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Graduate’s hat being tossed into the bright fun sky. Great theme for a graduation card.
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Glasses
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Glasses
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As libraries go, the university library in Leuven has had an unusually turbulent history. Its beginnings, however, were normal enough. Established in 1636, it found its first home in the main University Hall on the Naamsestraat. Less than a century later, about 1725, it moved to its own separate wing of the University Hall building, where it had a magnificent late baroque reading-room facing the Old Market Square (Oude Markt). In August of 1914 German troops set fire to the library building and to much of the city of Leuven. The destruction of the library aroused international indignation. Before the First World War had even ended, committees were formed in both Allied and neutral countries to collect money and books for the reconstruction of Leuven’s university library. The Americans took charge of building a new home for the library. As for Germany, it was required by Article 247 of the Treaty of Versailles to donate thirteen million marks’ worth of books in reparation. Books came pouring in in such numbers that by 1939 there were some 900,000 volumes on the shelves of the reconstructed library. A new site was chosen for the library – the square called Mgr. Ladeuzeplein, and here the new building arose from 1921 to 1928. It was designed by the American architect Whitney Warren (1864-1943) in the style known as Flemish neo-renaissance. The library is still the most impressive university structure in Leuven. / From the outset the building was conceived as a monument, and has been classified as such since 1987. Its interior is also on the classified list. Its style is historicising and its decorative scheme is rich in iconography. Its recurrent decorative themes include: Belgian patriotism (busts of Cardinal Mercier, King Albert and Queen Elisabeth; wall-irons in the form of their monograms), the Allied victory (heraldic flora and fauna including the Japanese dragon and the English unicorn on the lateral facades; Our Lady of Victory, the famous helmeted Madonna who is piercing the head of the Prussian eagle with her sword) and American friendship (136 engraved stones, the American eagle, 48 bells (increased to 63 in 1983) in the belfry for the 48 states and 48 gilded stars on the tower clock’s faces). Thus, the building constitutes a war memorial, recalling the German terror of the First World War and Allied solidarity in the reconstruction years. As early as the 1930’s the new library attracted thousands of tourists and received visits from hundreds of emissaries from every part of the globe. In 1940 when the Wehrmacht occupied Leuven, the library and its contents went up in flames once again. After the war the burnt-out shell was restored and the interior was somewhat modified. As the Central Library of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, it now houses more than a million volumes. From 1999 to 2003 the tower, the roofs and the outer walls underwent a meticulous restoration.
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Graduation cap and a stack of study books on the American flag.
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New model Konstantin
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Graduate’s cap on a study books with the world as background.
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ON THE JUSTICE OF WARD CHURCHILL VIA POP [2008] Some Questions We Should Be Asking About the Attacks on / WARD CHURCHILL For the past two months University of Colorado Professor Ward Churchill’s scholarship and personal life have been put under a microscope. The University is under intense pressure to fire him. Nearly every day the Denver-area media has featured negative allegations as if they were fact. Responses from Professor Churchill and those who support him are rarely printed. What’s really going on here? WHO IS WARD CHURCHILL? / Ward Churchill has written more than twenty books, dozens of book chapters and over one hundred journal articles. As of 2001 he was the most cited scholar in his field. He was hired with tenure in 1991 because he had already published six books, more than most academics ever publish. Prof. Churchill has received numerous teaching awards, four prestigious awards for writing, and was inducted into the Martin Luther King Collegium of Scholars in 2004. Students flock to his classes – which are always oversubscribed – and his public lectures are uniformly well received. His department unanimously voted him chair in 2002. More than 1000 academics and over 5000 others have weighed in to protest CU’s current “investigation.” Such accomplishments don’t happen by accident, or because of a “false claim” of American Indian identity. Why are they being ignored? WHY IS HE CONTROVERSIAL? / What Prof. Churchill says – and how he says it – often forces people to confront issues they would rather avoid. His research focuses on the government’s failure to comply with the Constitution and with international law, raising troubling questions about the treatment of American Indians and the consequences of U.S. foreign policy. The current controversy was triggered by his suggestion that the best way to ensure American security is to prevent our government