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Dr Chris Oyakhilome unveils a new chemical compound
By: Ọlọbẹ Yoyọn
Dr Chris Oyakhilome is one of the finest minds to come out of the continent of Africa. A child prodigy in his formative years, he completed his primary and secondary education in just four and three years respectively.
He studied industrial chemistry at the then Bendel State University (now Ambrose Alli University) and proceeded to Oxford for his PhD where he graduated with flying colours in nuclear physics.
He spent several years in academia notably at CERN (Conseil européen pour la recherche nucléaire) – a European research organisation that operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world.
Between 1998 and 2008, Dr Oyakhilome helped in the construction of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) – the world's largest and highest-energy particle collider and the largest machine in the world.
He left academia afterwards to become a churchpreneur, serving the God of Israel. He is a successful businessman with a net worth of $30 to $50 million (2011, Forbes) just by doing God's work. With his wealth, he has built the most advanced private research facility in the world based in his home country of Nigeria.
It was at this research lab that Dr Oyakhilome synthesised a new chemical compound code named "NWO-ID2020" that could help stop global warming. The compound is capable of capturing the main greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide) from the atmosphere!
According to the research paper submitted by Dr Oyakhilome to the IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry), this compound was derived from Hydro-Morono-Virohydroxo-Covid-419-5G Benzoate 4, 3, 7 Triol by passing 5G signals through it in the presence of several homogeneous catalysts — COVID-419, IOT, FEAR, SC etc. at 3000 degree Celsius and atmospheric pressure of 101,325 Pa (see the impressive chemical structure in the picture above).
Responses from world leading experts on global warming have been very encouraging. The Americans, Chinese, Russians, Europeans are awed by this breakthrough. The Nobel Prize Committees for Chemistry and Physics are paying serious attention to ascertain whether this is Chemistry or Physics.
Kudos to Dr Chris Oyakhilome for this breakthrough. He has indeed put Nigeria firmly on the global map of great scientists.
This piece was originally published on Facebook by the author on April 6, 2020.
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Tag: fantasy maps
A New Map for The Wheel of Time
Published on 16 September 2022 by Jonathan Crowe
Left: Thomas Canty's map from The World of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time (1997); Right, Ellisa Mitchell's map from Origins of the Wheel of Time (2022).
While researching his forthcoming book, Origins of the Wheel of Time (Tor, Nov 2022), Michael Livingston discovered that a map published in a 1997 guide to the Wheel of Time universe—which unlike the maps in the Robert Jordan novels showed the entire world—was, in the opinion of Jordan himself, wrong: according to notes Livingston discovered in the author's archives, one continent was misnamed and another was too small (see above left). With the permission of the estate, Livingston worked with map artist Ellisa Mitchell—who drew the original map for The Eye of the World—to create a new map of the Wheel of Time world that reflected the author's intent (see above right). Details, and closeup looks at the maps, at Livingston's Tor.com article.
Link•Categories Maps and Literature•Tags fantasy, fantasy maps, Wheel of Time
Mapping 'The Spear Cuts Through Water'
Published on 26 August 2022 26 August 2022 by Jonathan Crowe
Chris Panatier
At Tor.com, Simon Jimenez talks about the map that accompanies his upcoming epic fantasy novel, The Spear Cuts Through Water. It's not a map that follows the default fantasy map design by any stretch. He starts with the map, drawn by Chris Panatier.
There is no compass rose for orientation, no place names, no handy scale for distance ratios so that a reader might be able to tell how far one location is from another. There are barely even locations. Even the perspective is different—not a bird's eye view, but something closer and more intimate, for a better view of the imagery that leans away from literalism and more towards the metaphorical, and the eerie.
Because of all of these choices, it is not a particularly useful map. One would be hard-pressed to use it as a reference tool as they journeyed with the characters through the book. This is by intention.
Jimenez explains how he grappled with the idea of mapping, and of fantasy mapping, when decided whether, and how, to include a map in his book. Very insightful and worth reading (and I'm not just saying that because he name-checks me at the end).
Link•Categories Maps and Literature•Tags fantasy maps
Some Critical Essays on Maps in Speculative Fiction and Fantasy
Published on 14 June 2022 16 June 2022 by Jonathan Crowe
The summer 2018 issue of Modern Language Studies had a "special cluster" on maps and speculative fiction (special cluster presumably being what you call it when your special theme doesn't take up the entire issue). Behind a paywall, but there appear to be articles on planetary cartography and Le Guin, maps in mythopoeic young-adult fantasy, and comic book and game maps. Thanks to Andreas Skyman for the tip.
The online sf/fantasy magazine Strange Horizons (which, note, I review for) is in the middle of their annual fundraising drive. Their special fundraising issue includes an essay by Noemi Arellano-Summer: "Maps, Worldbuilding, and the Journey in Fantasy."
Link•Categories Games, Maps and Literature•Tags fantasy maps
Maps and Literature Updates: Two Exhibitions and an Article
Published on 31 March 2022 by Jonathan Crowe
The Osher's fantasy map exhibition, North of Nowhere, West of the Moon: Myth, Fiction, and Fantasy in Maps, is now online—though a number of the exhibition's maps are unavailable to view, I'm guessing for copyright reasons1 (previously).
Last month, MapLab's Laura Bliss interviewed the Huntington's curator of literary collections, Karla Nielsen, about the Huntington's Mapping Fiction exhibition (previously).
The text of my article "Maps in Science Fiction" is now available online (previously).
Link•Categories Maps and Literature, My Stuff•Tags exhibitions, fantasy maps, Osher, science fiction, science fiction maps
The Tolkien Estate's New Website Includes Manuscript Maps
The Tolkien Estate now has a website, which among other things includes J. R. R. Tolkien's own paintings, illustrations—and maps. But the maps aren't from the published editions of The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion: those were drawn by his son Christopher. These are Tolkien's own maps, drawn during the writing process. We see rough sketches of Arda, originals of the Hobbit maps, and the maps of Middle-earth that grew and changed as he wrote The Lord of the Rings. [Kottke]
Link•Categories Maps and Literature•Tags fantasy maps, Middle-earth, Tolkien
New Article from Me: 'Maps in Science Fiction'
Published on 2 March 2022 31 March 2022 by Jonathan Crowe
My article "Maps in Science Fiction," which attempts a taxonomy of the maps that appear in science fiction novels, stories and media, has just been published in the February 2022 issue of The New York Review of Science Fiction.
Maps are a central part of our experience of the fantasy genre: "No Tour of Fantasyland is complete without one," wrote Diana Wynne Jones in The Tough Guide to Fantasyland; fantasy maps "are only much noticed when they're absent," notes The Encyclopedia of Fantasy. It's easy to forget that maps are also found in science fiction. They don't turn up as frequently, nor are they expected to, and we don't talk about them or think about them nearly as often. But they do exist. I've been writing about fantasy maps for years, and even I didn't give science fiction maps the same consideration at least until 2014, when during a presentation about fantasy maps at Readercon, I had to extemporize in response to a question about science fiction maps. My off-the-cuff response led me to look into where and how maps are used in science fiction and from there to write this article on the subject.
This article took a while to come to fruition. I put out a call for examples of science fiction maps and pitched the idea to the NYRSF's editor back in July 2014—and then life got thoroughly and fundamentally in the way. It was still thoroughly and fundamentally in the way when I finally, finally finished it and sent it off to NYRSF in the summer of 2020. Life was thoroughly and fundamentally in the way at their end, too—thanks, pandemic!—so it's taken until now to see print at last. I'm glad it has: science fiction maps don't get a fraction of the attention fantasy maps do, and I think I might have come up with some useful frameworks in this piece.
From the examples explored here, we can discern several functions science fiction maps can perform on behalf of both text and reader. Maps may have a thematic purpose as in the case of maps of Pern or Majipoor in that their style signals a science fantasy environment, the use of fantasy reading protocols, and a text of likely interest to fantasy readers. They may have a storytelling purpose as with the maps from Dune, the Steerswoman series, and the Mars trilogy: the maps separate the known from the unknown, the transformed from the untouched, the colonized from the indigenous. Or they may have a conceptual purpose by giving the reader a big-picture understanding of structures, solar systems, networks, or empires.
