tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86528932024-03-13T19:20:58.678+00:00Chicks Dig Jerks!Raw spirituality. Raw Dissent. Raw sexuality (well I can dream can't I....). No holds barred. As historical as the Samual Pepys Diary. But without the onanism or shagging of married ladies. Honest.scarletharlot69http://www.blogger.com/profile/02945743240393735233noreply@blogger.comBlogger385125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652893.post-59243548549655347072018-11-02T01:49:00.000+00:002018-11-02T01:49:45.680+00:00No More Peterloos! Film Review of Peterloo
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An excellent start
to <a href="https://www.leedsfilmcity.com/">Leeds International Film Festival 2018</a>. 5/5 <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4614612/">Peterloo</a> directed by Mike Leigh.</div>
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The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterloo_Massacre">PeterlooMassacre</a> took place in Manchester 16 August 1819, a peaceful
demonstration for Parliamentary Reform was attacked by the Yeomanry
(Militia Cavalry) & later regular Cavalry. Hundreds were injured
19 dead. It cast a long shadow the cry of 'No Peterloos' being heard in the subsequent Chartist Movement. </div>
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Wish I had had time
to do some reading before the film but alas baiting kippers,
brexists, fascists, party droids neoliberals tories & fundies on
Twitter does tend to take up time. Of course if nobody is prepared
to argue with them the fascists will win by default & alas
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It is remarkable
that not one film has been made about the Chartists. Peterloo also
is a story that should be told. Mike Leigh is to be congratulated.
Historical films in general that tell the story of our ancestors as
opposed to kings queens & battles from the standpoint of Generals
& the ruling class are a bit or a rarity.
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I appreciate
absolutely that a historical film cannot be a documentary, or indeed
a drama documentary, it has to have a certain poetic licence while
not playing dangerously fast and loose like the appalling anglophobic
works of Mel Gibson. As someone vaguely familiar with Peterloo it
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The Sequence near
the beginning with a series of magistrates dispensing a string of
class justice really set the scene & set the context as did the
opening on the battlefield of Waterloo with a soldier returning to
his sister in Manchester.</div>
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Whenever anyone asks
me who was in a film I just want to scream! One of the great things
about Team America World Police by Parker & Stone was that there
was a distinct lack of actors & the Hollywood stars were mocked
mercilessly. In answer to one question at tonight’s Q&A Mike
said he had made films before where a couple of performances have
really carried the film but for this subject an ensemble performance
was perhaps quite appropriate. I am inclined to agree.</div>
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Historical drama
especially outdoors is costly & needs to be got right. This it
would seem Mike Leigh has managed. The film also holds attention
pretty well throughout. A wonderful journey into the past how we
used to live and an appalling piece of our history.</div>
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The best historians as the best filmmakers are firmly focussed on the future. At the moment at least there is a right to Peaceful Protest though with an anti human rights extremist as Premier we must be vigilant. I am proud to have had some role in organising a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MciOVhgvp8U">peaceful protest </a>here in the 'Desolate North' and to be part of the Greatest Pro-Democracy movement since the Suffragettes. Onwards to the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MciOVhgvp8U">Peoples Vote</a> & the better world that the Reformers at Peterloo struggled so hard for. </div>
scarletharlot69http://www.blogger.com/profile/02945743240393735233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652893.post-79710432321375529012017-11-02T02:16:00.001+00:002017-11-02T02:16:51.009+00:00Film Review: The Square
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2017 Leeds International Film Festival in the Town Hall. The
magnificent Victoria Theatre pre-dating moving pictures by a number
of years. So people first came to concerts in this theatre, in this
town Hall, before Loui Le Prince filmed the Leeds Bridge and his
Garden in Roundhey. Sorry Upper Harehills.</div>
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No spoilers. A art
gallery curator has a series of misadventures that just will not go
away, interacting awkwardly with the marginalised in society with his
colleagues and others. Certainly a film for everyone, especially if
like me you also feel on occasion, awkward with 'tramps'.
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'A gated community is a
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I agree absolutely!
Though I would put 'Community' in inverted commas if preceded by the
word 'Gated'. Ruben probably would as well. True Community is about
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A good film that for
the most part held my attention with some real moments. I reflect on
how awkward I feel myself towards the excluded and marginalised.
