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The Avison Ensemble presented a concert of Corelli's Opus 5 sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo as part of its Corelli season. Published in 1700 the Sonatas are one of the most influential publications in the history of music. Re-printed repeatedly, plagiarised, copied and mis-appropriated by other composers, they set a benchmark by which all other violinist/composers of the 18th Century were measured. The concert was introduced and performed by Pavlo Beznosiuk (on baroque violin) who will explained the challenges of the choice of continuo instruments (cello, harpsichord or archlute), articulation in the fugal movements and Corelli's style of ornamentation. The concert also included J. S. Bach's 6th Suite for violoncello. This concert was also performed at The Guildhall, Berwick-upon-Tweed.
The performers were Pavlo Beznosiuk (baroque Violin), Paula Chateauneuf (archlute), Roger Hamilton (harpsichord) and Richard Tunnicliffe (violoncello).
The Avison Ensemble is the outstanding period instrument orchestra based in Newcastle upon Tyne, which plays and popularises the music of Charles Avison (1709-1770) and other English classical composers of the Baroque period, such as Garth, Arne and Herschel. The Ensemble also performs Purcell, Handel, Vivaldi, Corelli, Geminiani, Pergolesi, Teleman, Rameau, Bach, Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven.
The Postcard
A postally unused postcard that was published by Byron Harmon of Banff, Canada. They state on the back that the card was produced in Canada.
Château Lake Louise
The 550-roomed Château Lake Louise is a Fairmont hotel on the eastern shore of Lake Louise, near Banff, Alberta.
The Château's Initial Years
The hotel was first conceived by Canadian Pacific at the end of the 19th century, as a vacation destination to lure travellers into taking trains and heading West.
By the time aeroplanes and automobiles had displaced the trains, it had gained sufficient renown to have a life of its own.
The Painter Wing, built in 1913, is the oldest existing portion of the hotel.
The hotel's wooden Rattenbury Wing was destroyed by fire on the 3rd. July 1924, and was replaced by the current Barrot Wing one year later.
The natural areas around the hotel were incorporated into Banff National Park, which has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Winterisation
Originally built to function only in summer, the hotel was winterized in 1982, and now offers all the regular ski resort facilities during the winter months.
In addition to the usual skiing, ice skating and snowboarding, there are sleigh rides, ice sculpture contests and snowshoe excursions.
The Mount Temple Wing, opened in 2004, is the most recent wing, and features modern function facilities including the Mount Temple Ballroom.
Dining Options
The Château Lake Louise holds seven dining options. These include Fairview, Lakeview Lounge, Wallister Stube, Château Deli, Poppy Brasserie, Alpine Social (formerly the Glacier Saloon), and the seasonal Italian cuisine kitchen Lago.
Lake Louise (Alberta)
Lake Louise (named Ho-run-num-nay (Lake of the Little Fishes) by the Stoney Nakota First Nations people) is a glacial lake within Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada.
The lake is located 5 km (3.1 mi) west of the Hamlet of Lake Louise and the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1).
Lake Louise is named after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta (1848–1939), the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria, and the wife of the Marquess of Lorne, who was Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883.
The turquoise colour of the water comes from rock flour carried into the lake by melt-water from the glaciers that overlook the lake.
The lake has a surface area of 0.8 sq. kilometres (0.31 sq. miles), and is drained through the 3 kilometre long Louise Creek into the Bow River.
Moraine Lake and Lake Agnes are also accessible from Lake Louise.
Activities Associated With Lake Louise
A variety of hiking trails exist around the lake. Hiking trails include trips to Saddleback Pass, Fairview Mountain (2,744 metres, 9,003 feet), Mirror Lake, Lake Agnes, Big Beehive, Little Beehive, Devils Thumb, Mount Whyte, and Mount Niblock. Some of these trails are open to mountain biking and horseback riding.
The surrounding mountain faces offer opportunities for rock climbing. Kayaking and canoeing are popular activities during summer, and a boat launch and rental facility are maintained on the north-eastern shore.
The area is however plagued by traffic jams and parking shortages due to out-of-control tourism.
The nearby Lake Louise Ski Area, formerly known as Lake Louise Mountain Resort, offers amenities for alpine and Cross-country skiing, as well as heli-skiing and snowboarding.
The lake can be used for ice fishing and ice skating in winter, while the surrounding area offers settings for snowmobiling, dog sledding, snowshoeing and ice climbing.
Lake Louise Statistics
TypeGlacial Lake
Primary inflowsLefroy Glacier
Primary outflowsLouise Creek
Max. length2.0 kilometres (1.2 miles)
Max. width0.5 kilometres (0.31 miles)
Max. depth70 metres (230 feet)
Surface elevation1,750 metres (5,740 feet).
This photograph was published in the Illustrated Chronicle on the 18th of February 1916.
During the Great War the Illustrated Chronicle published photographs of soldiers and sailors from Newcastle and the North East of England, which had been in the news. The photographs were sent in by relatives and give us a glimpse into the past.
The physical collection held by Newcastle Libraries comprises bound volumes of the newspaper from 1910 to 1925. We are keen to find out more about the people in the photographs. If you recognise anyone in the images and have any stories or information to add please comment below.
Copies of this photograph may be ordered from us, for more information see: www.newcastle.gov.uk/tlt Please make a note of the image reference number above to help speed up your order.
Published in "Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 108, Feb 2024, p. 48, www.issuu.com. A conjurer works her magic in a cemetery. Image Stock: stock___rotten_flowers_gothic_straight_portrait_by_s_t_a_r_gazer_dc9mepu photographed by Volker Bergmann Fotografie; pere_lachaise_stock_091_by_malleni_stock_da6x6gq on Deviant Art
The Postcard
An image of the wharf or landing stage at Port Said on a postally unused postcard published by the Cairo Postcard Trust of Cairo.
Port Said
Port Said is a city that lies in north east Egypt extending about 30 kilometres (19 mi) along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, north of the Suez Canal, with an approximate population of 604,000 (2010).
The city was established in 1859 during the building of the Suez Canal. There are numerous old houses with grand balconies on all floors, giving the city a distinctive look.
Port Said's twin city is Port Fuad, which lies on the eastern bank of the canal. The two cities are connected by free ferries running all through the day, and together they form a metropolitan area with over a million residents that extends both on the African and the Asian sides of the Suez Canal. The only other metropolitan area in the world that also spans two continents is Istanbul.
Rudyard Kipling once said:
"If you truly wish to find someone you
have known and who travels, there are
two points on the globe you have but
to sit and wait, sooner or later your man
will come there: the docks of London
and Port Said".
