Rose is a sought – after and noble flower and rose tattoos are in great demand. Rose sleeve and half sleeve tattoos, as well as skull and roses sleeve tattoos, are the most popular among the group of rose tattoos. They have diverse meanings for all people and the place of their application depends on a great variety of individual factors. Thus, often tattoos are depicted on arms, shoulders and hips.
Check out the tattoo on the forearm, looks like the 3D effect! A red rose itself demonstrates passion and probably aggressive love, definitely, it is not for shy people!
A black and white rose half sleeve tattoo looks great on a tanned skin. The pattern talks about diverse and sometimes dangerous roads on the way to love.
A beautiful blue rose on a woman's sleeve catches the eye. This blue color of the rose displays the purity of the soul and good intentions.
A rose on the whole sleeve adds sexiness to this blonde! A soft, girlish arm is covered with the beautiful pattern of roses, she is ready to love and to be loved! The pattern is repeated on the wrist.
A rose tattoo, combined with a butterfly, covers the shoulder and the upper arm. Flowers have fully opened, which means that a person is mature enough to understand the difference between love and infatuation.
A gorgeous, colorful rose on the whole sleeve is amazing! Looks magnificent and the butterfly fits well the overall picture, it is the best option for those, who are in love with colorful rose sleeve tattoos!
A black rose tattoo with insertions of light spaces adorns the lower arm. There are both blossomed flowers and flower buds with spikes, which convey that the person has loved in life and has been burned by love, but he is not completely disappointed in love.
Here is a rose tattoo on the lower arm with peonies, they express the femininity and tenderness. The tattoo looks very stylish and this floral pattern will suit every girl.
A volumetric rose on the lower arm with the shimmer looks awesome! As you see, you don't need colored paint to be beautiful.
Do you want to have a nice, but not a flashy tattoo? Then this stylish smoky rose on the lower arm is perfect for you!
What a great half sleeve rose tattoo! There are flowers with thorns and leaves on the forearm! The tattoo means that love is full of ups and downs and you need to be ready for anything.
A rose tattoo with red roses and the inscription on the one side with a black and white rose on the other side spans the sleeve. These two sides symbolize two facets of love: happiness and sadness.
The tattoo itself is pretty, but the skull, entwined with the rose on the shoulder, has a sad meaning. Often it symbolizes the loss of a loved one.
A rose tattoo together with leaves and gems on the lower arm is cute. It denotes that for this person love is associated with a cherished gem.
The black and white rose tattoo is on the lower arm. A blooming flower with leaves looks very organic and signifies love and affection. It is the classical variant for the first tattoo.
The skull and rose tattoo together with a flag of Germany on the sleeve creates a pleasant picture. Probably, this person shows his love and dedication for Germany.
These smoky roses look volumetric and extremely cool, they are about an important place of love in life. A man with this tattoo on his lower arm will never go unnoticed in a crowd.
A tattoo covers the sleeve; lovely, blooming roses without thorns say that a person is happy in love and she has a harmonious relationship.
Perfect roses with the watch and the microphone embrace the whole sleeve. The tattoo is very vivid and the idea is that that the person is in love with the music and with life.
An awe-inspiring skull with roses in on the forearm! The skull is covered with abstract patterns, and the rose is red and open. This tattoo is about the immortality of love.
Roses grasp the entire sleeve, another flower is located closer to the wrist. The union of several flowers in the tattoo means the merging of spiritual powers.
A stunning tattoo is on the sleeve, above there is the skull, which is connected with roses with the help of thorns and leaves. The significance is very symbolic: in this life love can lead to a tragedy after the tragedy love can appear.
A rose tattoo grasps the whole sleeve, big, stunning roses alternate with butterflies. The tattoo is bright and light, it is suitable for people with the cheerful nature.
Burgundy and red roses are wrapped around the skull, the tattoo is on the upper arm. Instead of eyes in the skull, there are also flowers, it means that a true love can overcome everything, even death!
A tattoo on the forearm depicts the skull with a red and blue rose, the inscription "Fate" is very symbolic because in a person's life the meeting of love and death is inevitable.
What a magnificent floral tattoo with pink roses! They are on the whole sleeve and they will add femininity and charm to any woman.
Here is a gothic skull with red roses on the forearm. The skull holds a rose in his mouth, which suggests carelessness of the person and the predisposition to committing courageous acts.
heck out this rose tattoo with a skull on the lower arm. Pink rose petals look amazing and the skull is volumetric. This tattoo is suitable for lovers of everything unusual and it means that the owner is ready for anything that life offers.
Roses, displayed on the lower arm, are in gray, black, green and orange colors. Each color shows a facet of love: joy, sadness, melancholy, and happiness.
A bright, colorful rose looks dazzling! The rose itself is in red, orange, pink and white colors and it is associated with a peak of love: the blue background is harmonious relations, and the flower in the center is love, which inspires this relationship.
A tattoo on the forearm is a pink rose on the blue background. Green leaves surround the rose, just like joy and happiness encircle love, looks amazing!
A gothic rose on a forearm with spikes is mysterious. This tattoo emphasizes the enigmatic nature of the owner and speaks about the constancy in love.
A rose tattoo on the sleeve covers almost the whole skull, it creates the effect of an infinite pattern, which can symbolize the life cycle.
Check out this stunning bouquet of roses on a sleeve. Smoky roses express the exuberant nature of the owner, however, the person can be tamed with the help of love.
A tattoo with an open red rose and the inscription "True love" on the lower arm says that the man has found his love and wants to immortalize it.
The tattoo on a lower arm is a skull, the rose slightly closes the skull, which indicates that in a relationship love always prevails over sadness.
A gorgeous smoky rose covers the sleeve. It is suitable for people, who have already found their soul mate, or have just started their search.
A superb red rose with green soft leaves is placed on the forearm. Petals are large and red, they denote that the person has a large and loving heart and is ready to devote his life to the family.
Stunning vintage roses embrace the forearm and look terrific. There are many small flowers that are just going to open up and the whole picture expresses only the beginning of a romantic relationship.


