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I shot this image for a jewelry designers opening invite (Jessica Cushman). They used this image in the 5x7 invite, with the cropped head, but I like this one with the models face best (next in my photo stream).
Alan invited me along with his Little Red Riding Hood themed shoot with Jenna up in Porterville. It was a fairly quick shoot, but we certainly got the shots we wanted.
LIGHTING:
-Ambient Light
-Key: Alien Bee 1600, bare bulb
-Powered with Vagabond II.
-Triggered with Cactus V4.
-Rim: Sun
Thanks again for the invite bud!
Artists of all kinds were invited to apply for the chance to visit our Goddard Space Flight Center to be inspired by the giant, golden, fully-assembled James Webb Space Telescope mirror. Webb has a mirror that is nearly 22 feet high and (to optimize it for infrared observations) is covered in a microscopic layer of actual gold. Because of Webb’s visually striking appearance, the project hosted a special viewing event on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016.
There was an overwhelming response to the event invitation and ultimately twenty-four people were selected to attend. They represented a broad range of artistic media and styles, including: watercolor, 3D printed sculpture, silk screening, acrylics, sumi-e (East Asian brush technique), comics, letterpress, woodwork, metalwork, jewelry making, fiber art, ink, mural painting, kite-making, tattooing, scientific illustration, poetry, songwriting, and video making.
The artists spent several hours sitting right in front of the telescope, where they sketched, painted, took photos and even filmed a music video.
While some of the pieces of art were finished at the event, most of the artists went home with their heads full of ideas and sketchbooks full of notes.
We will continue to add event photos and art here to our Flickr.
This is Tim Makepeace's charcoal piece, titled, "Vertical Primary Mirror."
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Charcoal and pastel on paper
Size: 49" x 49"
Mingle Media TV and Red Carpet Report correspondent, Alicia Ying, were invited to come out to the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills for the Pretty Little Liars Special Live Stream Event and Season 4 premiere panel. Don't miss the summer premiere Tuesday, June 11 at 8/7c on ABC Family!
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Varosha - Maras is the southern quarter of the Famagusta, a de jure territory of Cyprus, currently under the control of Northern Cyprus. Varosha has a population of 226 in the 2011 Northern Cyprus census. The area of Varosha is 6.19 km2 (2.39 sq mi).
The name of Varosha derives from the Turkish word varoş (Ottoman Turkish: واروش, 'suburb'). The place where Varosha is located now was empty fields in which animals grazed.
In the early 1970s, Famagusta was the number-one tourist destination in Cyprus. To cater to the increasing number of tourists, many new high-rise buildings and hotels were constructed. During its heyday, Varosha was not only the number-one tourist destination in Cyprus, but between 1970 and 1974, it was one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world and was a favorite destination of such celebrities as Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Raquel Welch, and Brigitte Bardot.
Before 1974, Varosha was the modern tourist area of the Famagusta city. Its Greek Cypriot inhabitants fled during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, when the city of Famagusta came under Turkish control, and it has remained abandoned ever since. In 1984 a U.N. resolution called for the handover of the city to UN control and said that only the original inhabitants, who were forced out, could resettle in the town.
Entry to part of Varosha was opened to civilians in 2017.
In August 1974, the Turkish Army advanced as far as the Green Line, a UN-patrolled demilitarized zone between the Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, and controlled and fenced Varosha. Just hours before the Greek Cypriot and Turkish armies met in combat on the streets of Famagusta, the entire Greek Cypriot population fled to Paralimni, Dherynia, and Larnaca, fearing a massacre. The evacuation was aided and orchestrated by the nearby British military base. Paralimni has since become the modern-day capital of the Famagusta province of Greek Cypriot-led Cyprus.
The Turkish Army has allowed the entry of only Turkish military and United Nations personnel since 2017.
One such settlement plan was the Annan Plan to reunify the island that provided for the return of Varosha to the original residents. But this was rejected by Greek Cypriots in a 2004 referendum. The UN Security Council Resolution 550 states that it "considers attempts to settle any part of Varosha by people other than its inhabitants as inadmissible and calls for the transfer of this area to the administration of the United Nations".
The European Court of Human Rights awarded between €100,000 and €8,000,000 to eight Greek Cypriots for being deprived of their homes and properties as a result of the 1974 invasion. The case was filed jointly by businessman Constantinos Lordos and others, with the principal judgement in the Lordos case dating back to November 2010. The court ruled that, in the case of eight of the applicants, Turkey had violated Article 1 of Protocol 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights on the right of peaceful enjoyment of one's possessions, and in the case of seven of the applicants, Turkey had violated Article 8 on the right to respect for private and family life.
In the absence of human habitation and maintenance, buildings continue to decay. Over time, parts of the city have begun to be reclaimed by nature as metal corrodes, windows are broken, and plants work their roots into the walls and pavement and grow wild in old window boxes. In 2014, the BBC reported that sea turtles were observed nesting on the beaches in the city.
During the Cyprus Missile Crisis (1997–1998), the Turkish Cypriot leader, Rauf Denktaş, threatened to take over Varosha if the Cypriot government did not back down.
The main features of Varosha included John F. Kennedy Avenue, a street which ran from close to the port of Famagusta, through Varosha and parallel to Glossa beach. Along JFK Avenue, there were many well known high rise hotels including the King George Hotel, The Asterias Hotel, The Grecian Hotel, The Florida Hotel, and The Argo Hotel which was the favourite hotel of Elizabeth Taylor. The Argo Hotel is located near the end of JFK Avenue, looking towards Protaras and Fig Tree Bay. Another major street in Varosha was Leonidas (Greek: Λεωνίδας), a major street that came off JFK Avenue and headed west towards Vienna Corner. Leonidas was a major shopping and leisure street in Varosha, consisting of bars, restaurants, nightclubs, and a Toyota car dealership.
According to Greek Cypriots, 425 plots exist on the Varosha beach front, which extends from the Contandia hotel to the Golden Sands hotel. The complete number of plots in Varosha are 6082.
There are 281 cases of Greek Cypriots who filed to the Immovable Property Commission (IPC) of Northern Cyprus for compensation.
In 2020, Greek Cypriot Demetrios Hadjihambis filed a lawsuit seeking state compensation for financial losses.
The population of Varosha was 226 in the 2011 Northern Cyprus census.
In 2017, Varosha's beach was opened for the exclusive use of Turks (both Turkish Cypriots and Turkish nationals).
In 2019, the Government of Northern Cyprus announced it would open Varosha to settlement. On 14 November 2019, Ersin Tatar, the prime minister of Northern Cyprus, announced that Northern Cyprus aims to open Varosha by the end of 2020.
On 25 July 2019, Varosha Inventory Commission of Northern Cyprus started its inventory analysis on the buildings and other infrastructure in Varosha.
On 9 December 2019, Ibrahim Benter, the Director-General of the Turkish Cypriot EVKAF religious foundation's administration, declared all of Maraş/Varosha to be the property of EVKAF. Benter said "EVKAF can sign renting contracts with Greek Cypriots if they accept that the fenced-off town belongs to the Evkaf."
In 2019–20, inventory studies of buildings by the Government of Northern Cyprus were concluded. On 15 February 2020, the Turkish Bar Association organised a round table meeting at the Sandy Beach Hotel in Varosha, which was attended by Turkish officials (Vice President Fuat Oktay and Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül), Turkish Cypriot officials, representatives of the Turkish Cypriot religious foundation Evkaf, and Turkish and Turkish Cypriot lawyers.
On 22 February 2020, Cyprus declared it would veto European Union funds to Turkish Cypriots if Varosha were opened to settlement.