One excellent moment where the deep social & political message of
the film came out. I think about right, better than constant
propaganda of course. Perhaps it will be better with a second
viewing, but in my current condition I am not tempted.</div>
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I am a British Citizen, by the Grace of God an Englishman. I am I think by inclination a moderate Unionist, have never professed to be a Nationalist of any description and never supported the SNP. However. The UK is dysfunctional. We needed a fully equal federal UK but this hasn't happened. London is overheating as it has continued to dominate, and economic development of the Great Northern Cities is sorely neglected.<br />
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It is for Scotland to decide tomorrow to stay or go. While many of my compatriots of varying political and other persuasions have pleaded to Scotland to stay in the UK, to me as a die-hard progressive, it seems a no brainer. I love Scotland and if they so choose to leave the UK, they will be doing England a favour. Think of it as a grant of Independence. <br />
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Of course we will still be in the peculiar Empire that is the European Union, there will be no Ed Milliband borders. Unless somebody really wants them. Goes without saying we need a very different European Union to the one we have, a people's Europe not a Bosses and Bankers Europe. Need to Reform the EU. Need to address the democratic deficit. <br />
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Throughout the UK we currently face a relentless onslaught of an utterly immoral Government hell bent on creating as much unemployment, poverty, destitution and homelessness as possible, driving down wages and conditions of hard working families, destroying the NHS, Social Security, the Public Sector and other things that they see as bad things. An Independent Scotland would be a massive change and heading into uncharted territory. But far better than Business as Usual.<br />
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Scotland Voting Yes would not in itself be an end to the tide of Rampant Thatcherism, either in Scotland, England or elsewhere. It would however open up possibilities. Scotland could preserve it's NHS and Social Security while the ConDems or Labour continued with their relentless onslaught in England and Wales. But again, there will at least be opportunities to wake up England. Not least a free and Independent Scotland has the potential to serve as a good example.<br />
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An Independent Scotland will have fair votes, proportional representation, equal votes, at all levels of government. Alas the deeply democratic traditions and passions of England are currently dormant and deep underground. Again, a realisation that something has to give, and something has, is highly preferable to this continued carnival of reaction. <br />
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So to conclude. Dearest Scotland. Please Vote Yes for the sake of your wonderful friends to the South. At this moment in history our interests are one and the same. If you think our interests are in the NHS, social security, jobs, peace, prosperity, democracy, rule of law and everything we have always considered to be civilization. Independence within a European Union of Human Rights and Democracy is the best route for strengthening the ties of friendship, common heritage, and everything else that binds us together. Go for it Scotland!!!!!scarletharlot69http://www.blogger.com/profile/02945743240393735233noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652893.post-80047660201639254972013-09-16T07:55:00.001+00:002013-09-16T07:55:55.358+00:00Quick Conference Photoblog? Monday Morning...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last nite a screening of 'Drill Baby Drill!' a film about fracking in Pennsylvania and Poland hosted by Keith Taylor MEP, rite just been told I got 5 minutes to pack... more bloggin soon...scarletharlot69http://www.blogger.com/profile/02945743240393735233noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652893.post-58002140195260155202013-09-15T07:05:00.000+00:002013-09-15T07:05:12.024+00:00The Great Fire Alarm of Green Party Autumn Conference Brighton 2013Just before plenary session... the fire alarm went....<br />
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we had a fire alarm, pics to follow...<br />
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then just as I was about to blog... the lappy crashes anyway<br />
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A round of applause and standing ovations for the Leader of the Real Opposition, Caroline Lucas MP, out on Police Bail. Funny how the House of Commons is full of real criminals.<br />
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And a standing ovation of course for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Bennett">Natalie Bennet,</a> ''And we will not rest until we’ve expelled every last corporate bloodsucker from our NHS!' Way to go!!!<br />
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and Co-Chair of European Green Party, for years we have sent two excellent Green MEPs, please send more in May. It is the European Parliament that defended the rights of National Parliaments to have a say in economic policy.<br />
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Here's two professors, Molly and Rupert both will make excellent MEPs <br />
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After carnival procession had passed us opposite Abu Baker over to Chapeltown Road to get some comprehensive pics. <br />
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Axe the Bedroom Tax!<br />
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Missing Solfest. Not been to a festi this year :-(<br />
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<br />scarletharlot69http://www.blogger.com/profile/02945743240393735233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652893.post-437008267995863352013-04-30T21:46:00.001+00:002013-04-30T21:46:43.208+00:00A Splendid Firm! (Part One (surprisingly) in a surprisingly occasional series....)Cycling up the York Road here in Leeds I did spot this chimney and thought 'Aha! LICS! <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds_Co-operative_Society">Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society!</a><br />
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It was (I am not sure when from and too) in the constitution of LICS that 'Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society' be on all their buildings. There were a lot of them, not just many purpose built stores but also the original People's Mill that LICS was founded to build, but also laundrys, factories and a slaughterhouse. This is I suppose a bit of ongoing research, it being the subject of my undergraduate dissertation.<br />
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Anyway, was today in the area so took a short historical/psychogeographical detour and got my pic. Said Chimney was that of the Osmondthorpe Laundry, it is now Festival House of <a href="http://www.festivalhampers.co.uk/">Festival Hampers,</a> a splendid firm! The Warehouse Manager said hello, and showed me a photocopy of photos of the Laundry. LICS had another Laundry on Gelderd Road. It too has left some physical remains but not so impressive, if my memory serves me well. Rite that's April over. Doesn't time fly?scarletharlot69http://www.blogger.com/profile/02945743240393735233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652893.post-40898054860135952352013-03-18T23:56:00.000+00:002013-03-18T23:56:33.395+00:00Emergency deprivation of Social Security and emergency email to MPJust emailed the following to my MP, Fabian Hamilton (Labour, Leeds North East). Alas my printer is offline and it is too late to put something in the Republican Mail. And it seems this one is planned to be <a href="http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2012-13/jobseekersbacktoworkschemes.html">steamrollered through Parliament tomorrow....</a><br />
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Subject: Jobseekers (back to work schemes) Bill<br />
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Dear Fabian<br /><br />From the bottom of my heart I appeal to you to oppose
the 'Jobseekers (back to work schemes) Bill, which I understand is to
be rushed through Parliament tomorrow.<br /><br />Why is it an emergency to
deprive some of the poorest in society of the money they need to live on
and which the Courts have said they are entitled to? Why, if the
Grauniad is to be believed, is this being supported by the 'Official
Opposition'?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/mar/15/dwp-law-change-jobseekers-poundland" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1363648392783_2437" target="_blank">http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/mar/15/dwp-law-change-jobseekers-poundland</a><br /><br />furthermore, doesn't such retrospective legislation strike at the very heart of the Rule of Law? <br /><br />and
it is a rotten principal that because it is taxpayers money it should
be denied. On these grounds similar legislation could 'protect the
taxpayer' from claims of compensation against say the Police Service.
