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Capitol Ave. @ Fremont Blvd. 1980-2000
Fremont has always been a diverse city, but as Silicon Valley expanded into Fremont with new, developing technologies, bio-tech and hi-tech, the population increased in number from 100,000 to 201,00, with residents representing 155 countries and speaking 135 languages. The city became a United Nations City, and thus began the new balance of celebrating the city's heritage while also embracing new neighbors.
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1984-85 City Map of Fremont and some portions of Newark and Union City, Alameda County, CA
Published by Mosher-Adams Publishing, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK
Put out by the Fremont Chamber of Commerce
Dated: 1984
(used as background on this box)
Restoration of Mission San Jose Church (DL1)
Support for the reconstruction of Mission San Jose began with a kickoff barbecue in June 1973. This push for restoration later morphed into a statewide fundraising campaign. The "Mission Days" celebrations became an annual event to raise money for the reconstruction. The groundbreaking ceremony for the reconstruction took place in 1982, and the building was officially dedicated in 1985. Mission Days celebrations continued, with proceeds going to support the mission itself as well as to prepare for the Mission San Jose Bicentennial Celebration in 1997.
Ohlone students hang out on campus, 1970s or 80s (DL2)
Ohlone College opened for classes at the Serra Center (off Washington Blvd.) in 1967. Later, in 1974, the new Ohlone campus on Mission Blvd. opened to students and faculty. Here students are enjoying the relaxing atmosphere of the quad area in the new, attractive, modern campus.
City Hall, 1995 (DL3)
The new Fremont city hall was completed in 1968. It served the city well until the city offices and the police station were relocated due to seismic issues. City hall was located next to Lake Elizabeth, near today's Fremont Main Library. The landmark building was demolished in 2004.
Sky Sailing Airport or Sky Soaring (Glider) Airport (DF1)
Located between the 880 freeway and Cushing Pkwy. at the south end of Christie St.
Originally, the area was an auxillary landing strip for the Navy, an area used for training during world War II. By 1962, it was a glider strip called Sky Sailing Airport. In the 1970s and 80s Sky Sailing was one of the busiest glider operations in the U.S. with up to 15,000 launches a year. In 1988, the airport changed ownership and its name to Sky Soaring Airport. With development of the property (Pacific Commons) on the horizon and because of added safety concerns, the last flight at the airport took place on November 6th, 1991.
Clay Pimentel (aka Dr. Clay), 1980s (DF2)
Clay Pimentel oversaw the Worlds of Wonder consumer department and served as the company's Goodwill Ambassador. Known affectionately as "Dr. Bearwell," Clay and his staff ensured that each WOW toy owner had a rewarding experience and that the company continued to provide wholesome entertainment throughout its product line. Children may remember taking their broken Teddy Ruxpin toys to his "hospital" to be fixed.
Ohlone track and field in action, 1970s or 80s (DF3)
The Ohlone athletic teams were named the Saints when the first campus opened in 1967. Two years later, they voted to rename the teams the Renegades. Track and Field events were organized within the first year of the school opening at the Serra Center on Washington Blvd. The new Ohlone campus opened in 1978.
The last car rolls off the line at the General Motors Plant before closing for good, March 4, 1982 (DF4)
The General Motors assembly plant, the largest auto plant west of St. Louis, opened in 1962. Four different makes of cars were produced at the plant and a parallel line produced trucks. At its peak, 6,800 employees worked at the plant. Labor troubles and a struggling economy brought a decline in production and the last car produced was a white Oldsmobile Ciera. The plant closed on March 4, 1982. Two years later, in 1984, the plant reopened under new ownership. It was now the New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI) Plant, a corporate venture of Toyota and General Motors.
Hub Shopping Center in December (DR1)
Holiday shoppers flocked to The Hub in the 1980s. Ledeen's Computer and Office Supplies can be seen in this photo.
Phil Galvan, Ohlone native displays traditional Ohlone jewelry during a talk, 1980s (DR2)
Phil Galvan and his family are descendants of the Ohlone natives. The records of Mission San Jose trace their ancestral lineage to the laying of the cornerstone of the first Mission buildings by Phil's great-grandfather, Chief Tarino. The Galvan Family and others continue to serve as caretakers for the ancient burial grounds (the cemetery) along Washington Blvd. Phil Galvan has passed his knowledge on to his son, Andrew A. Galvan, who still gives talks to educate others about the people who were on this land before Europeans arrived.
Post 9/11 interfaith gathering, September 15, 2001 (DR3)
The weekend after the attacks on the Twin Towers in New York, the people of Fremont gathered in Central Park to honor the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. People of many faiths and in all walks of life converged on the park to light candles and stand together in silence. This ceremony was organized by the Tri-City Ministerial Association.
Families play at a Central Park playground, 1987 (DB1)
Central Park was developed over many years. The purchase of the land began in 1962 with just 12 acres and by 1983 had increased to 450 acres. The first buildings erected in the future park were the Community Center (1962) and the old library (1966). Playgrounds have been improved upon over the years, but they continue be a main attraction of Central Park for families.
Dr. Walter Hashimoto, Centerville (DB2)
Dr. Walter Hashimoto describes life in the Japanese internment camps from 1942 to 1945 in an interview around 1980. The Hashimoto dental office is still on Martha Avenue, where Dr. Elmo Grimmer also opened his dental office after his military service. The Martha Avenue business center also housed a courthouse for Alameda County at one time before becoming the New Horizons School in 1988.
Reconstruction of N-I-L-E-S landmark letters, 1990 (DB3)
The work was completed by Niles volunteers, led by Paul Figoni. Forms were built, rebar positioned, and a full scale concrete truck came from Hayward to pour the gargantuan letters. Pilots still use this landmark to instantly verify their location. The panorama of Niles and the greater Bay Area stretches below. On a clear day, you can still see Mount Tamalpais visible on the north horizon.
Post 9/11 interfaith gathering, September 15, 2001 (DB4)
School field trip to Don Edwards San Fransisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, 1985/86 (DT1)
n the heart of California's hi-tech industry lies a 30,000-acre oasis for millions of migratory birds and endangered species. The nation's first urban national wildlife refuge sits on the southern end of San Francisco Bay. The refuge, created in 1972, is largely the result of grassroots efforts by the local community to protect the San Francisco Bay ecosystem.
Congressman Don Edwards, responding to local citizens who made up the South San Francisco Baylands Planning, Conservation and National Wildlife Refuge Committee, worked with Congress to create the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge. This group later became the Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge, and in 1988 the committee helped to add an additional 20,000 acres, doubling the size of the refuge. The Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge, along with other Bay Area organizations, works tirelessly to protect and enhance the Bay's remaining wetlands.
Chip Off the Old Block Ceremony for Old City Hall, September 2004 (DT2)
The City of Fremont had a special 'Chip off the Old Block' ceremony on the day that demolition of the old city hall officially started. The structure had long been paid for, but the city government was ready to move on from its flagship building as a result of new seismic reports. Left to right: Dominic Dutra, Bill Pease, Steve Cho, Bob Wasserman and Mayor Gus Morrison.
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«It's My Turn» () — песня, записанная американской певицей Дайаной Росс в 1980 году специально для фильма «», также песня была включена в сборник лучших хитов певицы To Love Again 1981 года. Автором песни стала Кэрол Байер-Сейджер, а композитором и продюсером выступил Майкл Массер.

Песня достигла девятой строчки в чартах Billboard Hot 100 и Adult Contemporary.

Отзывы критиков
В американском еженедельнике Billboard назвали балладу заразительной, с идеальным вокальным исполнением, которая олицетворяет истинную романтику. В журнале Record Mirror отметили, что Кэрол Байер-Сейджер написала текст слишком глянцевым, но благодаря вокалу Росс песня звучит правдоподобно. Описывая данный период творчества певицы, обозреватель Record World сообщил, что сейчас «Росс горяча, как никогда», выпуская впечатляющую песню вслед за двумя громкими хитами с предыдущей пластинки.

