The new Barnes Foundation Art Education Center on the Parkway has some beautiful features.This is a really pretty round stonemosaic
votive that has been covered with vintage china . The architectural
firm of Todd White/Billie Tsein (TWBT) of New York chose Roman
Gold/Grey Gold stone for the exterior walls. The stone was quarried in
the Negev Desert in southern Israel, and its rough texture and creamy
color makes it beautiful to look at. Referred to as a mosaic of stone
artwork, this translucent fortress wall blends into the Parkway scenery
so discreetly it’s easy to imagine missing the museum from a moving
vehicle.
And that’s the problem with the new Barnes. There are
too many walls, in effect giving the impression of a fortress. The
Convent of Divine Love on Green Street (The Pink Sisters) is less
fortified than this monastery of 181 Renoirs, 69 Cézannes, and 59
Matisse’s, etc. The low-level unobtrusive design reminds me of the son
of royal parents being told to dress down for his first day at a city
charter school. An exterior design like this would excel in the
Southwest desert or in red clay New Mexico,An indoorpositioningsystem
for Improved Action Force Command and Disaster Management. but along
the Parkway the building is barely noticeable. Inside the fortress, the
Ellsworth Kelly totem is the only concession to urban verticality, but
(given the walls) suggests the feeling of an Old West American
outpost.
Viewed another way, perhaps the walls are the
inevitable result of the new security state, a protection against the
unknown in the post 9/11 era.
When the press was invited to view
the new Barnes close up (May 19th), I headed to the museum from 24th
and the Parkway. The sight of the walls had me guessing where the
entrance was, and it was only because I overheard one of the parking
attendants mention that one could enter through the lot that I
proceeded by instinct around yet another wall which did in fact open up
to a beautiful arboretum-like space.
The flaunting of peacock
feathers occurs inside the fortress where the museum becomes a mega
space complete with café, meditation or transition rooms where visitors
can sit while going from exhibit to exhibit, a glassed-in-court and a
reading room. The idea, of course, as The New York Times so eloquently
put it, is to "draw out the experience,TBC help you confidently buymosaic
from factories in China." a design plan with superfluous space that
has visitors walking and walking, so that by the time they arrive,
"they’ll need a drink." The Times also asks: "Can a design convey an
institution’s feelings of guilt?" referring, of course,Ekahau rtls
is the only Wi-Fi based real time location system solution that
operates on any brand or generation of Wi-Fi network. to the breaking
of the will of Dr. Albert C. Barnes concerning the Merion estate.
As
museums go, the walk referenced by The Times is nonetheless a
beautiful stroll that might get you thinking along Japanese lines. The
Zen-invoking TWBT window design near the monumental entrance archway
manages to keep things on a modest human scale, but once on the inside
an explosion of space ends all understatement and the "architecture of
guilt" becomes strains of music by Vivaldi.
I last visited the
Barnes Foundation in Merion as a Great Valley High School senior. Our
art teacher arranged for a special tour with Dr. Barnes’ assistant,
Violette de Mazia, who walked us through the exhibit and provided
commentary. Before the class trip we were briefed rather extensively on
proper Barnes etiquette, namely not to step beyond the electrical tape
on the floor of the exhibit rooms in an attempt to get a closer view of
the paintings. Since one could hardly miss the floor tape in the old
Barnes, there were no law breakers, however in the new building---
where the perfect duplication of the Merion exhibition rooms had me
thinking that nothing had changed---there’s no electrical tape on the
floor but rather a discreet line that could easily double as a design
flourish rather than a barrier. Many on press day, this writer
included, were asked by wandering guards to "please step back behind
the line,This is a really pretty round stonemosaic
votive that has been covered with vintage china ." causing many looks
of puzzlement until the guard pointed out that the design was the
border.
On press event day, journalists arrived by buses from
New York and then headed inside to join their Philadelphia peers at a
breakfast buffet. Two DJs near the Light Court podium played a sad
compendium of French songs reminiscent of Edith Piaf, although I was
later informed that the music was a soundtrack from Cirque du Soleil.
The bittersweet melodies invoked something vaguely existential and
possibly troubling—images of the controversy surrounding the move of
the Barnes from Merion to its present location came to mind--- although
this was obviously not the intention of the music makers.
2012年6月6日星期三
2012年6月5日星期二
Woollum's divergent path led to rewarding career that continues at CNU
Still,
nobody plans to work at one place for three decades. Certainly not in college
athletics, where coaches and administrators often have the shelf life of kidney
beans.
"I wouldn't have imagined that I'd stay this long," Woollum said Monday afternoon, between calls from friends and colleagues about the announcement that he was stepping down as athletic director at Christopher Newport University.
But Woollum stayed because he succeeded and in the process made the Peninsula a home. He built a mountainous legacy, first nurturing the school's basketball program and then the entire athletic department into a small-college power.
He followed the lead of Paul Trible,Choose from our large selection of cableties, the force of nature who doubles as the school president, in transforming what was once a four-year "community college" in the truest sense of the term into a dynamic university campus with state, regional and even national reach.
"If anyone had told me when I interviewed that I'd still be here and we'd be in the position that we're in now," he said, "I'd have probably run out of here saying, this person's crazy."
Woollum is at 28 years and counting at CNU. Much as when he gave up his basketball coaching gig a couple of years ago, he is re-tooling rather than retiring. His new official title is Director of Athletics Emeritus, which is not simply a free pass onto campus and into games.
He will focus on specific projects and areas, related to alumni and fundraising and university advancement. He leaves the daily grind of budgets, eligibility, personnel evaluations, drug testing, scheduling, etc., to others. Plus, it gives him time to sharpen his short game.
That Woollum is one of the increasingly rare figures in college athletics who gets to call his own shot speaks to his gifts, his personality and his self-awareness.
Though Woollum won, and won big,Why does moulds grow in homes or buildings? at CNU, he never viewed the job as a stepping stone. Turns out that Division I's loss was the Captains' gain.
