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Daily wage labourers take their meals early in the morning and leave for their daily routine. After reaching their destination, they hang their food bowls on shady trees to prevent them from spoiling in the heat. After that, after working at noon, they ate their lunch and went back to work.
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This mural in honor of the life of George Floyd is located in the coastal town of Somewhen within the Paracosm immersive D/s build. Black Lives Matter.
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Acting President and CEO, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Youssef Boutros-Ghali
Chairman, Nationbuilders Capital; Former Minister of Finance, Egypt; Former Chairman, IMF Committee
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Executive Director, Global Market Development, Milken Institute
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President, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs; Former Director-General Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State of Israel; Former Ambassador of Israel to the United Nations
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Founder and Chairman, African Rainbow Minerals
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McLEAN, JOHN, HBC fur-trader, explorer, public servant, and author; b. 24 July 1798 or 14 Dec. 1800 in Dervaig, Isle of Mull (Strathclyde), Scotland; m. first in 1837 Margaret Charles at Norway House (Man.), and they had one child; m. secondly in 1845 Clarissa, daughter of the Reverend James Evans*, at Rossville (Man.), and they had five children; d. 8 March 1890 in Victoria, B.C.
John McLean entered the service of the North West Company at Montreal in 1820, probably as an apprentice clerk, and continued with the Hudson’s Bay Company when the two companies merged the following year. He served in the Ottawa River area until his transfer in 1833 to the Columbia or Western Department on the Pacific coast. At the end of the 1836–37 outfit McLean was sent to the Northern Department. When he reached Norway House in June the Council of the Northern Department, presided over by Governor George Simpson*, was holding its annual meeting to make arrangements for the forthcoming season’s trade. McLean, with 16 years of service in the HBC, was eligible for promotion to chief trader, but much to his disappointment the governor and council of company officers promoted two more senior candidates. Although McLean interpreted this rejection to be a result of Governor Simpson’s personal intervention, there does not seem to be any basis for such a charge. In his “Character book” Simpson acknowledged McLean’s abilities as a fur-trader and believed that he was “likely to be promoted in due time.”
McLean spent the next five years in charge of the Ungava District with headquarters at Fort Chimo (Que.), a post established in 1830, where he laboured relentlessly to develop an economic overland communication route between Fort Chimo and Fort Smith (now North West River, Labrador) on Hamilton Inlet. Believing that success in the area would result in his rapid promotion, McLean embarked on trips of exploration into the interior between 1838 and 1841. Setting out on 2 Jan. 1838, he and his companions followed a route previously explored in 1834 by his predecessor at Fort Chimo, Erland Erlandson*, and travelled about 533 miles in 47 days to Fort Smith at the mouth of the Naskaupi River. In June 1839, accompanied by a “strong crew” which included Erlandson, McLean went by canoe along the coast of Ungava Bay to George River which he ascended as far as it was navigable. Then, travelling overland, he reached Fort Nascopie, on Petitsikapau Lake (Labrador), before moving southeast on what is now known as the Churchill River, to become the first European to view the Grand (Churchill) Falls. At this point he was forced to turn back, and reached Fort Chimo on 20 September. The following year he canoed to Fort Smith by a different route from that taken two years earlier. In 1841, using information supplied by William Henry Allan Davies, the HBC officer in charge of the Esquimaux Bay District, who had ascended the Churchill River from its mouth to near the falls the previous year, McLean discovered a route around the falls and into the interior which the HBC immediately began using.
In spite of McLean’s efforts, the profits of the area remained low and the expenses high, and in 1841 Governor Simpson ordered that communication with the district by sea be cut from once a year to once every two years. This directive intensified the feelings of isolation and abandonment which had developed during McLean’s previous four years; even his promotion to chief trader in 1841 did little to reassure him. In 1842 McLean embarked on his first furlough in 22 years, and the unprofitable Ungava District was closed the following year.
He returned from the British Isles early in 1843, and in May led an HBC brigade from Lachine, Canada East, to Norway House. Accompanying him was Lieutenant John Henry Lefroy, an officer in the Royal Artillery, who was conducting a magnetic survey of British North America. Lefroy considered McLean to be “a person of intelligence and information beyond what one might expect from a man who has all his life been scraping beaver skins together at remote stations” and remarked on his ability to play the flute.
