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A coalition of Houston partners, including PoliChic Engagement Fund, Houston Area Urban League, Black Voters Matter Education Fund, Color of Change, Justice or Else, Radio One Houston and NAACP Legal Defense Fund, sponsored Get Out the Vote Houston, a day involving neighborhood canvasing, workshops and presentations and a high-energy rally on the steps of TSU’s Student Center, all designed to maximize voter turnout for the upcoming election (Nov. 5). Action and advocacy were the words of the day for all attendees including Deric Muhammad, Sasha Legette, Dorothy Cook, Congressman Al Green, Argentina James, Monica Hill, Letha Gilmore, Marcus Nash, Tamira Augustine, Krystal Lyons, Ron John, Tanika Keys and more.
A coalition of Houston partners, including PoliChic Engagement Fund, Houston Area Urban League, Black Voters Matter Education Fund, Color of Change, Justice or Else, Radio One Houston and NAACP Legal Defense Fund, sponsored Get Out the Vote Houston, a day involving neighborhood canvasing, workshops and presentations and a high-energy rally on the steps of TSU’s Student Center, all designed to maximize voter turnout for the upcoming election (Nov. 5). Action and advocacy were the words of the day for all attendees including Deric Muhammad, Sasha Legette, Dorothy Cook, Congressman Al Green, Argentina James, Monica Hill, Letha Gilmore, Marcus Nash, Tamira Augustine, Krystal Lyons, Ron John, Tanika Keys and more.
The final concert for the Battle of the Bands held at the Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto on November 17, 2016.
Photos by Arthur Mola Photography
The final concert for the Battle of the Bands held at the Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto on November 17, 2016.
Photos by Arthur Mola Photography
The final concert for the Battle of the Bands held at the Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto on November 17, 2016.
Photos by Arthur Mola Photography
The final concert for the Battle of the Bands held at the Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto on November 17, 2016.
Photos by Arthur Mola Photography
An Aussie brunch classic. I tried to make the small-sized toasts bigger in the image by playing with depth of field and the angle. My camera came close to touching the avo but the result turned out pretty unexpected!
Food photography is something that many begin with at an amateur level (because we all eat everyday!) but understanding the concepts, food photography themes and colour balance is something I strive to perfect in my journalism career. As an aspiring food and travel journalist, I learned that practicing is essential in improving - and by practicing I mean snapping shots of anything and everything! Improving with each shot is key.
Social Branding Event with the founder of Johnny Cupcakes
Tuesday, May, 3 2011 at Back Bay Social Club in Boston, MA
Millennials in Massachusetts are already demonstrating their civic impact by working at the local, state, and federal levels to create change in their communities. The Institute brought young leaders together to discuss how their generation is defining civic engagement, the value and importance of public service, and what political activism means for up-and-coming thought leaders.
Millennials in Massachusetts are already demonstrating their civic impact by working at the local, state, and federal levels to create change in their communities. The Institute brought young leaders together to discuss how their generation is defining civic engagement, the value and importance of public service, and what political activism means for up-and-coming thought leaders.
The final concert for the Battle of the Bands held at the Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto on November 17, 2016.
Photos by Arthur Mola Photography
The final concert for the Battle of the Bands held at the Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto on November 17, 2016.
Photos by Arthur Mola Photography
The final concert for the Battle of the Bands held at the Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto on November 17, 2016.
Photos by Arthur Mola Photography
A coalition of Houston partners, including PoliChic Engagement Fund, Houston Area Urban League, Black Voters Matter Education Fund, Color of Change, Justice or Else, Radio One Houston and NAACP Legal Defense Fund, sponsored Get Out the Vote Houston, a day involving neighborhood canvasing, workshops and presentations and a high-energy rally on the steps of TSU’s Student Center, all designed to maximize voter turnout for the upcoming election (Nov. 5). Action and advocacy were the words of the day for all attendees including Deric Muhammad, Sasha Legette, Dorothy Cook, Congressman Al Green, Argentina James, Monica Hill, Letha Gilmore, Marcus Nash, Tamira Augustine, Krystal Lyons, Ron John, Tanika Keys and more.
Soaring above the monument, you’ll see the Millennial Column, standing 118-feet-tall and topped with a statue of the Archangel Gabriel, meant to be a symbol of the Roman Catholic Church. The double crosses was granted to them by the pope for the massive conversion they went through sometimes by sword.
Social Branding Event with the founder of Johnny Cupcakes
Tuesday, May, 3 2011 at Back Bay Social Club in Boston, MA
Millennials in Massachusetts are already demonstrating their civic impact by working at the local, state, and federal levels to create change in their communities. The Institute brought young leaders together to discuss how their generation is defining civic engagement, the value and importance of public service, and what political activism means for up-and-coming thought leaders.
The final concert for the Battle of the Bands held at the Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto on November 17, 2016.
