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Gene generously offered to take me lupine hunting in NH today!! We got a real treat with a couple bear sightings!!
This one was at the end of the day. We had to hop out quickly. There were a couple cubs but only one popped up.
Big thrill for me!!!
This small tree offers a late-summer display of jasmine-like white flowers encased in red tepals and scent. Bright blue berries in autumn are accented by conspicuous bright, pinkish-red calyxes.No toxic
For best bloom and berries, plant in full sun in rich, well-drained, loamy soil.
Native to China and Japan,clerodendrum is a small tree that grows 10-20’ tall. It is most often seen as a suckering shrub. It must be trained to grow as a tree and is rarely seen growing in that form. As an ornamental, this shrub is perhaps best noted for its late summer flowers, showy fruit and malodorous foliage. Tubular, fragrant, white flowers in long-peduncled cymes (to 6-9” across) bloom in the upper leaf axils from late summer into fall. Flowers are followed by small bright blue fruits, each subtended by a fleshy red calyx.
È un piccolo albero originario della Cina e del Giappone che raggiunge un'altezza di 4 m, chioma larga fino a 4 m, molto ramificato.I rami sono coperti di peluria.
Ha foglie decidue, scabre, lunghe fino a 25cm, lungamente picciolate a lamina di colore verde scuro, dalla forma triangolare. Le venature della pagina inferiore sono pelose. I fiori bianchi, stellati, riuniti in grandi corimbi intensamente profumati, ricordano quelli del gelsomino.
I frutti autunnali sono bacche rotonde, delle dimensioni di un pisello, racchiuse da un calice a forma di lanterna di colore rosso-cardinalizio. Dapprima verdi, si scuriscono all'apertura del calice, diventando blu-viola. Non sono tossici.
Originaria della Cina, Giappone e l'isola di Giava, è la specie di Clerodendrum più comune in Italia. Introdotta nel 1800 dal Giappone, la si trova nella pianura Padana.
Molto utilizzata come pianta ornamentale in parchi, viali e giardini.
predator
An alternative view offered by Richard Dawkins is of predation as a form of competition.
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%A4dator
Latin praedātor plunderer, equivalent to praedā (rī) to plunder
(derivative of praeda prey ) + -tor -tor
an animal that naturally preys on others
A predator is an organism that feeds on another organism
lateinisch praedator = Beutemacher
Beutegreifer
terrestrial carnivore
Raubtier
Predator (anglisierte Version von lat. praedator ‚Räuber, Plünderer‘, ‚Raubtier‘,
Bei Prädatoren lebt das Beutetier zum Zeitpunkt des ersten Angriffs noch
Räuber
exzellenter Jäger
Felis (fachsprachlich), Katze
Unsere Katze - our Cat:
Täglich möchte sie mehrmals
Mausen bzw. Spiele, die einen
Fang Charakter (Beute-Simulation) haben.
Versteck und Fangen spielt sie auch sehr gerne mit Menschen.
Das dauert eine gute halbe Stunde an.
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Die Katze kann sich gegen vermeintlich grössere Raubtiere (auch Menschen) mit ihren scharfe Zähnen und scharfen Krallen wehren.
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Every day she wants
- more than once -
mice catching or similar games that
have prey character ( prey simulation ) .
Hiding and playing catch with human makes she very happy.
This takes have an hour.
ps
Masters should not forget:
A predator small enough to be prey for others, the domestic cat uses its formidable teeth and claws as weapons against animals that might confuse a cat with easier prey.
Domestic cats, animals similar in size to such prey species as rabbits, make a hissing sound reminiscent of a snake, advertising that they can put up formidable defenses for their size.
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Zusammen mit der Norwegischen Waldkatze und der Sibirischen Katze zählt sie zur Gruppe der sogenannten Waldkatzen, welche wiederum zu den Naturrassen zählen.
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working cat
Die Maine Coon ist als ursprüngliche working cat ein begabter Jäger, auch sind sie im Allgemeinen intelligente und verspielte Tiere. Sie benutzen mit Vorliebe ihre Pfoten, was dazu führt, dass sie problemlos Türen und Wasserhähne öffnen und kleine Objekte aufnehmen können. Maine Coons sind auch begabte „Apportierer“.
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine-Coon-Katze
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"Nutzkatze" - "Handwerker-Katze" „Bauernhofkatze“ „Rassekatze“
Familien-Katze Schmusekatze
Soziale Katze
Empathische Hauskatze
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The Maine Coon is among the largest domesticated breeds of cat. It has a distinctive physical appearance and valuable hunting skills. It is one of the oldest natural breeds in North America, specifically native to the state of Maine,
where it is the official state cat.
Alternative names
Coon Cat
Maine Cat
Maine Shag
Snowshoe Cat
American Longhair
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_Coon
Le maine coon est une race de chat à poil mi-long originaire de l'État du Maine aux États-Unis. Ce chat au physique rustique est caractérisé par sa grande taille, son museau carré, ses oreilles avec plumets et son poil mi-long. Il est à ce jour l'une des plus grandes races de chat domestique, avec le savannah, une race originaire des États-Unis issue du croisement avec un serval, un félin sauvage africain. Le maine coon est également la plus ancienne race naturelle nord-américaine.
Les femelles ont des chaleurs plutôt discrètes
Weiblich Tiere haben eher eine diskrete Hitze.
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_coon
Charakter Umfrage
und Kastrationen (etwa 60%)
942 Gesamt
414 Katzen (davon 233 kastriert)
501 Kater (davon 356 kastriert)
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passt:
Sie ist eine Königin und Empfangs-chefin!
Die beste Katze der Welt !!!
Eine Seele wohnt dieser Katze inne, welche einem Engel gleich ist!
Zart und einfach nur lieb!!!
Sie liebt "ihre" Menschen abgöttisch und hat ein riesiges Vertrauen.
Sie liegt neben dem Menschen.
Auch manchmal mit einem Körperteil auf dem Schoss oder Oberschenkel.
Oder zwischen den Beinen
oder angekuschelt.
Auch Kopf an Kopf mag sie.
Selten liegt auf dem Oberkörper des Menschen.
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Discussion:
However, it can be debated whether or not harvesting livestock fits strictly in the definition of predation.
... the feeding of and caring for animals, followed by their being slaughtered with an appropriate tool, cutting up, and cooking.
In many cultures, animals are hunted or farmed by specialists (such as ranchers or fishermen), brought to a marketplace, and sold in pieces to the people who actually consume the meat.
I offered to do some sketches of this building for a new acquaintance on Twitter. He is a local councillor that works hard to promote heritage assets in York and Acomb on behalf of local people. The drawings will be used in a leaflet for an event at the end of January so I am working hard to give him a selection of views. Having chosen this subject I felt I owed it a bit of care and so have pencilled in the main components before using the pen. The calf sculpture is by Sally Arnup, so I had to get a good likeness, especially as it is dominated the foreground
Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage
The School of Visual Arts (Escola de Artes Visuais - EAV) of Parque Lage offers courses aiming at the development of artists, curators, researchers and other people interested in establishing or deepening their contact with art.
Created by Rubens Gerchman in 1975 to substitute the Institute of Fine Arts, the School is set in a mansion built in eclectic style, protected as a historic and environmental patrimony by IPHAN, an official federal agency. Projected by the architect Mário Vodrei, in the 1920’s, the residence of the Brazilian shipbuilder Henrique Lage and his wife, Gabriela Bezanzoni, an Italian lyric singer, has been influenced by the cultural effervescence derived from its open school model – a place where new aesthetic conceptions were carried on by Gerchman.
In this multidisciplinary atmosphere, artists and important intellectuals have met for more than 30 years. Remarkable events have taken place here, such as the art exhibition “Como vai você, Geração 80?”, opened in 1984, the “Rock Brasil” series of shows, the staging of well-known plays such as Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”, which transformed the School into an important pole of cultural resistance during the years of the military dictatorship in Brazil, as well as during the country’s process of redemocratization.
The School of Visual Arts of Parque Lage represents an outstanding reference to the arts, a patrimony that belongs not only to Rio de Janeiro, but also to Brazil.
Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage
Parque Lage
Parque Lage (in full "Parque Enrique Lage") is a public park in the city of Rio De Janeiro, located in the Jardim Botânico neighborhood at the foot of the Corcovado.
The land was formerly the residence of industrialist Enrique Lage and his wife, singer Gabriela Bezanzoni. During the 1920's Lage had the mansion remodeled by Italian architect Mario Vodrel, with interior paintings by Salvador Payols Sabaté.
In the 1960's the land became a public park, with walking trails through subtropical forest. The Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage (Visual Arts School of Parque Lage) and a café open to the public operate from the former mansion.
Parque Lage constitutes the last continuous arboreal, between the slopes of Corcovado and the rua Jardim Botânico.
Initially designed by English landscape architect John Tyndale in 1840 to the taste of romantic gardens, was partially reformed in the decades of 1920-30 and 1930-40, especially the section on the right, when its owner, the industrialist Enrique Lage, had to build new residence, when he was to replace his father, Antonio Martins Lage.
This house, which has a courtyard with pool, has the main façade completely covered with masonry.
Is part of the artistic period called eclectic.
The gardens that flank it are arranged in a geometric shape and have large areas devoid of arborization more exuberant, certainly a result of contemporary works of building the house.
