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Valmont's (Michael T. Weiss) seduction of the virtuous Tourvel (Yvonne Woods) has an inauspicious beginning in the Huntington Theatre Company's production of "Les Liaisons Dangereuses," at the Boston University Theatre. Part of the 2005-2006 season. Photo: T. Charles Erickson
Alabaster Egyptian amphora with incised hieroglyphic inscription found in Katsambas 1400-1375 BC The virtuous god, Men - Heper - Re, Son of the Sun, Tuthmosis, the fair one in the transformations, Endaved with eternal life.
The Virtuous Woman has no shame of the breeze in her hair as it's the Breath of Life & God
The Free Woman decide herself if she has to hide her face or body parts
Vertu & Liberté
La Vertueuse n'a pas de honte à sentir la brise vent dans ses cheveux car c'est le Souffle de la Vie et de Dieu.
Celle qui est libre choisit seule si elle doit cacher son visage ou des parties de son corps.
(miniature: Evangeline from Anima Tactics & Kunoichi from Taban Miniatures)
Cocoa has been described as a "virtuous crop". There is an increasing appreciation of its value for: land rehabilitation, enrichment of biodiversity (of previously cleared land) and provision of sustainable incomes in less developed regions. Like other crops though, it can be attacked by a number of pest species including fungal diseases, insects and rodents - some of which (e.g. frosty pod rot and cocoa pod borer) have increased dramatically in geographical range and are sometimes described as "invasive species".
I admit it. I have a love/hate relationship with the Proverbs 31 Woman. At times she inspires me to no end. Yes, who can find a more virtuous, capable woman? She is an exquisite portrait of a truly remarkable and lovely woman, wife and mother. At other times I want to know where she lives so I...
And the Angels shall be God’s Heavenly Army on Earth –
From the renewed sinners to the virtuous, and from everywhere in Humanity –
Against Satan The Evil One and its followers for the destruction of wickedness on Earth.
For me, Holbrooke will always be a source of inspiration. He devoted his life to public service, a notion that is now derided in many quarters. Some say his death marks the end of a Kennedy-inspired generation—and an America—that believed it could be a virtuous force in the world. I fervently disagree. All of us have the chance to follow his example.
For him, pragmatism and idealism, exceptionalism and universalism, patriotism and internationalism were not either/or choices. He believed in all six, but also in the need to reconcile them insofar as possible or to apply them in different ratios, depending on the situation at hand.
The same went for Realpolitik and its putative antonym, Moralpolitik, as manifest in humanitarian intervention, notably in the Balkans. Richard saw hard and soft power as the yin and yang of the American brand. He believed that the U.S. had enough of both kinds of power to defend the weak around the world.
He was also wary of grand strategy -- any grand strategy. "Diplomacy is not like chess," he once told Michael Ignatieff. "It's more like jazz -- a constant improvisation on a theme." As both a student and practitioner of statecraft, he saw master plans as tending to blinker policy makers, causing them to miss or misread indications that their theory of the case is faulty or that circumstances have changed in ways that call for new assumptions, goals, and responses.
~ Remembering the Unquiet American, A fond retrospective on Richard Holbrooke, Strobe Talbott
Holbrooke the writer was a throwback, and a fertile talent; Holbrooke the historian was more than a recorder of the times. He was a vibrant observer, a narrative thinker, keen on placing his hallmark, thrilled early at this role as first drafter of world affairs that he would later shape.
Through it all, Holbrooke, the ethnic Jew, drew from at least one mandate of the Quaker meeting that, as a child, he attended with his mother: "Speak truth to power."
~ E. Benjamin Skinner
I am grateful for inspiring examples - especially considering the awful examples we're currently seeing on the news -
Gratitude Series 2012 - photo #58 - Köszönöm szépen - Hungarian
A sacred well near the village of Trellech in Wales. AKA St.Anne's Well and back in pagan times Annis' Well named after a Celtic goddess.
On life's journey
Faith is nourishment,
Virtuous deeds are a shelter,
Wisdom is the light by day and
Right mindfulness is the protection by night.
If a man lives a pure life nothing can destroy him;
If he has conquered greed nothing can limit his freedom.
~*~
Buddha
Louise Glück read from her work and then joined with Peter Streckfus in a conversation as part of the Lannan Foundation's Literary series live at the Lensic Theater.
