portraits,” so-named for the region in northern Egypt in which many have been discovered. To create this man’s likeness, the artist painted a thin piece of wood with encaustic, or pigmented wax, a medium that not only gave the impression of three-dimensionality but also resisted fading and deterioration in the dry climate of Egypt. These highly individualized and lifelike portraits conveyed the wealth and status of the person depicted through clothing, jewelry, and other embellishments, such as the gold wreath of ivy worn by this man.
Unlike the classical mummies that usually come to mind in a hard coffin of wood or cartonnage (layers of linen or papyrus glued together and often coated with stucco), Roman mummies were wrapped in cloth, sometimes in a linen shroud but more often in strips of linen arranged in intricate patterns. This specific mummification practice was concentrated primarily in and around the Fayum Basin (the region that gives the associated portraits their name) and dates to between the 1st and 3rd century CE. About 900 of these portraits are known, and all but a tiny fraction of them have been removed from their mummies.
The deceased were descendants of the Ptolemaic Greeks who controlled Egypt from the 4th to 1st century BC. Under Roman rule, which began in the 1st century BC, their Greek heritage bought them numerous privileges—privileges they sought to capture in their portraits, outfitting themselves in both dress and hairstyle with the trappings of empire. But they were also fully naturalized Egyptians and thus embraced the practice of mummification. As such, these mummies represent a remarkable fusion of the predominant Egyptian culture, the politics of Roman citizenship and the self-identification of an elite, Greek minority.
Many mummy portraits have been heavily embellished with gold, and the Art Institute portraits are no exception. Universally recognized for its value and brilliance, it is no surprise that this highly symbolic material was used to adorn portraits of the dead. Much is known about the use of gold in ancient Egypt: direct observation of objects has made clear that Egyptian goldsmiths understood and were in sufficient command of gold’s malleability to hammer it into thin foils and sheets.
The gold is highly symbolic, and is linked to the Egyptian gods, which were frequently depicted with golden skin. It symbolizes immortality and wealth.
Romano-Egyptian, Al Fayyum, Egypt (during Roman rule), ca. mid-2nd century CE.
Art Institute of Chicago (1922.4798)
Location: New York City, NY
The Civic Type R is available in Europe but probably more successful over here. The license plate on this car is the War on Terror Veteran plate, available for all who serviced in the Persian Gulf War, Afghanistan War or post 9/11.
I really like the individualization of this plate, SGT NY is definitely a fitting choice.
Location: Berlin - 810km from home.
This Model X comes with a very accurate plate, probably one that's more cherished in Sweden. Tesla owners seem to love individualizing their plates.
Built in 1886 at no. 177 King Street.
"Niagara-On-The-Lake National Historic Site of Canada is an early-19th century Loyalist town located on the southern shore of Lake Ontario, near the United States border. The historic district covers 25 city blocks and includes more than 90 residential, commercial, ecclesiastical and institutional buildings constructed between 1815 and 1859. The majority of the buildings are constructed in the British Classical Tradition, producing similarities in design, materials and scale. The wide, tree-lined streets within the district follow a late-18th century grid plan. The district also includes a city park and two early-19th-century cemeteries. The landscape is gently rolling in places, with a creek running through part of the district. The official recognition refers to the approximately 41 hectares of related buildings and landscapes within the district boundaries.
Niagara-on-the-Lake was established in 1779 as a supply depot for British Loyalist forces. By the end of the 18th century it had developed into a major military and cultural centre and served briefly as the capital of Upper Canada. The town’s grid plan, laid out in 1794, was based on the Imperial model plan for new colonial towns. Niagara-on-the-Lake was destroyed by fire in 1813, and then rebuilt by Loyalist settlers. The streets retain their original arrangement, proportions and edge treatments. Between 1831 and 1859, the town prospered as a major shipping and shipbuilding port, and residents built or enlarged their houses and commercial buildings.
The district is dominated by the classically-designed buildings erected during the period from1815 to 1859. Most buildings retain their original siting close to the road and are of similar design, materials and scale, and the majority of buildings have been restored to resemble their original appearance. The commercial section of Queen Street, largely built between 1813 and 1840, illustrates the informal features of commercial streets characteristic of that period. The historic district is distinguished from later 19th-century streetscapes by the individualized façades and the clear differentiation between buildings.
The residents of Niagara-on-the-Lake were among the earliest citizen’s groups in Canada to make a strong commitment to the restoration of their built heritage. The Niagara Historical Society, established by residents in 1896, collected artifacts and documents relating to local history and published local histories. Beginning in the mid-1950s, individuals began to restore private properties to their 19th-century appearance and to promote conservation. In 1962 they formed the Niagara Foundation, a local advocacy and fundraising group dedicated to preserving the town’s landmarks. The Niagara Foundation was instrumental in restoring several major buildings in the town. Niagara-on-the-Lake was one of the first Ontario municipalities to appoint a Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee to advise on local heritage. The town was designated as a provincial Heritage Conservation District in 1986." - info from Historic Places.
"Niagara-on-the-Lake is a town in Ontario, Canada. It is located on the Niagara Peninsula at the point where the Niagara River meets Lake Ontario, across the river from New York, United States. Niagara-on-the-Lake is in the Niagara Region of Ontario and is the only town in Canada that has a lord mayor. It had a population of 19,088 as of the 2021 Canadian census.
Niagara-on-the-Lake is important in the history of Canada: it served as the first capital of the province of Upper Canada, the predecessor of Ontario. It was called Newark from 1792 to 1797. During the War of 1812, the town, the two former villages of St. David's and Queenston, and Fort George were the sites of numerous battles following the American invasion of Upper Canada, and the town was razed. Niagara-on-the-Lake is home to the oldest Catholic church, the second-oldest Anglican church in Ontario, and the oldest surviving golf course in North America.
Today, Niagara-on-the-Lake draws tourists with its colonial-style buildings, the Shaw Festival, Fort George, wineries, an outlet mall on the highway, and its proximity to Niagara Falls. The Niagara Region has the second-highest percentage of seniors in Ontario." - info from Wikipedia.
Late June to early July, 2024 I did my 4th major cycling tour. I cycled from Ottawa to London, Ontario on a convoluted route that passed by Niagara Falls. During this journey I cycled 1,876.26 km and took 21,413 photos. As with my other tours a major focus was old architecture.
Find me on Instagram.
This is how Silversea cruises describes their ship:
"The amenities of a grand resort. The charms of a stylish boutique hotel. Silversea’s Millennium Class ships Silver Whisper and sister ship Silver Shadow invite you to enjoy Silversea’s world-class accommodations, shipboard conviviality and warm, individualized service, paired with the enhanced spaces and amenities of a larger ship."
On New Years Eve, I had two very intense conversations, one with a man and later with a woman going through severe mental, emotional and physical suffering. I realized in both situations that I was not there to offer wisdom but to listen attentively with compassion. Both of them spoke about death, one by choice and one by circumstance. Both of them stirred within me a deep recommitment to the resilience and creative power that lies dormant within each of us and also the awareness of devastating loss when one fails to arouse it.
We stand on a dangerous precipice in our relationship with technology and artificial intelligence.
While we bask in ever-expanding conveniences, engage in 24/7 binge-worthy entertainment, manage distractions and an onslaught of endless information, our systems of education, religion, medicine, business and politics are slowly being dismantled. Lust for power and profit dominate the mindset of more and more leaders and the “divide, control and conquor” strategies of past ages seem to be as prevalent as ever. Our social support structures are crumbling and the family unit is constantly under seige.
What chance is there for the single individual to feel empowered against such odds?
Ending on a hopeless note, my two New Year’s Eve conversations left no room for “it’s going to be ok”. It would have dishonored the sacred intimacy that held the space for their bitter honesty. I had to feel the heartbreaking truth of their feelings. I had to embrace the failure of our larger society in order to process and discover the true gift of these two interactions.
Later that night, there were only questions.