I will post the complete text of the article later. In the meantime, if the teasers above have left you unwilling to wait even a little bit, you can buy the NYRSF issue here; it costs just $2.99 in the usual electronic formats.
Update: You can read the article here.
Link•Categories Maps and Literature, My Stuff•Tags fantasy maps, science fiction, science fiction maps
North of Nowhere: The Osher's Fantasy Map Exhibition
Published on 25 January 2022 27 January 2022 by Jonathan Crowe
The Osher Map Library's new exhibition, North of Nowhere, West of the Moon: Myth, Fiction, and Fantasy in Maps, opened on Saturday.
Inspired by our recent acquisition of Bernard Sleigh's six-foot long "An Ancient Mappe of Fairyland, Newly Discovered and Set Forth," (1918) we have selected thematic maps, books, and ephemera from our collections that reflect whimsy and visionary thinking. This exhibit invites visitors to ponder the ways in which myth, fantasy, and fiction have, for centuries, provided both an escape into alternate worlds in times of great strife, as well as an opportunity to create alternate worlds and imagine new realities.
Runs until May 30th; free admission with timed ticket. The digital version won't be online until February (I'll post an update then, because this is very much relevant to my interests), but in the meantime the Library is posting teasers on its Instagram account.
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Link•Categories Maps and Literature•Tags exhibitions, fantasy maps, Osher
Mapping The Freedom Race
Published on 4 May 2021 by Jonathan Crowe
From Lucinda Roy, The Freedom Race (2021).
For her upcoming fantasy novel The Freedom Race (Tor, July 2021), Lucinda Roy decided to do what a lot of fantasy authors do: draw a map. But she did it in a way that most fantasy authors don't: "I needed a persona map—a map that could feasibly have been drawn by Ji-ji, the main character in the book. Her map doesn't simply introduce the world to readers, it actually appears inside the narrative and helps catalyze the action." Then she decided that she needed two maps, both intrinsic parts of the story, both revealing a great deal about their respective mapmakers. Very much relevant to my interests: I wrote, after all, a piece about fantasy maps in fantasy worlds (and got some flack for it). Though it's the first time I've heard the term persona map. A new term of art?
Link•Categories Maps and Literature•Tags fantasy, fantasy map design, fantasy maps
Two workshops/courses coming in June:
Australian author and illustrator Kathleen Jennings will teach a workshop on fantasy mapmaking in June: the focus of Map Making and World Building is "on story and art," the mapmaking illustrative rather than cartographical, and in general it seems to be about the relationship between map and story. The workshop will take place on 19 June both in-person (at the Queensland Writers Centre in Brisbane) and via livestream; tickets range from A$35 to A$100, depending.
A History of Maps and Mapping, a short introductory online course taught by Katherine Parker as part of the London Rare Books School's program of summer courses, "will challenge students to destabilize and broaden the traditional definition of 'map', and to recognize maps as socially constructed objects that are indicative of the values and biases of their makers and the cultures that created them. Students will learn how to analyse and catalogue maps for a variety of research purposes, and to discuss changes in map technology and style without recourse to a progressive narrative of scientific improvement." Matthew Edney will supply a guest lecture. The course runs from 29 June to 2 July and costs £100 (student) or £175.
Link•Categories Cartography, Events, Maps and Literature•Tags fantasy map design, fantasy maps, history of cartography, workshop
Lord of Maps: More Real-World Fantasy Maps
Published on 22 November 2020 by Jonathan Crowe
Lord of Maps
Here's another map artist who draws maps of real-world places in the style of fantasy maps: Isaac of Lord of Maps has around 30 maps—mostly of U.S. states, but also a few countries and one city—available for sale as prints of various sizes. Style-wise they're dead ringers for Christopher Tolkien's maps of Middle-earth, down to the hill signs, trees and red lettering.
Previously: Callum Ogden's Fantasy Map of North America; Callum Ogden's Fantasy Map of North America; Maps Middle-earth Style: By Hand and by ArcGIS; What Does a Fantasy Map Look Like?
Link•Categories Art•Tags fantasy map design, fantasy maps, posters
Dan Bell, the Ordnance Survey, and Fantasy Maps
Dan Bell, whose "Tolkien-inspired" maps of real-world places have been a thing for a while now, makes an appearance on the Ordnance Survey's blog to demonstrate how he uses OS maps in his creative process.
Previously: Dan Bell's 'Tolkien-Style' Maps of the Lake District; Maps Middle-earth Style: By Hand and by ArcGIS; What Does a Fantasy Map Look Like?
Link•Categories Art•Tags fantasy map design, fantasy maps
Creating a Fantasy Map in Photoshop
Published on 25 July 2020 by Jonathan Crowe
Chris Spooner's step-by-step tutorial on how to create a fantasy map in Photoshop offers some insights on how to create the look and feel of a digitally generated fantasy map with Photoshop. Because its method of generating land masses is more or less random (it uses the cloud rendering tool to create landforms and topography), it's not a tool you could use to generate a map of a specific secondary world—in other words, not something that could elevate your rough sketch into something professional looking—but it looks fun to play with. [Alejandro Polanco]
Link•Categories Imaginary Maps•Tags fantasy maps, Photoshop
Celebrating Christopher Tolkien's Cartographic Legacy
Published on 22 January 2020 25 September 2020 by Jonathan Crowe
It turns out that I wasn't finished talking about the maps drawn by Christopher Tolkien. My latest piece for Tor.com, "Celebrating Christopher Tolkien's Cartographic Legacy," went live at Tor.com this morning. It looks at the collaborative process between J. R. R. Tolkien and his son Christopher as father and son tried to make the narrative agree with the map, and vice versa; takes a deep dive into Christopher's mapmaking technique; and tries to assess the impact of his maps on fantasy mapmaking.
Previously: Christopher Tolkien, 1924-2020.
Link•Categories Maps and Literature, My Stuff•Tags fantasy map design, fantasy maps, Middle-earth, Tolkien
Christopher Tolkien, 1924-2020
Published on 16 January 2020 by Jonathan Crowe
Christopher Tolkien, map from The Fellowship of the Ring (Unwin, 1954). The British Library.
Christopher Tolkien, the third son of J. R. R. Tolkien and the executor of his literary estate and editor of his posthumous works, died yesterday at the age of 95. But one of his legacies is likely to be overlooked: he drew the map of Middle-earth that appeared in the first edition of The Lord of the Rings. That map proved hugely influential. It helped set the norm for subsequent epic fantasy novels: they would come with maps, and those maps would look rather a lot like the one drawn by Christopher Tolkien.
Christopher Tolkien himself was self-deprecating about the execution of his map, and about the design choices he made. Regarding a new version of the map he drew for Unfinished Tales, he took pains to emphasize that
the exact preservation of the style and detail (other than nomenclature and lettering) of the map that I made in haste twenty-five years ago does not argue any belief in the excellence of its conception or execution. I have long regretted that my father never replaced it by one of his own making. However, as things turned out it became, for all its defects and oddities, "the Map," and my father himself always used it as a basis afterwards (while frequently noticing its inadequacies).
However hastily it was drawn, it was pivotal all the same.
Link•Categories Maps and Literature, Obituaries•Tags fantasy map design, fantasy maps, Middle-earth, Tolkien
The Writer's Map Wins a World Fantasy Award
Published on 4 November 2019 10 April 2020 by Jonathan Crowe
The Writer's Map: An Atlas of Imaginary Lands, which I reviewed on Tor.com last year, has won a World Fantasy Award for its editor, Huw Lewis-Jones.
The 2019 World Fantasy Awards were announced yesterday at the World Fantasy Convention, held this year in Los Angeles; Lewis-Jones won in the Special Award—Professional category.
Winners in each category are decided by a panel of judges.
Previously: The Writer's Map; More from (and on) The Writer's Map; Essays on Literary Maps: Treasure Island, Moominland and the Marauder's Map; David Mitchell on Starting with a Map.
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Browns' Garrett on track to return from COVID this week
CLEVELAND (AP)Browns star defensive end Myles Garrett is on track to be activated from the COVID-19 list on Wednesday after missing two games with the virus.
