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see portarthur.org.au/ for tours..
and Wikipedia.. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Arthur%2C_Tasmania
Port Arthur is a town and former convict settlement on the Tasman Peninsula, in Tasmania, Australia. It is located approximately 97 kilometres (60 mi) southeast of the state capital, Hobart.
The site forms part of the Australian Convict Sites, a World Heritage property consisting of 11 remnant penal sites originally built within the British Empire during the 18th and 19th centuries on fertile Australian coastal strips. Collectively, these sites, including Port Arthur, are described by UNESCO as "... the best surviving examples of large-scale convict transportation and the colonial expansion of European powers through the presence and labour of convicts."[3]
In 1996, the town was the scene of the Port Arthur massacre, the worst instance of mass murder in post-colonial Australian history.
History
Penitentiary and Mount Arthur, Tasmania, ca. 1880, by Anson Brothers
Port Arthur was named after George Arthur, the lieutenant governor of Van Diemen's Land. The settlement started as a timber station in 1830, but it is best known for being a penal colony.
Penal colony
The Port Arthur convict settlement was established in September 1830 as a timber-getting camp, producing sawn logs for government projects. From 1833 until 1877, it was the destination for those deemed the most hardened of transported convicts ― so-called "secondary offenders" ― who had persistently re-offended during their time in Australia. The recalcitrant offenders were sent to Port Arthur, which had some of the strictest security measures in the British penal system but was, nevertheless, also based on the idea that prisoners could be reformed while still being punished.[4]
Treatment of prisoners
Interior of Model Chapel, Port Arthur, Tasmania, ca. 1880, by Anson Brothers
Port Arthur was an example of the "Separate Prison Typology" (sometimes known as the model prison), which emerged from Jeremy Bentham's theories and his panopticon.[5] The prison was completed in 1853, and extended in 1855. The layout was fairly symmetrical. It was in a cross shape with exercise yards at each corner. The prisoner wings were each connected to the surveillance core of the prison, as well as the chapel in the centre hall.[6] From the surveillance hub, each wing could be clearly seen, although individual cells could not. In that way, the Separate Prison at Port Arthur differed from the original theory of the panopticon.[5]
The Separate Prison System also signalled a shift from physical punishment to psychological punishment. The hard corporal punishment, such as whippings, used in other penal stations, was thought to only serve to harden criminals, and did nothing to turn them from their immoral ways. For example, food was used to reward well-behaved prisoners and as punishment for troublemakers. As a reward, a prisoner could receive larger amounts of food or even luxury items such as tea, sugar, and tobacco. As punishment, the prisoners would receive the bare minimum of bread and water.[7] Under this system of punishment, the "Silent System" was implemented in the building. Here, prisoners were hooded and made to stay silent; this was supposed to allow time for the prisoner to reflect upon the actions which had brought him there. Many of the prisoners in the Separate Prison developed mental illness from the lack of light and sound. This was an unintended outcome, although the asylum was built next to the Separate Prison. In many ways, Port Arthur was the model for the penal reform movement, despite the shipping, housing, and use of convicts as slave-labour being as harsh, or worse, than other institutions around the nation.
First instance of the backside is complete (for refs). The model is now at 1.0 standpoint and all shaping is done. See you at convention.
New Guwahati's freight specialist WDG3A 13014 appears with a passenger load exiting Narangi station moving towards Guwahati
Tribunal of First Instance of Port-au-Prince, October 29th, 2018. Meeting of Mr. Alexandre Zouev, Assistant-Secretary-General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions along with Ms. Helen La Lime, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti and Head of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH) at the Port-au-Prince Bar with representatives of the Bar Council led by Robinson Pierre Louis, in the presence of the Coordinators of the two BALs of Port-au-Prince and CERMICOL's legal assistance project.
Photo Leonora Baumann UN/MINUJUSTH
An extremely rare instance of a freight spot hire locomotive in use on a timetabled passenger service in Germany.
Bahnbau Gruppe 218391-1 is seen here hired in to work Alex (Arriva) services on the Oberstdorf branch. Alex took over services from DB in 2009 on the Munchen - Oberstdorf/Lindau route spelling the end for the use of Class 218's on these services and the introduction of Siemens Eurolight Class 223's. So this is a bit of a hark back to the old days!!
Here at Immenstadt, a practice long discontinued in the UK takes place where the train splits and heads in two seperate directions. When the train returns to rejoin back as one, this particular portion runs clear of the station with passengers on board, and backs onto the rear of the service. I'd imagine this is a similar operation to that carried out at Georgemas Junction until sprinterisation in 1990's.
This service caught me completely by suprise whilst on my way to Lindau, and instead of taking the onward front portion of the train to Lindau (a bit of a haven for Class 218's or "Bunnies") I took the eastward rear portion for Oberstdorf instead, a single line branch to near the Austrian border. As the day progressed word got out I think as there certainly was an increase in lineside activity. Unfortunately for them, the best weather was in the morning!
Incidentally, a big thanks to the train crew - you put on a damn good show of what a 218 is capable of!! (Based on their driving style, I have sneaking suspision they were enthusiasts...)
There have been a couple instances over the years where it has been alleged that this hybrid is capable of self-fertilisation. The oldest account, of which I'm aware, refers to P. 'Mme Dambreville' by Jean-Jacques Segalen & named for his mother-in-law !? which the breeder asserted at the time (in 1999) could not have arisen by chance due to an absence of other potential pollinators within the immediate vicinity. Peer pressure on social media 'decided' that the pollinator 'had to have been' P. caerulea (as was subsequently published in 2005 see Farbatlas Passionsblumen page 130). Another more recent example, below, appeared on facebook in 2017.
Vienna Regional Court for Criminal Matters
The Vienna Regional Court for Criminal Matters (colloquially referred to as "landl" (Landesgericht)) is one of 20 regional courts in Austria and the largest court in Austria. It is located in the 8th District of Vienna, Josefstadt, at the Landesgerichtsstraße 11. It is a court of first respectively second instance. A prisoners house, the prison Josefstadt, popularly often known as the "Grey House" is connected.
Court Organization
In this complex there are:
the Regional Court for Criminal Matters Vienna,
the Vienna District Attorney (current senior prosecutor Maria-Luise Nittel)
the Jurists association-trainee lawer union (Konzipientenverband) and
the largest in Austria existing court house jail, the Vienna Josefstadt prison.
The Regional Criminal Court has jurisdiction in the first instance for crimes and offenses that are not pertain before the district court. Depending on the severity of the crime, there is a different procedure. Either decides
a single judge,
a senate of lay assessors
or the jury court.
In the second instance, the District Court proceeds appeals and complaints against judgments of district courts. A three-judge Court decides here whether the judgment is canceled or not and, if necessary, it establishes a new sentence.
The current President Friedrich Forsthuber is supported by two Vice Presidents - Henriette Braitenberg-Zennenberg and Eve Brachtel.
In September 2012, the following data have been published
Austria's largest court
270 office days per year
daily 1500 people
70 judges, 130 employees in the offices
5300 proceedings (2011) for the custodial judges and legal protection magistrates, representing about 40 % of the total Austrian juridical load of work
over 7400 procedures at the trial judges (30 % of the total Austrian juridical load of work)
Prosecution with 93 prosecutors and 250 employees
19,000 cases against 37,000 offenders (2011 )
Josefstadt prison with 1,200 inmates (overcrowded)
History
1839-1918
The original building of the Vienna Court House, the so-called civil Schranne (corn market), was from 1440 to 1839 located at the Hoher Markt 5. In 1773 the Schrannenplatz was enlarged under Emperor Joseph II and the City Court and the Regional Court of the Viennese Magistrate in this house united. From this time it bore the designation "criminal court".
Due to shortcomings of the prison rooms in the Old Court on Hoher Markt was already at the beginning of the 19th Century talk of building a new crime courthouse, but this had to be postponed because of bankruptcy in 1811.
In 1816 the construction of the criminal court building was approved. Although in the first place there were voices against a construction outside the city, as building ground was chosen the area of the civil Schießstätte (shooting place) and the former St. Stephanus-Freithofes in then Alservorstadt (suburb); today, in this part Josefstadt. The plans of architect Johann Fischer were approved in 1831, and in 1832 was began with the construction, which was completed in 1839. On 14 May 1839 was held the first meeting of the Council.
Provincial Court at the Landesgerichtsstraße between November 1901 and 1906
Johann Fischer fell back in his plans to Tuscan early Renaissance palaces as the Pitti Palace or Palazzo Pandolfini in Florence. The building was erected on a 21,872 m² plot with a length of 223 meters. It had two respectively three floors (upper floors), the courtyard was divided into three wings, in which the prisoner's house stood. In addition, a special department for the prison hospital (Inquisitenspital ) and a chapel were built.
The Criminal Court of Vienna was from 1839 to 1850 a city court which is why the Vice Mayor of Vienna was president of the criminal courts in civil and criminal matters at the same time. In 1850 followed the abolition of municipal courts. The state administration took over the Criminal Court on 1 Juli 1850. From now on, it had the title "K.K. Country's criminal court in Vienna".
1851, juries were introduced. Those met in the large meeting hall, then as now, was on the second floor of the office wing. The room presented a double height space (two floors). 1890/1891 followed a horizontal subdivision. Initially, the building stood all alone there. Only with the 1858 in the wake of the demolition of the city walls started urban expansion it was surrounded by other buildings.
From 1870 to 1878, the Court experienced numerous conversions. Particular attention was paid to the tract that connects directly to the Alserstraße. On previously building ground a three-storey arrest tract and the Jury Court tract were built. New supervened the "Neutrakt", which presented a real extension and was built three respectively four storied. From 1873 on, executions were not executed publicly anymore but only in the prison house. The first execution took place on 16 December 1876 in the "Galgenhof" (gallow courtyard), the accused were hanged there on the Würgegalgen (choke gallow).
By 1900 the prisoners house was extended. In courtyard II of the prison house kitchen, laundry and workshop buildings and a bathing facility for the prisoners were created. 1906/1907 the office building was enlarged. The two-storied wing tract got a third and three-storied central section a fourth floor fitted.
1918-1938
In the early years of the First Republic took place changes of the court organization. Due to the poor economy and the rapid inflation, the number of cases and the number of inmates rose sharply. Therefore, it was in Vienna on 1 October 1920 established a second Provincial Court, the Regional Court of Criminal Matters II Vienna, as well as an Expositur of the prisoner house at Garnisongasse.
One of the most important trials of the interwar period was the shadow village-process (Schattendorfprozess - nomen est omen!), in which on 14th July 1927, the three defendants were acquitted. In January 1927 front fighters had shot into a meeting of the Social Democratic Party of Austria, killing two people. The outrage over the acquittal was great. At a mass demonstration in front of the Palace of Justice on 15th July 1927, which mainly took place in peaceful manner, invaded radical elements in the Palace of Justice and set fire ( Fire of the Palace Justice), after which the overstrained police preyed upon peaceful protesters fleeing from the scene and caused many deaths.
The 1933/1934 started corporate state dictatorship had led sensational processes against their opponents: examples are the National Socialists processes 1934 and the Socialists process in 1936 against 28 "illegal" socialists and two Communists, in which among others the later leaders Bruno Kreisky and Franz Jonas sat on the dock.
Also in 1934 in the wake of the February Fights and the July Coup a series of processes were carried out by summary courts and military courts. Several ended with death sentences that were carried out by hanging in "Galgenhof" of the district court .
1938-1945
The first measures the Nazis at the Regional Criminal Court after the "Anschluss" of Austria to the German Reich in 1938 had carried out, consisted of the erection of a monument to ten Nazis, during the processes of the events in July 1934 executed, and of the creation of an execution space (then space 47 C, today consecration space where 650 names of resistance fighters are shown) with a guillotine supplied from Berlin (then called device F, F (stands for Fallbeil) like guillotine).
During the period of National Socialism were in Vienna Regional Court of 6 December 1938 to 4th April 1945 1.184 persons executed. Of those, 537 were political death sentences against civilians, 67 beheadings of soldiers, 49 war-related offenses, 31 criminal cases. Among those executed were 93 women in all age groups, including a 16-year-old girl and a 72-year-old woman who had both been executed for political reasons.
On 30 June 1942 were beheaded ten railwaymen from Styria and Carinthia, who were active in the resistance. On 31 July 1943, 31 people were beheaded in an hour, a day later, 30. The bodies were later handed over to the Institute of Anatomy at the University of Vienna and remaining body parts buried later without a stir at Vienna's Central Cemetery in shaft graves. To thein the Nazi era executed, which were called "Justifizierte" , belonged the nun Maria Restituta Kafka and the theology student Hannsgeorg Heintschel-Heinegg.
The court at that time was directly subordinated to the Ministry of Justice in Berlin.
1945-present
The A-tract (Inquisitentrakt), which was destroyed during a bombing raid in 1944 was built in the Second Republic again. This was also necessary because of the prohibition law of 8 May 1945 and the Criminal Law of 26 June 1945 courts and prisons had to fight with an overcrowding of unprecedented proportions.
On 24 March 1950, the last execution took place in the Grey House. Women murderer Johann Trnka had two women attacked in his home and brutally murdered, he had to bow before this punishment. On 1 July 1950 the death penalty was abolished in the ordinary procedure by Parliament. Overall, occured in the Regionl Court of Criminal Matters 1248 executions. In 1967, the execution site was converted into a memorial.
In the early 1980s, the building complex was revitalized and expanded. The building in the Florianigasse 8, which previously had been renovated, served during this time as an emergency shelter for some of the departments. In 1994, the last reconstruction, actually the annex of the courtroom tract, was completed. In 2003, the Vienna Juvenile Court was dissolved as an independent court, iIts agendas were integrated in the country's criminal court.
Prominent processes since 1945, for example, the Krauland process in which a ÖVP (Österreichische Volkspartei - Austrian People's Party) minister was accused of offenses against properties, the affair of the former SPÖ (Sozialistische Partei Österreichs - Austrian Socialist Party) Minister and Trade Unions president Franz Olah, whose unauthorized financial assistance resulted in a newspaper establishment led to conviction, the murder affairs Sassak and the of the Lainzer nurses (as a matter of fact, auxiliary nurses), the consumption (Konsum - consumer cooporatives) process, concerning the responsibility of the consumer Manager for the bankruptcy of the company, the Lucona proceedings against Udo Proksch, a politically and socially very well- networked man, who was involved in an attempted insurance fraud, several people losing their lives, the trial of the Nazi Holocaust denier David Irving for Wiederbetätigung (re-engagement in National Socialist activities) and the BAWAG affair in which it comes to breaches of duty by bank managers and vanished money.
