The deity Ise no Okami is worshiped here.
A stone torii gateway called Nunetorii stands at the entrance of the sacred area. This gate has an exceptional decoration called sasutsuka, where the center boards (gakuzuka) are fashioned in a gassho style resembling the position of two hands brought together in prayer.


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Jindal: 'Our strategy is we're going to win Iowa.'
October 13, 2015 By O. Kay Henderson
Republican presidential candidate Bobby Jindal, the governor of Louisiana, has appeared at more than 100 events in Iowa this year. So far this month, he's spent eight days campaigning here.
"We're doing town halls," Jindal says. "Oftentimes we're the last person to leave. Everybody gets to ask their question."
Jindal's campaign or the "super PAC" that's supporting him so far have staged an event in about half of Iowa's 99 counties and Jindal is now making an aggressive declaration about Iowa's Caucuses. It could force Jindal to drop out of the race on February 2, however, if he fails to meet the goal.
"We're very, very pleased to see growing crowds. We're building a movement in Iowa. Our strategy is we're going to win Iowa," Jindal says. "…There's a saying in Louisiana: 'You go hunting where the ducks are.' The first votes are cast in Iowa and that's why we're spending so much time here."
Jindal was in Decorah over the noon hour today. He'll join GOP competitors Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum at a church in Iowa City this evening for a "Jerusalem Call" event, sponsored by the Israel Allies Foundation. Ted Cruz and Rand Paul are also campaigning here in Iowa today.
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Jumpers for Goalposts: Live at Wembley Stadium
Jumpers for Goalposts: Live at Wembley Stadium is a home video by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, released on Blu-ray on 13 November 2015.[1] It features the footage taken from Sheeran's x Tour, when he became the first solo artist to take the stage at Wembley Stadium in London and played across three sold out nights to a crowd of 240,000 people.[1] Jumpers for Goalposts: Live at Wembley Stadium features performances of hits like "The A Team", "Sing" or "Thinking Out Loud".[1] Sir Elton John duets with Sheeran on two songs.[1]
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The title "Jumpers for Goalposts" alludes to street/park football in the UK, a practice where jumpers would be placed on the ground and used as goalposts, a nod from Sheeran playing the concerts at Wembley Stadium, the home of English football.[2] Aside from the live performances, Jumpers for Goalposts: Live at Wembley Stadium gives viewers an insight into life backstage on the road with Sheeran.[1] Simultaneously, Jumpers for Goalposts: Live at Wembley Stadium was released on DVD as part of the re-release of Sheeran's 2014 x album.[1] This CD/DVD combo titled x (Wembley Edition) also includes five new tracks on the CD portion.[1]
2.1 Weekly charts
2.2 Year-end charts
3 Release history
1. "I'm a Mess" Ed Sheeran
2. "Lego House"
Jake Gosling
Chris Leonard
3. "Photograph"
Johnny McDaid
4. "Bloodstream"
McDaid
Gary Lightbody
Kesi Dryden
Piers Aggett
Leon Rolle
5. "Don't"
Benjamin Levin
6. "I See Fire" Sheeran
7. "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (duet with Elton John)
Ann Orson
8. "Thinking Out Loud"
Amy Wadge
9. "The A Team" Sheeran
10. "You Need Me, I Don't Need You" Sheeran
11. "Sing"
12. "Afire Love" (duet with Elton John)
13. "Drunk"
14. "Tenerife Sea"
15. "Take It Back/Superstition" (medley)
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Australian Music DVD (ARIA)[3]
Dutch Music DVD (MegaCharts)[4]
French Music DVD (SNEP)[5]
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6]
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[7]
Japanese Blu-ray (Oricon)[8]
Italian Music DVD (FIMI)[9]
Swedish Music DVD (Sverigetopplistan)[10]
Swiss Music DVD (Schweizer Hitparade)[11]
UK Music Videos (OCC)[12]
Year-end chartsEdit
Australia Music DVD (ARIA)[13]
Release historyEdit
Europe[14]
13 November 2015 Blu-ray
Japan[15]
Australia[16]
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Jumpers for Goalposts (Trailer) on YouTube
"I'm a Mess" (Live from Wembley Stadium) on YouTube
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What particularly struck me when I saw the old Dutch paintings again is that they were usually painted quickly. That these great masters like Hals, Rembrandt, Ruisdael – so many others – as far as possible just put it straight down – and didn't come back to it so very much. And – this, too, please – that if it worked, they left it alone. Above all I admired hands by Rembrandt and Hals – hands that lived, but were not finished in the sense that people want to enforce nowadays ... In the winter I'm going to explore various things regarding manner that I noticed in the old paintings. I saw a great deal that I needed. But this above all things – what they call – dashing off – you see that's what the old Dutch painters did famously. That – dashing off – with a few brushstrokes, they won't hear of it now – but how true the results are.
Van Gogh had no recollection of the event, suggesting that he may have suffered an acute mental breakdown.[147] The hospital diagnosis was "acute mania with generalised delirium",[148] and within a few days the local police ordered that he be placed in hospital care.[149][150] Gauguin immediately notified Theo, who on 24 December had proposed marriage to his old friend Andries Bonger's sister Johanna.[151] That evening Theo rushed to the station to board a night train to Arles. He arrived on Christmas Day and comforted Vincent, who seemed to be semi-lucid. That evening he left Arles for the return trip to Paris.[152]
Along that same vein, in August 2013, reports about a new health scare involving Van Dyke were circulating worldwide. According to reports, a sports car that Van Dyke was operating on L.A.'s 101 Freeway suddenly burst into flames on August 19, leaving the actor trapped inside the burning vehicle until a passing motorist who had witnessed the accident could come to his aid. Thanks to the passerby, Jason Pennington, Van Dyke left the scene of the accident unscathed—not only did the actor walk away uninjured and needing no medical treatment, he did not receive a citation for the incident, according to The Associated Press. According to some reports, Van Dyke had reported engine trouble with the vehicle the previous day, on August 18.
He first gained recognition on radio and Broadway, then he became known for his role as Rob Petrie on the CBS television sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show, which ran from 1961 to 1966. He also gained significant popularity for roles in the musical films Bye Bye Birdie (1963), Mary Poppins (1964), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), and Mary Poppins Returns (2018). His other prominent film appearances include roles in The Comic (1969), Dick Tracy (1990), Curious George (2006), Night at the Museum (2006), and Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014). Other prominent TV roles include the leads in The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1971–74), Diagnosis: Murder (1993–2001), and Murder 101 (2006–08) which both co-starred his son Barry.
It took Walt twenty years to talk Travers [P.L. Travers, author of the Mary Poppins novels] into giving him the rights for the picture and then she fought him tooth and nail all the way through it. She hated me, she hated Julie Andrews, she didn't think either one of us were right. After the premiere she met Walt in the lobby and said, 'All the animation has to go.' Walt said, 'Pamela, the boat has sailed.'
Albert Aurier praised his work in the Mercure de France in January 1890, and described him as "a genius".[173] In February Van Gogh painted five versions of L'Arlésienne (Madame Ginoux), based on a charcoal sketch Gauguin had produced when she sat for both artists in November 1888.[174][note 10] Also in February, Van Gogh was invited by Les XX, a society of avant-garde painters in Brussels, to participate in their annual exhibition. At the opening dinner a Les XX member, Henry de Groux, insulted Van Gogh's work. Toulouse-Lautrec demanded satisfaction, and Signac declared he would continue to fight for Van Gogh's honour if Lautrec surrendered. De Groux apologised for the slight and left the group. Later, while Van Gogh's exhibit was on display with the Artistes Indépendants in Paris, Claude Monet said that his work was the best in the show.[175] After the birth of his nephew, Van Gogh wrote, "I started right away to make a picture for him, to hang in their bedroom, branches of white almond blossom against a blue sky."[176]
The exact sequence of events which led to Van Gogh's mutilation of his ear is not known. Gauguin stated, fifteen years later, that the night followed several instances of physically threatening behaviour.[138] Their relationship was complex, and Theo may have owed money to Gauguin, who was suspicious that the brothers were exploiting him financially.[139] It seems likely that Van Gogh had realised that Gauguin was planning to leave.[139] The following days saw heavy rain, leading to the two men being shut in the Yellow House.[140] Gauguin reported that Van Gogh followed when Gauguin left the house for a walk, and "rushed towards me, an open razor in his hand".[140] This account is uncorroborated;[141] Gauguin was almost certainly absent from the Yellow House that night, most likely in a hotel.[140]
The piece comes back and looks horrible. The fabric was torn and stapled back together unevenly. We called Art Van to complain and were promised to be contacted by the manager. In the meantime we moved and didn't get a chance to call manager back. We called back and were told manager would contact us. Nothing. I finally called the manager, Kathy Smith, today and received the worst treatment I've ever experienced from a store. Right away she had a chip on her should and said because it's been 8 months since original purchase, we couldn't get a replacement and basically it wasn't her problem. I wasn't rude and didn't say anything to anger her but she acted like I was trying to steal from her. I explained that if we could not get the piece replaced (which is ridiculous by itself), could we get a decent discount on the purchase of two new pieces? We need to get the reverse pieces for the new house and were hoping after all the inconvenience, that they could work with us since the original piece looks terrible from being serviced.
