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Chernobyl: Consequences of the catastrophe 25 years later Democracy Now! broadcast April 26, 2011 by Janette D. Sherman, M.D., and Alexey V. Pearl Harbor ORIGINAL PEARL HARBOR PHOTOS Never seen these before----must be somebody 's private pictures they saved all this time. These pic's are so clear....very sad....but, good that we can see them...... THE FELLOW WHO SENT THESE RECEIVED THEM FROM AN OLD SHIPMATE ON THE USS QUAPAW PEARL HARBOR December 7th, 1941 Pearl Harbor The 'almost Dalí' trade Today "a little bit of Wonderland arrived in the city ", one TV reporter said, enthusiastically. Sky News was giving free publicity in April to the installation of a large statue beside a London office block, telling viewers that the 4.5-metre bronze figure was one of surrealist artist Salvador Dalí's "most famous sculptures", which had travelled on exhibition round the world. This gargantuan Alice in Wonderland is for sale to City traders at a hefty £1.535m, along with two dozen less expensive smaller bronzes also from the Modern Masters Gallery. Some are priced at £400,000-plus, and others around the £20,000 mark. Dalí sculptures have ballooned into a very big business.
An Object to Represent The Art of Eating Prize February 24, 2015 Kimberly Behr After we announced the existence of The Art of Eating Prize, we realized there should some physical object to accompany it — but what? Maybe not a medal on a ribbon or an Oscar-like statuette. Because the prize is for writing, a product of craft (like the best food), we thought we should give an individually crafted object. World War II: The Invasion of Poland and the Winter War - Alan Taylor - In Focus In August of 1939, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression treaty. One week later, Germany invaded Poland and World War II began. The first attack of the war took place on September 1, 1939, as German aircraft bombarded the Polish town of Wielun, killing nearly 1,200.
Salvador Dalí. The Persistence of Memory. 1931 Gallery Text: Dalí: Painting and Film June 29–September 15, 2008 Cover Stories: Seeing Waste in a New Light For this week’s special issue “Working with Waste,” our cover features a photograph of bales of compressed aluminum cans destined for recycling—aptly titled “Blocks to Go.” It is the work of Washington, DC–based photographer Huguette Roe, who is quick to suggest another creative use for these blocks. “I have a small one I want to keep to make a table," she says. World War II: Pearl Harbor - Alan Taylor - In Focus On December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack on the United States, bombing warships and military targets in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. More than 350 Japanese aircraft attacked the naval base in two waves, strafing targets, dropping armor-piercing bombs, and launching torpedoes toward U.S. battleships and cruisers. The U.S. forces were unprepared, waking to the sounds of explosions and scrambling to defend themselves. The entire preemptive attack lasted only 90 minutes, and in that time, the Japanese sunk four battleships and two destroyers, pummeled 188 aircraft, and damaged even more buildings, ships and airplanes. (Two of the battleships were later raised and returned to service.)
Salvador Dalí. The Persistence of Memory. 1931 Salvador Dalí frequently described his paintings as “hand painted dream photographs.” He based this seaside landscape on the cliffs in his home region of Catalonia, Spain. The ants and melting clocks are recognizable images that Dalí placed in an unfamiliar context or rendered in an unfamiliar way. [Text] Vonnegut's Letter to Students: 'Practice Any Art...Make Your Soul Grow' “You will find that you have already been gloriously rewarded for your poem. You have experienced becoming, learned a lot more about what’s inside you, and you have made your soul grow…” When English teacher Ms. Lockwood assigned her students at Xavier High School to correspond with a well-known author on their work and request advice, Kurt Vonnegut was the only writer to respond.
Hiroshima Atomic Bombing Remembered with Google Earth During the final days of World War II, the United States dropped devastating atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. More than 65 years later, Hidenori Watanave, an associate professor of Tokyo Metropolitan University, has created a digital archive to preserve the memory of the Hiroshima bombing. A complement to the Nagasaki archive launched in 2010, the Hiroshima Archive layers historical resources into Google Earth, giving users the chance to explore a panoramic view of Hiroshima, survivor accounts, aerial photos, 3D topographical data, and building models. The documents are all written in Japanese, which creates something of a language barrier for many readers. But a tour through the archive will tell you something important — something important about the Hiroshima bombing and how we’re memorializing the past in our new digital age. Related Content:
Joe Nuzzolo « back to blog home Feb2011 Posted by: PaulChimera By any measure, Dali’s “Nature Morte Vivante” (“Still Life – Fast Moving”) of 1956 is one of the most accomplished of his masterworks. I was reacquainted with it late last month, when I toured the impressive new Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, and was again transfixed by the painting’s beauty, and by how perfect an example it is of how Dali years ago described his technique: “hand-painted color photography.”
Challenging Conventional Wisdom : wisdom talk By: Alyson Wyers - Published: Oct 29, 2013 • References: youtu.be In his wisdom talk, Simon Cohen challenges conventional views on wisdom and discusses what it means to leave a legacy of hope, love and ideas. He shares his story of chasing wisdom according to traditional methods and what he learned in the process.