Garrett sat out Cleveland's wins over Philadelphia and Jacksonville the past two weeks after testing positive on Nov. 20. He's been isolated at home and following league protocols.
Browns coach Kevin Stefanski did not want to address whether Garrett, who was leading the NFL with 9 1/2 sacks when he tested positive, had suffered moderate or severe symptoms during his illness.
The Browns (8-3) will begin on-field preparation for this week's game at Tennessee on Wednesday, and Stefanski said Garrett has hit all the mandatory markers to ensure his return.
"He's trending that way, yes," Stefanski said.
If Garrett returns and plays, he'll give Cleveland's injury-riddled defense a major lift in the matchup with the Titans – and as the Browns (8-3) try to lock down a playoff spot.
"We talked about when Myles went out, we don't want to win without him," Stefanski said. "We'll do it, but he's a good player, so we want him out there. The guys get a big boost when they see No. 95 out there with them. That's just based on how productive he's been for us and all the game-changing plays he's made for us throughout this season."
Stefanski is cautiously confident Garrett will be his dominant self when he's back.
"I know the kid and how hard he works, but he truth of the matter is that I haven't put my eyes on him yet, so I'll be able to answer that better throughout the week," he said. "But just knowing the pro Myles is and how hard he works, I do feel confident there."
The Browns have been hit hard by the coronavirus, which has caused disruptions across the league.
Stefanski expects fullback Andy Janovich to return this week after being out with the virus. He'll know later this week on the status of defensive ends Porter Gustin, Joe Jackson and linebacker Sione Takitaki, who are also on the COVID list.
Cornerback Denzel Ward, who is having a Pro Bowl-caliber season, is expected to miss his second straight game this week with a calf strain suffered against the Eagles.
Also, safety Ronnie Harrision continues to undergo tests on his shoulder after he injured it while making a tackle against the Jaguars early in Sunday's game. It was another tough blow for Cleveland's banged-up defense and for Harrison, who used to play for Jacksonville.


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The Secrets of Pemberley- Epilogue
Posted on March 15, 2018 October 14, 2018 by Rose Fairbanks
Twenty-five years later
"Mama, tell me you did not really wear that!" Beth Darcy giggled in the blue saloon of Pemberley.
"Yes, the rules had not been updated yet," Elizabeth laughed. "And I had your grandmother and your great aunt Catherine attempting to help me."
Darcy smiled from the doorway. He could not see his wife's face, but he could imagine her expression.
"And you performed perfectly," his mother-in-law called from across the room where she assisted another grandchild with embroidery.
"I still remember Anne's curtsy," Lady Catherine, present for her yearly visit, sniffed into a handkerchief. "It was just after she married—such a beautiful bride, you will recall Mrs. Bennet."
"Indeed," the other woman answered. "I have never seen love blossom a woman the way it did for Mrs. Marshall."
"I am not wearing the feathers," Beth said stubbornly.
"You have no choice," Susanna, Jane's daughter said. "Do you not remember from Nan?"
"As if I paid attention to Nan's curtsy," Beth laughed.
Darcy knocked on the doorframe. "I was told a dance partner was needed."
"Papa," Beth cried. "Here, save me from talk of lace and feathers."
Darcy entered, laughing. "Am I to be your sacrifice then? Surely you know my presence does nothing to stop the chatter."
"Behave, my love," Elizabeth teased as she sat at the pianoforte.
Darcy opened his arms for his daughter to take as they went through the steps of a dance. "If you do not want the presentation, you do not have to have one," he whispered to Beth.
She sighed. "I do want it. I do want to enjoy Society. I just find it ridiculous to dress that way. I would want a greater choice in my attire."
"Ah," Darcy nodded. "You do not like the false mask you must wear."
"No," she hastened to agree. "Nan never seemed to have that problem and the boys can act however they chose."
"I hope you think I raised your brothers with more honour than to act merely however they please."
"Oh, I did not mean it that way!" Beth cried and almost tread on Darcy's foot.
"Darling, I would suggest you be yourself instead of snuffing your light. Your mother and I only wish you to be happy. You have the support of all your family." Mrs. Bennet and Lady Catherine argued over a certain stitch. "Your very large and loud family," Darcy added with a laugh.
"Will anyone see me with such a large and notorious family?"
Her question was not unwarranted. After Darcy regained control of Pemberley, Society turned him into something of rags to riches story, attracting more attention than ever. He and Elizabeth had six children and adopted a half a dozen more. At his school they were fondly known as Mama and Papa Darcy, and so it felt he had fathered a hundred. The Bingleys had ten children. Richard had married Lady Aurora and retired from military life. His elder brother never married and so Richard would one day inherit the earldom, then pass it to his own son. Georgiana married a local landowner who did not care about who her father was. She had three children and was now happier than Darcy ever imagined she could be. Anne had married Alexander Marshall, meeting at Darcy and Elizabeth's wedding. The marriage had made Anne robust, and she gave birth to four large and lusty sons. To say nothing of Elizabeth's other sisters who married and had a brood of several children each. When they all gathered together for holidays, it was easy to be lost in the crowd.
"Beth, I spent most of my life before meeting your mother trying to be invisible. I cannot say I understand how you feel, desiring to be noticed, but I will say that the right people will notice you either way. Be the lively, caring, sweet-tempered girl I know you to be and you will do well in life."
His daughter smiled up at him. "And do you have any words of wisdom on how to walk backwards in a train that's ten feet long?"
Darcy laughed. "Ah, no. For that, you must ask your mother."
"I knew you kept her around for some reason," Beth rolled her eyes as she teased.
The music came to a stop, and Darcy gazed at his wife. "I will keep her forever because I am nothing without her."
I really want to thank everyone who has read and taken the time to comment! The story is enrolled in Kindle Unlimited so I cannot keep it up on a site without a password once it releases on 3/29. If you've enjoyed, please consider purchasing or leaving a review on Amazon or Goodreads. Thanks again!
Posted in Jane Austen Fan Fiction, The Secrets of PemberleyTagged Alternate Universe, Elizabeth Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy, JAFF, Jane Austen Fan Fiction, The Secrets of Pemberley7 Comments
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7 thoughts on "The Secrets of Pemberley- Epilogue"
Glynis says:
I have absolutely loved this story Rose. I did spend most of it crying for Darcy's loneliness but once he learned of Elizabeth's love it was wonderful. Thank you for sharing and I will keep an eye out for the release.
Heleen says:
It was just wonderfull, thank you Rose! A real page turner!
Jan S. says:
Thank you, Rose, this was quite enjoyable even though I really felt you put poor Darcy through the wringer. 🙂 I loved that they were referred to as Papa and Mama Darcy by the children at the school and that they had adopted so many children in addition to the ones they birthed. They both showed they had such kind hearts — it was destiny they found each other. I also liked the other pairings you did — Marshall with Anne (who'd a thunk it?) and Colonel Fitzwilliam with Lady Aurora (perfect!).
I'm curious what you imagined for Stephen's future. Darcy won the challenge to his inheritance, but what happened to Stephen? Was he shunned by society or did he continue on as he had before? Did he suffer any legal consequences for trying to fraudulently gain Pemberley?
Thank you for such a lovely story. There was enough angst to make it suspenseful but you always left a little bit of hope for a HEA. I will definitely buy it when it arrives on Kindle.
sheilalmajczan says:
I agree that for a lot of this story my heart ached for Darcy. I will borrow it from Kindle Unlimited when it is released and then post a review. Loved the last several chapters!
evamedmonds says:
Thank you! I always looked forward to the next posting.
Sophie Bains says:
This was a lovely story! I have to admit I wasn't sure about it with the first few chapters and then our dear girl died! But I'm glad I stuck around. I will definitely read it again if you keep it on Kindle Unlimited. Thank you for sharing it with us.
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It doesn't loom large on the skyline like Mont Ventoux, there isn't a long valley road leading up to it and building the anticipation like Alpe d'Huez or Croix de Fer. It's approached through some winding residential streets behind Menton on the Cote d'Azur. It hasn't even ever featured in the Tour de France. But the Col de la Madone is almost as famous in the modern era as some of the huge mountains that have decided professional cycling's biggest stage races.