Wednesday May 11, 2016
Santa Fe, New Mexico
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“The way of a superior man is three-fold: virtuous, he is free from anxieties; wise, he is free from perplexities; bold, he is free from fear.” – Confucius
Nary a virtuous spell, could break me free,
but is that not my fateful chance?
I am too weak, ever mesmerized,
ever captured, caught up in trance
Some hours ago she was mine,
I was her one thought refined,
even as I guess that I opined,
but now its just a dream fading quickly out of mind
Meld back to that fateful night,
as I arrived unseen and ready for next flight,
prospects unknown,
wisdom somewhat grown,
knowledge of what once could be, or might
Spellbound, bound by your spell,
with subtle mystery all but around
Hearkening night, surreal petals
set to obscure what's yet unfound
Bold orange passage, finite and forthright
I'm looking down beyond my humble height
adroitly nimble fingers dancing digits slight
rich timbre broad and full, what thou recite
look into my eyes, smile, now furrow your brow
quick glance will tell, mimic my style
grim and prim, avoid sudden certainty
and oft on a whim, please linger a while
I am hypnotized, I can't avoid the glance,
I've a maestro to observe, but by chance
that you are in that line of sight,
serendipity not unknown this night
Phillips Traditional School has started a new quarterly leadership program to teach students leadership skills through the completion of virtuous projects. After raising more than $300 with a coin drive, the first quarter leadership class purchased household items for Des Moines refugee families. And those items were delivered to smiling faces on Oct 18 by Phillips staff.
Participants arriving at the Vice Tweed Ride in Portland, OR.
A full report on the ride will be available at The Prudent Cyclist.
And if you didn't catch the Virtuous Tweed Ride, there's a little on that ride as well.
The enthroned and bearded personification of Honor receives the victor's laurel crown from Virtue and Victory. Majesty and Respect sit like handmaidens at Honor's feet, and the most lauded rulers of history, each identified by name, flank his throne; below are ten virtuous women, plucked from mythology, the Bible and more recent apocryphal histories. The central scribe peruses the list of Honor's celebrants, whilst in the foreground an unruly mob of historical and literary protagonists beseige Honor's pavilion.
This tapestry was part of a seven-piece set presenting an allegorical guide to the qualities which a successful ruler should espouse. The set was made for Cardinal Erard de la Marck (1472–1538), Prince-Bishop of Liège, and loyal envoy and financial backer of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings
Inscription: Names of characters, in Latin, at center, top: VICTUS (probably a misreading at cartoon or weaving stage for VIRTUS- Virtue); MAIESTAS (Majesty); REVER[N]TIA (Respect); VICTORIA (Victory).
Top tier of rulers, inscribed left to right: GODEEREDUS BUHONIUS (Godfrey of Bouillon); S. LODOVICUS (Louis IX of France); CAROL MAGN (Charlemagne); CONSTANTINUS (Emperor Constantine); DAVID (King David); OCTAVIUS (Emperor Augustus); ABRAM (Abraham); ALEXANDER MAGN (Alexander the Great).
Second tier of virtuous females: FLORE[N]TIA ROMITIA (Florence of Rome); PENELOPE (Penelope); SOMRAMIS (Semiramis); HELENA (Empress Helena); HESTER (Esther); DEBORA (the prophet Deborah); SABA (Queen of Sheba); ASIA (the continent Asia, at this time iconographically associated with the spread of Fame).
Mounting the steps to enter Honor’s pavilion are, at the left, SERTORIUS (General Sertorius) and MARCELLA (Consul Marcellus), crowned by DIGNITE (Dignity) and TRIU[M]PH (Triumph); at the right, PHOCAS (Phocias) and PHUS (unidentifiable) welcome two additional unnamed protagonists.
At upper corners: NATURA (Nature); SCRIPTRAS (Scripture).