I think it's such a shame that [Walt Disney] didn't live to see computer animation, because he would have had a good time with it . . . In those days it was before the blue screen. They used what was called yellow sulphur lighting--the screen was yellow, and we worked with that all day, and by the time the day was over you couldn't see anything . . . It was just an empty soundstage. And sometimes we didn't even have the music--we would just dance to a click rhythm. But I think technically it holds up today just as well as anything.
Van Dyke began his film career by playing the role of Albert J. Peterson in the film version of Bye Bye Birdie (1963). Despite his unhappiness with the adaptation—its focus differed from the stage version in that the story now centered on a previously supporting character[32]—the film was a success. That same year, Van Dyke was cast in two roles: as the chimney sweep Bert, and as bank chairman Mr. Dawes Senior, in Walt Disney's Mary Poppins (1964). For his scenes as the chairman, he was heavily costumed to look much older and was credited in that role as "Navckid Keyd" (at the end of the credits, the letters unscramble into "Dick Van Dyke"). Van Dyke's attempt at a cockney accent has been lambasted as one of the worst accents in film history, cited by actors since as an example of how not to sound. In a 2003 poll by Empire magazine of the worst-ever accents in film, he came in second (to Sean Connery in The Untouchables, despite Connery winning an Academy Award for that performance).[33][34] According to Van Dyke, his accent coach was Irish, who "didn't do an accent any better than I did", and that no one alerted him to how bad it was during the production.[35][36][37] Still, Mary Poppins was successful on release and its appeal has endured. "Chim Chim Cher-ee", one of the songs that Van Dyke performed in Mary Poppins, won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for the Sherman Brothers, the film's songwriting duo.
Van Gogh and Gauguin visited Montpellier in December 1888, where they saw works by Courbet and Delacroix in the Musée Fabre.[135] Their relationship began to deteriorate; Van Gogh admired Gauguin and wanted to be treated as his equal, but Gauguin was arrogant and domineering, which frustrated Van Gogh. They often quarrelled; Van Gogh increasingly feared that Gauguin was going to desert him, and the situation, which Van Gogh described as one of "excessive tension", rapidly headed towards crisis point.[136]
Van Gogh stayed there for 12 months, haunted by recurrent attacks, alternating between moods of calm and despair, and working intermittently: The Starry Night, Garden of the Asylum, Cypresses, Olive Trees, Les Alpilles, portraits of doctors, and interpretations of paintings by Rembrandt, Delacroix, and Millet date from this period. The keynote of this phase (1889–90) is fear of losing touch with reality, as well as a certain sadness. Confined for long periods to his cell or the asylum garden, having no choice of subjects, and realizing that his inspiration depended on direct observation, van Gogh fought against having to work from memory. At Saint-Rémy he muted the vivid, sun-drenched colours of the previous summer and tried to make his painting more calm. As he repressed his excitement, however, he involved himself more imaginatively in the drama of the elements, developing a style based on dynamic forms and a vigorous use of line (he often equated line with colour). The best of his Saint-Rémy pictures are thus bolder and more visionary than those of Arles.
In January 1879 he took up a post as a missionary at Petit-Wasmes[45] in the coal-mining district of Borinage in Belgium. To show support for his impoverished congregation, he gave up his comfortable lodgings at a bakery to a homeless person, and moved to a small hut where he slept on straw.[46] His squalid living conditions did not endear him to church authorities, who dismissed him for "undermining the dignity of the priesthood". He then walked the 75 kilometres (47 mi) to Brussels,[47] returned briefly to Cuesmes in the Borinage, but gave in to pressure from his parents to return home to Etten. He stayed there until around March 1880,[note 3] which caused concern and frustration for his parents. His father was especially frustrated and advised that his son should be committed to the lunatic asylum at Geel.[49][50][note 4]
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Many of the late paintings are sombre but essentially optimistic and, right up to the time of Van Gogh's death, reflect his desire to return to lucid mental health. Yet some of his final works reflect his deepening concerns.[257][258] Writing in July 1890, from Auvers, Van Gogh said that he had become absorbed "in the immense plain against the hills, boundless as the sea, delicate yellow".[181]
In these series, Van Gogh was not preoccupied by his usual interest in filling his paintings with subjectivity and emotion; rather the two series are intended to display his technical skill and working methods to Gauguin,[134] who was about to visit. The 1888 paintings were created during a rare period of optimism for the artist. Vincent wrote to Theo in August 1888, "I'm painting with the gusto of a Marseillais eating bouillabaisse, which won't surprise you when it's a question of painting large sunflowers ... If I carry out this plan there'll be a dozen or so panels. The whole thing will therefore be a symphony in blue and yellow. I work on it all these mornings, from sunrise. Because the flowers wilt quickly and it's a matter of doing the whole thing in one go."[243]
In the best of all worlds the producers would take some responsibility for the kinds of things they're putting out. Unfortunately, they don't. And then I-- they keep saying we can't have our First Amendment rights abridged and we can't have censorship. Well we had it back in the Hays days [Production Code Administration, headed by 'Will H. Hays', the official Hollywood censor office], in the Johnson office days. And I think they should--maybe the American people might bring it back if things get bad enough.
In preparation for Gauguin's visit, Van Gogh bought two beds on advice from the station's postal supervisor Joseph Roulin, whose portrait he painted. On 17 September he spent his first night in the still sparsely furnished Yellow House.[129] When Gauguin consented to work and live in Arles with him, Van Gogh started to work on the Décoration for the Yellow House, probably the most ambitious effort he ever undertook.[130] He completed two chair paintings: Van Gogh's Chair and Gauguin's Chair.[131]
In April 1876 he returned to England to take unpaid work as a supply teacher in a small boarding school in Ramsgate. When the proprietor moved to Isleworth in Middlesex, Van Gogh went with him.[35][36] The arrangement did not work out and he left to become a Methodist minister's assistant.[37] His parents had meanwhile moved to Etten;[38] in 1876 he returned home at Christmas for six months and took work at a bookshop in Dordrecht. He was unhappy in the position and spent his time doodling or translating passages from the Bible into English, French and German.[39] He immersed himself in religion, and became increasingly pious and monastic.[40] According to his flatmate of the time, Paulus van Görlitz, Van Gogh ate frugally, avoiding meat.[41]
There was interest from a dealer in Paris early in 1885.[86] Theo asked Vincent if he had paintings ready to exhibit.[87] In May, Van Gogh responded with his first major work, The Potato Eaters, and a series of "peasant character studies" which were the culmination of several years of work.[88] When he complained that Theo was not making enough effort to sell his paintings in Paris, his brother responded that they were too dark, and not in keeping with the bright style of Impressionism.[85] In August his work was publicly exhibited for the first time, in the shop windows of the dealer Leurs in The Hague. One of his young peasant sitters became pregnant in September 1885; Van Gogh was accused of forcing himself upon her, and the village priest forbade parishioners to model for him.[89]
The time in Arles became one of Van Gogh's more prolific periods: he completed 200 paintings, and more than 100 drawings and watercolours.[115] He was enchanted by the local landscape and light; his works from this period are rich in yellow, ultramarine and mauve. His paintings include harvests, wheat fields and general rural landmarks from the area, including The Old Mill (1888), a picturesque structure bordering the wheat fields.[116] This was one of seven canvases sent to Pont-Aven on 4 October 1888 in an exchange of works with Paul Gauguin, Émile Bernard, Charles Laval and others.[116]
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They contain a wide array of physiognomical representations.[230] Van Gogh's mental and physical condition is usually apparent; he may appear unkempt, unshaven or with a neglected beard, with deeply sunken eyes, a weak jaw, or having lost teeth. Some show him with full lips, a long face or prominent skull, or sharpened, alert features. His hair may be the usual red, or at times ash coloured.[230]
On January 27, 2013, at the age of 87, Van Dyke received the 2013 Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. During his acceptance speech, Van Dyke reminisced about his work over the years as an entertainer and stated that his career has "been full of surprises and a lot of fun." He also praised actors working in the industry today, calling them "the greatest generation of actors" and telling them, "You've all lifted the art to another place now." He continued with a rhetorical question for his Hollywood colleagues: "Aren't we lucky to have found a line of work that doesn't require growing up? I love that." Van Dyke is the 49th recipient of the SAG Life Achievement Award, following 2012 honoree Mary Tyler Moore.