Presidents of the Regional Court for Criminal Matters in Vienna since 1839 [edit ]
Josef Hollan (1839-1844)
Florian Philipp (1844-1849)
Eduard Ritter von Wittek (1850-1859)
Franz Ritter von Scharschmied (1859-1864)
Franz Ritter von Boschan (1864-1872)
Franz Josef Babitsch (1873-1874)
Joseph Ritter von Weitenhiller (1874-1881)
Franz Schwaiger (1881-1889)
Eduard Graf Lamezan -Salins (1889-1895)
Julius von Soos (1895-1903)
Paul von Vittorelli (1903-1909)
Johann Feigl (1909-1918)
Karl Heidt (1918-1919)
Ludwig Altmann (1920-1929)
Emil Tursky (1929-1936)
Philipp Charwath (1936-1938)
Otto Nahrhaft (1945-1950)
Rudolf Naumann (1951-1954)
Wilhelm Malaniu (1955-1963)
Johann Schuster (1963-1971)
Konrad Wymetal (1972-1976)
August Matouschek (1977-1989)
Günter Woratsch (1990-2004)
Ulrike Psenner (2004-2009)
Friedrich Forsthuber (since 2010)
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landesgericht_f%C3%BCr_Strafsachen_...
Vienna Regional Court for Criminal Matters
The Vienna Regional Court for Criminal Matters (colloquially referred to as "landl" (Landesgericht)) is one of 20 regional courts in Austria and the largest court in Austria. It is located in the 8th District of Vienna, Josefstadt, at the Landesgerichtsstraße 11. It is a court of first respectively second instance. A prisoners house, the prison Josefstadt, popularly often known as the "Grey House" is connected.
Court Organization
In this complex there are:
the Regional Court for Criminal Matters Vienna,
the Vienna District Attorney (current senior prosecutor Maria-Luise Nittel)
the Jurists association-trainee lawer union (Konzipientenverband) and
the largest in Austria existing court house jail, the Vienna Josefstadt prison.
The Regional Criminal Court has jurisdiction in the first instance for crimes and offenses that are not pertain before the district court. Depending on the severity of the crime, there is a different procedure. Either decides
a single judge,
a senate of lay assessors
or the jury court.
In the second instance, the District Court proceeds appeals and complaints against judgments of district courts. A three-judge Court decides here whether the judgment is canceled or not and, if necessary, it establishes a new sentence.
The current President Friedrich Forsthuber is supported by two Vice Presidents - Henriette Braitenberg-Zennenberg and Eve Brachtel.
In September 2012, the following data have been published
Austria's largest court
270 office days per year
daily 1500 people
70 judges, 130 employees in the offices
5300 proceedings (2011) for the custodial judges and legal protection magistrates, representing about 40 % of the total Austrian juridical load of work
over 7400 procedures at the trial judges (30 % of the total Austrian juridical load of work)
Prosecution with 93 prosecutors and 250 employees
19,000 cases against 37,000 offenders (2011 )
Josefstadt prison with 1,200 inmates (overcrowded)
History
1839-1918
The original building of the Vienna Court House, the so-called civil Schranne (corn market), was from 1440 to 1839 located at the Hoher Markt 5. In 1773 the Schrannenplatz was enlarged under Emperor Joseph II and the City Court and the Regional Court of the Viennese Magistrate in this house united. From this time it bore the designation "criminal court".
Due to shortcomings of the prison rooms in the Old Court on Hoher Markt was already at the beginning of the 19th Century talk of building a new crime courthouse, but this had to be postponed because of bankruptcy in 1811.
In 1816 the construction of the criminal court building was approved. Although in the first place there were voices against a construction outside the city, as building ground was chosen the area of the civil Schießstätte (shooting place) and the former St. Stephanus-Freithofes in then Alservorstadt (suburb); today, in this part Josefstadt. The plans of architect Johann Fischer were approved in 1831, and in 1832 was began with the construction, which was completed in 1839. On 14 May 1839 was held the first meeting of the Council.
Provincial Court at the Landesgerichtsstraße between November 1901 and 1906
Johann Fischer fell back in his plans to Tuscan early Renaissance palaces as the Pitti Palace or Palazzo Pandolfini in Florence. The building was erected on a 21,872 m² plot with a length of 223 meters. It had two respectively three floors (upper floors), the courtyard was divided into three wings, in which the prisoner's house stood. In addition, a special department for the prison hospital (Inquisitenspital ) and a chapel were built.
The Criminal Court of Vienna was from 1839 to 1850 a city court which is why the Vice Mayor of Vienna was president of the criminal courts in civil and criminal matters at the same time. In 1850 followed the abolition of municipal courts. The state administration took over the Criminal Court on 1 Juli 1850. From now on, it had the title "K.K. Country's criminal court in Vienna".
1851, juries were introduced. Those met in the large meeting hall, then as now, was on the second floor of the office wing. The room presented a double height space (two floors). 1890/1891 followed a horizontal subdivision. Initially, the building stood all alone there. Only with the 1858 in the wake of the demolition of the city walls started urban expansion it was surrounded by other buildings.
From 1870 to 1878, the Court experienced numerous conversions. Particular attention was paid to the tract that connects directly to the Alserstraße. On previously building ground a three-storey arrest tract and the Jury Court tract were built. New supervened the "Neutrakt", which presented a real extension and was built three respectively four storied. From 1873 on, executions were not executed publicly anymore but only in the prison house. The first execution took place on 16 December 1876 in the "Galgenhof" (gallow courtyard), the accused were hanged there on the Würgegalgen (choke gallow).
By 1900 the prisoners house was extended. In courtyard II of the prison house kitchen, laundry and workshop buildings and a bathing facility for the prisoners were created. 1906/1907 the office building was enlarged. The two-storied wing tract got a third and three-storied central section a fourth floor fitted.
1918-1938
In the early years of the First Republic took place changes of the court organization. Due to the poor economy and the rapid inflation, the number of cases and the number of inmates rose sharply. Therefore, it was in Vienna on 1 October 1920 established a second Provincial Court, the Regional Court of Criminal Matters II Vienna, as well as an Expositur of the prisoner house at Garnisongasse.
One of the most important trials of the interwar period was the shadow village-process (Schattendorfprozess - nomen est omen!), in which on 14th July 1927, the three defendants were acquitted. In January 1927 front fighters had shot into a meeting of the Social Democratic Party of Austria, killing two people. The outrage over the acquittal was great. At a mass demonstration in front of the Palace of Justice on 15th July 1927, which mainly took place in peaceful manner, invaded radical elements in the Palace of Justice and set fire ( Fire of the Palace Justice), after which the overstrained police preyed upon peaceful protesters fleeing from the scene and caused many deaths.
The 1933/1934 started corporate state dictatorship had led sensational processes against their opponents: examples are the National Socialists processes 1934 and the Socialists process in 1936 against 28 "illegal" socialists and two Communists, in which among others the later leaders Bruno Kreisky and Franz Jonas sat on the dock.
Also in 1934 in the wake of the February Fights and the July Coup a series of processes were carried out by summary courts and military courts. Several ended with death sentences that were carried out by hanging in "Galgenhof" of the district court .
1938-1945
The first measures the Nazis at the Regional Criminal Court after the "Anschluss" of Austria to the German Reich in 1938 had carried out, consisted of the erection of a monument to ten Nazis, during the processes of the events in July 1934 executed, and of the creation of an execution space (then space 47 C, today consecration space where 650 names of resistance fighters are shown) with a guillotine supplied from Berlin (then called device F, F (stands for Fallbeil) like guillotine).
During the period of National Socialism were in Vienna Regional Court of 6 December 1938 to 4th April 1945 1.184 persons executed. Of those, 537 were political death sentences against civilians, 67 beheadings of soldiers, 49 war-related offenses, 31 criminal cases. Among those executed were 93 women in all age groups, including a 16-year-old girl and a 72-year-old woman who had both been executed for political reasons.
On 30 June 1942 were beheaded ten railwaymen from Styria and Carinthia, who were active in the resistance. On 31 July 1943, 31 people were beheaded in an hour, a day later, 30. The bodies were later handed over to the Institute of Anatomy at the University of Vienna and remaining body parts buried later without a stir at Vienna's Central Cemetery in shaft graves. To thein the Nazi era executed, which were called "Justifizierte" , belonged the nun Maria Restituta Kafka and the theology student Hannsgeorg Heintschel-Heinegg.
The court at that time was directly subordinated to the Ministry of Justice in Berlin.
1945-present
The A-tract (Inquisitentrakt), which was destroyed during a bombing raid in 1944 was built in the Second Republic again. This was also necessary because of the prohibition law of 8 May 1945 and the Criminal Law of 26 June 1945 courts and prisons had to fight with an overcrowding of unprecedented proportions.
On 24 March 1950, the last execution took place in the Grey House. Women murderer Johann Trnka had two women attacked in his home and brutally murdered, he had to bow before this punishment. On 1 July 1950 the death penalty was abolished in the ordinary procedure by Parliament. Overall, occured in the Regionl Court of Criminal Matters 1248 executions. In 1967, the execution site was converted into a memorial.
In the early 1980s, the building complex was revitalized and expanded. The building in the Florianigasse 8, which previously had been renovated, served during this time as an emergency shelter for some of the departments. In 1994, the last reconstruction, actually the annex of the courtroom tract, was completed. In 2003, the Vienna Juvenile Court was dissolved as an independent court, iIts agendas were integrated in the country's criminal court.
Prominent processes since 1945, for example, the Krauland process in which a ÖVP (Österreichische Volkspartei - Austrian People's Party) minister was accused of offenses against properties, the affair of the former SPÖ (Sozialistische Partei Österreichs - Austrian Socialist Party) Minister and Trade Unions president Franz Olah, whose unauthorized financial assistance resulted in a newspaper establishment led to conviction, the murder affairs Sassak and the of the Lainzer nurses (as a matter of fact, auxiliary nurses), the consumption (Konsum - consumer cooporatives) process, concerning the responsibility of the consumer Manager for the bankruptcy of the company, the Lucona proceedings against Udo Proksch, a politically and socially very well- networked man, who was involved in an attempted insurance fraud, several people losing their lives, the trial of the Nazi Holocaust denier David Irving for Wiederbetätigung (re-engagement in National Socialist activities) and the BAWAG affair in which it comes to breaches of duty by bank managers and vanished money.
Presidents of the Regional Court for Criminal Matters in Vienna since 1839 [edit ]
Josef Hollan (1839-1844)
Florian Philipp (1844-1849)
Eduard Ritter von Wittek (1850-1859)
Franz Ritter von Scharschmied (1859-1864)
Franz Ritter von Boschan (1864-1872)
Franz Josef Babitsch (1873-1874)
Joseph Ritter von Weitenhiller (1874-1881)
Franz Schwaiger (1881-1889)
Eduard Graf Lamezan -Salins (1889-1895)
Julius von Soos (1895-1903)
Paul von Vittorelli (1903-1909)
Johann Feigl (1909-1918)
Karl Heidt (1918-1919)
Ludwig Altmann (1920-1929)
Emil Tursky (1929-1936)
Philipp Charwath (1936-1938)
Otto Nahrhaft (1945-1950)
Rudolf Naumann (1951-1954)
Wilhelm Malaniu (1955-1963)
Johann Schuster (1963-1971)
Konrad Wymetal (1972-1976)
August Matouschek (1977-1989)
Günter Woratsch (1990-2004)
Ulrike Psenner (2004-2009)
Friedrich Forsthuber (since 2010)
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landesgericht_f%C3%BCr_Strafsachen_...
During my visit to Limerick I used a number of different lenses. In this instance I used a Sony A7RM2 body with a Zeiss Batis 25mm Lens which I really like.
St Mary's Cathedral, Limerick, also known as Limerick Cathedral, is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Limerick, Ireland which is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin. Previously the cathedral of the Diocese of Limerick, it is now one of three cathedrals in the United Dioceses of Limerick and Killaloe.
Today the cathedral is still used for its original purpose as a place of worship and prayer for the people of Limerick. It is open to the public every day from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm. Following the retirement of the Very Rev'd Maurice Sir on June 24, 2012, Bishop Trevor Williams announced the appointment of the Rev'd Sandra Ann Pragnell as Dean of Limerick and Rector of Limerick City Parish. She is the first female dean of the cathedral and rector of the Limerick parish. The cathedral grounds holds a United Nations Memorial Plaque with the names of all the Irish men who died while serving in the United Nations Peacekeepers.
This is the only instance I've ever seen of a BGS in Utah (as in a BGS for an exit) forgoing shields in favor of text-based routes. This BGS totally neglects the fact that Foothill Drive is accessed with this exit. Guess that City Center is better for incoming tourists on I-80.
This photo is from one of 145 boxes I've been perusing at the State Archives in downtown. These photos come from the Utah Department of Transportation, and were taken mostly by Cal Briggs or Gerald E. Peterson. The photos are sorted by year (with the exception of the first several boxes), and span from 1965 to 1997. Most are black-and-white negatives, though one can find prints here and there, as well as color slides.
I have to hand it to the staff over there—without them, none of these photos would be on Flickr and they'd be sitting in some box for ages. My sincerest thanks goes out to them.
Used by permission, Utah State Archives, all rights reserved.
Seen at the head of a mineral train is this Class 17 Clayton locomotive, which, thankfully, hasn't caught fire in this instance!
Often considered the worst diesel locomotive ever built for British Railways, the Class 17 Clayton engines are not particularly bad locomotives in my opinion, but did have some very serious faults in their build quality that resulted in their premature withdrawal.
117 of these locomotives were built between 1962 and 1965 by the Clayton Equipment Company and Beyer, Peacock & Co. as a prime mover for freight in the Scottish Region. The locomotive's design consisted of two lengthy bonnets with a large cab area at the centre, after an earlier single-cab design was scrapped in favour of such. The main advantage of the locomotive was the huge amounts of space for the twin engines, but also the near perfect visibility for the driver, with a gigantic cab surrounded by many large windows. It was often claimed the cab was so large you could have a dance in it, although I wouldn't be willing to put that idea into practice!
The locomotives were powered by two Paxman 6ZHXL engines, although D8586–8587 were experimentally powered by twin Rolls Royce D-Type V8's. These Paxman engines had a power output of 450hp each, with an overall tractive force of 900hp, making them capable locomotives at tackling their various freight operations.
As mentioned, their original designation was to the Scottish Region to replace steam locomotives of that area, but were mired early on by a variety of faults and problems. This design was arguably the least successful diesel locomotive ever employed on British Railways after the ill-fated Co-Bo. The twin Paxman engines were unreliable, being prone to camshaft and cylinder head problems amongst others; with overall availability being around 60%, even after extensive modifications. Forward visibility, which had dictated the whole design of the type, was not as good as had been hoped, the long noses meaning that the crew could not see the area immediately in front of the locomotive. Although the Rolls Royce and Crompton Parkinson engined examples had better reliability, no further examples were ordered.