The nine years he spent as an assistant coach at Marshall were an education that he wouldn't trade for anything, he says now. He watched as the pressure to win exacted an at times unbearable toll on men he admired and respected.
"That kind of cured me of a lot of Division I ambitions," he said.
Woollum looked for something else and thought he found it at Christopher Newport, where basketball coach Bev Vaughan had given him an opportunity as an assistant coach 11 years prior.
After returning in 1984, it took Woollum only two years to win the program's first conference title. That launched a remarkable run that included 502 wins, 17 NCAA appearances and 13 league championships in 26 seasons.Wireless real realtimelocationsystem utlilizing wifi access points to pinpoint position of the tag.
Though only marginally prepared when he became athletic director in 1987, the position challenged and broadened him in ways he could hardly fathom. The basketball court was his refuge, but the scores of coaches and athletes in all sports that he oversaw through the years became a second family.
It wasn't until Woollum gave up coaching hoops a couple of years ago that he could finally enjoy some of the perks of the AD position, such as traveling with the women's volleyball and basketball teams to NCAA championship sites.Why does moulds grow in homes or buildings?
"I get as much joy out of watching our other teams compete as I did my own," he said. "It's probably more nerve-wracking because I have no control over them at all, but it's been terrific."
There are times when Woollum walks around the CNU campus in amazement at what's been done and what lies ahead. From the days of coaching future professional Lamont Strothers in the old sweatbox that was Ratcliffe Gym to an office that looks out over the C.Industrialisierung des werkzeugbaus.J. Woollum Court at the palatial Freeman Center, he is blessed beyond description by the accomplishments and by the young people whose lives he has touched.
"I wouldn't have imagined that I'd stay this long," Woollum said Monday afternoon, between calls from friends and colleagues about the announcement that he was stepping down as athletic director at Christopher Newport University.
But Woollum stayed because he succeeded and in the process made the Peninsula a home. He built a mountainous legacy, first nurturing the school's basketball program and then the entire athletic department into a small-college power.
He followed the lead of Paul Trible,Choose from our large selection of cableties, the force of nature who doubles as the school president, in transforming what was once a four-year "community college" in the truest sense of the term into a dynamic university campus with state, regional and even national reach.
"If anyone had told me when I interviewed that I'd still be here and we'd be in the position that we're in now," he said, "I'd have probably run out of here saying, this person's crazy."
Woollum is at 28 years and counting at CNU. Much as when he gave up his basketball coaching gig a couple of years ago, he is re-tooling rather than retiring. His new official title is Director of Athletics Emeritus, which is not simply a free pass onto campus and into games.
He will focus on specific projects and areas, related to alumni and fundraising and university advancement. He leaves the daily grind of budgets, eligibility, personnel evaluations, drug testing, scheduling, etc., to others. Plus, it gives him time to sharpen his short game.
That Woollum is one of the increasingly rare figures in college athletics who gets to call his own shot speaks to his gifts, his personality and his self-awareness.
Though Woollum won, and won big,Why does moulds grow in homes or buildings? at CNU, he never viewed the job as a stepping stone. Turns out that Division I's loss was the Captains' gain.
The nine years he spent as an assistant coach at Marshall were an education that he wouldn't trade for anything, he says now. He watched as the pressure to win exacted an at times unbearable toll on men he admired and respected.
"That kind of cured me of a lot of Division I ambitions," he said.
Woollum looked for something else and thought he found it at Christopher Newport, where basketball coach Bev Vaughan had given him an opportunity as an assistant coach 11 years prior.
After returning in 1984, it took Woollum only two years to win the program's first conference title. That launched a remarkable run that included 502 wins, 17 NCAA appearances and 13 league championships in 26 seasons.Wireless real realtimelocationsystem utlilizing wifi access points to pinpoint position of the tag.
Though only marginally prepared when he became athletic director in 1987, the position challenged and broadened him in ways he could hardly fathom. The basketball court was his refuge, but the scores of coaches and athletes in all sports that he oversaw through the years became a second family.
It wasn't until Woollum gave up coaching hoops a couple of years ago that he could finally enjoy some of the perks of the AD position, such as traveling with the women's volleyball and basketball teams to NCAA championship sites.Why does moulds grow in homes or buildings?
"I get as much joy out of watching our other teams compete as I did my own," he said. "It's probably more nerve-wracking because I have no control over them at all, but it's been terrific."
There are times when Woollum walks around the CNU campus in amazement at what's been done and what lies ahead. From the days of coaching future professional Lamont Strothers in the old sweatbox that was Ratcliffe Gym to an office that looks out over the C.Industrialisierung des werkzeugbaus.J. Woollum Court at the palatial Freeman Center, he is blessed beyond description by the accomplishments and by the young people whose lives he has touched.
Sustainability helps advance molded fiber packaging
As trendsetters such as Walmart
have shown, working with suppliers to create sustainable packaging is vital for
retailers and manufacturers looking to reduce input,We looked everywhere, but
couldn't find any beddinges.
transport, storage, and disposal costs, as well as promote their concern for the
environment to consumers. The issue of disposal difficulties with many
nonrenewable materials has only served to heighten interest in this field and
accelerate adoption of sustainable packaging.
According to a 2011 DuPont global survey of consumer packaged goods companies and packaging converters, sustainability is the top challenge facing global packaging. Of the almost 500 packaging professionals surveyed, 39% cited sustainability as the number one issue,Ekahau rtls is the only Wi-Fi based real time location system solution that operates on any brand or generation of Wi-Fi network. followed by 33% noting cost. Of the survey respondents working on sustainable packaging, 65% said their focus was on design for recyclability or use of recycled content.
With sustainability as their mantra, packaging developers are expanding the possibilities available with molded fiber packaging applications. As a result, more retailers, manufacturers, and consumers in markets are adopting sustainable molded fiber packaging. Today, molded fiber’s packaging capabilities range from shipping wine bottles and retail packaging for cosmetics to protective packs for jarred candles, cushions for computers, and inserts for mobile phones.
