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Stacey Monk, Co-Founder Epic Change raised over $200,000 for school in Tanzania

A few nice host image images I found:

Stacey Monk, Co-Founder Epic Change raised over 0,000 for school in Tanzania
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Image by Fifth World Art
Epic Change with Epic Thanks is an example of social media being used to raise over 0,000 to build a locally led primary school in Arusha, Tanzania. Shepherds Junior is a small pre- and primary school has grown to over 500 students and leads Tanzania in test scores.

EpicChange.org brought Mama Lucy and two students from Tanzania to share their story on Tuesday, 15 November. The circle was hosted by Pastor - Jeanette Sherrill at Trinity United Church of Christ - Saint Petersburg, FL. Cate Colgan, @CateTV, invited me to attend the meet and greet. I was blown away by all the stories! While there, I also met twitter friend Lee Sollivan, @purrfectlee, for the first time and her husband, Gil Gonzalez, @danaCreative. Cate shot video and shares her excitement on Youtube.

Lucy "Mama Lucy" Kampton used income from her poultry business to rent land for the school. Then she met Stacy and Sanjay who fell in love with the people and school. They started an online donation program, whose contributions allowed Mama Lucy to buy the land and build the school.

What started as a dream became reality and grew from six students to over 500. They now lead Tanzania in test scores. The students use social media and are known as TwitterKids of Tanzania who tweet & write tumblr blogs!

If you haven’t already, register to participate in Epic Thanks!.

EpicChange :
Web Site - epicthanks.org
Facebook - EpicChange
Great Article - Stacey Monk, CEO and Co-Founder of Epic Change and Tweetsgiving

EPIC CHANGE:
1. Stacey Monk, Co-Founder:
Twitter: @staceymonk
Facebook: StaceyMonk
2. Sanjay Patel, Co-Founder:
Twitter - @sanjspatel
3. Mama Lucy - founder/builder of Shepards School:
Twitter - @MamaLucy

Students:
1. Leah Albert - wants to be pediatrician and first woman president of Tanzania.
Twitter - @leah_albert
2. Gideon Gidori - wants to be first astronaut from Africa - loves photography, space and elephants.
Twitter - @gideon_gidori

Full article was posted on Fifth World Art's Web site:
Epic Thanks visits St Petersburg, Florida on 15 Nov 2011.

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Leah Albert, Shepherds Junior School, at Epic Change
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Image by Fifth World Art
Epic Change with Epic Thanks is an example of social media being used to raise over 0,000 to build a locally led primary school in Arusha, Tanzania. Shepherds Junior is a small pre- and primary school has grown to over 500 students and leads Tanzania in test scores.

EpicChange.org brought Mama Lucy and two students from Tanzania to share their story on Tuesday, 15 November. The circle was hosted by Pastor - Jeanette Sherrill at Trinity United Church of Christ - Saint Petersburg, FL. Cate Colgan, @CateTV, invited me to attend the meet and greet. I was blown away by all the stories! While there, I also met twitter friend Lee Sollivan, @purrfectlee, for the first time and her husband, Gil Gonzalez, @danaCreative. Cate shot video and shares her excitement on Youtube.

Lucy "Mama Lucy" Kampton used income from her poultry business to rent land for the school. Then she met Stacy and Sanjay who fell in love with the people and school. They started an online donation program, whose contributions allowed Mama Lucy to buy the land and build the school.

What started as a dream became reality and grew from six students to over 500. They now lead Tanzania in test scores. The students use social media and are known as TwitterKids of Tanzania who tweet & write tumblr blogs!

If you haven’t already, register to participate in Epic Thanks!.

EpicChange :
Web Site - epicthanks.org
Facebook - EpicChange
Great Article - Stacey Monk, CEO and Co-Founder of Epic Change and Tweetsgiving

EPIC CHANGE:
1. Stacey Monk, Co-Founder:
Twitter: @staceymonk
Facebook: StaceyMonk
2. Sanjay Patel, Co-Founder:
Twitter - @sanjspatel
3. Mama Lucy - founder/builder of Shepards School:
Twitter - @MamaLucy

Students:
1. Leah Albert - wants to be pediatrician and first woman president of Tanzania.
Twitter - @leah_albert
2. Gideon Gidori - wants to be first astronaut from Africa - loves photography, space and elephants.
Twitter - @gideon_gidori

Full article was posted on Fifth World Art's Web site:
Epic Thanks visits St Petersburg, Florida on 15 Nov 2011.

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Lucy "Mama Lucy" Kampton
host image
Image by Fifth World Art
Epic Change with Epic Thanks is an example of social media being used to raise over 0,000 to build a locally led primary school in Arusha, Tanzania. Shepherds Junior is a small pre- and primary school has grown to over 500 students and leads Tanzania in test scores.