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Renfrewshire Arts and Museums' new autumn programme
Scottish musical talent set to kick off Renfrewshire Arts and Museums' new autumn programme
Superb line-up of Scottish musical talent set to kick off Renfrewshire Arts and Museums' new autumn programme:
Autumn has arrived in Renfrewshire with a new and exciting arts programme jam packed with music gigs, plays, film screenings, stand-up comedy, exhibitions, dance pieces and outreach classes and events taking place at venues across the region.
The music programme kicks off with Heidi Talbot sharing a stage with John McCusker, Kris Drever and Ian Carr, quickly followed by a new series of Paisley Underground gigs which returns for its third year focusing on artists from 3 of the country's most dynamic record labels as well as developing and promoting emerging talent.
Again the theatre programme boasts a diverse mix of themes, from the heart-warming and hilarious 'The Matchmaker' to the wonders of witchcraft, Wi-Fi and wild imagination in 'The Scarlett WWWeb'. Moreover, the newly refurbished Renfrew Town Hall will play host to 'The Monster in the Hall' by award winning playwright David Greig and come November you are encouraged to lose control as 'Sing-a-long-a Grease' hits Paisley Town Hall with an electrifying performance.
The countdown to Mòd 2013 is now well underway and as a taster, Gaelic musicians Mairi Morrison and Alasdair Roberts take to the stage to perform their stunning new recording of 'Urstan' during The Spree festival in October.
Renfrewhire Arts and Museums is again working with The Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival to bring you insightful discussions, films, such as 'My Name Is Joe', and a drama performance called 'Piece of Mind'; which brings to life the experiences of young people suffering from Bipolar Disorder.
Two exhibitions not to be missed at Paisley Museum this season are Paisley Artists 100th Annual Exhibition and 'Paisley's River', a presentation of the role that the White Cart Water has played in the town's development over the years.
Once again our talented outreach team will be running an extensive programme of creative art, fashion design and animation classes, as well as family favourites Playdays! @ the Museum and themed Baby Discos.
The new Autumn What's On brochure, complete with the full arts programme is available from various venues and hotspots across Renfrewshire and Glasgow.
You can also keep up to date with Renfrewshire Arts and Museums by following www.facebook.com/renfrewshirearts, logging onto www.renfrewshire.gov.uk or signing up to their e-newsletter by emailing rem.els@renfrewshire.gov.uk where you have the chance of winning a £50 Amazon gift card if you do so before 2 November.
23/08/2012 /by Brian McGuire
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Lighting Up Shakespeare
Lighting up Shakespeare combines Jacobean history (the period when Shakespeare's plays were written and first performed) with the latest LED technology to authentically and safely create a unique audience experience. The project came from my own interest as a lighting designer; I wondered how it might have looked and how lighting could alter the dynamics of a theatre.
The project provides two aspects to the Jacobean stage; covering the stage with light as if lit by chandeliers and using prop lighting such as cressets and lanterns. Chandeliers hung over the stage and also provided light onto the audience. Cressets provided light at the front doors of the theatre and were then moved to the stage to add side light once the play started. These items would have used tallow (animal fat) with a wick made from rush or flax.
Footlights added extra light and were basic to begin with; merely oil lamps placed at the front of the stage but later with advances from Nicola Sabbatini, became more technical and even had methods of "dimming".
I originally wanted to recreate the Jacobean stage but the wide eyed look from my health and safety manager made me reconsider and that got me thinking… How do you recreate candle-light? How can we keep history alive without the health and safety risks? My answer? LEDs.
LED or Light Emitting Diode to give it its full title, have boomed in to the market of recent years and have been incorporated in to what seems like just about everything. The main advantage to LEDs is their mono-chromaticity. Now, this does present its own problems but if you took a normal tungsten light bulb and you dimmed it, you would notice it turning a more orange colour; its colour temperature changes. If you dim an LED, its colour temperature does not change thus making it much easier to match the colour of the candle along with the light level or lux level.
Both stage lighting and prop lighting have two elements; the colour and the flicker. The tallow creates an orange-yellow flame, more orange than a modern day candle and not as bright. To achieve this match, I used two different colour combinations: red, green and blue and orange, white and green. When projected on to a reference white background, both combinations produced an exact metamer (colour match) to the tallow candle.
There's so much more information I'd like to share with you on this project so please visit my website www.lightingupshakespeare.wordpress.com
Emma Armstrong is Stage Technician for Renfrewshire Arts and Museums, Scotland. There will be a "Lighting up Shakespeare" exhibition at Paisley Museum, Renfrewshire, Scotland. It will be a small exhibition all about the work I have done on this project. This opens on August 22nd 2012 and will run for 10 weeks. I will also be presenting a paper at the Glasgow Progress in Colour Studies Conference on July 11th 2012.
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Tannahill Anniversary
Events planned to mark death of poet Tannahill: BBC link
A Scottish poet who killed himself after being rejected by a publisher is to be remembered on the 200th anniversary of his death.
Robert Tannahill, also known as the Weaver Poet, was once viewed as being almost comparable to Burns.
The centenary of his death saw 15,000 people head to Paisley's Gleniffer Braes, one of his favourite spots, to listen to his songs. It is hoped that Paisley buddies and poetry lovers will again turn out in force to pay tribute to the poet.
New CDs of Tannahill's work are being released, concerts are being put on and a series of events will take place in May, including walks, talks and a play.
Tannahill was born in 1774 to a weaving family but showed a talent for writing poetry. His song Braes o' Balquhidder is thought to be the basis for the famous folk song Wild Mountain Thyme.
Valerie Reilly, from Paisley Museum, said Tannahill was inspired by the beauty of nature. read more ..
Discuss this topic on the message board.
Link to Tannahill in Paisley History section.
Link to Tannahill in Famous people from Paisley section.