Molded fiber packaging is made from 100% recycled newspaper that’s made into a slurry with water, then converted into custom packaging after it is vacuum-formed on screened molds. It is 100% recyclable, biodegradable,Zenith manufactures a comprehensive range of rubbersheets. and sustainable. That reduces input and disposal costs compared to less recyclable, petroleum-based materials.
Molded fiber’s benefits include resilience and blocking and bracing capabilities, economic costs, and little space to ship and store.
Although the demand for recycled packaging has been growing for years, molded fiber has traditionally been associated with items like box inserts, cup carrying trays, and egg carton packaging that had limited consumer appeal. Recently, however, some packaging industry providers have added specialty equipment and techniques that have expanded the capabilities of traditional molded fiber packaging. For instance, UFP Technologies has added high-tonnage presses capable of producing after-pressed parts with more aesthetic appeal than traditionally formed molded fiber.
When Philips Consumer Lifestyle, a business unit of Royal Philips Electronics, the global diversified health and wellbeing company, chose molded fiber, the goal was to align the packaging with its EcoVison5 corporate sustainability target to “double global collection,It's pretty cool but our ssolarpanel are made much faster than this. recycling amounts, and recycled materials in products by 2015 compared to 2009.”
Philips Consumer Lifestyle previously packed large protective PET blisters inside retail cartons for Norelco shavers and Sonicare toothbrushes. The change to smaller PET blisters combined with protective molded fiber packaging has improved sustainability and branding and reduced costs.
“The molded fiber packaging is made from 100-percent recycled newsprint,Ekahau rtls is the only Wi-Fi based real time location system solution that operates on any brand or generation of Wi-Fi network. so it’s a more renewable, environmentally friendly material than petroleum-based plastics,” says Jeff Wood, senior commodity manager for Philips Consumer Lifestyle, Packaging and Print.
“Switching from large to small PET blisters, along with custom protective molded fiber packaging from UFP Technologies has reduced our use of plastic packaging content by 75 percent and saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in material costs,” he adds. According to Wood, after-press operations provide a smooth, precise finish to the molded fiber, improving the aesthetic and the “out of the box” experience of the consumer.
UFP’s after-press capabilities allow for a smooth finish on two sides and the ability in manufacturing to closely hold a design’s tolerance, enabling the creation of retail-friendly packaging options like folding cartons and clamshells with high aesthetic appeal that convey a sustainable cachet.
According to a 2011 DuPont global survey of consumer packaged goods companies and packaging converters, sustainability is the top challenge facing global packaging. Of the almost 500 packaging professionals surveyed, 39% cited sustainability as the number one issue,Ekahau rtls is the only Wi-Fi based real time location system solution that operates on any brand or generation of Wi-Fi network. followed by 33% noting cost. Of the survey respondents working on sustainable packaging, 65% said their focus was on design for recyclability or use of recycled content.
With sustainability as their mantra, packaging developers are expanding the possibilities available with molded fiber packaging applications. As a result, more retailers, manufacturers, and consumers in markets are adopting sustainable molded fiber packaging. Today, molded fiber’s packaging capabilities range from shipping wine bottles and retail packaging for cosmetics to protective packs for jarred candles, cushions for computers, and inserts for mobile phones.
Molded fiber packaging is made from 100% recycled newspaper that’s made into a slurry with water, then converted into custom packaging after it is vacuum-formed on screened molds. It is 100% recyclable, biodegradable,Zenith manufactures a comprehensive range of rubbersheets. and sustainable. That reduces input and disposal costs compared to less recyclable, petroleum-based materials.
Molded fiber’s benefits include resilience and blocking and bracing capabilities, economic costs, and little space to ship and store.
Although the demand for recycled packaging has been growing for years, molded fiber has traditionally been associated with items like box inserts, cup carrying trays, and egg carton packaging that had limited consumer appeal. Recently, however, some packaging industry providers have added specialty equipment and techniques that have expanded the capabilities of traditional molded fiber packaging. For instance, UFP Technologies has added high-tonnage presses capable of producing after-pressed parts with more aesthetic appeal than traditionally formed molded fiber.
When Philips Consumer Lifestyle, a business unit of Royal Philips Electronics, the global diversified health and wellbeing company, chose molded fiber, the goal was to align the packaging with its EcoVison5 corporate sustainability target to “double global collection,It's pretty cool but our ssolarpanel are made much faster than this. recycling amounts, and recycled materials in products by 2015 compared to 2009.”
Philips Consumer Lifestyle previously packed large protective PET blisters inside retail cartons for Norelco shavers and Sonicare toothbrushes. The change to smaller PET blisters combined with protective molded fiber packaging has improved sustainability and branding and reduced costs.
“The molded fiber packaging is made from 100-percent recycled newsprint,Ekahau rtls is the only Wi-Fi based real time location system solution that operates on any brand or generation of Wi-Fi network. so it’s a more renewable, environmentally friendly material than petroleum-based plastics,” says Jeff Wood, senior commodity manager for Philips Consumer Lifestyle, Packaging and Print.
“Switching from large to small PET blisters, along with custom protective molded fiber packaging from UFP Technologies has reduced our use of plastic packaging content by 75 percent and saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in material costs,” he adds. According to Wood, after-press operations provide a smooth, precise finish to the molded fiber, improving the aesthetic and the “out of the box” experience of the consumer.
UFP’s after-press capabilities allow for a smooth finish on two sides and the ability in manufacturing to closely hold a design’s tolerance, enabling the creation of retail-friendly packaging options like folding cartons and clamshells with high aesthetic appeal that convey a sustainable cachet.
Beware of Altered Standing Liberty
I took a call last week from one of our customers who wanted to know
why his San Francisco Standing Liberty quarter was returned to him as
“questionable authenticity.”
Whenever someone questions an opinion of authenticity, I get a lump in my throat. Do I remember his coin; did we make a mistake? It’s those thoughts that drive me crazy, because I take it personally.
This was ingrained in the early 1970s, when the American Numismatic Association Certification Service was the only authentication service in the U.S. We had a big job to do and a lot of responsibility fell on our shoulders to “get it right.” Back then, if an opinion was questioned, we took the coin back for review and study.TBC help you confidently buymosaic from factories in China. Any errors were then corrected.