Lance Armstrong arguably brought the climb to prominence – he cited it in his first autobiography "It's Not About The Bike" as his test climb before the Tour de France – in conjunction with his coach Dr Michele Ferrari, Armstrong held the view that if he was able to tackle the climb holding 6.8 watts per kilo or above then he was on track to win the Tour. Trek, his bike sponsor at the time, even named their top-flight race bike after their climb. For obvious reasons, Trek and Armstrong have long parted ways, but their top bikes still carry the name of the climb. But Lance wasn't the first top pro to favour the climb, and he wasn't the last and with plenty of top riders including Chris Froome and Ritchie Porte being based in nearby Monaco and Nice, the climb remains a good place to spot big hitters getting their training in.
Despite its connotations with Lance Armstrong the climb continues to be used as a testing ground by plenty of top pros and amateurs as well as cyclists who just want to enjoy the climb. It's easy to see why. The climb is far from easy, but it's a near-constant 7 percent. On one hand that tough gradient is why the pros love to test their form on the climb. On the other, that constant gradient means that once you've found a good rhythm, you can just try and stick with it all the way up.
There are a number of places you can choose as the "start" of the climb. Some measure from Menton, down by the sea but that involves navigating a few turns through residential streets. Some kick things off at the supermarket a few km up the ascent. However the majority kick things off at the village of Le Castagnins on the D22, starting their timer at the bridge before the first switchback.
For all the talking of testing your legs and doing the climb as fast as you can, it is at the same time a beautiful climb with great views. However there are a couple of things to bear in mind. First of all there are a couple of turnings on the way up. The summit is signposted, but the signs aren't that big and you need to keep your eyes open. Secondly, the climb doesn't give much shelter and in the height of summer can be baking hot with little shade so make sure your bidons are filled up before you hit the climb or try and time it so you're not hitting it in the middle of the day.
As we said, the Col de la Madone has never been used at the Tour de France. But that doesn't stop it being used as a point of reference for many of the World Tour pros based in the local area. However, due to its links with Lance Armstrong, there is sometimes a degree of sheepishness from some of the big hitters when they post a fast time – in 2014 Ritchie Porte smashed Chris Froome's record on the climb, clocking in at 29 minutes and 40 seconds, taking 30 seconds off his then teammate's time but other riders have been more cagey about times they've clocked on the ascent.


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Gorilla Glue #4 | Get to Know Your Favorite Strain
Discover the terpenes that make GG4 so euphoric and relaxing.
Gorilla Glue (aka Gorilla Glue #4, GG4, and even Original Glue) is an award-winning hybrid with quite a lineage and quite a story. Due to extensive backcrossing, its genetics includes powerhouse chemovars Chem's Sister, Sour Dubb, and even Chocolate Diesel. It should come as no surprise then that both its aroma and effects are potent.
Its origins involved an accidental pollination, seeds that were nearly thrown away, and several experimental phenotypes of which the fourth obviously reigned supreme. The makers of the strong adhesive by the same name ended up pursuing a trademark infringement lawsuit which led to the many other names this chemovar is known for.
While it has been known to "glue" people to the couch, the name actually comes from the dense amount of trichomes the buds produce. It's been described as a bunch of trichomes with just a few stalks and leaves sticking out. There's even a myth that the original breeders had to ditch the trimming scissors since the resin was so glue-like.
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The overall Gorilla Glue #4 aroma is mildly floral but the main scents are wood, spice, and the perfect hint of skunk. More discerning noses may even pick up on delicate notes of chocolate (thanks to its Chocolate Diesel parentage). None of that would be possible, however, without dominant terpenes Beta-Caryophyllene, Alpha-Caryophyllene, and D-Limonene.
Beta-Caryophyllene makes up a big chunk of this terpene profile and is partially responsible for the potent body relaxation effects. Found in black pepper, cloves, hops, and even cinnamon, this isolate lends Gorilla Glue a spicy, herbal kick. It's also one of the only non-cannabinoids that can activate cannabinoid receptors in the brain. This makes its anti-inflammatory and anxiolytic properties very powerful.
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D-Limonene plays a big role in the euphoric effects of GG4. It should come as no surprise that D-Limonene is sweet, sour, and found in fruits like lemons, limes, and oranges. It's one of the most common terpenes in nature and lends Gorilla Glue cerebral effects like mood elevation and mental stimulation.
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While there are over thirty other isolates that make up this complex blend, these three are some of the main contributors to its unique flavor, aroma, and effects. Speaking of effects…
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In case you're unaware, something really beautiful happens when you combine terpenes and cannabis. High levels of THC will definitely have a strong psychoactive effect, but without terpenes, you won't experience the variety of flavors or subtle nuances of effects that different strains have.
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Many longtime GG4 fans have described the initial effects as a cerebral rush. This includes a heady euphoria that has been known to last for several hours, but the body relaxation will set in much sooner than that. That initial rush will quickly wash over the body leading to total body relaxation, sedation, and a tendency to stick to the couch like glue.
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Considering the mood-elevating and body relaxation properties of this chemovar, the GG4 terpene strain profile would be a practical addition to several types of products.
Infusing a cannabis or CBD distillate with GG4 terpenes would be an efficient way to create a variety of products with both the aroma and effects of this chemovar. Additionally, beverages designed to promote relaxation (tea, seltzer, etc.) would benefit from the sedative properties.
The GG4 terpene strain profile would also be appropriate for many different types of edibles. Perhaps one of the most interesting applications, however, would be personal care products like lotions, bath oils, or even aromatherapy. The aroma is pleasing all on its own, but the use of these terpenes would also add relaxing and mood-elevating properties to these products.
Either way, our botanically sourced GG4 terpene strain profile is perfect for both cannabis and non-cannabis products. Obviously, combining this blend with cannabinoids will pump up the effects. However, non-cannabis products seeking to promote a euphoric mood that's still relaxing will greatly benefit from this blend.
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If you are considering organizational leadership studies, then you will have several degree options and potential career paths in front of you. Most colleges offer organizational leadership and management classes within their business departments, but you might also be able to explore this concentration as a student of finance or economics. Common career paths include human resources management, academic administration, department management, training management and executive leadership.
The following organizations provide prospective undergraduate and graduate students with academic funding options based on merit. Leadership and management professionals can also connect with these organizations and develop their work skills with seminars, annual conferences and industry-related publications.
The National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS) - The NSLS was founded in 2001, and provides an academic honors society for students enrolled in leadership and administration programs. You can apply for academic funding by checking out NSLS annual scholarships, like the National Excellence in Leadership Scholarship of $5,000, the Global Leadership Scholarship of $2,000 and the Dream Support Grant of $10,000.
Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) - This national honors society, established in 1914, is dedicated to leadership performance within organizations, sports teams, creative arts and academic departments. Notable alumni in ODK includes former Colts quarterback Peyton Manning, presidential advisor Warren Bennis and MacArthur Prize winner Howard Gardner. Honor society members can apply for several academic grants including the National Leadership Award for graduate students.
International Leadership Association (ILA) - The ILA is a professional organization that spreads leadership research ideas through conferences, publications and member interest groups. This organization also recognizes distinguished professionals and major academic achievements with the Jablin Dissertation Award, Student Case Competitions and the Clark Student Research Award. You can join niche interest groups that emphasize different aspects of leadership such as scholarship, education, youth leadership and business management.
The American Society of Association Executives - This non-profit organization encompasses thousands of smaller member organizations internationally. It is dedicated to professional and executive training, including certificate programs, online classes and one-on-one consulting. This organization is an excellent resource for leaders in human resources, marketing and enterprise-level leadership.
Open Courseware are free courses available to the public online. Some of these courses come with complimentary reading materials, while some academic institutions require that you purchase textbooks in order to follow along. These courses are meant for personal enrichment; they will not provide you with college credits upon completion.
Organizational Leadership and Change - This MIT open course is led by Senior Lecturer Janice Klein, who works with the Sloan School of Management. This course will focus on three main concepts of organizational leadership: foundations, integration and leadership. Materials include lecture notes and assignment sheets. This is a graduate level course spread out over two years, so students should be prepared for a high level of material.