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Van Gogh's works are among the world's most expensive paintings. Those sold for over US$100 million (today's equivalent) include Portrait of Dr Gachet,[286] Portrait of Joseph Roulin and Irises. The Metropolitan Museum of Art's version of Wheat Field with Cypresses was acquired in 1993 for US$57 million.[287] In 2015 L'Allée des Alyscamps sold for US$66.3 million at Sotheby's, New York, exceeding its reserve of US$40 million.[288]
Van Gogh entered the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum on 8 May 1889, accompanied by his carer, Frédéric Salles, a Protestant clergyman. Saint-Paul was a former monastery in Saint-Rémy, located less than 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Arles, and was run by a former naval doctor, Théophile Peyron. Van Gogh had two cells with barred windows, one of which he used as a studio.[162] The clinic and its garden became the main subjects of his paintings. He made several studies of the hospital's interiors, such as Vestibule of the Asylum and Saint-Rémy (September 1889). Some of his works from this time are characterised by swirls, such as The Starry Night. He was allowed short supervised walks, during which time he painted cypresses and olive trees, including Olive Trees with the Alpilles in the Background 1889, Cypresses 1889, Cornfield with Cypresses (1889), Country road in Provence by Night (1890). In September 1889 he produced two further versions of Bedroom in Arles.[163]
The album "Songs I Like By Dick Van Dyke" was recorded on Friday, November 22, 1963. Early in the recording session, the artists and orchestra were informed of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. In spite of the tragic news, and a deadline from Command Records that had to be met, the recording session continued to a successful conclusion - albeit in an emotionally-charged atmosphere. He said that he scarcely remembers the session because he was in such a state of shock after hearing the news.
I asked Fred Astaire once when he was about my age if he still danced and he said 'Yes, but it hurts now.' That's exactly it. I can still dance too but it hurts now! I've always kept moving. I was at the gym at six this morning. Of course marrying a beautiful young woman has been a big help. There are so many years between us and we don't feel it. I'm emotionally immature and she's very wise for her age so we kind of meet in the middle.
Fifteen canvases depict cypresses, a tree he became fascinated with in Arles.[246] He brought life to the trees, which were traditionally seen as emblematic of death.[214] The series of cypresses he began in Arles featured the trees in the distance, as windbreaks in fields; when he was at Saint-Rémy he brought them to the foreground.[247] Vincent wrote to Theo in May 1889: "Cypresses still preoccupy me, I should like to do something with them like my canvases of sunflowers"; he went on to say, "They are beautiful in line and proportion like an Egyptian obelisk."[248]
Van Gogh painted several landscapes with flowers, including roses, lilacs, irises, and sunflowers. Some reflect his interests in the language of colour, and also in Japanese ukiyo-e.[240] There are two series of dying sunflowers. The first was painted in Paris in 1887 and shows flowers lying on the ground. The second set was completed a year later in Arles, and is of bouquets in a vase positioned in early morning light.[241] Both are built from thickly layered paintwork, which, according to the London National Gallery, evoke the "texture of the seed-heads".[242]
Gogh, Vincent van: La Berceuse (Woman Rocking a Cradle; Augustine-Alix Pellicot Roulin, 1851–1930)La Berceuse (Woman Rocking a Cradle; Augustine-Alix Pellicot Roulin, 1851–1930), oil on canvas by Vincent van Gogh, 1889; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 1996, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002 (accession no. 1996.435); www.metmuseum.org
Van Dyke received a Grammy Award in 1964, along with Julie Andrews, for his performance on the soundtrack to Mary Poppins.[41] In 1970, he published Faith, Hope and Hilarity: A Child's Eye View of Religion a book of humorous anecdotes based largely on his experiences as a Sunday School teacher.[42] Van Dyke was principal in "KXIV Inc." and owned 1400 AM KXIV in Phoenix (later KSUN) from 1965 to 1985.[citation needed]
Those of you who have followed this saga and supported my efforts with your countless emails will understand when I say that regardless of money, ethics, William Morris Agents and their lawyers, and anyone else who has the guts to call this project their own, I can honestly say that I am sitting here in my apartment in New York City SMILING BIG SMILES because I know in my heart (and so does EVERYONE ELSE) that this whole bloody thing...and all of your happiness....was because of something I did.
In 2017, Van Dyke released his first solo album since 1963's "Songs I Like." The album, "Step (Back) In Time," was produced by Bill Bixler (who also played sax), with arrangements by Dave Enos (who also played bass) and features noted musicians John Ferraro (Drums), Tony Guerrero (Trumpet & Vocal duet), Mark LeBrun (Piano), Charley Pollard (Trombone) and Leslie Bixler (Vocals). "Step (Back) In Time" was released by BixMix Records and showcases Van Dyke in a jazz and big band setting on classic songs from the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s.
Among Van Dyke's high school classmates in Danville were Donald O'Connor and Bobby Short, both of whom would go on to successful careers as entertainers.[10] One of his closest friends was a cousin of Gene Hackman, the future actor, who also lived in Danville in those years.[10] Van Dyke's mother's family was very religious, and for a brief period in his youth, he considered a career in ministry, although a drama class in high school convinced him that his true calling was as a professional entertainer.[10] In his autobiography, he wrote, "I suppose that I never completely gave up my childhood idea of being a minister. Only the medium and the message changed. I have still endeavored to touch people's souls, to raise their spirits and put smiles on their faces."[10] Even after the launch of his career as an entertainer, he taught Sunday school in the Presbyterian Church, where he was an elder, and he continued to read such theologians as Buber, Tillich, and Bonhoeffer, who helped explain in practical terms the relevance of religion in everyday life.[10]
Van Gogh's stylistic developments are usually linked to the periods he spent living in different places across Europe. He was inclined to immerse himself in local cultures and lighting conditions, although he maintained a highly individual visual outlook throughout. His evolution as an artist was slow, and he was aware of his painterly limitations. He moved home often, perhaps to expose himself to new visual stimuli, and through exposure develop his technical skill.[224] Art historian Melissa McQuillan believes the moves also reflect later stylistic changes, and that Van Gogh used the moves to avoid conflict, and as a coping mechanism for when the idealistic artist was faced with the realities of his then current situation.[225]
In all the company has nearly 200 stores.[17] Art Van had partnered with Paul's TV to open a section for Paul's TV to sell televisions inside Art Van stores. 18 locations were opened, however all were closed down by 2015.[18] Other boutique sections have included AV Flooring, and Art Van Furniture also operates three Scott Shuptrine interior design studios in the state of Michigan.[19] Art Van also produces a mail catalog of its furniture designs.[20]
Between February and April 1890 Van Gogh suffered a severe relapse. Depressed and unable to bring himself to write, he was still able to paint and draw a little during this time,[168] and he later wrote to Theo that he had made a few small canvases "from memory ... reminisces of the North".[169] Among these was Two Peasant Women Digging in a Snow-Covered Field at Sunset. Hulsker believes that this small group of paintings formed the nucleus of many drawings and study sheets depicting landscapes and figures that Van Gogh worked on during this time. He comments that this short period was the only time that Van Gogh's illness had a significant effect on his work.[170] Van Gogh asked his mother and his brother to send him drawings and rough work he had done in the early 1880s so he could work on new paintings from his old sketches.[171] Belonging to this period is Sorrowing Old Man ("At Eternity's Gate"), a colour study Hulsker describes as "another unmistakable remembrance of times long past".[90][172] His late paintings show an artist at the height of his abilities, according to the art critic Robert Hughes, "longing for concision and grace".[114]
The adult Broadway cast (Dick, Paul Lynde, Maureen Stapleton) who recreated their roles for the film version of Bye Bye Birdie (1963) were generally disappointed in the film. It was felt that director George Sidney placed far too much focus on Ann-Margret's teen role, a role that was secondary in the stage hit. Ann-Margret was at the time experiencing a meteoric rise in films.
The company operates 56 stores located in Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana, a full service e-commerce website, in addition to 45 freestanding Art Van PureSleep bedding stores.[11] The company also has franchised stores located in the Midwest.[12] In 2010, Art Van acquired Brewbaker's Furniture, which had locations in Petoskey and Onaway.[13] The Onaway store was closed in 2013.[14] The first franchise was opened within Young's Appliance of Alpena in 2012.[2]
The portraits gave Van Gogh his best opportunity to earn. He believed they were "the only thing in painting that moves me deeply and that gives me a sense of the infinite."[223][226] He wrote to his sister that he wished to paint portraits that would endure, and that he would use colour to capture their emotions and character rather than aiming for photographic realism.[227] Those closest to Van Gogh are mostly absent from his portraits; he rarely painted Theo, Van Rappard or Bernard. The portraits of his mother were from photographs.[228]
Van Dyke's start in television was with WDSU-TV New Orleans Channel 6 (NBC), first as a single comedian and later as emcee of a comedy program.[18][19][20] Van Dyke's first network TV appearance was with Dennis James on James' Chance of a Lifetime in 1954. He later appeared in two episodes of The Phil Silvers Show during its 1957–58 season. He also appeared early in his career on ABC's The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom and NBC's The Polly Bergen Show. During this time a friend from the Army was working as an executive for CBS television and recommended Van Dyke to that network. Out of this came a seven-year contract with the network.[21] During an interview on NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! program, Van Dyke said he was the anchorman for the CBS morning show during this period with Walter Cronkite as his newsman.[22]
In 1969, Van Dyke appeared in the comedy-drama The Comic, written and directed by Carl Reiner. Van Dyke portrayed a self-destructive silent film era comedian who struggles with alcoholism, depression, and his own rampant ego. Reiner wrote the film especially for Van Dyke, who often spoke of his admiration for silent film era comedians such as Charlie Chaplin and his hero Stan Laurel.[38] On Larry King Live, Van Dyke mentioned he turned down the lead role in The Omen which was played by Gregory Peck. He also mentioned his dream role would have been the scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz. Twenty-one years later in 1990, Van Dyke, whose usual role had been the amiable hero, took a small but villainous turn as the crooked DA Fletcher in Warren Beatty's film Dick Tracy. Van Dyke returned to motion pictures in 2006 with Curious George as Mr. Bloomsberry and as villain Cecil Fredericks in the Ben Stiller film Night at the Museum.[39] He reprised the role in a cameo for the sequel, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009), but it was cut from the film. It can be found in the special features on the DVD release. He also played the character again in the third film, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014).