On 6 October 2020, Ersin Tatar, the Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus, announced that the beach area of Varosha would reopen to the public on 8 October 2020. Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said Turkey fully supported the decision. The move came ahead of the 2020 Northern Cypriot presidential election, in which Tatar was a candidate. Deputy Prime Minister Kudret Özersay, who had worked on the reopening previously, said that this was not a full reopening of the area, that this was just a unilateral election stunt by Tatar. His People's Party withdrew from the Tatar cabinet, leading to the collapse of the Turkish Cypriot government. The EU's diplomatic chief condemned the plan and described it as a "serious violation" of the U.N. ceasefire agreement. In addition, he asked Turkey to stop this activity. The U.N. Secretary-General expressed concern over Turkey's decision.
On 8 October 2020, some parts of Varosha were opened from the Officers' Club of Turkish and Turkish Cypriot Army to the Golden Sands Hotel.
In November 2020, the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Turkey's ambassador to Nicosia, visited Varosha. In addition, the main avenue in Varosha has been renamed after Semih Sancar, Chief of the General Staff of Turkey from 1973 to 1978, a period including the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
The European Parliament on 27 November, asked Turkey to reverse its decision to re-open part of Varosha and resume negotiations aimed at resolving the Cyprus problem on the basis of a bi-communal, bi-zonal federation and called on the European Union to impose sanctions against Turkey, if things do not change. Turkey rejected the resolution, adding that Turkey will continue to protect both its own rights and those of Turkish Cypriots. The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus presidency also condemned the resolution.
On 20 July 2021, Tatar, the president of Northern Cyprus announced the start of the 2nd phase of the opening of Varosha. He encouraged Greek Cypriots to apply Immovable Property Commission of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus to claim their properties back if they have any such rights.
Bilal Aga Mosque, constructed in 1821 and taken out of service in 1974, was re-opened on 23 July 2021.
In response to a decision by the government of Turkish Cyprus, the presidential statement of the United Nations Security Council dated on 23 July said that settling any part of the abandoned Cypriot suburb of Varosha, "by people other than its inhabitants, is 'inadmissible'." The same day, Turkey rejected the presidential statement of the UNSC on Maras (Varosha), and said that these statements were based on Greek-Greek Cypriot propaganda, were groundless and unfounded claims, and inconsistent with the realities on the Island. On 24 July 2021, the presidency of Northern Cyprus condemned the presidential statement of the UNSC dated on 23 July, and stated that "We see and condemn it as an attempt to create an obstacle for the property-rights-holders in Varosha to achieve their rights".
By 1 January 2022, nearly 400,000 people had visited Varosha since its opening to civilians on 6 October 2020.
On 19 May 2022, Northern Cyprus opened a 600m long X 400m wide stretch of beach on the Golden Sands beach (from the King George Hotel to the Oceania Building) in Varosha for commercial use. Sun beds and umbrellas were installed.
UNFICYP said it would raise the decision taken by Turkish Cypriot authorities to open that stretch of beach in Varosha with the Security Council, spokesperson for the peacekeeping force Aleem Siddique said on Friday. The UN announced its "position on Varosha is unchanged and we are monitoring the situation closely".
In October 2022, the Turkish Cypriots announced that public institutions will be opened in the city.
In April 2023, Cleo Hotel, the 7-floor Golden Seaside Hotel, and the 3-star Aegean Hotel were purchased by a Turkish Cypriot businessman (from their Greek Cypriot owners) who will operate them within 2025.
On 10 August 2023, the Government of Northern Cyprus decided to construct a marina and tourist facility in Varosha.
Varosha was analyzed by Alan Weisman in his book The World Without Us as an example of the unstoppable power of nature.
Filmmaker Greek Cypriot Michael Cacoyannis described the city and interviewed its exiled citizens in the film Attilas '74, produced in 1975.
In 2021, the Belarusian group Main-De-Gloire dedicated a song to this city that has become a ghostly place.
Northern Cyprus, officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), is a de facto state that comprises the northeastern portion of the island of Cyprus. It is recognised only by Turkey, and its territory is considered by all other states to be part of the Republic of Cyprus.
Northern Cyprus extends from the tip of the Karpass Peninsula in the northeast to Morphou Bay, Cape Kormakitis and its westernmost point, the Kokkina exclave in the west. Its southernmost point is the village of Louroujina. A buffer zone under the control of the United Nations stretches between Northern Cyprus and the rest of the island and divides Nicosia, the island's largest city and capital of both sides.
A coup d'état in 1974, performed as part of an attempt to annex the island to Greece, prompted the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. This resulted in the eviction of much of the north's Greek Cypriot population, the flight of Turkish Cypriots from the south, and the partitioning of the island, leading to a unilateral declaration of independence by the north in 1983. Due to its lack of recognition, Northern Cyprus is heavily dependent on Turkey for economic, political and military support.
Attempts to reach a solution to the Cyprus dispute have been unsuccessful. The Turkish Army maintains a large force in Northern Cyprus with the support and approval of the TRNC government, while the Republic of Cyprus, the European Union as a whole, and the international community regard it as an occupation force. This military presence has been denounced in several United Nations Security Council resolutions.
Northern Cyprus is a semi-presidential, democratic republic with a cultural heritage incorporating various influences and an economy that is dominated by the services sector. The economy has seen growth through the 2000s and 2010s, with the GNP per capita more than tripling in the 2000s, but is held back by an international embargo due to the official closure of the ports in Northern Cyprus by the Republic of Cyprus. The official language is Turkish, with a distinct local dialect being spoken. The vast majority of the population consists of Sunni Muslims, while religious attitudes are mostly moderate and secular. Northern Cyprus is an observer state of ECO and OIC under the name "Turkish Cypriot State", PACE under the name "Turkish Cypriot Community", and Organization of Turkic States with its own name.
Several distinct periods of Cypriot intercommunal violence involving the two main ethnic communities, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, marked mid-20th century Cyprus. These included the Cyprus Emergency of 1955–59 during British rule, the post-independence Cyprus crisis of 1963–64, and the Cyprus crisis of 1967. Hostilities culminated in the 1974 de facto division of the island along the Green Line following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. The region has been relatively peaceful since then, but the Cyprus dispute has continued, with various attempts to solve it diplomatically having been generally unsuccessful.
Cyprus, an island lying in the eastern Mediterranean, hosted a population of Greeks and Turks (four-fifths and one-fifth, respectively), who lived under British rule in the late nineteenth-century and the first half of the twentieth-century. Christian Orthodox Church of Cyprus played a prominent political role among the Greek Cypriot community, a privilege that it acquired during the Ottoman Empire with the employment of the millet system, which gave the archbishop an unofficial ethnarch status.
The repeated rejections by the British of Greek Cypriot demands for enosis, union with Greece, led to armed resistance, organised by the National Organization of Cypriot Struggle, or EOKA. EOKA, led by the Greek-Cypriot commander George Grivas, systematically targeted British colonial authorities. One of the effects of EOKA's campaign was to alter the Turkish position from demanding full reincorporation into Turkey to a demand for taksim (partition). EOKA's mission and activities caused a "Cretan syndrome" (see Turkish Resistance Organisation) within the Turkish Cypriot community, as its members feared that they would be forced to leave the island in such a case as had been the case with Cretan Turks. As such, they preferred the continuation of British colonial rule and then taksim, the division of the island. Due to the Turkish Cypriots' support for the British, EOKA's leader, Georgios Grivas, declared them to be enemies. The fact that the Turks were a minority was, according to Nihat Erim, to be addressed by the transfer of thousands of Turks from mainland Turkey so that Greek Cypriots would cease to be the majority. When Erim visited Cyprus as the Turkish representative, he was advised by Field Marshal Sir John Harding, the then Governor of Cyprus, that Turkey should send educated Turks to settle in Cyprus.