Чарты

Кавер-версии
 В 1981 году Арета Франклин записала свою версию песни и включила её в альбом Love All the Hurt Away. Свои версии также записали Патти Лабелль и Дайон Уорвик.

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Песни Дайаны Росс
Синглы Motown
Поп-баллады
Песни, написанные Майклом Массером

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Q: How do I change the facebook recommended text, link or thumbnail image? When a user recommends my link (which has content, images, etc) it only displays the site name as the link with no text or images. How can I edit it so it does so?
My code is as follows;

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A: Add open graph meta tags to your page so it knows what to pull in.
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/opengraph/

A: On http://www.mysite.com/, add the og:image meta tag for an image and og:description to customize the text.
Docs:
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/opengraph/
There's a linter tool that checks whether you did it right:
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Food Encyclopedia
Pronunciation: [say-mee-YOHN; seh-mee-YOHN]
A white grape grown in France and, to a lesser extent, in California, Australia, Chile and Argentina. Sémillon is bottled on a limited basis as both a dry and semi-sweet varietal wine. It's also sometimes blended with Sauvignon Blanc. Its greatest claim to fame, however, is its susceptibility to botrytis cinerea, making it one of the grapes most often used for dessert wines such as the French sauternes and some U.S. late-harvest wines.
From The Food Lover's Companion, Fourth edition by Sharon Tyler Herbst and Ron Herbst. Copyright © 2007, 2001, 1995, 1990 by Barron's Educational Series, Inc.

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The first Disney cruise that I sailed on was "research" for my job. I felt that I could better serve my clients if I actually experienced a cruise aboard a Disney Cruise Line ship. I also wanted to see if adults could have as much fun as the kids on the ship. Of course, in order to have a well-rounded experience, it was an absolute must to try out an adult beverage tasting.
There is also a Mixology Class, which is like a bartender workshop to learn to mix up popular cocktails, such as martinis, margaritas, and layered shots. What beverage tastings are offered depends on your itinerary.
All the tastings are very casual with a light, fun atmosphere. They are generally an hour long and include much more than just tasting the alcohol. You actually learn quite a lot during that hour. Included in the lesson is an overview of the origin, history and also suggested pairings that would complement the drinks. You leave with a much better appreciation and knowledge of the liquor.
The tastings are available to book ahead of time online through your My Cruise Reservations based on your Castaway Club Member level. Click on the Book Now link for Activities, select View or Add activities from the Search All Days box. On the next screen, you will be given a choice of activity types. Select On Board Fun for the beverage tastings. Once you have the list of available tastings, click on each one to check availability to see the times the beverage tasting will be offered. The tastings vary in price and usually range from $20 to $35 per person.
Adults-only fun that includes alcohol while sailing along on one of the beautiful Disney Cruise ships…I'm in! How about you?


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Office LTSC 2021 and Office 2019 perpetual volume license products available as Click-to-Run
Office Professional Plus 2019, Office LTSC Professional Plus 2021
For almost two decades, Microsoft Office has relied on the Windows Installer (MSI) technology for core deployment functionality. To better address the ever-growing requirements of businesses, Office has continually introduced modern deployment features.
In Microsoft Office 2013, we introduced Click-to-Run, a modern deployment technology that is now delivering Office to hundreds of millions of users worldwide. Beginning with Microsoft Office 2019, we expanded the availability of Click-to-Run to all client products. Perpetual volume licensed products are now be able to take advantage of benefits that improve security and ease of use while reducing deployment costs. These benefits include the following:
Predictable cumulative monthly updates
Software that is up-to-date immediately upon installation
Easy upgrade path to Microsoft 365 subscription products
Click-to-Run offers the same enterprise-focused management capabilities as MSI-based products. These include volume activation, Group Policy management, administrative control over updates, and integration with management tools such as Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager. To help you migrate from older MSI-based products, Click-to-Run also supports in-place upgrade when you move to Office 2019, Office LTSC 2021, or Microsoft 365 Apps.
Beginning with Office 2019, Office client applications are no longer be available in MSI format. This change in deployment technology does not affect how products are licensed or supported.
Q: Can I continue to use my older MSI Office products?
A: All previously released products will continue to be supported according to the applicable software lifecycle policy. There is no change to existing products such as Office 2013 or Office 2016.


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Q: Vim find pattern unless it matches I have a space delimited set of hex values and want to find /[0-9a-f]\{2\} unless the value is 00. For example, if the buffer is
00 00 00 00 18 00 00 00

the pattern should match the 18 but not the white space or the 00.

A: This can be done with the following regular expression:
\x\{2}\(00\)\@<!

Explanation:

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*\x:     hex digit: [0-9A-Fa-f]

*\{2}:   matches two of the preceding atom

*\(00\): an atom containing 00

*\@<!    nothing, requires NO match behind

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Come kayak with us! This excellent exercise at the base of the mighty Arenal Volcano which provide you with some of the best views of the colossal and its lush surroundings. We will explore various sections of the Arenal Lake, which is the second largest man-made lake in Central America and home of an important hydroelectric dam. Here you will find exotic wildlife like monkeys, sloths, and countless species of bright colored tropical and aquatic birds.
To fully enjoy the peace of this magical encounter with nature, we will stop at a small island to share a delicious buffet of fresh tropical fruit.
We include: Transportation, naturalist Guide, equipment, tropical fruit, water.
We Recommend: Lightweight clothing, shorts, tennis shoes or sports sandals, towel, sunscreen, binoculars, and camera.