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Decarbonizing Paris and creating new green spaces
Creating urban forests in Paris for a cooler feel and cleaner air
To preserve the quality of life in cities, heat must be limited. The Paris city council was forced to acknowledge this fact after successive summer heat waves, and decided to create five urban forests in the city.
Planting large trees in spaces made up entirely of concrete and steel is a challenge. Paris city council entrusted Arcadis with the project's feasibility study for three of the five sites selected.
Once the urban forests are created, Paris residents and visitors will be able to breathe cleaner air and have new green spaces in which to relax and cool off.
hectares of asphalt to be transformed into a forest by 2026
new urban forests in Paris
While the French capital is world-renowned for its rich architecture, it is often criticized for not providing enough green space for its inhabitants. Below the majestic Haussmann buildings, it is concrete that dominates and this predominance increases the temperature in the summer. Heat, absorbed during the day, is given off by sidewalks and roads at night.
In response to this and to cool the city down, Paris city council decided to create five urban forests in iconic locations in the French capital.
To turn Paris city council's wish into a reality, Arcadis is carrying out studies and exploring all possible scenarios for the three of the five sites entrusted to it: the paved square of the Hôtel de Ville, the paved square of Euronext Paris, and Place Saint-Gervais located behind Hôtel de Ville, which will be the site of the future memorial of the Paris attacks.
Adapting the ground, reinforcing its structure and ensuring it is watertight so that it can accommodate large trees is a real technical challenge. A great depth is required to create the large volumes that will house the soil needed to plant the trees. To do this, a very large portion of the first level of underground parking garages will be used to create the shell intended to hold the soil. The concrete slab will thus be lowered from one and a half meters to two and a half meters. This technical feat will allow trees to be planted across an area of 1,500 m² at the Hôtel de Ville, the equivalent of more than two basketball courts. Depending on the scenarios, Euronext Paris may be able to accommodate an area of 1,000 to 1,800 m². The remaining space, in level -1 of the parking garages, will be used for parking bicycles and motorcycles. Arcadis plans to reuse some of the materials from the demolition of the slab. Moreover, these transformations require a complete redesign of parking garage accesses and traffic flows, in order to leave as much space as possible for surface landscaping projects.
All the scenarios were modeled by Arcadis' teams in record time. The digital mock-ups allow the different scenarios to be visualized and assist with choosing between the various solutions imagined.
Arcadis has also conducted an environmental analysis demonstrating the advantages and disadvantages of each solution in terms of its carbon footprint. In particular, this study demonstrates how much urban forests contribute to creating cool relief and how important choosing the right materials is for limiting heat.
Urban forest projects prove that a lack of space is not an obstacle to the ambition to create greener, more shaded cities. These compact forests will improve the quality of public spaces by proposing a new use for some of Paris's major squares. Trees play two major roles in a city: they capture CO2 and help fight the heat. Those familiar with the woodlands know that the temperature is always several degrees cooler. Planting new forests in the city obviously raises significant technical questions, which is why studies have been conducted to bring this project to life.
Emmanuel Grégoire
Deputy Mayor of Paris
The planting of urban forests in Paris will transform the city's appearance and allow its residents and visitors to take advantage of new green spaces in which to relax, have fun and cool off. In addition to being good for mental health and well-being, trees help reduce air pollution, so Parisians can breathe better-quality air.
Beyond mitigating the effects of global warming and boosting land biodiversity, this project for the creation of green spaces and decarbonization asserts a new urban paradigm, in favor of the quality of life of residents.
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Continuing their creative residence at Lauderdale House for 2019, Insieme present a seasonal concert series featuring their signature combination of strings, woodwind, piano, voice and spoken word. Their first concert of the year is It Might as Well be Spring on Sunday 10 March at 6pm.
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Today however I received another phone call from Ronny's dad saying that this morning at 10:30 Ronny had died. I will morn his loss as I have so many other kids that were so close to me who have also died in the past few months.
"Goodbye my friend. I will miss you, but I can smile because I know that the next time I see you I will not have to carry you."
Yes...bittersweet indeed....my heart breaks for everyone involved in Ronny's life... but also rejoices in knowing he is running, jumping for joy, and all things he couldn't do here... Thank you Lord!


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Extracts of Statistics from the Annexed Estates for Western Strathearn (1755-56)
The Reports of the Annexed Estates (1755-69)
A Tour of Scotland - Observations
Seismic Activity (1789)
Account of 1791-99 vol-11 - Comrie, County of Perth
Archibald MacNab (1734-1816)
Henry Dundas (1742-1811)
Sir David Baird of Seringapatam (1757-1829)
Companion and Useful Guide to the Beauties of Scotland – Sarah Murray (1799)
Roman Camp, Dalginross – October (1800)
Flash from the Caledonian Mercury – September (1814)
I've a Boat to Catch (1818)
A Picture of Strathearn - John Brown (1823)
St Fillan's Highland Society (1827)
Letters from the Distant Past (1831 - 1859)
Comrie, St Fillans and Monivard (1837)
Statistical Account: Parish of Comrie (1838)
The Glen Lednock Census (1841)
The Queen's Visit (1842)
The Road to Comrie (1857)
For the Sake of Nelly Fergus (1860)
From an Unknown Guidebook-circa (1892)
Comrie (1895)
Tales of Derring Do
Soldier, Soldier, won't you marry me wi'…
The Adventures of Paddy or Highland Peter
Ghoulie Tales
A Serious Business
The Man with the Powerful Voice
Double Entry bookkeeping
Hey, Gie's ma Haun…or Murder Most Foul
Kate Mackenzie's Terrible Deeds
Watty and Meg Drummond
The Fencibles
Deacon Reid
The Day of the Penny Wedding
The MacArthur's were there before the Hills
The Beggar's Badge
A Pane by any other name can be a Pain!
The Powder Keg
The Coo didnae hae ony Teeth!
The Green Lady of Glen Lednock
The Queen of Tynasithe
The Great Wall of Comrie
Whisky, You're the Devil
A Wee Rumble
An Encounter of the Third Kind
Another Debate
Bosom Pals
Getting Stoned in Comrie
Hanging about Comrie
It's Whisky in the Jar
Picking Other Folks' Brains
Porridge for Breakfast
Tarred and Buttered
The Convert
The Schism
The Levitation
The Twa' Brithers
There's a Hare in my Soup
Yer bum's oot the Window
Companion and Useful Guide to the Beauties of Scotland – Sarah Murray, 1799
Sarah Murray, a somewhat intrepid traveler wrote this account about Western Strathearn in a published book entitled "A Companion, and Useful Guide to the Beauties of Scotland."
"Loch Earn is beautifully surrounded by hills and crags, and at the foot of the lake the eye is charmed with a small island of a beautiful shape, covered with wood; and on the south side, with the high towering crags, the tops of Benvorlich, Mealfourwich, and Morben, where eagles breed. About two miles from the foot of the lake, by a road beautifully variegated with wood, mountains, and the winding Earn river, I came to the most singular spot, I believe, in the world; singular to a degree, by nature, and made beautiful by a little assistance from art. The old name was Movey, (which I am told, signifies the mouth of Hell); now it is called Duneira, and is in the possession of the minister, Mr Dundas (now Viscount Melville), in whose hands it has been only about fourteen years. The house he built; it is modern, and extremely comfortable; it is whitened over, and erected on a very small plain, in the shape of a large round table, encircled by mountains and masses of rocks, jumbled together in a very picturesque manner; they are of all forms and dimensions, and mostly covered with wood. The round space on which the house stands is perfectly level, and is a grass-plat of rye and clover, neatly kept. The road to and from this insulated habitation, sweeps round the lawn to the right and left, and is quickly lost to sight, entering into labyrinths of rocks leading to the high road. A shallow burn bounds the lawn to the west, issuing from a very steep, thick wooded, narrow glen; and this burn, at about above the house, rushes through branches of trees, over broken rocks of considerable height, forming a very picturesque fall. The rustic bridge and the walks to and fro from this fall are judiciously executed. With some fatigue I continued the walk, from the fall of the burn to the top of the mountain, whence I had a view of the lake, and the majestic mountains surrounding it. It was like coming out of one world, to peep down into another on the contrary side of the mountain. The way back to the green round table is winding, steep and rocky; most of the rocks, when I was there, were covered with heath in full bloom, beautiful and fragrant: others shaded by vast plantations that have flourished amazingly, forming delightful shade; and through the branches of the trees are heard, unseen the murmur of the falling rills. To see the beauties of Duneira requires far more time than I had to spare; I did, however, see sufficient to make a long and lasting impression on my mind, particularly of its singular situation. Indeed the whole of that part of Strath Earn, from Drummond Castle to Loch Earn Head, for rich and sublime scenery, is equal to any other in Scotland. On leaving Duneira, I crossed the Earn to the south side of the river, where the Strath rather widens, and came to Dalchonzie, pronounced Dalwhonie, and Aberuchill, both beautifully situated amidst a low ring of craggy mountains. At Comrie I crossed the Earn again, where I joined a scene of mirth and gaiety, it being a fair. The young lasses were decked out for the show, but their head-dresses struck me as very unbecoming. Their hair was snooded up; that is, bound with a snood, or band of three-penny breadth ribbon, tied plain round the forepart of the head, leaving the long hair loose and flowing behind; which, in most parts of the Highlands, where it is snooded up is very pretty for young girls; but at Comrie, they added a great bunch of a cushion, in the shape of a potato, put low on the forehead, and the front hair turned plain over it, which gave the appearance of a smooth, shining solid lump of hair, stuck on close over the eyebrows. The small town of Comrie is finely situated, and beautifully romantic: for some years past it has been visited with very frequent shocks of earthquakes which at first greatly frightened the people of Comrie, and the surrounding inhabitants, but when I was there, they were so accustomed to the shocks, and had so far lost all dread of them, that they were actually going to build a town on the convulsed spot, which will probably, one day or other, open and form a fresh lake; as the noise underground is like the gushing of water, making a fresh passage through the rocks. The shock at times has been sufficiently strong to displace shovel, tongs and poker from a fireplace in a room, at Ochtertyre, five miles from Comrie.