The Suez Canal
The Suez Canal offers a significantly shorter passage for ships than passing round the Cape of Good Hope.
The construction of the Suez Canal was favoured by the natural conditions of the region: the comparatively short distance between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, the occurrence of a line of lakes or depressions which became lakes (Lake Manzala in the north, and depressions, Timsah and the Bitter Lakes, part way along the route), and the generally flat terrain.
Ferdinand de Lesseps
The construction of the canal was proposed by the engineer and French diplomat Ferdinand de Lesseps, who acquired from Said Pasha the rights of constructing and operating the canal for a period of 99 years.
The Opening of the Suez Canal
The Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez was formed. Construction took 11 years, and the canal opened on 17 November 1869. The canal had an immediate and dramatic effect on world trade.
Nationalisation of the Canal
In July 1956 the Egyptian government nationalised the Suez Canal Company, which had been run by the French and owned privately, with the British as the largest shareholders.
The Suez Crisis
The Israeli–British–French invasion of Egypt which followed is known in Egypt as the Tripartite Aggression, but elsewhere as the Suez Crisis of 1956.
Closure of the Canal
Following Israel's invasion and occupation of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula in the Six-Day War of 1967, the Canal was closed, and did not reopen until 1975.
The Canal Today
Today, the Canal is a vital link in world trade, and contributes significantly to the Egyptian economy; in 2009 the income generated from the canal accounted for 3.7% of Egypt's GDP.
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I Måneskin nel primo di due concerti sold-out al Fabrique di Milano, sabato 23 novembre 2018.
I Måneskin sono un gruppo romano composto da quattro ragazzi tra i 17 e i 19 anni: Damiano (cantante), Victoria (bassista), Thomas (chitarrista) ed Ethan (batterista).
Il nome viene dal danese, paese d’origine della bassista, e significa “chiaro di luna”. Alcuni dei componenti si conoscono fin dai tempi delle medie, ma è solo nel 2015 che i ragazzi iniziano a suonare insieme. Il sound della band è caratterizzato dalle diverse influenze musicali dei membri: un mix di rock, rap/hip hop, reggae, funky e pop, il tutto tenuto insieme dalla voce soul di Damiano, frontman del gruppo. Tutto ciò si rispecchia anche nel look della band, grazie al loro gusto ricercato che caratterizza lo stile di ogni membro. Durante i live show di XFactor 11, i giovani artisti hanno avuto modo di distinguersi e di colpire l’immaginario del pubblico, mostrando un’insolita padronanza del palco, estremamente notevole vista la giovanissima età. “Chosen”, il loro primo inedito, presentato durante il programma, conta milioni di streaming e visualizzazioni ed è stato certificato platino. Le immagini del videoclip, ambientato nel corridoio di un albergo, sono un omaggio all’iconografia rock più famosa: groupies, immagini esplicite, baci saffici, nudo e molto altro. “Chosen” è anche il nome dell’EP di debutto, edito a dicembre 2017 da Sony Music e prodotto da Lucio Fabbri, che è stato certificato platino a due mesi dall’uscita.
Al terzo pezzo i Måneskin cantano Immortale, estratta dal loro primo album “Il ballo della vita”, insieme a Vegas Jones.
Vegas Jones, pseudonimo di Matteo Privitera, è un rapper italiano. Il nome Vegas Jones è dato dall'ammirazione del cinema di Quentin Tarantino, in particolare del personaggio Vincent Vega, Jones in onore di Nasir Jones, noto rapper americano.
Damiano David – voce
Victoria De Angelis – basso
Thomas Raggi – chitarra
Ethan Torchio – batteria
MØ
Secret Solstice Festival
June, 2015
Reykjavik, Iceland
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I'm so excited to share with you that my Gratitude Pages have been published in the April issue of Art Journaling Magazine! More at my blog.
I teamed up with Lin Guan to take photos of Gao YuanYuan for Grazia China. Lin wrote the article and interviews and I took the photos. :]
This is one of the photos published in China Grazia Issue 9/29/10
The Postcard
A postally unused carte postale that was published by La Pensée. The card, which has a divided back, was printed by Baudinière of Paris.
Cambrai
Cambrai is a commune in the Nord department in the Hauts-de-France region of France on the Scheldt River.
Cambrai was the Duke of Wellington's headquarters for the British Army of Occupation, from 1815 to 1818.
Occupied and partly destroyed by the German army during the Great War, Cambrai saw unfold in its vicinity the Battle of Cambrai (20th. November 1917 – 3rd. December 1917) where tanks were massively and successfully used for the first time.
A second Battle of Cambrai took place between the 8th. and 10th. October 1918 as part of the Hundred Days Offensive.
The Reconstruction of Cambrai After the Great War
When the Germans retreated from Cambrai in October 1918, all they left their Canadian successors was a ghost town with a burned-out centre.
The architect Pierre Leprince-Ringuet was given the job of rebuilding the town. He gave Cambrai new squares and streets, and concentrated the administrative buildings and shops into specific areas.
He also designed a brand new town hall. Today the architecture in Cambrai’s centre is a mixture of traditional regional styles and more modern Art Deco buildings.
A Poem About the First Major Tank Attack
'A Vickers Light Gun on my shoulder,
Two machine-gun belts on my back.
Was ever man could be bolder,
A pawn in the first tank attack!
Other details that I carried,
Field-dressing, gas mask, and a pack,
By every impediment harried,
Iron rations, steel helmet alack!
There lumbering over Bosche lines,
Steel monsters use enfilade fire,
Dazed Germans surrend’ring betimes
Cry Kam’rad, as others expire!
Bombers now blast out each dug-out,
As tanks attack the next system.
Capture each strong-point and redoubt,
Prisoners galore! We arrest ‘em!
What of these steel cruising monsters,
Some temporarily halted.
Others still mobile giant ogres.
To Germans, surprised, so assaulted!
How are the Infantry fairing,
Following in the wake of the tanks?
Here we shall need all our daring,
The enemy’s thinning our ranks!
Their third trench system resisting,
The enemy holds our attack.
Fierce fire from machine-gunners raking,
Many tanks made immobile, alack!
Our loved Colonel shot in the leg,
Falls in a near shallow crater.
Too late now, more cover to beg.
Shot through the head seconds later.
At this stage the missiles increase,
Zip! Round my tense body spraying.
I pray for a safe quick release,
Rejecting the idea of dying!
A thump on my right arm, terrific!