EpicChange.org brought Mama Lucy and two students from Tanzania to share their story on Tuesday, 15 November. The circle was hosted by Pastor - Jeanette Sherrill at Trinity United Church of Christ - Saint Petersburg, FL. Cate Colgan, @CateTV, invited me to attend the meet and greet. I was blown away by all the stories! While there, I also met twitter friend Lee Sollivan, @purrfectlee, for the first time and her husband, Gil Gonzalez, @danaCreative. Cate shot video and shares her excitement on Youtube.

Lucy "Mama Lucy" Kampton used income from her poultry business to rent land for the school. Then she met Stacy and Sanjay who fell in love with the people and school. They started an online donation program, whose contributions allowed Mama Lucy to buy the land and build the school.

What started as a dream became reality and grew from six students to over 500. They now lead Tanzania in test scores. The students use social media and are known as TwitterKids of Tanzania who tweet & write tumblr blogs!

If you haven’t already, register to participate in Epic Thanks!.

EpicChange :
Web Site - epicthanks.org
Facebook - EpicChange
Great Article - Stacey Monk, CEO and Co-Founder of Epic Change and Tweetsgiving

EPIC CHANGE:
1. Stacey Monk, Co-Founder:
Twitter: @staceymonk
Facebook: StaceyMonk
2. Sanjay Patel, Co-Founder:
Twitter - @sanjspatel
3. Mama Lucy - founder/builder of Shepards School:
Twitter - @MamaLucy

Students:
1. Leah Albert - wants to be pediatrician and first woman president of Tanzania.
Twitter - @leah_albert
2. Gideon Gidori - wants to be first astronaut from Africa - loves photography, space and elephants.
Twitter - @gideon_gidori

Full article was posted on Fifth World Art's Web site:
Epic Thanks visits St Petersburg, Florida on 15 Nov 2011.

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Cool Picture images

Some cool picture images:

Metro leaving

Image by AV Dezign
Pictures of the moments around Montreal - Guy Metro Station

Life Size Figurine In Display Window AND Spooky Clown Ghost Who Showed Up For the Picture!

Image by Sister72
Took This Picture While Driving in Front of Corbo's Restaurant Supply Company on Main Street in Asbury Park, NJ

When I took the picture, there was NO spooky clown in the window.

Upon downloading the pictures, the spooky clown was staring at me and my hair stood on end!

The actual picture without the clown trying to sneak in where he doesn't belong: www.flickr.com/photos/sis/16814183/

Cote Vertu Station

Image by AV Dezign
Pictures of the moments around Montreal - Cote Vertu Metro Station

Cool Photo Upload images

A few nice photo upload images I found:

Unboxing Day
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Image by whatsthatpicture
Before Christmas I had a bit of a tidy and found this lot, not actually in a box I must confess but in a bag - I guess this should really be captioned Unbagging Day.
I reckon there are 400-500 photos in total, mainly snapshots and real photo postcards, but quite a few larger sized prints, and the odd cabinet card and carte de visite. I have a feeling it started off as one fairly large batch that I must have acquired with other more notable images, and then over time when I've had odd photos and small batches that I thought I'd "look at later" I just threw them in.

This photo shows about the half way stage whilst roughly sorting them into topics - portraits, family groups, babies, transport, buildings, landscapes, houses and gardens, weddings ...

There's also a small pile of images that caught my eye that I'll be uploading to my new Snapshots of the past set, inspired by the 'Peculiar Snapshots' set from unexpectedtales.

The two piles front-left are still to be sorted, and I have a horrible feeling that there are at least as many more in various boxes in the loft!

I should stress that none of these are of my own family - they're all found photos.

flood lighting
photo upload
Image by Pedro Moura Pinheiro
Boarded up window lit by a single floodlight.

This photo is in my blurb.com book, multiple photographic disorder.

Large size | Original uploaded size | My portfolio

Cool Photo Website images

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Tunisia Staff Ride - U.S. Army Africa Soldiers apply WWII North Africa campaign lessons to current mission - May 2010
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Image by US Army Africa
Official Website
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Facebook Fan Page

U.S. Army Africa Soldiers apply lessons of WWII to current mission

By Rick Scavetta, U.S. Army Africa

KAIROUAN, Tunisia – Col. Stephen Mariano looked down into a foxhole carved atop a rocky hill top near El Guettar, where in March 1943, troops from U.S. Army II Corps battled German panzers.