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By Allan Mitchell
& it's November 1939 & from Inverness to Glasgow, we come in droves (by car, by bus, by train) to answer the call of our allies. & we leave behind our loved ones (sons, daughters, wives) to set foot on foreign shores & stand & fight for future freedom. & we band together (we men, we brothers, we fathers, we sons) & march toward the coastal docks & unite the British freedom force (infantry, artillery, auxiliary). & on the pier, a regiment piper's lament echoes & echoes into the crisp coastal air. & the off-key droning wail pulsates harshly through the woodwinds & reefs, & through the ranks like the moaning cry of a dying breath. & the piper's bag exhales & in rhythmic velvety wisps, it pulsates & pitches & squirms to the finger march of the chanter & "Amazing Grace" heaves out of each reed pipe. & the drone of the piper marches to the drone of the men & the drone of the ship & the drone of the war an ocean away. & from the chilly waters of the Clyde, we set sail for tomorrow with whistles & waves of good luck & goodbye & the hope of knowing that tomorrow will soon become yesterday. & I gaze across the great Atlantic divide and imagine marching & fighting & weeping & dying on the battlefields & beaches of a strange and distant shore.
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There is always something new to know.
I have been doing this website for nearly ten years now and I always learn new things about Paisley, I love hearing story's about the town and its past. Just yesterday I read somewhere a few facts about Paisley.
One is that Paisley is home to one of the United Kingdom's biggest ghost railways. The unfinished 15 mile, seven station Paisley and Barrhead district railway became known as the 'dummy railway' "you can still see the viaduct next to tesco in Barrhead. When I was a kid growing up in Ferguslie we used to call the Railway going from the Chrysler plant across Ferguslie Main road "the station used to be just where the old Aldi store was formerly Lipton's garage "do you remember that" at the Arches, The dummy Railway.
What I am getting at is if you have looked over this website and thought to yourself I wonder why he doesn't have this in or that in this website, then its probably that I don't know about it so please write me an email and give me as much information as possible in it and I shall publish it in our new OOR TOON section which I will start back up again and also show the old messages from past contributors as the stories are fascinating. I like others love to hear about the town I live in and its past "good or bad" so what are you waiting for email me……
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Agriturismo Fontechiara is a working farm and as food producers we are keen advocates of Slow food Italia and the slow food movement. The international slow food movement was founded by Carlo Petrini in 1986 and offers an alternative to the fast food that now dominates the world and often increases obesity levels.
Slow Food attempts to promote traditional and regional cuisine and encourages the farming of plants, seeds and livestock characteristic of the local market. As the first part of the broader Slow movement, it has now expanded globally to over 100,000 members in over 100 countries. The slow food movement encourages sustainable locally produced food and is actively protesting by a political agenda directed against the globalization of agriculture.
The recipe for the slow food movement includes a social conscience, a love of delicious food and maybe a bit of politial activism. Its roots lie in Petrini's concerted efforts to counter the homogenization of food around the world. When McDonald's opened their first branch in Rome, Carlo felt determined to preseve regional foods and small producers from extinction and to stimulate a revival and celebrate flavours and localism. Come and visit Fontechiara to experience Slow food Italy at its best.
1. Start slow travel at home. The key to slow travel is a state of mind. That can be developed at home.
connection with landscape. Slow travel restores it.
4. Check out local markets and shops.
5. Savour café culture. Sitting in a café, you become part of the cityscape and not merely a passing observer.
6. Take time to get a feel for the languages and dialects of the areas you visit. Learn a few phrases, use a dictionary and buy a local newspaper.
area where you are travelling.
8. Do what the locals do, not only what the guidebooks say.
9. Savour the unexpected. Delayed trains or missed bus connections create new opportunities.
10. Think what you can give back to the communities you visit.


Installing applications on your web site is very easy with the Softaculous installer in cPanel. Learn how to use Softaculous to manage your applications, and browse popular application categories here.
With Softaculous, you can get a blog on your web site up and running in minutes. These articles show you how.
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Learn how to install CRM (customer relationship management) solutions using Softaculous. These solutions are also known as ERP (enterprise resource planning) applications.
You can install a customer support platform on your web site using Softaculous. Learn how here.
Softaculous supports installation of a number of application frameworks to facilitate web site development.
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2014 marked the centennial year of the start of World War I or the Great War, as it is known. Across the globe from London to Auckland commemorative functions are being held to honour the memory of the brave and valiant soldiers who fought in the First World War and gave their lives for the humanity. These commemorations will last till 2018. Of late India too has geared up and started recalling the supreme sacrifices of its soldiers. This is a part of history we, as a nation should all take pride in – lest we forget.
Undivided India's participation numbered more than 900,000 combatants and 600,000 non-combatants in the War. More than 70,000 soldiers died on the battle front in various theatres of the war – France, Turkey and Mesoptamia, earning 9200 decorations which among others included 12 Victoria Crosses. Yet the Indian narrative remains largely untold and forgotten. Western academics and historians have always dealt with the Great War as a 'white-man's narrative' forgetting the significant contributions of 'the non-whites' in the War. On the other hand, India has also shied away from taking credit and trumpeting its contribution because the War was fought for imperial defence under British colonial yoke. Whatever be the stance, the fact remains that India's contribution was overwhelming. Indians fought right from the start to almost the finish. It was the first time in India's history that soldiers of the Raj, Imperial Defence troops of Indian states, auxiliaries and labour force from all corners of the country – North, South, East and West and even from North East India participated in the War which changed the course of the world.
For millions from the modern world, the Great War that lasted from 1914 to 1918 was a theatre of sorrow and grief. But for the thousands of men who went to serve as paid volunteer labourers as a part of the Indian Labour Corps during 1917-18 in France on the Western Front from the then primitive North East India – a region that had been annexed by the British just a few decades prior to the start of the War; it was an epic journey of adventure and discovery into a hitherto unknown world. For these tribal men who had never seen modern civilization and whose contacts with the outside world were very limited, the War was a blessed opportunity that opened the horizons of their world enlightening them and the societies, they came from. The War acted as a catalyst that hastened the advent of modern civilization and aided the growth of education and spread of Christianity in faraway North East India. Most important of all, political consciousness began to slowly dawn amongst the Nagas, Khasis, Garo and Lushais as a result of their first exposure to modern civilization, thanks to this global conflict.