On the whole, and especially in the central area to the left, the Lage Park presents the characteristics of a natural forest, with an intricate trees and shrubs of various sizes and categories, without solution of continuity in relation to the foot of Corcovado.
Linking the two entrance gates and forming a wide curve, with the central residential home, imperial palms are arranged in two continuous rows.
Among the attractions of the park, we can highlight the aquarium built in mortar imitating rocks and trunks of trees, bridges, benches and kiosks around the lake that are constructed representations of nature and the cave, well, artistic.
The gravel paths lead visitors to places interspersed with extensive vegetation and the buildings mentioned above and access is a gazebo located next to about 0.50m in height, where there is a lake known as Lake of the ducks.
For those who bring children to the park, it has equipment for children, such as swings and slides and those who wish to participate in hikes, the park has opened a path that reaches the Corcovado.
Fountain and banks offer the visitor a pleasant time in nature, in the Parque Lage. There is also a parking lot for about 60 cars, and bathrooms (male and female).
The visitor can also enjoy the lakes in the park and the aquarium, whose gardens are available for lovers of the green and a place of rare beauty.
Parque Lage has been restored and reopened on 24.2.2002, the Municipal Secretary of Environment, through the Foundation's Parks and Gardens, where they were removed tons of garbage accumulated over several years.
The fountain was renovated and restored the paths and trails that were completely damaged.
I revisited this magnificent nature reserve today 10th August 2018, many visitors to our city miss its glorious offerings, thinking all we have to offer is the beach front at the main boulevard , its a pity as this reserve is a short drive from the main tourist area and has its own charm, attraction and wealth of nature on offer, I love it .
Donmouth Local Nature Reserve is a beach site in the historic Old Aberdeen part of the City where the River Don meets the sea.
A great place to see seals and a range of interesting birds. The beach area has changed over time as the river has changed its course. There are lots of interesting plants in the dunes and beach area. Bird hide is an excellent shelter from which to watch the wildlife. The paths run across King Street to the Brig 'o Balgownie., the original bridge in to the City from the North, then down the other side of the river to the sea.
The site was designated a Local Nature Reserve in 1992
Paths are good although wheelchair access to the beach would be difficult as the boardwalk can get covered with sand.
There is plenty of free car parking on the Beach Esplanade and at the car park in Donmouth Road. There are cycle racks on Beach Esplanade
Bridge Of Don has five spans of dressed granite, and rounded cutwaters that carry up to road level to form pedestrian refuges. The spans are 75 feet (23 m), with a rise of 25 feet (7.6 m).
It was widened in 1958-59, from 24 feet (7.3 m), to 66 feet (20 m) by the construction of a new concrete bridge adjacent to the old one.
It now carries four lanes of the A956 road, and is the last bridge on the River Don before it meets the sea. The bridge is just downstream from a substantial island in the river. Around the area of the bridge is the Donmouth Local Nature Reserve, designated as a LNR in 1992.
Near to the bridge are a number of World War II era coastal defences, including a pill box.
Mudflats
Mudflats are formed when fine particles carried downstream by the river are deposited as it slows down before entering the sea, and to a lesser extent by fine particles washed in by the tide. The sand spit at the mouth of the Don provides shelter from the wind and waves allowing this material to build up. The mud flats are a very rich and fertile environment. Despite their rather barren appearance they support a surprisingly diverse invertebrate fauna which includes; worms, molluscs and crustacea. These invertebrates are vitally important to wildfowl and wading birds within the estuary.
Salt marsh
Along the upper shore of the south bank saltmarsh has developed. This habitat would once have been much more extensive prior to the tipping of domestic and other refuse in the area and the formation in 1727 of an artificial embankment to prevent flooding of the river into the Links. This habitat is now reduced to a narrow strip of vegetation along the river margins upstream from the Powis Burn.
The species composition of the salt marsh varies according to the salinity of the water i.e. the proximity to the sea. Close to the Powis Burn this habitat is dominated by reed sweet-grass (Glyceria maxima) with reed canary-grass (Phalaris arundinacea), sea club-rush (Scirpus maritimus), spike-rush (Eleocharis palustris), hemlock water-dropwort (Oenanthe crocata) and common scurvygrass (Chochlearia officinalis).
Further inland reed sweet-grass continues to dominate but hemlock water-dropwort is more abundant with meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria) and valarian (Valariana officinalis),
Sand dunes
Sand dunes are found in the more exposed parts of the estuary at the river mouth. Again, this habitat was once much more extensive in this locality with dune grasslands stretching from Aberdeen Beach inland as far as King Street, southwards from the estuary of the Dee, northwards to the Sands of Forvie and beyond. Many of the dunes formed part of Seaton Tip, and following tipping the area was grassed over. Other areas have been formally landscaped to form golf courses or planted with native trees in 2010 to create a new woodland area.
Some remnants of the natural dune flora can be seen in the 'roughs' on the Kings Links golf course and near the mouth of the river.
Above the high water mark, fore dunes with thick clumps of the pioneer grass species including sea lyme grass (Elymus arenarius) and marram grass (Ammophila arenaria) occur. Few other species are able to cope with the shifting sand. The largest area of these young dunes is to the north and west of the headland. Further inland where the dunes are sheltered from the actions of the wind and waves, and soils are more developed, more stable dunes are present supporting a more diverse grassland habitat.
Strand line plants which are able to tolerate occasional coverage by sea water include sea rocket (Cakile maritima), frosted orache (Atriplex laciniata), sea sandwort (Honkenya peploides) and knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare). Bur-reed (Sparganium sp.) has been recorded; presumably washed down by the river.
Marram grass (Ammophila arenaria) and sea lyme grass (Elymus arenarius) dominate the fore dunes. The latter species is not native to this area but appeared in 1802. It is thought to have been unintentionally introduced into the area by fishing boats. For a number of years it remained uncommon but from 1870 onwards it spread rapidly along the coastline (Marren, 1982).
In the more stable dunes red fescue (Festuca rubra), sand sedge (Carex arenaria), yellow rattle (Rhinanthus minor), wild pansy (Viola tricolour), harebell (Campanula rotundifolia), bird's-foot-trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) and lesser meadow-rue (Thalictrum minus) are abundant. Small amounts of kidney vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria), valerian (Valeriana officinalis) and spring vetch (Vicia lathyroides) are present.
Scattered willows (Salix sp.) and sycamore (Acer pseudoplantanus) have seeded into this area. Gorse (Ulex europaeus) scrub has colonised the dunes in some areas and appears to be spreading.
Scrub
This habitat is almost entirely artificial with only the gorse scrub on the inner dunes being a semi-natural habitat. Alder and willow were planted along the south bank of the river in about 1970 and these shrubs are now generally well established. Further shrub planting on the south bank was carried out in 1990.
Willow (Salix sp.) and alder (Alnus glutinosa) were planted in the 1970's along the south bank of the River Don eastwards of the Bridge of Don. The trees to the west of this strip are doing considerably better than those to the east. More recent planting was carried out in 1990 with hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna), blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) elder (Sambucus nigra), goat willow (Salix caprea) and alder.
Underneath the scrub neutral grassland is present with cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata), false oat-grass (Arrhenatherum elatius), cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris), sweet cicely (Myrrhis odorata), hedge woundwort (Stachys sylvatica) and hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium).
Grassland
Much of the grassland within the reserve is formed on imported soil and is intensively managed. This includes grassland on the north and south sides of the Esplanade. Daffodils are present in the grassland on the north side of the road. On the north bank to the east of the Bridge of Don is rank grassland on a steep south-facing slope. This is unmanaged and contains some patches of scrub.
Rough grassland is present on the headland. This area has been modified by tipping, with rubble to the east and with grass cuttings to the west. The grassland contains a mixture of neutral grassland, dune grassland, ruderal, and introduced garden species. This area attracts flocks of seed eating birds in late summer and autumn.
Improved grassland is present on the headland and along the south bank of the estuary downstream from the bridge of Don. Much of this vegetation has developed on imported soil and contains a high proportion of ruderal species and garden escapes. On the headland, broadleaved dock (Rumex obtusifolius), nettle (Urtica dioica), coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara), spear thistle (Cirsium vulgare), cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris), hemlock (Conium maculatum) and hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) are abundant. Sweet cicely (Chaerophyllum bulbosum) is widespread and in late summer fills the air with the scent of aniseed.
To the south of the Esplanade the grassland is managed with an annual cut.. The grassland does flood to form pools. Early in the year cuckoo flower (Cardamine pratensis) is common, meadow foxtail (Alopecuris pratensis)is known to occur around the margins of these pools.
Woodland
Semi-mature woodland is present on the steep sided south bank of the river upstream from the Bridge of Don. Most of this woodland has been planted in the mid 1930's though some older oak and elm trees are present. These may be relicts of former woodland cover. The woodland in the reserve is part of a strip of woodland along the River Don corridor which continues upstream from the Brig 'o' Balgownie.
Woodland is present on the south bank upstream from the Bridge of Don.