Nearby, retired Army Col. Len Fullenkamp conjured tales of U.S. Army Rangers under Lt. Col. William Darby marching through darkness along a nearby ridge to surprise sleeping enemy infantrymen with fixed bayonets. Soldiers from the 1st Infantry Division hacked fighting positions from solid rock as enemy tanks rumbled into the valley. U.S. Army artillery units skimmed shells across the desert at approaching German armor.

Mariano began to wonder, “Had my grandfather dug one of these foxholes? Was his artillery position somewhere nearby? Did he fire on Germans coming through this gap?”

Mariano, 45, of Redlands, Calif., was among several U.S. Army Africa officers who took part in a four-day “staff ride,” – onsite discussions of Tunisia’s World War II battlefields geared toward finding insights into U.S. Army Africa’s present challenge – building cooperative relationships with African land forces to increase security, stability and peace in the region.

In late 1942, U.S. forces landed in North Africa with British troops. Their first fights were with Vichy French units, who later joined the Allied cause. Together, they pushed east into Tunisia, where they clashed with German and Italian troops among craggy, cactus-covered hills and washed out wadis.

As a U.S. Army Africa’s strategic planner, a look back at the alliance between American, British and French forces offered Mariano a glimpse at an international coalitions’ growing pains and how friction between partners can doom a mission. On a more personal level, the staff ride allowed him to recapture his family’s past.

Henry Mariano, Sr., was a sergeant with the 2nd Battalion, 62nd Armored Field Artillery Regiment who survived combat in North Africa, Italy and France before being wounded during the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium.

“This staff ride is a historic event, on a historic event, separated by 67 years,” Mariano said. “To be here, where my grandfather was, is pretty powerful to me.”

The tour began May 27 outside Sidi Bou Zid, where U.S. forces suffered a horrible defeat in mid-February 1943. They stopped for the evening in Gafsa, a city in Central Tunisia that changed hands between Allied and Axis forces several times during the campaign.

The second day, they focused on the Allied defeat at Kasserine Pass, followed by the U.S. Army’s first solid gains against veteran German troops in the counterattack at El Guettar. The next day, U.S. Army Africa Soldiers ventured east to focus on British Gen. Bernard Montgomery’s attempt to punch through Axis defenses at the coastal town of Enfidaville, roughly 40 miles southeast of Tunis.

Perched on a craggy knoll near Takrouna, Col. David Buckingham, U.S. Army Africa’s senior operations officer, bent the spine of Atkinson’s book, deep in thought about how for two days in mid-April 1942, New Zealanders came to death grips with Italian defenders in the limestone foothills outside Enfidaville.

Afterward, they paid respects to French and British Commonwealth troops buried nearby.

“Tying this staff ride together with Memorial Day, taking time to better understanding leadership and feel the sacrifice of our soldiers, has been both poignant and educational,” Buckingham said.

At each stop, officers thumbed through worn copies of Rick Atkinson’s “An Army At Dawn,” at their hip as Fullenkamp spoke of the bravery, heroics, ingenuity, lunacy and debacles of the North African campaign. After discussions, they poked through thorn bushes and cacti along the rocky terrain, searching for battlefield remnants.

At El Guettar, Maj. Gen. William B. Garrett III, commander of U.S. Army Africa, found a tin C-ration can and passed it to his senior logistics officer, Col. Mike Balser. Others found shards of shells and bullet casings. Lt. Col. David Konop, the command’s public affairs officer, found a link from a 30-caliber machine gun belt.

It was hard to not be overwhelmed in the presence of such history, to walk this consecrated ground, Fullenkamp said.

Like the 34th Infantry Division, they climbed the hills near Fondouk Pass. They stood in the cold rain below Longstop Hill, just as the U.S. Army’s 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment had when they relieved the 2nd Battalion of the British Coldstream Guards, around Christmas 1942.

The U.S. Army Africa tour wrapped up in the Tunisian capital, Tunis, the prize the Allies had fought seven months to pry away from German control. The Soldeirs took part in a May 31 Memorial Day ceremony at the North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial near Carthage, Tunisia.

All agreed that their experience in Tunisia was unlike walking the U.S. battlefield of Gettysburg, tracing the footsteps of Pickett’s men from Spangler’s Woods to the Emmitsburg Road. Nor was it like stepping from the shores of Normandy onto Omaha beach’s Dog Green sector on D-Day staff rides.

This tour was focused on lessons the U.S. Army learned over the course of a seven-month campaign across North Africa.

“No one’s ever done something like this, in this context, before. We’re using the book ‘An Army At Dawn’ and we are an Army Service Component Command at dawn,” Mariano said. “That’s the connection. It’s brilliant. “

Early on, Garrett challenged his staff to ask tough questions along the way and encouraged them to discuss tactical operations, but also look for insights into overall strategic goals. In North Africa, U.S. Army leaders found innovative ways to grow and succeed against often-insurmountable odds, he said.