Men from present day North East India were a part of the 21,000 strong Indian Labour Corps who were recruited by the British from the non-martial races and tribals of present day Eastern and North Eastern India in early 1917 to serve as labourers and porters in the theatres of the action in France on the Western Front. These Labour Corps were christened from the regions that they came from – Garo Labour Corps, Khasi Labour Corps, Lushai Labour Corps, Manipuri Labour Corps, Naga Labour Corps and even the Chin Labour Corps from today's Chin state of Myanmar, which was then still a part of British India. Each of the Labour Corps had a number of units. Each corps unit was roughly made of 500 men commanded by British officers and even sometimes by men who had worked in the region in various capacities but with little military experience. In some cases these officers were assisted by British missionaries who were spreading the Gospel in various corners of the then excluded areas of the north eastern part of India. These missionaries performed an important role – that of interpreters as these men would not have understood English and also acted as chaplains for the early converts.
Who were these men? Why did they go to fight for the British who had launched punitive mission against various tribes? What did they do? How did they adapt to their new vocation? What adventures did they meet with? These are some questions that arouse curiosity. Answers to these pertinent questions will require a lot of scholarly research. This article is a humble attempt to chronicle the origins and journeys of the various Labour Corps from the North East on whom war service as labourers was thrust by force, rather than by free will and choice.
By late 1915, the British War Committee, later known as the War Cabinet realized that shortage of labour might cost them dearly in the Western Front in France. As the War progressed, combatants could not be spared for non-combat roles. Unskilled labour was found to be needed for building roads and laying railway tracks, handling ammunition, docks, supply and storms depots, forestry, quarries, hutting, trench building and grave digging. Since the demand for labour could not be met from 'the home turf', it had to be imported from the British colonies abroad and even from China.
In January 1917, the Secretary of State for India wrote to the Viceroy asking if India could supply labour for the Western Front in France. While the big provinces such as Punjab, United Provinces, Madras, Bombay and others were already drafting and had sent soldiers in great numbers, the onus of providing labour fell on Assam, Bengal, Orissa and the North Western Frontier Province, who were not much represented in the British Indian Army.
The Assam Administration through the Chief Commissioner Archdale Earle responded saying that 'eight to ten thousand able bodied hill men' would be recruited for France. In Assam, amongst the tribal areas that were under British administration there was already an administrative and tributary structure in place through which demands for collies for portering and road building and even for expeditionary and punitive missions were regularly placed to the tribal chiefs by the Administration. It was perhaps this policy that the Chief Commissioner might have counted upon to generate the numbers1.
The Labour Corps was the organization that provided essential services to the army such as cooking, laundry, moving supplies and stores, burying the dead, unloading ships and trains and repairing roads and railways. Many of the Labour Corps' worked far behind the frontlines but Indian labourers were often used for more dangerous work close to the action such as building fortifications or moving ammunition.
The Lushai Labour Corps was initially called the 27th Lushai Labour Corps but it seems this Crops was later split up and numbered as – 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th Lushai Labour Companies. Around 2100 Lushais (Mizos now) left Aijal(Aizawl now); of which around 425 were from South Lushai Hills. They reached Marseilles in June 1917 and worked on fortifications, charcoal making and other taxing tasks. The corps was commanded by Lt. Col. Playfair. Rev.D. E. Jones 'Zosaphluia', one of the pioneer missionaries of the Welsh Mission in the Lushai Hills also was a part of the Corps. At the end of their service many were invited to visit Wales but none were prepared to prolong their stay in Europe. After more than a year on the frontline, the Corps headed back home in May 1918 and reached Lushai Hills in June 1918. 71 men perished the majority of who were war casualties. The names of these men are inscribed in the War Memorial in the heart of Aizawl. Every year on 7th December, Armed Forces Flag Day, wreaths are laid and sacrifices of these men as well as others who laid down their lives in the Second World War and other post Independent operations are commemorated.
It is interesting to note that in 1915 two years prior to the birth of the Lushai Labour Corps, a group of 30 young Lushais, somehow joined the 8th Army Bearer Corps and went to Mesopotamia. One among them was Lance Havildar Lalhema who received a Mention-in-Dispatches for his bravery and this commendation was signed by none other than Winston Churchill, who was at that time, the War Secretary. Seven of these men reportedly perished. Their names too, are inscribed on the War Memorial in Aizawl.
These men saw football being played for the first time and brought back the game to Mizoram. Till today, a particular variety of spinach which was brought from France goes by the name feren which means France. A popular folk song which was composed when the men left for France called 'German Ral Run' is still sung even today by Mizo youngsters.
The Khasi Labour Corps initially seems to have been known as the 26th Khasi Labour Corps which was later divided into four companies – 22nd, 34th, 55th and 56th with perhaps maybe 500 men in each company. There seems to be no exact estimate of the number of men in this corps, or even if the numbers exists, it has not been reported in available literature on the subject. Herbert Cunningham Clougston and F B Wilkins were the European officers of the Corps while David Stephen Davies, a Presbyterian missionary and Rev. Shai Rabooh, a Khasi preacher also accompanied the Corps to France. 67 men died and to commemorate their sacrifices, a memorial 'Mot Phran' (which in Khasi means Stone from France) with the names of those who died inscribed on it was installed and inaugurated by the DC of Khasi-Jaintia Hills in 1924 at Iewduh in the heart of Shillong. Carved on the memorial is a quotation from the Roman lyrical poet Horace's poem Odes : Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. (It is sweet and right to die for your country). The memorial still stands intact, though neglected over the years.
In 1915, the British Government ordered the expulsion of the German Catholic missionaries of the Congregation of the Divine Saviour (Salvatorians) who had set foot in the Khasi Hills in 1890. It was this congregation that laid the early foundations of the Catholic Church in the region and perhaps the North East too. The first Catholic Church in the North East was built by this Congregation in 1913 on the same site where the Cathedral of Mary Help of Christians stands today.
During April 1917, in reponse to the Deputy Commissioner's call for enlistment in the Labour Corps, 1000 men were recruited from various places across Garo Hills. This corps was to be the 69th Garo Labour Company. The men were stationed in Tura for almost four months due to delay in receiving orders. During this period many of the recruits suffered from various diseases. By the time the Corps left Tura for France in August 1917, only about 500 of them were declared fit to move to France. Some of these recruits died enroute the long 5000 kilometre journey across the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea and according to some records, only 456 of them reached France.