How can we change circumstances if we refuse to change our habits of dependency on the old systems?
How can we reframe our relationships, learning, belief, health and leadership?
The adepts of many ancient cultures understood these dynamics of the individual and society and they created ways to develop self-leadership and inner mastery. They understood that the Universal Law is in each of us. When we are again attuned to It, our awareness completely shifts. We can let go of the default programs that dominate our behavior. With this knowing, a citizen could once again recognize the power of the individual who in our modern times holds tremendous consumer power, voting power, creative power and the greatest of all powers, the capacity to work through Love. The possibilities are endless, as limitless as the horizons of our creative tendencies. We are each a drop in a great and infinite Ocean.
Do we have the courage, wisdom and imagination to access and wield these powers?
The answer lies in the drop itself.
The true revolution of our age is not one of the masses, but of the individual willing to dive into the inner recesses of their own Being. We cannot change the world but we can change ourselves. We can strengthen our relationships within our society and make better choices when we know how to navigate our own lives more effectively. Only then can we nurture stronger families, are wiser consumers, more discerning citizens and visionary leaders capable of making vital and conscientious decisions in technology, medicine and education through innovative creative design. Our activism will have more substance and vision. We will awaken the arts once again and let music and dance be a part of our every day life. Living kindly will be as self-evident as taking care of our environment.
There it was. The gift. The clarity for me and what the opportunities of the next decade hold. I was reminded that sometimes we need to listen instead of coming up with the answers right away. I feel grateful to these two fellow travellers for the gift they gave me and I send them love.
Here’s to the first day of the new decade, the first day of the first month of the new year… 2020, here we are… Breathe into it…
“You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one…”
Sing it, dance it, draw it, sew it, create, create, create... you are one with the Creator and all the power that ever was or will be is here in you right now.
Love always,
Ganga
I'm teaching an LA workshop DECEMBER 3rd!!! 10am - 2pm, with Amanda as the featured model!!
It will cover:
PERFECTING YOUR VISION
-how to hone in and identify your visual language. then craft an individualized style.
HOW THE TOOLS SHAPE THE SHOTS
-looking at how different cameras lead to very different results, and how they influence one's work.
INTERACTING WITH MODELS
-investigating the ways in which to best engage with people, be they professionals or perfect strangers.
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I'll explain my techniques, my core interests as a photographer, how specific cameras force me to work differently, how and why I engage with subjects and how I achieve the effects I do with my work.
In addition there's gonna be hands-on shooting and tutoring, we'll have ourselves some models to work with, it's like a party but with less booze and more photos and fewer party fouls.
Teaching photography is just about the best fun I have during the year, so you should come. You should come, and you should tell your friend to come, too. You know, the friend that's into photography, but has a lot of questions, or maybe is looking for ways to improve, or has plateaued, or is trying to work with people but finding it frustrating.
COME TO THE WORKSHOP. BRING EVERYONE.
To book a spot ($90), please contact me direct via EMAIL
"Green Coca-Cola Bottles was created the year that Andy Warhol developed his pioneering silkscreen technique, which allowed him to produce his paintings through a mechanical process that paralleled his use of mass culture subjects. Here, the image of a single Coca-Cola bottle is repeated in regular rows, seven high by sixteen across, above the company’s logo.
The repetitive imagery and standardized format evokes the look of mechanical reproduction, but the black outlines were probably stamped by hand from a single carved woodblock onto green areas printed in a grid pattern. This engenders subtle differences in the work’s pattern; each of the bottles differs in both the evenness of the green underpainting and in the clarity of its stamped profile. The bottles are also often slightly askew, disturbing the overall regularity of the grid and making them appear simultaneously handmade and individualized, streamlined and mass-produced.
In his deadpan and ironic way, Warhol at once criticized and glorified the consumerist idols and surface values of America’s media-saturated postwar culture. “A Coke is a Coke,” he explained, “and no amount of money can get you a better Coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking.”
Seen at the Whitney Museum of American Art
Les Bourgeois de Calais - Auguste Rodin
Images de l'ensemble: www.flickr.com/photos/145400672@N02/52726136236/in/photos...
Les bourgeois se tiennent debout, sans contact physique, mais individualisés par une gestuelle propre à chacun. Ils correspondent à la description des Chroniques de Froissart, « tête nue, sans chausses, la corde au cou, les clefs de la ville et du château en leurs mains », c'est-à-dire dans la tenue déshonorante des condamnés. Au premier rang, le vieillard à l'allure vénérable et résignée représente Eustache de Saint-Pierre ; sa position centrale est une allusion à son statut de chef du groupe. À droite, Jean d'Aire tient fermement dans ses mains les clés de la ville qui doivent être remises à Edouard III. À gauche, Pierre de Wissant encourage d'un geste de la main Jacques de Fiennes, qui semble hésiter derrière lui. À côté, Jacques de Wissant, frère de Pierre, s'avance en vacillant, tandis qu'Andrieus d'Andres cède au désespoir en se tenant la tête entre les mains.
Source: histoire-image.org/etudes/bourgeois-calais
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The Burghers of Calais -
Auguste Rodin
Pics of the entire group: www.flickr.com/photos/145400672@N02/52726136236/in/photos...
The bourgeois stand upright, without physical contact, but individualized by a gesture specific to each. They correspond to the description of the Chroniques de Froissart, "bareheaded, without breeches, the rope around their necks, the keys of the city and the castle in their hands", that is to say in the dishonoring dress of the condemned. In the front row, the venerable and resigned old man represents Eustache of Saint-Pierre; his central position is an allusion to his status as leader of the group. On the right, Jean d'Aire holds firmly in his hands the keys of the city which must be given to Edward III. On the left, Pierre de Wissant encourages Jacques de Fiennes with a wave of his hand, who seems to be hesitating behind him. Beside, Jacques de Wissant, Pierre's brother, staggers forward, while Andrieus d'Andres gives in to despair, holding his head in his hands.
Location: New York City, NY
This license plate remembers of what's happened on September 11th, 2001. The plate just came out in April 2019, a few months prior to this spot. The individualization of this plate definitely matches the plate itself.
Having all this in mind, it's somewhat humbling that I've spotted this plate on 9/11 of 2019.
1991. Vauxhall Carlton GSi 24V A. Irmscher. Saloon. H404 DHG. 2968cc. Flame Red. Petrol.
Anthracite Arizona Cloth & Leather.
The GSi was released with a 3.0i 12V engine mated to either a 5-speed manual gearbox or optional automatic transmission. The 3.0i 12V engine was used in the GSi until October 1989 when the 3.0i 24V engine was introduced to compete with (and beat!) cars like the Mercedes 300CE and BMW 535i Sport. The 3.0i 24V engine was used in the GSi until the Carlton was replaced in 1994. Minor styling changes were applied in October 1990 for the 1991 model year which included new 10-spoke alloys, revised interior, smoked rear lamp clusters, larger front indicators and improved in-car entertainment.
Opel/Vauxhall - Irmscher. For more than 45 years Irmscher partner is familiar to the automotive industry and the individualization of vehicles. Irmscher Automobilbau GmbH & Co. KG is a German car tuning and manufacturing company, specialising in Opel, Peugeot and Kia vehicles as well as working for the complete automotive industry as an engineering service provider.
1991. Vauxhall Carlton GSi 24V A. H404 DHG. Aug 2022 (1)
1991. Vauxhall Carlton GSi 24V A. H404 DHG. Aug 2022 (2)
1991. Vauxhall Carlton GSi 24V A. H404 DHG. Aug 2022 (3)
Album: Notts Classic Car & Motorcycle Show. Thoresby Park, Nottinghamshire. Aug 2022
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Cloud-based approaches allow us to chart new dynamic ways to educate and learn that aligns with the way we think, share, study and collaborate within and beyond the classroom.