“Talking about the past, in the present, that’s what this is about,” Garrett said. “This staff ride is simply a mechanism, a tool for helping us think about the challenges leaders faced in Africa during World War II and applying insights to our present focus.”

PHOTO CAPTION:

U.S. Army photo by Rick Scavetta
Cleared for Public Release

Official Website
Twitter Feed
Facebook Fan Page

Tunisia Staff Ride - U.S. Army Africa Soldiers apply WWII North Africa campaign lessons to current mission - May 2010
photo website
Image by US Army Africa
Official Website
Twitter Feed
Facebook Fan Page

U.S. Army Africa Soldiers apply lessons of WWII to current mission

By Rick Scavetta, U.S. Army Africa

KAIROUAN, Tunisia – Col. Stephen Mariano looked down into a foxhole carved atop a rocky hill top near El Guettar, where in March 1943, troops from U.S. Army II Corps battled German panzers.

Nearby, retired Army Col. Len Fullenkamp conjured tales of U.S. Army Rangers under Lt. Col. William Darby marching through darkness along a nearby ridge to surprise sleeping enemy infantrymen with fixed bayonets. Soldiers from the 1st Infantry Division hacked fighting positions from solid rock as enemy tanks rumbled into the valley. U.S. Army artillery units skimmed shells across the desert at approaching German armor.

Mariano began to wonder, “Had my grandfather dug one of these foxholes? Was his artillery position somewhere nearby? Did he fire on Germans coming through this gap?”

Mariano, 45, of Redlands, Calif., was among several U.S. Army Africa officers who took part in a four-day “staff ride,” – onsite discussions of Tunisia’s World War II battlefields geared toward finding insights into U.S. Army Africa’s present challenge – building cooperative relationships with African land forces to increase security, stability and peace in the region.

In late 1942, U.S. forces landed in North Africa with British troops. Their first fights were with Vichy French units, who later joined the Allied cause. Together, they pushed east into Tunisia, where they clashed with German and Italian troops among craggy, cactus-covered hills and washed out wadis.

As a U.S. Army Africa’s strategic planner, a look back at the alliance between American, British and French forces offered Mariano a glimpse at an international coalitions’ growing pains and how friction between partners can doom a mission. On a more personal level, the staff ride allowed him to recapture his family’s past.

Henry Mariano, Sr., was a sergeant with the 2nd Battalion, 62nd Armored Field Artillery Regiment who survived combat in North Africa, Italy and France before being wounded during the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium.

“This staff ride is a historic event, on a historic event, separated by 67 years,” Mariano said. “To be here, where my grandfather was, is pretty powerful to me.”

The tour began May 27 outside Sidi Bou Zid, where U.S. forces suffered a horrible defeat in mid-February 1943. They stopped for the evening in Gafsa, a city in Central Tunisia that changed hands between Allied and Axis forces several times during the campaign.

The second day, they focused on the Allied defeat at Kasserine Pass, followed by the U.S. Army’s first solid gains against veteran German troops in the counterattack at El Guettar. The next day, U.S. Army Africa Soldiers ventured east to focus on British Gen. Bernard Montgomery’s attempt to punch through Axis defenses at the coastal town of Enfidaville, roughly 40 miles southeast of Tunis.

Perched on a craggy knoll near Takrouna, Col. David Buckingham, U.S. Army Africa’s senior operations officer, bent the spine of Atkinson’s book, deep in thought about how for two days in mid-April 1942, New Zealanders came to death grips with Italian defenders in the limestone foothills outside Enfidaville.

Afterward, they paid respects to French and British Commonwealth troops buried nearby.

“Tying this staff ride together with Memorial Day, taking time to better understanding leadership and feel the sacrifice of our soldiers, has been both poignant and educational,” Buckingham said.

At each stop, officers thumbed through worn copies of Rick Atkinson’s “An Army At Dawn,” at their hip as Fullenkamp spoke of the bravery, heroics, ingenuity, lunacy and debacles of the North African campaign. After discussions, they poked through thorn bushes and cacti along the rocky terrain, searching for battlefield remnants.

At El Guettar, Maj. Gen. William B. Garrett III, commander of U.S. Army Africa, found a tin C-ration can and passed it to his senior logistics officer, Col. Mike Balser. Others found shards of shells and bullet casings. Lt. Col. David Konop, the command’s public affairs officer, found a link from a 30-caliber machine gun belt.

It was hard to not be overwhelmed in the presence of such history, to walk this consecrated ground, Fullenkamp said.