Poor health, however, prompted McLean to inform Simpson in June 1843 of his intention to retire should he be appointed to a “second Ungava.” He attempted to secure adequate personal resources by offering the company the shares he owned as an officer, but it declined to buy them back and he was forced to remain in the service regardless of his posting. McLean was sent to Fort Simpson (N.W.T.) believing he would have charge of the Mackenzie River District. He did supervise the district operations for a year, but in June 1844 Simpson informed him that he had misinterpreted his instructions of the previous year and that Chief Trader Murdoch McPherson, an officer with more seniority, would be assuming command. For McLean this was the final indignity. Not content with venting his feelings on Simpson, he carried his demand for justice to the HBC governor and committee in London, who ruled that McLean had not suffered any more hardships than other company officers and fully supported Governor Simpson’s actions. Completely disenchanted with the company, McLean retired on 1 June 1846.
He spent the next nine years in Guelph, Canada West, as a manager of the Bank of Montreal. In November 1855 a scandal involving the loss of £1,300 from his branch resulted in financial ruin for McLean and the end of his banking career when he took responsibility for the loss and turned over most of his savings as restitution. Although Erland Erlandson, whom McLean had hired to assist him at the bank, has since been suspected of the theft, largely because he left a large estate at his death in 1875, nothing has been proven, and McLean himself rejected this notion. By 1857 McLean had moved to Elora, Canada West, where he became the clerk of the division court, a position he held for more than 25 years.
McLean had remained actively interested in developments within the HBC, and in 1849 he published Notes of a twenty-five years’ service in the Hudson’s Bay territory, a work which remains one of the few firsthand accounts of the fur trade and the administration of Governor George Simpson. In 1869 he published several articles in the Elora Lightning Express describing his impressions of his 25 years in the west, with the purpose of encouraging the acquisition of the territory for Canada. In 1883 he left Elora for Victoria where several years later he died in the home of his daughter, having received during his lifetime little recognition for either his explorations or his publications. They are, however, now receiving attention in new studies of fur-trade history.
Ross Bay Cemetery is located at 1516 Fairfield Road in Victoria, British Columbia, on Vancouver Island, Canada. Many historical figures from the early days of the province and colony of British Columbia are buried at Ross Bay. The cemetery was opened in 1873.
September 3, 1783. You've just negotiated the treaty to end the Revolutionary War - what are you going to do now? Take some time off in Europe and then return to celebrate with your family and friends in New York and Rye.
After 8 years away from home in the service of his nation, John Jay returned to America in July 1784 from his successful negotiation of the Treaty of Paris in 1783 which he had forged and signed with fellow founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin and John Adams. The document was executed at the Hotel d'York on September 3, 1783 (but not ratified by Congress until January 14, 1784.)
Of Jay's primary role in the endeavor, Adams wrote in his diary, "The French call me 'Le Washington de la Negociation': a very flattering compliment indeed, to which I have no right, but sincerely think it belongs to Mr. Jay."
Always a very modest public servant, Jay nonetheless returned to New York to a great fete in his honor:
"Triumphal arches were erected across Broadway, houses and stores were decorated with bunting, cannons boomed, and bells rang. The freedom of the city was presented to him in a gold box, with an exceedingly complimentary address, engrossed on parchment, and signed by one hundred of the leading citizens."
But the more meaningful celebration took place a day later at his home in Rye:
"Jay spent just one day in New York, and then rode on horseback up to the old farm at Rye, Westchester County...That evening there was a service of thanksgiving at the village church, after which the citizens repaired to the Jay mansion, one story high and eighty feet long, where a barrel of cider was tapped. John Jay stood on the front porch and made a modest speech just five minutes long, among other things saying he had come home to be a neighbor to them, having quit public life for good. But he refused to talk about his own experiences in Europe. His reticence, however, was made up for by good old Peter Jay (his brother,) who assured the people that John Jay was America's foremost citizen; and in this statement he was backed up by the village preacher, with not a dissenting voice from the assembled citizens." - Elbert Hubbard, Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen, 1898
Today the very same site of Jay's homecoming is open to the public and each fall, the Jay Heritage Center invites visitors to stand in the same spot and salute Rye's native son and his service as a nationbuilder.
Throughout his career, John Jay's Rye home was a refuge from public life. Jay chose this sylvan coastal property for his final resting place and was buried there in 1829.
SAVE THE DATE! SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13 - The first John Jay Medals for Service will be awarded on this site in celebration of the 20th Anniversary that the estate was rescued from demolition. For more info and to reserve tickets contact:
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A National Historic Landmark since 1993
Member of the African American Heritage Trail of Westchester County since 2004
Member of the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area since 2009
On NY State's Path Through History (2013)
Our 2017 banquet took place on Tuesday, May 23, at Temple Beth Sholom in Topeka. More than 100 people attended, making it our best annual event yet.