Plenary Session
9:15-9:30 Welcome
Konstantinos Doukas, CEO Doukas School (Conference Opening)
Konstantinos I. Doukas has been the CEO of Doukas School since 2006. He served as President of the Board of Directors of the Information Society S.A. initiatives between 2004-2010. He holds a diploma in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and an M.S. degree from the Dept. of Communication and Technology in Education, Columbia University (New York, USA). He served as a research assistant at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts (M.I.T.), during the Project Athena. He has coordinated and served as invited speaker in many national and international conferences. He is responsible for a number of Greek and European research projects in the new technologies in Education. A former international athlete of the Greek National Handball team, he still practices on an amateur basis, reaping overall benefits for his professional and personal life.
9:30-9:50 Invited Speaker
Marietta Giannakou, Member of the European Parliament, Head of the Greek European People’s Party Delegation, former Minister of National Education and Religious Affairs
Marietta Giannakou graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Athens, with a specialization in Neurology and Psychiatry. She was a founding member of ONNED (youth segment of the New Democracy, N.D., party). In 1989 she became Head of the EP Delegation of N.D. and a member of the EPP Political Bureau. Between 1990-1991 she served as Minister of Health, Welfare and Social Security. Between 1992-1996, she served as the International Secretary of N.D. In 1992, she became Vice-President of EUCD. Between 1992-2004, she served as the National Coordinator of the European Commission against Drugs. She had the following positions with N.D.: Secretary of International and European Affairs, Member of the Executive Committee, Head of the N.D. Delegation. Member of the European Convention on the Future of Europe, representing the Hellenic
Parliament. Between 2004 – 2007, she served as a Member of the Hellenic Parliament and as Minister of National Education and Religious Affairs. She has been honored by the Republic of Chile for her contribution to the re-establishment of democracy, by the Federal Republic of Germany; by the Republic of Italy; by the European People’s Party, for her contribution as Member of the European Parliament for European integration, by the Republic of Poland, and the Republic of France. . MEP in 1984-1990, 1999-2000. MEP since 2009.
9:50-10:30 Keynote Speakers
Prof. Kostis Koutsopoulos, European Association of Geographers, “SoC: Towards a new education paradigm”
Professor Koutsopoulos was born in Volos, Greece. After completing his B.S. degree at the University of Athens, he got his M.S. and Ph.D. from the Departments of Geography and Civil Engineering. He taught at the University of Iowa until 1980, after which time he was elected as Chair of Geography at the National Technical University of Athens. He has been Director of the Geography and Spatial Analysis Lab, Chairman of the Geography and Regional Planning Department, Director of the Graduate Program “Environment and Development” and Dean of the Rural and Surveying Engineering School. He has organized numerous congresses, meetings and seminars and has participated as keynote speaker, invited speaker, session chair and conveyor in many others. He has presented 155 papers in various meetings; he has published 50 papers in refereed journals, written 61 books and authored 100 other publications. He has been serving in various capacities in scientific and academic boards and associations in Greece and abroad.
Karl Donert, Innovative Learning Network, “Cloud-based Education: the State-of-the-Art”
Karl Donert is a Geographer with a national and international profile, a strong track record in initiating innovative projects, as well as leading major networking activities. He is Director of the European Centre of Excellence: digital-earth.eu and adjunct faculty at the Centre for GeoInformatics at Paris Lödron University, Salzburg. Karl is President of EUROGEO (European Association of Geographers) and a UK National Teaching Fellow. He is a member of the Council of Europe groups on Education & Culture and Landscapes and Climate Change, a former Hon. Vice President of the Geographical Association, a Fellow of Academia Europea, the European scientific and Research Academy, the Royal Canadian Geographical Association and Royal Geographical Society-Institute of British Geographers. He has extensive experience in major educational developments. He was coordinator of the HERODOT Thematic Network for Geography in Higher Education, initiator of the digital-earth network on geo-media and participated in more than 100 other international projects mainly concerned with the innovative uses of ICT and education. He is Director and Chief Executive of Innovative Learning Networks Ltd, a UK company specialising in professional and academic networking, developing research & development partnerships and project management. An inspirational speaker, and a European leader in learning and teaching geography acts as a consultant to many organisations, working in this context to raise the profile and quality of learning and teaching activities and research in geographic media.
10:30-11:30 Conference Speakers
Prof. Demetrios G Sampson, University of Piraeus, “Cloud-based Digital Technologies for Opening Up Education: Keep Learning Beyond the Physical Classroom at the Digital Cloud”
Demetrios G. Sampson received his degree in Electrical Engineering from the Democritus University of Thrace, Greece in 1989 and a Ph.D. in Electronic Systems Engineering from the University of Essex, UK in 1995. He is a Full Professor of Digital Systems for Learning and Education at the Department of Digital Systems, University of Piraeus, Greece, a Research Fellow at the Information Technologies Institute (ITI), Centre of Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), and an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Science and Technology, Athabasca University, Canada. He is the Founder and Director of the Advanced Digital Systems and Services for Education and Learning (ASK) since 1999. He has been a Visiting Professor at a number of universities including National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan (2011), the University of Tunis (2012, 2013), Beijing Normal University, China (2013), Peking University Beijing, China (2013), and the University of North Texas, USA (2013). He is the co-author of more than 325 publications in scientific books, journals and conferences .He is a Senior and Golden Core Member of IEEE and was the elected Chair of the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Learning Technologies (2008-2011). He is the recipient of the IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Service Award (July, 2012). He is a member of the ICT Advisory Board of the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organisation (ALESCO) since March 2014. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Educational Technology and Society Journal.
Bart Verswijvel, European Schoolnet, “Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century”
Bart Verswijvel is a Flemish (Belgian) educator who was a Dutch teacher (mother tongue) in a secondary school for about 30 years. Since 2011, he has a part-time job at the Flemish National Support Service for eTwinning in Brussels. Since March 2012, Verswijvel has worked for European Schoolnet as a Pedagogical Adviser, and he is involved in several projects like the Future Classroom Lab, iTEC, eTwinning and Living Schools Lab. He is especially interested in the integration of ICT in education and in project work. He is a freelance speaker, leader of workshops, prize winner in several competitions like eTwinning Awards and Microsoft Innovative Teachers, and a Microsoft Expert Educator. In 2010, Bart was awarded the Queen Paola Prize for Education.
16:15-17:00 Round Table: The Cloud today and perspectives on the future
Tasos Pagakis manages Ericsson Brand, Internal, Marketing and PR Communications in Southeastern Europe. He has worked as a Corporate and brand communicator on and offline as of 1988 in global agencies, pitched for hundreds of businesses, shaped creative standards and created strategic plans for more than 370 globally accredited companies in 57+ market categories. He is a writer of numerous articles in international media, a Startups supporter and a believer of change towards sustainable business models. His achievements: 2010 Serbian Gold PR corp comms, 2009 Ermis Gold PR corp governance, 2009 Ermis Silver PR CSR, 2006 Gold EFFIE for retail, 2005 Gold TV award NY, 3 Gold Effies, 71 creative awards in NY, Epica, Montreaux, Eurobest, AdAge, Ermis Festivals (2000-2009). He has been a Saatchi&Saatchi strategy team member that created the European VISA campaign “Love every day”. He has been Project Manager of the VISA International 2004 Athens Olympics Brand presence plan. When in Lowe Worldwide, he designed and launched the “Insight Mining” strategic planning tool. He is an active supporter of the NGO’s Arcturos and Actionaid.
Dimitris Raftopoulos is Project Manager, EU Projects Consultant and Chair of Finances and European Projects Working Group at the European Centre for Women and Technology (ECWT). He focuses on Strategic Human Resources Management and Gender Issues specializing in implementing, managing and evaluating European Projects. Holding an MBA, he has dedicated his professional experience to human and entrepreneurial development. His knowledge is in the fields of: combating gender issues in the work environment, promotion of employability, strengthening of professional skills as well as EU-funded programmes related to local development, employment, education, social exclusion, mental health, relevant legislation, economics and social policies. He interacts well in multicultural environments and has gained excellent communication skills through his work experience. Additionally, he has held the position of Human Resource Manager for the Olympic Games of Athens 2004 and worked as a consultant for several organizations in the Greek public sector. Other positions he has held: Commercial Director and Development Director for ICT startups. He has been involved in many EU projects and has solid knowledge of managerial issues, building teams and on stimulating communications.