Down drops the Light Vickers Gun.
A deep crater shields me, it’s magic!
Comes one of my mates on the run.
Quickly retrieving the weapon,
He hails me with ‘You lucky sod!’
Grabbing the gun’s ammunition,
Vanished, not bothering to nod!
Lying deep down in my crater,
I poured iodine on my wound.
Waiting for our lads to capture,
Finish the machine-gunning hound.
Saddened to lose Colonel Benson,
Comparing our separate state.
The depth of the crater, the reason
For each, and our ultimate fate!
Protecting the wound with a bandage
Secured around the wrist and the thumb.
Consid’ring the size of the damage,
That bullet, no doubt, a dum-dum!
No further resistance from ‘Gerry’,
Quick or you’ll run into a barrage.
From tanks and battlefield hurry.
Now home to ‘Blighty’ you’ll manage'.
The Citadel of Cambrai
The Citadel of Cambrai is built on the highest point of the city: the "Mont des Bœufs". It is here that Saint Géry founded the Church of Saint Loup and Saint Médard, which was to later become a place of pilgrimage around his own tomb. Throughout the Middle Ages, this abbey contributed to the fame of Cambrai.
Construction of the Citadel
Charles V wanted to impose himself on the neutral territories between the Kingdom of France and its territory. He therefore wanted to build a citadel in Cambrai.
He brought in Italian architects and decided to sacrifice the Abbey of Mont-des-Bœufs. This and hundreds of houses were demolished to make way for the fortress formed by a quadrilateral and terminated by four bastions.
The French Contributions
After the capture of the city by the French in 1677, Louis XIV entrusted Vauban with improving the citadel. Vauban added half-moons, redoubts, improved the bastions and added embankments to improve the citadel's defences.
The Dismantling and Remains of the Citadel
During the dismantling of the fortifications at the end of the 19th. century, the citadel was not spared. Almost all of the structures surrounding it were knocked down or buried. The citadel is now stripped of its bastions, and most of the barracks buildings have not survived.
The citadel gate was classified as a historical monument in 1932.
The Postcard
A postally unused postcard that was published by the Valentine-Black Co. of Toronto.
Casa Loma
Casa Loma (Spanish for 'Hill House') is a Gothic Revival style mansion and garden in midtown Toronto, that is now a historic house museum and landmark. It was constructed from 1911 to 1914 as a residence for the financier Sir Henry Pellatt. The architect was E. J. Lennox, who designed several other city landmarks. Casa Loma sits at an elevation of 140 metres (460 ft) above sea level.
Due to its unique architectural character in Toronto, Casa Loma has been a popular filming location for movies and television. It is also a popular venue for wedding ceremonies, and Casa Loma can be rented in the evenings after the museum closes to the public.
History of Casa Loma
In 1903, financier Henry Pellatt purchased 25 lots from developers Kertland and Rolf. Pellatt commissioned architect E. J. Lennox to design Casa Loma, with construction beginning in 1911, starting with the massive stables, potting shed and Hunting Lodge (a.k.a. coach-house) a few hundred feet north of the main building.
The Hunting Lodge is a two-storey 4,380-square-foot (407 m2) house with servants' quarters. As soon as the stable complex was completed, Pellatt sold his summer house in Scarborough to his son and moved to the Hunting Lodge.
The stables were used as a construction site for the castle (and also served as the quarters for the male servants), with some of the machinery still remaining in the rooms under the stables.
The house cost about $3.5 million and took 300 workers three years to build. Due to the start of the Great War, construction was halted.
With 98 rooms covering 64,700 square feet (6,011 m2), it was the largest private residence in Canada. Notable amenities included an elevator, an oven large enough to cook an ox, two vertical passages for pipe organs, a central vacuum, two secret passages in Pellatt's ground-floor office, a pool, and a bowling alley in the basement.
Most of the third floor was left unfinished, and today it serves as the Regimental Museum for The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada. Pellatt joined the Regiment as a Rifleman, and rose through the ranks to become the Commanding Officer. He was knighted for his dedication to the Regiment.
During the depression that followed the war, the City of Toronto increased Casa Loma's property taxes from $600 per year to $1,000 a month, and Pellatt, already experiencing financial difficulties, auctioned off $1.5 million in art and $250,000 in furnishings. Pellatt was able to enjoy life in the castle for less than ten years, leaving in 1923.
The city seized Casa Loma in 1924 because of unpaid taxes, and for years, the building was left vacant.
In the late 1920's, investors operated Casa Loma for a short time as a luxury hotel. During Prohibition, it became a popular nightspot for wealthy Americans.
The Orange Blossoms, later known as Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra, played there for eight months in 1927–1928. Shortly thereafter, they went on a tour of North America and became a major swing era dance band.
In the 1930's, CFRB broadcaster Claire Wallace spent a night at Casa Loma to gather material for a story about ghosts and supernatural phenomena, and she later broadcast an appeal to save the old building from demolition.
Her broadcast was heard by the vice-president of a local Kiwanis Club, and subsequently Casa Loma was leased in 1937 to the Kiwanis Club of West Toronto, later the Kiwanis Club of Casa Loma (KCCL), which began operating the castle as a tourist destination until 2011.
During World War II, the stables were used to conceal research and production of sonar, and for construction of sonar devices (known as ASDIC) for U-boat detection. The area was closed, behind an 'Under Repairs' sign. The suggestion that the stables were under renovation allowed workers of the secret facility to come and go without suspicion.
From 1997 until 2012, the castle underwent a 15-year, $33-million exterior restoration largely funded by the city, which also created a new board of trustees in 2008, including seven KCCL members and seven city appointees.
The city's renewed management agreement included a stipulation that KCCL would use the castle's net revenues to help pay for upgrades; however, the organization used the fund to cover operating shortfalls instead, and there was only $335,000 in the account by 2011, rather than the $1.5-million originally projected.
As a result, in 2011, the city temporarily resumed management of Casa Loma and began welcoming bids from the private sector in its search for a new operator.
In January 2014, the city entered a new long-term lease with Liberty Entertainment Group, led by CEO Nick Di Donato, which agreed to spend $7.4 million to continue the castle's upgrades. The company's plans also included a fine dining facility. The restaurant, Blueblood Steakhouse, opened in the summer of 2017.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philae_temple_complex
The Philae temple complex (/ˈfaɪliː/; Greek: Φιλαί or Φιλή and Πιλάχ, Arabic: فيلة Egyptian Arabic: [fiːlæ], Egyptian: p3-jw-rķ' or 'pA-jw-rq; Coptic: ⲡⲓⲗⲁⲕ, ⲡⲓⲗⲁⲕϩ, Coptic pronunciation: [ˈpilɑk, ˈpilɑkh]) is an island-based temple complex in the reservoir of the Aswan Low Dam, downstream of the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser, Egypt.