Amongst the foreground proragonists are: IORAM (Joram), IULIANUS APOSTATA (Julian the Apostate), JEROBOAM (Jereboam), HELENA (Helen of Troy) and PARIS (Paris), TARQUIN (Sextus Tarquinius), MELISA (probably an error due to reweaving of MEDUSA), IEZEBEL (Jezebel), NERO (Emperor Nero), MARCUS ANTONI (Mark Anthony), HOLOFERNES (Holofernes) and SARDANAPALUS (King Sardanapalus)
Three inscriptions in cartouches along the uppermost register of the border: “QUISQUIS UT AD CLARUM STUDIOSUS SCANDAT HONOREM / NATURA ASSIDUIS PROVOCAT ALMA TUBIS” (“Generous nature urges with constant trumpets / Anyone to ascend zealously to glorious Honor”); “CANDIDA QUOS MISIT VIRTUS HONOR ARCE RECEPTANS / LAUREAT AMBITIO QUOS TULIT INDE FUGAT” (“Those whom shining Virtue sent, Honor receives and crowns in the citadel. Those whom Ambition inspired, he makes flee from there”); “SEDULO DOCTA IUBET MODULIS SCRIPTURA DISERTIS / NE QUIS HONORIPAROS TARDET INITRE LARES” (“Scholarly Scriptura ordains with skillful means measures that no one should delay to enter the house of Honor”).
La personificazione in trono e barbuto di Honor riceve la corona d'alloro del vincitore da Virtue and Victory. Maestà e rispetto siedono come ancelle ai piedi di Onore, ei più lodati regnanti della storia, ciascuno identificato dal nome, fiancheggiano il suo trono; sotto ci sono dieci donne virtuose, strappate alla mitologia, alla Bibbia e alle più recenti storie apocrife. Lo scriba centrale esamina la lista dei celebranti di Honor, mentre in primo piano una folla indisciplinata di protagonisti storici e letterari blocca il padiglione di Honor.
Questo arazzo faceva parte di un set di sette pezzi che presentava una guida allegorica alle qualità che un governante di successo dovrebbe sposare. Il set è stato fatto per il cardinale Erard de la Marck (1472-1538), principe-vescovo di Liegi, e inviato leale e finanziatore del Sacro Romano Imperatore Carlo V.
Firme, iscrizioni e segni
Iscrizione: Nomi di personaggi, in latino, al centro, in alto: VICTUS (probabilmente una lettura errata del cartone animato o del palcoscenico per VIRTUS- Virtù); MAIESTAS (Maestà); REVER [N] TIA (Rispetto); VICTORIA (vittoria).
Top livello di sovrani, inscritto da sinistra a destra: GODEEREDUS BUHONIUS (Godfrey of Bouillon); S. LODOVICUS (Luigi IX di Francia); CAROL MAGN (Carlo Magno); COSTANTINO (imperatore Costantino); DAVID (King David); Ottaviano (imperatore Augusto); ABRAM (Abraham); ALEXANDER MAGN (Alessandro Magno).
Secondo livello di femmine virtuose: FLORE [N] TIA ROMITIA (Firenze di Roma); PENELOPE (Penelope); SOMRAMIS (Semiramis); HELENA (Imperatrice Elena); HESTER (Esther); DEBORA (il profeta Deborah); SABA (Regina di Saba); ASIA (il continente asiatico, in questo momento iconograficamente associato alla diffusione di Fame).
I passi per entrare nel padiglione di Honor sono, a sinistra, SERTORIUS (generale Sertorius) e MARCELLA (console Marcello), incoronati da DIGNITE (Dignity) e TRIU [M] PH (Triumph); a destra, PHOCAS (Phocias) e PHUS (non identificabili) danno il benvenuto a due altri protagonisti senza nome.
Agli angoli superiori: NATURA (natura); SCRIPTRAS (Scrittura).
Tra i proragonisti in primo piano ci sono: IORAM (Joram), IULIANUS APOSTATA (Julian the Apostate), JEROBOAM (Jereboam), HELENA (Helen of Troy) e PARIS (Parigi), TARQUIN (Sextus Tarquinius), MELISA (probabilmente un errore dovuto al riavvolgimento di MEDUSA), IEZEBEL (Jezebel), NERO (Imperatore Nerone), MARCUS ANTONI (Mark Anthony), HOLOFERNES (Oloferne) e SARDANAPALUS (Re Sardanapalus)
Tre iscrizioni in cartiglio lungo il registro superiore del confine: "QUISQUIS UT AD CLARUM STUDIOSUS SCANDAT HONOREM / NATURA ASSIDUIS PROVOCAT ALMA TUBIS" ("La natura generosa spinge con trombe costanti / Chiunque ascenda zelantemente al glorioso Onore"); "CANDIDA QUOS MISIT VIRTUS HONOR ARCE RECEPTANS / LAUREAT AMBITIO QUOS TULIT INDE FUGAT" ("Coloro che brillano di virtù, Honor riceve e incorona nella cittadella, quelli che l'ambizione ha ispirato, fugge da lì"); "SEDULO DOCTA IUBET MODULIS SCRIPTURA DISERTIS / NE QUIS HONORIPAROS TARDET INITRE LARES" ("La Scriptura ordinata con mezzi abili misura che nessuno dovrebbe ritardare per entrare nella casa d'onore")
especially when surrounded by his darling friends.