Through the whole of the district the houses of the lower class of the people are remarkably neat; and I was pleased to see potato stems in bloom on every bit of waste bank. To do justice to the beauties of Ochtertyre, (two miles from Crieff) require a far abler pen than mine; - but thus far I can say, the approach to it is lovely; and by the variety of ground, woods, lake and western boundary of the sublime and picturesque hills around Loch Earn, it is rendered one of the most enchanting spots in Britain.
Sarah Murray was born in 1744 and died in 1811 and was one of the first tourists in Scotland.


I have been a NC native for over 25 years and the climate in Asheville is wonderful. The temperature changes dramatically across the state. Wilmington is hot and humid, but I think it is a great place around Christmas and New Years. Raleigh is hot but has a lot of places that younger people really like to go. I really depends on what you are looking for.
I second the opinion for Raleigh/Durham area for consistent job prospects. I wouldnt worry about moving cost. You will make that up in cost of living diference in about a yr.
I'm in sales/training, if anyone happens to have any connections. We would consider SC too, but really want to end up in Asheville if possible. If anyone knows some companies that are hiring, or even a good headhunter, i'd appreciate the lead. No offense to KS, but this just isn't our type of place. Prefer to get things moving toward NC sooner than later.
Thanks for all the input so far. Keep it coming.
Check out the triad as well. Jobs in Greensboro, High Point and Winston-Salem are picking up if you have the right skills.
I just moved to Asheville, NC from San Diego, CA. The move itself was not terrible, though I am in my mid-20's and did not have too many roots beyond my family in the West. I sold the majority of my things, shipped/flew with the rest, and then had my truck shipped.
In terms of jobs, I have done a bit of hunting and I must say there is not a ton of industry in these parts. Unless you have a connection, I recommend hooking up with a headhunter. I got one job offer, but I have been telecommuting for my old job on a month-to-month basis, and happened to get extended around the same time. The job was not what I wanted anyway, and at half the pay.
That said, the cost of living change has been awesome. Rent/housing prices are about half what I am used to, and because I am still getting a San Diego-sized paycheck, I have been able to sock away a hefty amount for when the job hunt gets real.
It would help to know what type of work u do. That way we could probably steer u in the right direction. I agree that Asheville seems to be weathering the "storm" somewhat better than other cities in the State.
He takes care on Vinni's dirty work,you know what I'm sayin?
There are some manufacturing jobs in Asheville. Fridays handles them for Continental Tevis. We have a new German plant starting up here in the first quarter of '11. About the only headhunter left here is Moffitt International. I am not sure what types of industries they have to fill. But I do know ther just hired 1 and are interviewing another to work for them as headhunters.
They are at 3182 Sweeten Creek Rd. Do you want their phone number ??
Looking to move from RI to NC probably this Spring. Want warmer weather more of the year and the cost of living is somewhat less. Can't wait!!
There's been a flood people moving to the Carolinas in the past ten years. Don't let them fool you. There used to be a lower cost of living and plenty of jobs. Housing prices have been inflated and the wage increases are almost frozen and going down with all jobs being competitively sought after. This is what I have noticed lately: When someone moves here from a large northern city. First they notice that mass transit system is a century behind our northern neighbors. Second, if you have children you will notice our school system is lagging and your children may get to coast a year or two. While our tax rates are lower right now and we don't have any toll roads with the northern invasion both are seriously being considered to change our southern way of life. We have seen lots changes in the past 10 years, most not for the better. The weather is still Hot!!! in the summer and mild in the winter, but the southern way of life is disappearing.
Do your homework before you move, have a job, and leave them Yankee ideas and ways behind you, or in a few years all you will have is good weather.
but didn't want to say it for fear of offending anyone.Our property prices jumped nearly 300% when everyone from up north rushed down here to work for BMW and their suppliers.We also lost our off road areas.The rural area around me became a suburban area in less than 3 years.My taxes quadrupled and we have had restrictions imposed on us.I used to be able to work on my cars without worry.Now I get code enforcement knocking on my door every time I leave one of my projects setting out from under the carport.Everyone saw an opportunity to buy land down here for $1000 an acre,turn it into a housing development and get rich.Now there are no farms.My family owns one of the last fruit and veggie farms left.Because of the rich northern influx,you can't find a house lot (1/4 acre) to build on for less than $20,000 without utilities.There were a lot of millionaires made down here.Most took that money,and business,and went back north.
It is fact that the schools and colleges up north are far better than down south.So anyone that has attended a university up north will beat out anyone with a local education.I have been a victim of this.I was laid off 5 years ago from a global company.Out of 365 employees,7 of us were locals.Everyone else was from new England area and held the same degrees as the rest of us.There are no Unions down here for everyone to run to.In the past 5 years I have been unable to find work.All the locals are the ones in line at the employment services.I had a chat about these same issues with a nice gentleman from Philly.In which he agreed about the employment deal.He proudly boasted about how superior the education is in new England area schools and colleges and that's why northerners are hired over southerners.I guess we need to move to china and work for $1 a week because we aren't worthy to live where we were raised.
I just haven't learned to accept things for how they are,because they have driven me into poverty.That WILL change next year,even if it kills me.


Nutmeg is a delicious little spice that is perfectly suited for pumpkin pie and eggnog, but a new video is creating controversy for reporting that just two teaspoons could be fatal. Yikes!
Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown, the creators of the YouTube channel AsapSCIENCE, recently posted a video explaining how much of a food will kill you. And while a lot of the examples are comforting (because who's really going to eat 129 teaspoons of pepper or 24 tubes of toothpaste in one sitting), the nutmeg example is a bit disturbing.
Nutmeg's hallucinogenic properties have been known as far back at the 12th century when it was used both to end unwanted pregnancies and to induce a drug-like high. In the 60s it experienced a resurgence in popularity, and today a teen or two still winds up in a poison control center because of it.
If you consume a large amount of nutmeg — typically two teaspoons or more — you can experience nausea, vomiting, and dizziness. A few hours later, people can suffer from heart and nerve problems.
"A person who has an unrecognized heart ailment could have problems that could lead to irregular rhythms. One plus one can add up to nine really quickly," Gaylord Lopez, the director of the Georgia Poison Center in Atlanta, told ABC News in 2010.
The myristicin found in nutmeg, a natural substance that belongs to a family of compounds that are often used to create psychotropic drugs like MMDA, is to blame for the symptoms. It's also distantly related to a chemical found in the drug Ecstasy.
That said, you shouldn't be afraid to use nutmeg this holiday season. A pinch here or there is enough to get the perfect flavor, and it most definitely will not kill you. Deaths caused by nutmeg are rare, but because there isn't one set amount of nutmeg that is lethal, it's best to be on the safe side when it comes to seasoning your dishes. Better safe than sorry!
This chocolate fudge cake is a chocoholic's dream.


More than half of HMS Donovan's tracks are traditional folk songs, hymns, and classic poems for and about children, which Donovan set to original melodies. Many of the poems were from the book, One Hundred Poems for Children compiled by Herbert Strang. Other poems come from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. Of Donovan's original songs, most were newly written, many while staying on the isle of Crete and along other parts of Open Road's tour. The album was produced by Donovan, save for "Homesickness", the record's sole electric rocker, produced by Mickie Most either from sessions in 1968 or 69, as Donovan and Most stopped working together after the Barabajagal sessions.