from engaging in illegal military interventions which destroy other people’s families and communities. Why has public discussion moved from these substantive issues of U.S. policy to a microscopic examination of Prof. Churchill’s life and work? WHAT ABOUT ALL THESE ALLEGATIONS? / The media has repeated, ad nauseum, allegations of “academic fraud” from a handful of relatively unknown academics, without investigating the underlying facts, while the praise of Prof. Churchill’s work by dozens of eminent scholars such as Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, David Stannard, Haunani-Kay Trask, Richard Falk and Robert A. Williams, Jr., has been ignored. Why are the accusers’ credentials and motivations not scrutinized? Why hasn’t the support of the experts in these fields received at least as much exposure? Prof. Churchill has provided evidence of his associate (not honorary) membership in the Keetoowah Band of Cherokee, his long-term participation in the local American Indian community, and his support from American Indian organizations nationally. The denials of his identity all stem from a small, self-appointed group calling itself “National AIM” that has spent many years engaging in politically motivated attacks on Prof. Churchill and the Colorado AIM chapter. What makes these individuals the authority on Prof. Churchill’s identity? Why hasn’t the local media bothered to investigate them? Or talked to American Indians who have worked with Prof. Churchill for decades? Initially Ward Churchill was accused of “advocating” the 9/11 attacks rather than trying to explain their causes; then of criminally “inciting” others to violence. As it became clear that these charges were false, these morphed into claims of personal threats of violence – all years (or decades) old, none ever reported to the police, all denied by Prof. Churchill. Why is the media so determined to paint Prof. Churchill as an advocate of violence? Could it be because he has been such a consistent critic of violence perpetrated by the U.S. government? what’s behind this relentless campaign to discredit ward churchill? This is not just about Ward Churchill. The CU Board of Regents is now refusing to stand by its own rules on academic freedom; established tenure and review processes have been discarded; race and gender studies programs, a wide range of professors and the institution of tenure are under attack both here and around the country. Freedom of speech is meaningless if those who express “unpopular” positions are subjected to onslaughts of unsubstantiated personal and professional attacks. Ward Churchill will not be silenced, but who knows how many others will be? Are we simply going to sit back and watch? Press Release – Ward Churchill / January 31, 2005 In the last few days there has been widespread and grossly inaccurate media coverage concerning my analysis of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, coverage that has resulted in defamation of my character and threats against my life. What I actually said has been lost, indeed turned into the opposite of itself, and I hope the following facts will be reported at least to the same extent that the fabrications have been. The piece circulating on the internet was developed into a book, On the Justice of Roosting Chickens. Most of the book is a detailed chronology of U.S. military interventions since 1776 and U.S. violations of international law since World War II. My point is that we cannot allow the U.S. government, acting in our name, to engage in massive violations of international law and fundamental human rights and not expect to reap the consequences. I am not a “defender”of the September 11 attacks, but simply pointing out that if U.S. foreign policy results in massive death and destruction abroad, we cannot feign innocence when some of that destruction is returned. I have never said that people “should” engage in armed attacks on the United States, but that such attacks are a natural and unavoidable consequence of unlawful U.S. policy. As Martin Luther King, quoting John F. Kennedy, said, “Those who make peaceful change impossible make violent change inevitable.” This is not to say that I advocate violence; as a U.S. soldier in Vietnam I witnessed and participated in more violence than I ever wish to see. What I am saying is that if we want an end to violence, especially that perpetrated against civilians, we must take the responsibility for halting the slaughter perpetrated by the United States around the world. My feelings are reflected in Dr. King’s April 1967 Riverside speech, where, when asked about the wave of urban rebellions in U.S. cities, he said, “I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed . . . without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today – my own government.” In 1996 Madeleine Albright, then Ambassador to the UN and soon to be U.S. Secretary of State, did not dispute that 500,000 Iraqi children had died as a result of economic sanctions, but stated on national television that “we” had decided it was “worth the cost.” I mourn the victims of the September 11 attacks, just as I mourn the deaths of those Iraqi children, the more than 3 million people killed in the war in Indochina, those who died in the U.S. invasions of Grenada, Panama and elsewhere in Central America, the victims of the transatlantic slave trade, and the indigenous peoples still subjected to genocidal policies. If we respond with callous disregard to the