Much of the woodland consists of even aged stands with willow (Salix sp.), sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus), ash (Fraxinus excelsior), beech (Fagus sylvatica) and alder (AInus glutinosa). At the top of the slope mature oak (Quercus sp.) and elm (Ulmus glabra) are present. The ground flora contains tufted hair-grass (Deschampsia caespitosa), red campion (Silene dioica), ramsons (Allium ursinum) and lady fern (Athyrium felix-femina) .In a few areas dense shading is caused by the trees and in these areas the ground flora is poor.
On the north bank scattered trees are present, mainly willow and sycamore with some scrub.
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Rijks Museum - National Museum of Netherlands
Vision
The Rijksmuseum links individuals with art and history.
Mission
At the Rijksmuseum, art and history take on new meaning for a broad-based, contemporary national and international audience.
As a national institute, the Rijksmuseum offers a representative overview of Dutch art and history from the Middle Ages onwards, and of major aspects of European and Asian art.
The Rijksmuseum keeps, manages, conserves, restores, researches, prepares, collects, publishes, and presents artistic and historical objects, both on its own premises and elsewhere.
From 1800 to 2013
The Rijksmuseum first opened its doors in 1800 under the name ‘Nationale Kunstgalerij’. At the time, it was housed in Huis ten Bosch in The Hague. The collection mainly comprised paintings and historical objects. In 1808, the museum moved to the new capital city of Amsterdam, where it was based in the Royal Palace on Dam Square.
After King Willem I’s accession to the throne, the paintings and national print collection were moved to the Trippenhuis on Kloveniersburgwal, while the other objects were returned to The Hague. The current building was put into use in 1885. The Netherlands Museum for History and Art based in The Hague moved into the same premises, forming what would later become the departments of Dutch History and Sculpture & Applied Art.
The beginning
On 19 November 1798, more than three years after the birth of the Batavian Republic, the government decided to honour a suggestion put forward by Isaac Gogel by following the French example of setting up a national museum. The museum initially housed the remains of the viceregal collections and a variety of objects originating from state institutions. When the Nationale Kunstgalerij first opened its doors on 31 May 1800, it had more than 200 paintings and historical objects on display. In the years that followed, Gogel and the first director, C.S. Roos, made countless acquisitions. Their first purchase, The Swan by Jan Asselijn, cost 100 Dutch guilders and is still one of the Rijksmuseum’s top pieces.
Move to Amsterdam
In 1808, the new King Louis Napoleon ordered the collections to be moved to Amsterdam, which was to be made the capital of the Kingdom of Holland. The works of art and objects were taken to the Royal Palace on Dam Square, the former city hall of Amsterdam, where they were united with the city’s foremost paintings, including the Night Watch by Rembrandt. In 1809, the Koninklijk Museum opened its doors on the top floor of the palace.
A few years after Willem I returned to the Netherlands as the new king in 1813, the ‘Rijks Museum’ and the national print collection from The Hague relocated to the Trippenhuis, a 17th-century town-palace on Kloveniersburgwal, home to what would later become the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Much to the regret of the director, Cornelis Apostool, in 1820 many objects including pieces of great historical interest were assigned to the Kabinet van Zeldzaamheden [Royal Gallery of Rare Objects], which had been founded in The Hague. In 1838, a separate museum for modern 19th-century art was established in Paviljoen Welgelegen in Haarlem. Contrary to the days of Louis Napoleon, very few large acquisitions were made during this period.
Cuypers Cathedral
The Trippenhuis proved unsuitable as a museum. Furthermore, many people thought it time to establish a dedicated national museum building in the Netherlands. Work on a new building did not commence until 1876, after many years of debate. The architect, Pierre Cuypers, had drawn up a historic design for the Rijksmuseum, which combined the Gothic and the Renaissance styles. The design was not generally well-received; people considered it too mediaeval and not Dutch enough. The official opening took place in 1885.
Nearly all the older paintings belonging to the City of Amsterdam were hung in the Rijksmuseum alongside paintings and prints from the Trippenhuis, including paintings such as Rembrandt’s Jewish Bride, which had been bequeathed to the city by the banker A. van der Hoop. The collection of 19th-century art from Haarlem was also added to the museum’s collection. Finally, a significant part of the Kabinet van Zeldzaamheden, which had by then been incorporated into the new Netherlands Museum for History and Art, was returned to Amsterdam.
Renovations
Over the years, collections continued to grow and museum insight continued to expand, and so the Rijksmuseum building underwent many changes. Rooms were added to the south-west side of the building between 1904 and 1916 (now the Philips wing) to house the collection of 19th-century paintings donated to the museum by Mr and Mrs Drucker-Fraser. In the 1950s and 1960s, the two original courtyards were covered and renovated to create more rooms.
In 1927, while Schmidt-Degener was Managing Director, the Netherlands Museum was split to form the departments of Dutch History and Sculpture & Applied Art. These departments were moved to separate parts of the building after 1945. The arrival of a collection donated by the Association of Friends of Asian Art in the 1950s resulted in the creation of the Asian Art department.
The 1970s saw record numbers of visitors of almost one-and-a-half million per year, and the building gradually started to fall short of modern requirements.
‘Verder met Cuypers'
The current renovation reinstates the original Cuypers structure. The building work in the courtyards are removed. Paintings, applied art and history are no longer displayed in separate parts of the building, but form a single chronological circuit that tells the story of Dutch art and history.
The building is thoroughly modernized, while at the same time restoring more of Cuypers original interior designs: the Rijksmuseum has dubbed the venture ‘Verder met Cuypers‘ [Continuing with Cuypers]. The Rijksmuseum will be a dazzling new museum able to satisfy the needs of its 21st-century visitors!
Every year, the Rijksmuseum compiles an annual report for the previous year. Annual reports dating back to 1998 can be found here (in Dutch only). Reports relating to the years before 1998 are available in the reading room of the library.
O Museu Rijks é um dos maiores e mais importantes museus da Europa.
É o maior dos Países Baixos, com acervo voltado quase todo aos artistas holandeses. As obras vão desde exemplares da arte sacra até a era dourada holandesa, além de uma substancial coleção de arte asiática.
Esse é o Rijksmuseum, o Museu Nacional dos Países Baixos. E aproveite, caro leitor, porque o Rijks esteve parcialmente fechado para reforma durante 10 anos – voltou a funcionar só em 2013. Ou seja, quem esteve em Amsterdam na última década não conheceu o Rijks, pelo menos não completamente
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Mas o quê tem lá? Muita coisa. Destaque para as coleções de arte e História holandesas. Os trabalhos dos pintores Frans Hals e Johannes Vermeer são alguns dos mais concorridos, mas imbatível mesmo é Rembrandt van Rijn, considerado um dos maiores pintores de todos os tempos. Se você não é um fã de museus de arte, mas faz questão de conhecer o trabalho desses grandes artistas, uma dica: assim que chegar ao Rijks, vá direto para a ala onde estão as obras-primas. Assim você vê o mais importante no início da visita, quando ainda está descansado e poderá dedicar o tempo necessário para essas obras.
A mais famosa delas é a “A Ronda Noturna”, de Rembrandt, uma obra que inspirou músicas, pinturas, filmes e até um flash mob. Quando o Rijks foi reaberto, artistas recriam a cena mostrada no quadro dentro de um shopping de Amsterdam. A ação está no vídeo abaixo e eu te garanto que vale a pena dar play.
Read more: www.360meridianos.com/2014/01/museus-de-amsterdam.html#ix...
Read more: www.360meridianos.com/2014/01/museus-de-amsterdam.html#ix...
Rijksmuseum, Museu Nacional
42 Stadhouderskade
Amsterdam
O museu Rijksmuseum de Amsterdã é o Museu Nacional da Holanda, onde você encontrará uma impressionante coleção permanente, formada por 5.000 pinturas e 30.000 obras de arte, além de 17.000 objetos históricos.
Esse museu nacional foi fundado em 1885 e está instalado em um edifício de estilo neogótico. A sua principal atração é a extensa coleção de quadros pintados por artistas holandeses, abrangendo um período que vai do séc. XV aos dias de hoje. A obra de arte mais famosa em exibição é o quadro A Ronda Noturna, de Rembrandt.
O museu Rijksmuseum está dividido em cinco departamentos: pintura, escultura, arte aplicada, arte oriental, história dos Países Baixos e gravuras. O núcleo da coleção é a pintura e suas obras mais representativas são as que pertencem ao Século de Ouro holandês, com quadros de artistas como Rembrandt, Vermeer ou Frans Hals.
Ver fonte: dreamguides.edreams.pt/holanda/amsterda/rijksmuseum
Museu Rijks, Amesterdão
O Museu Rijks (Museu Nacional) é um edifício histórico, sendo o maior museu nos Países Baixos. O Museu é o maior no numero relativamente às suas colecções, na área do edifício em si, no financiamento e no numero de funcionários empregados.
Cada ano, mais de um milhão de pessoas visitam o Museu Rijks. O Museu emprega cerca de 400 pessoas, incluindo 45 conservadores de museu que são especializados em todas as áreas.
O Museu Rijks é internacionalmente reconhecido pelas suas exibições e publicações, mas não só apenas por estes produtos de grande qualidade, mas também pelas áreas no museu em si que são fonte de inspiração e encorajam a criação de novas ideias.
O museu também tem recursos consideráveis para a educação, para a decoração e apresentação de exibições. Importantes designers são regularmente chamados a trabalharem em projectos no Museu Rijks.