With such poor reliability, the writing was on the wall for these engines, and although by the 1970's many had migrated south into the North East of England, their days were brought to a close between 1968 and 1971, with the oldest members of the class being not even 10 years old.
One lucky survivor though was D8568, which was bought by Hemelite, Hemel Hempstead and later used at Ribblesdale Cement, Clitheroe before being secured for preservation in the 1990's. It now resides on the Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway in Oxfordshire as the sole remaining member of this unlucky class of engines.
Moby Dick - Herman Melville - Chapter xxxii - CETOLOGY
BOOK II (Octavo), Chapter III (Narwhale), that is, Nostril Whale. - Another instance of a curiously named whale, so named I suppose from his peculiar horn being originally mistaken for a peaked nose. The creature is some sixteen feet in length, while its horn averages five feet, though some exceed ten, and even attain to fifteen feet. Strictly speaking, this horn is but a lengthened tusk, growing out from the jaw in a line a little depressed from the horizontal. But it is only found on the sinister side, which has an ill effect, giving its owner something analogous to the aspect of a clumsy left-handed man. What precise purpose this ivory horn or lance answers, it would be hard to say. It does not seemed to be used like the blade of the sword-fish and bill-fish; though some sailors tell me that the Narwhale employs it for a rake in turning over the bottom of the sea for food. Charley Coffin said it was used for an ice-piercer; for the Narwhale, rising to the surface of the Polar Sea, and finding it sheeted with ice, thrusts his horn up, and so breaks through. But you cannot prove either of these surmises to be correct. My own opinion is, that however this one-sided horn may really be used by the Narwhale - however that may be - it would certainly be very convenient to him for a folder in reading pamphlets. The Narwhale I have heard called the Tusked Whale, the Horned Whale, and the Unicorn Whale. He is certainly a curious example of the Unicornism to be found in almost every kingdom of animated nature. From certain cloistered old authors I have gathered that this same sea-unicorn's horn was in ancient days regarded as the great antidote against poison, and as such, preparations of it brought immense prices. It was also distilled to a volatile salts for fainting ladies, the same way that the horns of the male deer are manufactured into hartshorn. Originally it was in itself accounted an object of great curiosity. Black Letter tells me that Sir Martin Frobisher on his return from that voyage, when Queen Bess did gallantly wave her jewelled hand to him from a window of Greenwich Palace, as his bold ship sailed down the Thames; when Sir Martin returned from that voyage, saith Black Letter, on bended knees he presented to her highness a prodigious long horn of the Narwhale, which for a long period after hung in the castle at Windsor. An Irish author avers that the Earl of Leicester, on bended knees, did likewise present to her highness another horn, pertaining to a land beast of the unicorn nature.
The Narwhale has a very picturesque, leopard-like look, being of a milk-white ground color, dotted with round and oblong spots of black. His oil is very superior, clear and fine; but there is little of it, and he is seldom hunted. He is mostly found in the circumpolar seas.
In this view, we see some things about the form of the skull that are not always apparent when we study photographs, illustrations or diagrams in books. For instance, note that the zygomatic bone joins to the temporal bone by a kind of high arched bridge. Muscles anchored at the temples, filling in the hollow called the temporal fossa, pass under this bridge to move the jaw. The masseter, the cheif jaw muscle visible at the side, going to the corner of the jaw is anchored to the zygomatic arch. Note also the large hole, the foramen magnum, through which the spinal cord passes, and its two thick round bumps at the front, the condyles, which show where the weight of the cranium tends to rest on the first vertebra. This is the pivot point for movements of the head, the spine runs to the middle of it, not up to the back.
This "budget skull" model I got to study the anatomy of the head originally came with some metal hardware, metal hooks to hold the top of the cranium, and springs from the coronoid process of the mandible to the temple area, but I like it just fine without them. I'm concentrating more on the cranium now anyway.
There are things I like about this, and at the price I paid I can't say I regret the purchase, but on the other hand, its hard to understand why just because something is cheap it doesn't need to have detailed accuracy. I get the distinct impression that skull models are mostly priced to squeeze as much blood out of medical students as possible.
This cost me less than $30, including shipping. Though I had to wait almost a full month for it. Maybe my mistake was ordering so close to Halloween? From what I've seen the next step up in price is to a $60, miniature model from Freedom of Teach. Which company seems to be partnering with the Gnommon workshop to sell some of their excellent miniature anatomy models. More accurate life size skulls seem to start at about $120, and hover in the $120 - $265 range. In this range we also find some of the lowest priced complete plastic skeletons. I was seriously considering looking to buy one at some time hoping that I could get a better skull out of it as well as all the rest of the bones until I noticed a complete skeleton in a local art supply store, not for sale, but as an ornament apparently, which had the exact same "budget skull" you see above.
Skulls with separate skull bones, such as separate frontal, maxillary, and zygomatic bones, are available for over $500.
When you think of the materials of which such things are made, and the method of construction, molded plastic, of which half of our world seems to be constructed these days, its hard to see what could be so difficult about making an accurate skull that would justify the prices. It has to come down to a judgment of what the market will bear, I guess, and with medical students of some kind being the most likely to purchase such a thing, and artists far less likely to buy, or care about accuracy, well, I guess they make good ones in smaller batches, and take a lot more care gluing the pieces together and cleaning the seams. But even realizing all that, I have a hard time understanding why the artist priced model isn't even symmetrical from the right to the left side. Why, when the jaw is off, are the condyles in front of the foramen magnum so uneven that it is difficult to get it to sit flat on anything, why it lacks any squamousal suture on the side of the head, when the coronal and lambdoidal sutures are so clearly visible. These defects tend to decrease my confidence in other features which I notice are different from a majority of illustrations and photographs of the skull that I am studying, and have made note of all my life. Such as the relatively weak to nonexistent supra-temporal line, the weakly defined temporal fossa, a coronoid process of the mandible far shorter than the condylar process, when most pictures I've looked at recently show them coming to more nearly the same height. And the very square seeming eye sockets and cheek bones which are so flat from the front.
Can I really do no better than this without compromising my rent money?
In general, the songs lyrically are downright cryptic. “With Horses In Her Eyes She Struck Like A Wildcat” for instance seems to the best of my knowledge to be about a woman striking a cowboy down because he loves horses so much although I could really be missing the point badly on that one.
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True musicianship in the band comes in the form of both guitarists who manage to provide an undoubtedly heavy experience while hot crossing it up a fair bit. Although nowhere in the technical league of said band, Love Like Electrocution perform flashy riffs mixed in with more atmospheric (not in the post rock sense, more in a wall of sound way) moments providing interesting textures and feelings as opposed to outright technicality, just the way it should be in my opinion. The rhythm section plays well taking the spotlight away from the guitars when need be, usually when creating a sense of calm before a heavier faster part. The bass doesn’t play too vital a part on first listen but with my bass player ears you can definitely pick up fills all over the place underplayed by the guitarists but creating an essential depth to the piece without which the mix would feel much thinner. The drums keep splashy on the hats a lot of the time thankfully not resorting to straight punk drumming and double kicks very often. Instrumentally the band mix it up a lot switching from poppier moments to straight out blast beating allowing the vocal interplay to overlap and bring the sound up a notch out of the mess of sound that is a lot of emo.
The SS Nomadic
The SS Nomadic - Tender to the Titanic and the last remaining White Star Line ship in the world! Has been restored to her original glory and is now back home in Belfast’s historic Hamilton Dock.
These Photographs are a record of just a tiny part of the restoration work carried out by volunteer groups. In this instance the team of volunteers was from the Central Vacancy Taking Team in the Department for Employment & Learning based in Gloucester House Belfast.
As part of a team building exercise under the auspices of Business in the Community’s Northern Ireland cares Campaign the CVT team boarded Nomadic on a beautiful morning. The ship was moored alongside the Odyssey Building and we were tasked to work in the former kitchen area. The vessel had been used as a floating restaurant in France. There were tiles to be smashed lifted and carted away. It was hard work but the teamwork kicked in and everyone enjoyed it.
So much more than Titanic’s little sister!
Originally built alongside the mighty RMS Titanic in Belfast in 1911, the SS Nomadic is much more than just “Titanic’s little sister”. Designed by Thomas Andrews and built using the same design and similar luxurious finishes the similarities to the Titanic are plain to see. Being exactly one quarter of the size of her famous friend, the Nomadic is often referred to as “a mini Titanic” Over 100 years of history and adventures are evident the minute you step on board.
In April 1912, the Nomadic completed her most famous task by transferring the excited first and second-class passengers from the shallow dockside in Cherbourg out to the Titanic, which was moored in deeper water just off shore. In awe of the White Star Line luxury and ground breaking design those passengers were blissfully unaware of the tragic fate awaiting many of them only days later.
With active service in both World Wars, over fifty years experience of carrying thousands of passengers to the world’s largest trans-Atlantic liners and nearly thirty years as a restaurant and party venue moored beside the Eiffel Tower in Paris the Nomadic has a million stories to tell.
As the last remaining White Star Line ship anywhere in the world and a member of the core collection on the National Historic Ships register, the Nomadic is back “home” in Belfast, after 100 years, and has been painstakingly restored to her original glory. The Nomadic has now opened a new chapter in her history and is looking forward to welcoming a whole new generation of visitors on board.
SS Traffic was a tender of the White Star Line, and the sister ship to the SS Nomadic. She was built for the White Star Line by Harland and Wolff, at Belfast, to serve the luxury Olympic-class ocean liners. SS Traffic ferried some of the third class passengers to RMS Titanic for her maiden voyage (It's worth mentioning that SS Nomadic transported the First and Second Class Passengers and SS Traffic transported the Third Class Passengers ). SS Traffic continued as a tender during the First World War, servicing the troop transports and carrying British, American and Canadian troops. Traffic and Nomadic were sold to Société Cherbourgeoise Transbordement in 1927, and continued to serve as tenders, but now called on any large vessels using the port. Traffic accidentally collided with RMS Homeric on 5 June 1929, and sustained some damage to the starboard side of her hull. After enquiries revealed that Traffic was notoriously difficult to handle, new propellers were produced by Harland and Wolff and fitted in October 1929. Despite proving effective, Traffic was involved in another collision in December 1929, this time involving SS Minnewaska, of the Atlantic Transport Line. There was only minor damage. Minnewaska was involved in another collision two years later, this time with Nomadic on 29 November 1931, during which Nomadic's bow was damaged. Nomadic and Traffic's owners became Société Cherbourgeoise de Remorquage et de Sauvetage in 1934, and both ships were repainted in the new livery and renamed, Traffic becoming Ingénieur Riebell and Nomadic Ingénieur Minard...During the Second World War, as the Germans invaded France, Ingénieur Riebell was scuttled by the French Navy off Cherbourg on 17 June 1940, in an attempt to block the port and deny her to the Germans. She was subsequently salvaged by the Germans and used as an armed coastal vessel. She was torpedoed and sunk by the Royal Navy while serving in this capacity, on 17 January 1941. The location of her wreck is currently unknown.
The Monastery of the Holy Eucharist in Lindogon, Sibonga in Cebu province is run by Marian monks. The place is where several instances of the phenomena ~ whereby the image of the Virgin Mary shed tears in several instances starting in 1998. It is now very popular for Marian pilgrims and devotees who flock to the palace-like monastery. This transformed the once sleepy barangay into a popular destination. Daily, the monastery is visited by thousands of devotees from all over the country and even from foreign tourists. This crown structure is memorial of the victorious and powerful intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mother thru the Penitential Rosary Walk in 1998, against the killer epidemic hat struck the place, where several lives of poor children and infants had died. Built to honour Mary on the 8th year anniversary of the Monks arrival in Lindogon. Blessed on the 27th day of February, 2004.”
There are available coloured candles near the monastery. Proceeds of the candles will give part to the monks for funds. The following are coloured candles with its own purpose.
Gold: Healing (Good health, Recovery, Spiritual, Family Tree)
Green: Prosperity/Success (Exams, Study, Financial, Business)
Blue: Perseverance (Employment, Career, Assignment, Promotions)
Violet: Achievement (Plans in life, Struggles, Endeavours, Journeys, Voyage)
Red: Love (Utility, Friendship, Engagement, Family)
Yellow: Peace (Courage, Strength, Hope)
White: Purity (Enlightenment, Guidance, Right Path)
Orange: Reconciliation (Sweetheart, Wife, Husband, Enemy, Family)
Pink: Thanksgiving/Happiness/Joy (Spiritual, Physical)
Black: Souls (Forgiveness, Pardon)
Brown: Vocation (Marriage Bond, God’s Servant, Single life)
Grey: Deliverance (Bad ways, Things, Spirits)
Cream: Conversion/Faith (Children, Household, Couples)
A gentle reminder from the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, the following guidelines must be strictly followed and not allowed to wear inside the Monastery: wearing of tube & short blouses/dresses, fitting & transparent pants, spaghetti straps/sleeveless dress, mini skirts, shorts. While taking you to the Monastery, it is required to remove footwear before entering the Mother Mary’s prayer room. Cameras flash should be turned off while taking pictures so as not to interrupt/destruct others when praying. All Catholic & Non-Catholic are advised to please respect and observe solemnity inside the Church. Smoking is prohibited inside the premises. Parking area is situated to the right side of the entrance.
If you are from Cebu City taking you through Sibonga town proper to estimate of 50 kilometres southeast or travel time for about 2-hours and can be reached via any of the buses (air con/non air-con) that leaves regularly for Sibonga from the South Bus Terminal along N. Bacalso Ave. in Cebu City. Bus fare is less than a hundred pesos. The place is famous among all passengers, just ask the conductor to drop you off to the crossing in going to Birhen sa Simala. Mary’s pilgrimage is few kilometres away from the drop off point and you can reach the destination by riding in a motorcycles for hire habal-habal or public tricycles. The Monastery of the Holy Eucharist opens daily from 8:00 am - 6:00 pm.
For instance, back then, we still saw ourselves as just your friendly neighborhood AFOL convention for the Pacific Northwest, so we were using the name "NWBrickCon". It didn't take long before we were welcoming friends from all over the world, and so we shortened it to BrickCon.