Workshops Summaries
Cloud Applications – Implementations
(conducted in parallel for 90 min. 12:00-13:30)
“Planet School”: blended learning for inclusive classrooms
“Planet School” is the most important blended learning platform for schools in Germany. But it is still not accessible and usable for everyone. The evaluation and further advancement of “Planet School” for inclusive education is the main focus of the study. The goal is to offer variable content. The revised version of “Planet School” addresses different types of learners with accessible and usable materials, including movies, television broadcasts, interactive learning content, etc. I expect enormous enhancement in the European and the international discourse on the participation of persons with disabilities at ICT and a big step towards anchoring in practice.
Ingo K. Bosse is a professor at the Technical University of Dortmund (Germany) in the Special Education program. He leads the department for Motor and Developmental Disabilities. His research interests lie in the field of special and inclusive education with the main focus on inclusive media education, the use of information and communication technologies for learning and assistive technologies. He is also interested in researching educational aspects for students with special needs in augmentative and alternative communication. Currently he is finalizing a project that investigated the potential of the blended learning platform “planet school”. Ingo Bosse takes part in the research cluster Technology for Inclusion and Participation (TIP) at the Technical University of Dortmund that initiates, supports, and coordinates interdisciplinary research projects that investigate new ways to improve the inclusion, participation and wellbeing of individuals with disabilities, impairments or disadvantages.
Prof. Dr. Ingo Bosse, Dortmund University of Technologies
“Putting away the umbrella”: What will you do when the Cloud comes?
Alan will talk about his use of Cloud based tools to support his work in a range of contexts from classrooms, to teacher support and training. Alan has presented hundreds of workshops in many European countries, and tries to provide ideas which can be used immediately, but also others which can be developed further over a longer period of time.
Alan will talk about his use of mobile devices, work with the Open University and ESRI and refer to opportunities for work outside the classroom. Alan is a Geographer, but ideas arerelevant for other subjects too.
Alan Parkinson is an experienced and award-winning teacher and author. He has worked across the UK and EU with the Geographical Association and as a freelance geography consultant. He is a Chartered Geographer and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He is Education Director of Explorer HQ, creators of Mission: Explore. He teaches Geography at King’s Ely School. He blogs at livinggeography.blogspot.com
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Le-MATH: Learning Mathematics through new communication factors
In the workshop we will discuss the preliminary guidelines for the two methods developed by the Le‐MATH project that is the MATHFactor and the MATHeatre. The guidelines are developed based on the collection and study of good practices in more than 10 European countries. We will see on-line video of actual implementation and discuss and analyze the video samples. This will give a clear overview and hands‐on to the participants and will help them understand the two methods and how these could improve the learning of mathematics as well as the change of attitudes towards mathematics. Participants are expected to teach mathematics to pupils in the age group 9‐18. The method can be used by other disciplines, so participants could be from different fields. Some participants will have the opportunity to play the role of pupils for few minutes and others will become evaluators.
Gregory Makrides holds a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the IIT, USA. Since 1986, he has taught at Roosevelt University of Chicago, at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), USA, at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus, at the Cyprus Pedagogical Institute of the Ministry of Education and Culture of Cyprus. Since 2006 is the Director of Research and International Relations Service at the University of Cyprus and in parallel, he is also the Executive Director of the European Office of Cyprus, since 2007. He has publications in refereed journals, conference proceedings and in public press. He is an editor of the Mediterranean Journal for Research in Mathematics Education and the Editor of the Mathematics Magazine of the Cyprus Mathematical Society. He is the coordinator of several European funded projects and he has been a partner in several other EU funded projects as well as an external evaluator. He has chaired the organizing committee of more than 40 conferences since 1997 and has organized more than 100 National and Multinational competitions since 1995. He is the President and he has important posts in several organizations (CMS EAEC EACG MASSEE THALES etc).
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English Attack! Platform: A Web 2.0 Platform for English language learners
English Attack! platform (www.english-attack.com), is an English-language learning service specifically designed for the digital generation that uses short-session online entertainment to encourage frequent digital immersion in real everyday English. English Attack! is an innovative learning method that combines interactive exercises based on hundreds of videos. The platform also offers a number of online games, thematic visual dictionaries, a number of Web 2.0 social features for the global community of English language learners, all in the context of a system of rewards and motivational games.
Ionela Lungu is a Project Manager professional specialized in the IT&C industry. She is holding a Bachelor of Computer Engineering and Automatic Control Degree from the Gheorghe Asachi University of Iasi. Currently she is coordinating the development team of ASSIST Software, a software development and outsourcing company from Suceava, Romania. She brings value to the company by constantly supporting the team members to update their knowledge, conquer new areas of expertise, and adhere to the quality management system of the company. She was also actively involved in the management team within European projects – FP7 and Eurostars.
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ESRI’s Cloud in Education
GIS technology provides the education community with tools to develop a greater understanding of our world through geospatial data analysis. With GIS, students and faculty can integrate and evaluate data from many sources to develop new theories and knowledge. This helps prepare students to meet the demands of the twenty-first-century workforce, whether they are involved in science, government, or business. Libraries, museums, schools, and universities are also increasingly using GIS for resource management, facilities management, and advanced research. ArcGIS Online, ESRI’s Cloud platform, allows you to easily create maps, visualize your fieldwork data and share this content with anyone you choose. It is a great way to start using GIS and introduce key spatial concepts to your students (www.marathondata.gr)
Iro Giannakou, GIS Analyst at Marathon Data Systems (ESRI’s official distributor in Greece and Cyprus)Adonis Kontos, President at Marathon Data Systems (ESRI’s official distributor in Greece and Cyprus)
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Cloud Applications by ICT Companies (Apple and Microsoft)
Increasing collaboration and communication in the classroom and the institution with Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft Partners in Learning Program.
Microsoft has a global strategy in education and with programs such as the Microsoft Partners in Learning Program, we aim to help educators and school leaders connect, collaborate, create, and share so that students can realize their greatest potential. In this workshop, we will be presenting the Microsoft global strategy in education and the different programs and resources that we provide to the educator community for free as well as the local programs of Greek Partners in Learning. In this context, we will showcase the Microsoft Office 365 Education, an online platform that can provide staff, faculty, and students at a school with free email, sites, online document editing and storage, IM, and web conferencing. Microsoft Office 365 platform that offers a holistic group of collaboration and communication tools is offered free for academic and education institutions. Our local partners will then present a complete Learning Management System based in Office365 that provides students, teachers, and staff with the enterprise-grade communication and productivity services they need with the power and flexibility each individual institution requires.
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Workshops: “Hands-On the Cloud”
(conducted in parallel for 90 min. 14:30-16:00)
Collaboration Snacks: Learn how to implement web 2.0 tools to organize communication and collaboration activities. In this workshop the participants explore Web 2.0 tools that can be used in the teaching practice. The tools will support different types of classroom activities. They can be implemented in different types of educational interaction like frontal teaching, group work or independent learning. The majority of the tools are web based and free to use. They can be used on a wide range of devices and support the idea of Bring Your Own Device. Participants are kindly requested to bring their own device for their successful participation in the workshop.