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Danica McKellar on GAC Move, Hallmark Exit: Exciting as Storyteller
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Danica McKellar is making moves. The actress is ready to be "a hands-on producer" with her new GAC Media deal following her exit from Hallmark.
GAC vs Hallmark: Biggest Stars' Network Status
"Part of it was because I had the opportunity to do a multi-picture deal, which I hadn't done at Hallmark, and also not just multi-picture, but also really being a producer, really helping to develop these stories from the beginning," McKellar, 47, exclusively told Us Weekly while attending RomaDrama in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday, June 25, of why she decided to take the leap.
"And that's really exciting for me as a storyteller. I love that. Plus, it was Bill Abbott who I adore and a lot of the executives moved over there honestly. In some ways feels more like Hallmark than probably if I were still Hallmark," she added, laughing. "So all producers are all the same. All the actors, of course, were the same too."
It was announced in October 2021 that McKellar signed a four-picture deal to star in and executive produce original films for GAC Family and GAC Living.
Neal Bledsoe and Danica McKellar in GAC Family's 'The Winter Palace.' GAC Family
"Danica is a world-class talent who is among TV's most beloved and enduring stars," said Abbott, President & CEO of GAC Media, at the time. "Her combination of creativity and passion is second to none, and I am thrilled to have her join GAC's close-knit family."
'The Wonder Years' Cast: Where Are They Now?
McKellar is most excited about having a part in "script development" in her new role. "I think casting costars too," she noted, "or having more of a say in it, which is nice."
"It's more than just movies. There actually really is a GAC community that we're developing. In fact, they have an app, they made an announcement a week or two ago, there's an app where we're creating our own content. The actors are, and it's kinda like social media, but it's more directed for the GAC audience," she explained to Us. "I'll be even doing some sharing, some of my faith journey and it's gonna be cool. We're just all figuring it out right now. We just had a meeting a few days ago in terms of figuring out what the content is, but it's very exciting and nobody else is doing it like this."
Hallmark Channel Stars' Dating Histories
McKellar will be joined by many familiar faces, as Candace Cameron Bure, Trevor Donovan, Susie Abromeit, Jen Lilley and Jessica Lowndes have made the move to GAC too.
For McKellar, she'd also be game to focus on an all-female movie instead of the common leading man and woman film. When asked if she'd want to costar with Bure, 46, she replied: "I would love to do that, noting that she leans more toward projects that are "uplifting and shows strength in characters."
She adds: "There's some conflict that comes up and yet the characters have a strength to do the right thing."
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Panthers beat Red Wings 5-2, clinch best record in East
NHL Headlines
Leafs' Matthews out 3 weeks, to miss ASG
Kraken All-Star Beniers out next 2 games
Habs' Caufield explains surgery decision
Lightning cool Bruins, home streak at 11
Sabres hold off Jets, win 5th straight
Duchene propels surging Preds by Devils
Vatrano nets 3, Ducks end Avs' run at 6
Backstrom lifts Caps over Penguins in SO
Zuccarello's OT goal gets Wild by Flyers
Schmaltz scores 3, Coyotes blank Blues
(AP Photo/Reinhold Matay)
By PAUL GEREFFI
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) The Florida Panthers are champions of the NHL's Atlantic Division. They look like a team that's ready to win even more.
Aleksander Barkov scored his 38th goal of the season and the Panthers tied a franchise record with their 12th straight win, beating the Detroit Red Wings 5-2 on Thursday night.
That, combined with Tampa Bay's 8-1 win over Toronto later Thursday, locked up the Atlantic title and home-ice advantage throughout the Eastern Conference playoffs for the Panthers. It's the third time that Florida has won a division title in its 28-season history.
"It means a lot. We put a lot of hard work into the season and locking up the division is a big accomplishment for us," Florida's MacKenzie Weegar said. "But there's obviously the bigger picture here and we'll enjoy that, locking up the division and getting the home-ice advantage for the playoffs here. But other than that, we're trying to build our game and have fun while we're doing it."
Mason Marchment had a goal and an assist, and Sam Reinhart, Noel Acciari and Weegar also scored for the Eastern Conference-leading Panthers, who moved two points ahead of West-leading Colorado in the race for the best record in the NHL. Florida (118 points) and the Avalanche have five games remaining.
"We're taking care of business," Acciari said.
The Panthers matched the 12-game winning streak they posted from Dec. 15, 2015, to Jan. 10, 2016. Florida has outscored opponents 61-31 in that span, 27-9 in the last six games.
"We kind of just go game-by-game and I'm happy we're racking up the wins here," Weegar said. "We're a great team and it's obviously shown all year."
Jonathan Huberdeau had two assists and moved into a tie with Connor McDavid of idle Edmonton for the league lead in points at 113.
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 28 shots for the Panthers.
Tyler Bertuzzi and Sam Gagner scored for Detroit, and Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 22 shots.
"They have this many points for a reason," Detroit coach Jeff Blashill said of the Panthers. "Overall, we were in the position to win the hockey game. We've just got to find a way. One or two less mistakes and make sure to capitalize on our chances."
The Red Wings closed within 3-2 when Bertuzzi's shot from the right circle got past Bobrovsky with 13:45 left in the second, but the Panthers moved ahead 4-2 after Weegar poked the puck in from the slot about 10 minutes later.
Reinhart scored a power-play goal early in the third to stretch the Panthers' lead to 5-2.
"I thought we got a little physical in the second and we seemed to get a little momentum and kind of took over the hockey game," Florida interim coach Andrew Brunette said. "Our focus hasn't been on anything other than doing the right things and that will start again on Saturday and that's kind of been a tribute to the guys. I think we've been able to do that all season long."
The Panthers scored three goals on seven shots in the first period.
After Gagner's wrist shot went under Bobrovsky's glove to give the Red Wings a 1-0 lead at 4:08, Acciari tied the score 1-all on a shot from the low slot at 9:19.
Barkov's power-play goal came on a blast from the high slot with 1:07 left to give the Panthers a 2-1 lead. Then, Marchment's shot deflected off a defender and into the net with 21 seconds left to make it 3-1.
"They seemingly can create offense out of nothing," Gagner said. "You feel like you're playing well against them, they create odd man breaks and their defensive finds guys up-ice open. Ultimately they found a way to break through."
DOWN 1-0, AGAIN
Florida surrendered the first goal of a game for the 35th time this season. The Panthers have the NHL's best record, by far, in games in which they face a 1-0 deficit. Florida improved to 23-8-4 in that situation; St. Louis is second at 19-12-5 entering Thursday.
NOTES: Florida and St. Louis are the only NHL teams to not be shut out this season. ... Joe Thornton's first-period assist on Acciari's goal made it his fourth game with a point in his five most recent appearances. Thornton hadn't played since April 3. ... Detroit will miss the playoffs for the sixth consecutive year, its longest such streak since missing seven consecutive postseasons from 1971 through 1977. ... Detroit's home finale is Saturday.
Red Wings: Host Pittsburgh on Saturday.
Panthers: Host Toronto on Saturday.
More AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl and https://twitter.com/AP-Sports


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Q: SQL declare datetime - 1001-01-01 I am trying to declare a datetime variable with the value 1001-01-01 00:00:00.000
I have tried the following approaches with no luck
declare @d1 datetime = '1001-01-01';
declare @d2 datetime = 10010101;
declare @d3 datetime = '1001-01-01 00:00:00';
declare @d4 datetime = cast ('1001-01-01' as datetime)

I get the following errors
Msg 242, Level 16, State 3, Line 1
The conversion of a varchar data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range value.
Msg 8115, Level 16, State 2, Line 2
Arithmetic overflow error converting expression to data type datetime.
Msg 242, Level 16, State 3, Line 3
The conversion of a varchar data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range value.
Msg 242, Level 16, State 3, Line 4
The conversion of a varchar data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range value.

Is it possible to declare a datetime variable which can hold the value 1001-01-01 00:00:00.000?

A: You can't do that. The earliest date that a datetime value can have is 1753-01-01.
Recent versions of Sql Server have the data type datetime2 that has a larger range:
declare @d1 datetime2 = '1001-01-01';

A: The minimum valid date for a DateTime data type is January 1, 1753.
Try DATETIME2, using:
DECLARE @d4 DATETIME2 = '1001-01-01'

The minimum valid date for DATETIME2 is 0001-01-01

A: The minimum SQL datetime is January 1,1753, so your date is indeed out-of-range.

A: SQLServer datetimes must be 1/1/1753 < X < 12/31/9999
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187819.aspx
you will not be able to set a DateTime to that year, so you may want to store it as a string and leave it to the upper layer langague to deal with.


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Q: Duplicate removal in time series based on other column using R I am currently working on a problem which involves data cleaning and calculation in below fashion :
I have created the sample dataset here for a single unit A.
Data is sorted according to timestamp column for each unit. There are other columns as well.
For each distinct alternate value of event_log_value_desc, I need to get rows. In the case of multiple duplicate values of event_log_value_desc, it should return the row with the first occurrence of event_log_value_desc. event_log_value_desc should have alternate values of OFF and ON for each unit.

In return, the program should return the following :

A: I don't know if this solution works since it has not been tested on your dataset, but I believe it should be fine
library(dplyr)

df %>%
  group_by(unit) %>%
  mutate(event_log_value_desc_lag = lag(event_log_value_desc)) %>%
  filter(event_log_value_desc != event_log_value_desc_lag | is.na(event_log_value_desc_lag))


a. 1. Honorably discharged from the performance of public duty on account of age, infirmity, or long and faithful services; - said of an officer of a college or pastor of a church.
n. 1. A veteran who has honorably completed his service.