Turkey actively promoted the idea that on the island of Cyprus two distinctive communities existed, and sidestepped its former claim that "the people of Cyprus were all Turkish subjects". In doing so, Turkey's aim to have self-determination of two to-be equal communities in effect led to de jure partition of the island.[citation needed] This could be justified to the international community against the will of the majority Greek population of the island. Dr. Fazil Küçük in 1954 had already proposed Cyprus be divided in two at the 35° parallel.
Lindley Dan, from Notre Dame University, spotted the roots of intercommunal violence to different visions among the two communities of Cyprus (enosis for Greek Cypriots, taksim for Turkish Cypriots). Also, Lindlay wrote that "the merging of church, schools/education, and politics in divisive and nationalistic ways" had played a crucial role in creation of havoc in Cyprus' history. Attalides Michael also pointed to the opposing nationalisms as the cause of the Cyprus problem.
By the mid-1950's, the "Cyprus is Turkish" party, movement, and slogan gained force in both Cyprus and Turkey. In a 1954 editorial, Turkish Cypriot leader Dr. Fazil Kuchuk expressed the sentiment that the Turkish youth had grown up with the idea that "as soon as Great Britain leaves the island, it will be taken over by the Turks", and that "Turkey cannot tolerate otherwise". This perspective contributed to the willingness of Turkish Cypriots to align themselves with the British, who started recruiting Turkish Cypriots into the police force that patrolled Cyprus to fight EOKA, a Greek Cypriot nationalist organisation that sought to rid the island of British rule.
EOKA targeted colonial authorities, including police, but Georgios Grivas, the leader of EOKA, did not initially wish to open up a new front by fighting Turkish Cypriots and reassured them that EOKA would not harm their people. In 1956, some Turkish Cypriot policemen were killed by EOKA members and this provoked some intercommunal violence in the spring and summer, but these attacks on policemen were not motivated by the fact that they were Turkish Cypriots.
However, in January 1957, Grivas changed his policy as his forces in the mountains became increasingly pressured by the British Crown forces. In order to divert the attention of the Crown forces, EOKA members started to target Turkish Cypriot policemen intentionally in the towns, so that Turkish Cypriots would riot against the Greek Cypriots and the security forces would have to be diverted to the towns to restore order. The killing of a Turkish Cypriot policeman on 19 January, when a power station was bombed, and the injury of three others, provoked three days of intercommunal violence in Nicosia. The two communities targeted each other in reprisals, at least one Greek Cypriot was killed and the British Army was deployed in the streets. Greek Cypriot stores were burned and their neighbourhoods attacked. Following the events, the Greek Cypriot leadership spread the propaganda that the riots had merely been an act of Turkish Cypriot aggression. Such events created chaos and drove the communities apart both in Cyprus and in Turkey.
On 22 October 1957 Sir Hugh Mackintosh Foot replaced Sir John Harding as the British Governor of Cyprus. Foot suggested five to seven years of self-government before any final decision. His plan rejected both enosis and taksim. The Turkish Cypriot response to this plan was a series of anti-British demonstrations in Nicosia on 27 and 28 January 1958 rejecting the proposed plan because the plan did not include partition. The British then withdrew the plan.
In 1957, Black Gang, a Turkish Cypriot pro-taksim paramilitary organisation, was formed to patrol a Turkish Cypriot enclave, the Tahtakale district of Nicosia, against activities of EOKA. The organisation later attempted to grow into a national scale, but failed to gain public support.
By 1958, signs of dissatisfaction with the British increased on both sides, with a group of Turkish Cypriots forming Volkan (later renamed to the Turkish Resistance Organisation) paramilitary group to promote partition and the annexation of Cyprus to Turkey as dictated by the Menderes plan. Volkan initially consisted of roughly 100 members, with the stated aim of raising awareness in Turkey of the Cyprus issue and courting military training and support for Turkish Cypriot fighters from the Turkish government.
In June 1958, the British Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan, was expected to propose a plan to resolve the Cyprus issue. In light of the new development, the Turks rioted in Nicosia to promote the idea that Greek and Turkish Cypriots could not live together and therefore any plan that did not include partition would not be viable. This violence was soon followed by bombing, Greek Cypriot deaths and looting of Greek Cypriot-owned shops and houses. Greek and Turkish Cypriots started to flee mixed population villages where they were a minority in search of safety. This was effectively the beginning of the segregation of the two communities. On 7 June 1958, a bomb exploded at the entrance of the Turkish Embassy in Cyprus. Following the bombing, Turkish Cypriots looted Greek Cypriot properties. On 26 June 1984, the Turkish Cypriot leader, Rauf Denktaş, admitted on British channel ITV that the bomb was placed by the Turks themselves in order to create tension. On 9 January 1995, Rauf Denktaş repeated his claim to the famous Turkish newspaper Milliyet in Turkey.
The crisis reached a climax on 12 June 1958, when eight Greeks, out of an armed group of thirty five arrested by soldiers of the Royal Horse Guards on suspicion of preparing an attack on the Turkish quarter of Skylloura, were killed in a suspected attack by Turkish Cypriot locals, near the village of Geunyeli, having been ordered to walk back to their village of Kondemenos.
After the EOKA campaign had begun, the British government successfully began to turn the Cyprus issue from a British colonial problem into a Greek-Turkish issue. British diplomacy exerted backstage influence on the Adnan Menderes government, with the aim of making Turkey active in Cyprus. For the British, the attempt had a twofold objective. The EOKA campaign would be silenced as quickly as possible, and Turkish Cypriots would not side with Greek Cypriots against the British colonial claims over the island, which would thus remain under the British. The Turkish Cypriot leadership visited Menderes to discuss the Cyprus issue. When asked how the Turkish Cypriots should respond to the Greek Cypriot claim of enosis, Menderes replied: "You should go to the British foreign minister and request the status quo be prolonged, Cyprus to remain as a British colony". When the Turkish Cypriots visited the British Foreign Secretary and requested for Cyprus to remain a colony, he replied: "You should not be asking for colonialism at this day and age, you should be asking for Cyprus be returned to Turkey, its former owner".
As Turkish Cypriots began to look to Turkey for protection, Greek Cypriots soon understood that enosis was extremely unlikely. The Greek Cypriot leader, Archbishop Makarios III, now set independence for the island as his objective.
Britain resolved to solve the dispute by creating an independent Cyprus. In 1959, all involved parties signed the Zurich Agreements: Britain, Turkey, Greece, and the Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders, Makarios and Dr. Fazil Kucuk, respectively. The new constitution drew heavily on the ethnic composition of the island. The President would be a Greek Cypriot, and the Vice-President a Turkish Cypriot with an equal veto. The contribution to the public service would be set at a ratio of 70:30, and the Supreme Court would consist of an equal number of judges from both communities as well as an independent judge who was not Greek, Turkish or British. The Zurich Agreements were supplemented by a number of treaties. The Treaty of Guarantee stated that secession or union with any state was forbidden, and that Greece, Turkey and Britain would be given guarantor status to intervene if that was violated. The Treaty of Alliance allowed for two small Greek and Turkish military contingents to be stationed on the island, and the Treaty of Establishment gave Britain sovereignty over two bases in Akrotiri and Dhekelia.
On 15 August 1960, the Colony of Cyprus became fully independent as the Republic of Cyprus. The new republic remained within the Commonwealth of Nations.