On one occasion, after I detected a “new” state-of-the-art fake, we learned that several similar examples had been authenticated previously. The coins and photo-certificate were recalled, but the experience affected some egos and taught us to be even more careful with our opinions in the future.
It is one thing to “miss” a good counterfeit the first time one is encountered, but I believe it is a worse mistake to condemn a genuine coin as a fake or alteration. This type of mistake really gives me nightmares. It is better to say that you are not sure one way or the other – a “no decision” opinion – or that you need more time to look for a genuine piece to use for comparison.
Years later, while working at the INS Authentication Bureau, a few more authentication services were available for collectors. Our director, Charles Hoskins, considered more authentication options a good thing for collectors as they could get a second or third opinion on their coin.
In view of past experiences, I anxiously awaited the return of the Standing Liberty quarter discussed over the phone.This is a really pretty round stonemosaic votive that has been covered with vintage china . I’ve since re-examined the coin, and it is with relief that I can confirm that it had an added mintmark (Fig 1). In this case, the mintmark was the wrong shape, yet the faker had done a good job blending the added “S” to the coin. Let’s review these coins.
In my experience, the Standing Liberty series has one key coin that is subject to date alteration – the 1921. The quality of the alterations runs from “crude” to “deceptive.” When changing the date, a fairly large area must be tooled, smoothed and blended. There are some deceptively struck counterfeit coins dated 1917, but I have yet to encounter other dates of the same quality.
Most other fakes I’ve seen have been rather poor casts when viewed with magnification. My experience is skewed,An indoorpositioningsystem for Improved Action Force Command and Disaster Management. however, as it may take years for a particular counterfeit to pass detection by professional dealers and finally reach an authentication service. All the coin dates of this series are subject to design alteration. Liberty’s head, chain mail and shield are areas to watch.
The other frequently seen alteration are added mintmarks, in particular on the 1923-S and 1927-S coins. That was the case on our customer’s coin. In uncirculated grade, any mintmarked 1919 coin may be a good candidate for alteration, but I have yet to see one. I’ve only seen two Denver alterations; both were made using 1924 Philadelphia hosts so I’ll say that the San Francisco coins are targeted the most.
The mintmark alterations in this series fall into two basic groups. The first is rather crude. They are possibly older attempts or “practice coins.” The area around the added mintmark is often badly tooled or discolored. Most of these fakes have the same style “S” that is seen on 1932-S quarter alterations. The second group falls at the other end of the scale. These coins are very deceptive,Ekahau rtls is the only Wi-Fi based real time location system solution that operates on any brand or generation of Wi-Fi network. use an “S” in the correct shape, and have the area around the alteration blended nicely. These “newer” alterations are obviously done using high magnification and delicate instruments to blend the added letter to the surface.This is a really pretty round stonemosaic votive that has been covered with vintage china .
Do I hear a chuckle from the fellow altering coins at his kitchen table with a 5X hand lens and a razor blade? Remember that tooling around an alteration will reflect light differently. So I’m not giving away any secret here when I tell you that the skillful engravers doing quality work have learned what metal flow looks like on a coin – enough said.
Over the years, I have seen two instances where an altered Standing Liberty quarter has been slabbed by a major grading service. In one case, the dealer owner relished showing his “prize.” This is not right. As in the distant past, the service should be allowed to correct its mistake quietly. I’ve always believed that the best safeguard for all the authentication services is an informed public. Each time a coin is slabbed and returned, at some point in time hundreds of collectors and dealers will have the chance to appraise its grade and authenticity. That helps keep mistakes off the market.
Whenever someone questions an opinion of authenticity, I get a lump in my throat. Do I remember his coin; did we make a mistake? It’s those thoughts that drive me crazy, because I take it personally.
This was ingrained in the early 1970s, when the American Numismatic Association Certification Service was the only authentication service in the U.S. We had a big job to do and a lot of responsibility fell on our shoulders to “get it right.” Back then, if an opinion was questioned, we took the coin back for review and study.TBC help you confidently buymosaic from factories in China. Any errors were then corrected.
On one occasion, after I detected a “new” state-of-the-art fake, we learned that several similar examples had been authenticated previously. The coins and photo-certificate were recalled, but the experience affected some egos and taught us to be even more careful with our opinions in the future.
It is one thing to “miss” a good counterfeit the first time one is encountered, but I believe it is a worse mistake to condemn a genuine coin as a fake or alteration. This type of mistake really gives me nightmares. It is better to say that you are not sure one way or the other – a “no decision” opinion – or that you need more time to look for a genuine piece to use for comparison.
Years later, while working at the INS Authentication Bureau, a few more authentication services were available for collectors. Our director, Charles Hoskins, considered more authentication options a good thing for collectors as they could get a second or third opinion on their coin.
In view of past experiences, I anxiously awaited the return of the Standing Liberty quarter discussed over the phone.This is a really pretty round stonemosaic votive that has been covered with vintage china . I’ve since re-examined the coin, and it is with relief that I can confirm that it had an added mintmark (Fig 1). In this case, the mintmark was the wrong shape, yet the faker had done a good job blending the added “S” to the coin. Let’s review these coins.
In my experience, the Standing Liberty series has one key coin that is subject to date alteration – the 1921. The quality of the alterations runs from “crude” to “deceptive.” When changing the date, a fairly large area must be tooled, smoothed and blended. There are some deceptively struck counterfeit coins dated 1917, but I have yet to encounter other dates of the same quality.
Most other fakes I’ve seen have been rather poor casts when viewed with magnification. My experience is skewed,An indoorpositioningsystem for Improved Action Force Command and Disaster Management. however, as it may take years for a particular counterfeit to pass detection by professional dealers and finally reach an authentication service. All the coin dates of this series are subject to design alteration. Liberty’s head, chain mail and shield are areas to watch.