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Bridal portraits were once something only the very wealthy could afford, as photography was an expensive pursuit. Until World War II, many wedding photos were taken in a studio. Since many weddings were on the fast and furious side during the war, photographers were not always present during the ceremony to take photos to commemorate the occasion. Bridal portraits became popular so that brides could have quality photos of the special day without needing a photographer to come to the church.
Portraits are still beautiful way to capture the bride in her gown. Especially popular in the south, bridal portraits can become treasured photos of such a lovely part of your life. Check out these poses to get your imagination going for a special bridal session of your own!
Photographers are always looking for fantastic light, and a portrait near a window can provide a romantic shot you'll love. Whether it's a silhouette or a more casual seated photo, windows often provide great views of your wedding gown as well.
Nothing says fairytale like a beautiful bride descending a staircase. A portrait on the stairs puts your gown front and center while still creating a beautiful moment for an unforgettable image.
A woman is never more beautiful than when she is genuinely happy. If something funny happens during your shoot and your authentic laugh is captured, the end result is pure magic.
Depending on the time of the year and the light at the time of day, the great outdoors can offer a truly spectacular array of portrait options. Try finding a wooded area to create a dappled sunlight effect, or choose an open meadow or lakeside for other great shots.
Chances are you're getting married in a place that means something special to you. Whether its a place of worship or a beautiful outdoor ceremony, your church or ceremony venue can offer some beautiful bridal portrait opportunities.
Being a blushing bride can be hard work! Don't feel like you have to stand and pose for your entire shoot. Kick up your heels and relax a bit!
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The love story of Air Force Capt. Will DuBois and his bride, Ashley, cut tragically short Monday when DuBois' F-16 crashed in Jordan, "is like fairy tale stuff," his father said Friday.
William "Ham" DuBois of New Castle, who traveled to the East Coast this week for the return of his son's body, shared details of the couple's marriage, which occurred just before Capt. DuBois was deployed to the U.S. mission against the terror group ISIS.
Ham DuBois, who owns Innermountain Distributing in New Castle, said that he and his wife, Donna, were planning a trip to South Carolina in September when Will called.
"We had the talk," Ham DuBois said. "It's a horrible talk for a father and son to have. But he told me what he was thinking," that he would propose to Ashley and they would be married before he left on the U.S. mission to weaken the extremist group that has seized territory in Syria and Iraq.
"He wanted to be sure she was taken care of if something happened to him," Ham DuBois said.
Ham and Donna DuBois were at the wedding Sept. 30 in a park in Sumter. "It was just the five of us," he said — Will, his bride, his parents and the civil servant performing the wedding.
The couple planned a more formal ceremony for July 4 in Colorado and had just sent a save the date card to friends and relatives.
Capt. DuBois, 30, a Rifle High School and University of Colorado graduate, died Monday when his fighter jet crashed after problems emerged early in what was to be a raid against ISIS.
DuBois' F-16 was returning to base before engaging in the combat portion of its flight, the Pentagon said earlier in the week. Early reports said DuBois' jet developed mechanical problems, but the Air Force said Friday that the crash is under investigation.
Ham DuBois said he has been told that will take 30 to 45 days.
"We don't know anything yet," he said.
Capt. DuBois was based at Shaw Air Force Base near Sumter. Fighter squadrons from Shaw have deployed repeatedly in recent years to support U.S. military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Mideast.
Ham DuBois said his son and Ashley Jones had met a couple of years ago when both were in South Korea, Capt. DuBois with the Air Force and Ashley teaching English in a local school.
On Friday, Ham DuBois said, Ashley was returning to her parents' home.
He and his wife would soon be returning to Colorado, he said.