The Monastery of the Holy Eucharist in Lindogon, Sibonga in Cebu province is run by Marian monks. The place is where several instances of the phenomena ~ whereby the image of the Virgin Mary shed tears in several instances starting in 1998. It is now very popular for Marian pilgrims and devotees who flock to the palace-like monastery. This transformed the once sleepy barangay into a popular destination. Daily, the monastery is visited by thousands of devotees from all over the country and even from foreign tourists. This crown structure is memorial of the victorious and powerful intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mother thru the Penitential Rosary Walk in 1998, against the killer epidemic hat struck the place, where several lives of poor children and infants had died. Built to honour Mary on the 8th year anniversary of the Monks arrival in Lindogon. Blessed on the 27th day of February, 2004.”
There are available coloured candles near the monastery. Proceeds of the candles will give part to the monks for funds. The following are coloured candles with its own purpose.
Gold: Healing (Good health, Recovery, Spiritual, Family Tree)
Green: Prosperity/Success (Exams, Study, Financial, Business)
Blue: Perseverance (Employment, Career, Assignment, Promotions)
Violet: Achievement (Plans in life, Struggles, Endeavours, Journeys, Voyage)
Red: Love (Utility, Friendship, Engagement, Family)
Yellow: Peace (Courage, Strength, Hope)
White: Purity (Enlightenment, Guidance, Right Path)
Orange: Reconciliation (Sweetheart, Wife, Husband, Enemy, Family)
Pink: Thanksgiving/Happiness/Joy (Spiritual, Physical)
Black: Souls (Forgiveness, Pardon)
Brown: Vocation (Marriage Bond, God’s Servant, Single life)
Grey: Deliverance (Bad ways, Things, Spirits)
Cream: Conversion/Faith (Children, Household, Couples)
A gentle reminder from the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, the following guidelines must be strictly followed and not allowed to wear inside the Monastery: wearing of tube & short blouses/dresses, fitting & transparent pants, spaghetti straps/sleeveless dress, mini skirts, shorts. While taking you to the Monastery, it is required to remove footwear before entering the Mother Mary’s prayer room. Cameras flash should be turned off while taking pictures so as not to interrupt/destruct others when praying. All Catholic & Non-Catholic are advised to please respect and observe solemnity inside the Church. Smoking is prohibited inside the premises. Parking area is situated to the right side of the entrance.
If you are from Cebu City taking you through Sibonga town proper to estimate of 50 kilometres southeast or travel time for about 2-hours and can be reached via any of the buses (air con/non air-con) that leaves regularly for Sibonga from the South Bus Terminal along N. Bacalso Ave. in Cebu City. Bus fare is less than a hundred pesos. The place is famous among all passengers, just ask the conductor to drop you off to the crossing in going to Birhen sa Simala. Mary’s pilgrimage is few kilometres away from the drop off point and you can reach the destination by riding in a motorcycles for hire habal-habal or public tricycles. The Monastery of the Holy Eucharist opens daily from 8:00 am - 6:00 pm.
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111 first street. From Paris to Jersey City, They Showed No Love.
a Branko Documentary Film
In the area of Jersey City NJ, for about 20 years, existed a warehouse building where artists had about 130 art studios. The artists left in 2005 and the building was demolished in 2007.
This movie only deals with the art, presented by the artists.
This documentary is a historical document of a very important part of Art in America.
Screening on:
2-23-2012
1:00 PM
Jersey City Library
Biblioteca Criolla, 4th. Floor
472 Jersey Avenue
Jersey City, NJ 07302
111 First Street (film) - Wiki
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/111_First_Street_(film)
111 First Street (a Branko Film), Trailer
111 Jam Band (a Branko Film). Unedited
Faizulla Khamraev (a Branko Film)
Maria Benjumeda, Flamenco and Bulerias at 111 First Street
American Watercolor Movement, Live at Coney Island. A Branko Film (Unedited)
© branko
Branko: Entrevista TV Español
Movies:
Books:
West Indian Parade (Photo Book)
Cecilia Mamede, Times Square NYC (Photo Book)
medievalpoc: Friedrich Hagenauer Bust of a Young Black Man Germany (c. 1530) Maple. Staatliche Münzsammlung, Munich The courts of princes and nobles were fertile ground for upward mobility, not only for those of African descent. Known instances point to former black slaves making use of natural capabilities or artisanal skills, for example Christopfle Le More, who rose from stable work to be a personal guard of the Emperor Charles V. In like fashion, “Grazico of Africa, called il Moretto (the little Moor), horseman, page to the knight Prospero” is noted in Medici court records for salaries paid in 1553, while a manumitted North African Muslim held an important position in the stable at the court in Lisbon of Catherine of Austria (1507–78). João de Sá Panasco’s career at her court began as slave and jester, in which role he was known for his wit. However, much of it was self-deprecating and he suffered from jibes. The date of his manumission is unknown, but by 1547 he was a courtier, a gentleman of the royal household, and the king’s valet. He was awarded a knighthood in the Order of Santiago around 1550. Black salaried court entertainers were often musicians, usually their occupation before manumission. A black drummer was on the payroll at the Scottish court in 1504 while Johan Diez in Valencia and John Blanke in London were among those who were trumpeters. The chances are great that the subject of the exquisite Bust of a Young Black Man attributed to the German medalist Friedrich Hagenauer (1490/1500–after 1546) was attached to a court, possibly that of Munich where the artist was active 1525–27. -Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe, p. 86-87
this shot was taken by one of the nurses for me during my turn to perform the surgery on a myomectomy. i think it is a great shot from him of me.
in this instance, i was waiting for the forceps to start plucking out the tumor lumps in the uterus.
Today wasn't much to speak of. Typical Monday at work.
This evening Clarissa had a band concert at school. I feel sorry for the teacher who has to try to control these kids. They have no respect. In one instance I saw a cymbal player interupt a song by stepping up close behind another band member and crash his cymbals very loudly behind him. Mind you... it was during a key moment, but it was disruptive and after he did it he laughed and did a little dance behind the kid while making sure to let the whole room know how cool he thought he was.
But then I remembered that the more things change... the more they stay the same.
When I joined the band back in sixth grade, I chose the flute because it was the only instrument that my father could both afford and stand to have me play. But I wanted to play an instrument just bad enough to comprimise with them.
I was very excited and couldn't wait to learn how to play... that is until the morning that I brought it to school.
Every morning before school began, we all gathered in the lunch room. And every morning I had to battle with a group of kids who insisted on tormenting me for my choice of instrument. If they weren't making fun of me they were taking it and hiding it or tossing it from table to table. This went on for months.
I was always a little guy and had no real recourse other than to just do my best to hold onto it and ignore them. Sooner or later though... it just became too much.
I began leaving my flute at home "by accident sometimes". Sometimes my mother would notice and bring it to the bus stop. So then I'd leave it on the bus. Eventually the end of the year came and I dropped out of band.
In later years I'd rejoin and play whatever I could to get into marching band. I'm sure you've guessed it... I played the cymbals. After that I became a band manager just so I could be with my friends and go on road trips with them.
In retrospect I wish I'd have stuck it out. I did learn several instruments along the way; guitar, drums, bass, harmonica... yadda, but I see how good Clarissa is with this thing sometimes and wish I could play it too.
Anyway, they did close the show with a rather complicated number that was worth sitting in the hot gym for. I'm proud of her for sticking with it and for taking pride in doing something good.
The Monastery of the Holy Eucharist in Lindogon, Sibonga in Cebu province is run by Marian monks. The place is where several instances of the phenomena ~ whereby the image of the Virgin Mary shed tears in several instances starting in 1998. It is now very popular for Marian pilgrims and devotees who flock to the palace-like monastery. This transformed the once sleepy barangay into a popular destination. Daily, the monastery is visited by thousands of devotees from all over the country and even from foreign tourists. This crown structure is memorial of the victorious and powerful intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mother thru the Penitential Rosary Walk in 1998, against the killer epidemic hat struck the place, where several lives of poor children and infants had died. Built to honour Mary on the 8th year anniversary of the Monks arrival in Lindogon. Blessed on the 27th day of February, 2004.”
There are available coloured candles near the monastery. Proceeds of the candles will give part to the monks for funds. The following are coloured candles with its own purpose.
Gold: Healing (Good health, Recovery, Spiritual, Family Tree)
Green: Prosperity/Success (Exams, Study, Financial, Business)
Blue: Perseverance (Employment, Career, Assignment, Promotions)
Violet: Achievement (Plans in life, Struggles, Endeavours, Journeys, Voyage)
Red: Love (Utility, Friendship, Engagement, Family)
Yellow: Peace (Courage, Strength, Hope)
White: Purity (Enlightenment, Guidance, Right Path)
Orange: Reconciliation (Sweetheart, Wife, Husband, Enemy, Family)
Pink: Thanksgiving/Happiness/Joy (Spiritual, Physical)
Black: Souls (Forgiveness, Pardon)
Brown: Vocation (Marriage Bond, God’s Servant, Single life)
Grey: Deliverance (Bad ways, Things, Spirits)
Cream: Conversion/Faith (Children, Household, Couples)
A gentle reminder from the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, the following guidelines must be strictly followed and not allowed to wear inside the Monastery: wearing of tube & short blouses/dresses, fitting & transparent pants, spaghetti straps/sleeveless dress, mini skirts, shorts. While taking you to the Monastery, it is required to remove footwear before entering the Mother Mary’s prayer room. Cameras flash should be turned off while taking pictures so as not to interrupt/destruct others when praying. All Catholic & Non-Catholic are advised to please respect and observe solemnity inside the Church. Smoking is prohibited inside the premises. Parking area is situated to the right side of the entrance.
If you are from Cebu City taking you through Sibonga town proper to estimate of 50 kilometres southeast or travel time for about 2-hours and can be reached via any of the buses (air con/non air-con) that leaves regularly for Sibonga from the South Bus Terminal along N. Bacalso Ave. in Cebu City. Bus fare is less than a hundred pesos. The place is famous among all passengers, just ask the conductor to drop you off to the crossing in going to Birhen sa Simala. Mary’s pilgrimage is few kilometres away from the drop off point and you can reach the destination by riding in a motorcycles for hire habal-habal or public tricycles. The Monastery of the Holy Eucharist opens daily from 8:00 am - 6:00 pm.
One difference between painting and photography in my experience is how color is considered. Painters don't think that a white bridge, for instance, is just white. They can see all sorts of colors in the white that other people just don't notice.
The photographers I've talked with hardly speak of color at all in that sense. They can saturate color and all the little different tweaks that Photoshop provides, but it's a very different process from a painter's point of view. Not better or worse--only different. (One exception, incidentally, is Andre Govia. He pulls out some of the most subtle colorations and hints. Most people don't notice it because they are overwhelmed with his urbex subject matter, but they're missing the true mastery of this artist.)
I've tried to get a painter's sense in this white interior of Stayton-Jordan Bridge in Stayton, Oregon. Look carefully (view large against black) at the white, and you'll see all sorts of warm and cool colors: pinks, pearls, oranges, blues, greens.
If you're interested in the neuro-science of this (I'm not an expert) not much of this happens in the eye, but is post-processed (if you will) in the brain. Our eyes are only about the equivalent of a cell phone camera. The brain samples and re-samples the images we gaze at to create the illusion of detail that we believe we "see."
3x exposure HDR.
Software: Photoshop CS5, Photomatix, Nik Viveza, Topaz Adjust, Topaz Detail, Topaz DeNoise 5
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111 first street. From Paris to Jersey City, They Showed No Love.
a Branko Documentary Film
In the area of Jersey City NJ, for about 20 years, existed a warehouse building where artists had about 130 art studios. The artists left in 2005 and the building was demolished in 2007.
This movie only deals with the art, presented by the artists.
This documentary is a historical document of a very important part of Art in America.
Screening on:
2-23-2012
1:00 PM
Jersey City Library
Biblioteca Criolla, 4th. Floor
472 Jersey Avenue
Jersey City, NJ 07302
111 First Street (film) - Wiki
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/111_First_Street_(film)
111 First Street (a Branko Film), Trailer
111 Jam Band (a Branko Film). Unedited
Faizulla Khamraev (a Branko Film)
Maria Benjumeda, Flamenco and Bulerias at 111 First Street
American Watercolor Movement, Live at Coney Island. A Branko Film (Unedited)
© branko
Branko: Entrevista TV Español
Movies:
Books:
West Indian Parade (Photo Book)
Cecilia Mamede, Times Square NYC (Photo Book)
new work for Art Brussels 2013. i'll be showing with www.bourouina.com/-19.5"x28"archival burnt paper
Bronzino (1503-1572)
Active in Florence
The Holy Family with Saint Anna and the Boy John, around 1540
The Boy John occupies the prime position. Looks and gestures point to the child Jesus who is presented frontally to the viewer. Standing behind them is Mary, caressing her son lovingly. The composition is extended by Anna and Joseph. Bronzino enhances the sharply contoured and sculpture-like depiction to a stone-like coldness, encompassing particularly the two boys; this may well be an instance of the competition thought to exist between painting and sculpture that was debated time and again in the art theory of the period.
Bronzino (1503-1572)
Tätig in Florenz
Heilige Familie mit Heiliger Anna und Johannesknabe, um 1540
Der Johannesknabe nimmt die vorderste Position ein. Blick und Geste deuten auf das dem Betrachter frontal präsentierte Jesuskind. Dahinter steht, diesen liebevoll berührend, Maria. Die Komposition wird durch Anna und Joseph erweitert. Bronzino steigert die scharf umrissene und skulpturale Darstellung bis hin zu steinerner Kälte, die besonders die beiden Knaben erfasst - wohl auch ein Indiz für den in der Kunsttheorie der Zeit immer wieder thematisierten Wettstreit der Maler mit der Bildhauerei.
Austria Kunsthistorisches Museum
Federal Museum
Logo KHM
Regulatory authority (ies)/organs to the Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture
Founded 17 October 1891
Headquartered Castle Ring (Burgring), Vienna 1, Austria
Management Sabine Haag
www.khm.at website
Main building of the Kunsthistorisches Museum at Maria-Theresa-Square
The Kunsthistorisches Museum (KHM abbreviated) is an art museum in Vienna. It is one of the largest and most important museums in the world. It was opened in 1891 and 2012 visited of 1.351.940 million people.
The museum
The Kunsthistorisches Museum is with its opposite sister building, the Natural History Museum (Naturhistorisches Museum), the most important historicist large buildings of the Ringstrasse time. Together they stand around the Maria Theresa square, on which also the Maria Theresa monument stands. This course spans the former glacis between today's ring road and 2-line, and is forming a historical landmark that also belongs to World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Vienna.
History
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in his Gallery
The Museum came from the collections of the Habsburgs, especially from the portrait and armor collections of Ferdinand of Tyrol, the collection of Emperor Rudolf II (most of which, however scattered) and the art collection of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm into existence. Already In 1833 asked Joseph Arneth, curator (and later director) of the Imperial Coins and Antiquities Cabinet, bringing together all the imperial collections in a single building .
