Monday, November 29, 2004
Sunday, November 28, 2004
LOUIS-PHILIPPE HÉBERT 1850-1917 Sculpteur national (PDF 3.8MB)
LOUIS-PHILIPPE HÉBERT 1850-1917 Sculpteur national (PDF 3.8MB): .... English text of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec's catalogue for the exhibition of 2001
Louis-Philippe Hébert's "...Soupir du lac..." at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
"... Soupir du lac, 1902, fonte - 1908 - Hébert was probably the first Québec sculptor to take an interest in the Amerindian nations. Generally, his portrayal of them echoes the image of the "noble savage" instituted by Jean-Jacques Rousseau in the late 18th century and largely echoed by the Romantic movement..." A quote from Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec's modern art collection embraces fifty years of artistic creation and reflects the diversity of styles that emerged from 1900 to 1950. This period is marked by a penchant for Paris, art capital of the world, among many Québec artists.
My great-grandfather... Louis Phillippe Hebert....
was born in Ste-Sophie d'Halifax, Quebec, Canada... the son of an illiterate farmer through talent and hard work, became the creator of images that represent many of the major players in Canada's history.... this is the National Historic Monument plaque that marked his birthplace.
My great-grandfather...
...Louis Phillipe Hebert... the sculptor who brought the skill of bronze casting to Canada... to learn more about him... visit my web page about him and read the Bio and works list of Quebec sculptor Louis-Phillipe Hebert
Sea ice on Hudson Bay...
.. at Repulse Bay, Nunavut... the first flickr photo from a friend of mine who is a Nurse there...
Sunday, November 21, 2004
George's Christmas Gift Exemption Certificate
Buy Nothing Day posters are available to download. A printer is all you need to support BND and give your friends and family permission not to buy you gifts. To get your own blank copies, just visit http://www.adbusters.org/metas/eco/bnd/
Saturday, November 20, 2004
The Metis Sash
The Sash is a finger woven belt made of wool approximately three metres long. Traditionally it was tied at the waist to hold a coat closed, including being used as a scarf or rope.
Each colour of the sash represents:
Yellow - Prosperity
Blue _ The depth of the Metis Sprit
White - The connection to Mother Earth
Red - Blood shed
Green - Fertility
Dark Blue - The dark period of repression and disposession.
This display was part of a presentation at Aurora College's Thebacha Campus the week of November 15th, 2004.
For more information on the Metis Sash, click here
Each colour of the sash represents:
Yellow - Prosperity
Blue _ The depth of the Metis Sprit
White - The connection to Mother Earth
Red - Blood shed
Green - Fertility
Dark Blue - The dark period of repression and disposession.
This display was part of a presentation at Aurora College's Thebacha Campus the week of November 15th, 2004.
For more information on the Metis Sash, click here
NorthernMost Hosts Training Program Course
A training program given Rosanna Strong (3rd from left) of "Strong Interpretation PO Box 2671, Yellowknife, NT X1A 2R1 Ph./Fax 867-873-554 at Aurora College (Ft Smith) November 18 & 19 2004
Sunday, November 14, 2004
Calypso belbosa - Fariy Slipper
Taken in June of 2004 at Fort Smith Northwest Territories Canada 60°00'N, 111°58' W
The Dog River
A tributary of the Slave River... just over the border in Alberta from Fort Smith... Francois Paulette was kind enough to invite me on a very nice boat trip to the Dog river with his family.
Saturday, November 13, 2004
When is a "security" deposit a "cleaning" deposit?
See how the landlord of 426 Calder Ave. Ft Smith arranges to keep $669.32 of a $1,000 "security deposit" on this 3 room basement apartment in Fort Smith
Click here to see the full set of pictures as I left it on September 30... click on the individual pictures to see more detail... see if you can see anything that was damaged and in need of repair.To see a slide show of the pictures... click here
Take a look at the pictures and decide for yourself if $669.32 is a fair price to charge for the "repair" of this basement apartment.
If you are renting in the NWT or are about to rent one.. you need to read this information from the Rental Office of the Northwest Territories, by clicking here
This note on the "Security Deposit" is taken from the above page..
What is a security deposit?
A security deposit is money given to a landlord by a tenant. The money is held by the landlord until the end of the tenancy at which time the security deposit may be used for rental arrears or tenant damages.
How much money can a landlord request as a security deposit?