It is after all taxpayers money. Of course since they are responsible
for the cock up Chris Grayling and IDS could always be held personally
responsible if we were really to protect the taxpayer.<br /><br />One final
point, as Cait Reilly (the Geology Graduate forced to give up voluntary
work in a museum to work for nothing at Poundland) rightly pointed out,
unemployed people wish for help into paid employment or failing that
education and training. Forced Labour Schemes (Scab for your Giro) and
punitive withdrawal of benefit do not create employment or get anyone
back to work, so the Bill's title is a complete misnomer, a blatant lie.<br /><br /><br />It
is beyond shameful that IDS is proposing this Bill, I trust that as my
MP you will ensure its defeat including working with other MPs or all
Parties.<br /><br /><br />Be in touch for any reason<br /><br />Bluebell Eikonoklastesscarletharlot69http://www.blogger.com/profile/02945743240393735233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652893.post-34115316363744697062013-03-01T02:58:00.000+00:002013-03-01T03:11:01.407+00:00Forty Glorious Years!!! The Greens at Nottingham, Spring 2013<br />
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Made it to Nottingham for Green Party 'Spring' Conference. Here is the Town Hall.<br />
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Why? You may ask. Well, I joined <a href="http://greenparty.org.uk/">The Green Party</a> back in '89. I had not previously been in a political party, not having been born into 'Labour'. Discussion with a 'left' Labour man at Coventry Poly while I was failing my second year disastrously about the need to be in the 'Party of the Working Class' had led me to the conclusion that the Green Party was the Party of the Working Class not the Labour Party which at best does not care. And that was at the time of the Poll Tax where the Green Party supported the struggle against the Poll Tax and the Labour Party were just covering their backs with a fair bit of sectarianism from the 'Left' of the Labour Party. So, nearly a quarter of a century later, the Tories are the Nasty Party, the Lib-Dems are The Other Nasty Party, Labour are Nasty in Waiting and that leaves the Green Party.<br />
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Anyway I first went to Conference at Wolverhampton One in Autumn '89 and last went to Conference at Southport on the occasion of The Party's 21st Birthday. Where did the last quarter century go....<br />
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The East Midlands Conference Center is on the campus of the University of Nottingham. Out on the edge of town and vast with hardly any facilities. Give me Leeds any day!!!!! I am proud to be a <a href="http://www.leeds.ac.uk/">Leeds</a> grad!<br />
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Had hoped to catch the conference opening and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Bennett">Natalie Bennett'</a>s opening speech but alas... hadn't quite calculated the vast distances and relative infrequency of the buses....<br />
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It was a conference of highs and lows and most things in beween, a good high to start was that my name tag and folder with agenda, voting cards, timetable etc was there waiting for me. Have a pic on other camera but am beset by a multitude of hardware and software difficulties here..... so there are a few lost pics for now.<br />
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I made it, complete with a Green Rosette for the County Council Elections.<br />
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Friday Nite was Pub Quiz nite organised by the awesome <a href="http://younggreens.greenparty.org.uk/">Young Greens.</a> Here is a couple of Young Greens.<br />
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So good to be back at Nottingham Friends Meeting House where I have stayed once before at least for <a href="http://yfgm.quaker.org.uk/">Young Friends General Meeting</a> (the Quaker Yoof) when I was a bit younger... <br />
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and then, at 1645 hrs we celebrated 40 Glorious Years! And welcomed our founders!<br />
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From left to right: Lesley Whittaker, one of the original 4, Freda Benfield, another original, Skoolboy <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Taylor_%28Green_politician%29">David Taylor</a> chairing (he was still at skool and wrote to the National Secretary Clive Lord), <a href="http://clivelord.wordpress.com/about/">Clive Lord</a>, a true stalwart (blogging at <a href="http://clivelord.wordpress.com/about/">http://clivelord.wordpress.com/about/</a>) and Michael Benfield another of the originals. The forth Original, Tony Whittaker was prevented through illness and we all wish him health and recovery.<br />
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Lesley took us back to a different world... no mobile phones, no world wide web, photocopiers hardly existed, the internet was top secret, typewriting was generally manual banging away on keys, and copy cut and paste was literally that..<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Johnson">Darren Johnson </a>was compare without compare of the review back at Southport here he is as DJ<br />
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With notice of poll from when Clive Lord stood as the People candidate for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds_North_East">Leeds North East in February 1974</a>. Leeds North East is still here. <br />