Architectural History
The contract to build the museum in the city had been given in 1858 by Emperor Franz Joseph. Subsequently, many designs were submitted for the ring road zone. Plans by August Sicard von Sicardsburg and Eduard van der Null planned to build two museum buildings in the immediate aftermath of the Imperial Palace on the left and right of the Heroes' Square (Heldenplatz). The architect Ludwig Förster planned museum buildings between the Schwarzenberg Square and the City Park, Martin Ritter von Kink favored buildings at the corner Währingerstraße/ Scots ring (Schottenring), Peter Joseph, the area Bellariastraße, Moritz von Loehr the south side of the opera ring, and Ludwig Zettl the southeast side of the grain market (Getreidemarkt).
From 1867, a competition was announced for the museums, and thereby set their current position - at the request of the Emperor, the museum should not be too close to the Imperial Palace, but arise beyond the ring road. The architect Carl von Hasenauer participated in this competition and was able the at that time in Zürich operating Gottfried Semper to encourage to work together. The two museum buildings should be built here in the sense of the style of the Italian Renaissance. The plans got the benevolence of the imperial family. In April 1869, there was an audience with of Joseph Semper at the Emperor Franz Joseph and an oral contract was concluded, in July 1870 was issued the written order to Semper and Hasenauer.
Crucial for the success of Semper and Hasenauer against the projects of other architects were among others Semper's vision of a large building complex called "Imperial Forum", in which the museums would have been a part of. Not least by the death of Semper in 1879 came the Imperial Forum not as planned for execution, the two museums were built, however.
Construction of the two museums began without ceremony on 27 November 1871 instead. Semper moved to Vienna in the sequence. From the beginning, there were considerable personal differences between him and Hasenauer, who finally in 1877 took over sole construction management. 1874, the scaffolds were placed up to the attic and the first floor completed, built in 1878, the first windows installed in 1879, the Attica and the balustrade from 1880 to 1881 and built the dome and the Tabernacle. The dome is topped with a bronze statue of Pallas Athena by Johannes Benk.
The lighting and air conditioning concept with double glazing of the ceilings made the renunciation of artificial light (especially at that time, as gas light) possible, but this resulted due to seasonal variations depending on daylight to different opening times .
Kuppelhalle
Entrance (by clicking the link at the end of the side you can see all the pictures here indicated!)
Grand staircase
Hall
Empire
The Kunsthistorisches Museum was on 17 October 1891 officially opened by Emperor Franz Joseph I. Since 22 October 1891 , the museum is accessible to the public. Two years earlier, on 3 November 1889, the collection of arms, Arms and Armour today, had their doors open. On 1 January 1890 the library service resumed its operations. The merger and listing of other collections of the Highest Imperial Family from the Upper and Lower Belvedere, the Hofburg Palace and Ambras in Tyrol will need another two years.
189, the farm museum was organized in seven collections with three directorates:
Directorate of coins, medals and antiquities collection
The Egyptian Collection
The Antique Collection
The coins and medals collection
Management of the collection of weapons, art and industrial objects
Weapons collection
Collection of industrial art objects
Directorate of Art Gallery and Restaurieranstalt (Restoration Office)
Collection of watercolors, drawings, sketches, etc.
Restoration Office
Library
Very soon the room the Court Museum (Hofmuseum) for the imperial collections was offering became too narrow. To provide temporary help, an exhibition of ancient artifacts from Ephesus in the Theseus Temple was designed. However, additional space had to be rented in the Lower Belvedere.
1914, after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne, his " Estonian Forensic Collection " passed to the administration of the Court Museum. This collection, which emerged from the art collection of the house of d' Este and world travel collection of Franz Ferdinand, was placed in the New Imperial Palace since 1908. For these stocks, the present collection of old musical instruments and the Museum of Ethnology emerged.
The First World War went by, apart from the oppressive economic situation without loss. The farm museum remained during the five years of war regularly open to the public.
Until 1919 the K.K. Art Historical Court Museum was under the authority of the Oberstkämmereramt (head chamberlain office) and belonged to the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. The officials and employees were part of the royal household.
First Republic
The transition from monarchy to republic, in the museum took place in complete tranquility. On 19 November 1918 the two imperial museums on Maria Theresa Square were placed under the state protection of the young Republic of German Austria. Threatening to the stocks of the museum were the claims raised in the following weeks and months of the "successor states" of the monarchy as well as Italy and Belgium on Austrian art collection. In fact, it came on 12th February 1919 to the violent removal of 62 paintings by armed Italian units. This "art theft" left a long time trauma among curators and art historians.
It was not until the Treaty of Saint-Germain of 10 September 1919, providing in Article 195 and 196 the settlement of rights in the cultural field by negotiations. The claims of Belgium, Czechoslovakia, and Italy again could mostly being averted in this way. Only Hungary, which presented the greatest demands by far, was met by more than ten years of negotiation in 147 cases.
On 3 April 1919 was the expropriation of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine by law and the acquisition of its property, including the "Collections of the Imperial House" , by the Republic. Of 18 June 1920 the then provisional administration of the former imperial museums and collections of Este and the secular and clergy treasury passed to the State Office of Internal Affairs and Education, since 10 November 1920, the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Education. A few days later it was renamed the Art History Court Museum in the "Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna State", 1921 "Kunsthistorisches Museum" . Of 1st January 1921 the employees of the museum staff passed to the state of the Republic.
Through the acquisition of the former imperial collections owned by the state, the museum found itself in a complete new situation. In order to meet the changed circumstances in the museum area, designed Hans Tietze in 1919 the "Vienna Museum program". It provided a close cooperation between the individual museums to focus at different houses on main collections. So dominated exchange, sales and equalizing the acquisition policy in the interwar period. Thus resulting until today still valid collection trends. Also pointing the way was the relocation of the weapons collection from 1934 in its present premises in the New Castle, where since 1916 the collection of ancient musical instruments was placed.
With the change of the imperial collections in the ownership of the Republic the reorganization of the internal organization went hand in hand, too. Thus the museum was divided in 1919 into the Egyptian and Near Eastern Collection (with the Oriental coins)
Collection of Classical Antiquities
Collection of ancient coins
Collection of modern coins and medals
Weapons collection
Collection of sculptures and crafts with the Collection of Ancient Musical Instruments
Picture Gallery
The Museum 1938-1945
Count Philipp Ludwig Wenzel Sinzendorf according to Rigaud. Clarisse 1948 by Baroness de Rothschildt "dedicated" to the memory of Baron Alphonse de Rothschildt; restituted to the Rothschilds in 1999, and in 1999 donated by Bettina Looram Rothschild, the last Austrian heiress.
With the "Anschluss" of Austria to the German Reich all Jewish art collections such as the Rothschilds were forcibly "Aryanised". Collections were either "paid" or simply distributed by the Gestapo at the museums. This resulted in a significant increase in stocks. But the KHM was not the only museum that benefited from the linearization. Systematically looted Jewish property was sold to museums, collections or in pawnshops throughout the empire.
After the war, the museum struggled to reimburse the "Aryanised" art to the owners or their heirs. They forced the Rothschild family to leave the most important part of their own collection to the museum and called this "dedications", or "donations". As a reason, was the export law stated, which does not allow owners to perform certain works of art out of the country. Similar methods were used with other former owners. Only on the basis of international diplomatic and media pressure, to a large extent from the United States, the Austrian government decided to make a change in the law (Art Restitution Act of 1998, the so-called Lex Rothschild). The art objects were the Rothschild family refunded only in the 1990s.
The Kunsthistorisches Museum operates on the basis of the federal law on the restitution of art objects from the 4th December 1998 (Federal Law Gazette I, 181 /1998) extensive provenance research. Even before this decree was carried out in-house provenance research at the initiative of the then archive director Herbert Haupt. This was submitted in 1998 by him in collaboration with Lydia Grobl a comprehensive presentation of the facts about the changes in the inventory levels of the Kunsthistorisches Museum during the Nazi era and in the years leading up to the State Treaty of 1955, an important basis for further research provenance.
The two historians Susanne Hehenberger and Monika Löscher are since 1st April 2009 as provenance researchers at the Kunsthistorisches Museum on behalf of the Commission for Provenance Research operating and they deal with the investigation period from 1933 to the recent past.
The museum today
Today the museum is as a federal museum, with 1st January 1999 released to the full legal capacity - it was thus the first of the state museums of Austria, implementing the far-reaching self-financing. It is by far the most visited museum in Austria with 1.3 million visitors (2007).
The Kunsthistorisches Museum is under the name Kunsthistorisches Museum and Museum of Ethnology and the Austrian Theatre Museum with company number 182081t since 11 June 1999 as a research institution under public law of the Federal virtue of the Federal Museums Act, Federal Law Gazette I/115/1998 and the Museum of Procedure of the Kunsthistorisches Museum and Museum of Ethnology and the Austrian Theatre Museum, 3 January 2001, BGBl II 2/ 2001, in force since 1 January 2001, registered.
In fiscal 2008, the turnover was 37.185 million EUR and total assets amounted to EUR 22.204 million. In 2008 an average of 410 workers were employed.
Management
1919-1923: Gustav Glück as the first chairman of the College of science officials
1924-1933: Hermann Julius Hermann 1924-1925 as the first chairman of the College of the scientific officers in 1925 as first director
1933: Arpad Weixlgärtner first director
1934-1938: Alfred Stix first director
1938-1945: Fritz Dworschak 1938 as acting head, from 1938 as a chief in 1941 as first director
1945-1949: August von Loehr 1945-1948 as executive director of the State Art Collections in 1949 as general director of the historical collections of the Federation
1945-1949: Alfred Stix 1945-1948 as executive director of the State Art Collections in 1949 as general director of art historical collections of the Federation
1949-1950: Hans Demel as administrative director
1950: Karl Wisoko-Meytsky as general director of art and historical collections of the Federation
1951-1952: Fritz Eichler as administrative director
1953-1954: Ernst H. Buschbeck as administrative director
1955-1966: Vincent Oberhammer 1955-1959 as administrative director, from 1959 as first director
1967: Edward Holzmair as managing director
1968-1972: Erwin Auer first director
1973-1981: Friderike Klauner first director
1982-1990: Hermann Fillitz first director
1990: George Kugler as interim first director
1990-2008: Wilfried Seipel as general director
2009-2019: Sabine Haag as general director
2019– : Eike Schmidt (art historian, designated)
Collections
To the Kunsthistorisches Museum are also belonging the collections of the New Castle, the Austrian Theatre Museum in Palais Lobkowitz, the Museum of Ethnology and the Wagenburg (wagon fortress) in an outbuilding of Schönbrunn Palace. A branch office is also Ambras in Innsbruck.
Kunsthistorisches Museum (main building)
Picture Gallery
Egyptian and Near Eastern Collection
Collection of Classical Antiquities
Vienna Chamber of Art
Numismatic Collection
Library
New Castle
Ephesus Museum
Collection of Ancient Musical Instruments
Arms and Armour
Archive
Hofburg
The imperial crown in the Treasury
Imperial Treasury of Vienna
Insignia of the Austrian Hereditary Homage
Insignia of imperial Austria
Insignia of the Holy Roman Empire
Burgundian Inheritance and the Order of the Golden Fleece
Habsburg-Lorraine Household Treasure
Ecclesiastical Treasury
Schönbrunn Palace
Imperial Carriage Museum Vienna
Armory in Ambras Castle
Ambras Castle
Collections of Ambras Castle
Major exhibits
Among the most important exhibits of the Art Gallery rank inter alia:
Jan van Eyck: Cardinal Niccolò Albergati, 1438
Martin Schongauer: Holy Family, 1475-80
Albrecht Dürer : Trinity Altar, 1509-16
Portrait Johann Kleeberger, 1526
Parmigianino: Self Portrait in Convex Mirror, 1523/24
Giuseppe Arcimboldo: Summer 1563
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio: Madonna of the Rosary 1606/ 07
Caravaggio: Madonna of the Rosary (1606-1607)
Titian: Nymph and Shepherd to 1570-75
Portrait of Jacopo de Strada, 1567/68
Raffaello Santi: Madonna of the Meadow, 1505 /06
Lorenzo Lotto: Portrait of a young man against white curtain, 1508
Peter Paul Rubens: The altar of St. Ildefonso, 1630-32
The Little Fur, about 1638
Jan Vermeer: The Art of Painting, 1665/66
Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Fight between Carnival and Lent, 1559
Kids, 1560
Tower of Babel, 1563
Christ Carrying the Cross, 1564
Gloomy Day (Early Spring), 1565
Return of the Herd (Autumn), 1565
Hunters in the Snow (Winter) 1565
Bauer and bird thief, 1568
Peasant Wedding, 1568/69
Peasant Dance, 1568/69
Paul's conversion (Conversion of St Paul), 1567
Cabinet of Curiosities:
Saliera from Benvenuto Cellini 1539-1543
Egyptian-Oriental Collection:
Mastaba of Ka Ni Nisut
Collection of Classical Antiquities:
Gemma Augustea
Treasure of Nagyszentmiklós
Gallery: Major exhibits
"You're sick of hangin' around and you'd like to travel;
Get tired of travelin' and you want to settle down.
I guess they can't revoke your soul for tryin',
Get out of the door and light out and look all around.
Sometimes the light's all shinin' on me;
Other times I can barely see.
Lately it occurs to me What a long, strange trip it's been.
Truckin', I'm a goin' home. Whoa whoa baby, back where I belong,
Back home, sit down and patch my bones, and get back truckin' on.
Hey now get back truckin' home."
Grateful Dead - Truckin
So today I was out and I saw this old Chevy pickup truck. I had my camera with me, and being inspired by Patty's (ppphotograph) amazing work, lately, like this for instance; power wagon.
I just knew I couldn't pass up this opportunity. The challenge was photographing it where it was, parked on a city street in Brooklyn, in surroundings that were anything but picturesque. I made a shoot out of it anyway, wishing that I at the very least had my tripod with me. I will post some of the others at a later date, but for now I had way too much fun with this one in Photoshop and I am offering it up.
~ Thank you for looking at my photos ~ :) -Jim
Magpies are birds of the family Corvidae. Like other members of their family, they are widely considered to be intelligent creatures. The Eurasian magpie, for instance, is thought to rank among the world's most intelligent creatures and is one of the few nonmammalian species able to recognize itself in a mirror test. They are particularly well known for their songs and were once popular as cagebirds. In addition to other members of the genus Pica, corvids considered as magpies are in the genera Cissa, Urocissa, and Cyanopica.