In May 1918, the Garos were allowed to return to their homeland. They arrived at Tura on July 16, 1918. As they were officially released at Gauhati, some of them got down here, some at Goalpara district stations and some at Garobadha while only 120 men actually arrived at Tura.
A total of 58 men died. One died while the recruits were still camping at Tura, one at Garden Reach, Calcutta, one on boarding the ship at Alexandria and 55 men in France. The names of these men find a place in the Cenotaph that was erected in Lower Bapupara in Tura to commemorate the Corps. The day of their return from France – 16th July is solemnly observed every year as a day of remembrance as the Garo Labour Corps Day.
By late April 1917, almost all the Labour Corps were released since their contract was only for a one year term but there seems to have been some re-organization of the remaining Indian Corps into four Companies and one of them was the 84th Garo Company. These four companies stayed on till the end of the War. It is not known definitely whether some men from the 69th Garo Labour Company stayed back and were a part of the new Company or simply it was an error of nomenclature.
Around 2000 Nagas – 1000 Semas, 400 Lothas, 200 Regmas, 200 Aos and 200 Changs and other Trans-frontier tribes seems to have been recruited and this group of men were designated as the 21st Naga Labour Corps. According to some written documents quoted in various books the 21st Naga Labour Corps arrived in France in two main groups (688 men on 21 June 1917 and 992 men on 2 July 1917). The Deputy Commissioner, Mr. H. C. Barnes went in command with a number of clerks and Dobashis(interpreters). It is presumed that more than 400 men perhaps were not found fit to sail for France. These men were initially divided into the 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th Naga Labour Companies. To avoid confusion with other Indian Labour Corps units serving in Mesopotamia at that time, these companies were renumbered as the 35th, 36th, 37th and 38th (Naga) Labour Companies. The men of the Naga Labour Corps worked in Mametz, Le Transloy, Haute Avesnes, Contalmaison and Guillemont on salvage work, road repairs among others. Another batch of 817 Naga Hills recruits which was waiting to go to France was diverted to the Kuki operations in January 1918. This draft consisted of 60 Lhotas, 90 Semas, 120 Aos, 60 Kukis and Kacha Nagas and 480 Angamis. There is no known Memorial in Nagaland to commemorate the men who died in France. But amongst all the tribes, the Nagas were the first to realize the need to organize and unite themselves. Men who returned from France formed a socio-political association called the Naga Club with branches in Kohima and Mokokchung immediately after their return in 1918. This was the association that later in 1928 sent a representation to the Simon Commission asking them the right of choice of self determination when the British left India.
Unfortunately during the Second World War in 1940, the building holding the lists of men of Labour Corps units was destroyed by Japanese bombings.
Manipur Labour Corps In early 1917, the Raja of Manipur Chura Chand Singh and the Political Agent Lt. Col. H.W.G. Cole sent official requisitions to all villages in the hill areas of Manipur to recruit men for the labour Corps. The villages were required to supply able bodied men in proportion to their population. Many of the villages were aghast at the idea of sending their men to unknown lands from where perhaps they might not return at all. But despite the fears of the people, about 2000 men were recruited for the 22nd Manipur Labour Corps which again like the rest of the other Corps was divided into four companies – 39th,40th,65th and 66th Manipur Labour Companies. The majority of men in the Manipur Labour Corps were Meiteis, Tangkhuls, Koms, Kukis. Angom Porom Singh, the first Meitei Christian and Porachao led the Meitei contingent; R. S. Ruichumhoa, one of the first educated among the Tangkhuls of Manipur and one of the early evangelists among the Western Tangkhuls led the 1200 strong Tangkhul contingent; Teba Kurong led the Kom contigent while Thomsong Ngulhoa, a Kuki Christian evangelist was the leader of the Kuki recruits. In 1916, the Raja of Manipur Sri Churachand Singh had offered to raise two detachments of men from the ranks of the State Military Police to aid the British in the War. 315 men who formed the Double Company underwent training with the 3/39th Garhwalis in Lansdowne before they were pressed into active service in Mesopotamia during 1917-18. The Double Company was under the command of the Mr. F. B. Blackie who was the Private Secretary to the Raja of Manipur. Churachand Singh visited these men in Lansdowne in February 1917 to bolster their spirits before they embarked on their arduous journey and dangerous duty. The Raja also made monetary contributions for the purchase of four motor ambulances and an aeroplane besides subscribing to the War Fund. In September 1917, when another requisition was placed for fresh labour drafts, the hill tribes especially the Kukis revolted and took up arms against the Raja and the British. This revolt known as the Kuki Rebellion (Uprising) of 1917-1919 or Zou-Gal was perhaps the largest ever uprising against the British in North East India by any tribe in the region.
In 1917, King Birendrakishore Manikya offered one lakh rupees to the War Fund besides a annual contribution of Rs.15,000 annually during the continuance of the War. The Tripura Durbar also sent 800 shirts for the 11 Rajputs serving in Mesopotamia. At the request of the Munitions Board, the Tripura Durbar sent 23,000 bamboo for rivetment work in Mesopotamia. There was also an effort to obtain men for the Army and the Durbar offered a cash donation of Rs. 25 or a free grant of 6 bighas of land for those who enslisted from Tripura. In 1917, 17 men were recruited and in the course of the war about 40 men enlisted.
Hundreds of labourers were victims to long-range shelling, air raids, and enemy action during the German Spring Offensive in 1918. Illness claimed the lives of many more, particularly during the influenza pandemic of 1918. Many died on the long journey to France via foot, rail and ships.
The names of men who died during the War are inscribed in various Memorials such as Neuve Chapelle in France, Basra Memorial in Iraq and Heliopolis Memorial in Egypt and hundreds were buried in cemeteries across France such as Ayette Indian and Chinese Cemetery, Mazargues War Cemetery Marseilles, La Chapelette British and Indian Cemetery, Haute Avesnes British Cemetery, St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Blargies Communal Cemetery Extension and also at the Mala Cemetery in Yemen and at the Faenza Communal Cemetery in Italy.