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Transport Spokesperson all the way from MK, Alan Francis with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Tyler">Jonathan Tyler</a><br />
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Here is our lead candidate for Yorkshire and the Humber for the European Parliament: <a href="http://greeningkirklees.blogspot.co.uk/">Andrew Cooper.</a> And me.<br />
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And home I went. I first stopped at the statue of Chartist MP Feargus O'Connor, but that shall be another post. I really ought to publish this and go to bed, this post has been something beyond a labour of love. An obsession I suppose. Seems I missed all the important bits out.....<br />
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It was a conference of highs and lows. But on the whole good. We are the happy party, we have good ideas, good news to sell. The future, if there is one, is Green.<br />
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<br />scarletharlot69http://www.blogger.com/profile/02945743240393735233noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652893.post-44924730701279099622013-01-19T13:30:00.001+00:002013-01-19T13:30:10.701+00:00True Brit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's Garth at Wilberforce House.<br />
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William Wilberforce himself was a Yorkshireman, played cricket for Yorkshire<br />
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Four Hundred years! Four Hundred Years!<br />
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There was much resistance to slavery with colonies of maroons in Jamaica and a successful revolt in Haiti by the Black Jacobins gaining their independence . Slavery was abolished in the French Empire during the Reign of Terror. After the terror an expedition was sent to restore slavery to Haiti. It was defeated. Well in the Black Jacobins!<br />
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Dam! I was so angry I made a typo. Oh well. Today I exercised by perogative as and Independent Elector to vote and my duty as a citizen to protest as vigourously as possible by for the first time spoiling my ballot paper.<br />
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Abuse of power and rule by a few very rich people. Things entirely of distant memory. Well if you read the papers and are completely trapped in the media and commodity spectacle.<br />
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The Immortal (though sadly now dead) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Paine">Tom Paine</a><br />
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Good to have been able to finally do a crem day, this time a year on from Pamela departing this life. I am particularly grateful to my host Lisa and Pamela's wonderful friends Taffy and Sarah. And special thanks to <a href="http://www.nationalexpress.com/home.aspx">National Express</a> for rescuing my laptop, which I left on the coach when changing coach at Sheffield. Fan mail to follow guys.... So by the time I got to Mansfield the crem was shut for the day. So thankfully able to get to crem the following morning then back home to feed Ewah.<br />
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Had intended to do a memories of Pamela post long ago. Still haven't even opened a file. But it's a story that should be told. A wonderful story. Hopefully to follow. Anyway, for now, G-d bless you Pamela, thanks for everything! Love never comes to an end. scarletharlot69http://www.blogger.com/profile/02945743240393735233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652893.post-6209812716448248192012-10-16T21:25:00.000+00:002012-10-16T21:28:13.065+00:00Just an Ordinary Redneck Millionaire Creationist Fundamentalist Amerikan GuyLikesay when I heard that Creationist/Fundamentalist Empire <a href="http://www.answersingenesis.org/">Answers in Genesis</a> were planning a replica ark attached to their Creation 'Museum' with millions in tax breaks in a State short on science Educashun... I thought aha!<br />
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Creationists like to say that there are separately created 'kinds' and that evolution didn't happen. It is intersting that they accept some evolution happens. When asked to define 'kinds' they fudge. So if it happens it will be interesting to see how many Kinds (funnily enough the New Jerusalem translation of the Bible says Noah took two of every species, but then the Roman Catholic Church accepts Evolution) go two by two onto the Answers in Genesis Ark. Likesay this one wants watching.<br />
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So with this in mind I found <a href="http://arkencounter.com/blog/2012/02/01/tool-time-with-noah/#comment-6214">the following post</a> on the Ark site of Answers in Genesis from 'David'<br />
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<a href="http://arkencounter.com/blog/2012/02/01/tool-time-with-noah/#comment-6214">http://arkencounter.com/blog/2012/02/01/tool-time-with-noah/#comment-6214 </a><br />
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'Im wondering, was Noah a billionaire of his time? <br />
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I note it's
costing $24 Mil to build a modern-day ark, and there certainly must be a
team of construction/trades workers for the task (obviously they don't
work for free, and certainly didn't in Noah's day, even if there even
WERE non-slave-laborer craftsmen for hire in 2,300 BC!). <br />
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And
surely the "Home Depots" of his time (as if they existed, LOL!)