Leadership Development - This is another graduate level course hosted by MIT, taught by Professor Dava Newman. Course materials include assignment handouts and worksheets. Students will have the opportunity to cover the personal characteristics of a leader, view examples of effective leadership and create a leadership plan of their own.
Leadership Development: Inspiring Leadership - This is an iTunes University course provided by The Banff Centre, an educational institution based in Alberta, Canada. It covers innovative leadership strategies, which are available as audio file downloads. Students will explore subjects like consensus building, language, generative space, virtual leading and leadership iconoclasts. This course can be accessed on any computer with the free iTunes software or on iOS mobile devices.
Leadership Education - This is an iTunes University course presented by Duke Divinity, which explores organizational leadership with a Christian faith-based perspective. Students can access an impressive library of over 90 videos, which include presentations from leadership experts like Helen Prejean, Philip K Howard, Jeffrey Duzer and James Earl Massey.
These academic and professional journals help you gain a better awareness of industry practices, statistics and case studies. Once you reach the graduate level, you may be expected to submit your own work to a leadership journal. These are open access publications, which means that they are free for the public to view.
International Journal of Leadership Studies - The ILJS is dedicated to cross-discipline leadership theory. This periodical accepts articles about management at all levels within an organization. The editorial board staff consists of faculty members at Regent University in Virginia. Past articles can be downloaded in PDF format.
The Leadership Quarterly - This is the official publication of the ILA, one of the professional guilds mentioned earlier in this guide. This is an excellent resource for organization executives and department leaders, accepting practical and academic research articles on multidisciplinary leadership topics.
Academic Leadership Journal in Student Research - This is an academic journal managed by Fort Hays State University. This publication welcomes student research articles from the undergraduate and graduate levels that pertain to academic organization leadership. Fort Hays University has collaborated with other academic institutions for the editorial process, partnering with schools like the American Community Schools of Athens, Youngstown State University and University of North Georgia.
Organizational Aesthetics - This publication takes an interesting approach to organization dynamics by discussing the role artwork and environmental design play in leadership. They welcome theoretical research, reviews and organizational management artwork.
These authors have all contributed a wealth of research in the fields of organizational leadership and business management. The following books can help you grasp the fundamentals of leadership and understand the challenges faced by managers, human resources professionals and academic administrators. Many of these books are available for purchase in both paper and digital formats.
The Leadership Challenge - This is an extremely well-known and highly recommended book within business circles. Authors James Kouzes and Barry Posner empower readers to escape mundane leadership strategies and transform organizations with innovative thinking. They describe the perfect storm of environments and events that help leaders get into their best and most inspirational mindsets. Readers will go over example setting, values, organization visions, collaboration tactics and recognition.
Pedagogy for the Oppressed - Paulo Freire grapples with extremely sensitive topics, such as classism, race and minority politics within the Western world. These are underlying tensions that leaders must be cognizant of as they run an organization, so that they can make sure that groups are not being excluded while others gain overrepresentation. This guide to navigating intersectional empowerment has made ripples in academic and business communities for over three decades.
Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice and Leadership - Like Organizational Aesthetics, this volume also explores the roles of creativity and artistry within the context of organizations. Authors Lee Bolman and Terrence Deal review how many organization hierarchies are set up, how to address human resources challenges, conflict management, and methods to improve leadership practices. They make a case for artistry and volition - employees must be able to express themselves freely and honestly without fear.
Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization - Leaders get into trouble when they try to work against the current. This can lead to unhappy employees, a drop in productivity and even the loss of talented workers. Authors Dave Logan, John King and Halee Fischer- Wright tackle the challenges of large group collaboration, tear down management misconceptions and walk leaders through tribal group formation techniques.
The following publications can help you get practical tips from coaches, managers and executives who are currently working within organizational leadership roles. Online magazines tend to provide features such as high-profile leader interviews, how-to guides and organizational news.
Leadership Magazine - This South Africa-based digital magazine was founded by Lindsay King, a journalist and author who is based in Cape Town. Leadership Magazine features news articles, research developments and opinion columns that pertain to organizational management at all levels - from middle management to executive leaders and independent entrepreneurs. This publication has received numerous distinctions from the Printing Industry of the Carolinas, the International Tabbie Awards and the Mondi Premier Awards.
Bloomberg BusinessWeek - This long-established publication, which is based in New York City, originally appeared in print in 1929. This periodical has transitioned well into the digital era, and is one of the most influential business and leadership news resources currently online. Organizational leaders can keep an eye out on BusinessWeek's economics and business sections to learn about the formation of new companies, financial trends and acquisitions.
Forbes - This is another long-standing publication that has stood the test of time, and has succeeded in making the jump to electronic format. Forbes' target audience includes industry experts, executive level leaders, managers, marketing employees and human resources professionals. This is another excellent source of breaking news and leadership advice.
CIO Magazine - This publication is geared specifically toward corporate organization strategies and executive leaders. New issues of the magazine are published on a monthly basis, and readers can explore the free database of archived issues dating back to January 2007.
Blogs give you up-to-the-moment news about managerial shifts, business acquisitions and startup growth on the national and global level. Other blogs listed here belong to individual industry professionals, who are chronicling their experiences in the moment. They can help you get a clear idea of the types of challenges leaders face on a daily basis.
Harvard Business Review - This is yet another distinguished and well-established publication that has survived the digital era. In addition to their magazine periodical, HBR also publishes blog posts that pertain to business leadership and management skills. Students exploring organizational leadership can learn from some of the world's brightest minds by exploring this digital resource. The HBR Blog Network includes columns about leadership psychology, choice theory, motivated reasoning and hundreds of other topics.
Learn to Duck - This is the personal blog of Micah Baldwin, a highly respected startup entrepreneur who founded Graphicly, a platform dedicated to ebook and digital comic publishing. Learn to Duck chronicles Micah's experiences with heading a new startup, coaching new leaders, and recruiting the best talent for his organization.
Persuasive - The Internet is abuzz with mind hacks and changing your thought processes to inspire positive change. This blog follows the psychology of neuro-linguistic programming, or NLP, to help organizational leaders move past their limitations and achieve new heights with their teams. Persuasive posts offer clear-cut examples and guides in four sections: techniques, mindset, behavior, and fun.
Women on Business - This blog was founded in 2007 by Susan Gunelius, the CEO of KeySplash Creative, a digital content website that specializes in marketing and communications. This blog has received recognition from Forbes for being a top 100 website for women, along with ranking amongst Stevie Award finalists for 2010. Women on Business hosts a bloggers directory and job forum, so that upcoming leaders and entrepreneurs can promote their writing and find new career opportunities.
Twitter gives students and upcoming organizational leadership professionals the opportunity to connect directly with industry leaders. Here are some must-read Twitter feeds, featuring individuals who have made significant contributions as leaders within their fields. This list encompasses well-known entrepreneurs, leadership coaches and inspirational corporate executives.
@ElonMusk - Serial entrepreneur Elon Musk has been around the block when it comes to founding and managing new and successful organizations. With the founding of Paypal, SpaceX and Tesla Motors in his professional history, it seems like his creativity is endless. Musk revels in posting awe-inspiring news updates about space exploration, and frequently cracks nerd culture jokes on his Twitter feed.
@BethComstock - Beth Comstock, Chief Marketing Officer at GE, frequently posts about business leadership, creativity and literature on her Twitter account. She leverages social media during major publicity efforts at conventions such as the International Consumer Electronics Show.
@AngelaMaiers - This motivational speaker and author is an expert in corporate leadership, pedagogy and organizational performance boosting. She has authored several books including "The Passion Driven Classroom" and "Classroom Habitudes." She also let a TED talk on how the words "You matter" can transform people's work ethics and lifestyles. Angela frequently tweets organizational leadership tips and news updates about education.
@leadershipfreak - This is the professional Twitter account for Dan Rockwell, a leadership coach with over 200,000 followers on Twitter since the beginning of 2014. He regularly posts motivational leadership tips on his Twitter feed, along with compelling news articles about management psychology.