Bart Verswijvel, European Schoolnet is a Flemish (Belgian) educator who was a Dutch teacher (mother tongue) in a secondary school for about 30 years. Since 2011 he has a part time job at the Flemish National Support Service for eTwinning in Brussels. Since March 2012 Bart Verswijvel has worked for European Schoolnet as a Pedagogical Adviser, and he is involved in several projects like the Future Classroom Lab, iTEC, eTwinning and Living Schools Lab. He is especially interested in the integration of ICT in education and in project work. He is a freelance speaker, leader of workshops, prize winner in several competitions like eTwinning Awards and Microsoft Innovative Teachers, and a Microsoft Expert Educator. In 2010 Bart was awarded the Queen Paola Prize for Education.
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Tablets use in School Classroom
“1:1 educational computing” describes the educational practice where each student has their own computing device. These devices are mobile and are equipped with a wireless connection. They also come in various forms (Smartphones, iPads, tablets, etc.) and have varying possibilities. This 1:1 practice, primarily as a methodology, offers many benefits. Some of them are as follows:
- The student becomes an active participant in his own learning and educational activities;
- The teacher becomes a partner and mentor. He or she organizes, inspires and creates experiential activities, releases the potential in the classroom, fosters initiative and critical thinking;
- computer technology makes numerous diverse tools available to the student. Technology enables teaching to become individualized, reinforces the role of multiple representations and promotes research and the quest for information.
Smart and mobile devices, with their user-friendly educational software, contribute effectively to learning. They create appropriate learning environments with opportunities for interdisciplinary instruction. Mainly, they cultivate 21st century competences, by combining skills, knowledge, attitudes and values. In this workshop, by working with tablets, we highlight the importance of the Cloud environment for the pedagogical framework we are presenting.
Vassilis Economu is IT Manager at Doukas School since 1994. From 2004, he is head of the Doukas School “1:1 Computing Team”, which aims to introduce and develop the Student Personal Computer into the educational procedure. From 2006, he is member of Doukas School “Quality Research Team”. He is a certified Validator specialized in the evaluation of companies according to the standards of the European Foundation for Quality Management – “Commitment to Excellence”. He has participated as researcher and analyst-programmer in more than 20 projects concerning ICT in Education and in Special Education as well. He has participated in the development of ICT software (more than 50 software titles). He continues to train hundreds of teachers to develop ICT in educational practice. He has developed various Management Information Systems in several programming environments. He has published articles and studies in educational magazines and has presented several papers in scientific conferences related to the “introduction of ICT in educational procedure” and “quality in education”.
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Collaboration in the Cloud with Linoit
Do you want to collaborate in a colorful cloud-environment? Than follow our sticky note-workshop about Lino. Lino is an online sticky notes service. Here, you can freely post, see and peel off sticky notes, memos, pictures and videos you make with your device, and even annex files on a canvas. Sticky notes posted while you’re offline will appear once you log on. You can organize your memos and ideas by changing the colors of your sticky notes, moving them and adding an icon on them. Lino is an ideal tool to share your ideas. You can create your own group to collaborate. Lino is also available as an app on your Smartphone or tablet.
Nicole Vandeborne, Basisschool Zavelberg
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Cloud computing and mobile devices for teachers
The computer is a useful utility inside and outside the classroom. This course aims to address a range of services available on Internet, considered of interest, usefulness and applicability for the teacher. The mentioned services are oriented to the organization of tasks and application in classroom context. The contents includes information management and e-mail, scheduling and events, storage and files synchronization, sharing data and settings between electronic devices. The adopted methodology wants to create skills and methodologies that helps to learn, search for, select and adopt the best options to increase efficiency and quality to the teacher’s work. Participants are kindly requested to bring their own device for their successful participation in the workshop.
Telmo Costa, 41 years old, graduated in 1995. Master in e-Learning Management and Production at the Carlos III University, Madrid. Teacher at Horácio Bento Gouveia School. School Coordinator of European Projects and coordinator of two Comenius Multilateral Partnerships. Trainer in ICT and Educational Technologies. 2008-2011: Teaching associate professional, coordinating ICT projects streamlined in the Madeira Region Education System. Training Portfolio: Cloud computing and mobile devices, School in the Cloud – Web 2.0 in the personal and professional Organization, Interactive Whiteboards, E-Portfolios, Evaluation of learning in ICT, School 2.0 – Web 2.0 in the Classroom Organization, Illustration of Contents, Multimedia presentation on education, Publications: Interactive Whiteboards, Training Support Book.
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Digital Media in the EFL Classroom
Enhancing all four language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) has always been a challenging task for most EFL teachers. The main purpose of this workshop is to provide some tips that can be useful to teachers of English as a foreign language in the information age. Participants will leave with a better understanding of how tools and services on the cloud can help them achieve the educational objectives of activities that enhance all four language skills. Also, they will examine possible ways of improving their own teaching through the use of cloud technology.
Bessie Mitsikopoulou is Associate Professor at the Department of Language and Linguistics, Faculty of English Language and Literature, University of Athens. She holds a PhD in Critical Discourse Analysis (University of Athens), an MA in Applied Linguistics (University of Reading), a Postgraduate Specialist Diploma in Computers in Education (Institute of Education, University of London) and a BA in English Language and Literature (University of Athens). Her research interests are in the areas of critical discourse analysis, educational linguistics, new media and applications of new technologies in education, critical and academic literacies. Since January 2004, she has been Thematic Consultant of English Literacy for the Second Chance Schools in Greece, and a member of the Scientific Committee for Second Chance Schools. She has also been the Coordinator of the English Group for the Digital Platform Project of the Greek Ministry of Education. She has participated in several research and EU-funded projects in the areas of language education, curriculum reform, genre analysis and ICTs. Her recent book Rethinking Online Education: Media, ideologies, and Identities is published by Paradigm Publishers (2013).
Smaragda Papadopoulou holds a ΒΑ degree in Greek Language and Literature from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and an MSc in Technology Education and Digital Systems from the University of Piraeus. Her scientific interests lie primarily in the fields of technology-enhanced learning, e-learning and online training. So far she has worked as a language editor and proofreader of study guides for primary and secondary education students. She has also participated as an instructional material designer in e-learning projects concerning adult training in Information Communication Technologies (ICT). Since September 2011 she has been working as en eLearning specialist at the Research Centre for Language Teaching, Testing and Assessment and has developed the e-training programme for Primary EFL teachers.
Georgia Gyftoula, Centre of Self-Access Learning & Materials Development, University of Athens, has been a state Primary School English teacher since 1993. She holds a MEd in ELT by the Hellenic Open University and a MEd in Education Management and Administration by the University of Thessaly. She has been interested in implementing projects of Environmental Education, e-twinning and other European programmes as well as integrating ICT in her teaching. She is currently teaching at the 3rd Primary School of Zografou.
Ms. Chryssanthe Sotiriou has obtained a BA in English Literature from the English Department of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and a postgraduate diploma with distinction in Translation from the University of Mons-Hainaut in Belgium, being a scholar of the ‘Alexander Onassis’ Foundation. She has been involved in the Leonardo da Vinci Sectoral Programme: “Mobile and Wireless Technologies for Technology-Enhanced Language Learning (ΜW-TELL)” and in “Digital School”: Greek Ministry of Education. Her research interests include Project Based Learning (PBL), Game Based Learning (GBL) and the use of social media in Education. She has given lectures in seminars and conferences for teaching and the use of technology to teachers of primary and secondary education. She has many years of teaching experience, working as an EFL teacher at Doukas School in Athens, since September 1995; recently holding the position of Language Coordinator in High School.
Elinda Gjondedaj, Centre of Self-Access Learning & Materials Development, University of Athens
Organized by Doukas School - Website: www.schoolonthecloud.eu
Location: Berlin - 645km from home.
Lovely individualized plate form Belgian. "Hulusi" is probably the name of the owner, a Turkish name meaning something like 'sincere'.
Les Bourgeois de Calais - Auguste Rodin
Images de l'ensemble: www.flickr.com/photos/145400672@N02/52726136236/in/photos...