Photos by Arthur Mola Photography
Millennials in Massachusetts are already demonstrating their civic impact by working at the local, state, and federal levels to create change in their communities. The Institute brought young leaders together to discuss how their generation is defining civic engagement, the value and importance of public service, and what political activism means for up-and-coming thought leaders.
A coalition of Houston partners, including PoliChic Engagement Fund, Houston Area Urban League, Black Voters Matter Education Fund, Color of Change, Justice or Else, Radio One Houston and NAACP Legal Defense Fund, sponsored Get Out the Vote Houston, a day involving neighborhood canvasing, workshops and presentations and a high-energy rally on the steps of TSU’s Student Center, all designed to maximize voter turnout for the upcoming election (Nov. 5). Action and advocacy were the words of the day for all attendees including Deric Muhammad, Sasha Legette, Dorothy Cook, Congressman Al Green, Argentina James, Monica Hill, Letha Gilmore, Marcus Nash, Tamira Augustine, Krystal Lyons, Ron John, Tanika Keys and more.
Millennials in Massachusetts are already demonstrating their civic impact by working at the local, state, and federal levels to create change in their communities. The Institute brought young leaders together to discuss how their generation is defining civic engagement, the value and importance of public service, and what political activism means for up-and-coming thought leaders.
USC-CPD & LAWAC-YP Conversations in Public Diplomacy
How does the millennial generation see the world around them...?
Richard Wike, Director of Pew Global Attitudes Project, discusses the latest global polling data.
The New Superfood for Millennials: Pulses
Pulses are setting the trend in the food industry. From pistachio, quinoa and kale, pulses are now becoming more popular. It is very healthy and versatile that you can eat and/or mix it with our usual favorite dishes - and that is exactly what we experienced during our 2-day trip in Bangkok where we were treated to Pulse-ating food feast. www.ruthdelacruz.com/2018/01/superfood-pulses.html
[#CliftonStrengths] #StrengthsFinder #Leadership #Workshop #Program - Statistics - millennial turnover is costing in the US alone $30.5b • • Millennials millennials... why art thou hop? Whence doth thy soul merry rest? (Love lit) • • Millennials have gathering for themselves a reputation for job-hopping. Detached from their organizations, this generation - (1980 - 1996) - are like free-spirits that prance from one organization to the next. Far more compared with any generation before. • • Gallup estimates that millennial turnover costs the U.S. economy $30.5 billion annually. • • One of the reason? Strengths (or the lack of it) • • According to Gallup’s research on millennials, they want their manager or boss to talk about their strengths compared to focusing on their weakness. • • And it’s difficult as most management policies and hand-me-down leadership preferences is weakness focused. They hardly talk about strengths! • • So ask yourself, when was the last time your manager or leader talked about your brilliance? And the second more important question, when was the last time you pointed out someone else’s brilliance? (I’m looking at the man in the mirror! I’m asking if he’d change his ways! - MJ) • • #StrengthsFinderStats • • "Creating the most Advanced StrengthsFinder Leadership Workshop Program in the World" • • #GallupStrengthsFinder #StrengthsQuest #StrengthsSchool #Gallup #StrengthsFinderSG #HumanResource #SelfImprovement #SelfDevelopment #TeamBuilding #StrengthsCoach #Leadership #ProfessionalDevelopment #StrengthsFinderCoach #CoachJasonHo Jason Ho • South East Asia & Singapore's 1st StrengthsFinder Certified Coach • Strengths School™ Singapore ift.tt/2whMhJZ
This church fascinates me, in large part because of its imperfections. (And it's just cool.). Most of what follows is from Rick Steves' Rome. (Other parts from Wikipedia.). I'll include a quick mashup of the history and some of the interesting details from Steves.
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History:
Imagine you were hanging out here in the 3rd century A.D. You're about 250 years into the Roman Empire and though the famous emperors are long past, the Empire is still doing fine...and Christianity is still illegal for about 100 more years.
It's the year 220. You'd be looking at a refuge for retired soldiers. Pope Callixtus I decided to turn the soldiers' home into a house-church. Though it was illegal, the emperor allowed this to settle a dispute between Christians and tavern keepers. (He apparently preferred religious people to drunks.). So from 221-27, this converted into...a house-church.
In 340, with Christianity now legal, this house became a church. Pope Julius I made it larger. Churchified the house. :). That church stood on the grounds here 'til 1140-43 (with restorations in the 5th and 8th centuries). In those 4 years in the 12th century, what Pope Innocent II ordered rebuilt (on the original foundations) is the church you see here.
Regarding what you see in the piazza here...it looks amazingly the same as it did in drawings from the end of the 17th century. The fountain? That showed up in a map in 1472. Basically, take things like cars out of the picture and folks from those centuries would see something very recognizable to them here in the heart of Trastevere. It did get a restoration in the 18th century, though.