Magpies of the genus Pica are generally found in temperate regions of Europe, Asia, and western North America, with populations also present in Tibet and high-elevation areas of Kashmir. Magpies of the genus Cyanopica are found in East Asia and the Iberian Peninsula. The birds called magpies in Australia are, however, not related to the magpies in the rest of the world.
Name
References dating back to Old English call the bird a "pie", derived from the Latin pica and cognate to French pie; this term has fallen out of use. The tendency in previous centuries was to give birds common names, such as robin redbreast (which now is called the robin) and jenny wren. The magpie was originally variously maggie pie and mag pie. The term "pica" for the human disorder involving a compulsive desire to eat items that are not food is borrowed from the Latin name of the magpie (Pica pica), for its reputed tendency to feed on miscellaneous things.
Systematics and species
According to some studies, magpies do not form the monophyletic group they are traditionally believed to be; tails have elongated (or shortened) independently in multiple lineages of corvid birds. Among the traditional magpies, two distinct lineages apparently exist. One consists of Holarctic species with black and white colouration, and is probably closely related to crows and Eurasian jays. The other contains several species from South to East Asia with vivid colouration, which is predominantly green or blue. The azure-winged magpie and the Iberian magpie, formerly thought to constitute a single species with a most peculiar distribution, have been shown to be two distinct species, and are classified as the genus Cyanopica.
Other research has cast doubt on the taxonomy of the Pica magpies, since P. hudsonia and P. nuttalli may not be different species, whereas the Korean race of P. pica is genetically very distinct from the other Eurasian (as well as the North American) forms. Either the North American, Korean, and remaining Eurasian forms are accepted as three or four separate species, or else only a single species, Pica pica, exists.
Holarctic (black-and-white) magpies
Genus Pica
Eurasian magpie, Pica pica
Black-billed magpie, Pica hudsonia (may be conspecific with P. pica)
Yellow-billed magpie, Pica nuttalli (may be conspecific with P. (pica) hudsonia)
Asir magpie, Pica asirensis (may be conspecific with P. pica)
Maghreb magpie, Pica mauritanica (may be conspecific with P. pica)
Oriental magpie, Pica serica (may be conspecific with P. pica)
Black-rumped magpie. Pica bottanensis (may be conspecific with P. pica)
Oriental (blue and green) magpies
Genus Urocissa
Taiwan blue magpie, Urocissa caerulea
Red-billed blue magpie, Urocissa erythroryncha
Yellow-billed blue magpie, Urocissa flavirostris
White-winged magpie, Urocissa whiteheadi
Sri Lanka blue magpie, Urocissa ornata
Genus Cissa
Common green magpie, Cissa chinensis
Indochinese green magpie, Cissa hypoleuca
Javan green magpie, Cissa thalassina
Bornean green magpie, Cissa jefferyi
Azure-winged magpies
Genus Cyanopica
Azure-winged magpie, Cyanopica cyanus
Iberian magpie, Cyanopica cooki
Other "magpies"
The black magpies, Platysmurus, are treepies; they are neither magpies, nor as was long believed, jays. Treepies are a distinct group of corvids externally similar to magpies.
The Australian magpie, Cracticus tibicen, is conspicuously "pied", with black and white plumage reminiscent of a Eurasian magpie. It is a member of the family Artamidae and not a corvid.
The magpie-robins, members of the genus Copsychus, have a similar "pied" appearance, but they are Old World flycatchers, unrelated to the corvids.
Human interactions
Cultural references
See also: Eurasian magpie § Relationship with humans, and Black-billed magpie § Relationship with humans
East Asia
In East Asian cultures, the magpie is a very popular bird and is a symbol of good luck and fortune.
The magpie is a common subject in Chinese paintings. It is also often found in traditional Chinese poetry and couplets. In addition, in Chinese folklore, all the magpies of the Qixi Festival every year will fly to the Milky Way and form a bridge, where the separated Cowherd and Weaver Girl will meet. The Milky Way is like a river, and the Cowherd and Weaver Girl refer to the famous α-Aquilae and α-Lyrae of modern Astronomy, respectively. For this reason, the magpie bridge has come to symbolize a relationship between men and women.
Magpies have an important place in the birth myth of Ai Xinjue Luo Bukuri Yushun, the ancestor of the Qing dynasty.
The magpie is a national bird of Korea and a symbol of its capital Seoul.
Europe
In European culture, the magpie is reputed to collect shiny objects such as wedding rings and other valuables, a well known example being Rossini's opera La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie). A recent study conducted by Exeter University found that Eurasian magpies express neophobia when presented with unfamiliar objects, and were less likely to approach or interact with the shiny objects - metal screws, foil rings and aluminium foil - used in the experiments. However, magpies are naturally curious like other members of the corvid family, and may collect shiny objects, but do not favour shiny objects over dull ones.
As pests
Magpies are common orchard pests in some regions of the world.
In legend
John Brand was an English antiquarian and Church of England clergyman, who was appointed Secretary to the Society of Antiquaries, in 1784. His book, Observations of Popular Antiquities, (1780), has the first-known record of counting Magpies to predict good or ill-fortune, in the description, and records only four lines:
"One for sorrow, Two for mirth, Three for a funeral, And four for a birth". Popular antiquities later became known as Folklore, (a term coined by William John Thoms in 1846).
In that year, the rhyme was added to Proverbs and Popular Sayings of the Seasons, by Michael Aislabie Denham, an English merchant and collector of folklore. The following lines were added:-
"Five for heaven, Six for hell, Seven for the devil, his own self". Sir Humphry Davy attributed the connection for the feeling of one, then two magpies to joy and sorrow in his, Salmonia : or Days of Fly Fishing, (1828); he wrote: "For anglers in spring it has always been regarded as unlucky to see single magpies, but two may be always regarded as a favourable omen;...in cold and stormy weather one magpie alone leaves the nest in search of food; the other remaining sitting on the eggs...when two go out...the weather is warm...favourable for fishing". In England, "a magpie’s nest" was a phrase used to describe something untidy and usually of little value. "One for Sorrow", elaborates on the legend.
The Monastery of the Holy Eucharist in Lindogon, Sibonga in Cebu province is run by Marian monks. The place is where several instances of the phenomena ~ whereby the image of the Virgin Mary shed tears in several instances starting in 1998. It is now very popular for Marian pilgrims and devotees who flock to the palace-like monastery. This transformed the once sleepy barangay into a popular destination. Daily, the monastery is visited by thousands of devotees from all over the country and even from foreign tourists. This crown structure is memorial of the victorious and powerful intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mother thru the Penitential Rosary Walk in 1998, against the killer epidemic hat struck the place, where several lives of poor children and infants had died. Built to honour Mary on the 8th year anniversary of the Monks arrival in Lindogon. Blessed on the 27th day of February, 2004.”
There are available coloured candles near the monastery. Proceeds of the candles will give part to the monks for funds. The following are coloured candles with its own purpose.
Gold: Healing (Good health, Recovery, Spiritual, Family Tree)
Green: Prosperity/Success (Exams, Study, Financial, Business)
Blue: Perseverance (Employment, Career, Assignment, Promotions)
Violet: Achievement (Plans in life, Struggles, Endeavours, Journeys, Voyage)
Red: Love (Utility, Friendship, Engagement, Family)
Yellow: Peace (Courage, Strength, Hope)
White: Purity (Enlightenment, Guidance, Right Path)
Orange: Reconciliation (Sweetheart, Wife, Husband, Enemy, Family)
Pink: Thanksgiving/Happiness/Joy (Spiritual, Physical)
Black: Souls (Forgiveness, Pardon)
Brown: Vocation (Marriage Bond, God’s Servant, Single life)
Grey: Deliverance (Bad ways, Things, Spirits)
Cream: Conversion/Faith (Children, Household, Couples)
A gentle reminder from the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, the following guidelines must be strictly followed and not allowed to wear inside the Monastery: wearing of tube & short blouses/dresses, fitting & transparent pants, spaghetti straps/sleeveless dress, mini skirts, shorts. While taking you to the Monastery, it is required to remove footwear before entering the Mother Mary’s prayer room. Cameras flash should be turned off while taking pictures so as not to interrupt/destruct others when praying. All Catholic & Non-Catholic are advised to please respect and observe solemnity inside the Church. Smoking is prohibited inside the premises. Parking area is situated to the right side of the entrance.
If you are from Cebu City taking you through Sibonga town proper to estimate of 50 kilometres southeast or travel time for about 2-hours and can be reached via any of the buses (air con/non air-con) that leaves regularly for Sibonga from the South Bus Terminal along N. Bacalso Ave. in Cebu City. Bus fare is less than a hundred pesos. The place is famous among all passengers, just ask the conductor to drop you off to the crossing in going to Birhen sa Simala. Mary’s pilgrimage is few kilometres away from the drop off point and you can reach the destination by riding in a motorcycles for hire habal-habal or public tricycles. The Monastery of the Holy Eucharist opens daily from 8:00 am - 6:00 pm.
Located approximately 50 miles south of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and 40 miles north of Chicago, the Zion facility is in the process of being decommissioned. Eventually, the whole structure will be removed even desks and chairs, in short, anything at all that might even have the slightest radioactive contamination; and there will be objects that have it.
The issue here is nuclear plant safety and it applies to all facilities no matter where they are located. The Zion plant is a good example of the numerous issues involved. For instance, what if there had been a situation similar to Fukushima? A double reactor core meltdown and spent fuel pool damage with massive, potentially catastrophic radiation release in a geographical area with a huge population, one much larger than in Fukushima prefecture. How would you protect people or evacuate before they were overtaken by a plume of radiation containing cancer causing fission products like cesium-137 and iodine-131?
Nuclear plants are built on 'design-basis' contingencies. In other words, what the company, NRC, the state in which it is located, and other stakeholders think is likely to happen accident-wise. At Fukushima it was not thought there could ever be a combination of earthquake magnitude 9.0 and a massive tsunami capable of inundating the coastline even though there was historical proof that that area had suffered from massive tsunamis in the past. Consequently, the seawall was not high enough to fight off the tsunami wave that flooded the entire plant and knocked out all power, creating what is known as 'station blackout' where all AC power has been lost. The wave also knocked out the on-site DC generators. With no power the molten reactor core began to boil off the cooling water. The severity of the natural event destroyed nearby roads and infrastructure creating chaos, leaving the facility pretty much isolated. The water boiled away and core meltdown began.
There is a strong argument that all facilities should be constructed on a 'beyond-design-basis' plan. In other words, try to factor in the seeming improbable, unlikely set of events, especially with emphasis on maintaining DC power for days and not just hours in case of a severe accident.
As you can see from the images, the Zion facility looks very vulnerable. The Lake Michigan water level is low, but what is there to prevent it from rising? There's no seawall there to deflect the water. Granted, it is unlikely there could be a tsunami in the lake, but there could be other ways the lake could suddenly rise and flood the plant. This is especially true of other still operating plants that are downstream from dams. What if the dam burst?
LaSalle, Illinois has a boiling water reactor similar to the ones at Fukushima. Could it withstand an F5 tornado? An F5 hit the south suburbs of Chicago in 1990. And the tornado would not have to strike the plant directly. It could knock out all AC power and cripple the plant. Would they be able to maintain cooling long enough before core meltdown began? A fifty mile evacuation zone around LaSalle includes all but the far northern suburbs of Chicago. The plant is built of concrete and reinforced steel; but the winds of an F5 tornado are around 250 to 300 miles an hour. We've all seen news footage of what destruction a tornado can cause. Hard to believe there's any facility that could survive a storm of that ferocity. Don't want to think about that scenario.
The nuclear industry is privately owned and operated for profit. Would companies make very expensive safety improvements if it hurts the precious bottom line? I think the answer to that is pretty clear.
So we all need to be very concerned about what is happening in this industry. Almost every plant in the country, and probably the world, has had some type of accident or radiation release. The chances of accidents happening are numerous, including weather events, fire, equipment failure, aging equipment and, perhaps most importantly of all, human error and the sometimes frailty of the human condition. For instance, the manager of one unnamed plant came to work drunk. A security guard at another once shot himself in the foot. In what is termed force-on-force security testing plant 'invaders', or 'intruders' sometimes win the contest with the security guards and enter the facility.
Back to safety one more time. Spent fuel pools. The spent fuel must be kept cool. The Unit 4 pool at Fukushima is said to have contained 14,000 the amount of radiation released by the Hiroshima atomic bomb. In the United States the tendency is to pack the fuel more densely into the pools to the amount of five times that of Fukushima Unit 4. Do the math.
The Zion plant still has 1500 tons of spent fuel in its pool. Eventually, it is slated to be transferred, or is already being transferred, to dry cask strorage which will be kept on-site and under armed guard indefinitely. Dry casks are concrete and steel containers that are air-cooled.
Information gleaned from the following sources:
Dr. Helen Caldicott and Nuclear Free Planet. org;
Beyond Nuclear.org
Union of Concerned Scientists.org and the book entitled 'Fukushima: The Story of a Nuclear Disaster
NEIS.org
and various other sources too numerous to mention.
A 'good' documentary to watch is called Chernobyl Heart. You can find it on You Tube.
Windriaan turbine
Stable wind converter, for also hurricanes.
Windriaan turbines can deliver the power to work the water level down of the PAC, during storms too!
The windriaan turbine is of course also a product of our time. It is therefor in particular not an invention done by me alone. I mean, the tools and circumstances are just right at this moment in time. We made more wind, because we successfully warmed the globe. Wind surfers and kite surfers show us how to use it and we have the high tech super strong building materials, the computers to operate the sailing machines, enfin, you name it, we got it.
Take for instance the magnetic trains. Good, super de luxe. Magnetic bearings / layerings are already here, for trains, but, are far too expensive for trains. This is because the magnetic fields only work very good when all is cooled down, to extreme low temperatures, up to minus 190 degrees Celsius. The triviality, within by magnetic fields layered / beared trains, is, that the matter was firstly developed / designed for high speed trains. High speed trains walk hand in hand with long tracks, so to speak. And exactly that, long train tracks in the combination with the cooling down of the tracks, make magnetic fields, for now, an illusion. Never the less, magnetic bearings are in the tool box.
The ring, or, in particular, a point at the ring, in a Windriaan discribes a relatively very short track, namely: pi (3.14) times the Diameter of the ring. The cooling down of the magnetic track, established in the housing, for the ring, is therefor not so expensive any more and thus, doable. And, windriaan turbines generate energy!
The magnetic fields for the bearing are so very suitable for usage in windriaan turbines. As long as the windriaan turbine produces more energy, than it takes to cool down the magnetic layering, we produce energy. Before I actually thought about magnetic layering for the ring, wheels were used. Bearing the ring is done very much like a roller coaster wagon, with also a set of wheels at the sides. These wheels, now bearing the ring, are as good as free of torque!