Until the International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia, the temple complex was located on Philae Island, near the expansive First Cataract of the Nile in Upper Egypt. These rapids and the surrounding area have been variously flooded since the initial construction of the Aswan Low Dam in 1902. The temple complex was dismantled and moved to nearby Agilkia Island as part of the UNESCO Nubia Campaign project, protecting this and other complexes before the 1970 completion of the Aswan High Dam. The hieroglyphic reliefs of the temple complex are being studied and published by the Philae Temple Text Project of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna (Institute OREA).
Geography
Philae is mentioned by numerous ancient writers, including Strabo, Diodorus Siculus, Ptolemy, Seneca, Pliny the Elder. It was, as the plural name indicates, the appellation of two small islands situated in latitude 24° north, just above the First Cataract near Aswan (Egyptian Swenet "Trade;" Ancient Greek: Συήνη). Groskurd computes the distance between these islands and Aswan at about 100 km (62 mi).
Despite being the smaller island, Philae proper was, from the numerous and picturesque ruins formerly there, the more interesting of the two. Before the inundation, it was not more than 380 metres (1,250 ft) long and about 120 metres (390 ft) broad. It is composed of syenite: its sides are steep and on their summits a lofty wall was built encompassing the island.
Since Philae was said to be one of the burying-places of Osiris, it was held in high reverence both by the Egyptians to the north and the Nubians (often referred to as "Ethiopians" in Greek) to the south. It was deemed profane for any but priests to dwell there and was accordingly sequestered and denominated "the Unapproachable" (Ancient Greek: ἄβατος). It was reported too that neither birds flew over it nor fish approached its shores. These indeed were the traditions of a remote period; since in the time of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, Philae was so much resorted to, partly by pilgrims to the tomb of Osiris, partly by persons on secular errands, that the priests petitioned Ptolemy VIII Physcon (170-117 BC) to prohibit public functionaries at least from coming there and living at their expense.
In the nineteenth century, William John Bankes took the Philae obelisk on which this petition was engraved to England. When its Egyptian hieroglyphs were compared with those of the Rosetta Stone, it threw great light upon the Egyptian consonantal alphabet.
The islands of Philae were not, however, merely sacerdotal abodes; they were the centres of commerce also between Meroë and Memphis. For the rapids of the cataracts were at most seasons impracticable, and the commodities exchanged between Egypt and Nubia were reciprocally landed and re-embarked at Syene and Philae.
The neighbouring granite quarries also attracted a numerous population of miners and stonemasons; and, for the convenience of this traffic, a gallery or road was formed in the rocks along the east bank of the Nile, portions of which are still extant.
Philae also was remarkable for the singular effects of light and shade resulting from its position near the Tropic of Cancer. As the sun approached its northern limit the shadows from the projecting cornices and moldings of the temples sink lower and lower down the plain surfaces of the walls, until, the sun having reached its highest altitude, the vertical walls are overspread with dark shadows, forming a striking contrast with the fierce light which illuminates all surrounding objects.
Construction
The most conspicuous feature of both islands was their architectural wealth. Monuments of various eras, extending from the Pharaohs to the Caesars, occupy nearly their whole area. The principal structures, however, lay at the south end of the smaller island.
The most ancient was a temple for Isis, built in the reign of Nectanebo I during 380-362 BC, which was approached from the river through a double colonnade. Nekhtnebef was his ancient Egyptian royal titulary and he became the founding pharaoh of the Thirtieth and last native dynasty when he deposed and killed Nepherites II.
For the most part, the other ruins date from the Ptolemaic Kingdom, more especially with the reigns of Ptolemy II Philadelphus, Ptolemy V Epiphanes, and Ptolemy VI Philometor (282-145 BC), with many traces of Roman work in Philae dedicated to Ammon-Osiris.
In front of the propyla were two colossal lions in granite, behind which stood a pair of obelisks, each 13 metres (43 ft) high. The propyla were pyramidal in form and colossal in dimensions. One stood between the dromos and pronaos, another between the pronaos and the portico, while a smaller one led into the sekos or adyton. At each corner of the adytum stood a monolithic shrine, the cage of a sacred hawk. Of these shrines one is now in the Louvre, the other in the Museum at Florence.
Beyond the entrance into the principal court are small temples, one of which, dedicated to Isis, Hathor, and a wide range of deities related to midwifery, is covered with sculptures representing the birth of Ptolemy Philometor, under the figure of the god Horus. The story of Osiris is everywhere represented on the walls of this temple, and two of its inner chambers are particularly rich in symbolic imagery. Upon the two great propyla are Greek inscriptions intersected and partially destroyed by Egyptian figures cut across them.
The monuments in both islands indeed attested, beyond any others in the Nile valley, the survival of pure Egyptian art centuries after the last of the Pharaohs had ceased to reign. Great pains have been taken to mutilate the sculptures of this temple. The work of demolition is attributable, in the first instance, to the zeal of the early Christians, and afterward, to the policy of the Iconoclasts, who curried favour for themselves with the Byzantine court by the destruction of heathen images as well as Christian ones.[citation needed] Images/icons of Horus are often less mutilated than the other carvings. In some wall scenes, every figure and hieroglyphic text except that of Horus and his winged solar-disk representation have been meticulously scratched out by early Christians. This is presumably because the early Christians had some degree of respect for Horus or the legend of Horus - it may be because they saw parallels between the stories of Jesus and Horus (see Jesus in comparative mythology#Iconography and #Dying-and-rising god archetype).
The soil of Philae had been prepared carefully for the reception of its buildings–being leveled where it was uneven, and supported by masonry where it was crumbling or insecure. For example, the western wall of the Great Temple, and the corresponding wall of the dromos, were supported by very strong foundations, built below the pre-inundation level of the water, and rested on the granite which in this region forms the bed of the Nile. Here and there steps were hewn out from the wall to facilitate the communication between the temple and the river.
At the southern extremity of the dromos of the Great Temple was a smaller temple, apparently dedicated to Hathor; at least the few columns that remained of it are surmounted with the head of that goddess. Its portico consisted of twelve columns, four in front and three deep. Their capitals represented various forms and combinations of the palm branch, the doum palm branch, and the lotus flower. These, as well as the sculptures on the columns, the ceilings, and the walls were painted with the most vivid colors, which, owing to the dryness of the climate, have lost little of their original brilliance.