The other frequently seen alteration are added mintmarks, in particular on the 1923-S and 1927-S coins. That was the case on our customer’s coin. In uncirculated grade, any mintmarked 1919 coin may be a good candidate for alteration, but I have yet to see one. I’ve only seen two Denver alterations; both were made using 1924 Philadelphia hosts so I’ll say that the San Francisco coins are targeted the most.
The mintmark alterations in this series fall into two basic groups. The first is rather crude. They are possibly older attempts or “practice coins.” The area around the added mintmark is often badly tooled or discolored. Most of these fakes have the same style “S” that is seen on 1932-S quarter alterations. The second group falls at the other end of the scale. These coins are very deceptive,Ekahau rtls is the only Wi-Fi based real time location system solution that operates on any brand or generation of Wi-Fi network. use an “S” in the correct shape, and have the area around the alteration blended nicely. These “newer” alterations are obviously done using high magnification and delicate instruments to blend the added letter to the surface.This is a really pretty round stonemosaic votive that has been covered with vintage china .
Do I hear a chuckle from the fellow altering coins at his kitchen table with a 5X hand lens and a razor blade? Remember that tooling around an alteration will reflect light differently. So I’m not giving away any secret here when I tell you that the skillful engravers doing quality work have learned what metal flow looks like on a coin – enough said.
Over the years, I have seen two instances where an altered Standing Liberty quarter has been slabbed by a major grading service. In one case, the dealer owner relished showing his “prize.” This is not right. As in the distant past, the service should be allowed to correct its mistake quietly. I’ve always believed that the best safeguard for all the authentication services is an informed public. Each time a coin is slabbed and returned, at some point in time hundreds of collectors and dealers will have the chance to appraise its grade and authenticity. That helps keep mistakes off the market.
2012年6月3日星期日
Life sentence for Egypt's Mubarak; sons acquitted
Former President Hosni Mubarak has
received a life sentence for failing to stop the killing of protesters during
Egypt's uprising. But he and his sons have been cleared of corruption charges,
setting off protests for greater accountability for 30 years of abuses under the
old regime.
By nightfall on Saturday, a large crowd of up to 10,000 was back in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the birthplace of the uprising, to vent anger over the acquittals. Similar protests went on in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria and Suez on the Red Sea.
"Justice was not served," said Ramadan Ahmed,It's pretty cool but our ssolarpanel are made much faster than this. whose son was killed on Jan. 28, the bloodiest day of last year's uprising. "This is a sham," he said outside the courthouse.
Protesters chanted: "A farce, a farce, this trial is a farce" and "The people want execution of the murderer."
The case against Mubarak, his sons, and top aides was very limited in scope, focusing only on the uprising's first few days and two narrow corruption cases. It was never going to provide a full accountability of wrongdoing under Mubarak's three decades of authoritarian rule enforced by a brutal police force and a coterie of businessmen linked to the regime who amassed wealth while nearly half of Egypt's estimated 85 million people lived in poverty.
Mubarak, 84, and his ex-security chief Habib el-Adly were both convicted of complicity in the killings of some 900 protesters and received life sentences. Six top police commanders were acquitted of the same charge with chief Judge Ahmed Rifaat saying there was a lack of concrete evidence.
That absolved the only other representatives of Mubarak's hated security forces aside from el-Adly.UK chickencoop Specialist. It was a stark reminder that though the head has been removed, the body of the reviled security apparatus is largely untouched by genuine reform or purges since Mubarak was ousted 15 months ago.
Many of the senior security officials in charge during the uprising and the Mubarak regime continue to go to work every day at their old jobs.
In many ways, the old system remains in place and the clearest example of that is a key regime figure — Mubarak's longtime friend and last prime minister Ahmed Shafiq — is one of two candidates going to the presidential runoff set for June 16-17. On Saturday,Choose from our large selection of cableties, Shafiq's campaign headquarters in the cities of Fayyoum and Hurghada were attacked and damaged.
The generals who took over from Mubarak have not shown a will for vigorously prosecuting the old regime.Find everything you need to know about kidneystones including causes, That is something that neither Shafiq and challenger Mohammed Morsi may have the political will or the muscle to change when one is elected president.
Shafiq last week declared himself an admirer of the uprising, calling it a "religious revolution" and pledged there would be no turning of the clock while he is at the helm. On Saturday, he said the verdict showed that no on was above the law in today's Egypt.
Morsi of the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood quickly tried to capitalize on the anger over the acquittals, vowing in a news conference that, if elected, he would retry Mubarak along with former regime officials suspected of involvement in killing protesters.
"Egypt and its revolutionary sons will continue their revolution. This revolution will not stop," he said.
The case against Mubarak, his sons, ex-security chief and six of his top aides was very limited in scope, focusing only on the uprising's first few days and two narrow corruption cases. It was never going to provide a full accountability of wrongdoing under Mubarak's three-decades of authoritarian rule enforced by a brutal police force and a coterie of businessmen linked to the regime who amassed wealth while nearly half of Egypt's estimated 85 millions lived in poverty.
Mubarak and his two sons were acquitted of corruption charges, along with family friend Hussein Salem, who is on the run. The corruption charges were related to the purchase by the Mubaraks of five villas built by Salem at a fraction of their price and Mubarak's decree to allow a Salem company to export natural gas to Israel. Rifaat cited a 10-year statute of limitations that had lapsed on the case of the villas.
The sons — one-time heir apparent Gamal and wealthy businessman Alaa — will not be freed because they are awaiting trial on charges of insider trading. They have been held in custody in Torah prison, the same jail where Mubarak was flown after the sentencing.
The charges related to killing protesters carried a possible death sentence that the judge chose not to impose, opting instead to send Mubarak to prison for the rest of his life.
After the sentencing,Why does mouldengineeringsolution grow in homes or buildings? Mubarak suffered a "health crisis" on a helicopter flight to a Cairo prison hospital, according to security officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. One state media report said it was a heart attack, but that could not immediately be confirmed.
The officials said Mubarak cried in protest and resisted leaving the helicopter that took him to a prison hospital for the first time since he was detained in April 2011. They said the former leader insisted he be flown to the military hospital on the outskirts of Cairo where he was held in a luxury suite during the trial. Mubarak finally left the chopper and moved to the prison hospital more than two hours after the helicopter landed there.