In the case other than a weekly tenancy, the security deposit may not be greater than the amount equal to one (1) months rent.(Section 14[1]
You can download a PDF version of the official Residential Tenancy Agreement of the NWT by clicking here.
Hal Logsdon, Rental Officer for the NWT
Rental Office
3rd Floor, Panda II Mall
PO Box 1920
Yellowknife NT X1A 2P4
Telephone: (867) 920-8047
Fax: (867) 873-0489
Toll Free: (800) 661-0760
can be reached via e-mail at via Kim Powless
You may choose to leave your opinion on this... or telling us about your experience with landlords in the NWT by clicking on the little pencil just below this....
Friday, November 12, 2004
Myself, photographing the Great Wall
One of the things one learns at the wall... is that if one visits the tourist sections of the wall... one sees a rebuilt Wall... that's evident if one visits the orther sections... as they are quite delapidated and crumbling..
Thursday, November 11, 2004
Some of my online work
My weblogThe MediaMentor's Blog
E-mail lists I moderate....
Creative-Radio
MediaMentor
Journalists for Human Rights
Nunavut Circumpolar List
The Thebacha List
Nunavut CAP Sites
E-mail lists I moderate....
Creative-Radio
MediaMentor
Journalists for Human Rights
Nunavut Circumpolar List
The Thebacha List
Nunavut CAP Sites
Remembrance Day 2004 in Fort Smith
Images of Fort Smith's 2004 Remembrance Day ceremonies are online.
Remembrance Day Montage 2004
The following link will bring up up a slide show of the pictures I took of the ceremonies and the parade to the cenotaph in Fort Smith.
This link will take to see the full set of pictures. Click on any picture to see the full size version.
SOME ABORIGINAL VETS YET TO BE COMPENSATED
After years of being denied compensation, some Aboriginal veterans in the Yukon have finally received a financial settlement from the federal government. But for others, the stuggle continues.
FULL STORY
Remembrance Day Montage 2004
The following link will bring up up a slide show of the pictures I took of the ceremonies and the parade to the cenotaph in Fort Smith.
This link will take to see the full set of pictures. Click on any picture to see the full size version.
SOME ABORIGINAL VETS YET TO BE COMPENSATED
After years of being denied compensation, some Aboriginal veterans in the Yukon have finally received a financial settlement from the federal government. But for others, the stuggle continues.
FULL STORY
Monday, November 08, 2004
TASSS bake sale buyers...
On October the 30th, 2004... TASSS (The Artists of the South Slave Society) of Fort Smith had a bake sale and raised about $350,,, These are some of the folks who supportted the arts by buying some of the goddies.. I manned the table and recorded these faces as a way of saying thanks to them.
Daynee Paulette Benefit Concert Images online
Our hearts go out to Jerry and Jamie Paulette in their time of crisis. Funds raised at this concert will go to assisting them and their family while they are staying with their daughter in Edmonton. They and their family thank you all.
We pray that, God willing, Daynee will recover soon.
The Daynee Paulette Benefit Committee would like to thank the following for their kind and generous support to this concert.
Fort Smith Metis Local
Northwestern Air Lease http://www.nwal.ca/
Uncle Gabe's Friendship Centre
Keaser's Store
Northern Store
Gallery Restaurent
Gartal Holdings http://www.gardtal.com/
And all the volunteers and performers too!
Here is a slide show of the images I took at the concert that I've put online for Daynee, Jerry and Jaime to see in Edmonton. To see them too, just click here.
We pray that, God willing, Daynee will recover soon.
The Daynee Paulette Benefit Committee would like to thank the following for their kind and generous support to this concert.
Fort Smith Metis Local
Northwestern Air Lease http://www.nwal.ca/
Uncle Gabe's Friendship Centre
Keaser's Store
Northern Store
Gallery Restaurent
Gartal Holdings http://www.gardtal.com/
And all the volunteers and performers too!
Here is a slide show of the images I took at the concert that I've put online for Daynee, Jerry and Jaime to see in Edmonton. To see them too, just click here.
Sunday, November 07, 2004
Stone dragon stair carving... Beijing
ths carving cried out to be photographed... such a wonderful dragon...
Another stone dragon carving
All the work at the Summer Palace was great... but the stone carvings were by far the most intricate I have seen... they even surpass IMHO the temple carving I saw in Orissa, India.
The old gods eye the new god in Beijing
The first weekend I was in Beijing... one of the other Foreign Experts took me to the Beijing antiques fair... reall just a large field where folks were standing around next to their goods... Funny thing... the next week the authorities closed it down... to clean up the city for the International Women's Conference that was held later that year.