And Sam is named for his grandfather, & ultimately the XGreat-Grandfathers who owned & used the chair.
Good point. Sam is named after my Dad…Samuel Edward Davis. My Dad was named after his grandfather (Samuel Eugene Emanuel) who was named after his father (Samuel Oscar Emanuel) who was named after his father (Dr. Samuel Eugene Emanuel)…the original owner of the chair.
Honestly when we named Sam I didn't realize how far back in the family that name went! The original "Sam" was born in 1806!
Jarvis, that was great. Sam looks a lot like you. Glad you will be able to raise a man.
Thanks for the video. He sure was enjoying it. Can't wait to see him, the girls and both of you. Love you all.


This exquisite Gucci Black GG Canvas Studded Pelham Runway Flap Bag was a runway release from Gucci's 2006 collection. This stylish bag features the signature Gucci horsebit hardware and stud details. Grommet details cover the remainder of the bag and shoulder strap. The canvas interior is roomy enough for an everyday bag that can transition into a stunning evening bag. Wherever you decide to take this bag, be prepared to be the center of attention!
The exterior is clean and beautiful. The strap is has light creasing and the hardware has minor hairline surface scratches. The interior lining is clean and in excellent and like new condition.


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Q: Where firebase saving all device tokens internally in their cloud? Does firebase saving my app users device token on its own Realtime DB?
Is there any limit for sending device token to FCM?
I'm using Spark Plan (Free). I'm sending push from firebase console for entire app users by selecting bundle id. But APNS need device tokens. How
firebase managing all users device token?

A: There is no public API that allows you to get a list of all FCM tokens in your project. FCM tokens are also not automatically stored in your project's realtime database or in another place where you can access them.
If you need the tokens in the database, you will need to store them there yourself.

A: Try the code below on your Main Activity. The newToken will print on Log.
// get FCM token
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                @Override
                public void onSuccess(InstanceIdResult instanceIdResult) {
                    String newToken = instanceIdResult.getToken();
                    Log.d("newToken",newToken);
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March 16, 2018 by profk
Fairytales, Folktales and Fables
This eclectic vibrant exhibit features work by over 30 artists who interpreted fairytales, folktales and fables from around the world through a variety of 2 and 3 D media, including paper sculpture, assemblage, painting, printmaking, textiles and photography.
NEW DATE! Opening Reception April 6, 6:30-8:30 pm
Wine, and light refreshments.
April 21 and 22: Special Events/Art Salons for the Fairytales exhibit include a Gallery Talk with Exhibit Artists and a Collage-Making Workshop led by artist Carol Wintle.
Filed Under: Recent Shows, Show Archives Tagged With: 2d, 3d, assemblage, fables, fairytales, folktales, painting, paper sculpture, photography, printmaking, textiles
September 14, 2014 by profk
Wonderfully diverse, thought-provoking, fun exhibit
We're Kicking off our Tenth Season with a Roar
Please join us in celebration of:
10% of sales will be donated to the MSPCA
to rescue abandoned and abused pets.
Sharon Whitman, Water Dance
Animals — from beasts of prey to household pets — have been a staple of artistic expression since cave painting at the very dawn of humanity. Whether as totems, allegory, decoration, or simply for their "fearsome symmetry," animals have been a presence in the works of history's greatest masters from DaVinci's horse studies, through Rousseau's primitive wildlife, to Picasso's bull fetish. Yet, the role of animals in art is often overlooked. We have terms for 'portraits,' 'landscapes.' and ''still lives', but none for art with animal subjects. 'Animal Art' gets no respect.
Belmont Gallery of Art opens its tenth anniversary season with a long overdue appreciation of Animals in Art, featuring animal artworks in a variety of media — painting, sculpture, photography collage, fabric art — selected by jurors and veterinarians, Dr. Suzanne Kay and Dr. Dawn Binder, from Belmont's Cushing Square Veterinary Clinic.
The menagerie is a 'must-see" for art lovers and animal lovers of all ages. And visitors can help homeless and abused pets at the same time. Ten percent of all sales of artwork will be donated to the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals-Angell to support its mission to find loving families for abandoned and mistreated pets.
Thank you to everyone who attended our opening reception (Sept. 19) and CONGRATS TO ALL of the artists displaying work!
Prizes were awarded for the following categories
Best in Show – "Chimp" by Warren Croce
Best in "Breed" – Mixed Media –
"The Whale" by John Dykes
Best in "Breed" – Photography –
"Sheep Sisters" by Ken Harvey
"Apollo the Pig" – Photograph by Rich Perry
"Moonwalk" – Photograph by tSOfi Inbar
"In the Shade" – Painting by Iris Osterman
Exhibiting artists include many established local and regional talents and several newcomers
Terri Ackerman Ken Harvey Iris Osterman
Eric Almquist Elaine Hawkes Dari Paquette
Neri Avraham Richard Hill Rich Perry
Carol Berney Janel Houton Sara Reilly
Nicole Bernstein Janet Clingerman Hsiao Marcia Schloss
Iris Chandler Ku-chan Hsiao Tony Schwartz
Christine Chang Kay Hudgins Ruth Segaloff
Lisa Cohen tSOfi Inbar Marian Stanton
Warren Croce Kwan Kew Lai Lee Strasburger
Jennifer Dubost Wei Li Dick Stroud
Norma Dumont Miranda Loud Diana Tsomides
John Dykes Arch MacInnes Geoff Wadsworth
Eleanor Elkin Caitlyn Marsh Nadine Wallack
Irene Fairley Jamie Maxfield Bev White
Cara FitzGibbon Carolyn May Sharon Whitman
Ottavio Forte Judy Love John Williams
Terry Gips Frances McCormick Timothy Wilson
Joan Glinert Anastasia O'Melveny John Wood
Virginia Greenblatt Joan Onofrey
More Artwork in the Show
Cara Fitzgibbon,
Somewhere in Montana
Jennifer Dubost, Callie
Timothy Wilson, Three Bills
Joan Onofrey, The Boss
Filed Under: Show Archives Tagged With: allegory, animals, collage, decoration, fabric art, painting, photography, sculpture, totems, wildlife
December 18, 2007 by profk
Afghan Stories: Giving Women a Voice
Photos by Paula Lerner
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – 4/29/2006: Bakhtnazira (center) works and chats with the seamstresses in her workroom. Her business employs many women, some of whom are widows, who otherwise would have no means to support themselves or their families. (Photo by Paula Lerner/Aurora)
In the 23 years I have been a working photographer, women's issues have been a recurring theme in my projects. My magazine stories have been populated with women from all walks of life: from survivors of domestic abuse to business leaders and celebrated performing artists. I have produced a body of work on a welfare mom and a book about breast cancer walks. But when I had the opportunity to document the lives of women in Afghanistan, my interest was especially piqued. Knowing Afghan women have faced some of the harshest circumstances of women anywhere in the world, I knew their stories would be some of the most compelling I could cover.
In February of 2005 I took the first of multiple trips to Afghanistan as a volunteer with the Business Council for Peace (www.bpeace.org). Bpeace is a non-profit organization that works to help women in post-conflict countries establish and grow self-sustaining businesses. The women whose stories I documented for Bpeace profoundly moved me: here were women who had survived unimaginable hardships and decades of war, and yet they had the optimism and bravery to help rebuild their country by building their own fledgling businesses. Last year I began gathering audio in addition to taking still images, and recording the women telling their stories in their own voices. This work, "The Women of Kabul," was published as a multimedia feature on the Washington Post web site in November of 2006. Many news outlets cover Afghanistan's ongoing insurgency and the misery of war, but few are interested in telling how people are rebuilding their lives in war's aftermath. I give the washingtonpost.com a great deal of credit for having the courage to be one of a handful of venues in the latter category.
Through my work with Bpeace I came to know Rangina Hamidi, an Afghan-American woman who lives and works in Kandahar, the former Taliban capital city that is still a Taliban stronghold. Her program empowers women by giving them paid employment producing unique Kandahari embroidery, something they can do at home and without breaking cultural norms. Through her work she has come to know well and be trusted by these women. She and I have embarked on a long-term project to tell these women's stories via a book, print pieces and multimedia features, which are now in progress. By collaborating with Rangina I am in the fortunate position of having access to women who are largely invisible in their own culture, and have the privilege of bringing their stories to the West where they are all but unknown.