presumably didn't just give away their tools, tons of lumber and other
construction materials (pitch tar, etc). <br />
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And what did Noah and
his Sons do for physical sustenance for themselves and their families
while they devoted their lives to building the Ark? <br />
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question: had Noah amassed the fortune of a King to pull off a
construction project that rivaled that of Egyptian pharoah's building of
the pyramids (or at least the Titanic ship-building project of more
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Well I am happy to accept that Noah was a Regular (Redneck Creationist Fundamentalist Amerikan) Guy who just happened to be a millionaire. Perhaps he ran a<a href="http://www.answersingenesis.org/"> 'creationist ministry' </a>or some other nice little earner.<br />
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Here is the reply from 'Stephen'<br />
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'Naturally we don't fully know how the ark was built (with labor I mean).
It seems reasonable that Noah would have had help.'</blockquote>
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Oh yeah? Who would help someone build an Ark to escape the flood without hitching a lift? <br />
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'With a significantly
lower population, property could easily be staked off in big chunks.
Wouldn't necessarily mean he was wealthy as we would think of it.
Perhaps he just had a lot of land. He could have traded land for labor.'<br />
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Ok makes sense. He gets it all back after the flood. I will let 'Stephen' finish. <br />
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'It
is also possible that his land would have had a lot of the resources he
needed for building the ark. Mining that material could have happened
before or after the "sale." Land would have been much richer in the
distribution of its resources prior to the flood. <br />
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The same
would be true of the food that was gathered for their sustenance. The
food of the day would have been "greens," nuts and seeds. That's not
difficult to store or gather. There is also trade to consider for
anything else they might have needed. <br />
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All in all, Noah could have easily been an ordinary man of his day just using what was around him.'</blockquote>
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well except that he was a millionaire.<br />
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Likesay this is one to watch if it does get off the ground. As it were. It will certainly be interesting how many 'Kinds' end up on the ark and what gets left out. Gets a bit tricky with two fully grown diplodici' but then they could indeed have been babies or football sized eggs. Funny how the bible doesn't mention this. It is only athiests/sodomites/communists/darwinists/liberals who are not up for doing the most amazing mental somersaults and still not manage to fit it all together. JAH moves in mysterious ways indeed.<br />
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I suspect the question is not are they going to have to cheat to make this replica ark but how much.<br />
<br />scarletharlot69http://www.blogger.com/profile/02945743240393735233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652893.post-79896352353081820412012-10-11T07:10:00.001+00:002012-10-11T07:19:05.526+00:00Creationism 404I had to laugh. <a href="http://www.answersingenesis.org/">Answers in Guinness</a> is one of the leading creationist rackets in Amerika. They are responsible for the large Creationist 'museum' in Kentucky. <br />
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scarletharlot69http://www.blogger.com/profile/02945743240393735233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652893.post-39369085552724219122012-07-15T17:08:00.007+00:002012-07-15T19:56:02.364+00:00Down PitLooks like when I upload pics to the blogger they are uploaded backwards. So perhaps a more stream of consciousness post than usual. Possibly the shape of things to come...<br /><br />Arrived at the National Coal Mining Museum. With Garth's Extension Group on first field trip. Here is a bit of a reminder of that Great Yorkshire Film Brassed Off as Grimethorpe Colliery band were in it as the band as it were.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cAOF6nI-Sms/UAMNjUb4A-I/AAAAAAAAALY/ZhB-hKOmDj4/s1600/100_4787.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cAOF6nI-Sms/UAMNjUb4A-I/AAAAAAAAALY/ZhB-hKOmDj4/s320/100_4787.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765466848396575714" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here I am with a banner.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dqaZuEuyPFk/UAMNi5Z0FII/AAAAAAAAALM/mxTP4OF3rGc/s1600/100_4784.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dqaZuEuyPFk/UAMNi5Z0FII/AAAAAAAAALM/mxTP4OF3rGc/s320/100_4784.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765466841140171906" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I recall seeing some news footage in the last days of the NCB after the final defeat. Raising the flag of the National Coal Board when the pits were nationalised. Like this one.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tZ70CDWf4m0/UAMNiTtEsGI/AAAAAAAAALA/BNyYBSMXMjw/s1600/100_4771.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tZ70CDWf4m0/UAMNiTtEsGI/AAAAAAAAALA/BNyYBSMXMjw/s320/100_4771.