1ST IN NATION COUPLE CROWNED AT HOMECOMING
Rebeca Arellano also made history as Patrick Henry High School's first female homecoming king. Her girlfriend Haileigh Adams won the title of homecoming queen. The pair have been dating since February of their sophomore year.
"They were chanting my name and it was one of the most amazing experiences I've ever had," the high school senior told KGTV News.
Though there has been some negative feedback, and hurt feelings of male students who were bypassed as Homecoming king this year, Adams and Arellano said they've received mostly support from their classmates and teachers. One teacher, according to ABC News, told Arellano, "Today, school is a bit better because of you girls."
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AN ANTIQUE CORPORATE LIE
This 65 year old ad appeared on the August 5th 1946 Life magazine's back cover three days before I was born!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LADY LIBERTY
Happy 125th Birthday (or, as she would say, bonne anniversaire) to the Statue of Liberty.
SO INSPIRING
This rendition of the Star Spangled Banner deserves to be set apart from the rest: I love this video because it really represents America. This experiment has never been easy, or its success foretold, as the questions of the anthem seem to illustrate. We have faltered, nearly given up, torn ourselves apart, segregated and murdered, boomed and busted more than a few times. The greatness of a nation lies not in some false narrative that you see in the Tea Party fantasists, the people who believe the Founding was intended to end slavery, rather than accommodate it, the people who see nothing but greatness and hegemony and pounce on all those who see flaws. It lies in a constant balancing of interests and ideas, and our collective response to failure. In this rendering, a black man rescues a white girl caught by nerves and close to collapse, and rallies her to the end, with the crowd. That's a powerful symbol of America at its finest.
GREENPEACE VERSUS BARBIE
Greenpeace is claiming victory after Mattel announced it will stop wrapping Barbie dolls in environmentally-damaging packaging.
The toy giant will ditch ties with controversial paper company Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), a pulp and paper firm that allegedly destroys Indonesian rainforests, including the habitat of the endangered Sumatran tiger, notes Greenpeace.
"The rainforests of Indonesia should be for species like the Sumatran tiger, not for throw-away toy packaging. That’s why it is such good news that Mattel has developed a new paper buying policy," said Bustar Maitar, head of Greenpeace’s campaign in Indonesia.
Mattel has also adopted Sustainable Sourcing Principles. "By 2015 our goal is to have 85% of our packing be made from recycled material or certified fiber," said Kathleen Shaver, Mattel's Corporate Responsibility Director in a video statement.
SNOW WHITE IN THE WOODS
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"Looking-glass, Looking-glass, on the wall, Who in this land is the fairest of all?"
the looking-glass answered—
"Thou, O Queen, art the fairest of alll"
Then she was satisfied, for she knew that the looking-glass spoke the truth.
But Snow-white was growing up, and grew more and more beautiful; and when she was seven years old she was as beautiful as the day, and more beautiful than the Queen herself. And once when the Queen asked her looking-glass—
"Looking-glass, Looking-glass, on the wall, Who in this land is the fairest of all?"
it answered
"Thou art fairer than all who are here, Lady Queen, But more beautiful still is Snow-white, as I ween."
Then the Queen was shocked, and turned yellow and green with envy. From that hour, whenever she looked at Snow-white, her heart heaved in her breast, she hated the girl so much.
And envy and pride grew higher and higher in her heart like a weed, so that she had no peace day or night. She called a huntsman, and said, "Take the child away into the forest; I will no longer have her in my sight. Kill her, and bring me back her heart as a token." The huntsman obeyed, and took her away; but when he had drawn his knife, and was about to pierce Snow-white's innocent heart, she began to weep, and said, "Ah, dear huntsman, leave me my life! I will run away into the wild forest and never come home again."
And as she was so beautiful the huntsman had pity on her and said, "Run away, then, you poor child." "The wild beasts will soon have devoured you," thought he, and yet it seemed as if a stone had been rolled from his heart since it was no longer needful for him to kill her. And as a young boar just then came running by he stabbed it and cut out its heart and took it to the Queen as a proof that the child was dead. The cook had to salt this, and the wicked Queen ate it, and thought she had eaten the heart of Snowwhite.
But now the poor child was all alone in the great forest, and so terrified that she looked at every leaf of every tree, and did not know what to do. Then she began to run, and ran over sharp stones and through thorns, and the wild beasts ran past her, but did her no harm.
Folk-lore and Fable Volume 17 of The Harvard classics
the looking-glass answered—
"Thou, O Queen, art the fairest of alll"
Then she was satisfied, for she knew that the looking-glass spoke the truth.
But Snow-white was growing up, and grew more and more beautiful; and when she was seven years old she was as beautiful as the day, and more beautiful than the Queen herself. And once when the Queen asked her looking-glass—
"Looking-glass, Looking-glass, on the wall, Who in this land is the fairest of all?"
it answered
"Thou art fairer than all who are here, Lady Queen, But more beautiful still is Snow-white, as I ween."
Then the Queen was shocked, and turned yellow and green with envy. From that hour, whenever she looked at Snow-white, her heart heaved in her breast, she hated the girl so much.
And envy and pride grew higher and higher in her heart like a weed, so that she had no peace day or night. She called a huntsman, and said, "Take the child away into the forest; I will no longer have her in my sight. Kill her, and bring me back her heart as a token." The huntsman obeyed, and took her away; but when he had drawn his knife, and was about to pierce Snow-white's innocent heart, she began to weep, and said, "Ah, dear huntsman, leave me my life! I will run away into the wild forest and never come home again."