Where is the torque gone? The torque is kept prison in the ring and the ring can do nothing else than bringing the lift forces vectorial over. The axles of the bearing wheels feel in fact nothing of the internal torque in the ring. .........At the moment a boxer hits you, he is full of internal torque. However, one feels nothing of his internal torque, at the moment the push hits you. The wheels that bear the ring are pushed by the ring, so to speak. The ring, as well as the boxer, are inside fully tensioned, full of stress.
The bearing of the ring is as good as free of torque. The wheels, in three series running around the ring, block respectively all the major directions in freedoms: side, other side, top and bottom.
The windriaan turbines come as spin off from the mother, the here after explained, Spailboat, SB. SB is a mechanized mix between kite - and wind surfing and goes so fast, that in water cavitation occurs. In SB is the capsizing momentum taken out, by means of lining the lift up to the swords, just like kite surfers do. However, the control over kites with only wires is worthless; unless it concerns a kite surfer! Kites on ships simply won't work. This is first of all because wind - and kite surfing are based on sailing on the half wind course, and besides, within wind - and kite surfing, the compositions must also plane over the water, in stead of going through the water. I see no way for kites to lift an oil tanker out of the water to let it plane over the water on the half wind sailing course. Wind - and kite surfing were firstly invented for the fun while sails and motors, on boats, were invented to get from point A to B. Gaining / gathering energy by using sails is therefor stricly something else than getting somewhere with sails. Using sails for speed in high winds has nothing to do with bringing ships from A to B. Yes, indirectly it does, of course! The SB generates energy, this energy can be moulded into for instance hydrogen, and this hydrogen can be used in the ships. What I made clear is that we need hydrogen motors in ships et cetera and SB to convert the wind at sea to for instance hydrogen.
A SB is wobbling. That is a big problem, surely at this early stage in where I want to make a low budget prototype, because the handling is complicated. We need computers. Professor Marcel Donze then had a brilliant idea. Put the rig on a train, he said. Result: the composition is no longer wobbling. So, we successfully went from sea to land, in order to make it all feasible.
Finding qualified / suitable desolate rail tracks was not easy, and became in fact the next obstacle. Besides, the rig pulls sideways and rail tracks as we know them are not very well equipped for taking side forces. Never the less, trains have wheels, and these wheels are for a great deal loaded with centric forces, except when the rail track is making a curve. Spailing is done in a straight line, however, the forces from the sails, the lift, work almost cross wards. A side rail and horizontal wheels for riding against this vertical wall, so, that the layering is mostly centricly loaded.
At this stage, some where in the spring of 2008, I already realized that the SB makes more energy than it takes to operate / sail it. Some one said: It is very cold near the arctics. True. This person was right and also wrong. Take for instance a look at all living creatures and one sees that they all eat, to keep their selves alive and warm. The same thing might as well counting for SB. They eat, by means of using wind and a bit of the energy can be used to keep the SB warm. Carbon fibers must kept warm, that is true.
A SB is therefor, or so, from the very beginning, a sort of self supporting system, which very much operate like a living creature by means of using a bit of the food / wind for keeping it warm. You must be aware that I later on lead you towards a, for a very great deal, plastic world: carbon fibers. Carbon fibered constructions, as well as steel constructions by the way, are loosing their elastic properties, when the temperature drops below minus 30 degrees Celsius. Logically, I was already aware that the SB must make more energy than it takes to sail the thing and when this "cold-problem" showed up, I had the answer ready. The windriaan turbines in cold places keep their selves warm, with a bit of the energy they produce. Like living creatures, these windriaan turbines have vains, through where for instance warmed oil, or something else, like syntetic fluids, flow(s).
The rig was founded on wind - and kite surfers and takes away the capsizing momemtum. Placing the rig on trains, makes it a Spailtrain. Over land we need wheels, although, that is what I firstly thought. Wheels under trains are, as mentioned, mostly centricly loaded, and becasue the wheels are small and the axles thick, even excentric forces can be taken relatively easily. And, a closer look at roller coasters learns that these wagons have also a set of wheels that take the side forces. Every wheel in a roller coaster is therefor in fact centricly loaded.
Some roller coasters make loopings and by connecting the end to the beginning makes a never ending track. Because the wagons grab around the well foundated and firm rails, the sails could be placed in an upright position again, because the momentum / capsizing force can no longer flip the compositions over. These roller coaster wagons are now one with the track and when the rails and the wagons are strong enough, the mast can stand up again. Any way, we have stability. And then I switched the rails with the roller track. The formerly non moving rails became the spinning ring and the wheels are framed in the housing.
The wheels are centricly loaded in a roller coaster.
The layering of the ring in a windriaan turbine is also centricly loaded.
So, without knowing what I was aiming for, the designing path led to wind turbines for storms.
Via wind surfing followed a ring, in stead of an axle in wind turbines.
And, via the wheel followed the mill with the commenly known centre axle and such an axle is very heavily loaded with all kinds of nasty forces, like torque.
First: I took away the momentum out of the sailing. Then the wing stands there, as a kite. I also knew that I had to control the kite, as if it was in the hands of a wind surfer. When the rig was ready, I suddenly realized that by letting the wind surfer make a looping, that we have another kind of wind mill. And, a closer look learned that the axle is gone. Yes, even a ring has an axle, but of course, but this axle is no longer there in the flesh.
Stable sailing can reach 700 km / hour. It would be wonderful to let the ring spin / turn almost without friction and this is possible, via the magnetic layering.
Sony 16-35mm Vario-Tessar T FE F4 ZA OSS E-Mount Lens!
Enjoyed shootng the Upper Antelope Canyons, Lower Antelope Canyons, and Horseshoe Bend in PAge Arizona! Also shot it all with the Nikon D810 and the wonderful Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens as well as the new Tamron Tamron AFA012N700 15-30 mm f/2.8-Di VC Wide-Angle Lens for Nikon F (FX) Cameras!
I hope that you enjoy browsing through my photos and comparing and contrasting the Nikon D810, sony A7r, and the various lenses!
Long story short, you can't go wrong!
The Sony A7r and the Nikon D810 have the same sensor! While the D810 saves the RAW in 14bit lossless compressed (or uncompressed0, the A7r performs a bit of lossy compression, which I have never noticed, but which some say they have!
At any rate, I am super excited for the Nikon's next
camera as well as for the recently announced Sony Alpha a7RII Mirrorless Digital Camera! Some highlights include a 42 MP Full-Frame Exmor R BSI CMOS Sensor, a
BIONZ X Image Processor,
Internal UHD 4K Video & S-Log2 Gamma, and a
5-Axis SteadyShot INSIDE Stabilization system!
I'll be ordering mine for sure! And I have a feeling that Nikon will be releasing something epic soon--a 50mp+ camera with awesome dynamic range!
And important thing to remember is that even though pixel sizes keep getting smaller and smaller, the technology is advancing, so the smaller pixels are more efficient at collecting light. For instance, the Sony A7rII will be back-illuminated which allows more photons to hit the sensor. Semiconductor technology is always advancing, so the brilliant engineers are always improving the signal/noise ratio. Far higher pixel counts, as well as better dynamic ranger, are thus not only possible, but the future!
Yes I have a Ph.D. in physics! I worked on phototranistors and photodiodes as well as an artificial retina for the blind. :)
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Beautiful red sandstone goddess with her hair blown back!
After looking through my work,what do you think about Nikob vs. Sony? Do you prefer the Nikon D810 and Nikkor / Tamron / Sigma lenses /glass, or the Sony A7r and Sony Sonnar Carl Zeiss e-mount glass/lenses? I love them both! And I am so excited about the Sony A7rII !
Selfie manic Justin Trudeau, as leader of the Liberal Party, poses for a group picture along the Canada Day parade route in the Mississauga Day parade route in the Mississauga, Ont., neighbourhood of Port Credit on July 1, 2015. (Peter Power/Canadian Press)
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This is one of those rare instances when you suspect the Photography Gods actually like you. Heather and I attended a vintage sale at the Bishop's House, a classy Victorian house in Boise. The flyer mentioned there were going to be some classic cars and pin-up models so we decided to check it out. Good decision.
The weather was blustery - cold, windy, heavy, overcast - it looked like it was going to rain at any time. Only one car showed up. It was owned by a very cool guy named Lloyd; he didn't mind us checking out the car, even encouraging us to sit in it. He also had a 1920's style (air) gun in the front seat. A few minutes later we bumped into a lovely lass with blue hair and a great outfit. We found out she is Eleanor P., a professional pin-up model.
We asked Eleanor to shoot with us near the car; she lowered her standards and shot with me, with Heather helping her pose and Lloyd also coming up with ideas. What a great mini-shoot! Totally unplanned and I wouldn't have changed any of it. Well maybe not so cold - Eleanor was turning blue by the end of the shoot.
I took these photo in mid-May 2015.
This is the iPhone without the phone. It is a mobile computer basically which allows me to check e-mail away from home if there is wi-fi which quite often there is. Most of Mountain View, for instance, courtesy of Google. Also at home courtesy of the neighbors.
It also allows me to post to Facebook and twitter though hunt and peck typing is slow. Slower than writing. It makes me feel important in case of breaking news and the potential to report while mobile. But is it sucking away yet more of my life?
Catherine bought it for me and now she's wondering what kind of monster she created since I can check e-mail in bed in the dark before getting up and read stuff online before going to bed. Very handy for catching up on all those links friends are posting including youtube videos and radio interviews while driving. It is, however, taking me away from books so have to watch that.
Update: Now two days later, having caught up on things I wanted to read, I see that it can be a trap as it was when I was a kid waiting for the phone to ring. A device that lends itself more to input than output is not so much a creative tool as a stimulus drug, or a morphine drip. What is passing for output is just a lot of passing things around for the buzz of a response. It is easy to see why things go viral so quickly—there is very little content on the web that is worth passing around to all your friends. Those who post things they think others should know about for the good of something are generally ignored until they go away. My colleagues using social networking for marketing, take it to another level of blandness by producing or passing around very safe innocuous business tips. The few I haven't blocked spice it up a bit, some are actually more interesting online than in person. That leaves those who do post and search for things of high value. They become as valuable as professionals. I hope this research is satisfying for them.
In Asia the mobile device is the tool of choice and the communications extremely short and maybe more frequent for some, but I don't see a lot of writers of any depth. They don't keep blogs.
The interesting and fun thing for me using this tool is for posting to Twitter because having to write with extreme brevity with a hunt and peck keyboard makes it feel like I'm writing something weighty and I try to make it more profound, packing a lot into a few words, but then I run the risk of being too ambiguous. Especially since I was attempting to write a book on Twitter. The concept of forcing a book into the brevity of Twitter entertained me greatly and the novelty of it was a good whip to keep me at it.
A social networking guru at last business conference said that Twitter is the haiku of blogging. That's a good way of putting it and to be good at it, I can see that I need to focus on a very small piece or just write in headlines. Being usually long winded, this has been a good exercise for keeping things simple.
Even in the simulated fog of war, it is difficult to determine immediately friend from foe, and in this instance, a probable hostage revealed himself to be a member of the opposition force in disguise.
It wouldn’t be Cadet Field Training without the culminating Field Training Exercise to cap off the four-week summer training program for the Class of 2015. For 72 hours, cadets engaged in continuous activities—everything from reconnaissance in force, repel an ambush, conduct a raid and rescue operation and occupy multiple patrol bases as they move from location to location.
It all contributes to experiencing a unique military training environment, reinforcing soldiering skills, and learning the tactics and technologies as future Army officers. In the meantime, the rising yearlings are shedding the vestige of being West Point plebes as they will advance to the rank of cadet corporals responsible for providing leadership during the academic year to cadets just joining the ranks of the Corps of Cadets.
The rising yearlings were led by upperclass cadets who trained for their duties as platoon leaders, company commanders and such during the Leader Training Program which began two weeks prior to CFT. For many of the participants, the CFT preceded or will follow additional training like an AIAD, Air Assault or Airborne School. Photo by Mike Strasser/USMA PAO
A rare instance of deep sea predation captured on camera, a sea urchin munches on a Plumarella octocoral. This may be the first time sea urchin predation on coral was captured so close-up using high definition cameras thanks to the incredible image capabilities of the Deep Discoverer ROV.
A barber (from the Latin barba, "beard") is a person whose occupation is mainly to cut, dress, groom, style and shave men's and boys' hair. A barber's place of work is known as a "barber shop" or a "barber's". Barber shops are also places of social interaction and public discourse. In some instances, barbershops are also public forums. They are the locations of open debates, voicing public concerns, and engaging citizens in discussions about contemporary issues. They were also influential in helping shape male identity.
In previous times, barbers (known as barber surgeons) also performed surgery and dentistry. With the development of safety razors and the decreasing prevalence of beards, in English-speaking cultures, most barbers now specialize in cutting men's scalp hair as opposed to facial hair.
TERMINOLOGY
In modern times, the term "barber" is used both as a professional title and to refer to hairdressers who specialize in men's hair. Historically, all hairdressers were considered barbers. In the 20th century, the profession of cosmetology branched off from barbering, and today hairdressers may be licensed as either barbers or cosmetologists. Barbers differ with respect to where they work, which services they are licensed to provide, and what name they use to refer to themselves. Part of this terminology difference depends on the regulations in a given location.
Different states in the US vary on their labor and licensing laws. For example, in Maryland, a cosmetologist cannot use a straight razor, strictly reserved for barbers. In contrast, in New Jersey both are regulated by the State Board of Cosmetology and there is no longer a legal difference in barbers and cosmetologists, as they are issued the same license and can practice both the art of straight razor shaving, colouring, other chemical work and haircutting if they choose.
In Australia, the official term for a barber is hairdresser; barber is only a popular title for men's hairdressers, although not as popular now as it was in the middle of the 20th century. Most would work in a hairdressing salon.
HISTORY
The barber's trade has a long history: razors have been found among relics of the Bronze Age (around 3500 BC) in Egypt. In ancient Egyptian culture, barbers were highly respected individuals. Priests and men of medicine are the earliest recorded examples of barbers. In some early tribes, a barber was one of the most important members, as it was believed that certain evil spirits could enter a person's body through their hair, and that cutting it was a way to drive them out. Due to their spiritual and religious beliefs, barbers even performed religious ceremonies, such as marriages and baptizing children. During these ceremonies, they would leave people's hair hanging down until after dancing; they would then cut the hair and tie it back tightly so that no evil spirits could enter and no good spirits could escape.
Men in Ancient Greece would have their beards, hair, and fingernails trimmed and styled by the κουρεύς (cureus), in an agora (market place) which also served as a social gathering for debates and gossip.