O edifício principal do Museu Rijks está a ser renovado. A boa noticia é que a melhor parte da exposição está apresentada na redesenhada ala Philips. O nome desta exposição denomina-se "The Masterpieces'.
O museu abre diariamente das 10 da manhã até ás 5 da tarde.
A entrada é pela Stadhouderskade 42.
Rijksmuseum
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O Rijksmuseum é um museu nacional dos Países Baixos, localizada em Amsterdão na Praça do museu. O Rijksmuseum é dedicado à artes e história. Ele tem uma larga coleção de pinturas da idade de ouro neerlandesa e uma substancial coleção de arte asiática.
O museu foi fundado em 1800 na cidade da Haia para exibir a coleção do primeiro-ministro. Foi inspirado no exemplo francês. Pelos neerlandeses ficou conhecida como Galeria de Arte. Em 1808 o museu mudou-se para Amsterdã pelas ordens do rei Louis Napoleón, irmão de Napoleão Bonaparte. As pinturas daquela cidade, como A Ronda Nocturna de Rembrandt, tornaram-se parte da coleção.
Em 1885 o museu mudou-se para sua localização atual, construído pelo arquiteto neerlandês Pierre Cuypers. Ele combinou elementos góticos e renascentistas. O museu tem um posição proeminente na Praça do Museu, próximo ao Museu van Gogh e ao Museu Stedelijk. A construção é ricamente decorada com referências da história da arte neerlandesa. A Ronda Nocturna de Rembrandt tem seu próprio corredor no museu desde 1906. Desde 2003 o museu sofreu restaurações, mas as obras-primas são constatemente presentes para o público.
A coleção de pinturas inclui trabalhos de artistas como Jacob van Ruysdael, Frans Hals, Johannes Vermeer e Rembrandt e de alunos de Rembrandt.
Em 2005, 95% do museu está fechado para renovação, mas as pinturas da coleção permanente ainda estão em mostra em uma exibição especial chamada As Obras-primas.
Algumas das pinturas do museu:
Rembrandt van Rijn
A Ronda Nocturna
Os síndicos da guilda dos fabricantes de tecidos
A noiva judia
A lição de Anatomia do Dr. Deyman
Pedro negando Cristo
Saskia com um véu
Retrato de Titus em hábito de monge
Auto-retrato como Apóstolo Paulo
Tobias, Ana e o Bode
Johannes Vermeer:
A Leiteira
A Carta de Amor
Mulher de Azul a ler uma carta
A Rua pequena
Frans Hals:
Retrato de um jovem casal
A Companhia Reynier Real
O bebedor alegre
Retrato de Lucas De Clercq
Retrato de Nicolaes Hasselaer
Retrato de um homem
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Se você visitar Amsterdam, precisará conhecer o Museu Nacional da Holanda: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. O Museu Nacional fica na Praça do Museu, situada no centro de Amsterdam. O Museu Nacional, ou Rijksmuseum, possui uma maravilhosa coleção de arte e história holandesas. Após uma visita ao Rijksmuseum, você saberá mais sobre história e arte e terá visto alguns dos maiores marcos culturais da Holanda.
Obras-primas do Museu Nacional
Ao todo, a coleção do Rijksmuseum apresenta a história da Holanda em um contexto internacional, desde 1.100 até o presente. Há alguns ícones da história e cultura da Holanda que você não pode perder:
Ronda Noturna (de Nachtwacht) de Rembrandt é uma das mais famosas obras desse mestre holandês e é de tirar o fôlego.
O Rijksmuseum tem uma das melhores coleções de pinturas dos grandes mestres do século XVII, como Frans Hals, Jan Steen, Vermeer e Rembrandt.
Assim como o Museu Histórico de Haia, o Rijksmuseum apresenta lindas casas de bonecas, mobiliadas em detalhes, datando de 1676.
Se você não puder ir ao Delft Real, pode ainda apreciar algumas das melhores cerâmicas de Delft, de conjuntos de chá a vasos, no Museu Nacional.
Museu que é visita obrigatória em Amsterdam
Quer sua estadia em Amsterdam seja breve ou longa, você deve visitar o Rijksmuseum. Chegue cedo para evitar enfrentar filas. Combine a visita ao Rijksmuseum com várias outras atrações próximas, como o Museu Van Gogh, o Museu Stedelijk Amsterdam e a Coster Diamonds
Para obter mais informações sobre Amsterdam, retorne à página sobre Amsterdam ou à página sobre os museus de Amsterdam.
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A stranger came by the other day with an offer that set me to thinking. He
wanted to buy the old barn that sits out by the highway I told him right off
he was crazy. He was a city type, you could tell by his clothes, his car,
his hands, and the way he talked. He said he was driving by and saw that
beautiful barn sitting out in the tall grass and wanted to know if it was
for sale. I told him he had a funny idea of beauty.
Sure, it was a handsome building in its day. But then, there's been a lot of
winters pass with their snow and ice and howling wind. The summer sun's
beat down on that old barn till all the paint's gone, and the wood has
turned silver gray. Now the old building leans a good deal, looking kind of
tired. Yet, that fellow called it beautiful.
That set me to thinking. I walked out to the field and just stood there,
gazing at that old barn. The stranger said he planned to use the lumber to
line the walls of his den in a new country home he's building down the road.
He said you couldn't get paint that beautiful. Only years of standing in the
weather, bearing the storms and scorching sun, only that
can produce beautiful barn wood.
It came to me then. We're a lot like that, you and I. Only it's on the
inside that the beauty grows with us. Sure we turn silver gray too... and
lean a bit more than we did when we were young and full of sap.
But the Good Lord knows what He's doing. And as the years pass
He's busy using the hard wealth of our lives, the dry spells and the stormy
seasons, to do a job of beautifying our souls that nothing else can produce.
And to think how often folks holler because they want life easy!
They took the old barn down today and hauled it away to beautify a rich
man's house. And I reckon someday you and I'll be hauled off to Heaven to
take on whatever chores the Good Lord has for us on the Great Sky Ranch.
And I suspect we'll be more beautiful then for the seasons we've been
through here... and just maybe even add a bit of beauty to our Father's
house.
Author: unknown
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Footsteps ring through the hallway before Tony emerges at the door, he looks over to Mina with a wicked grin as she catches sight of him entering the room, "Bet you wish you'd of taken the offer to be my queen now, dontcha bitch?" Tony asks with a wild smile while Mina looks down at the points of her shoes. "Hell, you'd of fit right in, let's be honest. We been watching you, you ain't that much different than any of us. You're a predator just how we are."
"I don't rape anyone..." Mina interrupts, her eyes looking up to Tony.
Tony walks to Mina and clutches her chin forcefully, "That doesn't mean you don't do damage. Had a brother once... Nice enough guy, getting his life together. Same school you went to, coincidence no? No no... No coincidence, see because you and my brother actually knew each other... Parents named him Charles but he went by Chuck." Mina looked up, her attention perked, "Oh you remember him... Yes you would wouldn't you? He did make a post on your facebook wall right before he offed himself didn't he?" Mina looks down, her face flushed and getting overwhelmed with emotion. "How did it go? Something like we could've been somebody, we could've had it all, yada yada yada. Wonder how my bro would feel hearing you call yourself a lesbian now."
"Your brother knew." Mina says to Tony, "Your brother knew about me, but back then... I just hadn't made my mind up, it was because of that that I..."
"That you switched to munchin carpets?" Tony smirks but then frowns, "Get your fuckin ass up." He says grabbing her under the shoulder.
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The KOM League
Flash Report
For
March 7, 2019
This report has been placed on Flickr at: www.flickr.com/photos/60428361@N07/47310622721/ In order to learn the story about the young man who was separated from his family at age four and to learn nothing more for 17 years you’ll have to click on the aforementioned link. And, there is an offer of something, for free, that has been in the making for 14 years.
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The offer of something for nothing—i.e. free
KOM COMMISSIONER: I’ve stalled for a year and have not pitched the past 14 or so years of Flash Reports that now require three storage boxes to house. Is there anyone left who would want them? I’d love to keep them, but my wife is opposed and no one else in my family has any interest. I’ll await your answer and directions. How about the Kansas Historical Society? The Missouri or Boone County Historical Societies? Cooperstown? They might be the best bet.
I know they stored a lot of scouts’ reports in the past when the scout cleaned out his office or died and someone did it for him.
I’ve finally made the first steps to organize the dozens of file boxes (around 75 of them), eliminate and archive what is left. I’ll send my archives to the Western Historical Manuscripts Collection at the State Historical Society along with several organizations I’ve helped keep alive through the years. I’ll need to live to the age of at least 110 to get it all in order. That means I have 23 ½ years left, for sure.
I’m always good for breakfast, soup, or liver and onions when you are. OL’ CLARK- aka Bill Clark—former major league scout and now living full time in Columbia, Mo.
Ed reply:
I will put your offer to offload those old Flash Reports in my next report, if there should ever be one. Like you, no one in my family has any interest in them. I couldn't even find a library or historical society who would take and use them even for starting bond fires or crude insulation.
One thing I can do is go somewhere for breakfast. I usually do one with the great grandkids every Saturday morning but I decided about a half an hour ago I'm not up to the challenge today. I'm sending my first wife instead.