The PEG ratio, often called Price Earnings to Growth, is a valuation metric. It measures the value of a stock based on the current earnings and the potential future growth of the company. In simple words, it is a way for investors to calculate whether a stock is over priced or under priced by considering the earnings today and the future growth rate of the company.


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A bone screw is a metal implant inserted into the bone. Screws are used to immobilize fractured bone segments to aid in the healing process, and as an adjunct to spine fusion surgery to help hold implants in place.
An example of a bone screw commonly used in spine fusion surgery is called a pedicle screw, which holds rods into the spine. The screws are placed at two (or sometimes three) consecutive spine segments (e.g. lumbar segment 4 and 5) and then a short rod is used to connect the screws.
The design of the screws and rods helps prevent motion at the spinal segments that are being fused, thus aiding in the bone healing process of the fusion. After the bone graft grows and a fusion has taken place, the screws and rods are no longer needed for stability but are usually left in place.


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'This is real life. This is tough': Garda chief praises bravery of two detectives shot during Dublin siege
BLANCHARDSTOWN CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT Finbarr Murphy has spoken of the bravery shown by gardaí as they dealt with a siege incident in west Dublin on Tuesday evening.
Speaking outside Blanchardstown garda station early this morning, Finbarr Murphy told the attending press that "tonight is a reminder of the danger gardaí put themselves at" to protect the communities they serve.
Two gardaí were shot by a man who barricaded himself inside his house in the Whitechapel area of Dublin 15 shortly after 7pm.
Gardaí said the officers were attending to reports of gunshots in the area when they themselves were fired upon.
Plain-clothes and uniformed gardaí supported by Armed Support Units responded to the scene.
An armed plain-clothes unit at the scene came under fire. The gardaí took cover behind a patrol car and an exchange of bullets occurred between the man and the armed detectives. The patrol car was struck a number of times by bullets.
One garda suffered gunshot injuries to his hand and foot. Another garda suffered injuries to his foot. Both are expected to make full recoveries, senior gardaí said this morning.
Superintendent Peter Burke (l) and Chief Superintendent Finbarr Murphy (r) at Blanchardstown Garda Station.
Source: Garreth MacNamee
The siege came to an end when the man threw two weapons, a handgun and a submachine gun, out his window. He then exited the house where he was detained. Both firearms and ammunition have been recovered. He is being held at Blanchardstown Garda Station.
Speaking this morning, Chief Superintendent Murphy said: "I want to thank them, on behalf of the organisation, for the work they do and the danger they put themselves to make us safe. I say well done tonight, everyone who responded tonight, you did a brilliant job.
"These people have families they have gone to work today and someone had to make a phone call today to tell them what happened. It's real life. It's tough. It's very, very important that the community appreciate the work these guards are doing and the level of risk they put themselves at to protect society."
Taoiseach Micheál Martin also thanked the gardaí for their efforts tonight.
"I was shocked and deeply concerned to learn that two Gardaí were injured in the course of their duties this evening. I wish both Gardaí a swift and full recovery, and I thank them for their service on behalf of the public.
"This incident in Dublin shows yet again the danger An Garda Síochána often face in their efforts to protect and serve the people. We should always be very grateful for all the work they do on a daily basis on our behalf."
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Items, Weapons
Toxic gas
The gas grenade Ben used in ("The Man Behind the Curtain")
In the Purge, the Hostiles used a toxic gas to kill the DHARMA staff on the Island. Ben used a gas grenade to kill his father in the DHARMA van. The delivery method at the Barracks is not known. The gas causes severe coughing and bleeding from the nose, leading to death shortly thereafter. The grenades are labeled "...431CTP; ...ARGE GAS". The Hostiles protected themselves from the gas by using gas masks.
A poison warning label can be seen running up the side of the can with a skull and crossbones at the bottom. The poison label consists of a message in large letters over a message in small latters. The visible characters in the large message are "D-------SON". The visible portions of the small message are "CONTE----OSED." ("The Man Behind the Curtain")
Some time later, after Juliet came to the island, Goodwin told her that Ben had him working with chemicals that could kill everyone on the island.
In December 2004, Charlotte and Daniel sneaked away from Jack's group on the beach, making their way to the Tempest, where they ostensibly prevented a toxic gas from being released on the island. Harper had appeared to Juliet, claiming that Ben wanted the latter to stop them from releasing the gas, but she was unsuccessful in doing so, and the fact that everyone survived afterwards indicates that it was more likely Ben who wanted to release the gas, as Charlotte suggested. ("The Other Woman")
The gas grenade prop used in the van was a repainted "ALSG272 Continuous Discharge, Smoke Grenade, CS" device. This same device was used without repainting in "Left Behind".
CTP is an abbreviation for the MIT Center for Theoretical Physics.
CTP is also an abbreviation for Critical Temperature and Pressure.
On the computer screen in the Tempest station is a list of chemicals, O-Ethyl O-(2-diisopropylaminoethyl) methylphosphonite and N,N-diisopropyl-2-aminoethane thiol, which are the immediate precursors for VX nerve gas (screencap). Thionyl chloride is also shown, and is used to make G series nerve gas. Arsenic trichloride is also shown, as well as benzilic acid.
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Emanuel Cleaver
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (D-Missouri)
Admirer of Fidel Castro
Supports comprehensive immigration reform that would establish a path-to-citizenship for millions of illegal aliens
Born on October 27, 1944 in Waxahachie, Texas, Emanuel Cleaver earned a BS in sociology from Prairie View A&M University in 1972, and a Master of Divinity degree from the Saint Paul School of Theology in 1974. He served as the senior pastor of Saint James United Methodist Church (in Kansas City, Missouri) from 1969-2005.
A lifelong Democrat, Cleaver sat on KC's city council from 1979-91 and was the mayor of Kansas City from 1991-99. As mayor in 1991, he founded "Harmony in a World of Difference," an anti-prejudice program based in KC. Cleaver has been a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives since 2005, representing Missouri's Fifth Congressional District. He belongs to the Congressional Black Caucus (which he has chaired since January 2010) and was a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus prior to 2015. In addition, he is a member of the Democratic National Committee, the NAACP, the National Conference of Black Mayors, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (whose Kansas City chapter he founded).
Cleaver is a cousin to former Black Panther Party leader Pete O'Neal, who jumped bail and fled the country after his 1969 conviction on a gun charge—and who thus would be subject to prison time if he were ever to return to the U.S. At the time of his conviction, O'Neal was a Marxist revolutionary who advocated an armed uprising against America's white power structure and tried to provoke a bloody race war against the police. In the 1990s, Cleaver attempted unsuccessfully to obtain a pardon for O'Neal from President Bill Clinton.
Throughout Cleaver's tenure in Congress, his political campaigns have been endorsed and supported by such organizations as the 21st Century Democrats and J Street.
On December 6, 2006—three days before the 25th anniversary of the murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner by former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal—Cleaver was one of 31 U.S. House Members (all Democrats) who voted against a resolution "condemning the decision of St. Denis, France, to name a street in honor of … Abu-Jamal."
Subscribing to the theory that greenhouse gases emitted by human industrial activity are the primary causes of potentially catastrophic climate change, Cleaver in June 2007 said: "Global Warming may not yet be irreversible, but time is not on our side."
In April 2009, Cleaver and six fellow members of the Congressional Black Caucus—Marcia Fudge, Michael Honda, Barbara Lee, Laura Richardson, Bobby Rush, and Melvin Watt—visited Havana to meet with Cuban dictators Raul and Fidel Castro. The purpose of the meeting—which took place in a secret location and without the customary presence of a U.S. State Department official—was to discuss the possibility of normalizing relations between the United States and Cuba. Afterward, Cleaver said of Fidel Castro: "He's one of the most amazing human beings I've ever met!" In May 2013, Cleaver was one of 59 House Representatives who signed a petition urging President Barack Obama to grant general licenses for all categories of travel from the U.S. to Cuba.
On March 20, 2010, Cleaver's office put out a press release stating that an angry, white, anti-Obamacare demonstrator had spit upon Cleaver as the congressman walked past him on the steps of the Capitol. A video of the incident discredited this claim, however, showing that the man was merely shouting at the nearby Cleaver. The congressman himself subsequently referred to the purported spitter only as someone "who allowed saliva to hit my face" as he bellowed his opposition to the healthcare law.
At an April 2010 Green Jobs Conference hosted by the Blue Green Alliance, Cleaver spoke alongside such notables as Leo Gerard, Van Jones, Nancy Pelosi, and Hilda Solis.
In January 2012, Cleaver, addressing President Obama's lack of success in lowering the black unemployment rate, said: "A white president, frankly, could be pushed a great deal more than we would push President Obama because nobody would accuse him or her [a white president] of having partiality toward African-Americans. So it's a tough spot. It also means we still have a long way to go in terms of race relations in this country …"
In February 2012 Cleaver was named as a national co-chair of Obama For America, a pro-Obama re-election group that later evolved into Organizing For Action.