Les bourgeois se tiennent debout, sans contact physique, mais individualisés par une gestuelle propre à chacun. Ils correspondent à la description des Chroniques de Froissart, « tête nue, sans chausses, la corde au cou, les clefs de la ville et du château en leurs mains », c'est-à-dire dans la tenue déshonorante des condamnés. Au premier rang, le vieillard à l'allure vénérable et résignée représente Eustache de Saint-Pierre ; sa position centrale est une allusion à son statut de chef du groupe. À droite, Jean d'Aire tient fermement dans ses mains les clés de la ville qui doivent être remises à Edouard III. À gauche, Pierre de Wissant encourage d'un geste de la main Jacques de Fiennes, qui semble hésiter derrière lui. À côté, Jacques de Wissant, frère de Pierre, s'avance en vacillant, tandis qu'Andrieus d'Andres cède au désespoir en se tenant la tête entre les mains.
Source: histoire-image.org/etudes/bourgeois-calais
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The Burghers of Calais -
Auguste Rodin
Pics of the entire group: www.flickr.com/photos/145400672@N02/52726136236/in/photos...
The bourgeois stand upright, without physical contact, but individualized by a gesture specific to each. They correspond to the description of the Chroniques de Froissart, "bareheaded, without breeches, the rope around their necks, the keys of the city and the castle in their hands", that is to say in the dishonoring dress of the condemned. In the front row, the venerable and resigned old man represents Eustache of Saint-Pierre; his central position is an allusion to his status as leader of the group. On the right, Jean d'Aire holds firmly in his hands the keys of the city which must be given to Edward III. On the left, Pierre de Wissant encourages Jacques de Fiennes with a wave of his hand, who seems to be hesitating behind him. Beside, Jacques de Wissant, Pierre's brother, staggers forward, while Andrieus d'Andres gives in to despair, holding his head in his hands.
The Imp class of light cargo freighters was produced by the Corellian Engineering Corporation. The base freighter design, like many CEC ships, was modular and came with many options. The 'Besther' model, named for the project lead, featured individualized cargo pods which could be customized to accommodate specific needs.
The Besther Imp XIV was made in the first production run and has faired decently in its 34 years of service. Many non-essential systems no longer function well or at all, and it's space-worthiness is in doubt, but it works well as a planetside-only cargo transport.
Name: "Besther" Imp XIV
Manufacturer: Corellian Engineering Corporation
Model #: IMP-1492013299
Length: 40 meters
Width: 12 meters
Height: 7 meters
Hyperdrive rating: Class 0.8*
Crew: 3 (Pilot, co-pilot, astromech droid*)
Cargo capacity: Variable, up to 750 metric tons
Escape pods: 2
Defense systems: Light shields*
Armament: Ballistic escape pods.
Sensors: Standard cargo class*
*System damaged or inoperable
The Lucasarts game "Star Wars 1313" was shaping up to be a brand new style of game for the Star Wars brand and a fantastic look at another side of the SW universe. Unfortunately, when Disney bought Lucasfilm they shuttered the Lucasarts game department. While not official, 1313 appears to have been effectively cancelled.
For SHIPtember I decided to pay tribute to what could have been. This ship features prominently in the trailer/demo video for the game, and appears to represent the opening act of the game.
While simple in shape, the detachable cargo pods were what first intrigued me enough to start this project. The ship is, to my best estimate, full minifigure scale. Though similar in looks, this ship would actually be dwarfed by the nearly four-times longer Tantive IV.
The full size of this model is 131.3 studs long, 42 studs wide, and 19 bricks tall. It took two weeks to create, start to finish.
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In Italy, in the first three decades of the nineteenth century, cholera began to penetrate into Europe, the states involved in commercial traffic (such as the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies) established tight maritime health checks, placing great importance on the days of quarantine for all those boats that came from the infected areas (in this case the measures taken were those already tested at the time of the black plague), but it was not always so ... in fact other States like Genoa, Livorno and Venice, to avoid repercussions on the trade ... they avoided to adopt these measures giving weight to the "anti-contagion theories" (they accused the unhealthy air, the dirt, the bad diet, rather than giving importance to the contact): only in 1882 the vibrio of the cholera will be individualized by Robert Koch, the science up to at that time it was divided between "those who gave credit to the contagion" and "those who gave credit to environmental conditions", and also the Church gave its indications, invoking "hygiene of the soul", supporting the need to avoid debauchery, including food and sexual excesses. The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in 1837 was affected by popular revolts carried out against the Bourbons, accused of having commissioned the "infectors" to kill the people. We are in 1854, in the city of Messina a devastating cholera epidemic breaks out, in just two months cholera leads to the death of about 30,000 people, the town of Castroreale not far away, seems to be immune from this disaster, until two of its fellow citizens, husband and wife, return to Castroreale from Messina, the lady shows the cholera symptoms very seriously ... the country is terrified fearing the spread of the contagion to the whole community: which Saint to vote themself then? To Saint Rosalia who had freed Palermo from the plague? To Saint Sebastiano protector from epidemics? In Castroreale it was thought to immediately ask for help to the Holy Crucifix (in the odor of being miraculous) whose life-size Christ, papier-mâché made by anonymous, was thus fixed on top of a 12-meter long pole, thus obtaining two advantages when carried in procession, the sick kept in quarantine on the highest floors of the houses, could have enjoyed the direct vision of Christ through the windows, but at the same time the religious could stay at a safe distance (!). The story goes that the lady suddenly recovered, Castroreale had no case of cholera: since then, on August 25th, the day of the miracle, the Holy Crucifix is celebrated (also called the feast of the Christ Long, in the dialect, feast of Cristu Longu or Signuri Longu). The pole on which the Christ is hoisted, presents at regular distances pins driven into the wood, to avoid the sliding of the long "perches with hairpins", with which the "hairpin masters" support the very high Crucifix during the procession that proceeds along the streets of the town, and to allow its lowering and raising through the entrance of the two churches (the Mother Church and the church of Saint Agatha) in which it is carried.
Small note in closing: in the Mother Church is the Chapel of the Assumption where the statuary complex of the Virgin Mary Assumed (1848) is located, whose author is Matteo Mancuso from Messina, to whom a son died while working on the statue, so he personified his son in the little angel with his eyes closed at the feet of the Virgin Mary; at the foot of the statue there is the statuette of the seventeenth century of baby Virgin Mary, which is carried in procession on 8th September by children receiving first communion.
Ezio Famà
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In Italia, nelle prime tre decadi dell’ottocento, il colera iniziò a penetrare in Europa, gli Stati interessati dai traffici commerciali (come il Regno delle Due Sicilie) istituirono dei serrati controlli sanitari marittimi, ponendo grande importanza ai giorni di quarantena per tutte quelle imbarcazioni che provenivano dalle zone infette (in questo caso i provvedimenti presi erano quelli già sperimentati ai tempi della peste nera), ma non sempre fu così…infatti altri Stati come Genova, Livorno e Venezia, per evitare ripercussioni sui commerci…evitarono di adottare tali provvedimenti dando peso alle “teorie anticontagioniste” (esse accusavano l’aria malsana, la sporcizia, la cattiva alimentazione, piuttosto che dare importanza al contatto): solo nel 1882 il vibrione colerico verrà individuato da Robert Koch, la scienza fino ad allora era divisa tra “contagionisti” ed “epidemiologi”, ed anche la Chiesa ci metteva del suo, invocando “l’igiene dell’anima”, sostenendo la necessità di evitare gli stravizi, inclusi gli eccessi alimentari e sessuali. Il Regno delle Due Sicilie nel 1837 fu interessato da rivolte popolari attuate contro i Borboni, accusati di aver incaricato gli “untori” di uccidere il popolo. Siamo nel 1854, nella città di Messina scoppia una devastante epidemia di colera, in soli due mesi il colera porta a morte circa 30.000 persone, la cittadina di Castroreale non molto distante, sembra essere immune da tale iattura, fino a quando due suoi concittadini, marito e moglie ritornano al paese provenienti da Messina, la signora mostra in forma gravissima i sintomi colerici…il paese è terrorizzato temendo il propagarsi del contagio a tutta la comunità: a quale Santo votarsi dunque? A Santa Rosalia che aveva liberato Palermo dalla Peste? A San Sebastiano protettore dalle epidemie? A Castroreale si pensò di chiedere subito aiuto al Santissimo Crocifisso (in odore di essere miracoloso) il cui Cristo, in grandezza naturale, realizzato da anonimo in cartapesta, venne così fissato in cima ad un palo lungo 12 metri, ottenendo così due vantaggi quando portato in processione, i malati tenuti in quarantena nei piani più alti delle abitazioni, avrebbero potuto godere della visione diretta del Cristo attraverso le finestre, ma al contempo i religiosi potevano mantenersi a debita distanza (!). La storia racconta che la signora improvvisamente guarì, Castroreale non ebbe nessun caso di colera: da allora, il 25 di Agosto, il giorno del miracolo, si festeggia il Santissimo Crocifisso (detta anche festa del Cristo Lungo, in dialetto, del Cristu Longu o Signuri Longu). Il palo sul quale viene issato il Cristo, presenta a distanze regolari dei perni infissi nel legno, per evitare lo scivolamento delle lunghe “pertiche con forcine” , con le quali i “maestri di forcina” sostengono l’altissimo Crocifisso durante la processione che procede lungo le strade della cittadina, ma anche per consentirne l’abbassamento e l’innalzamento attraverso l’ingresso delle due chiese nelle quali viene portato (la Chiesa Madre e la chiesa di Sant’Agata).