Put down the date. place and time that suits you best for a breakfast encounter and I'll schedule my doctor's visits around that date.
Someone told me spring training has started. I'm taking this year off from baseball again.
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Plea:
If anyone can give those old Flash Reports, neatly sorted, and firmly packed, a home let either Bill Clark or the guy who wrote them know of your intentions. Otherwise, a big stack of paper will go into a local recycling bin.
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The dean of KOM league sportswriters
E. L. Dale of the Carthage Press hired Fletcher Cupp to write sports and other articles in the early 1930’s when it was a two newspaper town.
In recent weeks an article that Cupp wrote, that went nationwide, was shared in this forum. It was a great interview he did with Carl Hubbell which should have put to rest the issue as to where the Hall of Fame hurler was born. All the major sports publications had it as being in Carthage, Mo. but they were wrong as Cupp documented. Even five decades later one of Cupp’s successor’s at the Carthage Press, Corky Simpson, had a face-to-face interview, with Hubbell, who was still telling the story the same way he had done with Cupp when he was the all-star pitcher with the New York Giants.
But, this article is not a rehash of Cupp and Hubbell but one that intrigued me. This article appeared in 1943. For as long as I can remember I heard the stories that circulated around my hometown about the friendship that had developed during WW II between Cupp and the most famous male movie actor in the world.
Cupp was a fixture at all sporting events in town and covered baseball in Carthage during its time in the Arkansas/Missouri league as well as its entire time in the KOM league. It is no exaggeration to say that he was the dean of KOM league sportswriters. He also held the position of the official scorer for KOM games for both the Cardinal and Cub affiliates in Carthage.
Thus, when I came across an article published August 13, 1943 and spread around the globe by the Associated Press, I knew I had discovered how the link between Cupp and Gable came to pass. When writing one of my books I was interviewing a former player in Pella, Iowa. There came a time in the interview when the fellow asked “How did you write about Cupp and Gable?” For the few of you who have read my books you’ll know that subject didn’t make it into any of my published works
In researching that era I did find references in the Carthage Press where it would be mentioned that Gable was visiting in Carthage. One writer, for the Press, opined that the owner of Boots Motor Court ought to advertise on highway signs on highways 66 and 71 that “Clark Gable slept here.” He was sure that would cause ladies, traveling with their husbands, to demand they sleep where Gable did.
One night, in particular, comes to mind of the fellow I was interviewing in Pella, Iowa. I guess its okay to mention names. Duane Ballou recalled having an early afternoon lunch with his teammate Oscar “Pappy” Walterman. Shortly after the meal began Cupp came into the restaurant, the C&W, which was located on the north side of the Carthage square. That is only mentioned for the Tiger theater was located on the west side of the square and the Crane Theater was about a block east of the restaurant. As the two ballplayers ate, Cupp asked them about the previous night’s game and solicited comments about the opponent for that evening’s game.
Ballou said as they were finishing their meal the door of the café swung open wide and clad in a leather jacket and aviator cap stood a guy who yelled out “Fletch.” According to Ballou, Cupp went to the door, greeted the fellow and walked him back to the booth where he and Walterman were sitting.
Cupp announced “Boys I want you to meet my friend, Clark Gable.” Both Ballou and Walterman said they felt uncomfortable and didn’t know what to say. What they said was “Good meeting you” and then excused themselves and headed out to the ballpark. Can you imagine what their teammates said when told they had just met Clark Gable?
Often I’ve wondered what some young lady who was a movie fan would have thought had she recognized a fellow who had been on the big screen at the Tiger and Crane theaters many times. Some of you Carthaginians, from that era, may wonder how I’m going to conclude this story. I just did.
Now here is the AP story from 8/13/1943
Former Carthage, Mo., Sports Editor Tells of Raid He and Gable 'Enjoyed' Over Germany
By WILLIAM S. WHITE --UNITED STATES BOMBER STATION IN ENGLAND, Aug. 13 -(AP)—After he and Capt. Clark Gable had just been missed by a chunk of flak on a Fortress raid over Germany, Master Sgt. Fletcher Cupp, former sports editor of the Carthage, Mo., Evening Press and correspondent of the Kansas City Star, sent this message back home to his old boss: (Ed note: E. L. Dale Carthage Press Editor and later KOM League President). "As soon as this war is over, I'll sure be glad to meet that deadline of yours again." Cupp, radio operator and gunner' on the Fortress "Ain’t It Gruesome," yesterday was on his 15th raid over Germany when the flak burst tore through the ship three feet from where he was standing. It was a close call for the former movie star, standing near. It was one of 15 such bursts that the ship survived, but Cupp didn't know how near he was to the bad news until after landing back in England. "I had just left my regular position in the radio room to go back into the waist and fix a fuse," Cupp said. “I heard something like a tin can dropping and just thought maybe one of the boys had dropped an ammunition case or something. When we got down I saw the hole made by that tin can."
"Ain't It Gruesome" was "all over the floor." he added, ''and ours were the huskiest evasion tactics I've ever seen. I believe it was I he roughest raid I've been in yet, although they are all rough enough. You see, we were in the lead ship, and of course they go for that ship. "I understand we were up there for about two hours, but it seemed a little more like 20 to me. "The sensation doesn't change much; it. runs about like this: The worst time yesterday—as always— was on our way toward the target area. When we got over the target area itself, everybody was much too busy to think about anything but what we were doing. On The Alert Every Minute "Of course, even coming back you are plenty on the alert. The other feller is pretty sly about letting you alone a little while and then jumping you—sometimes just before you get to the English coast." Captain Gable, who went along to take shots of enemy fighters on attack for a gunnery training film was nearby as the-flak hit the top turret. "Captain Gable was standing within two feet of that turret," Cupp recalled. "That flak rattled around up there and dropped on the floor. I didn't see what the captain 'did; we were all pretty busy up there then." Cupp, big and redheaded, has been in the Army 16 months and three or four of those have been spent in England. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Cupp, live on RFD 1, Carthage, Mo
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Encouragement to write another Flash Report:
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Well done my friend. Your stories and humor are well appreciated. Jason Wallace—Grandson of Bob Saban—former member of the Carthage Cubs and numerous other teams.
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John, Thank you for all the info and great photos of the past and all of your photos w/that wonderful Canon. You are a remarkable man to keep history going of the KOM and all the really good baseball that was played in towns in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri, in the 40's, 50"s and 60's. You are very special....,.THANK, THANK, AND THANK YOU Norris Dorsey. Wood River, Ill.
Ed reply:
Well, it is great hearing from Norris Dorsey on a snowy day in March. Glad you enjoy the photos. My camera is a Nikon and I do have a lens about the size of a cannon but it is made by Sigma.
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Three or four other folks sent along messages that I interpreted as meaning they would like to hear the full story of the young man who was born in Joplin and left there when his mother died. If you recall his father re-married (maybe) and headed west with a ‘pocket full of money” and got as far as El Paso, Texas before dumping the young boy.
When starting to delve into the details of the abandonment of the young man I said to myself “self” I have plowed this same ground in the past. Calling on the memory power at my disposal I looked up the telephone number of a reader who dropped off the “reception” list a few months ago. In making the call I found the person wasn’t mad at me or fed up with the reports but rather he had changed his e-mail address. As a result of that contact here is the message received.
“Hi John, good to hear from you again. I was concerned that you had discontinued the KOM Reports and retired to other interests. So, now I’m catching up on reports missed and find them very interesting. As you probably know I was an avid fan of both the KOM and Western Association Leagues. Especially, with the Joplin Miners I had the opportunity to see some future major leaguers and some guys who didn’t quite reach the majors but played at higher levels than class D and C. But, I still remember some of those in D and C who had a lot of talent but no luck. All this is to let you know that I sure would like to be on your report list again.
I reread the McKibben story you researched. My Stepfather, Earl McKibben, was born and raised near what was Picher, OK and had quite a number of relatives there for some time. However, most of them later moved to Arizona and California. My twin brother, Jerry, and I played in the four states area from ages 9 to 24 after which we both got married and moved to different parts of the country. During our early years we were not legally McKibbens. Rather our birth name was Jackson. We discovered this when we both enlisted in the Webb City Company of the National Guard. You might imagine the shock of this revelation and the subsequent conversations within the family. An adoption process followed and all was made well and whole. While I know the McKibben families, I know none of the
Webb City area Jackson’s.
John, this is unquestionably more than you wanted to know, so I’ll bring this to a halt. Just to add, when my brother and I visit we replay some of the past games and marvel at how good we were. Isn’t it amazing how old age memories and reality collide and produce stories about things that never happened as now told?
Please keep up your good work and add me to the active list. Thanks much. Gene McKibben-St. Peters, MO
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Altering the history of the KOM rosters
All of the research undertaken regarding the McKibbens had to do with a person identified as Harve McKibben in all KOM league historical records. He was always referenced in the Miami newspaper as being an Indian lad. He was born in 1922 at Quapaw, Okla. and was a star athlete at Miami, OK high school before serving in WW II with two older brothers.