History
The ancient Egyptian name of the smaller island meant "boundary". As their southern frontier, the pharaohs of Egypt kept there a strong garrison, and it was also a barracks for Greek and Roman soldiers in their turn.
The first religious building on Philae was likely a shrine built by Pharaoh Taharqa of the 25th Dynasty, which was probably dedicated to Amun. However this structure is only known from a few blocks reused in later buildings, which Gerhard Haeny suspects may have been brought over for reuse from structures elsewhere.
The oldest temple to have undoubtedly stood on the island, as well as the first evidence of Isis-worship there, was a small kiosk built by Psamtik II of the 26th Dynasty. This was followed by contributions from Amasis II (26th Dynasty) and Nectanebo I (30th Dynasty). Of these early buildings, only two elements built by Nectanebo I survive– a kiosk that was originally the vestibule of the old Isis temple, and a gateway which was later incorporated into the first pylon of the current temple.
Ptolemaic era
More than two thirds of Philae's surviving structures were built in the Ptolemaic era, during which the island became a prominent site of pilgrimage not only for Egyptians and Nubians but for pilgrims from as far as Anatolia, Crete, and the Greek mainland. Some of these pilgrims marked their presence with inscriptions on the temple walls, including votive inscriptions known as proskynemata, as well as other types. Among these are inscriptions left by four Romans in 116 BC, which represent the oldest known Latin inscriptions in Egypt.
Along with the various contributions of Ptolemaic rulers, Philae also received additions from the Nubian king Arqamani, who contributed to the Temple of Arensnuphis and the mammisi, and his successor Adikhalamani, whose name has been found on a stela on the island. Some experts have interpreted these additions as signs of collaboration between the Nubian and Ptolemaic governments, but others consider them to represent a period of Nubian occupation of the region, likely enabled by the revolt of Hugronaphor in Upper Egypt. The cartouches of Arqamani were later erased by Ptolemy V, while the stela of Adikhalamani was eventually reused as filling under the floor of the pronaos.
Roman era
The Roman era saw an overall decline in pilgrimage to Philae, especially from Mediterranean regions, as evidenced by the reduced number of inscriptions. Nevertheless, it remained an important sacred site, especially for Nubians, who continued to visit both as individual pilgrims and in official delegations from their government in Meroë.
Several Roman emperors made artistic and architectural contributions to Philae. While most of the architectural additions date to the Julio-Claudian dynasty, the island continued to receive contributions to its temples up to the time of Caracalla as well as a triple arch built by Diocletian. In AD 298, Diocletian ceded Roman territory south of the First Cataract as part of an agreement made with the neighboring Nobades, withdrawing the border to about the area of Philae itself. The Kushite king Yesebokheamani made a pilgrimage to Philae in this period and may have taken over the Roman hegemony.
During the Roman era, Philae was the site of the last known inscription in Egyptian hieroglyphs, written in AD 394, and the last known Demotic inscription, written in 452.
Christianization
Christianity seems to have been present at Philae by the fourth century, at which point it coexisted with traditional Egyptian religion. According to the Coptic hagiography Life of Aaron, the first bishop of Philae was Macedonius (attested in the early fourth century), who is said to have killed the sacred falcon kept on the island, though modern experts question the historicity of this account. By the mid fifth century, a petition from Bishop Appion of Syene to co-emperors Theodosius II and Valentinian III indicates the presence of multiple churches on the island functioning alongside the pagan temples.
Traditional worship at Philae appears to have survived into at least the fifth century, despite the anti-pagan persecutions of that time. In fact, the fifth-century historian Priscus mentions a treaty between the Roman commander Maximinus and the Blemmyes and Nobades in 452, which among other things ensured access to the cult image of Isis.
According to the sixth-century historian Procopius, the temple was closed down officially in AD 537 by the local commander Narses the Persarmenian in accordance with an order of Byzantine emperor Justinian I. This event is conventionally considered to mark the end of ancient Egyptian religion. However, its importance has recently come into question, following a major study by Jitse Dijkstra who argues that organized paganism at Philae ended in the fifth century, based on the fact that the last inscriptional evidence of an active pagan priesthood there dates to the 450s. Nevertheless, some adherence to traditional religion seems to have survived into the sixth century, based on a petition from Dioscorus of Aphrodito to the governor of the Thebaid dated to 567. The letter warns of an unnamed man (the text calls him "eater of raw meat") who, in addition to plundering houses and stealing tax revenue, is alleged to have restored paganism at "the sanctuaries," possibly referring to the temples at Philae.
Philae retained significance as a Christian center even after its closure as a pagan site. Five of its temples were converted into churches (including the Temple of Isis, which was dedicated to Saint Stephen), and two purpose built churches were constructed on the north side of the island.
1800s
The island of Philae attracted much attention in the 19th century. In the 1820s, Joseph Bonomi the Younger, a British Egyptologist and museum curator visited the island. So did Amelia Edwards, a British novelist in 1873–1874.
The approach by water is quite the most beautiful. Seen from the level of a small boat, the island, with its palms, its colonnades, its pylons, seems to rise out of the river like a mirage. Piled rocks frame it on either side, and the purple mountains close up the distance. As the boat glides nearer between glistening boulders, those sculptured towers rise higher and even higher against the sky. They show no sign of ruin or age. All looks solid, stately, perfect. One forgets for the moment that anything is changed. If a sound of antique chanting were to be borne along the quiet air–if a procession of white-robed priests bearing aloft the veiled ark of the God, were to come sweeping round between the palms and pylons–we should not think it strange.
— Amelia B. Edwards, A thousand miles up the Nile / by Amelia B. Edwards, 1831-1892, p. 207.
These visits are only a small sample of the great interest that Victorian-era Britain had for Egypt. Soon, tourism to Philae became common.
1900s
In 1902, the Aswan Low Dam was completed on the Nile River by the British. This threatened to submerge many ancient landmarks, including the temple complex of Philae. However, the British prioritized the advancement of Modern Egypt at the expense of the complex. The height of the dam was raised twice, from 1907 to 1912 and from 1929 to 1934, and the island of Philae was nearly always flooded. In fact, the only times that the complex was not underwater was when the dam's sluices were open from July to October.