The new constitution brought dissatisfaction to Greek Cypriots, who felt it to be highly unjust for them for historical, demographic and contributional reasons. Although 80% of the island's population were Greek Cypriots and these indigenous people had lived on the island for thousands of years and paid 94% of taxes, the new constitution was giving the 17% of the population that was Turkish Cypriots, who paid 6% of taxes, around 30% of government jobs and 40% of national security jobs.
Within three years tensions between the two communities in administrative affairs began to show. In particular disputes over separate municipalities and taxation created a deadlock in government. A constitutional court ruled in 1963 Makarios had failed to uphold article 173 of the constitution which called for the establishment of separate municipalities for Turkish Cypriots. Makarios subsequently declared his intention to ignore the judgement, resulting in the West German judge resigning from his position. Makarios proposed thirteen amendments to the constitution, which would have had the effect of resolving most of the issues in the Greek Cypriot favour. Under the proposals, the President and Vice-President would lose their veto, the separate municipalities as sought after by the Turkish Cypriots would be abandoned, the need for separate majorities by both communities in passing legislation would be discarded and the civil service contribution would be set at actual population ratios (82:18) instead of the slightly higher figure for Turkish Cypriots.
The intention behind the amendments has long been called into question. The Akritas plan, written in the height of the constitutional dispute by the Greek Cypriot interior minister Polycarpos Georkadjis, called for the removal of undesirable elements of the constitution so as to allow power-sharing to work. The plan envisaged a swift retaliatory attack on Turkish Cypriot strongholds should Turkish Cypriots resort to violence to resist the measures, stating "In the event of a planned or staged Turkish attack, it is imperative to overcome it by force in the shortest possible time, because if we succeed in gaining command of the situation (in one or two days), no outside, intervention would be either justified or possible." Whether Makarios's proposals were part of the Akritas plan is unclear, however it remains that sentiment towards enosis had not completely disappeared with independence. Makarios described independence as "a step on the road to enosis".[31] Preparations for conflict were not entirely absent from Turkish Cypriots either, with right wing elements still believing taksim (partition) the best safeguard against enosis.
Greek Cypriots however believe the amendments were a necessity stemming from a perceived attempt by Turkish Cypriots to frustrate the working of government. Turkish Cypriots saw it as a means to reduce their status within the state from one of co-founder to that of minority, seeing it as a first step towards enosis. The security situation deteriorated rapidly.
Main articles: Bloody Christmas (1963) and Battle of Tillyria
An armed conflict was triggered after December 21, 1963, a period remembered by Turkish Cypriots as Bloody Christmas, when a Greek Cypriot policemen that had been called to help deal with a taxi driver refusing officers already on the scene access to check the identification documents of his customers, took out his gun upon arrival and shot and killed the taxi driver and his partner. Eric Solsten summarised the events as follows: "a Greek Cypriot police patrol, ostensibly checking identification documents, stopped a Turkish Cypriot couple on the edge of the Turkish quarter. A hostile crowd gathered, shots were fired, and two Turkish Cypriots were killed."
In the morning after the shooting, crowds gathered in protest in Northern Nicosia, likely encouraged by the TMT, without incident. On the evening of the 22nd, gunfire broke out, communication lines to the Turkish neighbourhoods were cut, and the Greek Cypriot police occupied the nearby airport. On the 23rd, a ceasefire was negotiated, but did not hold. Fighting, including automatic weapons fire, between Greek and Turkish Cypriots and militias increased in Nicosia and Larnaca. A force of Greek Cypriot irregulars led by Nikos Sampson entered the Nicosia suburb of Omorphita and engaged in heavy firing on armed, as well as by some accounts unarmed, Turkish Cypriots. The Omorphita clash has been described by Turkish Cypriots as a massacre, while this view has generally not been acknowledged by Greek Cypriots.
Further ceasefires were arranged between the two sides, but also failed. By Christmas Eve, the 24th, Britain, Greece, and Turkey had joined talks, with all sides calling for a truce. On Christmas day, Turkish fighter jets overflew Nicosia in a show of support. Finally it was agreed to allow a force of 2,700 British soldiers to help enforce a ceasefire. In the next days, a "buffer zone" was created in Nicosia, and a British officer marked a line on a map with green ink, separating the two sides of the city, which was the beginning of the "Green Line". Fighting continued across the island for the next several weeks.
In total 364 Turkish Cypriots and 174 Greek Cypriots were killed during the violence. 25,000 Turkish Cypriots from 103-109 villages fled and were displaced into enclaves and thousands of Turkish Cypriot houses were ransacked or completely destroyed.
Contemporary newspapers also reported on the forceful exodus of the Turkish Cypriots from their homes. According to The Times in 1964, threats, shootings and attempts of arson were committed against the Turkish Cypriots to force them out of their homes. The Daily Express wrote that "25,000 Turks have already been forced to leave their homes". The Guardian reported a massacre of Turks at Limassol on 16 February 1964.
Turkey had by now readied its fleet and its fighter jets appeared over Nicosia. Turkey was dissuaded from direct involvement by the creation of a United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) in 1964. Despite the negotiated ceasefire in Nicosia, attacks on the Turkish Cypriot persisted, particularly in Limassol. Concerned about the possibility of a Turkish invasion, Makarios undertook the creation of a Greek Cypriot conscript-based army called the "National Guard". A general from Greece took charge of the army, whilst a further 20,000 well-equipped officers and men were smuggled from Greece into Cyprus. Turkey threatened to intervene once more, but was prevented by a strongly worded letter from the American President Lyndon B. Johnson, anxious to avoid a conflict between NATO allies Greece and Turkey at the height of the Cold War.
Turkish Cypriots had by now established an important bridgehead at Kokkina, provided with arms, volunteers and materials from Turkey and abroad. Seeing this incursion of foreign weapons and troops as a major threat, the Cypriot government invited George Grivas to return from Greece as commander of the Greek troops on the island and launch a major attack on the bridgehead. Turkey retaliated by dispatching its fighter jets to bomb Greek positions, causing Makarios to threaten an attack on every Turkish Cypriot village on the island if the bombings did not cease. The conflict had now drawn in Greece and Turkey, with both countries amassing troops on their Thracian borders. Efforts at mediation by Dean Acheson, a former U.S. Secretary of State, and UN-appointed mediator Galo Plaza had failed, all the while the division of the two communities becoming more apparent. Greek Cypriot forces were estimated at some 30,000, including the National Guard and the large contingent from Greece. Defending the Turkish Cypriot enclaves was a force of approximately 5,000 irregulars, led by a Turkish colonel, but lacking the equipment and organisation of the Greek forces.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations in 1964, U Thant, reported the damage during the conflicts:
UNFICYP carried out a detailed survey of all damage to properties throughout the island during the disturbances; it shows that in 109 villages, most of them Turkish-Cypriot or mixed villages, 527 houses have been destroyed while 2,000 others have suffered damage from looting.
The situation worsened in 1967, when a military junta overthrew the democratically elected government of Greece, and began applying pressure on Makarios to achieve enosis. Makarios, not wishing to become part of a military dictatorship or trigger a Turkish invasion, began to distance himself from the goal of enosis. This caused tensions with the junta in Greece as well as George Grivas in Cyprus. Grivas's control over the National Guard and Greek contingent was seen as a threat to Makarios's position, who now feared a possible coup.[citation needed] The National Guard and Cyprus Police began patrolling the Turkish Cypriot enclaves of Ayios Theodoros and Kophinou, and on November 15 engaged in heavy fighting with the Turkish Cypriots.