At this juncture I’m setting the historical narrative on the Miami, Okla. and KOM player straight. The fellow’s full name was John Harvey McKibben III and was born March 14, 1922 in Lincolnville, Okla (Notice how that fact was made to coincide near the current date.) John Harvey McKibben the first was born in Ohio, in 1854, and then moved to Appleton City, Missouri. There he had a son John Harvey II in 1891. From Appleton City a number of the McKibben’s moved to Indian Territory where John Harvey Jr. farmed until he found the minerals beneath the surface were more valuable than the grass his cows were eating. He became a very successful miner and developer of mines.
In 1920 John Jr. married a full-blood Indian by the name of Anna Quapaw. Their first son was named after his father and grandfather. Thus, John Harvey McKibben III was half-blooded Quapaw. His maternal grandmother was named Mes-kah-na-ba-nah and for short she was called Minnie.
John Harvey McKibben III was one of only four players, from the Miami club of 1946, who the Brooklyn Dodgers selected at the end of that season to play in their organization in 1947. The 1946 Miami-Brooklyn relationship was like a lot of post-war agreements made between big league and minor league teams. In this case Brooklyn gave Miami $1,000 seed money for 1946 and in return they got to select six players from that team at the close of the season. As it turned out Brooklyn was only impressed with four enough to sign them for 1947.
Harvey McKibben, the Miami baseball player died Feb. 19, 1965 in Tulsa, Okla. but up to shortly before his passing he lived in Colorado Springs, Colorado He had an older first cousin, Harold John McKibben, and the following is about him. Harold’s father was named Norman and he got his first name from a great uncle who died July 1, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg. This will all unfold, in chapters, on a weekly basis, until the story can be put to rest.
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Harold John McKibben becomes and “unbecomes” Juan Chavez
Primary Resource: El Paso Evening Post September 14, 1927 page 1.
Harold John McKibben, 21, who says he lived for 17 years under the impression that he was the son or Manuel Gomez Chavez, wealthy Parral, Chih., rancher, today, planned a nationwide search for his parents. He said he will ask newspapers throughout the country to broadcast his strange story. A faint hope that his mother may be alive was fanned to life, he said by Mrs. G. F. Cole, 3707 Durazno, who kept the boy for three weeks after he was abandoned in 1910 by his father and step-mother when he was four years old “She said my mother may be| alive, though that is only a surmise," he said. "Others who knew my father say my mother is dead.”
The young man is awaiting the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Chipps, who are due home from, California in a few days. He was abandoned by his father and stepmother at a rooming house Mr. and Mrs. Chipps ran in 1910. Meanwhile a report that his father may have come here from Joplin, Mo., is being investigated.
Mrs. Cole and Victor Benedetti at the Hotel Savoy declared that there can be no question about the identity of the young man after they saw him today. (His) parents went away "As a baby in rompers he played with my dog at the Hermes rooms,' which Mr. and Mrs. Chipps operated,” said Benedetti. “His father and step-mother disappeared, leaving him with Mrs. Chipps. They never have been heard from.
"Mrs. Chipps wanted to keep him, but decided she couldn't care for him because they were building an apartment house and she was busy. “Manuel Gomez Chavez, Parral rancher, took the boy. Four years later he brought him to El Paso. The child spoke nothing but Spanish and had forgotten us." Trying to stir memories Benedetti took McKibben for a stroll past the old rooming house at Overland and Stanton. But the young man remembered nothing definite about his early life. Benedetti has a photograph of the boy of four which Mrs. Chipps had made when he was turned over to Gomez Chavez.
Mrs. Cole planned to adopt the child and kept him for three weeks. Then she changed her mind. She kept a photograph of the boy’s father which was in the child's hand bag. She said she forgot to put it back when he was returned to Mrs. Chipps. Today she gave the picture to McKibben. “He was a happy, bright little fellow," she recalled. "He was right at home among strangers.” After Mrs. Cole decided she couldn't adopt him, the late Mrs. Albert Steinwach of Juarez kept the boy for a few days. It was at Mrs. Steinwach’s rooming house that the Parral rancher first saw him. “The boy looked so much like the rancher that he decided to adopt him,” said Mrs. Cole.
El Paso editor’s note: How he felt when he discovered last week that he is an American, after he had lived for 17 years as a Mexican with a Mexican name at Parral, Chih., and Mexico City, was described today by Harold John McKibben to an El Paso Post reporter. His authorized story, as he told it, follows:
By HAROLD JOHN M KIBBEN-- As far back as I can remember I have always felt alone, even as a child I was always sad. There seemed to be something that I had missed in life. As a boy at Parral, Chih, where I was reared, and in the field as a member of Pancho Villa's revolutionary forces at the age of 16 I felt that I was not born to that life. I was constantly groping for something—I did not know what. All alone and my associates seemed to consider me a person apart from themselves. They called me "The Gringo.” Perhaps it was because of my actions. Maybe the person who first called me by that name knew the story of my origin, though I did not know it then.
Then came the day when Manuel Gomez Chavez, who reared and educated me as a Mexican, told me I couldn't enter Mexican politics because I was American born. It is impossible to describe how that news thrilled me. I knew I had found part of that intangible something which had caused me to feel sad and lonely when I should have been a happy, carefree boy. Yearns for Mother. When I read the copy of a court order which placed me in the custody of Manuel Gomez Chavez I felt that I must begin a search for my parents. It is real parental love that I have been wanting all these years. My instinct was crying for the love of a real mother, though I did not know it. That yearning has caused me to resolve to forgive my father for abandoning me when I was a baby. Three days and two nights on the train from Mexico City to El Paso felt like an eternity. I lived a lifetime. I could not begin my search soon enough. A passenger offered me a cigaret and I smoked for the first time in my life.
I am not unappreciative of the things the people who reared me did for me. But I feel that I have lost much of my life—much of the things other boys accept as commonplace and in ordinary parts of family life. It is too late now for me to go to a university. So I will attempt to continue my career in the literary world. I will write stories and a book of Mexican stories. That may be the means of finding my father. He may see my name somewhere. Two pictures of Harold John McKibben. One was taken after his parents abandoned him when he was four years old. The other picture was taken today.
The saga continues, courtesy of the El Paso Herald September 13, 1927
Youth’s Mother Dead; Stepmother Beat Him, Records Reveal is an American-- Secrets of the strange and shrouded life of Harold John McKibben, American youth, whose story electrified El Pasoans and whose 21 years of existence eclipses the romantic and picturesque lives of adventurers and swashbucklers of fiction, were revealed Tuesday in a search of musty records at the county clerk’s office.
How the mother of the lad died when he was but a few weeks old; how a woman, purported to be the wife of his father, whipped, mistreated and half-starved him, and how the child was finally abandoned are disclosed in a court petition found among the manifold records of the county.
J. A. Chipps, former Juarez saloon man and owner of an apartment house at 205 West California street, who is now visiting in California, and the petitioner, said in the instrument that the woman purporting to be the wife of the child’s father left the boy with his wife for a few hours while she went downtown shopping and that it was the last he ever heard of the couple.
The petition on which the order to turn the child over to Manuel Gomez. Chavez, a wealthy Mexican. living near Parral, Mexico, follows:
State of Texas—County of El Paso. “Before me, the undersigned authority sworn on oath deposes and says: “That Harold John McKibben is a minor of the age of four years; that he has been abandoned by his parents, and has not the proper parental care and guardianship. That “That on or about the 1st off June, 1910. the father of said child came to the house of affiant, with the child and some woman, purporting to be his wife; that the mother of the child died when he was but a few weeks old; that said woman mistreated the said child and whipped him and did not give him sufficient food; that the affiant and his wife helped care for and feed and clothe said child when said parties were in the house of affiant; that on or about the 30th of June, 1910. the woman purporting to be the wife of the father of said child, came to the wife of affiant and asked her to take care of said boy for a few hours until she returned from downtown; that this is the last affiant ever heard of or saw said parties; that they have abandoned said child; that affiant has cared for said child from said date to the present time, but owing to the condition of his wife as to health, is not willing to longer care for him. “Wherefore your affiant prays that said child be declared a neglected child and that the court make such record in regard to the disposition of said child as may appear best for his physical and moral welfare. “J. A. Chips. ‘Sworn to and subscribed before me this day of September. 1910. “Albert S. Eylar. County Judge.”
A search of the county records failed to reveal a record that Gomez had adopted the boy although the juvenile court record of the case, which Gomez gave to the lad, was found. The juvenile record shows that the petition of Mr. Chipps, charging McKibben with being a neglected child and the order that he be turned over to the care and custody of Mr. Gomez, who shall at all times be responsible for the education and maintenance of the child subject to the order of the court, was heard. A notation at the bottom of the juvenile record, the writing of which, court house attaches said, is judge Eylar’s, says, “Party to whom child was given is a wealthy Mexican living near Parral, Mexico. Wife speaks English. Have no children. Will adopt boy. ” The record, which McKibben has in his possession and which lie says Gomez gave him, is an order by judge Eylar turning the child over to the care and custody of Gomez, attaches at the clerk's office said.
Although no records of adoption were to be found, the attaches stated that persons are not required to record such papers and that the majority of adoptions are not recorded, It was explained that many persons prefer not to record adoptions, as they don’t want the children to find out their relationship.