Like the 34th Infantry Division, they climbed the hills near Fondouk Pass. They stood in the cold rain below Longstop Hill, just as the U.S. Army’s 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment had when they relieved the 2nd Battalion of the British Coldstream Guards, around Christmas 1942.

The U.S. Army Africa tour wrapped up in the Tunisian capital, Tunis, the prize the Allies had fought seven months to pry away from German control. The Soldeirs took part in a May 31 Memorial Day ceremony at the North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial near Carthage, Tunisia.

All agreed that their experience in Tunisia was unlike walking the U.S. battlefield of Gettysburg, tracing the footsteps of Pickett’s men from Spangler’s Woods to the Emmitsburg Road. Nor was it like stepping from the shores of Normandy onto Omaha beach’s Dog Green sector on D-Day staff rides.

This tour was focused on lessons the U.S. Army learned over the course of a seven-month campaign across North Africa.

“No one’s ever done something like this, in this context, before. We’re using the book ‘An Army At Dawn’ and we are an Army Service Component Command at dawn,” Mariano said. “That’s the connection. It’s brilliant. “

Early on, Garrett challenged his staff to ask tough questions along the way and encouraged them to discuss tactical operations, but also look for insights into overall strategic goals. In North Africa, U.S. Army leaders found innovative ways to grow and succeed against often-insurmountable odds, he said.

“Talking about the past, in the present, that’s what this is about,” Garrett said. “This staff ride is simply a mechanism, a tool for helping us think about the challenges leaders faced in Africa during World War II and applying insights to our present focus.”

PHOTO CAPTION: U.S. Army Africa staff at Fondouk Pass, Tunisia.

U.S. Army photo by Rick Scavetta
Cleared for Public Release

Official Website
Twitter Feed
Facebook Fan Page

Nice Picture Collage photos

Check out these picture collage images:

Picture This! Collage Workshop
picture collage
Image by Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library
Cadie Maas
Tech Services

Later, at sunrise,
I found my cat's beloved toy
tucked in beside me.

Picture This! Collage Workshop
picture collage
Image by Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library
James Serrano
Maintenance

Chocolate chip cookie
with caramel glaze goes dunk
in my cup of milk.

Cool Image Database images

Check out these image database images:

atelier PRO - Culture centre Winschoten 06
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Image by atelier PRO
Architect: atelier PRO
Image: atelier PRO

Culture centre Winschoten with theatre, music school, multi-purpose hall and library.

More information: www.atelierpro.nl/en/projects/106/cultuurhuis-winschoten-1

www.atelierpro.nl/en/projects/9/cultuurhuis-winschoten

Please only publish the images of atelier PRO in articles related to the context of the projects depicted, with correct use of photographer credits. We appreciate it if you mention the source, and (if possible) we would like to receive a copy or link of the edition.

Beeldmateriaal van atelier PRO alleen gebruiken in context gerelateerde artikelen. Naamsvermelding van fotograaf is verplicht. Wij stellen het op prijs als u de bron vermeldt en ontvangen graag een exemplaar of link naar de uitgave.

atelier PRO - Culture centre Winschoten 07
image database
Image by atelier PRO
Architect: atelier PRO
Image: atelier PRO

Culture centre Winschoten with theatre, music school, multi-purpose hall and library.

More information: www.atelierpro.nl/en/projects/106/cultuurhuis-winschoten-1

www.atelierpro.nl/en/projects/9/cultuurhuis-winschoten

Please only publish the images of atelier PRO in articles related to the context of the projects depicted, with correct use of photographer credits. We appreciate it if you mention the source, and (if possible) we would like to receive a copy or link of the edition.

Beeldmateriaal van atelier PRO alleen gebruiken in context gerelateerde artikelen. Naamsvermelding van fotograaf is verplicht. Wij stellen het op prijs als u de bron vermeldt en ontvangen graag een exemplaar of link naar de uitgave.

halloween02

A few nice photo collage maker images I found:

halloween02
photo collage maker
Image by Pearl Mountain

simple_09
photo collage maker
Image by Pearl Mountain

Cool Photo To Poster images

Check out these photo to poster images:

A4 Poster: Living reefs of Pulau Hantu
photo to poster
Image by wildsingapore
Although just metres away from a major industrial complex, the coral reefs of Pulau Hantu are very much alive and teeming with an amazing variety of creatures!

This is an A4 poster at 300dpi for download. Please credit to Ria Tan www.wildsingapore.com

Photo reference: Poster Pulau Hantu 1 (Apr 07)

A4 Poster: St John's Island
photo to poster
Image by wildsingapore
Just half an hour from the city centre by fast boat, is a rich reef that can be easily explored by ordinary visitors. Some portions of this small reef flat is densely packed with marine life!