Postscript : Facts and figures on the various Labour Corps have been culled from a number of documents and books. Very often these records do not match. Readers are requested to share any information that they might have on the Labour Corps with the writer at prachhetri@gmail.com, for which the writer would be remain indebted; it could be pictures, books or even vernacular writings on the experiences of the members of the Labour Corps.
Throughout the centenary of the First World War Historic England aims to add 2,500 freestanding war memorials to the National Heritage List for England (NLHE), the statutory list of heritage assets of national historic and/or architectural importance. This will give them greater protection for the future by ensuring that any proposed changes that affect their appearance and/or historic character will require consent. For the first time volunteers are being invited to play a part in this process.
This is part of the First World War Memorial Programme, a wider project that is encouraging communities to engage with their local war memorials during the centenary, to find out more about them, and conserve and protect them for the future. The programme is a partnership between Civic Voice, Historic England, Imperial War Museums and War Memorials Trust.
To contribute to the protection of England's war memorial heritage by researching, writing and submitting list entry descriptions for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England.
To research the history of specific war memorials using a variety of information sources.
To write a description of the war memorial's physical appearance.
To visit the war memorial to take photographs (desirable but not essential).
To use your research and observations to write a list entry description of between 200 and 500 words and submit it for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England.
Full training will be provided through a series of three workshops which volunteers must attend. Following the workshops ongoing support will be provided via telephone and email.
The training workshops are scheduled to take place from January 2016 (venue TBC). You will be required to research, write and submit a minimum of 8 list entry descriptions. Volunteers would spend no more than half a day visiting, researching and writing a list entry description.
This role will be a valuable addition to your CV, demonstrating to potential employers how you developed and used particular skills in a real-world situation.
Through training and involvement in the project you will gain a greater understanding of England's heritage protection system.
Your work will be included in, and form part of, the National Heritage List for England.
You will be part of a project of national importance and your work will have a direct impact on the protection of England's war memorial heritage.
Volunteers who produce 10 or more list entry descriptions will be invited to an award ceremony at the Houses of Parliament (travel expenses reimbursed).
Volunteers who produce 20 or more list descriptions will receive a 50% discount on annual membership of War Memorials Trust.
Between Arras and Bethune, near the village of La Targette there are two monuments, one on either side of the r oad. On the left is a Czech cemetery, containing the remains of the Czech people who fought for France. The cemetery was constructed where the 2nd Battle of Artois took place, where the French and allied forces were trying to retake Vimy Ridge, which had been captured by the Germans in 1914 and provided clear views of the French positions. The area had been heavily fortified with a complex of tunnels, dugouts and machine gun posts – and was known as the Labyrinth.
The battle started on 9 May 1915, with British troops attacking in the north and the 10th French army attacking in the south. While the allies successfully recaptured a number of villages, they failed to retake Vimy Ridge.
The Czech cemetery is at the site of the original hamlet of La Targette (the modern town is to the south). It was originally built to commemorate the contribution of the Czechs to the 2nd battle of Artois, but was later extended to include Czechs who had died elsewhere on the Western Front.
The Czechs were in an unusual position at the outset of the war. Officially there were to fight for the Austro-Hungarian Empire on the side of the Germans, but many were trying to obtain independence for Czechoslovakia, so would rather fight against the Austro-Hungarians. In the east many were captured by the Russians (sometimes voluntarily) and they formed the Czech Legion to fight against the Austro-Hungarians. In the West, the Czechs who lived in France and elsewhere joined the Czech section of the French Foreign Legion in order to fight for independence. The first unit to fight for the French was the Nazdar Company, made up of 250 men. The name Nazdar comes from the unit's battle cry, and means 'Hi'. Eventually the number of Czech and Slovak soldiers came to 150,000 men who had volunteered from around the world. The initial men of the Nazdar company were the ones who fought on 9th May, assaulting and capturing a hill. Around 50 were killed, with another 20 dying of wounds.
The men stayed in the French Foreign Legion until the end of the war, and then joined their own army of the newly formed Czechoslovakia. In 1925 the Association of the Czechoslovakian Volunteers of France decided to erect a memorial to those who died. [memorial picture here] It was created by the artist Jaroslav Hruska. A commemorative service is still held here each May.
It wasn't until 1938 that it was proposed to put a cemetery at La Targette. Twenty four lime trees were brought from Czechoslovakia and planted but the Second World War interrupted the development of the site and the cemetery wasn't built until 1958. In the end 206 graves (including 136 from the Second World War) were brought here from cemeteries around France. The cemetery was officially open in 1963 and the last burials took place in 1970.
There is a Bohemian cross in the centre of the cemetery [cross image here] reminding the visitor of John of Luxembourg, the king of Bohemia, who died at the Battle of Crecy in 1346. He was blind at the time of the battle, and when he realised the battle was lost, he order two of his soldiers to lead him at the English, who killed him. There is also a monument at Crecy commemorating this suicidal act.
Opposite the Czech cemetery is a memorial to the Polish troops who fought in the French Foreign Legion at the same time as the Czechs. They too were fighting to obtain independence for their homeland.


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Students benefit from cutting-edge laser technology
A new state-of-the-art laser scanner, which is revolutionising the way geographers, engineers, police officers, and scientists solve problems, is now transforming the problem-solving ability of students at Kingston University. Once they master the new equipment, which costs around £50,000, students in the Faculty of Science will be able to measure buildings, trees, walls and even mountains to the nearest millimetre. The students can then use the data to carry out detailed analysis and make precise calculations such as the amount of landslip on an eroded coastline.
The Leica laser scanner will be used by students studying geographical information systems (GIS), a course which combines the theories and concepts of geography with information and communication technology. Police officers, council staff and engineers taking part in the University's Professional Training Programme course will also benefit. Principal Lecturer Dr Kenneth Field, course director for GIS, said students trained to use the new equipment would be leaving Kingston with up-to-date knowledge of the latest techniques. "Our high-definition, terrestrial-laser scanner can capture around 50,000 points of data a second," he said. "It allows us to capture high-definition surveys, including the height, width and depth, of a wide range of objects from the natural and built environment. This might include modelling crime scenes, exploring the effectiveness of river channel restoration or analysing street scenes and allows us to look in fine detail to the nearest millimetre."