Chris Aranda, jr., deputy county clerk, said that the county judge ordinarily does not give adoptable children to persons wishing them, but that he sometimes makes out the adoption papers. An El Paso woman, who refused to be quoted, said she knew that Gomez adopted McKibben. She maintained that the youth "as not giving Gomez fair play, and that she knew personally the lad had been well taken care of by the Parral rancher. To the complaint that young McKibben is not showing the proper appreciation and respect for Gomez, the youth said: “1 certainly do respect and appreciate Gomez. I certainly appreciate all that he has done for me. But since I have learned that I am an American, I naturally want to find my parents and live in the United States.” Judge Eylar said Tuesday that he remembered the proceedings when McKibben was turned over to Gomez. ‘I and other interested persons thought that we were very fortunate in obtaining s home for the boy with Gomez. “Gomez was a millionaire and had the best of recommendations. I distinctly remember that the child was extremely bright and we often wondered why American parents would desert him. My recollection is that the child was of Irish-American blood. “There is no question in my mind about the boy being born in the United States and that he is an American.”
“Chipps and I often talked about the child and his foster parents. He told me that they loved the boy and that he was getting along fine.” Judge Eylar said that he did not know whether McKibben had been adopted by Gomez. The question of whether McKibben is an American is being investigated by immigration officials. A. J. Milliken, inspector in charge of the Santa Fe street bridge, U S. immigration service, said that if the boy’s father was an American, his mother a Mexican and born in Mexico, he was a Mexican and not a citizen of the United States. “If the boy was born in this country he is an American,’’ inspector Milliken said. “I do not think the boy or the court acting for him could commit an overt act that is depriving him of his U. S. citizenship, in turning him over to guardians in another country.” McKibben only this week learned his nationality, that his mother is dead, and that his father may still be living. He immediately came to where he arrived Sunday, at Hotel Rio Bravo. Monday evening he came to El Paso, his unmistakably American features allowing him to pass the Santa Fe street bridge without question, despite passport restrictions. “I have come to my country to live, and also to protest against a system which allows an American boy to be sent to live in country, and to have it kept from him,” McKibben said.
“I was raised as Gomez’s son.” McKibben said “Although I don’t recall that he ever told me that I was his son that is the impression I received of course. Gomez had no other children.
“Now that I know who I am, I recall dimly that as far back as I could remember I knew a few English words and I have always known the English phrase, “Not dead, but gone before,” although I have no idea where I learned it or where it came from.
An old servant I had once told me that when I was young I always spoke English and as far back as I can remember I had a Baby ring with the initial “H” on it.
When I was in the revolution the soldiers nicknamed me the “The Gringo,” because of my light complexion. But of course I never suspected that I was an American that Gomez was not my father.
“When I was 12 years old Gomez and his wife brought me to Juarez and El Paso.” “Perhaps Gomez was required to report to the judge who made his your guardian,” it was suggested to McKibben. For a moment the youth seemed lost in thought.
“I remember Gomez took me to a place that he told his wife to wait outside for him. When he returned to his wife, who had waited in a car or carriage, I don’t just recall which, he said to her in Spanish, ‘I was afraid they were going to take the boy away from me.’”
When 16 years of age, McKibben became a soldier under a General Garcia, a relative of Gomez’s, he said and fought with Villa throughout the revolution, being wounded twice and one time barely escaping from a firing squad.
“I was put in a prison at Torreon along with other prisoners,” McKibben said, “an order was received to shoot all the prisoners above the rank of second sergeant. I was a second sergeant, so escaped.
“Gomez treated me harshly at times when I was a boy, “the youth continued “but after I was 16, he did not whip me anymore. Part of the time he lived at Parral and at other times in Mexico City.
“I had attended the ‘Anexo a la Normal’ school in Chihuahua City for three years previous to entering the army and had learned some English for I had forgotten all I knew of it as a child.
“About four years ago I entered the military academy at Mexico Cit. I went to school there for about six months. When I left the school I took a position with Camus and company, a dramatic company.
“Still later I wrote stories for the Democrata newspaper of Mexico City. 1 wrote tales for the Sunday paper. I had started writing when I was 11 years old and had had some articles published in ‘Minutillo.’ another Mexico City paper.
“Gomez did not like to have me write. lie told me it was better to learn business than to write poems. Of course, I tried to write poems at all times of day and night and you could hardly blame him for that.”
Politics seemed to McKibben to offer wide possibilities and he was laying his plans to enter that field last week when happened to see Gomez in Mexico City. “1 had not seen but about twice in four years. He asked me why 1 did not come to see him. When I went to his house he handed me a paper and said. ‘You know English. Can you translate that'.” The paper, McKibben said, was the record of the adoption.
“After reading the paper I was almost too surprised to question Gomez.” McKibben said. “I asked him why he had not told me before and he said that he liked to have me a Mexican. He always did say I was the brightest boy he knew.
“I had about 4,000 pesos. I gave them to him. He said that he didn't want any money, but I told him that was to pay him for my schooling and for having taken care of me.
“That was a week ago. I got on a train to come to the United States. It is my country. Of course I will have to start my life all over again, but I prefer to live among my own people.
“Perhaps I am not the only American boy who has been given to Mexican guardians and kept in that country ignorant of his identity,” McKibben said. “It is not right that a boy should be kept in ignorance of his nationality or his parentage.
“I want to get work so that I can make money and go to school here, but, of course, I want to find out who my people are.”
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Tune in next time
In the forthcoming episodes we’ll learn what happened to the American lad after he found his true identity. Was it good, bad or indifferent? Here is a clue—it was that and more and the final item I have uncovered left me exclaiming “What?”
This story should be wrapped up by the time the summer heat arrives.
This worlds offers riches.
Yes, yes it does.
But that doesn’t mean you’re going to find them.
Scraping and clawing just to grab a little purchase in this life.
Doing whatever needs to be done.
Burned out, beat up, lonely or mad..
There’s a dirty wind blowin’
Through all of our broken hearts and busted dreams.
We are all the captains of our burdens.
Pick up the pieces, get on with it.
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My Mom bought a daisy plant to put in her garden the other day. Before she put it in the ground, I took it and was taking photos of it. My Dad came along and took it from me, so she could go ahead and plant it. I was upset because I was having fun taking photos of the different blossoms... Well, apparently I conveyed my feelings about it appropriately and my Dad bought me a bouquet of flowers Sunday. =) That's how I came up with the title for this flower (just one of the flowers from the bouquet... there will probably be more to come!! =)
Over the past couple of years pickings for color 120 film have become kind of slim. Fuji offers their 400H and that is about it. If you search high and low in Europe and Asia you can still find Reala and 160S, but here in the states it's 400H or go home. Kodak gives you the choice of Ektar 100, Portra 160, Portra 400 or Portra 800. So basically there are two slow speed films, two 400 speed films and one high speed 800 film to choose from. Not much of a selection but thank goodness the films available are good ones.
Enter Lomo into the mix. Lomography has recently become synonymous with crappy, plastic toy cameras. Yes, even more their "fancy" cameras are really just more expensive crappy cameras. But give them credit, their analog revolution has gained traction and recently they have introduced film to back it up. A wide variety of film at that. In 120 they have a 100, 400 and 800 color neg. They offer a 200 slide film for cross-processing. They put out a 100 and 400 b&w neg. They even have (at least) four different types of 110 film.
Where this film comes from is anyone's guess. I have read a lot of speculation on the internet, some of it seemingly well supported. Lomo is certainly not making their own film, that is a pretty involved and complicated process... just ask Kodak which recently announced they were going to stop producing their own film base because of the time and expense and start buying it from a third party.
Frankly, I don't really care where it comes from other than a mild academic curiosity. I figured I would give you a review of the film though as I have been using it here and there.
First thing's first. The film is dirt cheap (unless you buy it from Urban Outfitters, then it is really expensive). It is about half the price of Kodak and Fuji film. So that is a compelling reason.
The film is also quite grainy. Each speed (100,400, and 800) is grainier than any other respective film of the same speed by Kodak or Fuji. The Lomography 100 is surprisingly grainy for a 100 speed film. The 400 is too, but not as overly grainy above expectations as the 100 and the 800 is about what I expected.
They have pretty decent colors. Punchy and fairly saturated. These are not Portra, that's for sure. In fact, I am not quite sure what film this is (some have said Superia) but this does not look like any film I am familiar with. In terms of its color, it makes for a very good all around film be it landscapes or still life or portraiture... though I would probably leave it at home come the wedding. But the colors get a pass from me. Good, fun colors to work with.
But... the film scratches easy. Much more easily than other color neg films. 35mm seems to scratch a bit less than 120, weirdly enough. But the film is definitely softer all around and more prone to damage. Be wary of taking it to the beach.
Lastly, don't use the 120 film for long exposures, day or night. By long, I mean anything over 60 seconds or so. I did some long daytime exposures using stacked ND filters (of about 15 minutes in length) as well as some long night exposures without filters (also about 15 minutes in length). For some reason I have not quite puzzled out yet, I picked up mottling and texture from the paper backing in my skies and other detailess areas of color. What's more, I could even faintly see the imprint from the numbering on the paper backing, which I how I know the mottling comes from the same place. My best guess is that the film does not have as good an anti-halation layer and so light penetrates it and reflects off of whatever is behind it (the paper backing) picking up detail from it and exposing it back onto the film. I haven't tried super long exposures with 35mm, but then again I probably won't. I'll stick to Ektar when I know I want to go long. Oh, I should mention that all those long exposures have been done via my Hasselblad, so no questions about the effect being caused by camera light leak either.