Piccola nota in chiusura: nella Chiesa Madre si trova la Cappella dell’Assunzione ove è sito il complesso statuario della Madonna Assunta (1848), il cui autore è il messinese Matteo Mancuso, al quale, durante la lavorazione della statua, morì un figlio che egli impersonò nell’angioletto con gli occhi chiusi ai piedi della Madonna; in basso sotto la statua si trova la statuetta del seicento di Maria Bambina, che viene portata in processione l’otto settembre dai bambini che ricevono la prima comunione.
Ezio Famà
Location: Düsseldorf - 167km from home.
The older Belgian vanity were not as popular as the new ones, for good reasons. They were very pricey and the amount of individualization was very limited. The car itself is also an interesting project. It's a Crew Cab, which isn't too common, which seems to be based on the limited LXV Edition. It might be an LXV converted to a Crew Cab.
9 = Individual
I'm teaching an LA workshop DECEMBER 3rd!!! 10am - 2pm
It will cover:
PERFECTING YOUR VISION
-how to hone in and identify your visual language. then craft an individualized style.
HOW THE TOOLS SHAPE THE SHOTS
-looking at how different cameras lead to very different results, and how they influence one's work.
INTERACTING WITH MODELS
-investigating the ways in which to best engage with people, be they professionals or perfect strangers.
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I'll explain my techniques, my core interests as a photographer, how specific cameras force me to work differently, how and why I engage with subjects and how I achieve the effects I do with my work.
In addition there's gonna be hands-on shooting and tutoring, we'll have ourselves some models to work with, it's like a party but with less booze and more photos and fewer party fouls.
Teaching photography is just about the best fun I have during the year, so you should come. You should come, and you should tell your friend to come, too. You know, the friend that's into photography, but has a lot of questions, or maybe is looking for ways to improve, or has plateaued, or is trying to work with people but finding it frustrating.
COME TO THE WORKSHOP. BRING EVERYONE.
To book a spot ($90), please contact me direct via EMAIL
Location: Berlin - 596km from home.
Austrian dealer plates are probably somewhat more common in Germany - because they can be used officially. One thing I like about these Austrian plates is the fact they can be individualized on top. This one clearly belongs to the Autohaus Told inside the SZ district. It remains very cool to spot these plates so far up north, as they are pretty rare for me to spot, too.
SZ = Schwaz
Here are some tips on how to eat to preserve your memory and keep your brain healthy.
Key Points
Limiting candy in your diet may support brain health, as high added sugar intake could increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
A brain-healthy lifestyle includes regular exercise, managing chronic diseases, staying socially engaged and following diets like the MIND diet.
Making mindful dietary and lifestyle choices can enhance cognitive health and overall well-being over time.
More than 55 million people have dementia worldwide, with Alzheimer’s disease being the most common form, contributing to 60% to 70% of dementia cases. Having Alzheimer’s disease means living with a progressive disorder that causes brain cells to degenerate and die, leading to a continuous decline in memory, thinking skills and the ability to perform everyday tasks. Sadly, as the disease progresses, even basic activities and communication become challenging.
Several factors influence the risk of developing dementia, with some being completely beyond your control. Aging is the most significant risk factor, as individuals over the age of 65 are more susceptible. Genetics also play a crucial role, with specific genetic mutations directly linked to Alzheimer’s disease. However, along with unchangeable factors, certain lifestyle choices can help lower the risk of cognitive decline, with diet being a pivotal piece of the puzzle. “Some of the best foods for brain health are antioxidant-rich wild blueberries, salad greens for B vitamins, salmon for its anti-inflammatory fatty acids, fiber-rich black beans, and walnuts, the best source of plant-based omega-3 ALA among nuts,” says Maggie Moon, M.S., RD. There are some foods you should avoid when focusing on brain health support too, with candy being the #1 food on that list.
Why You Should Limit Candy for Brain Health
Taking steps to reduce dementia risk is one positive step for brain health. While there isn’t one food that will cause dementia, high-added-sugar candy tops the list of foods that should be limited on a brain-healthy diet.
“Candies are not your brain’s friend,” Moon says. She points to a study that found that eating too much added sugar more than doubled the risk for dementia. “That includes added sugar from candies, as well as other sweets like pastries, sweetened café drinks and sodas,” she says. Researchers think that high blood sugar and insulin levels are risk factors for Alzheimer’s because insulin resistance may also occur in the brain, which may impact memory.
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Of course, everything can be eaten in moderation in a healthy, balanced eating plan. “While fine once in a while, research has found that a diet that is consistently high in added sugar may increase the amyloid plaque buildup in the brain,” says Laura M. Ali, M.S., RDN. "These plaques disrupt the communication system in our brain, and scientists have found that people with Alzheimer’s disease tend to have more of these plaques.”
In fact, says Ali, one study found that every 10 grams of added sugar consumed per day (equivalent to 2½ teaspoons of sugar or 8 gummy candies) was associated with a 1.3% to 1.4% increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Those with the highest daily added sugar intake had 19% higher odds of developing Alzheimer’s disease.
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Other Ways to Reduce Your Risk of Dementia
Limiting sweetened candy doesn't guarantee that you won't get dementia, but it is a positive step forward. Along with limiting added sugar in your diet, here are some other ways to reduce your dementia risk:
Exercise by participating in both aerobic activity and resistance exercise.
If you smoke cigarettes, take the first steps to quit.
Limit alcohol intake. If you regularly drink alcohol, try to do so in moderation. Excessive drinking is linked to cognitive decline. Moderate drinking means two drinks or less in a day for men and one drink or less in a day for women.
Stay socially engaged. Maintaining social connections builds your cognitive reserve to maintain good brain function with age.
If you have chronic diseases, such as high blood pressure and diabetes, make sure you’re managing these well. Stiffness in arteries and blood vessels can damage the brain. If you need help or individualized advice, reach out to a healthcare professional.
Include brain-healthy foods in your diet. The MIND diet emphasizes foods like whole grains, nuts, berries, vegetables and olive oil, which research shows may help support brain health. “The brain-healthy MIND diet limits foods high in saturated fats and added sugars because both are linked to oxidative stress, inflammation and the brain plaques and tangles associated with Alzheimer’s disease,” says Moon. She clarifies that this diet limits—but does not eliminate—fried foods, pastries and sweets, red meat, whole-fat cheese and butter.