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765466831020404834" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The Mines rescue van. Just shows how dangerous coal mining can be.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LFO1U7RMA8M/UAMNj8i1GEI/AAAAAAAAALk/4EwpQMVHUc0/s1600/100_4777.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LFO1U7RMA8M/UAMNj8i1GEI/AAAAAAAAALk/4EwpQMVHUc0/s320/100_4777.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765466859163162690" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The most famous of Bevin boys was perhaps Jimmy Saville.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-70slfWr9xgY/UAMKy7hDHNI/AAAAAAAAAKg/AltFbvOeXmg/s1600/100_4748.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-70slfWr9xgY/UAMKy7hDHNI/AAAAAAAAAKg/AltFbvOeXmg/s320/100_4748.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765463818050411730" border="0" /></a><br /><br />who this?<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3HPlvTqdU-A/UAMKyQfYjmI/AAAAAAAAAKU/V-s3N1kTqV4/s1600/100_4744.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3HPlvTqdU-A/UAMKyQfYjmI/AAAAAAAAAKU/V-s3N1kTqV4/s320/100_4744.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765463806500703842" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Then the pits closed.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o7P1TH07A6E/UAMKx_IfLKI/AAAAAAAAAKI/uDEG59JjpMU/s1600/100_4740.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o7P1TH07A6E/UAMKx_IfLKI/AAAAAAAAAKI/uDEG59JjpMU/s320/100_4740.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765463801841265826" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Alas coal mining was not the only dangerous and hazardous industry. But it was one of the most dangerous and hazardous.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-veqdyQDTgz8/UAMKxuY6hqI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/jADDBtFYefU/s1600/100_4729.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-veqdyQDTgz8/UAMKxuY6hqI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/jADDBtFYefU/s320/100_4729.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765463797346764450" border="0" /></a><br /><br />History of the rescue van<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vz6WvhRCo-A/UAMKzbUpkhI/AAAAAAAAAKs/i5fiPKh3jnI/s1600/100_4762.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vz6WvhRCo-A/UAMKzbUpkhI/AAAAAAAAAKs/i5fiPKh3jnI/s320/100_4762.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765463826588340754" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Evidently rats went down the mines too. The fuckers!<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qrCmWEcEQuc/UAMHloyeuZI/AAAAAAAAAJY/8flQy1jZJqU/s1600/100_4728.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qrCmWEcEQuc/UAMHloyeuZI/AAAAAAAAAJY/8flQy1jZJqU/s320/100_4728.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765460291150068114" border="0" /></a><br /><br />hence it was wise to put your butties in a metal can. Our guide when we went below ground told us that on his first day down pit, the rats had his sandwiches quick as a flash so he went hungry.<br /><br />We went below ground where there were exhibitions but all electronic equipment was 'contraband' and hence not permitted below ground, so we had to surrender our mobies as well as in my case my camera for safe keeping.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecJCrfLPl7Y/UAMHlK1nmTI/AAAAAAAAAJI/FQ850_Ee7V8/s1600/100_4727.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecJCrfLPl7Y/UAMHlK1nmTI/AAAAAAAAAJI/FQ850_Ee7V8/s320/100_4727.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765460283110168882" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here is a group photo of Garth's Extension Group.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_wJRQeQub8w/UAMHkyJduiI/AAAAAAAAAJA/3DYONK93mT4/s1600/100_4725.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_wJRQeQub8w/UAMHkyJduiI/AAAAAAAAAJA/3DYONK93mT4/s320/100_4725.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765460276482521634" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Just a thought.....<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wGNPQ3B4M38/UAMHkdqVrjI/AAAAAAAAAI0/hxQh_DsmBcY/s1600/100_4716.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wGNPQ3B4M38/UAMHkdqVrjI/AAAAAAAAAI0/hxQh_DsmBcY/s320/100_4716.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765460270983261746" border="0" /></a><br /><br />With the coming of the Industrial Revolution coal mining became a vast industry. England ran out of trees to make charcoal and laws were passed to prevent the felling of the remaining forests, because oak was needed for the Royal Navy, which would be handy for a bid for Global Domination. So Abraham Darby I started smelting iron with coke (cooked coal, yes the industrial revolution was coke fueled......) up in Coalbrookdale. And the rest is history.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TasFrBG9GjQ/UAMHmAROvCI/AAAAAAAAAJk/PFGTISSm54w/s1600/100_4734.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TasFrBG9GjQ/UAMHmAROvCI/AAAAAAAAAJk/PFGTISSm54w/s320/100_4734.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765460297453059106" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Generally with the coming of the industrial revolution family units initially continued to work together even in hazardous and dirty trades like coal mining. So women and kidz went down the pit. It seems that men would do hewing of the coal, women transport it and children operate traps.