deaths of others, we can only expect equal callousness to American deaths. Finally, I have never characterized all the September 11 victims as “Nazis.” What I said was that the “technocrats of empire” working in the World Trade Center were the equivalent of “little Eichmanns.” Adolf Eichmann was not charged with direct killing but with ensuring the smooth running of the infrastructure that enabled the Nazi genocide. Similarly, German industrialists were legitimately targeted by the Allies. It is not disputed that the Pentagon was a military target, or that a CIA office was situated in the World Trade Center. Following the logic by which U.S. Defense Department spokespersons have consistently sought to justify target selection in places like Baghdad, this placement of an element of the American “command and control infrastructure” in an ostensibly civilian facility converted the Trade Center itself into a “legitimate” target. Again following U.S. military doctrine, as announced in briefing after briefing, those who did not work for the CIA but were nonetheless killed in the attack amounted to no more than “collateral damage.” If the U.S. public is prepared to accept these “standards” when the are routinely applied to other people, they should be not be surprised when the same standards are applied to them. It should be emphasized that I applied the “little Eichmanns” characterization only to those described as “technicians.” Thus, it was obviously not directed to the children, janitors, food service workers, firemen and random passers-by killed in the 9-1-1 attack. According to Pentagon logic, were simply collateral damage. Ugly? Yes. Hurtful? Yes. And that’s my point. It’s no less ugly, painful or dehumanizing a description when applied to Iraqis, Palestinians, or anyone else. If we ourselves do not want to be treated in this fashion, we must refuse to allow others to be similarly devalued and dehumanized in our name. The bottom line of my argument is that the best and perhaps only way to prevent 9-1-1-style attacks on the U.S. is for American citizens to compel their government to comply with the rule of law. The lesson of Nuremberg is that this is not only our right, but our obligation. To the extent we shirk this responsibility, we, like the “Good Germans” of the 1930s and ’40s, are complicit in its actions and have no legitimate basis for complaint when we suffer the consequences. This, of course, includes me, personally, as well as my family, no less than anyone else. These points are clearly stated and documented in my book, On the Justice of Roosting Chickens, which recently won Honorary Mention for the Gustavus Myer Human Rights Award. for best writing on human rights. Some people will, of course, disagree with my analysis, but it presents questions that must be addressed in academic and public debate if we are to find a real solution to the violence that pervades today’s world. The gross distortions of what I actually said can only be viewed as an attempt to distract the public from the real issues at hand and to further stifle freedom of speech and academic debate in this country. [This statement represents the views of Ward Churchill, not the University of Colorado at Boulder.]
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Graduation caps being tossed into the sky.
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Some years ago, I had to photograph academics doing their thing. The main protagonist tells me: “The maths describes the clustering of high points in the density field. At the time, we thought galaxies might form there (in some circumstances, we still do).” And I watched him write it out, without his having to use a cheat sheet; you don’t become Professor for nothing.
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Title: The University of Texas Tower / Camera: Nikon D80 / Capture Date: 12/0/2007 / Dimensions: 2572×3842 / Exposure: 1/45 sec f/16 / Focal Length: 50mm / ISO: 100 / Filter: None / Flash: None / Tripod: None / Uploaded Date: 01/09/2009 / Comments: The 307-foot tall UT Austin Tower, designed by Paul Cret of Philadelphia, was completed in 1937. Through the years, the Tower has served as the University’s most distinguishing landmark and as a symbol of academic excellence and personal opportunity. Hook ‘em Horns! © 2007 Charles Dobbs Photography. All photographs and artworks in this portfolio are copyrighted and owned by the artist, Charles Dobbs. Any reproduction, modification, publication, transmission, transfer, or exploitation of the content, for personal or commercial use, whether in whole or in part, without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved.
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Tools of my former trade as an Aerospace Engineering student. This is a glimpse back to what my desk used to look like… physics and calculus notes and homework assignments, pencils, engineering rules, drafting set, compasses, and of course (my savior) the TI-89 graphing calculator. To be honest, you would have never seen my desk this messy. Odd that when I was an engineer I kept my desk neat and organized and now, as a Homeland Security major… it’s covered with books, notes, empty water bottles (not beer bottles thank you very much lol), pens, pencils… at least all my highlighters are in a cup. Thank you for your views and comments as always. ♥ Canon Rebel XT / w/ 18-55mm Canon lens / As is… only turned it black and white / Port Orange, FL Others in the series: / Tales of a Former Engineering Student – Part I / Tales of a Former Engineering Student – Part II / Tales of a Former Engineering Student – Part III