Our Expert Take
Nothing will guarantee that you will live a life free from dementia. But certain steps may help reduce your risk, with your dietary choices being one factor. And along with eating brain-healthy foods, limiting your candy intake can help keep you cognitively sharp. Enjoying a small handful of candy corn on Halloween or conversation hearts on Valentine’s Day won’t “cause” dementia. “It’s important to remember that no single food eaten once, or even once in a while, is going to make or break your brain health,” Moon adds.
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Alzheimer’s Association. What is Alzheimer’s Disease?
National Institute on Aging. Thinking about your risk for Alzheimer’s Disease? Five questions to consider.
Dhana K, James BD, Agarwal P, Aggarwal NT, et al. MIND Diet, Common Brain Pathologies, and Cognition in Community-Dwelling Older Adults. J Alzheimers Dis.;83(2):683-692. doi: 10.3233/JAD-210107.
Agarwal P, Ford CN, Leurgans SE, Beck T, Desai P, Dhana K, Evans DA, Halloway S, Holland TM, Krueger KR, Liu X, Rajan KB, Bennett DA. Dietary sugar intake associated with a higher risk of dementia in community-dwelling older adults. J Alzheimers Dis. 2023;95(4):1417-1425. doi:10.3233/JAD-230013
Liu L, Volpe SL, Ross JA, Grimm JA, Van Bockstaele EJ, Eisen HJ. Dietary sugar intake and risk of Alzheimer's disease in older women. Nutr Neurosci. 2022 Nov;25(11):2302-2313. doi:10.1080/1028415X.2021.1959099
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dietary guidelines for alcohol.
I once saw a TED talk that just had me glued to the screen. It was Sir Ken Robinson talking about how schools kill creativity. An old familiar wound stirred suddenly realizing how many inner qualities I had worked so hard to discover later in life had been systematically destroyed in my formulative school years. Here was a staunch advocate of expressing through what he called your “element”, the thing that drives you wild with excitement, the thing you absolutely love to do and makes time disappear. A school without a focus on artistic expression would miss out on helping kids discover their unique gifts.
Just imagine talking to the primary music teacher of three of the famous “Beatles” only to discover that their musical talent was recognized as average. Or another story Sir Ken told was how Gillian Lynne was diagnosed with a learning disability and would have to go to a special class. Her parents went to go see a pychologist who immediately recognized that the reason she had to keep moving in class was because her nature was to be a dancer. Her parents then enrolled her into an art school and she eventually became the famous choreographer for the musical hit “Cats”.
His talk had millions of hits in just a few days and at the time of his passing remains the most watched TED talk of all time. Accumulated hits was over 80 million for his TED talks. He pushed against the whole idea that one child should be weighed and measured the same as the next and suggested through an extended curriculum that each child had an individualized way of learning. Standardized testing brought only conformity and compliance. He urged educators to move from machine-like training to an organic approach which would lead a student into curiosity and exploration beyond just memorizing.
He was a writer, educator, speaker, advocate and organizer. He collaborated with educators all around the world and kept trying to dimantle the old systems of learning which for the most part were reluctant to change. The arts were getting less attention and recognition and therefore less funding. So he turned to the younger generation of teachers who were starting out. At that time I connected with a young man in India who started a facebook page called “The Learning Revolution” inspired by Sir Ken’s ideas and campaigns. Thousands of young and eager educators would share their stories of how amazingly their students were responding to many of the unique programs like 321 Education Foundation and Teach for India as I learned though this same advocate and educator , Harsh Swaminarayan.
Why did Sir Ken care so much when he himself could not play music or paint? He tells his personal story of getting polio at age 4. His whole educational experience started out being placed with the special education kids because of a physical setback and there he realized just how unique each of the kids in his class really was. There the roots of his realization and passion must have formed. He was rescued by a teacher who noticed how smart he was and his life began to change.
Now his passionate ideas have transformed the experience of so many people around the world. If you google his name you will see lists a mile long of his achievements, his books, his writings, his videos and of course his many awards. Just weeks before he passed away, he tirelessly worked on a project with online learning to help families get organized with homeschooling because of the pandemic.
Thank-you for all you have done Ken Robinson. I will miss your sense of humor as I was always laughing and learning at the same time. You will not be forgotten.
My New Year project is now underway. Studio work...lots of it. I'm using this first-processed Christmas Collectibles image to explain what will be happening. This, for the four or five who will read this.
I anticipate a large number of Christmas items will be photographed. Have already done so with a couple of dozen. I'll process each one to my own individualized standard. Then I'll add them to my photostream so that I can get them into a special album.
Most won't want to look at Christmas images in February and March. I can't upload directly to album though, so must upload to stream. This means that anyone following me will see up to five uploads at a time. Because of that I'll wait until I have quite a number of the photos completed, and then upload all at once. I'll add them to the Christmas Collectibles album, and then batch alter the date taken so that they don't sit at the top of the stream.
There is no need to interact with any of these, and I'm not soliciting comments or faves. It's just the necessary procedure to get the photos into that album for various future uses.
After the Christmas items there will be several more additional categories and types of studio photos, large numbers of each. It is just me doing what I do.
Location: Berlin - 1932km from home.
This week's highlight is my first standard Algerian plate. Finally, I must say. I have already spotted an Algerian diplomatic plate, but I'm a fan of standard plates, because diplomats are often just "returning home", while these fellow didn't. Algerian plates are somewhat individualizable. Many tend to add a European touch. I don't know how plate-making works there, but it seems that many designs are available and apparently generally tolerated. This one comes in FE-font and with the addition of a red band that mimicks German export plates. Often, this band is used to give the cars registration, althouth this information is already given in the second set of numbers on the plate. Her, it says "16 20 15", which leads to some guessint to do. I suppose 16 means Algeria and 15 is the year of registration, but 20.. I don't know. It's nice nonetheless and cool to see. I was really happy to have spotted this car; while standing next o an Azerbaijani plate.
16 = Algiers
Les Bourgeois de Calais - Auguste Rodin
Images de l'ensemble: www.flickr.com/photos/145400672@N02/52726136236/in/photos...
Les bourgeois se tiennent debout, sans contact physique, mais individualisés par une gestuelle propre à chacun. Ils correspondent à la description des Chroniques de Froissart, « tête nue, sans chausses, la corde au cou, les clefs de la ville et du château en leurs mains », c'est-à-dire dans la tenue déshonorante des condamnés. Au premier rang, le vieillard à l'allure vénérable et résignée représente Eustache de Saint-Pierre ; sa position centrale est une allusion à son statut de chef du groupe. À droite, Jean d'Aire tient fermement dans ses mains les clés de la ville qui doivent être remises à Edouard III. À gauche, Pierre de Wissant encourage d'un geste de la main Jacques de Fiennes, qui semble hésiter derrière lui. À côté, Jacques de Wissant, frère de Pierre, s'avance en vacillant, tandis qu'Andrieus d'Andres cède au désespoir en se tenant la tête entre les mains.
Source: histoire-image.org/etudes/bourgeois-calais
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The Burghers of Calais -
Auguste Rodin
Pics of the entire group: www.flickr.com/photos/145400672@N02/52726136236/in/photos...
The bourgeois stand upright, without physical contact, but individualized by a gesture specific to each. They correspond to the description of the Chroniques de Froissart, "bareheaded, without breeches, the rope around their necks, the keys of the city and the castle in their hands", that is to say in the dishonoring dress of the condemned. In the front row, the venerable and resigned old man represents Eustache of Saint-Pierre; his central position is an allusion to his status as leader of the group. On the right, Jean d'Aire holds firmly in his hands the keys of the city which must be given to Edward III. On the left, Pierre de Wissant encourages Jacques de Fiennes with a wave of his hand, who seems to be hesitating behind him. Beside, Jacques de Wissant, Pierre's brother, staggers forward, while Andrieus d'Andres gives in to despair, holding his head in his hands.