By the time of his withdrawal 26 Turkish Cypriots had been killed. Turkey replied with an ultimatum demanding that Grivas be removed from the island, that the troops smuggled from Greece in excess of the limits of the Treaty of Alliance be removed, and that the economic blockades on the Turkish Cypriot enclaves be lifted. Grivas was recalled by the Athens Junta and the 12,000 Greek troops were withdrawn. Makarios now attempted to consolidate his position by reducing the number of National Guard troops, and by creating a paramilitary force loyal to Cypriot independence. In 1968, acknowledging that enosis was now all but impossible, Makarios stated, "A solution by necessity must be sought within the limits of what is feasible which does not always coincide with the limits of what is desirable."
After 1967 tensions between the Greek and Turkish Cypriots subsided. Instead, the main source of tension on the island came from factions within the Greek Cypriot community. Although Makarios had effectively abandoned enosis in favour of an 'attainable solution', many others continued to believe that the only legitimate political aspiration for Greek Cypriots was union with Greece.
On his arrival, Grivas began by establishing a nationalist paramilitary group known as the National Organization of Cypriot Fighters (Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston B or EOKA-B), drawing comparisons with the EOKA struggle for enosis under the British colonial administration of the 1950s.
The military junta in Athens saw Makarios as an obstacle. Makarios's failure to disband the National Guard, whose officer class was dominated by mainland Greeks, had meant the junta had practical control over the Cypriot military establishment, leaving Makarios isolated and a vulnerable target.
During the first Turkish invasion, Turkish troops invaded Cyprus territory on 20 July 1974, invoking its rights under the Treaty of Guarantee. This expansion of Turkish-occupied zone violated International Law as well as the Charter of the United Nations. Turkish troops managed to capture 3% of the island which was accompanied by the burning of the Turkish Cypriot quarter, as well as the raping and killing of women and children. A temporary cease-fire followed which was mitigated by the UN Security Council. Subsequently, the Greek military Junta collapsed on July 23, 1974, and peace talks commenced in which a democratic government was installed. The Resolution 353 was broken after Turkey attacked a second time and managed to get a hold of 37% of Cyprus territory. The Island of Cyprus was appointed a Buffer Zone by the United Nations, which divided the island into two zones through the 'Green Line' and put an end to the Turkish invasion. Although Turkey announced that the occupied areas of Cyprus to be called the Federated Turkish State in 1975, it is not legitimised on a worldwide political scale. The United Nations called for the international recognition of independence for the Republic of Cyprus in the Security Council Resolution 367.
In the years after the Turkish invasion of northern Cyprus one can observe a history of failed talks between the two parties. The 1983 declaration of the independent Turkish Republic of Cyprus resulted in a rise of inter-communal tensions and made it increasingly hard to find mutual understanding. With Cyprus' interest of a possible EU membership and a new UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in 1997 new hopes arose for a fresh start. International involvement from sides of the US and UK, wanting a solution to the Cyprus dispute prior to the EU accession led to political pressures for new talks. The believe that an accession without a solution would threaten Greek-Turkish relations and acknowledge the partition of the island would direct the coming negotiations.
Over the course of two years a concrete plan, the Annan plan was formulated. In 2004 the fifth version agreed upon from both sides and with the endorsement of Turkey, US, UK and EU then was presented to the public and was given a referendum in both Cypriot communities to assure the legitimisation of the resolution. The Turkish Cypriots voted with 65% for the plan, however the Greek Cypriots voted with a 76% majority against. The Annan plan contained multiple important topics. Firstly it established a confederation of two separate states called the United Cyprus Republic. Both communities would have autonomous states combined under one unified government. The members of parliament would be chosen according to the percentage in population numbers to ensure a just involvement from both communities. The paper proposed a demilitarisation of the island over the next years. Furthermore it agreed upon a number of 45000 Turkish settlers that could remain on the island. These settlers became a very important issue concerning peace talks. Originally the Turkish government encouraged Turks to settle in Cyprus providing transfer and property, to establish a counterpart to the Greek Cypriot population due to their 1 to 5 minority. With the economic situation many Turkish-Cypriot decided to leave the island, however their departure is made up by incoming Turkish settlers leaving the population ratio between Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots stable. However all these points where criticised and as seen in the vote rejected mainly by the Greek Cypriots. These name the dissolution of the „Republic of Cyprus", economic consequences of a reunion and the remaining Turkish settlers as reason. Many claim that the plan was indeed drawing more from Turkish-Cypriot demands then Greek-Cypriot interests. Taking in consideration that the US wanted to keep Turkey as a strategic partner in future Middle Eastern conflicts.
A week after the failed referendum the Republic of Cyprus joined the EU. In multiple instances the EU tried to promote trade with Northern Cyprus but without internationally recognised ports this spiked a grand debate. Both side endure their intention of negotiations, however without the prospect of any new compromises or agreements the UN is unwilling to start the process again. Since 2004 negotiations took place in numbers but without any results, both sides are strongly holding on to their position without an agreeable solution in sight that would suit both parties.
Photos taken at the GROUNDS FOR SCULPTURE in Hamilton NJ USA on June 24th, 2009 where I met these nice people from Texas and Pa. I showed them around the Sculpture Park. I wish we could have had more time to spend walking around because they didn't get to see the whole park. Besides from a few getting tired and the rain we had to end the day. Hopefully You guys will get to look at all the photos and know I am deeply grateful for the gift you gave me. You really didn't have to do that. But everytime I look at the bird sculpture I will think of you guys. Its not everyday you meet such kind and warm people as you guys. Thanks again for a lovely day. I enjoyed meeting and talking with all of yous. If you get a chance email me at my Flickr address - just click on my icon and go down to Flickrmail click on that and you can email me- you may have to join Flickr to do so. its free. I would love to hear from you. Thanks again. I don't have time to post all the photos from the day. so I hope you guys keep checking back to view them and also to view some of my other photos. You can also comment under the photos. Thanks again for the lovely day.
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Created this invite for my DD's birthday using the Friendly Flags stamp set. I lifted the invite idea from this site: www.designsponge.com/2010/06/beyond-the-big-day-a-summer-.... TFL!
Maple Avenue Market Farm co-owner Sara Guerre (l) invited students to learn about local and interesting varieties of produce such as purple corn on the cob that is used for popping, during a National School Lunch Week event at Nottingham Elementary School in Arlington, VA, on Wednesday, October 12, 2011. Farmers from Bigg Riggs Farm in Hampshire County, WV, and Maple Avenue Market Farm in Vienna, VA were very popular with the students. Today's menu included roasted chicken, roasted butternut squash with dried cranberries, farm fresh mixed lettuce salad, turkey wraps, pita wedges, hot muffins, carrots, Asian pears and more. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
My soon-to-be-wife and I aren't traditional people and aren't having a traditional wedding-so why have traditional invites? I created a typeface that I feel embodies our playful personalities.