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"Scary creature" in tree leaves city residents terrified
Updated April 16, 2021, 7:23 a.m. | By East Coast Radio
Is it some kind of dangerous lizard? What could this creature be?!
Things are not always as they seem. The creaking of windows could make you believe your house is haunted, a dark shadow in the corner of the room could look like it's more than it truly is and apparently everyday objects in trees are menacing animals, waiting to pounce.
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Our brains can play some nasty tricks on us sometimes and that seems to be just the case in Poland's former capital city, Krakow.
The cities residents were living in fear for days after they spotted an unidentified creature lurking in a tree. They were so scared they kept their windows closed and some of them didn't even want to leave their homes.
READ: "Scary creature" in tree leaves city residents terrified
Having had enough of this torture, a woman decided to eventually call animal control and reported that there was a "scary creature" causing chaos in the neighbourhood.
She informed animal control that the people were afraid and were keeping their windows closed. She was also so shaken up that she couldn't really describe the animal and was only able to specify that it was brown.
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When the rescuer asked her what type of animal she thinks it might be, she said: "lagoon". They took it as possibly being "iguana" and also learnt that the animal was not very active, had not been moving much and that they needed to come to pick it up right away!
Upon the team's arrival, they started their search for the animal but they did notice that the residents have opened their windows. They thought that maybe the iguana had left. the reality was much worse than that.
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They spotted the culprit in the tree and went to inspect further, as they noticed it was brown, had no head or legs (which would explain the lack of movement).
Speaking to RMF 24 radio station the rescuers explained the situation:
We already knew that we can't help the creature, iguana, or rather – lagoon. Because it's hard to help something that was previously baked, not in the sunlight. Because it's hard to help something that almost swept us off our feet… with a laugh attack.
- Krakow Animal Rescue
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Through further inspection, they realised that the object that had people cowering in fear was in fact a French baked good - a croissant.
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While all is well that ends well, we have one question: how did a croissant end up in the tree in the first place?!
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Category Archives: New York
9/11- Putting Stories to Names
When we were in New York last fall we visited the 9/11 site and I took photographs of the names engraved on the steel bands that surround the reflecting pools in the memorial park. Since today is the anniversary of 9/11 I thought I would attach stories to three of those names.
Michael John Otten was a 42-year-old third generation firefighter from Manhattan. He could always be counted on to lend a helping hand to those in his neighborhood who needed assistance. This coming January his 21-year-old son Christopher and his 18-year-old son Jonathan are scheduled to write their entrance exams for firefighting school so they can follow in their father's footsteps. Their Mom says although she will worry for her sons' safety she has no intention of stopping them. She remembers how their father loved his job and woke up everyday happy about going to work. She wants that kind of joy in their profession to be a reality for her sons too.
Rhonda Sue Rasmussen was a 44-year-old civilian employee of the United States Army. She and her husband Floyd had four children. He describes her as a woman with "a big heart, big smile, willing to listen, laugh at you, put you at ease." Her work as a budget analyst had taken her family to several overseas postings including three terms in Germany which she had particularly enjoyed. Rhonda loved to read aloud to her husband when they went on car trips.
Amy R. King was a 29-year-old flight attendant on the plane that was flown into the South Tower. She was an avid runner, the youngest of three sisters and a devoted aunt to her nieces and nephews. She was dating Michael Tarrou a fellow flight attendant who died with her. Michael had recently asked his mother for his grandmother's engagement ring to give to Amy. Her hometown of Jamestown New York will hold the 11th annual Amy's Run this year. The 5K event was organized by Amy's high school track coach and all proceeds go to summer camp scholarships for kids. The community has also built a playground called Amy's Playce. It's spelled with a 'y' because it is a place for kids to play and new equipment is constantly being added.
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Mothers at the Met
Mrs. Mayer and Daughter by Ammi Phillips 1835
When we visited The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York I was overwhelmed! I knew I couldn't possibly see or study everything in the short time we'd be there. I needed a theme! It didn't take long before I realized I was being drawn to all the intriguing representations of motherhood. I decided to take photos of any piece of art that depicted motherhood in some way. Here is a selection of my favourites.
Mothers nourish their children.
Mother and Child- Bamama People- Mali- 15th Century
Mothers teach their children
Jungle Tales by James Jebusa Shannon 1895
Mothers are role models for their children.
The Way They Live by Thomas Anschutz 1879
Mothers carry their children till they can walk on their own.
Mrs Brindley Sheridan and Her Son- by John Hoppner 1797
Mothers create a home for their children.
Just Moved by Henry Mosler 1870
Mothers make their children feel beautiful.
La Coiffure by Picasso 1916
Mothers risk their lives for their children.
On To Liberty by Theodor Kaufmann- 1867
Mothers care tenderly for their children.
Mother and Child by Mary Cassatt 1899
Mothers share their delight in their children with their partner.
Conversation Piece by Lilly Martin Spencer 1851
Mothers encourage their children.
Madonna and Child by Filippino Lippi 1483
Mothers are their children's protectors.
Latona and Her Children Diana and Apollo by William Rinehart 1870
Mothers work to provide for their children.
The Lacemaker by Nicolaes Maes 1655
Mothers establish meaningful rituals in their children's lives.
Story of Golden Locks by Seymour Joseph Guy 1870
Mothers can do many things at once for their children.
Two Hands by Claudette Schreuders 2010
Mothers comfort their children.
A Young Mother by Bessie Potter Vonnoh 1896
Mothers have enough love for all their children.
Chloe Burrall Smith and Her Five Children by Ralph Earl 1798
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De Ja Vu at the United Nations
We took a tour of the United Nations and almost everything I saw was a connection to another place I'd been or something I had seen before. This sculpture called A Sphere Within A Sphere by Arnaldo Pomodoro was a gift to the United Nations by the country of Italy and sits in the courtyard just before you enter the UN. I took a photo of a very similar piece by the same artist when I visited the Vatican in Rome. To me the sculptures represent the world cracking apart enough for us to see it's working interior. I think this gives us hope that it is possible to get the work done that we need to accomplish if we want to repair our fractured world. My husband Dave is chatting with a woman outside the United Nations who wanted people to sign a petition protesting the Chinese government taking over people's land without giving them compensation for it.
She reminded me of a woman from Hebei province I saw praying to Mao's picture when I visited Tiananmen Square in Beijing. She said her family land had been confiscated without proper compensation and when her husband went to government officials to protest he was arrested. A stained glass window by Marc Chagall sits just outside the chapel at the United Nations. It was presented by United Nations staff members and Chagall as a memorial to Dag Hammarskjold, the second Secretary General of the United Nations who died in a plane crash in 1961. The window contains various symbols of peace and love. The musical notes in the window are a connection to Beethoven's Ninth Symphony a favorite of Mr. Hammarskjold's. I took this photo of a Chagall window in Mainz, Germany. It is one of a series of windows in St. Stephen's church. The windows depict scenes from the Old Testament. Chagall made them after World War II to help Jews and Christians to remember the part of their faith story they share. He hoped this would aid in the reconciliation between Jews and German Christians after the Holocaust. At the United Nations you can view a presentation about the need to eliminate nuclear weapons from our world. They have these clothes on display from a victim of the bombing of Hiroshima. It is to remind United Nations visitors of the horrible impact of nuclear weapons. It brought to mind this photo I took in Hiroshima, Japan at the Peace Memorial Museum showing some of the victims immediately after the dropping of the bomb. These are home-made prosthesis made for victims of land mines in Cambodia. The United Nations is part of a world-wide mission to eliminate landmines. According to this United Nations website land mines still kill 15,000-20,000 people a year. The United Nations display reminded me of my two visits to land mines museums in Cambodia. At one our guide had lost his arm to a land mine. According to our guide the United Nations has been working on finding a solution to the question of Palestine since the first special session of the General Assembly in 1947. It reminded me of my visit to a Palestinian refugee camp with twenty-four of my students from Hong Kong. Here the guide shows us bullet holes in the wall around a soccer field where school children were playing. My husband Dave is listening to the audio description of a mural at the United Nations that depicts the nuclear accident at Chernobyl. The mural reminded me of our visit to the Chernobyl Museum in Kiev, Ukraine. I took a picture of this photo collage which shows the faces of children who were victims of the disaster. Out of the 3 million people the Ukrainian government recognises as victims of Chernobyl, 642,000 are children. Our visit to the United Nations prompted me to make connections with many previous experiences we have had. It evoked memories of other places we had visited around the world. Since the organization's mission is to build positive connections between countries I guess that's not surprising. Dave poses on the steps across the street from the United Nations. On the wall behind him is a verse from Isaiah 2:4 "and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore. "
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New York Reminds Me of Hong Kong
It has been about a year and a half since we moved back to North America from Hong Kong. On our visit to New York City, I realized there were many things about New York that reminded me of Hong Kong.
Hiking in Sai Kung County Park in Hong Kong
Although the typical image of Hong Kong is a place of skyscrapers and traffic the city has lots of green space. There are plenty of parks and beautiful wilderness places to hike.
Riding bike in Central Park