And as she was so beautiful the huntsman had pity on her and said, "Run away, then, you poor child." "The wild beasts will soon have devoured you," thought he, and yet it seemed as if a stone had been rolled from his heart since it was no longer needful for him to kill her. And as a young boar just then came running by he stabbed it and cut out its heart and took it to the Queen as a proof that the child was dead. The cook had to salt this, and the wicked Queen ate it, and thought she had eaten the heart of Snowwhite.
But now the poor child was all alone in the great forest, and so terrified that she looked at every leaf of every tree, and did not know what to do. Then she began to run, and ran over sharp stones and through thorns, and the wild beasts ran past her, but did her no harm.
Folk-lore and Fable Volume 17 of The Harvard classics
LIFE ON OTHER WORLDS?
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Planets Under a Red Sun
This artist's concept illustrates a young, red dwarf star surrounded by three planets. Such stars are dimmer and smaller than yellow stars like our sun, which makes them ideal targets for astronomers wishing to take images of planets outside our solar system, called exoplanets. NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer is helping to identify young, red dwarf stars that are close to us by detecting their ultraviolet light (stars give off a lot of ultraviolet light in their youth). Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
EXQUISITELY PERFECT
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Dolphin Sofa
The United States of Americaabout 1820
New York, about 1820
Price
$350,000
$350,000
Condition*
Please contact dealer
Please contact dealer
Measurements
height: 34 1/4
depth: 27 1/2
width/length: 93 5/8
height: 34 1/4
depth: 27 1/2
width/length: 93 5/8
Specifications
Number of items: 1
Materials/Techniques: Mahogany and cherry (dolphin), partially carved, painted, bronzed,
and gilded (secondary woods: cherry, maple, and white pine), with iron castors
Creator: New York
Number of items: 1
Materials/Techniques: Mahogany and cherry (dolphin), partially carved, painted, bronzed,
and gilded (secondary woods: cherry, maple, and white pine), with iron castors
Creator: New York
Photography
provided by Hirschl & Adler Galleries
provided by Hirschl & Adler Galleries
Location
Hirschl & Adler Galleries
730 Fifth Avenue, 4th Floor
New York City, NY, 10019
Phone: 212.535.8810
E-Mail: 1stdibs@hirschlandadler.com
Dealer Ref. : FAPG 19452D
Ref. : U110921903239
Hirschl & Adler Galleries
730 Fifth Avenue, 4th Floor
New York City, NY, 10019
Phone: 212.535.8810
E-Mail: 1stdibs@hirschlandadler.com
Dealer Ref. : FAPG 19452D
Ref. : U110921903239
"GAY IS GOOD" FRANK KAMNEY HAS DIED
One of the greatest and most steadfast pioneering advocates for the gay rights movement, Frank Kameny, died on Tuesday, October 11 at his home in Washington, D.C. He was 86. He appears to have died of natural causes. According to theWashington Blade:
Timothy Clark, Kameny’s tenant, said he found Kameny unconscious and unresponsive in his bed shortly after 5 p.m. on Tuesday. Clark called 911 police emergency and rescue workers determined that Kameny had passed away earlier, most likely in his sleep. Clark said he had spoken with Kameny shortly before midnight on the previous day and Kameny didn’t seem to be in distress.
Timothy Clark, Kameny’s tenant, said he found Kameny unconscious and unresponsive in his bed shortly after 5 p.m. on Tuesday. Clark called 911 police emergency and rescue workers determined that Kameny had passed away earlier, most likely in his sleep. Clark said he had spoken with Kameny shortly before midnight on the previous day and Kameny didn’t seem to be in distress.
Kameny was born on May 21, 1925 in New York City. He is a World War II veteran, having seen combat in Europe. After the war, Kameny earned a doctorate in astronomy from Harvard University and went to work for the Army Map service as an astronomer. He became a gay rights activist when he was fired by the Army in 1957 when they learned he was gay. At that time, gay people were prohibited from Federal employment due to a 1953 Executive order by President Eisenhower. In Joyce Murdoch and Deb Price’s book, Courting Justice: Gay Men And Lesbians V. The Supreme Court
, Frank called his 1957 firing the spark which energized his long dedication to securing equality for all LGBT people:“I just couldn’t walk away,” recalled Frank Kameny, a brilliant Harvard-educated astronomer who became nearly destitute after being fired from his government job in 1957. The phrase echoed through many interviews with gay people who fought against dreadful odds after losing a job, being embarrassed by a “sex crime” arrest or suffering some similar humiliation.
“For the rest of my life, I wouldn’t have been able to live with myself,” Kameny added. “I would be dead of stomach ulcers by now. There’s simply a burning sense of justice.”He immediately set about challenging the his firing and the federal ban, taking his case all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court. Because he acts as his own attorney, he became the first known gay person to file a gay-related case before the high court. In his petition before the court, Kameny let loose his full rhetorical powers which would become a trademark throughout his life of activism:
…the government’s policies…are a stench in the nostrils of decent people, an offense against morality, an abandonment of reason, an affront to human dignity, an improper restraint upon proper freedom and liberty, a disgrace to any civilized society, and a violation of all that this nation stands for.
For full article: http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2011/10/12/37802
IMAGINE PEACE TOWER
This Sunday October 9th 2011 Yoko Ono will be
in Reykjavik, Iceland to relight IMAGINE PEACE
TOWER at 8pm ( 9pm London, 4pm NY, 5am Tokyo)
in memory of her husband John Lennon.
You can join the everyone at
http://IMAGINEPEACETOWER.com for the event
where you can Tweet , Email & Facebook chat your
wishes LIVE to IPTower and watch a live feed of the
event.
25YEARS OF SERVICE
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