It was proposed that the temples be relocated, piece by piece, to nearby islands, such as Bigeh or Elephantine. However, the temples' foundations and other architectural supporting structures were strengthened instead. Although the buildings were physically secure, the island's attractive vegetation and the colors of the temples' reliefs were washed away. Also, the bricks of the Philae temples soon became encrusted with silt and other debris carried by the Nile.
Rescue project
The temples had been practically intact since the ancient days, but with each inundation the situation worsened and in the 1960s the island was submerged up to a third of the buildings all year round.
In 1960 UNESCO started a project to try to save the buildings on the island from the destructive effect of the ever-increasing waters of the Nile. First, building three dams and creating a separate lake with lower water levels was considered.
First of all, a large coffer dam was built, constructed of two rows of steel plates between which a 1 million cubic metres (35 million cubic feet) of sand was tipped. Any water that seeped through was pumped away.
External images
Next the monuments were cleaned and measured, by using photogrammetry, a method that enables the exact reconstruction of the original size of the building blocks that were used by the ancients. Then every building was dismantled into about 40,000 units from 2 to 25 tons, and then transported to the nearby Island of Agilkia, situated on higher ground some 500 metres (1,600 ft) away. The transfer itself took place between 1977 and 1980.
Nearby locations of interest
Prior to the inundation, a little west of Philae lay a larger island, anciently called Snem or Senmut, but now Bigeh. It is very steep, and from its most elevated peak affords a fine view of the Nile, from its smooth surface south of the islands to its plunge over the shelves of rock that form the First Cataract. Philae, Bigeh and another lesser island divided the river into four principal streams, and north of them it took a rapid turn to the west and then to the north, where the cataract begins.
Bigeh, like Philae, was a holy island; its ruins and rocks are inscribed with the names and titles of Amenhotep III, Ramesses II, Psamtik II, Apries, and Amasis II, together with memorials of the later Macedonian and Roman rulers of Egypt. Its principal ruins consisted of the propylon and two columns of a temple, which was apparently of small dimensions, but of elegant proportions. Near them were the fragments of two colossal granite statues and also an excellent piece of masonry of much later date, having the aspect of an arch belonging to a church or mosque.
This is not normally something I do - publish more than one picture from a particular session, but I decided to make an exception in this case for feedback purposes.
This is another take on the situation I first illustrated here. This is a different type of shot and I'd be interested in opinions given the largely negative feedback I got about the earlier shot.
I've also published this in a sepia variation as I couldn't decide which works best?
Published in January 1894 by The Historical Publishing Company, author J. W. Buel, this book contains 300 photographs of every aspect of the fair.
The World's Fair: Columbian Exposition (also known as the Chicago World's Fair) was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' arrival in the New World in 1492. At the core of the fair was an area that quickly became known as the White City for its buildings with white stucco siding and its streets illuminated by electric lights.
Published in Crochet With Bits & Pieces (DRG)
A beginner-level pattern.
A few of these strands tied around the waist make a good summer belt.
Company G, 7th Kansas Cavalry
From History of Montgomery County, Kansas, By Its Own People, Published by L. Wallace Duncan, Iola, Kansas, 1903, Pg. 332-333:
Smith, Martin VanBuren Bio
On the roster which contains the names of the heroes who fought that this country might live a free and united nation, is found the name of Martin VanBuren Smith, one of the pioneer families of the county, and a gentleman whose singularly upright and correct life has exercised a powerful influence in establishing the high standard of civic righteousness now obtaining. Indeed, Montgomery county owes much of her excellence in matters of government to the “old soldier.” Returning to the crowded arming sections of the east, after those years of strife, he naturally turned to the child whose birth had ushered in the din of battle, and whose strong young limbs were already making rapid strides toward a prosperous future. Here in Kansas, he soon demonstrated that the discipline of army life was the best possible preparation for a civic career—that control of self is the basic principle of all right living. Fortunate, indeed, was Montgomery county to secure as citizens, in her earlier years, these men, for the four long years of hardship and suffering endured for their country had taught them well its value, and made them doubly desirous of seeing it the best government on earth.
Martin V. Smith passed the latter part of the 50’s near the Missouri border and was thus prepared by contact with the stirring scenes of that time to respond readily to the call of his country. Early in 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company “G”, of the Seventh Kansas, and, during the struggle, followed the fortunes of his regiment in the bush-whacking warfare carried on west of the Ozark Mountains. He was, finally, honorably discharged for disability and returned to his farm in Linn county. Mr. Smith was born in the “Keystone State”, in Warren county, in 1834, and is the son of Wilson and Nancy (Jackman) Smith, both natives of the county, the Jackmans having been among the earliest pioneers of that section.
Our subject was one of a family of eight children—Charlotte, married William McDonald and lives in Warren county; Martin was the second; then in order came Emily, Frank, Rosaline, Charles and Betsey Ann.
Mr. Smith was reared to farm work, receiving the education common in those times in country districts. He remained at home until his twentieth year, when he came west, to Franklin county, Mo. He here engaged in work on the pioneer railroad, of the west, and which afterward became the Missouri Pacific. A year here and a like period in Lee county, Iowa, brought him to Bates county, Mo., where he married and remained until hiss settlement in Linn county, in 1856. This was Mr. Smith’s home until 1869, when he settled on a claim a mile east of his present location. In 1873, he purchased the farm upon which he now resides. It contains 160 acres and lies four miles southeast of the county seat town of Independence.
Mr. Smith has been twice married. The wife of his youth was Mrs. Mary Forbes, nee Knapp. To her were born two children—Estelle, who married Frank Griffin, a farmer of Independence township, and whose children are Ethel and Effie; Augusta is the wife of Seward C. Clark and lives at Newkirk, Okla., with five children---Joseph, William, Seward, Edna and Mary. Mrs. Smith, the mother of these children, died in Linn county, Kansas, in January of 1859, and in 1868, our subject was joined in wedlock to the lady who now presides over his home, Miss Addie, daughter of William and Eliza (Smith) Dickey. Mrs. Smith is one of seven children—Sarah Ann, widow of John Brown, Honesdale, Pa.; Caroline, deceased; Harriet, Mrs. Alvan Root, of Linn county; Almeda, deceased; Cushman, of Dearing, Kansas; Mrs. Smith; Emma was a twin sister of the latter. Mrs. Smith is the mother of six children—Frank H., who married Belle Wise, whose children are Don and Forest; Lillian is the wife of William Fortner, of Independence, whose son is Delbert; and Delbert, Hugh, and Wesley E. are still at home. Hattie died, aged three years.
As before intimated, Mr. Smith and his family have been potent factors in the county’s development. They are members of the United Brethren church, and he supports the Republican party by his vote.