Barbering was introduced to Rome by the Greek colonies in Sicily in 296 BC, and barber shops quickly became very popular centres for daily news and gossip. A morning visit to the tonsor became a part of the daily routine, as important as the visit to the public baths, and a young man's first shave (tonsura) was considered an essential part of his coming of age ceremony.
A few Roman tonsores became wealthy and influential, running shops that were favourite public locations of high society; however, most were simple tradesmen, who owned small storefronts or worked in the streets for low prices.Starting from the Middle Ages, barbers often served as surgeons and dentists. In addition to haircutting, hairdressing, and shaving, barbers performed surgery, bloodletting and leeching, fire cupping, enemas, and the extraction of teeth; earning them the name "barber surgeons". The barber pole, featuring red and white spiraling stripes, symbolized different aspects of the craft. Barbers received higher pay than surgeons until surgeons were entered into British warships during naval wars. Some of the duties of the barber included neck manipulation, cleansing of ears and scalp, draining of boils, fistula and lancing of cysts with wicks.
19th CENTURY AND LATER
Barbershops were influential at the turn of the 19th century in helping to develop African American culture and economy. According to Trudier Harris, "In addition to its status as a gathering place, the black barbershop also functioned as a complicated and often contradictory microcosm of the larger world. It is an environment that can bolster egos and be supportive as well as a place where phony men can be destroyed, or at least highly shamed, from participation in verbal contests and other contests of skill. It is a retreat, a haven, an escape from nagging wives and the cares of the world. It is a place where men can be men. It is a place, in contrast to Gordone's bar, to be somebody."Late in the 19th century there were several noteworthy events in the barber profession that gave it an upward trend, and the effects are still carrying onward and upward. In 1893, A. B. Moler of Chicago, established a school for barbers. This was the first institution of its kind in the world, and its success was apparent from its very start. It stood for higher education in the ranks, and the parent school was rapidly followed by branches in nearly every principal city of the United States. In the beginning of barber schools, only the practical work of shaving, hair-cutting, facial treatments, etc., was taught as neither the public nor the profession were ready to accept scientific treatments of hair, skin and scalp. Not until about 1920 was much effort made to professionalize the work.
In the early 1900s an alternative word for barber, "chirotonsor", came into use in the USA.
The barber Sam Mature, whose interview with Studs Terkel was published in Terkel's 1974 book Working, says "A man used to get a haircut every couple weeks. Now he waits a month or two, some of 'em even longer than that. A lot of people would get manicured and fixed up every week. Most of these people retired, moved away, or passed away. It's all on account of long hair. You take old-timers, they wanted to look neat, to be presentable. Now people don't seem to care too much."
Despite the economic recession in 2008, the barber shop industry has seen continued positive growth.
Training to be a barber is achieved through various means around the world. In the USA, barber training is carried out at "Barber Schools".
Cost—Many states require a barber license in order to practice barbering professionally. The cost of barber school varies from state to state, and also from metro area to metro area. Schools in larger metropolitan areas tend to cost more than those located in more rural towns. Brand names can also affect the cost of barber school. Most barber schools cost between $6,500 and $10,000 to complete. Because each state has different minimums for training hours, the length and cost of the program can vary accordingly. Some schools tuition includes supplies and textbooks, whereas others do not. Barber license exam fees typically range from $50 to $150.
Length—Most states require the same amount of training hours for barbers as they do for cosmetologists. The number of hours required ranges from 800 to 2,000 training hours, depending on the state's licensing requirements. Most programs can be completed in 15 months or fewer.
Curriculum—The barber school curriculum consists of hair cutting, coloring and styling for men's hair and women's short hair. Chemical processes such as bleaching, dyeing, lightening and relaxing hair may also be taught. All cosmetology disciplines learn safety and sanitation best practices. Barber students can expect to learn some elements of anatomy, physiology, bacteriology and some small elements of pharmacology. It also teaches facial hair techniques, including traditional and modern shaves. Generally barber programs touch on scalp massage and treatments. Advanced barber training may include custom shave designs. It is more common in barbering schools than other cosmetology disciplines to get some business and ethics education, since entrepreneurship is especially common in the barbering trade with many professionals choosing to open their own barbershops. All the skills learned in barber school will be tested at the board exams, which typically feature a written and practical exam.
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"They don't make (whatever) like they used to." You still hear that line now and then, for instance from old guys who think their '56 Buick -- or whatever -- was the greatest car ever. Here's some evidence, though, for the truth of that well-worn saying.
We did a total rehab of our house about 14 years ago, with a lot of new framing, replacement of the siding, and of all the trim wood around windows, doors, etc. But -- the exterior trim started going bad a few years ago, bad enough that I've had to get into replacing it piece by piece. This is happening, as best I can tell, because of the type of wood used by the contractor -- "finger joint" pine -- plus his neglecting to prime paint or otherwise preserve the wood before nailing it in place. I presume he used the finger joint wood because it's nice and straight, and virtually knot-free. It looked great when the job was finished, and for a few more years.
Now, as I work my way through the replacement process, I'm using solid pine or fir, and am prime coating each piece on all four sides and both ends before installation. And, of course, caulking the joints thoroughly. Still, it probably won't stand up for many decades as is the case with some of the old houses around town. I suppose I'm really conducting a multi-year experiment ... and, keeping my fingers crossed!
"The idea for this story intrigued me, and I began thinking how it should be written. How, for instance, would it changed if I used Ella instead of myself? . . . I began imagining how she would be . . . After a while I realised I ws doing what I had done before, creating 'the third' - the woman altogether better than I was. . . . I was thinking that quite possibly these marvellous, generous things we walk side by side with in our imaginations could come in existence, simply because we need them, because we imagine them."
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The Golden Notebook is a 1962 novel by British Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing. Time Magazine included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005.
The Golden Notebook is the story of writer Anna Wulf, the four notebooks in which she keeps the record of her life, and her attempt to tie them all together in a fifth, gold-colored notebook. After the opening realistic section, ironically called "Free Women", the book fragments into Anna's four notebooks, colored black, red, yellow, and blue, respectively. Each notebook is returned to four times, creating non-chronological, overlapping sections.
The black notebook is for Anna's memories of her life in Central Africa, which inspired her own best-selling novel; the red one for her experiences with the British Communist Party; the yellow one for a fiction she writes that is based on the painful ending of her own love affair; and the blue one for recording her memories, dreams, and emotional life.
All four notebooks and the frame narrative testify to women's struggles with the conflicts of work, sex, love, maternity, and politics. This kind of novel became popular among English writers during the 1960s. In them, the novelist is interested in the process of writing and the finished product.
The Golden Notebook has been translated into other languages, and was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007.
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Over the years, Lessing has attempted to accommodate what she admires in the novels of the nineteenth century - their "climate of ethical judgement" - to the demands of twentieth-century ideas about consciousness and time. After writing the Children of Violence series (1951-1959), a formally conventional bildungsroman (novel of education) about the growth in consciousness of her heroine, Martha Quest, Lessing broke new ground with The Golden Notebook (1962), a daring narrative experiment, in which the multiple selves of a contemporary woman are rendered in astonishing depth and detail. Anna Wulf, like Lessing herself, strives for ruthless honesty as she aims to free herself from the chaos, emotional numbness, and hypocrisy afflicting her generation.
The Monastery of the Holy Eucharist in Lindogon, Sibonga in Cebu province is run by Marian monks. The place is where several instances of the phenomena ~ whereby the image of the Virgin Mary shed tears in several instances starting in 1998. It is now very popular for Marian pilgrims and devotees who flock to the palace-like monastery. This transformed the once sleepy barangay into a popular destination. Daily, the monastery is visited by thousands of devotees from all over the country and even from foreign tourists. This crown structure is memorial of the victorious and powerful intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mother thru the Penitential Rosary Walk in 1998, against the killer epidemic hat struck the place, where several lives of poor children and infants had died. Built to honour Mary on the 8th year anniversary of the Monks arrival in Lindogon. Blessed on the 27th day of February, 2004.”
There are available coloured candles near the monastery. Proceeds of the candles will give part to the monks for funds. The following are coloured candles with its own purpose.
Gold: Healing (Good health, Recovery, Spiritual, Family Tree)
Green: Prosperity/Success (Exams, Study, Financial, Business)
Blue: Perseverance (Employment, Career, Assignment, Promotions)
Violet: Achievement (Plans in life, Struggles, Endeavours, Journeys, Voyage)
Red: Love (Utility, Friendship, Engagement, Family)
Yellow: Peace (Courage, Strength, Hope)
White: Purity (Enlightenment, Guidance, Right Path)
Orange: Reconciliation (Sweetheart, Wife, Husband, Enemy, Family)
Pink: Thanksgiving/Happiness/Joy (Spiritual, Physical)
Black: Souls (Forgiveness, Pardon)
Brown: Vocation (Marriage Bond, God’s Servant, Single life)
Grey: Deliverance (Bad ways, Things, Spirits)
Cream: Conversion/Faith (Children, Household, Couples)
A gentle reminder from the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, the following guidelines must be strictly followed and not allowed to wear inside the Monastery: wearing of tube & short blouses/dresses, fitting & transparent pants, spaghetti straps/sleeveless dress, mini skirts, shorts. While taking you to the Monastery, it is required to remove footwear before entering the Mother Mary’s prayer room. Cameras flash should be turned off while taking pictures so as not to interrupt/destruct others when praying. All Catholic & Non-Catholic are advised to please respect and observe solemnity inside the Church. Smoking is prohibited inside the premises. Parking area is situated to the right side of the entrance.
If you are from Cebu City taking you through Sibonga town proper to estimate of 50 kilometres southeast or travel time for about 2-hours and can be reached via any of the buses (air con/non air-con) that leaves regularly for Sibonga from the South Bus Terminal along N. Bacalso Ave. in Cebu City. Bus fare is less than a hundred pesos. The place is famous among all passengers, just ask the conductor to drop you off to the crossing in going to Birhen sa Simala. Mary’s pilgrimage is few kilometres away from the drop off point and you can reach the destination by riding in a motorcycles for hire habal-habal or public tricycles. The Monastery of the Holy Eucharist opens daily from 8:00 am - 6:00 pm.
This was the first instance of a safety car being used in a grand prix. The 914 was certainly outclassed. To make matters worse, the car did not pick the correct leader and it wasn't for a couple of hours after the end that the race was declared official. The safety car is in front of Howden Ganley driving an ISO-Marlboro (Frank Williams). Ganley would eventually finish 6th. Scanned from a 35mm slide. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iso_Marlboro
This was taken on the outside of Turn 3 at Mosport.
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of creepy crawly things.
For instance, there was this one day that Michael, Christie and I were driving to Ft. Lauderdale and I had noticed a small anole (a type of lizard) in the car. I didn't think much about it until we were cruising down US1 - and then I realized that I had the distinct feeling that something had just run up my bare leg and had hidden in my skirt.
I started screaming wildly and made Michael pull over the car. I flipped out - ripping clothes off left and right - all the while on the side of the road in broad daylight ... screaming bloody murder. When I finally got calmed down (and redressed) and back in the car - the lizard was in the back seat, looking at me rather bemused.
Today on the (extremely delayed flight back) I was a bit panicked when Patrick suddenly kicked the seat in front of me and gave me "THE LOOK." He leaned in and whispered "a mouse. just ran over my bare foot." I laughed, because really... that's just not possible right? (Have I mentioned I'm inordinately scared of mice?) He said "I'm not kidding" and punched the "Call Flight Attendant" button. I don't think I've ever yanked my feet up off the floor so fast (and of course I had flip flops on).
We quietly told the flight attendant that there was another "passenger" aboard, and she said "yeah, we saw him before we took off, but he's been only hanging out up here in First Class."
I thought it would settle down, and go away... but no. And I was trying to be calm and not alert the entire sleepy cabin as to what was going on but when I saw it the second time I just about lost my mind. My legs are cramped from being pulled up in the chair the entire night.
And now, it's 2:30 a.m. and we just got home. The freezer had been ajar all weekend so everything in there is destroyed. I'm exhausted but can't sleep - mostly because I feel like there is something crawling on me.
GAH!
The effigies of Jan van Dadizele, a highly influential Flemish nobleman at the Burgundian court, and Catherine Breydel have been thoroughly restored in the late 19th century by Leopold Blanckaert.
I’m inclined to believe that actually most parts have been subject to restoration, and probably replacement. For instance Jan’s strange tiny feet: they might have been deliberately left unfinished since the original had been lost and so their shape was unknown to Leopold Blanckaert.
Note that Jan’s face, arms, tournament helm and surcoat look far too clean to be completely authentic. Also the pleats on the breast of the surcoat are completely out of tune with the fashion of the day.
The answer could lie in the line running horizontally all the way across Jan’s body, probably indicating the original effigy at the base and the newer parts on top. Note the more weathered surface of the stone of the bottom part. Nevertheless, all details are stylistically very similar to other Flemish tombs of the 1480s, apart from the pleats on the breast and the sleeves missing the typical buttons at the wrists.
The effigy of Catherine seems to be more original than that of her husband.
In 1981, a new tomb to support both effigies was erected, incorporating the text of the lost epitaph. Catherine Breydel probably died in 1499 and not in 1492, as the engraving erroneously mentions.
The popular and typical Flemish tight-fitting, long-sleeved surcoat, sometimes with a split at the elbows, can be seen in many other examples:
- ca. 1452, Maertin de Visch (+1452): www.flickr.com/photos/roelipilami/11937809003/in/album-72...
- 1467-1471, reliquary of Charles the Bold presented by St. George: www.flickr.com/photos/roelipilami/24075882491/in/album-72...
- ca. 1484, Anselmus Adornes (+1483): www.flickr.com/photos/roelipilami/11427564306/in/album-72...
- ca. 1486, Sweer van Heenvliet (+1486): www.flickr.com/photos/roelipilami/2595624154/in/album-721...
- ca. 1499, Wouter van der Noot and family: www.flickr.com/photos/roelipilami/2088300309/in/album-721...
- ca. 1500-1510, knight of the Bernemicourt family: www.flickr.com/photos/roelipilami/31728932902/in/album-72...
- 1505-1506, Philip the Fair: www.flickr.com/photos/roelipilami/2078269718/in/album-721...
- ca. 1504, Jan van Kleef (+1504): www.flickr.com/photos/roelipilami/2828180516/in/album-721...
- ca. 1515, Hendrik III van Wittem (+1515): www.flickr.com/photos/roelipilami/3782851974/in/album-721...
- ca. 1521-1530, Ferry de Gros (+1544): www.flickr.com/photos/roelipilami/3962601896/in/album-721...