This is my last photo before bed. I mentioned it before, but this series is my favourite from the portrait session with Wade, M. and A. I think that one from this set will definitely find its way into a portfolio of sorts.
Looking at these pictures now, I wish I was in them... but then who would have taken the photo?
Dorcas Barrett
wife of. Thomas Barrett Jr.
d. April 17, 1767 aged 28
"She was a virtuous wife,
a tender mother, and was
truely religious and
exemplary in her life
and conversation"
In the Divine Comedy poem Inferno, Dante depicts Limbo as the first circle of Hell, located beyond the river Acheron but before the judgment seat of Minos. The virtuous pagans of classical history and mythology inhabit a brightly lit and beautiful—but somber—castle which is seemingly a medieval version of Elysium. They include Hector, Julius Caesar, Virgil, Electra, and Orpheus. In the same work, a semi-infernal region above Limbo on the other side of Acheron but inside the Gate of Hell also exists for the Uncommitted.
Memorial for the murdered Jews of Hanover
Opernplatz
“We commemorate our brothers and sisters of the Jewish community of Hanover who through haughtiness, hatred and obsession with race were driven to their death or banished, ridiculed or despised, from their home to a foreign country during the tyranny of the national socialists. We mourn for everything which was destroyed with them. Not only their temples were laid to waste through sacrilegious hands, even their wisdom, benevolence and virtuousness which could have saved worlds and could have healed many wounds, were destroyed. We mourn for capability and knowledge, laughter and smiles, which we lost with them. The world would grow poorer and our heart freezes, if we would forget the glory, which could have been. Gratefully we commemorate their example. They are like lights that shine to us from the darkness of those years, and in their splendour we see what is good – and what is evil. May such horrible times never return so their sacrifice was not in vain. Through commemorating them we gain strength in our daily struggle against cruelty, prejudice, tyranny and persecution. Amen.”
This prayer was presented by former “Landesrabbiner” (rabbi) Dr. Henry Brandt on the day of the inauguration. The following inscription is engraved on the memorial:
“This memorial was built for the lasting memory of over 6800 Jews of Hanover: Many families lived here for generations. From 1933, they were abased, disenfranchised, chased away, driven to suicide or killed by national socialists: The remaining Jewish children, women and men had to leave their apartments in 1941 and were herded together in “Judenhäusern” (Jews’ houses) with the aid of the city council. From there on they were torn out of the population, deported and murdered without particular resistance by the rest of the population.
The transports went to: Poland on 28 October, 1938; on 25 June, 1939 to Poland; on 15 December, 1941 to Riga; on 31 March, 1942 to Warsaw; on 23 June, 1942 to Theresienstadt; on 02 March, 1943 to Auschwitz; on 16 March, 1943 to Theresienstadt; on 30 June, 1943 to Theresienstadt; on 11 January, 1944 to Theresienstadt; on 20 February, 1945 to Theresienstadt. There were only a few survivors in Hanover: 27 were liberated by American soldiers in the concentration camp of Ahlem on 10 April, 1945. The names of the murdered ones are listed on the memorial as far as they are known. It was erected 50 years after by a Hanoverian citizens’ initiative supported by many citizens and the city of Hanover: Hanover, 09 October, 1994.”
In this memorial are engraved the names of 1,935 Jewish citizens of Hanover. In its inauguration in 1994, there were 1,890 names; a further 25 names which were discovered due to the latest research followed in 1997 and a further 20 in 2004. Their age data and their birth data follow 1,935 times. The places of death are mentioned 1,935 times, as far as they are known. After years of very intense discussions about the for and against, this memorial for the deported and killed Jewish citizens was handed over to the public on 9 October, 1994. This place of commemoration was built with the initiative of the association “Memoriam” with private donations.
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