By nightfall on Saturday, a large crowd of up to 10,000 was back in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the birthplace of the uprising, to vent anger over the acquittals. Similar protests went on in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria and Suez on the Red Sea.
"Justice was not served," said Ramadan Ahmed,It's pretty cool but our ssolarpanel are made much faster than this. whose son was killed on Jan. 28, the bloodiest day of last year's uprising. "This is a sham," he said outside the courthouse.
Protesters chanted: "A farce, a farce, this trial is a farce" and "The people want execution of the murderer."
The case against Mubarak, his sons, and top aides was very limited in scope, focusing only on the uprising's first few days and two narrow corruption cases. It was never going to provide a full accountability of wrongdoing under Mubarak's three decades of authoritarian rule enforced by a brutal police force and a coterie of businessmen linked to the regime who amassed wealth while nearly half of Egypt's estimated 85 million people lived in poverty.
Mubarak, 84, and his ex-security chief Habib el-Adly were both convicted of complicity in the killings of some 900 protesters and received life sentences. Six top police commanders were acquitted of the same charge with chief Judge Ahmed Rifaat saying there was a lack of concrete evidence.
That absolved the only other representatives of Mubarak's hated security forces aside from el-Adly.UK chickencoop Specialist. It was a stark reminder that though the head has been removed, the body of the reviled security apparatus is largely untouched by genuine reform or purges since Mubarak was ousted 15 months ago.
Many of the senior security officials in charge during the uprising and the Mubarak regime continue to go to work every day at their old jobs.
In many ways, the old system remains in place and the clearest example of that is a key regime figure — Mubarak's longtime friend and last prime minister Ahmed Shafiq — is one of two candidates going to the presidential runoff set for June 16-17. On Saturday,Choose from our large selection of cableties, Shafiq's campaign headquarters in the cities of Fayyoum and Hurghada were attacked and damaged.
The generals who took over from Mubarak have not shown a will for vigorously prosecuting the old regime.Find everything you need to know about kidneystones including causes, That is something that neither Shafiq and challenger Mohammed Morsi may have the political will or the muscle to change when one is elected president.
Shafiq last week declared himself an admirer of the uprising, calling it a "religious revolution" and pledged there would be no turning of the clock while he is at the helm. On Saturday, he said the verdict showed that no on was above the law in today's Egypt.
Morsi of the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood quickly tried to capitalize on the anger over the acquittals, vowing in a news conference that, if elected, he would retry Mubarak along with former regime officials suspected of involvement in killing protesters.
"Egypt and its revolutionary sons will continue their revolution. This revolution will not stop," he said.
The case against Mubarak, his sons, ex-security chief and six of his top aides was very limited in scope, focusing only on the uprising's first few days and two narrow corruption cases. It was never going to provide a full accountability of wrongdoing under Mubarak's three-decades of authoritarian rule enforced by a brutal police force and a coterie of businessmen linked to the regime who amassed wealth while nearly half of Egypt's estimated 85 millions lived in poverty.
Mubarak and his two sons were acquitted of corruption charges, along with family friend Hussein Salem, who is on the run. The corruption charges were related to the purchase by the Mubaraks of five villas built by Salem at a fraction of their price and Mubarak's decree to allow a Salem company to export natural gas to Israel. Rifaat cited a 10-year statute of limitations that had lapsed on the case of the villas.
The sons — one-time heir apparent Gamal and wealthy businessman Alaa — will not be freed because they are awaiting trial on charges of insider trading. They have been held in custody in Torah prison, the same jail where Mubarak was flown after the sentencing.
The charges related to killing protesters carried a possible death sentence that the judge chose not to impose, opting instead to send Mubarak to prison for the rest of his life.
After the sentencing,Why does mouldengineeringsolution grow in homes or buildings? Mubarak suffered a "health crisis" on a helicopter flight to a Cairo prison hospital, according to security officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. One state media report said it was a heart attack, but that could not immediately be confirmed.
The officials said Mubarak cried in protest and resisted leaving the helicopter that took him to a prison hospital for the first time since he was detained in April 2011. They said the former leader insisted he be flown to the military hospital on the outskirts of Cairo where he was held in a luxury suite during the trial. Mubarak finally left the chopper and moved to the prison hospital more than two hours after the helicopter landed there.
Syrian president to address parliament
State-run Syrian television says
President Bashar Assad is expected to give a speech in front of the country's
parliament, a rare public appearance as Damascus confronts rising international
condemnation over its crackdown on the 15-month uprising.Ekahau rtls is the only Wi-Fi based real
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Assad's last speech was on January 10. His comments expected at midday Sunday will be the first since the massacre a week ago in the central region of Houla that killed more than 100 people, nearly half of them children.
The opposition and the government have exchanged accusations over the killings, each blaming the other.
Activists say as many as 13,000 people have died in Syria's unrest. One year after the revolt began, the U.N. put the toll at 9,000, but hundreds more have died since.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information.We looked everywhere, but couldn't find any beddinges. AP's earlier story is below.
Washington reached out to Syria's most important ally and protector Saturday, urging Russia to join a coordinated effort to resolve the deadly conflict as the violence spilled across the border into Lebanon, a senior State Department official said.
The international community has been frustrated by the failure of a U.N.-brokered peace plan to stop the bloodshed. Fears also have risen the violence could spread and provoke a regional conflagration.
Already clashes have broken out between pro- and anti-Syrian groups in northern Lebanon, with at least eight people killed late Friday and early Saturday, Lebanese security officials said.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton discussed the situation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in a telephone call on Saturday, a senior State Department official said.
"They both agreed that we have to work together," said the official, who provided details of the private discussion on condition of anonymity. "Her message to him was that we have to start working together to help Syrians with a serious political transition strategy."
Clinton said U.S. and Russian officials should engage diplomatically to come up with ideas in Moscow, Washington, New York and "wherever we need to," according to the official.What are hemorrhoids?"