Smith, Martin VanBuren Obit
South Kansas Tribune, Wednesday, December 18, 1812, Pg. 5:
Mustered Out
Death came to Comrade Martin Van Buren Smith, at his home on South Second street, Wednesday night after a long illness. He was aged 78 years and was among the early settlers in Verdigris valley southeast of the city, near Brown’s ford, where he lived until recent months, when he moved to town to be where a physician could see him frequently. He is survived by his widow and six children: Mrs. Frank Griffin, Collinsville, Okla.; Mrs. Seward Clark, Newkirk, Okla.; F. H. Smith, Parsons; Mrs. Will Fortner; Wesley E. Smith and B. C. Smith of this city. The funeral was held at the United Brethren, with address by the pastor, Rev. Mr. Hall. Interment by McPherson Post comrades. He was a Pennsylvanian, came to Kansas early and when the civil war broke over the country Mr. Smith volunteered and served in the famous Seventh Kansas Cavalry which spread terror to enemies in this country wherever they went. After his discharge he came to this county and was a prominent citizen for thirty years and until health began to fail. He was a member of the Untied Brethren church and often testified of the assurance of his acceptance by the Lord.
Published in 1961, this is largely an edited version of Harlequin 480, Grey Cup Cavalcade. The last couple of chapters are new to this edition.
Suspended Animation Classic #505 Originally published August 23, 1998 (#33) (Dates are approximate)
JLA
By Dr. Jon Suter
As noted in a previous column, both Marvel and DC comics are reexamining and recycling their early stories.
DC’s major efforts in this line involve the Justice League of America superhero group. “JLA” is the highly successful current version of this venerable group. The complex plots and outstanding art richly deserve the acclaim.
A spin-off is the mini-series JLA: Year One. The current League’s early history has gaps because of the Crisis on Infinite Earths and Zero Hour series. Filling in gaps poses many challenges; Mark Waid and his colleagues have risen to the occasion.
In the 1960s, many readers wondered why the Doom Patrol and other DC groups never crossed paths with the JLA. In Waid’s version, one encounter did take place; the JLA and the Doom Patrol did confront the Brotherhood of Evil. Relationships hitherto unknown have been revealed; e.g., Negative Man and Green Lantern were friends before they acquired powers.
I am dubious about some characterizations, but the young Aquaman is well done as is the Martian Manhunter. You will want all twelve issues, but a higher priority for your collection is JLA: the Nail.
I am anxiously awaiting the final issue of this “Elseworld” series, but the first two are as good as anything DC has published in years.
In this alternate reality, the Kents never found the infant Superman. All other DC heroes have emerged on schedule, but their careers and characters are warped by some unseen manipulator.
The Joker brutally murders Robin and Batgirl, and is killed before reporters by an enraged Batman. This harrowing episode is only one of the twists in Alan Davis’ scripts.
Davis gets very high As for the script and art. The inking and coloring are also exceptional.
As with Kurt Busiak’s “Iron Age” story, the use of small details is important. Obscure heroes including Ultra the Multialien appear briefly; villains prominent in the first volume reappear briefly in volume two. Readers get to fill in gaps.
This is DC at its best.
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The original French edition of “In Search of the Castaways” was published by Hetzel in 1867-1868 as “Les Enfants du Capitaine Grant” (The Children of Captain Grant). It included 170 engravings by Edouard Riou which are also present in this 1873 English-language edition.
The book tells the story of the quest for Captain Grant of the “Britannia.” After finding a bottle the captain had cast into the ocean after the “Britannia” is shipwrecked, Lord and Lady Glenarvan of Scotland contact Mary and Robert, the young daughter and son of Captain Grant, through an announcement in a newspaper. The government refuses to launch a rescue expedition, but Lord and Lady Glenarvan, moved by the children's condition, decide to do it themselves. The main difficulty is that the coordinates of the wreckage are mostly erased, and only the latitude (37 degrees) is known; thus, the expedition would have to circumnavigate the 37th parallel south. The bottle was retrieved from a shark's stomach, so it is impossible to trace its origin by the currents. Remaining clues consist of a few words in three languages. They are re-interpreted several times throughout the novel to make various destinations seem likely.
Lord Glenarvan makes it his quest to find Grant; together with his wife, Grant's children and the crew of his yacht, the Duncan, they set off for South America. An unexpected passenger in the form of French geographer Jacques Paganel (he missed his steamer to India by accidentally boarding on the Duncan) joins the search. They explore Patagonia, Tristan da Cunha Island, Amsterdam Island, and Australia (a pretext to describe the flora, fauna, and geography of numerous places to the targeted audience). They face many challenges on their journey– avalanche, hurricane, flood, tornado, erupting volcano, wolves, head-hunters, cannibals, you name it. It’s one of Verne’s most exciting adventure stories.
Henri Chapier
Parisian Lesbian & Gay Pride 2007.
[Taken in Paris (France) - 30Jun07]
Published on www.rue89.com - "Paris fête la Gay pride 2007".
See all my sold, published, and exhibited photos in this collection : [Sold - Published - Exhibited Works]
See all the photos of Parisian Lesbian & Gay Pride in this set : 30Jun07 - Lesbian & Gay Pride [Event]
From Lady Death Origins: Cursed #3, the comic book written by Brian Pulido, with artwork by Gabriel Guzman, and recently published by Boundless Comics.
Always pleased when my images are selected to feature in calendars.
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But this is a first for me, I am over the moon to have my image also being used as the cover shot.
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A beautiful Goldfinch posing on some blossom in the morning light in my garden.
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Cover Shot / May: Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Published in Popular Photography! 8-)
First submitted for a contest, they contacted me to use it for the "How To" section.
Original here
and if you need a new wallpaper, I'm on Interfacelift as well!
Geylang Serai welcomes Ramadan with dazzling light up display
PUBLISHED MAY 10, 2018, 11:00 PM SGT
Rahimah Rashith
SINGAPORE - With the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan just a week away, a sprawling 3-D arch depicting a mosque's dome is welcoming visitors into the hustle and bustle of the Geylang Serai precinct.
Spanning the five lanes of Sims Avenue at the junction of Engku Aman Road, the 12m-high display brings an instant fillip to the joy of Hari Raya festivities.
From Saturday (May 12), over 50 light installations in the Hari Raya Light-Up will illuminate a 2.25km stretch of Sims Avenue, Geylang Road and Changi Road.