Scientists studying coastal erosion can use the laser scanner to measure even the smallest changes to the landscape, while engineers can utilise it to accurately measure the size of a hole in the ground and predict the amount of material they will need to fill it in. The laser scanner is also having an impact on the way police investigate major incidents, Dr Field explained. "Using the laser, police officers can now take an accurate 3D-record of a crime scene measuring distances between objects and this can be stored for years to come," he said. "It means in the future police officers reopening a murder inquiry will be able to see a 3D-interactive view of the crime scene which would have confronted officers years earlier."
The delivery comes as Kingston University has been recognised as one of the world's first Environmental Systems Research Institute Development Centers in Geographical Information Systems - the first outside North America. The accolade will allow staff and students greater access to the latest software and the chance to work directly with ESRI on a range of exciting initiatives. Dr Aileen Creegan, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Science, said being named as an ESRI Development Center in GIS was a major achievement for the University's School of Geography, Geology and Environmental Science. "Kingston is world renowned for its work in GIS and this award helps to cement our reputation as a leader in the field," she said. "We were the first undergraduate GIS course in the world and GIS is celebrating its 20th anniversary at the University this year."


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LIFE OF THE OCEAN: Where Life Began. An Amazing Video!
Life of the Ocean a trip completely surrounded by ocean sea creatures along with beautiful music by Enya. Discover the vastness of the ocean as you go on this jouney within this video. "Though generally described as several 'separate' oceans, these waters comprise one global, interconnected body of salt water often referred to as the World Ocean or global ocean.[2][3] This concept of a continuous body of water with relatively free interchange among its parts is of fundamental importance to oceanography.[4]
The major oceanic divisions are defined in part by the continents, various archipelagos, and other criteria. These divisions are (in descending order of size):
Pacific Ocean, which separates Asia and Australia from the Americas
Atlantic Ocean, which separates the Americas from Eurasia and Africa
Indian Ocean, which washes upon southern Asia and separates Africa and Australia
Southern Ocean, sometimes subsumed as the southern portions of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans, which encircles Antarctica and covers much of the Antarctic
Arctic Ocean, sometimes considered a sea of the Atlantic, which covers much of the Arctic and washes upon northern North America and Eurasia
The Pacific and Atlantic may be further subdivided by the equator into northern and southern portions. Smaller regions of the oceans are called seas, gulfs, bays, straits and other names.
Geologically, an ocean is an area of oceanic crust covered by water. Oceanic crust is the thin layer of solidified volcanic basalt that covers the Earth's mantle. Continental crust is thicker but less dense. From this perspective, the earth has three oceans: the World Ocean, the Caspian Sea, and Black Sea. The latter two were formed by the collision of Cimmeria with Laurasia. The Mediterranean Sea is at times a discrete ocean, because tectonic plate movement has repeatedly broken its connection to the World Ocean through the Strait of Gibraltar. The Black Sea is connected to the Mediterranean through the Bosporus, but the Bosporous is a natural canal cut through continental rock some 7,000 years ago, rather than a piece of oceanic sea floor like the Strait of Gibraltar.
Despite their names, smaller landlocked bodies of saltwater that are not connected with the World Ocean, such as the Aral Sea, are actually salt lakes. The ocean has a significant effect on the biosphere. Oceanic evaporation, as a phase of the water cycle, is the source of most rainfall, and ocean temperatures determine climate and wind patterns that affect life on land. Life within the ocean evolved 3 billion years prior to life on land. Both the depth and distance from shore strongly influence the amount and kinds of plants and animals that live there. Ocean travel by boat dates back to prehistoric times, but only in modern times has extensive underwater travel become possible.
The deepest point in the ocean is the Mariana Trench, located in the Pacific Ocean near the Northern Mariana Islands. It has a maximum depth of 10,923 metres (35,840 ft).[15] The British naval vessel, "Challenger II" surveyed the trench in 1951 and named the deepest part of the trench, the "Challenger Deep". In 1960, the Trieste successfully reached the bottom of the trench, manned by a crew of two men.
Much of the ocean bottom remains unexplored and unmapped. A global image of many underwater features larger than 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) was created in 1995 based on gravitational distortions of the nearby sea surface."


There's always that one. That one that comes into your life and turns it upside down and inside out. Whether it was for the good or for the bad, always one. Maybe one of each.
As women, we blame "That One" for our men's commitment issues, among other things going on. She's the one that treated him horribly or the one that broke his heart. But what happens in the reverse situation?
But let me tell you, I know that jerk on a personal level. He came into my life in the strangest fashion, which I should have red flagged from the beginning but I was such a delirious college student that didn't really care about herself (I know that now), that I took it at face value and ended up a hot mess in the ICU due to health issues at the end of it all. I mean, it couldn't have been more telling.
I try and figure out what I was focused on and really, I wanted to be able to make the relationship work. After years of not dating anyone, I fell for the words he couldn't back up. I think I felt like I was missing out on something. But this was definitely something I could have lived without.
We fought horribly. He would leave me hanging and not contact me for days at a time and he would tell me that he had something important to do. I remember the nights he would leave and say, "I'll come back in a couple of hours and we'll have dinner" although I knew he wasn't going to come back. To this day, I expect people to keep their word to me or else I lose faith in the only thing they have to hold on to.
He ended up being a cheater for more than half of our year-long-and-some-change time together. He probably was seeing more girls than the one I ended up meeting.
In the end, I couldn't help but blame myself. I thought it was my fault for not being good enough. I didn't understand what was wrong with me. However, I stayed because I kept telling myself that the good was great but the down times hurt me so bad, I abused alcohol just to get through it.
I carried a lot with me, including turning to alcohol when I felt terrible about things. It sunk into the depths of who I was and turned me into a horrendous person. The relationship I had after suffered from my low self-esteem and confidence. I couldn't get out of myself long enough to see the good I had.