Russia has refused to support any move that could lead to foreign intervention in Syria, Moscow's last significant ally in the Middle East. Russia, along with China, has twice used its veto power to shield Syria from U.Zenith manufactures a comprehensive range of rubbersheets.Silicone moldmaking Rubber,N. sanctions.
Moscow's pro-Syria stance is motivated in part by its strategic and defense ties to Damascus, including weapons sales. Russia also rejects what it sees as a world order dominated by the U.S.
The fighting in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli started shortly before midnight Friday and intensified Saturday.
Repeated outbreaks of violence in the city, the country's second largest, are seen as spillover from the conflict in neighboring Syria and have raised fears of an escalation in sectarian tensions in Lebanon.
Lebanon and Syria share a complex web of political and sectarian ties and rivalries, which are easily enflamed. Clashes in Tripoli last month killed at least eight people.
The fighting in Lebanon pits Sunni Muslims who support Syrian rebels trying to oust President Bashar Assad against members of the Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam of which Assad is a member.
Smoke billowed from several apartments near the city's Syria street, the dividing line between the mainly Sunni Bab Tabbaneh neighborhood and the adjacent, Alawite-majority Jabal Mohsen. The area around Syria street was mostly empty except for gunmen roaming the streets.
"We are being targeted because we support the Syrian people," one Sunni gunman said. "We are with you (Syrian people) and will not abandon you."
Activists say as many as 13,000 people have died in Assad's crackdown against the anti-government uprising, which began in March 2011 amid the Arab Spring. One year after the revolt began, the U.N. put the toll at 9,000, but hundreds more have died since.
In Syria, activists said government troops fired shells at Houla, a cluster of farming villages in the central province of Homs where the U.N. says at least 108 people — including 49 children under the age of 10 — were killed on May 25.
The opposition and the government have exchanged accusations over the massacre, each blaming the other.
Syria has long faced deepening international isolation, but the Houla massacre has brought a new urgency to calls to end the crisis.
In Qatar, the head of Syria's largest exile opposition group said Saturday he would welcome Arab military action aimed at brining a halt to attacks by Assad's regime against Syrian rebel forces and civilians.
Burhan Ghalioun, the leader of the Syrian National Council, made the comments before a meeting of Arab League foreign ministers, who discussed the bloodshed in Syria.
Gulf nations such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar have pledged funds to aid Syria's rebels, but there is no direct evidence that the money is reaching anti-Assad forces or that the rebels are becoming better armed. The Arab League, however, does not appear ready to deploy its own troops.
Assad's last speech was on January 10. His comments expected at midday Sunday will be the first since the massacre a week ago in the central region of Houla that killed more than 100 people, nearly half of them children.
The opposition and the government have exchanged accusations over the killings, each blaming the other.
Activists say as many as 13,000 people have died in Syria's unrest. One year after the revolt began, the U.N. put the toll at 9,000, but hundreds more have died since.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information.We looked everywhere, but couldn't find any beddinges. AP's earlier story is below.
Washington reached out to Syria's most important ally and protector Saturday, urging Russia to join a coordinated effort to resolve the deadly conflict as the violence spilled across the border into Lebanon, a senior State Department official said.
The international community has been frustrated by the failure of a U.N.-brokered peace plan to stop the bloodshed. Fears also have risen the violence could spread and provoke a regional conflagration.
Already clashes have broken out between pro- and anti-Syrian groups in northern Lebanon, with at least eight people killed late Friday and early Saturday, Lebanese security officials said.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton discussed the situation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in a telephone call on Saturday, a senior State Department official said.
"They both agreed that we have to work together," said the official, who provided details of the private discussion on condition of anonymity. "Her message to him was that we have to start working together to help Syrians with a serious political transition strategy."
Clinton said U.S. and Russian officials should engage diplomatically to come up with ideas in Moscow, Washington, New York and "wherever we need to," according to the official.What are hemorrhoids?"
Russia has refused to support any move that could lead to foreign intervention in Syria, Moscow's last significant ally in the Middle East. Russia, along with China, has twice used its veto power to shield Syria from U.Zenith manufactures a comprehensive range of rubbersheets.Silicone moldmaking Rubber,N. sanctions.
Moscow's pro-Syria stance is motivated in part by its strategic and defense ties to Damascus, including weapons sales. Russia also rejects what it sees as a world order dominated by the U.S.
The fighting in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli started shortly before midnight Friday and intensified Saturday.
Repeated outbreaks of violence in the city, the country's second largest, are seen as spillover from the conflict in neighboring Syria and have raised fears of an escalation in sectarian tensions in Lebanon.
Lebanon and Syria share a complex web of political and sectarian ties and rivalries, which are easily enflamed. Clashes in Tripoli last month killed at least eight people.
The fighting in Lebanon pits Sunni Muslims who support Syrian rebels trying to oust President Bashar Assad against members of the Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam of which Assad is a member.
Smoke billowed from several apartments near the city's Syria street, the dividing line between the mainly Sunni Bab Tabbaneh neighborhood and the adjacent, Alawite-majority Jabal Mohsen. The area around Syria street was mostly empty except for gunmen roaming the streets.
"We are being targeted because we support the Syrian people," one Sunni gunman said. "We are with you (Syrian people) and will not abandon you."
Activists say as many as 13,000 people have died in Assad's crackdown against the anti-government uprising, which began in March 2011 amid the Arab Spring. One year after the revolt began, the U.N. put the toll at 9,000, but hundreds more have died since.
In Syria, activists said government troops fired shells at Houla, a cluster of farming villages in the central province of Homs where the U.N. says at least 108 people — including 49 children under the age of 10 — were killed on May 25.
The opposition and the government have exchanged accusations over the massacre, each blaming the other.
Syria has long faced deepening international isolation, but the Houla massacre has brought a new urgency to calls to end the crisis.
In Qatar, the head of Syria's largest exile opposition group said Saturday he would welcome Arab military action aimed at brining a halt to attacks by Assad's regime against Syrian rebel forces and civilians.