New York has preserved some lovely green spaces as well. We spent several hours biking through Central Park. Right in the middle of this huge metropolitan city is a park that covers 843 acres and is 2.5 miles long. In both Hong Kong and New York people seem to pay little attention to street lights. They just cross the street in droves whenever they think they can get safely across. Our guide on one of our New York walking tours told us that jay walking is just an accepted part of life in New York City. It is in Hong Kong too.
There were times in Hong Kong when I would look around in a train car and realize that I was the only Caucasian there. That happened to me a couple of times in New York too.
In Hong Kong you see men in parks playing mahjong. In New York they are playing chess.
In Hong Kong ferry boats are still used daily for transportation. There are plenty of ferry boats to ride in New York too.
In Hong Kong when you are in a restaurant or coffee shop or shopping mall you can hear people speaking all kinds of languages- Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Tagalog, and English. It is the same way in New York. We were sitting in a Starbucks just off-Broadway and I heard Spanish, French, English, Korean and a language I couldn't identify being spoken by people sitting around me. There is lots of construction going on in both Hong Kong and New York. In New York, they use steel scaffolding.
In Hong Kong the scaffolding is made of bamboo. Rent is very expensive in both Hong Kong and New York. I found statistics for May 2012 that said an average two bedroom apartment in Hong Kong was renting for $2,800 a month and a two bedroom apartment in Manhatten was renting for $3,400 a month.
In both New York and Hong Kong cars aren't as popular as in many other cities. In Chicago for example 89% of people have access to a personally owned vehicle while only 50% of people in New York own a car and only 56 out of every 1000 people in Hong Kong own a car. The public transportation system is very heavily used in both Hong Kong and New York.
In New York you board the trains after swiping your MetroCard.
In Hong Kong you use an Octopus card. As I was walking down the streets of Time Square in the evening, the crush of the crowd reminded me of trying to make my way down the streets in the Mong Kok area of Hong Kong, the most densely populated place on earth.
There are lots of street sweepers in both cities although they dress a little differently.
Here is a Hong Kong street sweeper
and her New York counterpart.
In Hong Kong restaurants offer every kind of food imaginable just like they do in New York.
Both Hong Kong and New York have iconic statues.
In Hong Kong there is the Big Buddha. In New York it is the Statue of Liberty.
Although I don't know if I will ever get to visit Hong Kong again, being in New York City brought back some fond memories and comparisons with the city we called home for six years.
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Signs- Signs Everywhere in New York
Meg Ryan, playing the role of Sally Albright, fakes sexual fulfillment in a most convincing way at one of the tables in Katz' Deli in New York. It is a classic scene in the movie When Harry Met Sally. That scene has put Katz' on the map. There is a sign in the restaurant marking the table where the scene was filmed.
This 'in memory' plaque was on a park bench right beside Strawberry Fields the art piece dedicated to John Lennon in Central Park. The plaque in memory of Britt Marie Katayama begins with the words Imagine you at Peace . It alludes to Lennon's peace anthem Imagine.
The David Letterman Show was in a filming hiatus during our time in New York but we went past the theatre which is its home and my husband Dave posed for a photo.
Most of the fire trucks I saw in Manhattan had one of these 'in memory' signs. They featured the names of firefighters who died during the 9/11 rescue operations.
In the Trinity Church cemetery I took a photo of the grave of John Grum 39, and his nine month old daughter Rachel, who both died in 1759. John died in August and his child in November. The words of a hymn written by Isaac Watt in 1709 are engraved on the bottom of the tomb.
Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound;
My ears, attend the cry;
Ye living men, come view the ground
Where you must shortly lie.
Names of the firefighters on Engine 154 who died doing rescue work at the Twin Towers during 9/11. Their names are engraved in the steel railing around the memorial pools at the Ground Zero site.
This is the table where the Canadian delegation sits in the United Nations assembly.
This street light banner for Rutgers Presbyterian Church makes the congregation sound pretty inviting. Serious about peace and justice- Playful about worship-Joyful about faith.
The New York subway system has an initiative called Poetry in Motion. They post a different poem every month on their trains. In October during our visit to the city they were featuring an untitled poem by Jeffry Yang. It read…..
west of rest is sleep
east, dream
where waters meet
north, emptiness,
south, wakefulness,
and out, rising up
to the stars, peace.
A reminder of Canada on Wall Street- The Toronto Dominion Bank
King Kong poster in the Empire State Building. In the 1933 movie King Kong the giant ape who is the main character, climbs to the top of the Empire State Building and falls to his death after being attacked by airplanes.
One of the art pieces in a display at the United Nations that catalogues the 30 articles in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
A Walk in New York City
Sightings of the American Flag in New York
In New York We…….
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Sound Bites in New York City
Occupy Movement straggler Trinity Church
What the f__________ are you tourists doing here?
– homeless person who says he is part of the Occupy Movement outside Trinity Church at the end of Wall Street
Speak softly. Be considerate. Keep your feet off the seat.
– electronic reminders on the train from New Jersey to New York
Ground Zero Memorial Pool
My husband was crying when we visited the Ground Zero Memorial site.
– tourist from France staying at the same bed and breakfast we did
Immigrant Hall on Ellis Island
"My father had left Sicily two years before us to get a job and find a place for us in America. I was seven years old when he finally had saved enough money for my mother and we children to come to America too. I remember him walking through the door on Ellis Island after our ship arrived and he spotted us from across the room and he was just standing there looking at us. And then he knelt down on the floor and opened his arms wide and all five of us children rushed into his embrace. My father was crying and he said, "I promise that we will never be separated again."
-paraphrase of a first person account on an audio tour guide track at Ellis Island
Theatres should have four times as many bathrooms for women as they do for men.
-woman standing in line with me to use the washroom during the intermission of the Broadway musical Wicked when the announcement is made that there is one minute to curtain time. There were still a dozen women ahead of us in the line.
That apartment building is where Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban live. They have an elevator for their car so they don't have to get out of their vehicle to go up to their apartment.
-our New York City tour guide
Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral
I confess to almighty God and to you my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned, in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do.
– from the mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral on October 14
Are people born wicked or do they have wickedness thrust upon them?
-Galinda in the musical Wicked
Dave gives money to Battery Park gymnast
You can come a little closer white people. No need to be scared of us. Remember we have a black president now. His name is Obama and he wants change but we want bills.
– African-American gymnasts in Battery Park collecting money from the crowd after putting on an amazing show
Tenement Museum New York
In 1898 this tenement building was home to twenty families each with a 325 square foot apartment and on the main floor there was a saloon. All the tenants and the saloon shared one spigot for drinking and washing water and it was located right beside the four outdoor toilets. The average wage was $10 a week and the infant mortality rate was 30%.
–tour guide at the Tenement Museum
I left Europe after a failed marriage and entered the United States on a visitor visa. I soon realized if I wanted to stay and become a citizen I would need to get married. A friend set me up with a guy who seemed really nice but we had only been married a couple of days when I realized he was insane. He truly had mental problems and I was scared of him. So I kicked him out and got a divorce as quickly as I could. The second time I chose more wisely, a gay guy who was from Prague. He had American citizenship and needed a place to live while he went to university. It worked out well. We got married. He moved in with me. We were together for a couple of years. I got my citizenship. He got his degree and we got a divorce. Then he went back to Prague to look after his aging parents and he never returned. We have lost touch. I love living here in the United States. I have been able to get a college degree and now I have a steady job and income. You wouldn't believe how many people I know who got their immigration papers by marrying someone and divorcing them later. Everyone does it! Just like in the movie Green Card.
– a woman we met in New York
The United Nations was not created to take humanity to heaven but to save it from hell.
–tour guide at the United Nations quoting former Secretary General Dag Hammarskjol
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore—
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over—
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
– a poem called Harlem by Langston Hughes that kept running through my head when we took a tour of Harlem
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rode our bikes all around Central Park
paid our respects at Strawberry Fields a memorial to John Lennon
got chills studying the painting of Salome and John the Baptist's Head by Andrea Solario at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
imagined we were taking part in a session at the UN
took a break in beautiful Bryant Park
stopped to admire the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim
waved to the Statue of Liberty
viewed the city from the top of the Empire State building
ate turkey and pastrami sandwiches and chicken noodle soup at Katz's
strolled through China Town
took a picture of ourselves on the giant screen in Times Square ( we are on the left of the sign)
let a delectable praline souffle melt in our mouth at Capsouto Fieres
discovered a Canadian icon
pretended we were kids at the Museum of Modern Art admired the cheerleaders at Barclay's Center at a Brooklyn Nets basketball game
In New York we had a very good time.
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Visit to the MOMA-Are All Artists Troubled?
At the Museum of Modern Art in New York
You can take photos of the art work at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York City. So I posed with Van Gogh's Starry Night perhaps one of the most famous paintings in the world. The Dutch master painted it while spending time in a sanatorium after a mental breakdown. Van Gogh died at 37 from a gun shot wound. The two women he wanted to marry rejected him and he had an unsuccessful career as a pastor. He only sold one painting in his life time.
I toured the MOMA with some of my former students from Hong Kong who are currently studying art in New York. During their art history courses they have learned about the biographies of many of the artists featured at the MOMA. We discussed whether all great artists have personal lives that are troubling and tempestuous.