In 1702, Carlo Fontana gave it a home makeover, replacing the ancient patio with a sloping tiled roof, and the balustrade with 4 popes on it.
On to the details (all compliments of Rick Steves)...
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For this, we'll "tour" the church.
Stop in the portico before going into the church itself. Look closely at the wall and you'll see stone fragments, many with names. (It feels like when you see sidewalks with bricks of people's names who donated money for restoration or what have you). Rick says, "Filled with early Christian symbolism such as the dove and olive branch, many of these stones were lids to burial niches from catacombs." So that's pretty interesting to me.
Stepping inside the church, before knowing much about it, your first impression may be, "Neat!" or, "Just another church..."
Just to the left of the door, there's a gold and white plaque dedicated to "Fons Olei." There was a petroleum deposit discovered on this spot in 30 B.C. (Caesar wasn't even dead 15 years at that point.). They found it magical that the liquid could power lamps for extended periods of time. So much so that this was incorporated into the lore of the church. And this plaque. (The goofy football fan in me wants to shout, "Olei! Olei Olei Oleeei!" -- foreshadowing.)
Take a seat at the back of the church and look around for a minute. The columns don't match at all. The ceiling looks nice. The apse looks pretty well-done.
Most of what you're looking at will be celebrating its first millennial next century (if we haven't destroyed the Earth by then).
The columns are much older still. They're from ancient Roman buildings (mainly the Baths of Caracalla.). There are 22 of them, mostly Ionic, but a few Corinthian. Scholars in the 19th century decided that a few of the faces on the columns were Isis, Serapis, and Harpocrates. That did not sit well with the pope. Not. At. All. So, Pope Pius IX was perfectly happy to let the 1870 restoration crew take a hammer and get rid of those three. (Unfortunate, if you ask me...). That aside, you'll notice that some of the columns have taller bases than others, etc. Imperfect, as I mentioned...yet, beautiful.
Look on up at the ceiling. Domenichino designed this ceiling in the 17th century and his painting, Assumption of the Virgin (1617) is painted on copper in the center of it.
If you're done admiring the columns and ceiling, walk on up the center aisle to the altar. Take a close look at the floors. This is the original floor plan from the 340s. The tiles, though, are from the 13th century, and the floor was expensive even then. The mosaic work is by the Cosmati family with marble scavenged from Roman ruins.
Once at the altar, step over to the left so you can really get a nice view of the apse mosaics. (There should be a box where you can pop in a euro and it will light the apse for you.)
Steves says, "The central scene is one of the few surviving examples of an early medieval mosaic (8th-10th century) in Rome. It's rich in symbolism. Christ and Mary sit side by side, enthroned in majesty. They wear rich gold robes, and Mary has a crown. Notice the stature Mary is given. Tour guides claim this is the first mosaic to show her at the throne with Jesus in heaven. He has his arm around his mother as if introducing her to us. Christ's almond eyes and the elaborate folds in the robes show the influence of Byzantine icons. Flanking Christ and Mary are early bishops of Rome, including the first one, St. Peter (in gray). Beneath them, the row of sheep is not just any flock -- it represents Jesus in the middle (marked by a halo with a cross in it) and the 12 apostles. Sitting on the ground below all of these mosaics is the throe-like chair of the bishop, giving legitimacy to the Church leadership." (The inscription on that episcopal throne states that this is the first church in Rome dedicated to the Virgin Mary. That's probably true, though Santa Maria Maggiore also claims the same.)
The mosaic panels below, also by Cavallini (who did the mosaics above) show the highlights of Mary's life. Not all are pictured here, but from this description, you can easily tell which are. From left to right, you'd see: Mary as a baby, the annunciation, Mary in the stable with a newborn Jesus, the magi arriving, presentation of Jesus in the temple, and Mary's eternal sleep (not death!).
Once you've taken in all the details, it's time to leave. On your way out, on the left, you may notice a statue of St. Anthony. He's a favorite of the poor and this particular statue is bombarded with prayers on paper. Steves says, "The Community of St. Edigio operates from this church. They feed the local and poor and care for young drug addicts. Each Christmas, they take out all the pews, move in tables and chairs, and put on a huge dinner for those in need." Try to imagine that. It's nice.
Back outside, take a breath, and if you don't see kids kicking around a football, you can easily imagine it. This is the "family room" of Trastevere, the intimate meeting place for neighbors.
During major football games (Lazio vs. AS Roma, or international matches), a large screen is set up here for the neighborhood to come together for the tension, the excitement, the life.
But, life goes on, and so must we. Smile, and go get lost (without really getting lost) in the narrow streets and alleys in the neighborhood. With your back to the church, head off to the left into the smaller streets and you'll find the "real" Trastevere.