Burhan Ghalioun, the leader of the Syrian National Council, made the comments before a meeting of Arab League foreign ministers, who discussed the bloodshed in Syria.
Gulf nations such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar have pledged funds to aid Syria's rebels, but there is no direct evidence that the money is reaching anti-Assad forces or that the rebels are becoming better armed. The Arab League, however, does not appear ready to deploy its own troops.
Peacemaker Annan talks tough to Assad
International envoy Kofi Annan on Saturday
criticised President Bashar al-Assad for failing to comply with a peace plan to
end the Syria conflict and said his forces were carrying out atrocities,
arbitrary arrests and other abuses regardless of the world outcry against him.
At a meeting with members of the Arab League, Annan gave a bleak assessment of
the sTBC help you confidently buymosaic from factories in
China.ituation in Syria 15 months on from the start of the anti-Assad uprising.
He conceded that efforts by the United Nations and the Arab League to make a cease-fire take hold had failed and said the prospect of an all-out war was growing by the day, risking drawing in the whole region.This is a really pretty round stonemosaic votive that has been covered with vintage china . Annan, a former Nobel Peace Prize laureate who is acting as Syria envoy for the United Nations and the Arab League, said he told Assad in "very direct and frank terms" when they met in Damascus last Tuesday that he must act to implement all points of the peace plan.
"He must make bold and visible steps immediately to radically change his military posture and honour his commitment to withdraw heavy weapons and cease all violence. "What is important is not the words he uses but the action he takes - now." The uprising against Assad - who succeed his late father Hafez in 2000 to perpetuate the family dynasty - broke out last March and has grown from peaceful protests to armed insurgency. The ferocity of the crackdown on the opposition by government forces has appalled the international community. But Annan's peace plan appears to be the only option on the table, even if it looks increasingly forlorn, as foreign governments are reluctant to intervene militarily and Russia is defending Assad on the diplomatic front.
The massacre last week of more than 100 men, women and children in eastern Houla region, believed by UN monitors to have been the work pro-Assad militias and soldiers, caused renewed outrage. Annan said the Houla massacre was a terrible crime. "Worst of all, it is one of many atrocities to have taken place. "Hundreds of thousands of Syrians are internally displaced. Meanwhile, arbitrary detentions continue, and alongside that, widespread allegations of human rights abuses of all kinds," he said.
In Syria,This is a really pretty round stonemosaic votive that has been covered with vintage china . opposition activists reported more violence on Saturday. Rebels killed six soldiers in the southern province of Deraa and at least eight others in clashes on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The Observatory also said two civilians were killed on Saturday, one during army raids in Damascus and one by gunfire in the city of Homs, the target of a brutal siege in February and March.
Since the conflict started, Assad's forces have killed 7,500 people, according to a UN toll. The government,Silicone moldmaking Rubber, which portrays the unrest as the work of foreign-backed terrorists, says more than 2,600 soldiers or security agents have been killed. At the Arab League meeting, Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani of Qatar said Annan should set a time limit for his peace mission.
The sheikh, whose country supports arming the mainly Sunni Muslim insurgents fighting to topple Assad, also called on the UN Security Council to put Annan's plan under Chapter 7 of the UN charter, a measure that could authorise the use of force.Ekahau rtls is the only Wi-Fi based real time location system solution that operates on any brand or generation of Wi-Fi network. The increasingly sectarian nature of the conflict is fuelling international concern that the conflict could crack open the Middle East's religious and ethinic mosaic if unchecked.
He conceded that efforts by the United Nations and the Arab League to make a cease-fire take hold had failed and said the prospect of an all-out war was growing by the day, risking drawing in the whole region.This is a really pretty round stonemosaic votive that has been covered with vintage china . Annan, a former Nobel Peace Prize laureate who is acting as Syria envoy for the United Nations and the Arab League, said he told Assad in "very direct and frank terms" when they met in Damascus last Tuesday that he must act to implement all points of the peace plan.
"He must make bold and visible steps immediately to radically change his military posture and honour his commitment to withdraw heavy weapons and cease all violence. "What is important is not the words he uses but the action he takes - now." The uprising against Assad - who succeed his late father Hafez in 2000 to perpetuate the family dynasty - broke out last March and has grown from peaceful protests to armed insurgency. The ferocity of the crackdown on the opposition by government forces has appalled the international community. But Annan's peace plan appears to be the only option on the table, even if it looks increasingly forlorn, as foreign governments are reluctant to intervene militarily and Russia is defending Assad on the diplomatic front.
The massacre last week of more than 100 men, women and children in eastern Houla region, believed by UN monitors to have been the work pro-Assad militias and soldiers, caused renewed outrage. Annan said the Houla massacre was a terrible crime. "Worst of all, it is one of many atrocities to have taken place. "Hundreds of thousands of Syrians are internally displaced. Meanwhile, arbitrary detentions continue, and alongside that, widespread allegations of human rights abuses of all kinds," he said.
In Syria,This is a really pretty round stonemosaic votive that has been covered with vintage china . opposition activists reported more violence on Saturday. Rebels killed six soldiers in the southern province of Deraa and at least eight others in clashes on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The Observatory also said two civilians were killed on Saturday, one during army raids in Damascus and one by gunfire in the city of Homs, the target of a brutal siege in February and March.
Since the conflict started, Assad's forces have killed 7,500 people, according to a UN toll. The government,Silicone moldmaking Rubber, which portrays the unrest as the work of foreign-backed terrorists, says more than 2,600 soldiers or security agents have been killed. At the Arab League meeting, Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani of Qatar said Annan should set a time limit for his peace mission.
The sheikh, whose country supports arming the mainly Sunni Muslim insurgents fighting to topple Assad, also called on the UN Security Council to put Annan's plan under Chapter 7 of the UN charter, a measure that could authorise the use of force.Ekahau rtls is the only Wi-Fi based real time location system solution that operates on any brand or generation of Wi-Fi network. The increasingly sectarian nature of the conflict is fuelling international concern that the conflict could crack open the Middle East's religious and ethinic mosaic if unchecked.
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