This is an A4 poster at 300dpi for download. Please credit to Ria Tan www.wildsingapore.com

Photo reference: Poster St John's Island (Apr 07)

Broadway Posters
photo to poster
Image by Broadway Tour
Broadway Posters | New York, NY | July 17, 2012

This photo is licensed under a Creative Commons license. If you use this photo within the terms of the license or make special arrangements to use the photo, please list the photo credit as "Dennis Beck / Broadway Tour" and link the text to BroadwayTour.net.

Nice Photo Sites photos

Some cool photo sites images:

NY - Hyde Park: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library - Arthur Ross Courtyard - FDR Bust
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Image by wallyg
Gleb W. Derujinsky's white Westerly granite bust of President Franklin D. Roosevelt was presented by the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union on January 30, 1947. The 27 1/2" tall bust depicts Roosevelt dressed in a jacket and tie and is installed on a 55 3/4"-high black Swedish granite base. Today the sculpture stands in the Arthur Ross Courytard, which was dedicated on October 1, 1996

The Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, located on Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, is the first of the United States' presidential libraries. The 16-acre facility was built during 1939-40 by Philadelphia contractor John McShain of Hudson Valley fieldstone in local Dutch colonial style. Conceived of and donated by President Roosevelt, the library was built at a cost of 6k and turned over to the federal government on July 4, 1940 to be operated by the National Archives. The museum section of the building opened June 30, 1941. However, the onset of World War II deferred the official opening of the library as a research facility as the President served a third term and then was elected to a fourth term in 1944. He visited the library often during the war to sort and classify his records and memorabilia; and from his study in the library he delivered several of his famous radio speeches or "fireside chats".

In addition to artifacts from the lives of President and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, the Library includes papers from all Roosevelt’s political offices—New York State Senator (1910-13), Assistant Secretary of the Navy (1913-19), Governor of New York (1929-32), and President of the United States (1933-45) and his private collections of papers, books, and memorabilia on the history of the U.S. Navy and Dutchess County, as well as his White House Desk and 1936 Ford Phaeton. As per the President’s original vision, two wings in memory of Eleanor Roosevelt, which would house her more than three million pages of papers, were added in 1971.

Prior to Roosevelt's Presidency, the final disposition of Presidential papers was left to chance. Although a valued part of the nation's heritage, the papers of chief executives were private property which they took with them upon leaving office. Some were sold or destroyed and thus either scattered or lost to the nation forever. Others remained with families, but inaccessible to scholars for long periods of time. The fortunate collections found their way into the Library of Congress and private repositories. In erecting his library, Roosevelt created an institution to preserve intact all his papers. Roosevelt's actions served as a precedent. When Congress passed the Presidential Libraries Act in 1955, it regularized the procedures initiated by President Roosevelt for privately built and federally maintained libraries to preserve the papers of future Presidents. Even though official presidential papers are now public property as a result of the Presidential Records Act of 1978, and there is legislation limiting the size and financing of museums, Roosevelt's original intentions of preserving papers in one place and making them accessible to the nation still hold true.

National Register #66000056 (1966)

Philadelphia - Old City: Independence Hall - Bell Tower
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Image by wallyg
Independence Hall, on Chestnut Street between 5th and 6th Streets, was built by Edmund Woolley and Andrew Hamilton, the Speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly, in 1753 as the Pennsylvania State House. But it was the events that took place between 1775 and 1787 that earned it the name Independence Hall, and reinforce its iconic status as the Birthplace of the Nation. It is within its walls that the delegates to the Second Continental Congress met, the Declaration of Independence was approved, and the Constitution of the United States was debated, drafted and signed.

Construction on the redbrick Georgian style building, at the time the most ambitious public work in the colonies, began in 1732. The five-part plan included a 105-foot long main block, two covered arcades, and two 50-foot long wing buildings at the end of the arcades. The Provincial government paid for construction as it went along--piecemeal for 21 years. The building has undergone many restorations, notably by Greek revival architect John Haviland in 1830, and by a committee from the National Park Service, in 1950, returning it to its 1776 appearance. The bell tower, consisting of a wooden steeple set atop the three-story brick house, was the original home of the Liberty Bell and today holds the Centennial Bell, created for the United States Centennial Exposition in 1876.

From 1775 to 1783, the Hall served as the principal meeting place of the Second Continental Congress, a body of a body of representatives from each of the thirteen colonies. The Declaration of Independence, which was authored by Thomas Jefferson and declared the unified colonies independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain, was approved there on July 4, 1776, though the vote was held two days earlier and the Declaration was read aloud to the public in the area now known as Independence Square. On June 14, 1775, delegates nominated George Washington as commander of the Continental Army; and on July 26, they appointed Benjamin Franklin the first Postmaster General of what would later become the United States Post Office Department.