Three Ball 50/50 Tank by Jeff by Jeff Koons photographed at the MOMA in New York in 2012
Here's Three Ball 50/50 Tank created by American Jeff Koons. Koons, whose work has been auctioned at prices as high as $25 million definitely qualifies for having a personal life fraught with drama. His first child, conceived when he was very young was put up for adoption. His subsequent marriage to, and divorce from, an Italian pornography star resulted in a nasty custody suit for their son which Koons eventually lost.
This is a self-portrait of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. She had polio and suffered all her life from a variety of injuries sustained in a bus accident. She was married to artist Diego Rivera. Both had numerous extra marital affairs and they were never able to have children. Gold Marilyn Munroe is the work of American artist Andy Warhol. Due to a disease of the nervous system Andy became a hypochondriac as a child. His father died when Andy was 13. When he was forty, a script writer whose manuscript he had misplaced, shot him. Although his life was saved he suffered from related health problems till his death at age 58. This is just a small portion of a three panel mural of Water Lilies by French impressionist artist Claude Monet. Monet's mother's died when he was just 17. Monet and his first wife Camille and their son lived in poverty and he was so despondent about their situation Monet attempted suicide. He suffered from self-doubt about his work which led him to burn his paintings. Camille died from complications of a second pregnancy and after her death Monet became involved with a married woman. Les Demoiselles d'Avigno by Pablo Picasso is another jewel at the MOMA. Picasso and his father argued a lot and Picasso was traumatized by the death of his seven-year old sister from diphtheria. Picasso had two wives and a string of mistresses both before and during his marriages. One of his early mistresses died prematurely when she was only 30 and Picasso was devastated. I was intrigued by this portrayal of American President Lyndon Baines Johnson, shown as a blockhead holding tiny versions of his wife and daughters in his hand. The piece is by Marisol Escobar, who after the death of her mother when she was just sixteen began to engage in harmful acts of religious penance, walking on her knees till they bled, tying tight ropes around her waist and refusing to speak for long periods of time. This is The Storm by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, perhaps most famous for his painting The Scream. Munch spent nearly a year being treated in a clinic for what he called 'a touch of madness.' He experienced excessive anxiety and hallucinations made worse by his drinking and brawling. He didn't want to ever get married so the one woman with whom he had a long-term relationship finally left him for a younger colleague of his. Salvador Dali's painting The Persistence of Memory was much smaller than I thought it would be. Dali's mother died when he was just 16, an event that left him devastated. His father disinherited him when Salvador began a relationship with a married Russian woman ten years his senior. He married her and she was able to accept his numerous affairs with younger women. Dali tried to commit suicide after his wife died.
This is not the blog post I really wanted to write about the MOMA. I saw so much intriguing work there and learned things about that work which I was excited to share with my blog readers. However my comments about Van Gogh's hard life at the beginning of this post got me off on the wrong foot. It made me recall my conversation with my students about the troubled circumstances of many artists. This led me to explore the personal lives of the artists at the MOMA whose work I had photographed. I discovered unfortunately that most of them had pretty 'messed up' lives.
I really do think you can be a great artist and not have a hugely dysfunctional personal life but that just wasn't the case for the artists above. At a later date I'll try to do an alternate blog post with other paintings I photographed at the MOMA, paintings whose creators were happy functional people. I'm sure there are some!
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Although we Canadians are proud of our flag I certainly noticed during my time in New York City that Americans are more passionate about their stars and stripes than we are about our maple leaf. They display their flag literally everywhere! Here are some places I found the flag during my visit to the city.
In the Great Hall on Ellis Island. Over twelve million immigrants entered the United States through this hall between 1892 and 1954.
Behind singer Jenna Ushkowitz, a New Yorker and star of the hit TV show Glee singing the national anthem at a New York Yankees baseball game. With the Canadian and Japanese flags in front of the Exxon Building
Held by a Statue of Liberty performance artist in Battery Park.
Flag containing all the names of the people who died as a result of the tragedies on September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993.
Over the front door of the New York Stock Exchange Building on Wall Street in the artwork Portrait of Ralph Dusenberry by artist Arthur Dove at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Over the door of the Brooklyn Bridge and Tunnel Authority Building which was used as the front entrance to the Men In Black headquarters in the movie Men In Black starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. Held by honor guard during the singing of the national anthem before an NBA exhibition game between the Washington Wizards and Brooklyn Nets at the Barclays Center
On the side of an office supply delivery truck
On the New York Health and Racquet Club White Flag by American artist Jasper Johns at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
At the Ground Zero memorial site Unfurled by military men and women on the baseball field at Yankee Stadium.
Tiny, but still visible, in front of the United Nations Building- on the right hand side, by the tree, second flag from the end. in the painting The Constitution and the Guerriere by Thomas Chambers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
at Radio City Music Hall on the side of the subway train
Lit up at night on the United States Armed Forces Recruiting Centre in Times Square
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I was expecting Harlem to be full of graffiti, garbage, homeless people, run down high rise projects and drug dealers. This is the image of modern Harlem I've gleaned from books and movies. We took the Big Onion walking tour of Harlem with an excellent guide named Ted and I discovered Harlem was very different than I had imagined. It has some beautiful historic buildings. Harlem is home to The Grange, the colonial mansion of Alexander Hamilton the first United States Secretary of the Treasury. Hamilton, a self-made man who started life as an orphan from the West Indies, built The Grange to impress his wife Elizabeth Schuyler who was from one of New York's richest and most influential families. This lovely building was the first public library in Harlem. It was built with money donated by Andrew Carnegie. Catherine Latimer the first black librarian hired by the New York Public Library system worked here. The library was the focal point for the Harlem Renaissance during the 1920's and 1930's when music, art and literature by African Americans flourished and gained international attention. In 1926 more than 5000 items related to African American culture that had been collected by Arturo Schomburg were added to the library's holdings. Harlem has some very stately grand homes including this one which was the location for the movie The Royal Tenenbaums. The campus of City College of New York with its eye-catching Neo Gothic buildings is located in Harlem. Ted our guide is an instructor here and according to him the college was opened as a place for the children of New York's poor to have access to a post secondary education. Eight Nobel Prize winners are graduates, as is Colin Powell the former American Secretary of State. This historic Harlem building used to be home to the Big Apple Jazz Club. According to Ted our guide and an article in the New York Times the club played a key role in popularizing the term "the Big Apple" — used by jazz musicians and horse racing enthusiasts as a nickname for New York City. An eye catching sculpture by John Rhoden of a family adorns the Harlem Hospital. It was to this hospital they brought Martin Luther King in 1958 after a deranged woman stabbed him near his heart with a letter opener during a book signing event in Harlem for his book Stride to Freedom. King was rushed to Harlem Hospital where the surgeons saved his life. A series of memorial stones on 135th Avenue commorate some of the famous people who lived and worked in Harlem, like Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes James Baldwin author of Go Tell It on The Mountain and jazz musician Ella Fitzgerald Harlem Grown is a hopeful sign in Harlem. It is an after school program for kids that gets them working in thriving organic gardens to grow produce they sell to local restaurants. Ted told us the kids who run this garden right across the street from their school sold over 6000 heads of lettuce this year. Not only are the kids working, they are learning about healthy eating and business management as well. According to Ted the program has some high profile sponsors, including actor Ed Norton. During our time in New York we stayed in a bed and breakfast in Harlem. It's owner bought the place over a decade ago when the city of New York began to sell abandoned properties in the area that had reverted by default back to the city. They sold the properties at bargain prices but only to middle class people with a steady income and less than a $100,000 in assets. They added property tax reductions as an incentive that would last a decade. This program encouraged many middle class people to move to Harlem and it began to slowly but surely change the entire neighborhood. We were so glad we had stayed in Harlem, where the bed and breakfast prices were reasonable and the commute to the downtown area easy. What is the very best thing about Harlem though? It would have to be soul food we enjoyed at Sylvia's, a famous Harlem restaurant that has been frequented by the likes of Nelson Mandela and Caroline Kennedy and is Barack Obama's favorite place to eat whenever he is in New York. Dave had collard greens, macaroni and cheese and barbeque ribs. My mouth watering plate above featured the grilled spicy cat fish, candied yams and pickled beets. Harlem Heaven!! Other posts about New York…….
Spotting the American Flag in New York
Hong Kong and New York- Same But Different
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Much is made of the bag a mother-to-be should pack for the hospital in anticipation of the birth and homecoming of the new baby. But really, the thing new moms should be told to prepare is their Motherhood Survival Kit.
Remember ladies, you will need this kit to get you through at least 18 years, (in reality, much, much, longer) of raising a child from a helpless infant, whose very life is in your hands, to a teenager capable of reminding you of the one and only time you weren't there to greet their school bus and using that to guilt you into extending their curfew an hour.
Everyone in your life will suggest what you need for this life-saving kit. And I'm no different. If I was to name every single thing you will need to survive motherhood, I would need to write a book, not an essay. But as a mom of three kids, 17, 14 and 11, I would like to suggest three crucial things that I think most mothers would agree are vital to maintaining a semblance of sanity.
Don't even get me started on the nerves it takes to handle toilet training, midnight trips to the ER, and puberty.