Our keynote speaker was Sister Simone Campbell, founder and executive director of NETWORK LOBBY and the original "Nun on the Bus." Prior to the dinner we held a meet-and-greet with sponsors, award winners, board members and Sr. Simone.
It was a delight and honor to be able to ask Sr. Simone about how she puts her faith into action and receive her advice on how we can continue with our work in Kansas. She clearly has a keen interest in our state.
Please consider donating to Kansas Interfaith Action: ksinterfaith.nationbuilder.com/kifa_donate
Another photo in 16 June walking through the public square outside the former Hornsey Town Hall.
The banner on the railings predicts "a Modernist landmark meticulously restored to its former glory". This refers to sale of the former Hornsey Town Hall and adjoining land in Crouch End. Haringey Council sold it to a commercial company - Far Eastern Consortium (FEC).
This deal was highly contentious and may have been one of the factors which led to the loss of the three Council seats for Crouch End ward from Labour to the Liberal Democrat Opposition. Especially after some redacted (secret) figures on the deal were exposed to public gaze.
Of course, not everyone agreed that the deal with FEC was poor judgement by Haringey Council. Some people stress the benefits of the planned restoration of the former Town Hall - a Grade II listed building - to its former glory.
I've often heard this "former glory" stuff and it seems pretty meaningless since the "glory" of buildings is as much to do with their functions - the work and life of the people who use them - as their state of repair.
I'm unclear whether Hornsey Town Hall is "Modernist" or "Art Deco". What I've seen inside suggested the latter.
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§ It seemed to me that the most balanced and sensible view was taken by Catherine West, excellent member of Parliament for Hornsey Wood Green. In 2015 she made her own preferences clear:
"... to see a not-for-profit, such as a housing association, step forward to take on this much-loved site so that the wider community benefits including the arts, local use and public access are central to any development plans. If there is to be any housing on the site, then I'd want to see a minimum of 50 per cent genuinely affordable housing as that's what our community needs." Link to her website.
§ Catherine West MP also wrote to Claire Kober a best-forgotten former leader of Haringey Council with these views. Her advice was ignored. The final deal on genuinely affordable homes was even worse than feared.
Also here. www.flickr.com/gp/alanstanton/c4Ug55
§ Link to some great photos of Hornsey Town Hall taken in 2015 by Fran Pickering.
§ The architect of Hornsey Town Hall was Reginald Uren. He designed his own house at 14 Kerry Avenue, Stanmore (Photo in blog by Dave Anderson). Its traditional brick contrasts strongly with other homes in this and nearby streets from the same period. (Stanmore's Metroland Modernism in Adrian Yekkes blog.)
§ Far Eastern Consortium is a participant in the public debate. Their website is keen to persuade us that Haringey and its residents got an extremely good deal. Please visit this and other websites they've put up and form your own view.
N.B. MRDA.
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Thanks to Cindy for her leadership all all who have a hand in creating and mobilizing this banner and the many others!
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"Great talk so far about #SVG @NationBuilder for the @CodePen / @mediatemple spons @LearnToCodeLA meetup!" - twitter.com/rouzbeh84/status/776259886652858368
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The L.A. River was once an actual river -- or more accurately, it was a stream that occasionally flooded with disastrous results. After the last such event in 1938, it was channelized, controlled, encased in concrete. In its new form, it was made famous by films including Grease and Terminator 2. But these days, the talk is of restoration. That would start in the less boxed-in Glendale Narrows, to the north. Downtown, a replacement is in progress for the iconic but fatally flawed Sixth Street Bridge, seen here from Seventh Street before its demolition in early 2016. At left is City Hall, and ahead is Metro's "Taj Mahal" headquarters behind Union Station.
Join Backbone and friends amplifying our shared values of equity and justice for all. Get your own Giant Overpass Freeway Bannering Toolkit (backbonecampaign.nationbuilder.com/banner_tool_kit_pitch_in).
Thanks to Cindy for her leadership all all who have a hand in creating and mobilizing this banner and the many others!
Special Thanks to Rick Barry for his always awesome photography!
Protest is Patriotic Solidarity with Colin K Freeway Overpass Bannering.
Join Backbone and friends amplifying our shared values of equity and justice for all. Get your own Giant Overpass Freeway Bannering Toolkit (backbonecampaign.nationbuilder.com/banner_tool_kit_pitch_in).
Thanks to Cindy for her leadership all all who have a hand in creating and mobilizing this banner and the many others!
Special Thanks to Rick Barry for his always awesome photography!