During September of 1777, Philadelphia was occupied by the British Army, and the Continental Congress was forced to abandon the State House and flee to York, Pennsylvania where the Articles of Confederation were approved in November. The Congress returned on July 2, 1778, after the end of the British occupation.

In the summer of 1787, Independence Hall hosted the Philadelphia Convention, now also known as the Constitutional Convention. The original intent was to discuss adjustments to the Articles of Confederation, but the Convention decided to propose a rewritten Constitution, resulting in a new fundamental government design. On September 17, 1787, the Constitution was completed, and took effect on March 4, 1789, when the new Congress met for the first time in New York's Federal Hall.

In 1790, the Congress moved back into Philadelphia and first met in Congress Hall, the small adjoining east east wing. Philadelphia would remain the seat of the federal government until 1800, with Independence Hall serving as the Capitol Building with executive offices, and the Supreme Court assembling in Old City Hall, the small adjoining west wing. These three buildings, together with Philosophical Hall, today make up Independence Square.

Here the first foreign minister to visit the United States was welcomed; the news of Cornwallis's defeat was announced, signaling the end of the Revolutionary War; and, later, John Adams and Abraham Lincoln lay in state. On October 26, 1918, Tomáš Masaryk proclaimed the independence of Czechoslovakia on the steps of Independence Hall. On July 4, 1962, President John F. Kennedy gave an address here on Independence Day.

Independence Hall is pictured on the back of the U.S. 0 bill, as well as the bicentennial Kennedy half dollar. The Assembly Room is pictured on the reverse side of the U.S. two dollar bill, from the original painting by John Trumbull entitled Declaration of Independence.

Independence National Historical Park preserves several sites associated with the American Revolution. Administered by the National Park Service, the 45-acre park was authorized in 1948, and established on July 4, 1956.

Independence Hall was designated a World Heritage Site on October 24, 1979.

Independence National Park Historic District National Register #66000675 (1966)

Europe District hosts Organization Day 2011 for employees, families

Check out these family photo images:

Europe District hosts Organization Day 2011 for employees, families
family photo
Image by USACE Europe District
Family, food, fun and a little friendly competition marked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District's Organization Day July 22, 2011, at the Amelia Earhart Center in Wiesbaden, Germany. The event included sporting events such as a 5K Fun Run/Walk, Tennis, Ping-Pong, Volleyball and Texas Hold’Em tournaments, along with a variety of children’s events and a BBQ lunch. The annual event is a way for leadership to express their thanks to employees and their families for all of the hard work and dedication. For more photos, visit www.facebook.com/europedistrict (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Carol E. Davis)

Firey Skies Overhead

A few nice bing image images I found:

Firey Skies Overhead
bing image
Image by Rusty Russ
Newburyport in the 1800's caught fire, but the First Religious Society church escaped damage.

True Believer at the Church of the Lady of Sedona
bing image
Image by Rusty Russ
May his prayers come true.

Stevie Ray Vaughan Austin Skyline Sunset

A few nice photo websites images I found:

Stevie Ray Vaughan Austin Skyline Sunset
photo websites
Image by Visualist Images
Since you are here, please, make a comment. :-) Also, If you like my photography, check out my website/blog at: www.JohnRRogers.com for more information.

I've been meaning to do a more current photo of the Stevie Ray Vaughan statue for awhile. The challenge is getting the rather dark statue to pop out from the evening sky. This image is a combination of light painting & HDR. I did three long exposures of Stevie while lighting the statue and surrounding area with my super duper mini flashlight. You can see my other photos of the Stevie statue here.

A note about my Creative Commons - Non Commercial Licensing.
If you derive any income from your website through sales of products or services or receive revenue from advertising placed on your site then you do not qualify to use my images under my creative commons license. If your are a not for profit corporation or political campaign, you also do not qualify under my Non Commercial license. I do license my images to commercial enterprises for a very reasonable fee. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
If you are truly a non-commercial site and would like a copy of this image without my watermark, feel free to contact me with the details of your intended use.

NYC - Union Square: Metronome - The Vortex
photo websites
Image by wallyg
Kristin Jones and Andrew Ginzel's 1999 Union Square art installation, The Metronome, confounds tourists and locals alike. As described on their website, "Metronome is an investigation into the nature of time. The work references the multiple measures of time that simultaneously inform and confound our consciousness of the moment within the continuum. This composite work intends to evoke contemplation on the dynamic flux of the city. The elements suggest the instant and infinity, astronomical sequence, geological epoch and ephemerality. Metronome is meant to be integral to the very history, architectural fabric, spirit and vitality of the city. Ultimately, the work is an ode to mortality and the impossibility of knowing time."