Based on Malay art and cultural icons, the displays include two other main arches, one depicting a mosque, and the other a traditional kampung house and sampan, while lights shaped as flowers and crescents will festoon the roads.
Madam Yasmin Razak, 49, a housewife, cannot wait to see the display.
"The lights add a magical feeling to our yearly Hari Raya shopping and festivities," she said.
"Every year I take my family to Geylang just to see the lights and enjoy the bazaar atmosphere. Even though new buildings have come up in the area and the bazaar stalls change, the lights are a constant attraction we look forward to."
The lights will stay on till June 30, and will coincide with the opening of the popular Geylang Serai bazaar. About 800 stalls setting up in the vicinity will sell goods such as traditional costumes and street foods such as vadai and Ramly burger.
The bazaar will also take up the ground floor of Wisma Geylang Serai, a new Malay-Muslim social and cultural heritage hub.
One highlight of the festivities, themed Celebrating our kampung spirit, will have residents and other members of the constituency gathering at sunset to break fast together at Wisma Geylang Serai.
Said Mr Eric Wong, chairman of the Hari Raya Light Up 2018 Organising Committee: "We look forward to celebrating the old kampung spirit in this year's festive light-up. Each year without fail, Geylang Serai comes alive with creative light displays in the lead-up to Ramadan and Hari Raya Puasa.
"This is something the local community eagerly awaits, but the Hari Raya Light Up also invites our international friends to experience and be immersed in the Malay culture of Singapore.
"We hope this year's event will give them a taste of the traditional kampung spirit that resonates with our cultural roots."
The Geylang bazaar will run till June 14, a day before Hari Raya Aidilfitri.
Source: www.straitstimes.com/singapore/geylang-serai-welcomes-ram...
Cherry blossom tree at Brueton Gardens, Solihull.
Was heading to Solihull Station to get a train to Birmingham Moor Street, before changing for Birmingham New Street to University, to get the blossom trees there, but first spotted this tree in Brueton Gardens.
Published in the Birmingham Mail TalkBack page as Picture of the Day on Monday 20th April 2026.
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Dopo lo straordinario successo della serie Disney Channel Soy Luna e il tutto esaurito registrato quest’anno in America Latina durante il tour Soy Luna en Concierto, Soy Luna Live arriva anche in Europa da gennaio 2018: a Milano il 2 febbraio al Mediolanum Forum di Assago.
Il concerto offrirà ai fan europei di Soy Luna l’opportunità di vedere le loro star preferite Karol Sevilla e Ruggero Pasquarelli interpretare dal vivo tutti i brani più amati della serie.
Karol Sevilla, pseudonimo di Karol Itzitery Piña Cisneros, è un'attrice e cantante messicana, conosciuta per il ruolo di Luna Valente/Sol Benson nella serie di Disney Channel Soy Luna, ottenuto nel 2015 insieme a Ruggero Pasquarelli (Matteo Balsano), Valentina Zenere (Ámbar Smith) e Michael Ronda (Simón Álvarez); nel cast anche Carolina Kopelioff, Katja Martínez, Malena Ratner, Chiara Parravicini, Jorge López, Ana Jara, Lionel Ferro e Gastón Vietto.
Lo spettacolo sarà arricchito da una squadra di ballerini pieni di energia e da una sensazionale band che suonerà dal vivo. Soy Luna Live conquisterà il pubblico europeo con incredibili scenografie, coreografie elaborate e costumi colorati che renderanno il tour un’esperienza indimenticabile per tutti i fan.
Il live tour di Soy Luna ha avuto inizio in America Latina nei primi mesi di quest’anno e ha registrato il tutto esaurito nel corso di numerose date in Cile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Ecuador, Colombia e Messico.
Suspended Animation Classic #272
Originally published March 13, 1994 (#11)
(Dates are approximate)
E-Man Returns and Bartman
By Michael Vance
“E-Man Returns” #1/$2.75, 28 pages from Alpha Productions/writer: Nicola Cuti; artist: Joe Staton/available in comics shops and by mail order.
The energetic alien who won his letter at the school of superheroics years ago has lettered again! E-Man gets an A+ for great art and story!! It’s a shame this comic book’s one flaw is fatal. E-Man suffers from “one-shot-and-your-dead” syndrome.
Created in 1973 by Nicola Cuti and Joe Staton, E-Man was probably the best character published by defunct Charlton Comics. Inspired by Plastic Man from earlier years, it’s almost appropriate this shape-changing alien of sentient energy metamorphosed through several publishers in different formats. What isn’t right is that “E-Man Returns” as “No. 1 of one” wasn’t released as a new series.
Is it right that some of the strongest visual storytelling and stylized are in comics can’t get a series? When Joe Staton’s quirky art is at its peak, you’ll even believe talking sharks and dolphins.
Peek at “E-Man Returns”.
Is if fair that some of the most compact, clear, entertaining, original and just-plain-fun words in comics can’t get past one-shot status? When Nicola Cuti balances humor, pathos, and adventure ‘effortlessly’ in one issue (with a back-up feature, no less!), you’ll even buy aliens changing into boats, sailors, sea-gulls, and monsters.
Buy “E-Man Returns”.
Was it mentioned yet that that back-up feature by writer Ron Fortier and artist Gary Kato is just as powerful and fun as E-Man? “Mr. Jigsaw (Man of a Thousand Parts)” is a beautifully realized send-up of a superhero butting heads with reality. Every six pages in comics should be this good.
Was it noticed that a certain reviewer of questionable credentials and suspect personal taste completely forgot to mention what happens in E-Man and his side-kick Nova in “E-Man Returns”?
Oops.
Highly recommended.
MINIVIEW: “Bartman”. Lacking the satiric variety of its parent (“Simpson Comics”), this superhero parody still rankles high.
This photograph was published in the Illustrated Chronicle 29 Aug 1916 p12.
During the Great War the Illustrated Chronicle published photographs of soldiers and sailors from Newcastle and the North East of England, which had been in the news. The photographs were sent in by relatives and give us a glimpse into the past.
The physical collection held by Newcastle Libraries comprises bound volumes of the newspaper from 1910 to 1925. We are keen to find out more about the people in the photographs. If you recognise anyone in the images and have any stories and information to add please comment below.
My 8th railway publication is out now.Second Generation DMU's (Diesel Multiple Units) published February 2019.All titles available on Amberley Publishing's website. Link here:
Village Kuznetsovo (Кузнецово), Klin Raion, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Paskha is made from sweetened cruds, butter, and other ingredients.
Olga used her grandmother's pine wood paskha mold:
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