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CuZk1ECM-eA/UAME8Cq3DiI/AAAAAAAAAIY/Egu44vA4tp0/s1600/100_4711.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CuZk1ECM-eA/UAME8Cq3DiI/AAAAAAAAAIY/Egu44vA4tp0/s320/100_4711.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765457377519668770" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here is some winding gear I think.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hi5bo54EjFQ/UAME7jlxZlI/AAAAAAAAAIM/nXRdkGAHx4M/s1600/100_4705.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hi5bo54EjFQ/UAME7jlxZlI/AAAAAAAAAIM/nXRdkGAHx4M/s320/100_4705.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765457369176827474" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The National Coal Mining Museum was previously of course a Coal Mine.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZYkwmrbhn6U/UAME7PJeAII/AAAAAAAAAIA/Y6VGPY8vVfA/s1600/100_4691.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZYkwmrbhn6U/UAME7PJeAII/AAAAAAAAAIA/Y6VGPY8vVfA/s320/100_4691.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765457363689406594" border="0" /></a><br /><br />When deep mining started limited lighting would be provided by naked candle light, very hazardous. <br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pbCq7o6hAp8/UAME6yeDmWI/AAAAAAAAAH0/6Puk-1sWSnA/s1600/100_4683.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pbCq7o6hAp8/UAME6yeDmWI/AAAAAAAAAH0/6Puk-1sWSnA/s320/100_4683.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765457355991128418" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And when legislation removed women from the mines traction was provided initially by horses, hence pit ponys.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vOU1YMYP7_o/UAME8rrtIvI/AAAAAAAAAIg/dUscNKQsFQo/s1600/100_4719.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vOU1YMYP7_o/UAME8rrtIvI/AAAAAAAAAIg/dUscNKQsFQo/s320/100_4719.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765457388529066738" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Perhaps I thought I had a bit more to say in this post, perhaps more for the next one. <br /><br />I recall Ewan McGregor saying of miners that they have an incredible sense of community, working in very tight spaces.<br /><br />But more perhaps I recall Michelle Shocked singing 'The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore'<br /><br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/j6nARSpM-0s" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Beginning to appreciate the Jean Ritchie Original. Never thought I'd live to love the coal dust.scarletharlot69http://www.blogger.com/profile/02945743240393735233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652893.post-42582117704886073462012-07-14T22:45:00.010+00:002012-07-15T00:13:25.113+00:00Open Day and The Old SynagogueGood to have been able to go to today's Open Day at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance. Stalls, performances and free classes. And the main building looks like an old synagogue because it is.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Fv9kj9aiYOQ/UAH27CpoefI/AAAAAAAAAEE/ZOo7gv6PwCs/s1600/100_5384.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Fv9kj9aiYOQ/UAH27CpoefI/AAAAAAAAAEE/ZOo7gv6PwCs/s320/100_5384.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765160492195150322" border="0" /></a><br /><br />To be precise the former United Hebrew Synagogue architects J Stanley Wright 1928-32<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vpRNyvspG3M/UAIDPzN_4_I/AAAAAAAAAHY/pidsFiYetAM/s1600/100_5452.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vpRNyvspG3M/UAIDPzN_4_I/AAAAAAAAAHY/pidsFiYetAM/s320/100_5452.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765174042969498610" border="0" /></a><br /><br />right in process of uploading to the blogger pics are in all sort of order, so just enjoy....<br /><br />here is a view of one of the lesser domes from staircase<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HvWvmeloRuY/UAIDPefjnsI/AAAAAAAAAHM/uG-Z-wxi_J0/s1600/100_5409.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HvWvmeloRuY/UAIDPefjnsI/AAAAAAAAAHM/uG-Z-wxi_J0/s320/100_5409.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765174037405998786" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here is a pillar downstairs holding up the womens' gallery, the foliage seems approximately that of acanthus of Corinthian order whereas pillars out front seem Egyptian.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rBu95QLK_hg/UAIDOq39lKI/AAAAAAAAAG0/tFnYKGjj-iE/s1600/100_5457.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rBu95QLK_hg/UAIDOq39lKI/AAAAAAAAAG0/tFnYKGjj-iE/s320/100_5457.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765174023549719714" border="0" /></a><br /><br />All ye who enter here. Abandon socks....<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1PCNktFpGyg/UAIDQd41luI/AAAAAAAAAHk/fFXvj0Kvt3c/s1600/100_5468.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1PCNktFpGyg/UAIDQd41luI/AAAAAAAAAHk/fFXvj0Kvt3c/s320/100_5468.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765174054423467746" border="0" /></a><br /><br />and of course take off your shoes, you are on Holy Ground (Exodus 3:5)<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8sEeMvj1I3U/UAIB9gxzAhI/AAAAAAAAAGc/XDHRUczADU4/s1600/100_5433.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8sEeMvj1I3U/UAIB9gxzAhI/AAAAAAAAAGc/XDHRUczADU4/s320/100_5433.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765172629270102546" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A view of the pews.