The Metronome consists of a central undulating brick wall in the center with a wide glass facade to the left that displays The Passage, a clock counting up and down from midnight.

More from the website:
This wall appears fluid, it defies our sense of the built environment as fixed in time. At the center of the brick undulations is an enigmatic hole from which an ephemeral plume of steam emanates suggesting the intangibility of time. Counterpoised below on the wall is a massive piece of bedrock, suggesting the millions of years of geological history which has occurred to form this island we stand on today. A long thin bronze cone gives perspective to the wall and appears to be a sweeping indicator and a source for the sounding of noon and midnight. A large bronze hand high on the wall gestures a benediction. This hand is an identical enlargement from the historical statue of George Washington in the park directly below. The hand is a reminder of how history is our own creation.

Startrails
photo websites
Image by Tim Swinson | http://timswinson.com
Website | 500px | Google+ | Facebook

The sky tonight was clear of clouds so a mate and I went out tonight to get some startrail photos. This is the result. I'm stoked.

Watch the timelapse www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgY656IPoV4

Budding Pinecones

Some cool christmas card photo images:

Budding Pinecones
christmas card photo
Image by Caro Wallis
I'm regretting getting all my Christmas cards sorted now. It would have been nice to print a couple with this photo on.

Everything must go... 3/365 2013
christmas card photo
Image by Gabludlow
It's only a few days now until Epiphany so a quick shot of some of the Christmas cards...

Nice Royalty Free Image photos

Some cool royalty free image images:

iPhoneJM_wallpaper_0094

Image by IamJomo
Royalty free image cropped for iPhone/iTouch wallpaper

iPhoneJM_wallpaper_0086

Image by IamJomo
Royalty free image cropped for iPhone/iTouch wallpaper

The Lost American in France

A few nice american photo images I found:

The Lost American in France
american photo
Image by Doug van Kampen
"The Lost American in France". Discovery Park, Seattle, Washington, USA
July 3rd, 2009 © 2009 Doug van Kampen, All Rights Reserved

I bumped this shot because it appears there was a glitch while uploading this yesterday and for some reason the commenting became disabled. I dunno.

Your feedback on this image is highly appreciated. I'm trying a few new processing techniques and would highly appreciate input and constructive critique. Thank You!

The above is an image shot last summer while Nathan was visiting the states from France. If I had to pick a photographer that has improved the most over the last year, it would be him. His cinematic look into the art has grown into a wonderfully composed art form in his hands. He is never afraid to try new techniques and put his images out there for critique by others. He bring a refreshing humility to the art form - something that is lacking among photographers in this fast paced and quickly growing community. I consider it a privilege to call him my friend.

Please visit his stream by clicking on the link over there----------->

For those shooting in RAW, here's a useful tidbit regarding color temperature and their possible sources:

1000K - Candles or oil lamps
2000K - Sunrise
2500K - Household light bulbs
3000K - Studio lights, photo floods
4000K - Clear flashbulbs
5000K - Typical daylight, most electronic flashes
6500K - Lightly overcast sky
8000K - Hazy sky
9000K - Open shade on clear day
10,000K - Heavily overcast sky

B l a c k M a g i c

Unidentified Child
american photo
Image by George Eastman House
Accession Number: 1974:0193:0195

Maker: Southworth & Hawes

Title: Unidentified Child

Date: ca. 1850

Medium: daguerreotype

Dimensions: sixth plate; 7.0 x 5.7 cm. , (domed top)

George Eastman House Collection

General information about the George Eastman House Photography Collection is available at http://www.eastmanhouse.org/inc/collections/photography.php.

For information on obtaining reproductions go to: www.eastmanhouse.org/flickr/index.php?pid=1974:0193:0195.

transient

Some cool digital photos images:

transient
digital photos
Image by Konstantin Leonov
Lens: Nikkor 35mm f/1.4 AI-S
Aperture: f/8+?
Filter: Hoya polarizer
ISO: 400
Cam: Nikon D5100
RAW (NEF): air.oldstable.org/raws/transient.nef

post-processed in ufraw:
+manual curve
+monochrome channel mixer

sunfield
digital photos
Image by Konstantin Leonov
Lens: Nikkor 35mm f/1.4 AI-S
Aperture: f/5.6 ?
Filter: Hoya Polarizer
ISO: 200
Cam: Nikon D5100
RAW (NEF): air.oldstable.org/raws/excess.nef

ufraw + gimp used.
NO post-processing: gamma = 1 in ufraw.