5" x 5" 3 color letterpress on Crane Lettra Fluorescent White 110# Cover. Printed by Studio On Fire
Kern Invite - 11/01/08
Hart Park - Bakersfield, CA
www.andynoise.com/kernxcinvite08.html
JV Boys - 2008 Kern County Cross Country
Championships
School Athlete Time Overall Scoring Team
1. Ridgeview Tino Romero 11:17.25 1 1 1
2. Wasco Oscar Gomez 11:26.11 2 2 1
3. East Marc Sotello 11:26.90 3 x 1
4. Shafter Matthew Yanez 11:34.14 4 x 1
5. McFarland Grenardo Garcia 11:34.63 5 x 1
6. Highland Juan Delgado 11:37.47 6 3 1
7. Centennial Brandon Ballard 11:38.17 7 4 1
8. Ridgeview Ernesto Castillo 11:38.94 8 5 2
9. Shafter Elias Picazo 11:40.09 9 x 2
10. Ridgeview Sukhwinder Singh 11:42.25 10 6 3
11. Wasco M. Vasquez 11:49.94 11 7 2
12. East Felix Trevino 11:51.62 12 x 2
13. Ridgeview Tree Hoisson 11:52.34 13 8 4
14. Stockdale Raymon Griggs 11:52.62 14 9 1
15. Highland Rafael Alcaraz 11:53.30 15 10 2
16. East Esteban Vargas 11:54.83 16 x 3
17. McFarland Adam Marquez 11:56.93 17 x 2
18. Frontier Corry Harris 12:02.24 18 11 1
19. Highland M. Shaffer 12:04.99 19 12 3
20. Highland Jo Dixon 12:05.53 20 13 4
21. Centennial Nick Trieberg 12:06.03 21 14 2
22. Highland Daniel Espinosa 12:07.15 22 15 5
23. Foothill Cesar Espinosa 12:10.84 23 16 1
24. Highland Ernan Lopez 12:18.78 24 17 6
25. Stockdale P. Bowen 12:25.59 25 18 2
26. Stockdale Andrew Worth 12:26.63 26 19 3
27. Foothill Jovani Pineda 12:32.47 27 20 2
28. Centennial Jake Smoot 12:33.35 28 21 3
29. Foothill Robert Guillen 12:36.97 29 22 3
30. Garces Jose Lopez 12:37.53 30 23 1
31. Highland Pablo Santiago 12:38.23 31 24 7
32. Ridgeview Ian Dowot 12:38.71 32 25 5
33. Frontier Ramon Sanchez 12:42.97 33 26 2
34. Foothill Peter Reyna 12:45.32 34 27 4
35. Ridgeview Hector Garay 12:45.76 35 28 6
36. Frontier Brian Cisneros 12:46.11 36 29 3
37. Stockdale Cornelius Sockey 12:49.24 37 30 4
38. Stockdale Nick Haley 12:49.57 38 31 5
39. Frontier Christopher Bedke 12:51.77 39 32 4
40. Frontier Chris Corral 12:52.80 40 33 5
41. Centennial CJ Carr 12:55.06 41 34 4
42. Ridgeview Arty Sanchez 12:55.60 42 35 7
43. Garces Dominic Gallegos 12:56.21 43 36 2
44. Foothill Oscar Rivera 12:57.02 44 37 5
45. Shafter Jonatan Lopez 12:59.96 45 x 3
46. Stockdale Evan Szablowsk 13:01.10 46 38 6
47. BHS Hector Sanchez 13:02.38 47 39 1
48. Foothill Guillermo Cisneros 13:05.95 48 40 6
49. Stockdale Jit Malay 13:06.90 49 41 7
50. Highland Nick Lopez 13:07.10 50 42 8
51. Centennial Craig Varner 13:15.59 51 43 5
52. Highland Tyler Dunlap 13:20.14 52 44 9
53. Stockdale Davis McLeod 13:20.73 53 45 8
54. Foothill Luis Garcia 13:22.06 54 46 7
55. Shafter Miguel Sanchez 13:23.34 55 x 4
56. Independence Curtis Valencia 13:25.34 56 47 1
57. Wasco Kyle Bearley 13:26.41 57 48 3
58. Ridgeview Martin Oropeza 13:27.08 58 49 8
59. Frontier Chris Mount 13:28.88 59 50 6
60. Wasco Anthony Ramirez 13:29.86 60 51 4
61. Frontier Jairo Garcia 13:34.10 61 52 7
62. Stockdale Kevin Chun 13:37.01 62 53 9
63. Foothill Marcos Sandoval 13:38.55 63 54 8
64. Arvin Jose Rodriguez 13:39.04 64 x 1
65. Frontier Steven Saenz 13:39.36 65 55 8
66. Stockdale John Bracamant 13:40.57 66 56 10
67. Wasco Kr. Brown 13:43.42 67 57 5
68. Stockdale Adrian Esquivas 13:45.00 68 58 11
69. Stockdale Joshua St. Clair 13:46.57 69 59 12
70. BHS Josh Harbin 13:49.65 70 60 2
71. Mira Monte Hislon Belo 13:53.35 71 x 1
72. Stockdale Eric Jorgensen 13:56.96 72 61 13
73. Garces Anthony Martinez 14:05.99 73 62 3
74. Arvin Rodger Tabada 14:15.08 74 x 2
75. Stockdale Phillip Radon 14:16.70 75 63 14
76. Stockdale Landon Medina 14:18.10 76 64 15
77. East Donald Sanchez 14:18.32 77 x 4
78. Frontier Spencer Cordova 14:25.94 78 65 9
79. Frontier Matt Walker 14:32.16 79 66 10
80. Wasco Arturo Miranda 14:32.82 80 67 6
81. Highland Luis Lopez 14:36.85 81 68 10
82. Independence Devin Lane 14:43.22 82 69 2
83. Garces Sterling Garza 14:43.64 83 70 4
84. Mira Monte Michael Pineda 14:45.10 84 x 2
85. Stockdale Joshua Le 14:45.99 85 71 16
86. Independence Michael Gallarza 14:46.50 86 72 3
87. Foothill William Saavedra 14:48.22 87 73 9
88. BHS Trevor Dalke 14:48.96 88 74 3
89. Independence Andrew Cruz 14:57.45 89 75 4
90. Highland Alex Harrell 15:01.62 90 76 11
91. BHS Wesley Elrich 15:02.07 91 77 4
92. Frontier Jason Phillips 15:02.54 92 78 11
93. Foothill Mason De La Cruz 15:03.92 93 79 10
94. Highland Estevan Espinoza 15:06.66 94 80 12
95. Mira Monte Rick Mendoza 15:08.42 95 x 3
96. Foothill AJ Lara 15:09.07 96 81 11
97. Centennial Jarod Kashwer 15:13.28 97 82 9
98. Highland Ryan Gonzalez 15:28.65 98 83 13
99. BHS Andres Eagleson 15:35.28 99 84 5
100. Frontier Kevin Sanchez 15:41.75 100 85 12
101. Centennial Brent Williams 15:46.70 101 86 10
102. Ridgeview Eric Jacques 15:46.93 102 87 9
103. Garces P. Newman 15:55.87 103 88 5
104. Foothill Jose Mejia 16:22.51 104 89 12
105. Independence Sky Payne 16:38.36 105 90 5
106. Foothill Logan Power 20:16.50 106 91 13
107. Arvin Oswaldo Leyva 24:45.86 107 x 3
108. North Sonny Medina 25:53.00 108 x 1
Kern Invite - 11/01/08
Hart Park - Bakersfield, CA
www.andynoise.com/kernxcinvite08.html
Varsity Girls - 2008 Kern County Cross Country
Championships
School Athlete Time Overall Scoring Team
1. Ridgeview Tijerra Lynch 18:58.24 1 1 1