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xJhNOzHvOSU/UAIB9NTY61I/AAAAAAAAAGQ/Ry7QXzOpErA/s1600/100_5451.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xJhNOzHvOSU/UAIB9NTY61I/AAAAAAAAAGQ/Ry7QXzOpErA/s320/100_5451.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765172624042290002" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Looking down from the staircase from the womens' gallery.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wlqTFKb9uaM/UAIB8rJuePI/AAAAAAAAAGE/iNaJ8dUftoI/s1600/100_5425.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wlqTFKb9uaM/UAIB8rJuePI/AAAAAAAAAGE/iNaJ8dUftoI/s320/100_5425.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765172614874953970" border="0" /></a><br /><br />top of the staircase obviously...<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vwmomiPY-TI/UAIB8ZuEN3I/AAAAAAAAAF4/7uXSYfuZGuQ/s1600/100_5423.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vwmomiPY-TI/UAIB8ZuEN3I/AAAAAAAAAF4/7uXSYfuZGuQ/s320/100_5423.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765172610195535730" border="0" /></a><br /><br />another shot of the Shield of David atop central dome, scaffolding probably not left over from the synagogue.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-If8LSB8ZE14/UAIB-LUWQTI/AAAAAAAAAGo/-ZpTGSoD9gk/s1600/100_5445.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-If8LSB8ZE14/UAIB-LUWQTI/AAAAAAAAAGo/-ZpTGSoD9gk/s320/100_5445.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765172640689307954" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Shield of David again<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o9-cxo5m-K0/UAIAN8uMWiI/AAAAAAAAAFg/6oDxH4aSC-A/s1600/100_5415.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o9-cxo5m-K0/UAIAN8uMWiI/AAAAAAAAAFg/6oDxH4aSC-A/s320/100_5415.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765170712625830434" border="0" /></a><br /><br />top of staircase entrance to womens' gallery<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m120HIJ34os/UAIANSO3sxI/AAAAAAAAAFU/iNBSQuAtQ5g/s1600/100_5413.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m120HIJ34os/UAIANSO3sxI/AAAAAAAAAFU/iNBSQuAtQ5g/s320/100_5413.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765170701220164370" border="0" /></a><br /><br />up the staircase<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KP21opNWViA/UAIAM80w22I/AAAAAAAAAFI/dQJTLnMSW9k/s1600/100_5410.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KP21opNWViA/UAIAM80w22I/AAAAAAAAAFI/dQJTLnMSW9k/s320/100_5410.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765170695473519458" border="0" /></a><br /><br />staircase with lesser dome above<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VcGaYm3x4VY/UAIAMRhPqgI/AAAAAAAAAE8/jTyssg8AFUQ/s1600/100_5406.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VcGaYm3x4VY/UAIAMRhPqgI/AAAAAAAAAE8/jTyssg8AFUQ/s320/100_5406.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765170683848927746" border="0" /></a><br /><br />more windows with Shield of David<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4v84GtCR08U/UAIAOXie4KI/AAAAAAAAAFs/UegACgRY6zU/s1600/100_5421.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4v84GtCR08U/UAIAOXie4KI/AAAAAAAAAFs/UegACgRY6zU/s320/100_5421.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765170719824470178" border="0" /></a><br /><br />staircase<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k_p-2O4uDtk/UAH-0xHgheI/AAAAAAAAAEw/l-iLXWmrGOo/s1600/100_5403.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k_p-2O4uDtk/UAH-0xHgheI/AAAAAAAAAEw/l-iLXWmrGOo/s320/100_5403.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765169180502427106" border="0" /></a><br /><br />lobby<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uHMT4IGsJF4/UAH-jsVSW7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/bDsgHkfDWCI/s1600/100_5401.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uHMT4IGsJF4/UAH-jsVSW7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/bDsgHkfDWCI/s320/100_5401.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765168887160265650" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Shield of David<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9rb6O0eOybI/UAH6zEa3a-I/AAAAAAAAAEU/lGgZudrQ-48/s1600/100_5387.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9rb6O0eOybI/UAH6zEa3a-I/AAAAAAAAAEU/lGgZudrQ-48/s320/100_5387.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765164753277643746" border="0" /></a><br /><br />lets post.scarletharlot69http://www.blogger.com/profile/02945743240393735233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652893.post-51987335443479033752012-07-14T20:54:00.002+00:002012-07-14T21:14:53.502+00:00Rainbow over the headrowa quick test post, if it works perhaps I will do that blogging frenzy.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rAnZ1Pj3Kc0/UAHc9ZoAwaI/AAAAAAAAAD0/mcCM6ssjp_U/s1600/100_5307.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rAnZ1Pj3Kc0/UAHc9ZoAwaI/AAAAAAAAAD0/mcCM6ssjp_U/s320/100_5307.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765131945419784610" border="0" /></a>scarletharlot69http://www.blogger.com/profile/02945743240393735233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8652893.post-51878815198163370012012-06-14T20:56:00.001+00:002012-06-14T20:56:34.521+00:00Pin!Got my pin from the <a href="http://www.alumni.leeds.ac.uk/">alumni office!! </a>It made it through the <a href="http://www.royalmail.com/">Republican Mail </a>as did my returned questionaire!<br />
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