In summary it is always a good thing to see new film options pop up. Lomo bringing out film is a gift for film photographers everywhere. But as with their cameras, one should take the quality of their product with a dose of caution. The film is grainy, scratchy and prone to weird effects under long exposures. At the same time it is inexpensive and has decent color capabilities. It is perfect for a Holga and not even all that bad for a Hasselblad. It's worth a try, and perhaps with enough support they'll even keep it around and improve it. Probably not, but it's always worth hoping.
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This photo was taken in early spring, just as trees were starting to bud. As the weather warms, the riparian area along Fossil Creek Wild and Scenic River becomes lush with thick greenery. Photo taken by Deborah Lee Soltesz, February 2017. Credit USFS Coconino National Forest.
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British and international tour operators have been warned that they will face prosecution if they continue to offer "human safaris" to India.
Three Indian tour operators have already been charged in connection with the Observer's investigation into "human safaris" and two men are facing up to seven years in jail if convicted.
But the tour operators have hit back, accusing independent foreign travellers of breaking rules and giving tour firms a bad name.
Last week's Observer investigation of safaris to see the Bonda tribe of Orissa prompted an immediate response from the state's government, with the chief minister ordering an inquiry and sending a senior official to investigate.
Police in the state capital, Bhubaneswar, raided the offices of Dove Tours – named in the Observer report – and registered a case against the company for "selling products in [an] obscene manner in public". In a statement Orissa police said: "We have registered a case against a city-based tour operator after finding its brochures and website containing certain objectionable material." The company denies the allegations.
Tourists were barred from visiting Bonda villages in 1989 after reports that some had been taking photographs of naked members of the tribe. The Observer investigation found that travel agents were getting around the law by taking tourists to view them at the weekly markets they attend. Some promoted the tours with references to the scanty dress of Bonda women. Several tour companies have since removed offending offers from their websites.
Orissa's culture secretary, Ashok Tripathy, said Orissa welcomed "rich and enlightened" tourists who treated the tribe with respect. "Cheap offers mentioning that Bondas roam naked", and the prospect of photographing, them should not be used to lure tourists, he said. He warned tour operators that they would be prosecuted if they continued to use "obnoxious" methods to promote tribal tourism.
However, Gagan Sarangi, director of Dove Tours, defended local operators, putting the blame on independent travellers. He told the Times of India: "There are foreigners visiting the tribal areas independently. Since visits to Bonda areas are permitted up to the weekly markets, many avoid taking the help of tour operators. Such people are unaware of basic rules, end up hurting the sentiments of people and give a bad name to our profession," he said.
Yet in the Andaman Islands – where the Observer first exposed the scandal of human safaris to see the protected Jarawa tribe, and women being forced to dance in return for food – tourists continue to pour through the jungle, despite promises by the Indian government to crack down on tours.
On Thursday two men – Rajesh Kumar Vyas and Sarjeet Singh Guddu – appeared in court in Port Blair charged with organising a trip into the Jarawa reserve which was highlighted in the Observer investigation. They were remanded in custody for two weeks and could face up to seven years in jail.
Police said that taking a foreigner into the Jarawa reserve amounted to "intentionally insulting with the intent to humiliate a vulnerable primitive tribe of these islands".
Professor Anvita Abbi, a linguist, said the Jarawa were in danger of going the same way as the Great Andamanese tribe, who once numbered 5,000 but are now down to 56 people. Two years ago the last speaker of the Bo language – one of 10 spoken by the tribe– died.
Stephen Corry, director of Survival International, which campaigns on behalf of tribal peoples, said: "At a time when evidence of human safaris has prompted global outrage, it's vital the Indian government closes the Andaman Trunk Road." The road cuts through Jarawa territory making it easier for tourists to contact the tribe.
The Association of British Travel Agents has defended tour operators, insisting that most act responsibly and that tourism can bring economic benefits to indigenous people. Spokesman Sean Tipton said: "It is important that any interaction between tourists and indigenous people happens with the prior consent of the indigenous people."
(from 'The Observer')
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Representatives of striking independent truck drivers meet with Vice President Walter Mondale (seated, center) June 29, 1979 at the White House in an attempt to reach an agreement to end the work stoppage.
Mondale aide Jack Watson is standing immediately behind Mondale.
Truckers had been on strike since early June in what began as scattered halts to trucking over rising fuel prices and other independent trucker grievances.
The following day Watson released a plan that he called a “final offer” that included an Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) rule permitting truckers to “pass through” rising fuel costs to businesses.
Other aspects of plan included support by the Carter administration for federal legislation ending a six-state refusal to increase the minimum weights of truck loads to the federal 80,000 lbs. that caused loads of some truckers to be lightened or partially off-loaded.
Other provisions included a federal promise for equal fuel distribution across the country, a coordinated federal program to ensure safety for truckers and a federal working party to find solutions to other problems of independent truckers.
The proposal fell short of the independent trucker representatives demands, but the strike was already crumbling with an increasing number of trucks on the road and blockades of oil terminals and food distribution centers dismantled.
By July 7th, a group representing 21 independent trucker associations voted to return to work. “We lost our bargaining power because so many truckers went back to work,” said Bill Hill of the Independent Truckers Unity Coalition to the Washington Post.
“Economically, we’re in bad condition to continue the strike right now,” he continued. Hill estimated fewer than 20 percent of the truckers were still on strike at that time.
The Independent Truckers Association that had initially publicized the strike nationwide and attempted to continue, but the back-to-work horse was already out of the barn. The ITA was initially formed in 1962 by Overdrive magazine editor Mike Pankhurst.
The strike had been spurred by a fuel crisis spurred by the revolution in Iran that led to prices increasing dramatically.
A previous nationwide strike by independents occurred during the 1973-74 gas crisis.
At the time, independent truck drivers’ rates were still subject to federal regulation and many earned a good living, but that would soon be challenged not by gas prices, but by deregulation.
Business Insider reported October 21, 2019:
“In the mid-20th century, truck drivers had to buy specific routes to move a certain type of product from one location to the other. But goods exempt from regulation moved at rates 20% to 40% below similar products that were regulated, according to Thomas Gale Moore, then a senior fellow at Stanford University's conservative public policy think tank Hoover Institution.
“Ultimately, that meant consumers were paying more because trucking was an industry with little competition and high barriers to entry. But it also meant truck drivers were better paid.
“The Motor Carrier Act of 1980 removed many of the cumbersome regulations that the previous law, passed in 1935, had put in place. Most notably, it allowed new trucking companies to open with relative ease and removed many of the route regulations. Companies also had more control over changing their rates.
“The law was passed by President Jimmy Carter, who declared that the MCA would save consumers as much as $8 billion ($25 billion in 2018 dollars) each year.
“Following the passing of the MCA, truck drivers' salaries tumbled. From 1977 to 1987, mean truck driver earnings declined 24%, according to research by Wayne State University economics professor Michael Belzer. And from 1980 to the present day, a Business Insider analysis found that median trucking wages have sunk as much as 35.8% in some metropolitan areas.
"’To be able to be a truck driver used to be quite a good blue-collar, middle-class job, but over the past 40 years, it has kind of dwindled away,’ Gordon Klemp, principal of the National Transportation Institute, previously told Business Insider.
“Unions also lost much of their power. Membership in Teamsters, which was once one of the most powerful unions around, has declined dramatically. In 1974, Belzer wrote that there were 2,019,300 truckers in Teamsters. Now, there are 75,000.
“When truck drivers were largely in Teamsters, work stoppages were common — and sometimes quite dramatic. In 1970, a nationwide trucker strike went on for more than a month, dealing a serious economic blow in cities like Chicago and St. Louis.
“In Cleveland, Ohio, the impacts even became one of domestic security as rock-throwing protesters drew 3,000 National Guardsmen to the city. "Helmeted troops, armed with M‐1 rifles, were stationed in pairs on some overpasses, while other guardsmen rumbled along on patrol in quarter‐ton trucks," reported The New York Times on May 1, 1970.
“The strike led to a pay increase of nearly 30% for all Teamsters truckers. The average nationwide hourly pay of $4 got a $1.10/hour bump, the Times reported.
The issue of the “barrier states” was not resolved until Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 established the needed federal minimum for truck weight limits. This Act standardized truck size and weight limits across the country for traffic on the Interstate Highway System.
De-regulated and de-unionized, four out of five truckers are now independent owner-operators. Many more work for small non-union trucking companies. The two groups mostly eke out a living from what was once was a good blue-collar job.
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The Nikon EII offers a wide angle view and more up to date coatings over original E series.
Other changes include slightly sloping prism covers and a rubber focus wheel.
Comparing the E and EII side by side both binoculars have fantastically sharp central field, but colour rendition and brightness is better in the EII binocular. The original E does control CA slightly better than the EII although this may be a result of the brighter image.
Comparing this model to the 8x32 SE colour is identical as are the coatings, the SE does have a very slightly brighter view, but also a narrower one. The Se also has more CA than the EII.
I could not ask for a better performing instrument it has it all. Bright pin sharp and wide field.
Although at a push the SE is slightly brighter, it lacks the wide field I love in a binocular.