2. Shafter Elizabeth Wittenberg 19:02.62 2 2 1
3. Garces Monica Guzman 19:15.89 3 3 1
4. North Celilia Lopez 19:21.87 4 4 1
5. Ridgeview Ashley Duran 19:23.47 5 5 2
6. Ridgeview Jessica Huizar 19:25.81 6 6 3
7. Foothill Natalie Fernandez 19:35.65 7 7 1
8. East Lucia Garcia 19:46.20 8 x 1
9. Stockdale Amber Nelson 19:59.40 9 8 1
10. Taft Megan Thompson 20:01.34 10 x 1
11. Stockdale Carolin Haney 20:01.70 11 9 2
12. Stockdale Shelbe Pennel 20:03.86 12 10 3
13. Shafter Moriah Milwee 20:05.23 13 11 2
14. Ridgeview Desiree Armendariz 20:08.00 14 12 4
15. Arvin Tanya Hernandez 20:10.02 15 x 1
16. Highland Nichole Berry 20:19:01 16 13 1
17. BHS Sarah Baker 20:25.37 17 14 1
18. North Medeline Maier 20:29.38 18 15 2
19. Ridgeview Monica Lazo 20:33.39 19 16 5
20. Shafter Lindsee Handel 20:36.70 20 17 3
21. Centennial Jessica Folsom 20:41.80 21 18 1
22. BHS Emily Shuford 20:45.35 22 19 2
23. Ridgeview Linda Gonzalez 20:58:28 23 20 6
24. BHS Gabrielle Lerma 21:03.97 24 21 3
25. Stockdale Courtney Moore 21:06.02 25 22 4
26. North Meagan Menzel 21:10.17 26 23 3
27. BHS Gracie Garcia 21:11.76 27 24 4
28. Foothill Perla Veloz 21:13.21 28 25 2
29. Foothill Crystal Rodriguez 21:20.30 29 26 3
30. Independence Katelynn Webb 21:21.51 30 27 1
31. Golden Valley Karina Rocha 21:23.57 31 28 1
32. Shafter Katerina Plaza 21:27.21 32 29 4
33. North Blanca Perez 21:27.98 33 30 4
34. Wasco Amanda Castellon 21:28.25 34 31 1
35. Foothill Kaitlyn Mrasak 21:31.45 35 32 4
36. Tehachapi Brenda Gonzalez 21:33.34 36 33 1
37. Highland Gabi Rodier 21:34.56 37 34 2
38. Centennial Margaret Martinez 21:35.39 38 35 2
39. Stockdale Cynthia Lopez 21:35.61 39 36 5
40. Centennial Jessica Crowe 21:43.49 40 37 3
41. Highland Hilaria Vasquez 21:43.76 41 38 3
42. North Yadira Perez 21:49.62 42 39 5
43. Foothill Erica Castro 21:53.39 43 40 5
44. Centennial Stephanie Dittman 21:55.56 44 41 4
45. Independence Natalie Ambriz 22:08.45 45 42 2
46. Stockdale Madison Schutzner 22:14.92 46 43 6
47. Highland Katherine Mayberry 22:16.42 47 44 4
48. Centennial Jorey Braughton 22:18.95 48 45 5
49. North Kaylee Meyer 22:20.98 49 46 6
50. Garces Lauren Brown 22:21.19 50 47 2
51. Golden Valley Denise Silva 22:23.90 51 48 2
52. Foothill Violeta Quintanar 22:24.92 52 49 6
53. Highland Desiree Martinez 22:25.59 53 50 5
54. Independence Sara Sullivan 22:25.95 54 51 3
55. Garces Lizbeth Lopez 22:28.11 55 52 3
56. Garces Tammy Vu 22:35.68 56 53 4
57. West Selam Habebo 22:39.75 57 x 1
58. Shafter Leana Lara 22:51.69 58 54 5
59. Independence Carlie Croxton 22:55.06 59 55 4
60. Cesar Chavez Rosa Montanez 22:57.28 60 x 1
61. Foothill Maria Zepeda 22:57.55 61 56 7
62. Garces Marissa Machado 22:57.92 62 57 5
63. Shafter Mayra Torres 23:00.88 63 58 6
64. Golden Valley Carmelita Aguilar 23:04.07 64 59 3
65. Ridgeview M. Salgado 23:14.56 65 60 7
66. Golden Valley Anna Avina 23:20.23 66 61 4
67. Golden Valley Ninive Alveno 23:26.73 67 62 6
68. Golden Valley Mercedes Salgado 23:26.73 68 63 5
69. Centennial Paige Anderson 23:30.27 69 64 6
70. Garces Sammie Lobardo 23:34.37 70 65 6
71. Arvin Bianca Quinonez 23:41.85 71 x 2
72. Kern Valley S. Hinkey 23:42.47 72 x 1
73. Frontier Ariel Driskill 23:43.12 73 66 1
74. Centennial J. Estrada 23:50.91 74 67 7
75. Kern Valley S. Hazzard 23:51.80 75 x 2
76. Garces G. Ortiz 23:54.66 76 68 7
77. North Priscilla Cruz 23:55.51 77 69 7
78. BHS Kristina Logan 24:04.10 78 70 5
79. Frontier Jasmine Mattos 24:05.42 79 71 2
80. Stockdale Delilah Diaz 24:10.83 80 72 7
81. West Wennie Agbalog 24:28.90 81 x 2
82. Wasco Anna Orozco 24:29.57 82 73 2
83. Wasco Ruby Jacabo 24:30.22 83 74 3
84. Tehachapi Anna Duke 24:33.57 84 75 2
85. Wasco S. Castellon 24:42.66 85 76 6
86. Independence Shelby Woolf 24:58.35 86 77 6
87. BHS Sarah Stidham 24:58.76 87 78 6
88. Arvin Gaby Gomez 25:04.17 88 x 3
89. Highland Cristina Valenzuela 25:05.21 89 79 6
90. McFarland Monica Gonzalez 25:42.30 90 x 1
91. Tehachapi Susie Cuevas 25:57.15 91 x 3
92. Wasco B. Medina 26:00.11 92 80 4
93. Cesar Chavez Shannan Albay 26:00.32 93 x 2
94. BC Tiffany Rodriguez 26:26.77 94 x 1
95. Tehachapi Ariel Deval 26:50.73 95 81 4
96. Wasco A. Rios 27:14.74 96 82 5
97. Independence Samantha Antu 27:17.44 97 83 5
98. Tehachapi L. Shoemaker 27:44.92 98 84 5
99. BC Victoria Wheeler 28:09.47 99 x 2
100. Tehachapi J. Bahera 29:20:93 100 85 6
101. Frontier T. See 29:29.12 101 86 3
102. Frontier Savanah Olson 30:18.04 102 87 4
103. Frontier A. Rojas NT 103 88 5
There was an outdoor portrait activity , we invited the lovely girl許芷菱 to go to Ntu campus to take picture , 許芷菱 got pretty face , eyes , nice figure with great breast , small waist , round hip and long legs, when she wore a fashion short skirt at campus to show her personal style of pose , she is so charming and gorgeous ,thank許芷菱 ,she did her best model job
Join us today from 4pm on words at Candyland to welcome the new year with a blast.
Time:(4 pm SLT): the Performers who will deliver you this delicious party.
4 Sar
5 JenJen
6 Katie
7 Kaylee
8 Aisling
9 Irish
10 Andi
11 Nica
We hope to see you all there.
Handmade baby invites for my little sisters shower last weekend
blogged: ittybittybirdy.blogspot.com/2010/04/little-buckaroo-baby-...