Second you will need the Patience of a Saint. Now this is an item that you really should get before the stick turns pink, because as anyone who's been there knows, it requires tremendous patience to wait 9 (really 10) months to meet and hold the little person who has been responsible for morning sickness, swollen feet, and kicks to your bladder. But you will really start to appreciate this handy item when your little one sits in their high chair and starts to play the, how-many-times-can-I-drop-my-spoon-on-the-floor-until-mommy-pulls-her-hair-out game.
Then there are neverending questions from your darlings, such as, Mommy if a girl gets a period, do boys get questions marks? Or, Mommy is CVS just like heaven? Let's not forget watching every Disney movie and episode of Sesame Street and Peppa Pig that's ever been made, over, and over, and over again. Then there are homework assignments, school projects, and Common Core exams.
The third and final thing no Mommy Survival Guide can be complete without is Mommy Memory. Some people may tell you that this is a defective product. Some (OK, me) may even blame it for their failure to send in their daughter's field trip permission slip, or that Wednesday was pajama day, but don't let them fool you. Mommy Memory can be amazing. This feature will allow you to remember that your second child now hates pasta and butter, even though it was the only thing they would eat for eight straight years, as well be able to recite the names of any child that ever did something (no matter how minor) that hurt your child. It also allows you to remember the hiccups your baby had in utero, the intoxicating smell of a newborn, or the very first time your child told you they loved you.
Of course I would be remiss if I didn't tell you that it is this very feature that can be responsible for women such as myself to have more than one child. But since I adore my kids and love (most days) my life as their mom, I think it's a feature you can't live without.
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This is great. We totally need all of those things.
If all else fails, may I add having a Super Therapist to the list? Hahahaha! Great list, sister! These are indeed essentials!
One more thing, a GPS for locating every missing homework assignment, the mate to the elusive single sock, or your son's contact lenses that he just had to have!
I'm just getting started. Hope my survival kit can last me the next 18 years or so!
Great list Kathy. But, it's still needed after they are 18!
LOVE this! I'm still lacking patience. Any advice???
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I am a training co ordinator in a factory and we are looking at putting some of our training procedures on video instead of in print.
We are wondering what sort of camera to buy. We think it needs to be quite physically big and heavy as if it was too light and it were used near some of the machines it may pickup vibrations, it will need to be used on a tripod so portability isnt an issue. Due to noise around some of the machines the audio commentary will probably have to be overdubbed afterwards so that isnt particularly an issue either.
Whilst it is basically bright in the factory, around some of the machinery (extruders) it can be somewhat darker so a light will be necessary.
We do not need this to be professional equipment but by the same ruling it doesnt want to be poor quality. A budget of around £500 would be suitable.
You probably won't find a 'physically big and heavy' camera (plus accessories maybe) for that budget, unless you look for something second hand. Even then, the price is likely to be higher - Sony FX1s for example still sell for over £1000 - and they haven't been made for many years now.
Most of today's light 'HandyCams' incorporate 'optical stabilisation', which will help to reduce (but not eliminate) vibrations. You don't specify how the videos are to be edited (the editing programmes available cost from under £100 up to over £500), but most have a modicum of image stabilisation: in any event, there is a programme called 'Mercalli (V2)' which will remove all kinds of camera shake effectively and efficently. That too is around the £100 mark, but versions of it I believe come free with some of the editors.
As for make - I would go for a reputable name - Sony, Panasonic, Canon - and choose the model that has features you think will be invaluable. Most of today's Handycams have on-screen menu systems to adjust things like exposure: if you can find a camera with manual controls of the essential features (focus, exposure) then that would be an advantage.
Lights too vary considerably in price, but there are some small LED lamps - with 125 or 160 LED's that provide excellent flood or fill-in lighting over short distances - and they cost around just £35 each.
Another approach may be to ask a local video club to step in and make the films for you - for a donation to their club funds. That way you will have people with some experience - and the kind of equipment you're looking for. Clubs near you can be found on the IAC website - it would at least be worth asking the question!
Mike's idea about getting the local video club involved is an excellent one, because buying cameras, lights, tripods and editing systems is easy-peasy vs using all this equipment properly.
If £500 is the money available for the camera alone, then a second hand Sony PD150 might well fit the bill.
In a previous existence I ran an in plant film unit and I think Andy needs to review his objectives. There is more to movie making than a camera and lights and his budget is totally inadequate. As for asking the local video club to help be very careful since there are usually insurance requirements for shooting in a working plant. When I went freelance larger clients always wanted a copy of my third party insurance. Andy's best bet is to approach a local low budget production house and reach an agreement that they can use the result as promo. He can also increase financing by asking suppliers to his Company to help fund the movie in return for a credit.
Its only to replace our procedures for working on the machines and doing various maintenance procedures etc. Its all totally in-house. We currently have these on pictorial sheets at each machine. It doesnt need to be a big production but needs to not look like some amateur attempt if you get my drift.
I see where you are coming from re: insurance but we have a contractors induction procedure for any third party working on site. Admittedly this may still involve public liability insurance but I would have to look into that.
Budget GBP350 for your camera to include an additional battery and 2 16 GB SDHC cards for recording. Sony; Canon and Panasonic all have cameras that fall into this price range. You will want to shoot "full HD" i.e. 1920 x 1080. There are limitations at this price level; there will probably not be very much manual control and probably no provision for headphones or an external microphone. If you plan to record a narration after the shoot then this should not be a problem. You will need a tripod that is reasonably steady; there are tripods at around GBP50 (e.g. Velbon) that will hold the camera still. These are not video tripods so smooth panning and tilting will be very difficult. But if you can avoid camera movement this will work fine. Lighting; I have recently shot using the low energy bulbs (use the 5600K type) in cheap reflectors and this has worked well; it has the advantage of not getting very hot. If you need a lot of light "work" lights are inexpensive but run very hot and give a hard light; best used with a white reflector and bounced on to the area to be filmed. Then on to the edit; you will need a computer with a reasonably high spec and assume you have these at work and then the edit software. If you use PCs then Sony Vegas Platinum; Pinnacle Studio or Corel all at around GBP60 will meet all your needs. If you are on Macs then iMovie will do the job. You can create DVDs from within these programs so your computer will need a DVD writer. You can use your camera as an audio recorder for narration. A quiet room; some tests and you will be able to use the sound track with your images. Remember; it all begins with the script.
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The cybercriminal gang behind Maze ransomware has been extorting a UK-based clinical research organization that's been preparing to play a potential role in testing vaccine candidates for the novel coronavirus, despite assurances that they would not harm any health care organizations during the COVID-19 crisis.
SC Media first reported an attack on the medical center, Hammersmith Medicines Research (HMR), last week, citing intelligence from Emsisoft threat analyst Brett Callow, who provided to a screenshot of Maze's website that pointed to HRM as a victim. HRM, previously known for helping test Alzheimer's drugs and a vaccine for ebola, has since confirmed the March 14 attack to ComputerWeekly.
Reportedly, the initial attack was detected and halted in progress and systems were restored with no downtime. However, the perpetrators apparently had already exfiltrated data pertaining to thousands of former HRM payments who participated in testing trials between eight and 20 years ago. Thus, after failing to receive an extortion payment from HRM, the culprits raised the stakes by starting to publish the stolen details.
"The criminals almost certainly haven't published all the data that was stolen. Their modus operandi is to first name the companies they've hit on their website and, if that doesn't convince them to pay, to publish a small of the amount of their data (so-called 'proofs'), which is the stage this incident appears to be at," said Callow in another email to SC Media. "Should the company still not pay, more data is published sometimes on a staggered basis. In previous cases, the group has also published the data on Russian cybercrime forums with a note to 'Use this information in any nefarious ways that you want.'
Last week, BleepingComputer reported that it had reached out to the operators of major ransomware gangs to ask of they would cease their activities against medical organizations during the coronavirus crisis. Maze's operators reportedly responded by saying they would do so. While the initial attack took place before this conversation, the subsequent doxxing of information suggests the cybercriminals have no intention of keeping their word.
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The San Jose Police Department has released the first in a series of public service videos to combat domestic violence.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- The San Jose Police Department has released the first in a series of public service videos to combat domestic violence.
The first video features a man making a joke about hitting a woman. His friend scolds him and tells him it's not funny.
Uniformed San Jose police officers then make statements like, "Men's silence (on the issue of domestic violence) is as much a part of the problem as the abuse."
The videos were produced with the YWCA.
They're endorsed by domestic violence advocacy groups AACI, Community Solutions, MAITRI and the Alessandra Foundation.
Twenty-seven-year-old Alessandra Barlas was murdered by her ex-boyfriend in San Jose in October of 2015.
Her parents, DiAnn and Rick Beatty, started the foundation to affect change and help other young women.
They tell ABC7 News they support the videos as an effort to bring attention to the potentially deadly problem of domestic violence.
Just Monday night, a woman was shot and killed at a Denny's in San Jose by a man who then killed himself.
Police say she had a restraining order against him.


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