The photographs in this exhibition are selected from the above projects, and show the daily life behind the headlines in Afghanistan. As a photojournalist and storyteller I try to convey these stories with integrity and honesty, and in the process I also hope to make art. The images in this collection are those that I feel have come the closest to succeeding at this.
For more information, see Paula Lerner's website at www.lernerphoto.com.
Filed Under: Show Archives Tagged With: Paula Lerner, photography
February 15, 2007 by profk
Rania Matar
"The Veil: Modesty, Fashion, Religious Devotion or Political Statement?" a discussion of the show by Rania Matar…
Rene Matar
The veil has many meanings and symbols in the Middle East. While often perceived in the West as a symbol of female oppression and submission to male authority, it takes on a very different meaning in the Arab world. In this photo essay, I will focus on the spread of the veil amongst women in Lebanon and the different interpretations the veil takes on.
Lebanon is a small Middle Eastern country wedged between the West and the Muslim world, where Christians and Muslims have lived together for centuries, where one would witness a blend of the West and the Arab world, of Christianity and Islam, in addition to ostentatious display of wealth and extreme poverty. After fifteen years of a brutal civil war that ended with no clear winner and no real solution, life in Lebanon goes on in a surreal way with a mosaic of co-existing religions.
A Passage from the Koran
The Muslim population is growing larger due to a higher birth rate. It is highly politicized and seething with anger at the news coming from Iraq and Israel/Palestine. In addition, since September 11, it feels threatened in a world looking at any Islamic piety with suspicion, with a resulting retreat into more religious consciousness. While many Muslims, especially the upper class, look westward in their dress and lifestyle, and are not antagonistic to the Christian presence, many feel the need of belonging to the larger Muslim community. The female veil which was almost non-existent a decade ago in Lebanon is making a comeback, even among the younger generation, and is taking on different symbols ranging from religious devotion, to self-assertion vis-à-vis the West, to a new item of fashion, all leading to the increased social pressure of wearing it among Muslim women of all ages.
Broken Mirror
While wearing the veil among Muslim women is becoming more common in Lebanon, the different ways of wearing it is often misunderstood by the West. Women who are wearing the veil are mostly doing it by choice, even though their motives and the extent to which they are covered vary. Older traditional Muslim women wear the headscarf because of religious devotion and modesty. They only take it off inside the home and only in the presence of other women or close male relatives. Upper class Muslim women who often dress in a western style now wear the headscarf as an instrument of fashion and an added accessory, whereby the scarf has to match the clothes, the sunglasses and the handbag. Some women wear it as a political statement of resistance to the West and a symbol of solidarity with Muslim countries at odds with the West. Pubescent girls are now succumbing to social expectations and are wearing the veil by choice as a symbol of growing up. Some would spend hours fixing their headscarf in front of the mirror. They wear it layered, braided or plain but always color coordinated with their clothes.
Hanging Laundry
What makes this project interesting to me is that it provides a microcosm of what is going on in the world today in terms of the growing differences but at the same time the existing inter-dependencies between the West and the Arab world, or Christianity and Islam. Lebanon is a westernized country, home to a growing Muslim society but also to a very western Christian population, hence providing different interpretations of female fashion, and a juxtaposition of the veil with a very western dress code and life style. The veil as a result takes on different meanings and can be seen worn in very different ways ranging from a chador to a fashionable headscarf. It is not uncommon in Beirut to see veiled women walking next to women in mini skirts or tank tops, or under posters of beautiful supermodels, eating at McDonalds or having coffee at Starbucks."
More info about Rania Matar can be found at www.raniamatar.com.
Filed Under: Show Archives Tagged With: photography, Rania Matar
January 1, 2007 by profk
New Work: Loutrell, Revett, Wunsch
Lara Loutrell, Dawn Revett, A. David Wunsch
Etching by Lara Loutrel
Abstractions of a mental state. The logic of factory-grey & desolation — a girl & her printing press, isolation. The mechanized clicking of thinking — these are objects & landscapes that exist, but no one has seen them. My logic — logic in general — crumbles & twists, formulates itself in black etching ink. My etchings are the outcome of my perception of existence — bleak & strange.
The prints are Abstractions of imagined landscapes, sometimes objects or cities, conveying some sort of resonance, or connection. They are usually bleak & lonely, yet heroic. I don't consider my work to fall under one style. The look of the prints from 2002 to the present is very much a product of, & ongoing dialogue with, the techniques that I use. These arose from the technical limitations of creating a studio with non-traditional & non toxic methods. I am constantly experimenting & discovering new ways to put ink on paper."
More information on this artist can be found at www.laraloutrel.com.
Dawn Revett
Cargo. Weighty, anonymous, masses of consumable goods. A voluminous presence that fails to fill the absence in which it is placed.
Shipping lanes. Highways. Storage yards. Gateways through which material goods in their anonymous phase leave or enter our lives; portals through space and time for Things. Solidity. Gravity. "Needs".
Painting by Dawn Revett
I see in these portals stillborn opportunities. I see what was here, before the cargo and the promises. I see a mirage of material goods preening with seductive poise. I see what cargo cannot replace. I see the potential for change.
These sites speak to me of how anonymous consumption fragments our society within itself and divides us from the environment. Stained wood reveals an absence of nature that this ingestion of goods creates. To me it is an absence that screams. Yet these goods pass as unbranded cargo through quiet ports, sleepy highways, and placid storage fields. These places stand as silent memorials to what we have sacrificed in order to achieve the cargo we so fanatically pursue. For me these are peaceful places. Like cemeteries, or morgues. Tranquil, beautiful, and tragic.
I paint the images because for me paint best conveys the beauty that I feel in the anxious desolation of these locations. With paint I can better recreate the subtle fusion of fascination and pain that I experience when standing there. I can freeze the highway's silent roar, and touch the solitude."
More information on this artist can be found at www.dawnrevett.com.
David Wunsch
Photograph by A. David Wunsch
The work that I am showing here is the product of the 40 year period 1966-2006. I have always been a photographer in black and white, and I have primarily used a view camera with which I expose 4 by 5 inch sheet film. I have printed the more recent images digitally, after scanning the negatives into my computer, while photographs that precede 2004 I have printed in my darkroom.
My favorite places to work are mill towns, the edges of cities, railroad yards, and occasionally the downtown portions of cities early in the morning when the streets are clear. I sometimes photograph pieces of machinery, and I feel that many of my photographs reflect interests I have in mathematics and engineering."
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Summer's Waning & Botanical Regenerations
Meg Birnbaum
Meg Birnbaum has won a wide range of awards for her photographs. Works have been shown at The Somerville Museum, Willoughby & Baltic Gallery, The Newton Free Library, Holyoke Center at Harvard University and included in the fall 2005 issue of The Harvard Review. Birnbaum was the first place winner of a national juried all-media show at Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton OH. All of the photographs appearing in the Belmont Gallery show were hand printed using a traditional wet darkroom. Images of Birnbaum's work can be found here.
This show at the Belmont Gallery incorporates two different bodies of work. Summer's Waning is the newest series. Says Birnbaum: "In these photographs I hope to revive summer memories, the mysteries, the magic and wonder. July holds such promise and possibility but August brings the growing anxiety of summer half over, of goodbyes and endings. August is a state of mind warmly intertwined with nature's essential elements."
Of the other series Botanical Regenerations, Birnbaum says "It is about the biological process – a curious beauty won by stamina, resiliency and endurance in the service of a reproductive imperative. By removing these objects from their natural environments and presenting them center stage, I hope to grant even the most humble of subjects the quiet grandure it deserves. The scale of the prints provides the viewer a larger-than life intimate view of these commonly overlooked natural objects."
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A Bee's View
Jane Wentzell
Hydrangea Tea
The sun is the primary architect of my images: plants will not bloom without sun, and in my photographs the sun reveals the forms of the flowers. Their geometric curves and planes are defined as their surfaces bear witness to the strength of the summer sun. Presenting these flowers in natural light is a testament to their origins.