Kern Invite - 11/01/08
Hart Park - Bakersfield, CA
www.andynoise.com/kernxcinvite08.html
JV Boys - 2008 Kern County Cross Country
Championships
School Athlete Time Overall Scoring Team
1. Ridgeview Tino Romero 11:17.25 1 1 1
2. Wasco Oscar Gomez 11:26.11 2 2 1
3. East Marc Sotello 11:26.90 3 x 1
4. Shafter Matthew Yanez 11:34.14 4 x 1
5. McFarland Grenardo Garcia 11:34.63 5 x 1
6. Highland Juan Delgado 11:37.47 6 3 1
7. Centennial Brandon Ballard 11:38.17 7 4 1
8. Ridgeview Ernesto Castillo 11:38.94 8 5 2
9. Shafter Elias Picazo 11:40.09 9 x 2
10. Ridgeview Sukhwinder Singh 11:42.25 10 6 3
11. Wasco M. Vasquez 11:49.94 11 7 2
12. East Felix Trevino 11:51.62 12 x 2
13. Ridgeview Tree Hoisson 11:52.34 13 8 4
14. Stockdale Raymon Griggs 11:52.62 14 9 1
15. Highland Rafael Alcaraz 11:53.30 15 10 2
16. East Esteban Vargas 11:54.83 16 x 3
17. McFarland Adam Marquez 11:56.93 17 x 2
18. Frontier Corry Harris 12:02.24 18 11 1
19. Highland M. Shaffer 12:04.99 19 12 3
20. Highland Jo Dixon 12:05.53 20 13 4
21. Centennial Nick Trieberg 12:06.03 21 14 2
22. Highland Daniel Espinosa 12:07.15 22 15 5
23. Foothill Cesar Espinosa 12:10.84 23 16 1
24. Highland Ernan Lopez 12:18.78 24 17 6
25. Stockdale P. Bowen 12:25.59 25 18 2
26. Stockdale Andrew Worth 12:26.63 26 19 3
27. Foothill Jovani Pineda 12:32.47 27 20 2
28. Centennial Jake Smoot 12:33.35 28 21 3
29. Foothill Robert Guillen 12:36.97 29 22 3
30. Garces Jose Lopez 12:37.53 30 23 1
31. Highland Pablo Santiago 12:38.23 31 24 7
32. Ridgeview Ian Dowot 12:38.71 32 25 5
33. Frontier Ramon Sanchez 12:42.97 33 26 2
34. Foothill Peter Reyna 12:45.32 34 27 4
35. Ridgeview Hector Garay 12:45.76 35 28 6
36. Frontier Brian Cisneros 12:46.11 36 29 3
37. Stockdale Cornelius Sockey 12:49.24 37 30 4
38. Stockdale Nick Haley 12:49.57 38 31 5
39. Frontier Christopher Bedke 12:51.77 39 32 4
40. Frontier Chris Corral 12:52.80 40 33 5
41. Centennial CJ Carr 12:55.06 41 34 4
42. Ridgeview Arty Sanchez 12:55.60 42 35 7
43. Garces Dominic Gallegos 12:56.21 43 36 2
44. Foothill Oscar Rivera 12:57.02 44 37 5
45. Shafter Jonatan Lopez 12:59.96 45 x 3
46. Stockdale Evan Szablowsk 13:01.10 46 38 6
47. BHS Hector Sanchez 13:02.38 47 39 1
48. Foothill Guillermo Cisneros 13:05.95 48 40 6
49. Stockdale Jit Malay 13:06.90 49 41 7
50. Highland Nick Lopez 13:07.10 50 42 8
51. Centennial Craig Varner 13:15.59 51 43 5
52. Highland Tyler Dunlap 13:20.14 52 44 9
53. Stockdale Davis McLeod 13:20.73 53 45 8
54. Foothill Luis Garcia 13:22.06 54 46 7
55. Shafter Miguel Sanchez 13:23.34 55 x 4
56. Independence Curtis Valencia 13:25.34 56 47 1
57. Wasco Kyle Bearley 13:26.41 57 48 3
58. Ridgeview Martin Oropeza 13:27.08 58 49 8
59. Frontier Chris Mount 13:28.88 59 50 6
60. Wasco Anthony Ramirez 13:29.86 60 51 4
61. Frontier Jairo Garcia 13:34.10 61 52 7
62. Stockdale Kevin Chun 13:37.01 62 53 9
63. Foothill Marcos Sandoval 13:38.55 63 54 8
64. Arvin Jose Rodriguez 13:39.04 64 x 1
65. Frontier Steven Saenz 13:39.36 65 55 8
66. Stockdale John Bracamant 13:40.57 66 56 10
67. Wasco Kr. Brown 13:43.42 67 57 5
68. Stockdale Adrian Esquivas 13:45.00 68 58 11
69. Stockdale Joshua St. Clair 13:46.57 69 59 12
70. BHS Josh Harbin 13:49.65 70 60 2
71. Mira Monte Hislon Belo 13:53.35 71 x 1
72. Stockdale Eric Jorgensen 13:56.96 72 61 13
73. Garces Anthony Martinez 14:05.99 73 62 3
74. Arvin Rodger Tabada 14:15.08 74 x 2
75. Stockdale Phillip Radon 14:16.70 75 63 14
76. Stockdale Landon Medina 14:18.10 76 64 15
77. East Donald Sanchez 14:18.32 77 x 4
78. Frontier Spencer Cordova 14:25.94 78 65 9
79. Frontier Matt Walker 14:32.16 79 66 10
80. Wasco Arturo Miranda 14:32.82 80 67 6
81. Highland Luis Lopez 14:36.85 81 68 10
82. Independence Devin Lane 14:43.22 82 69 2
83. Garces Sterling Garza 14:43.64 83 70 4
84. Mira Monte Michael Pineda 14:45.10 84 x 2
85. Stockdale Joshua Le 14:45.99 85 71 16
86. Independence Michael Gallarza 14:46.50 86 72 3
87. Foothill William Saavedra 14:48.22 87 73 9
88. BHS Trevor Dalke 14:48.96 88 74 3
89. Independence Andrew Cruz 14:57.45 89 75 4
90. Highland Alex Harrell 15:01.62 90 76 11
91. BHS Wesley Elrich 15:02.07 91 77 4
92. Frontier Jason Phillips 15:02.54 92 78 11
93. Foothill Mason De La Cruz 15:03.92 93 79 10
94. Highland Estevan Espinoza 15:06.66 94 80 12
95. Mira Monte Rick Mendoza 15:08.42 95 x 3
96. Foothill AJ Lara 15:09.07 96 81 11
97. Centennial Jarod Kashwer 15:13.28 97 82 9
98. Highland Ryan Gonzalez 15:28.65 98 83 13
99. BHS Andres Eagleson 15:35.28 99 84 5
100. Frontier Kevin Sanchez 15:41.75 100 85 12
101. Centennial Brent Williams 15:46.70 101 86 10
102. Ridgeview Eric Jacques 15:46.93 102 87 9
103. Garces P. Newman 15:55.87 103 88 5
104. Foothill Jose Mejia 16:22.51 104 89 12
105. Independence Sky Payne 16:38.36 105 90 5
106. Foothill Logan Power 20:16.50 106 91 13
107. Arvin Oswaldo Leyva 24:45.86 107 x 3
108. North Sonny Medina 25:53.00 108 x 1
Magic Carpet Ride with Jude Connors
= LIVE from Gearz Steampunk Village at Biology Club - 8:00 PM SLT =
Turn On... Tune In... and ROCK OUT!
Take a ride on the Magic Carpet Ride with Jude Connors as he plays an eccentric mix of music focusing on ROCK/RAP/RAVE/REMIXES. From classic rock and trap EDM to stoner rock and mashups, you never know what you're going to hear!
Regular segments include 12 Inches of Jude and the Superblock of Sia.
This show will be simulcast LIVE on XRadio from Gearz Steampunk Village at The Biology Club in Secondlife.
No Cover. Just come dance and have a good time!
LISTEN LIVE: xradio.zone
MORE INFORMATION: www.facebook.com/events/1277896410076709
JOIN THE PARTY: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Solstice%20Isle/169/162/25
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