In April 2012 the Bank of America filed suit against Cleaver, seeking repayment of a $1.3 million loan (from 2002) that the congressman had repeatedly "failed and refused" to pay back; he had used the money to open a car-wash business which ultimately failed. The suit was settled in 2013. At that time, the car wash was sold for approximately $464,000, which in turn was applied toward lowering Cleaver's massive debt on the loan.
A supporter of comprehensive immigration reform that would establish a path-to-citizenship for millions of illegal aliens currently residing in the United States, Cleaver aligns himself on this issue with fellow Progressive Caucus member Luis Gutierrez.
In April 2014, Cleaver condemned Republican Congressman Paul Ryan for having recently cited research by Bell Curve author (and American Enterprise Institute scholar) Charles Murray in his (Ryan's) lamentation about "this tailspin of culture, in our inner cities in particular, of men not working and just generations of men not even thinking about working or learning the value and the culture of work." Cleaver grossly mischaracterized Murray as a purveyor of "racist sewage" and "white supremacy" who believes that "a lot of poor people are born lazy." Moreover, Cleaver derided Ryan as someone who "doesn't know anything about people, African-American men or the Latino men, in the inner city."
In early 2018, Cleaver was the subject of an ethics complaint stemming from his having paid more than $60,000 in taxpayer funds to Rao Abbas, an unqualified former McDonald's employee, to handle and manage his digital data files for three years. Evidence showed that Abbas was a "ghost employee" who did not in fact work for Cleaver. The person actually in charge of Cleaver's data files during that three-year period was Imran Awan, a Pakistani-American who was strongly suspected of being a foreign spy. For details about Awan, click here.
For an overview of Cleaver's voting record on a variety of key issues during his legislative career, click here.
Further Reading: "Emanuel Cleaver" (Votesmart.org, Keywiki.org); "Greenland Sees Global Warming Firsthand" (by Emanuel Cleaver, 6-12-2007); "Congressional Black Caucus Still Stuck on Castro" (by Humberto Fontova, 8-26-2010); "The Political Uses of Spit" (Cashill.com, 4-20-2010); "Rep. Cleaver: White President Could Be Pushed More Than What We Would Push Obama To Do" (Real Clear Politics, 1-16-2012); "Bank, U.S. Rep. Cleaver Settle Lawsuit over Car Wash" (Kansas City Star, 4-17-2013); "Black Caucus Member: Paul Ryan Doesn't Know Anything About 'Inner City' Men" (TalkingPointsMemo.com, 4-23-2014); "Ethics Complaint: Rep. Cleaver Let Non-Staffer Access His Servers, Paid McDonald's Worker As IT Guy" (Daily Caller, 3-7-2018).
Bobby Rush
Gwen Moore
Lynn Woolsey
Melvin Watt
Marcia Fudge
Organizing For Action (OFA)
J Street
Congressional Black Caucus (CBC)
Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC)
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Living in Kali Yuga — Part 3: Karma Yoga
Jul 31, 2020 | Blog Posts | 0 comments
"We must play our part on the stage of life, but without identifying with those parts." ~ Sri Ramana Maharshi
I was recently called a fascist for sharing the above quotation. It was pretty puzzling to me at first, but on consideration, I can understand why the person misunderstood my intent. They had asked for insight from others as to how one could live a spiritual life with anger. This issue cuts close to the bone for me, so I shared the quotation as an indication of my own strategy.
If you are interested in Yoga, you probably immediately recognized Sri Ramana Maharshi's words as a formulation of the essence of Karma-Yoga. Karma-Yoga, the Yoga of action, is a method of using daily life as part of one's practice by renouncing purely worldly opinions of your duties and fulfilling your dharma without expectation of reward; rather, doing your duty willingly and with an attitude of renunciation is willingly allowing God to act through you.
The hostile confusion of the individual mentioned above comes from a misunderstanding of the idea of duty — of playing our parts. It is, so to say, a confusion of planes. Svadharma, one's own law, is the law one must discover and fulfill for oneself. This is a spiritual responsibility, so svadharma must not be confused with purely social or political duty. If we think in purely political terms, we could read Ramana Maharshi's statement as saying that we have to do what the government tells us without asking too many questions. But that's not the context in which the Maharshi was speaking. While he rarely made any explicitly political statements, Ramana Maharshi was in favor of Indian independence and gave his blessing to those working toward that end. Clearly, his notion of the parts we play — and the yogic notion more broadly — was not limited to those accepted by worldly powers.
"Man, eager to improve his machines, forgets to improve himself," wrote Paul Brunton in his The Secret Path. Machines take many forms. Socio-political thinkers as diverse as Ernst Jünger, Herbert Marcuse, Mohandas K. Gandhi, and E. F. Schumacher have all spilled ink demonstrating how mechanical international capitalism is; our social, political, and economic systems are themselves machines. Machines are meant to be useful, and so require maintenance, repair, even replacement, in order to continue or improve their usefulness. But, as Brunton points out, if we focus entirely on our creations — at whatever scale — we may fail to look at ourselves, the source and support of those creations. Spirituality is the pivot point; Yoga is turning inward.
Astrologically, we can see part of the difficulty. Mars's only natural enemy is Mercury. That is to say, Mercury is the only planet which naturally has an inimical influence upon Mars in an astrological reading; other planets may harm Mars circumstantially, but Mercury will do so any time he interacts with Mars. (This is not two-way; Mars has a neutral influence on Mercury.) Mercury — himself ruling the element of earth — is presided over by Lord Vishnu, representing the fact that all things, at all scales, are manifestations of God and specifically our ability to realize this fact. Mars rules the fire element and is presided over by Lord Karttikeya; Karttikeya's rulership represents the will necessary to cut out what stands in the way of our growth. That is, Mars is associated with the process of purification.
There's an apparent contradiction between these two functions which is where the problem lies. Mercury points toward a nondual experience of life in the universe, while Mars seems to be quite dualistic and moralistic. Through the faculty of Mars we have the courage and the discipline to slash and burn what doesn't serve us. But if there are things which we can say are "impure" and a resulting effort toward "purity", doesn't that imply either the inherent dualism of the world or that this very moral quest is flawed and should be abandoned to achieve a nondual perspective?
You can see why Mercury would throw Mars off his game. Mars displays anger as he destroys obstacles — which can sometimes take the form of other living beings. If we are living primarily from the perspective of Mercury, we will try instead to talk our way out of all potential conflicts because if everyone is God there's no point in fighting. You can very often tell a person who's Mars is under heavy Mercury influence (either conjunction or a direct aspect) when the person lacks the courage of their convictions. Such a person may make strong points or take strident positions, but will have trouble standing up to those who actively threaten them or who and what they really value. Though it may look like it from the outside, this isn't really cowardice so much as it is a genuine desire to avoid conflict; they will try to bring people together, and if that is not possible they will wearily retreat.
But as implied, the conflict between nondual experience and righteousness is only apparent; it becomes a problem for us, individually and as societies, when we fail to enact each one in its proper place and time. True purity doesn't see "impure" things as inherently impure, only situationally so. A need to protect one's people can manifest as bravery in a healthy instance or as bigotry and xenophobia in an unhealthy one. The question is one of deeper motive. Is the individual fully under the sway of the kleshas and of resultant social conditioning, or are they responding more freely to the facts around them? Here is part of the trouble which faced Arjuna in Bhagavad Gita and from which Krishna (himself an avatar of Lord Vishnu) had to extricate him. Krishna's lesson? A proper understanding of nonduality! We may feel anger in the face of real or perceived wrong-doing, or we may wish to avoid fighting altogether because we do not wish to harm our human family, but when it comes down to it we need to see through our merely personal preferences to determine what is really needful in the situation and, once we see it at all clearly, to commit to do our duty. This doesn't mean that we will never make mistakes, but it does make it easier for us to see the way forward and to change our minds if we find we've been going in the wrong direction. Arjuna himself was conflicted between his desire to avoid doing harm to his cousins and the knowledge that they had done, and continued to do, grievous wrong. The lesson of Bhagavad Gita is that what Krishna taught Arjuna, we also can learn. We should neither hunger for the fight nor to run from it if it should become necessary. As Mahatma Gandhi so bluntly put it, "I do believe that, where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence."
But we also have to pay attention. Mars rules the ego — the sum of our character and self-identification, conscious and unconscious — while Mercury can grant self-knowledge. Here's another area of potential conflict with these planets. It is thus easy to fall into various traps of believing that we are "doing the right thing" when just below the surface we are motivated not by nondual awareness or compassion but by mortal terror or existential dread. The flip side of Mercury's overthinking is unreflective commitment to duties imposed upon us by our anxieties and those who would exacerbate them to achieve their own ends.
The two problems here explored are over-identification with our role in the world (Mars) and "spiritual bypassing" of our responsibilities (Mercury).
Let us accept and use wisely all the facts which modern science has found out. Let us live in enjoyment of all the comforts and conveniences its progress can bestow. Let us renounce nothing but the unwise and destructive use we have often put it to, the unbalanced attention we have given it.
But let us also link this external social activity with a deeper life, the life of tranquil thought and inner peace, and thus learn to preserve an unruffled stillness of spirit even amid varied vicissitudes of existence.