So are china and glass formed by high heat, and only light coming from the extreme temperature of the sun can reveal their true colors and the reflection and sparkle that make them gorgeous to see.
These fragile artifacts – both the flowers and the antique vases – gain a reprieve from decay, being captured on film together, in their combined opulence. If flowers were not ephemeral, there would be no point to my pictures, which are a means to express admiration for their ineffable beauty, postponing inevitable loss.
Hydrangeas, peonies, roses, lilies, all carry a generative secret and this is their human aspect, rendered in experimental compositions of stability and optimism, just as all living-dying things of the earth are together under the sun."
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Knapwell Overhall Grove
In the civil parish of Boxworth.
In the historic county of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely.
Modern Authority of Cambridgeshire.
1974 county of Cambridgeshire.
Medieval County of Cambridgeshire.
OS Map Grid Reference: TL33676315
Knapwell Overhall Grove has been described as a probable Timber Castle.
This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.
Mound, perhaps a small Norman motte, on the flat Kimmeridge clay floor of the valley, 50 yards W of the stream. Finds made during an unpublished excavation in 1929 include St Neots ware from 2ft to 3ft below the surface of the mound. The mound is circular, 6ft high and 80ft in diameter with a flat top 30ft to 40ft across. The wet ditch is 30ft wide on the NE and 20ft wide on the SW and holds about two and a half feet of water. On the SW the ditch is crossed by a flat causeway 10ft wide which, in view of the cupped ends of the ditch on either side, is probably original. On the N and W a bank 15ft wide and 1ft to two and a half feet high may be the remains of an outer enclosure or merely a hedge bank separating the mound and ditch from an area of ridge and furrow to the N. (RCHME 1969)
The medieval Overhall manor house presumably stood amid the ancient enclosures in the north part of Overhall grove, inside the rectangular moated site, c. 35 m. by 40 m., whose southern ditch is still wet. Pottery fragments indicate habitation there from the 11th century to the 14th. That moat is surrounded by an irregularly embanked enclosure, c. 165 m. by 210 m., possibly intended for keeping cattle. Perhaps no longer occupied after the Lovetts inherited the manor, the house had disappeared well before 1600. The earthworks, entirely concealed by trees by 1650, were rediscovered only c. 1900. (VCH)
Data > PastScape County HER Scheduling
National Heritage List for England Scheduled Monument Number 1006890, Legacy Scheduled Monument Number cb55
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 01773.
Lowerre, A.G., 2005, Placing Castles in the Conquest. Landscape, Lordship and Local Politics in the South-Eastern Midlands, 1066-1100 (Oxford: John and Erica Hedges Ltd: BAR British Series 385) p. 233
Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles of East Anglia (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 21
Wright, A.P.M. and Lewis, C.P. (eds), 1989, VCH Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely Vol. 9 p. 271-74 online transcription (mainly manorial history)
Taylor, Alison, 1986, Castles of Cambridgeshire (Cambridge)
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1 p. 41 (possible)
Renn, D.F., 1973 (2 edn.), Norman Castles of Britain (London: John Baker) p. 355
RCHME, 1968, An inventory of historical monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire. Vol. 1: west Cambridgeshire p. 163 no. 11 online transcription
Phillips, 1948, in Salzman, L.F. (ed), VCH Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely Vol. 2 p. 34
Hurst, J.G., 1956, 'Saxo-Norman pottery in East Anglia' Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society Vol. 49 p. 53 online copy
Hughes, T. McK., 1903, 'Earthworks at Boxworth and Knapwell' Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society Vol. 10.3 p. 237-40 online copy
Lowerre, A.G., 2004, Placing Castles in the Conquest. Landscape, Lordship and Local Politics in the South-Eastern Midlands, 1066-1100 (PhD thesis: Boston College) p. 495


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Minnesota Twins designate Luke Hughes for assignment
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NEW YORK – The Twins have designated infielder Luke Hughes for release or assignment, taking him off the 40-man roster and perhaps severing ties with the Australian who three weeks ago made his first Opening Day roster.
The Twins now have 10 days to trade, release or – if he passes through waivers – outright Hughes to a minor league affiliate.
"I hope to stay in the big leagues, and I hope some team values what I do and I'll get an opportunity to go somewhere and play," Hughes said. "If that doesn't happen, obviously, I'll have to go through the process of what to do."
Hughes, 27, started at first base in the Twins' 8-3 loss to the Yankees on Tuesday at Yankee Stadium but played in only four of the Twins' first 10 games. He was batting .200 with no extra-base hits and two RBIs.
The Twins had to move a player off the 40-man roster when they activated right-hander Jason Marquis, who was to make his Minnesota debut Wednesday night against the Yankees. Hughes was out of minor league options so couldn't simply be reassigned to Class AAA Rochester.
There was a possibility of making room by placing Glen Perkins (forearm) or Nick Blackburn (shoulder) on the disabled list, but each passed key tests Wednesday. Perkins was examined by team orthopedist Dan Buss and threw a 40-pitch bullpen session; Blackburn played long toss from 120 feet, then threw an assortment of his pitches in a session with bullpen catcher Nate Damman.
"We talked about it long and hard," general manager Terry Ryan said. "It's not a good thing when a player's out of options, and sometimes you have to come to a difficult situation, like this one, and who might go down or who might be available to go down. This is just one of those situations, and we decided the way we're going to go."
The Twins now have 13 pitches on the 25-man active roster. Asked if the team can afford to keep that many for long, Ryan said it was up to manager Ron Gardenhire.
"I'm just the person facilitating," he said.
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Iowa center Luka Garza shoots during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Western Illinois, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, in Iowa City, Iowa. Garza scored 35 points as Iowa won 99-58. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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IOWA CITY, Iowa —
Luka Garza scored 35 points, 30 in the first half, and grabbed 10 rebounds as No. 3 Iowa stayed unbeaten with a 99-58 win over Western Illinois on Thursday night.
Jack Nunge, playing his first game this season following the death of his father, matched his career high with 18 points for Iowa (3-0). Joe Wieskamp added 11 points and Patrick McCaffery scored 10 for the Hawkeyes.
Garza reached 30 points in the first half for the second consecutive game. He had 36 by halftime of last Friday's 103-76 victory over Southern.
It was the 19th straight game of 20 points or more for Garza, the lone unanimous selection on The Associated Press preseason All-America team.
No. 7 KANSAS 89, WASHBURN 54
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — David McCormack scored 17 points, Ochai Agbaji added 16 and Jalen Wilson had 12, helping seventh-ranked Kansas cruise past Washburn in the Jayhawks' long-delayed home opener.
Kansas (3-1) had opened with a pair of games in Florida and beat Kentucky in Indianapolis before returning to the friendly confines of Allen Fieldhouse. Players sat apart from each other, much like they have at other venues, and the recent surge in positive coronavirus cases forced school officials to limit attendance to a couple hundred staff and family members.
Washburn (3-1), coached by former Jayhawks guard and Bill Self assistant Brett Ballard, wasn't rattled in the opening minutes. Levi Braun hit a trio of early 3s, Jonny Clausing bulled his way to a couple easy baskets, and the Ichabods managed to hang within 27-22 at the under-8 timeout of the first half.
McCormack and Wilson began to be too much, though.
Braun and Tyler Geiman led the Ichabods with nine points apiece. Clausing finished with eight.
No. 16 VIRGINIA TECH 64, VMI 57
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Tyrece Radford added 13 points and Justyn Mutts had 10 points and nine rebounds for the Hokies (4-0). They led 30-23 at halftime and used a 9-0 run in the second half to take control. Radford had five points in the burst, including a three-point play to finish it.
Myles Lewis had 13 points and 12 rebounds to lead VMI (2-2). Greg Parham added 12 points.
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Prized freshman Josh Christopher added 14 points for the Sun Devils (3-1), and Holland Woods knocked down a key 3-pointer with 2:24 remaining.
Freshman forward Marcus Bagley had to be helped off with a lower left leg injury after he went down near midcourt with 1:42 to play. He was scheduled for an MRI and X-rays on Friday.
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