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Tools of my former trade as an Aerospace Engineering student. This is a glimpse back to what my desk used to look like… physics and calculus notes and homework assignments, pencils, engineering rules, drafting set, compasses, and of course (my savior) the TI-89 graphing calculator. To be honest, you would have never seen my desk this messy. Odd that when I was an engineer I kept my desk neat and organized and now, as a Homeland Security major… it’s covered with books, notes, empty water bottles (not beer bottles thank you very much lol), pens, pencils… at least all my highlighters are in a cup. Thank you for your views and comments as always. ♥ Canon Rebel XT / w/ 18-55mm Canon lens / As is… only turned it black and white / Port Orange, FL Others in the series: / Tales of a Former Engineering Student – Part I / Tales of a Former Engineering Student – Part II / Tales of a Former Engineering Student – Part III
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Tools of my former trade as an Aerospace Engineering student. This is a glimpse back to what my desk used to look like… physics and calculus notes and homework assignments, pencils, engineering rules, drafting set, compasses, and of course (my savior) the TI-89 graphing calculator. To be honest, you would have never seen my desk this messy. Odd that when I was an engineer I kept my desk neat and organized and now, as a Homeland Security major… it’s covered with books, notes, empty water bottles (not beer bottles thank you very much lol), pens, pencils… at least all my highlighters are in a cup. Thank you for your views and comments as always. ♥ Canon Rebel XT / w/ 18-55mm Canon lens / As is… only turned it black and white / Port Orange, FL Others in the series: / Tales of a Former Engineering Student – Part I / Tales of a Former Engineering Student – Part II / Tales of a Former Engineering Student – Part III
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I received this by email today and laughed out loud. I traced the image back to Wikimedia Commons .....here and here is the edited and abridged version! The Good Wife’s Guide is a magazine article rumored to have been published in the May 13, 1955 issue of Housekeeping Monthly, describing how a “good wife” should act. The text and supposed scan of the article have been widely circulated via email. Lack of corroborating evidence has cast significant doubt on its origins. The article intends to represent an attitude of gender inequality that many no longer accept. The footnote is my own. ACRYLIC ART CALENDARS CARDS POETRY PHOTOGRAPHY – ANIMALS PHOTOGRAPHY -CANDID SHOTS PHOTOGRAPHY – CATS AND DOGS PHOTOGRAPHY – CONTEMPORARY WORK PHOTOGRAPHY – FLOWERS PHOTOGRAPHY – INSECTS PHOTOGRAPHY – TRADITIONALLY TURKISH PHOTOGRAPHY – TREE AND TREE PARTS T-SHİRTS My Images Do Not Belong To The Public Domain. All images are copyright © taiche. All Rights Reserved. Copying, altering, displaying or redistribution of any of these images without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited / More products available / Why not follow me on / or join me at I have subdivided this category into sections: follow the links and hit on exactly what fits you. You are now at *ALL TEXT TEES ALCOHOL ATTITUDE BLACK/DARK HUMOUR CURRENT EVENTS- FEMINISM / GEEK INNUENDO OFFENSIVE PLAY ON WORDS POLITICAL SATIRE RELIGION TV QUOTES ANIMAL SERIES ART TO WEAR BIRDS CATS AND DOGS SERIES CELTIC SERIES CUTE SERIES DID I HEAR YOU RIGHT SERIES DIGITAL SERIES EINSTEIN SERIES FOR F*’s AKE SERIES GAY SERIES KISS SERIES LINE DRAWING SERIES MANAGRAM SERIES NATIVE AMERICAN SERIES PALINDROME AND AMBIGRAM SERIES PHALLUS SERIES PISS TAKE SERIES RUDE FOOD SERIES SEASONAL SERIES SIGN AND SYMBOL SERIES SMILE SERIES TEXT ONLY SERIES UK POLITICS UNDERWEAR SERIES VINTAGE BURLESQUE SERİES WTF IS THAT ALL ABOUT? See more of taiche at ZAZZLE / Baby Custom T-Shirts :dress that baby up with a special design on a custom t-shirt, long sleeve or onesize / Kids Custom T-Shirts .from organic t-shirts to long sleeve shirts, boys, girls, and toddlers can fill their fashion needs with a one-of-a-kind custom t-shirts for kids. Check out the latest organic t-shirts, sweatshirts, and girls shirts. And plenty of styles for toddlers too! Aprons / Bags / Buttons / Cards / Hats / Keds Shoes / Keychains / Magnets / Mousepads / Mugs / Postage / Postcards / Stickers / T-Shirt / Ties
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To thyself be true. [note] / Limited-use agreement applies. May be installed freely at home or in academic institutions, or in public for demonstration only. All rights reserved. Cannot be transferred, exchanged, or sold. Unique key per copy. Share responsibly. Peer-to-peer network compatible.
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To thyself be true. [note] / Limited-use agreement applies. May be installed freely at home or in academic institutions, or in public for demonstration only. All rights reserved. Cannot be transferred, exchanged, or sold. Unique key per copy. Share responsibly. Peer-to-peer network compatible.
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Over an entrance to the Vienna University of Technology, at Karlsplatz (Carl’s Square) in Vienna, Austria.
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