Then we shall attack the world's problems of poverty, war, disease and ignorance with a new zest, and with better success, yet we shall not forget to render our daily homage to that peace-bestowing and soul-ennobling divinity who dwells in the hearts of men.
Paul Brunton, The Secret Path
Though we may learn from others, nobody can tell us where to find this particular balance in our own lives. Many will try, demanding that we follow them — in whichever direction. But svadharma can neither be dictated from without nor arbitrarily chosen according to convenience. When God seems to agree with our own prejudices or the prejudices of those who would demand something of us it is necessary to ask whose voice we're really hearing.
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Smedley Benedict
Family reference: 352.258.3
Born 23 July, 1870 Chesley, Elderslie Twp., Bruce Co., Ont.
Married never married
Died 1 March, 1948 Chesley, Elderslie Twp., Bruce Co., Ont.
Father: Ard Benedict
Mother: Mary Cameron
The Parents of Smedley
Smedley's Early Years
Smedley was employed most of his life by The Chesley Chair Company. To most of Smedley's friends he was lovingly refered to as Smittie Benedict. A possible mistake that Smedley never cared to change
The Final Years for Smedley
Per CHESLEY CITIZEN PASSES SATURDAY; ---- Chesley March 01, 1948 Smedley Benedict, a life-long resident of Chesley, passed away at his home here on Saturday after a short illness. The deceased, who was in his 78th year, was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ard Benedict. He was never married. Surviving to mourn are three brothers, John of Vancouver, David in Wingham and Gordon of Hamilton, two sisters, Mrs. Howard Hurlbut of New Hamburg and Mrs. Gerald Valk of Chesley. The late Mr. Benedict was a furniture worker by trade but had been retired for a number of years. In the region he was a Baptist. He belonged to the Masonic Order and to the Canadian Order of Foresters.
On June 03, 1948 Smedley's estate paid $16.00 for one plot in the Chesley Cemetery. Standing at father Ard's Grave with back to road, Smedley's unmarked plot is about 6 rows back and one row to the right of his father's site.
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What Is Costco's Return Policy for the Holidays?
Rob Poindexter
21 de noviembre de 2021 6:00 p. m. ·7 min de lectura
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Costco is one of the most beloved retailers in America, as evidenced by the company's astonishing 91% annual membership renewal rate in North America for its 2020 fiscal year. Part of the reason for the store's popularity is its generous return policy. As the holidays approach, choosing a retailer with a wide-ranging, easy return policy can become even more important when you're shopping. Here's a look at Costco's holiday return policy, including comparisons of the store's standard return policy and those offered by its major competitors.
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What Is Costco's Holiday Return Policy?
Costco's generous return policy is in force for the entire year, with no specific changes for the holiday period.
Costco's Return Policy at a Glance
Restocking Fee
Tires and batteries
Limited returns
Varies by state
No returns accepted
Diamonds over 1 carat
Paperwork required
No returns; warranty applies
The beauty of Costco's overall return policy — which extends unchanged through the holiday season — is that most items are returnable essentially forever. Certain restrictions apply — such as with electronics, which have a 90-day restriction, or non-returnable items, such as cigarettes — but otherwise, the Costco return policy is by and large unlimited.
Find Out: How Much Does a Costco Membership Really Save You?
What Is Costco's Electronics Return Policy?
Although the general Costco return policy is wide-ranging and applies to most merchandise, the company does break out a specific, more limited return policy when it comes to electronics. As with many retailers, Costco only accepts returns on certain electronics for 90 days after customer receipt. Specific electronics included in the 90-day return policy include the following:
Major appliances, including refrigerators above 10 cubic feet, freezers, dishwashers, over-the-range microwaves, ranges, water heaters, cooktops and washers and dryers
Touchscreen tablets
Aerial cameras (drones)
You can contact Costco directly for more information on which products are included under the electronics return policy.
Take a Look: 6 Holidays Purchases That You Should Only Make at Costco
What Other Gifts Can You Return to Costco?
As Costco's general return policy applies to most merchandise, you can feel free to return nearly any gift that you are not satisfied with to your local Costco. The only exceptions are those that apply to the standard Costco return policy.
What Can't You Return to Costco?
Costco is legendary for accepting almost any type of return. News articles regularly cite the more sensational returns, such as half-eaten food, dead plants and used toilets. The bottom line is that as long as a product doesn't explicitly violate any part of the Costco return policy — such as the 90-day restriction on certain electronics — you can return practically anything to Costco. That being said, there are some limits to the company's generosity, and not all are company-imposed. Individual states, for example, have their own alcohol return policies that Costco must follow. For diamonds 1 carat or larger, members must present all original paperwork, including IGI and/or GIA certificates, to receive a Jewelry Credit Memo. You can receive a refund within 48 hours after a Costco Graduate Gemologist verifies the authenticity of your diamond. Products such as batteries and tires, which have a limited useful life expectancy, might have a separate, product-specific limited warranty. Perhaps the greatest exception to the all-encompassing Costco return policy applies to Special Order Kiosk and Custom Installed Programs. As those types of products are manufactured to customer specifications, they cannot be returned or refunded. The exception is a warranty replacement due to product or workmanship failure.
Also See: Stores With the Best and Worst Return Policies
Are There Any Exceptions to Costco's Holiday Return Policy?
As the Costco holiday return policy is the same as the retailer's standard return policy, the only exceptions are listed above.
Restocking Fees for Certain Types of Returns
Unlike many retailers, Costco doesn't charge restocking fees for certain types of returns, such as electronics.
How To Return an Item to Costco
Costco makes returning items easy. Customers who bought an item at a Costco warehouse can get a refund at the returns counter at any Costco location, not just the one where the purchase was made. Even items purchased online can be returned to any Costco warehouse, although you can also initiate a return online via Costco.com. Simply click on "Return Items" under your order history and you'll generate a return label. Where eligible, you can also schedule a pickup. If you're returning large items, Costco will contact you with further instructions.
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If you would like to exchange an order, contact Costco. In many cases, it's easier to simply return the item for a full refund and then purchase the item you would like. The company does allow for returns by mail; however, as with exchanges, it's often easier to visit any Costco warehouse location for a full refund. Costco also offers a price adjustment service for goods bought in a warehouse or at Costco.com. This generous policy allows shoppers to capture any promotional price reductions in a Costco warehouse for a full 30 days after purchase. For example, if you bought a product online for $19.99 and it goes on sale for $14.99 in a warehouse 20 days later, you can receive the price difference back as a credit within three to five business days.
How Costco's and Other Major Retailers' Return Policies Compare
Costco is one of the few retailers that doesn't alter its return policy over the holidays. In most cases, its competitors do, typically to offer more generous returns during a busy shopping season. But it's apparent that even with these modifications, the holiday return policies of most retailers still can't match the general, year-round return policy at Costco.
Costco's and Other Major Retailers' Return Policies
Same as general return policy
14-day return policy on certain electronics begins Dec. 26
30-day return window begins Dec. 26 for electronics and entertainment items purchased between Oct. 1 and Dec. 25
Items purchased between Oct. 18 and Jan. 2 of the following year can be returned through Jan. 16 of the following year.
Items purchased between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31 can be returned up until Jan. 31 of the following year
Check Out: 10 Popular Products That Costco Doesn't Sell Anymore
How Do Costco Returns Stack Up?
At first glance, some shoppers might be disappointed that Costco doesn't have a separate, more expansive holiday return policy. But loyal Costco members likely have no problem with that. Costco returns are easy and nearly unlimited in scope. Even the electronics return policy extends for 90 days, which is much more than the 15-30 days offered by many competitors. Thus, Costco has no need to adjust its return policy over the holidays: At any time of the year, the retailer will likely take back nearly any product that you are not satisfied with.
Sam DiSalvo contributed to the reporting for this article.
This article originally appeared on GOBankingRates.com: What Is Costco's Return Policy for the Holidays?
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Medaile 70. výročí narození krále Haakona VII. () je norská pamětní medaile založená roku 1942. V hierarchii norských vyznamenáních se nachází na 33. místě.

Historie a pravidla udílení
Medaile byla založena dne 27. října 1942. Udělena byla příslušníkům norských ozbrojených sil sloužícím v Británii 3. srpna 1942, v den 70. narozenin krále Haakona VII. Stala se symbolem pokračujícího odporu Norska a symbolem naděje na osvobození. Po jejím založení byla vyznamenaným udílena pouze stuha. První medaile, jejichž autorem byl Oskar Sørensen, byly vyrobeny v roce 1946 zlatnickou společností J. Tostrup v Oslu.

Popis medaile
Medaile kulatého tvaru o průměru 32 mm je vyrobena z bronzu. Na přední straně je podobizna krále Haakona VII. v admirálské uniformě. Při vnějším okraji je nápis HAAKON 7 NORGES KONGE. Na zadní straně je nápis na třech řádcích TIL MINNE OM • 70 ÅRSDAGEN • 3 AUGUST 1942. Medaile je převýšena královskou korunou.

Stuha je červená se dvěma žlutými pruhy uprostřed.

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Ocenění založená roku 1942
Haakon VII.

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