Saturday, November 06, 2004
Money in China
We were paid $500 US dollars oer month as a Foreign Expert... (half in US dollars the rest in yuan) dosen't sound like much... but when you know that a meal for ten people with a dozen Beijing Beers cost less that $10 US and we had free accomodations... I was able to save about $200 US every month...
This is a one yuan note of the time (1995).
This is a one yuan note of the time (1995).
My Beijing Residency Permit
Everyone who lives in China needed to have an official permit from the government to be able to live where they lived... this is the inside of my permit to live in Beijing.
The inside of my China Daily Press-Pass
I spend almost a year working at China Daily in Beijing as a "Foreign Expert" brought in by the Foreign Expert's Department of the government of the P.R.C. It was a great way to learn about China and the way of life there in 1995... and get paid for it too!
My first test of Audioblogging
I have downloaded it to my Mac and played it there... The audio quality seems to be quite acceptable and would certainly work as a way of doing news reports for a radio station... and since it is free... would certainly be of interest to community radio stations... Why not try it yourself to check the quality? George
Friday, November 05, 2004
Myself in Tianjin
... video taping a beautiful bronze pot... I'm in the yellow jacket... with our minder looking over my shoulder in the background.
Three generations..
... show off their "amautie".. the Inuit woman's traditional costume at the Canada Day "tradional clothing" competition.
The graveyard in Arviat, Nunavut...
.... is a difficult place to lay the community's souls to rest... the permafrost makes digging the graves quite difficult.
A ship's visit is an important moment in all Nunavut communities...
All heavy cargo gets delivered to town via ship as Arviat has no road or rail connection to the outside world... just air and water connections... as with all of Nunavut's communities.
A steel hull
.. said to be the remnants of boat that brought some southern settlers to Arviat, Nunavut.
A ptarmigan...
in in its fall, 'tween season, feather display.. photographed on the "road to nowhere" just outside of Arviat, Nunavut,
The grind...
... of making wheat into flour.. is a local task in Orissa.. not a thing done by some far-away corporation.
Granny & the grand-kids
.... waiting for a polio innoculation.. as part of India's effort to irradicate the disease.
Many of India's babies die...
.. in Orissa when mother use formula instead of breast feeding due to bad water.. or poor formula.. Breast feeding is best..
Mutton..
... mutton.. who's got your goat?
No one eats the beef from India's sacred cows... so mutton is one of the sources of proten available to the Indian farmer.
No one eats the beef from India's sacred cows... so mutton is one of the sources of proten available to the Indian farmer.
Two development workers...
. at Gram Vikas... doing the mounds of paperwork that an Indian office demands.
The kids in Orissa India...
.. as kids everywhere.. would gather 'round whenever I sat down to talk to someone... this time I did a quick turn about and snapped this image of them..
The Indian farmer's most important tool...
.. the handmade plow.. locally made because that's all the farmer can afford..
Gathering firewood...
... in Mahoda (Ganjam District, Orissa India) a lady gathers the day's firewood by chopping up a dead tree with a machet.
Thursday, November 04, 2004
Home is..
always something to be proud of... especially when you are an Indian farm family living in one of the hamlets of the Ganjam District of Orissa, India.
This is an image I took while working for Gram Vikas as a VSO Canada Volunteer.
This is an image I took while working for Gram Vikas as a VSO Canada Volunteer.
Sunday, October 31, 2004
Rose hips....
...from the wild rose of Alberta... encased in a covering of snow down from the skies and frost from the Slave River.
Fall foliage in Fort Smith..
There's not much red in the foliage up here in the South Slave region of the Northwet Territories... that's because there are no maple trees.. but the aspens give great golden colours..
The hydro powerlines in this image carry electricity from the Thelon Dam to us in Fort Smith and Hay River... giving us the least expensive electricity in the NWT.
This shot was taken on Route # 5 south of Fort Smith in Alberta between us and Fort Chip... looking North..
Saturday, October 30, 2004
First frosty fog of '04
The Slave River's big... so when the air temp goes below freezing.. but the ice has yet to set in the river... there are some days when clouds of fog roll off the water onto the trees in the surounding countryside.... this was one of those days...
Friday, July 30, 2004
Flutterby
This was an amazing shoot. This canadian Tiger Swallowtail actually stayed in position for about 20 mins.. I was able to get about two feet away... as close as I needed to get to get all the shots I wanted...
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