Protest is Patriotic Solidarity with Colin K Freeway Overpass Bannering.
"So excited to have our first big show and tell night sponsored by @CodePen @mediatemple and @NationBuilder!" - twitter.com/LearnToCodeLA/status/776262702612164609
"Last night @NationBuilder Eric talked code, votes & cocktails courtesy of @CodePen @mediatemple @LearnToCodeLA" - twitter.com/briantippy/status/776541512519684096
"So proud of my husband, host of tonight's Web Dev #MeetUp w/ @CodePen @NationBuilder @LearnToCodeLA & @mediatemple" - twitter.com/YannaBeau/status/776272928203694080
Nation Builder, a bronze sculpture, was designed by American sculptor Matthew Monahan in 2010.
Statuesque, a public exhibition presented by the Public Art Fund in City Hall Park from June 2 to December 3, 2010, feeatured 10 major works by six international artists reinventing figurative sculpture for a new era. It marked the New York debut of each of the sculptors, as well as the first project curated by the Public Art Fund's new Director and Chief Curator Nicholas Baume.
ENOUGH of the politics of lies and corruption. Representatives must listen to the community and vote in their interests. You can’t do that when a party boss in Brisbane controls your vote! Here in Cairns I can feel momentum building for a better local alternative. JOIN our campaign to be part of the change this world needs. Help me and choose a future based on ‘hope not hate’ at robpyne.nationbuilder.com/volunteer
Nation Builder, a bronze sculpture, was designed by American sculptor Matthew Monahan in 2010.
Statuesque, a public exhibition presented by the Public Art Fund in City Hall Park from June 2 to December 3, 2010, feeatured 10 major works by six international artists reinventing figurative sculpture for a new era. It marked the New York debut of each of the sculptors, as well as the first project curated by the Public Art Fund's new Director and Chief Curator Nicholas Baume.
Our 2017 banquet took place on Tuesday, May 23, at Temple Beth Sholom in Topeka. More than 100 people attended, making it our best annual event yet.
Our keynote speaker was Sister Simone Campbell, founder and executive director of NETWORK LOBBY and the original "Nun on the Bus." Prior to the dinner we held a meet-and-greet with sponsors, award winners, board members and Sr. Simone.
It was a delight and honor to be able to ask Sr. Simone about how she puts her faith into action and receive her advice on how we can continue with our work in Kansas. She clearly has a keen interest in our state.
Please consider donating to Kansas Interfaith Action: ksinterfaith.nationbuilder.com/kifa_donate
Our 2017 banquet took place on Tuesday, May 23, at Temple Beth Sholom in Topeka. More than 100 people attended, making it our best annual event yet.
Our keynote speaker was Sister Simone Campbell, founder and executive director of NETWORK LOBBY and the original "Nun on the Bus." Prior to the dinner we held a meet-and-greet with sponsors, award winners, board members and Sr. Simone.
It was a delight and honor to be able to ask Sr. Simone about how she puts her faith into action and receive her advice on how we can continue with our work in Kansas. She clearly has a keen interest in our state.
Please consider donating to Kansas Interfaith Action: ksinterfaith.nationbuilder.com/kifa_donate
Our 2017 banquet took place on Tuesday, May 23, at Temple Beth Sholom in Topeka. More than 100 people attended, making it our best annual event yet.
Our keynote speaker was Sister Simone Campbell, founder and executive director of NETWORK LOBBY and the original "Nun on the Bus." Prior to the dinner we held a meet-and-greet with sponsors, award winners, board members and Sr. Simone.
It was a delight and honor to be able to ask Sr. Simone about how she puts her faith into action and receive her advice on how we can continue with our work in Kansas. She clearly has a keen interest in our state.
Please consider donating to Kansas Interfaith Action: ksinterfaith.nationbuilder.com/kifa_donate
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Our 2017 banquet took place on Tuesday, May 23, at Temple Beth Sholom in Topeka. More than 100 people attended, making it our best annual event yet.
Our keynote speaker was Sister Simone Campbell, founder and executive director of NETWORK LOBBY and the original "Nun on the Bus." Prior to the dinner we held a meet-and-greet with sponsors, award winners, board members and Sr. Simone.
It was a delight and honor to be able to ask Sr. Simone about how she puts her faith into action and receive her advice on how we can continue with our work in Kansas. She clearly has a keen interest in our state.
Please consider donating to Kansas Interfaith Action: ksinterfaith.nationbuilder.com/kifa_donate
People in Middle East should be able to adapt code, translate they were talking to dan walmsley who is CTO at nation builder
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