It took a few years but I finally dug myself out of the hole I was in. With how I felt to the alcohol abuse… I swear I was on the road to being an alcoholic for real. Every time I felt bad, anxious, out of control, I needed a drink. It was in 2010 that I bucked up and finally understood who I was as a person. I quit drinking for a year to understand what it meant to me and how it had to change. I finally understood the power I had on the inside in order to love and give and I revived the person that I was and am supposed to be.
Needless to say, I still have remnants of that terrible year in college. There are things that remind me of that year and what I felt, making me nervous and want to run away. Too bad, now. I make myself face what is going on and I stand strong, battling myself on the inside but making it work, ultimately, on the outside. People I know now and met after college would not believe for a second the person I was then.
Just ask my homies. The friends that saw me then and helped me through that situation are still friends now. They are proud of me and I love them for lending that helping hand, propelling me forward.
This was the "bad" game-changer. The one that killed you a bit. But then, there's that "good one" too, called by various names: The one that you let escape, The one that got away, The best relationship you never had, The one that broke your heart. The "good" game-changer that showed you your worth but, it just didn't work out.
You've dug yourself out nicely, my friend. From our mistakes we learn. You are much the wiser, hey us 42ers let you hang with us, that says something.


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Lone Pine é uma Região censo-designada localizada no estado americano da Califórnia, no Condado de Inyo.

Demografia
Segundo o censo americano de 2000, a sua população era de 1655 habitantes.

Geografia
De acordo com o United States Census Bureau tem uma área de 48,5 km², dos quais 48,2 km² cobertos por terra e 0,3 km² cobertos por água. Lone Pine localiza-se a aproximadamente 1382 m acima do nível do mar.

Localidades na vizinhança
O diagrama seguinte representa as localidades num raio de 56 km ao redor de Lone Pine.

Ligações externas

Regiões censitárias da Califórnia
Localidades do condado de Inyo

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Love Movies
by NEST modern on February 20, 2013
Continuing on with our theme of "Things We Love", here are a few of our favorite movies. We love these movies just as much for their stunning visuals, as for the stories they tell.
Directed by fashion designer Tom Ford, A Single Man, is the visually arresting story set in the 1960's, of a man (Colin Firth) struggling with the death of his longtime partner. Unable to cope with his loss, we watch as he ponders taking his own life. The interiors of A Single Man act as a supporting role, as we go from George's spectacular mid-century modern glass dwelling, to his best friend Charley's (Julianne Moore) glamorous, Hollywood Regency home.
Stills from Auntie Mame
Auntie Mame is the story of a young boy named Patrick who becomes an orphan and is sent to live with his eccentric Auntie Mame in Manhattan. Filmed in 1958, Mame (Rosalind Russell) is a flamboyant character, who hosts frequent parties with eclectic, bohemian guests. One of our favorite lines from the movie is Mame's motto, "Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!" Mame's apartment undergoes 6 drastic remodels during the course of the film, implementing some of the times most cutting edge design sensibilities.
Stills from North by Northwest
North by Northwest is a 1959 American thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Carey Grant. North by Northwest is a tale of mistaken identity, with an innocent man pursued across the United States by agents of a mysterious organization who want to stop his interference in their plans. Hitchcock asked the set designers to make the set resemble a house by Frank Lloyd Wright, the most popular architect in America at the time, using the materials, form and interiors associated with him. Exterior shots of the house were actually matte paintings.
Stills from Down With Love
Down with Love, (2003) is a story about Barbara Novak, (Renee Zellweger) an aspiring author who pens a book about freeing women from love, instead replacing it with things such as chocolate. It is most celebrated for its style and cotton-candy depiction of a pre-sexual revolution era. Its set designs were made to be deliberately fake and not like early sixties New York but, rather, a Hollywood version of early sixties New York. Color and scale are exaggerated with the intent of making design a larger-than-life character in the film.
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Howie Roseman is the Topic of a Three-Way Philadelphia Sports Writer Kerfuffle
By Kevin Kinkead
I missed this on Wednesday afternoon but was alerted to it by readers. "It" is a Twitter kerfuffle involving Phillies/catch-all writer Kevin Cooney and Eagles writers John McMullen and Mike Kaye.
It is the duty of Crossing Broad to report on all kerfuffles and spats, and this one is pretty lengthy. It was a start-and-stop affair spanning several hours. It was an epic saga, not exactly War and Peace, but longer than One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.
The topic is Howie Roseman and whether or not he is a top-five general manager in the National Football League. There's a whole lot to share here, so I'll just give you all of the tweets I can pull and you can get yourself up to speed:
Oh My Freaking God. Are you kidding me? https://t.co/U3vb6IT1Gv
— Kevin Cooney (@KevinCooney) January 5, 2022
If this is what the media is now, I'm happy I've got a Size 14 out the door.
Gimme the massive list https://t.co/imf5V5xiTV
— John McMullen (@JFMcMullen) January 5, 2022
Veach at KC, Lynch at SF, Belichick, Loomis in NO Jon Robinson at Ten, Gutekunst at GB Beane at the Bills, DeCosta at the Ravens (injuries notwithstanding), Jason Licht at Tampa. I'll make an argument on Chris Ballard as well. Les Snead does Howie's uber-aggressive thing better https://t.co/m37uEog3BP
Besides obvious like Belichick and Newsome/DeCosta. a lot of recency bias there but let's take your list at face value. Top 10 isn't good? https://t.co/RFo3vFPFAC
Licht never made the playoffs before Brady came to town, New Orleans is constantly in cap hell and hasn't been to a SB in over a decade, Lynch has had horrific drafts and signings. Ballard hasn't won a division title in the easiest division in the league. @JFMcMullen
— Mike Kaye (@mike_e_kaye) January 5, 2022
(at this point there's some back and forth arguing to prove their respective points, then it picks up again)
Did Spadaro leave and you all are auditioning for his job? Good lord.
I'm just dumbstruck that some of you- not everyone, but way too many- who cover this team are literally tripping over one another to praise him as a Top 5 guy. I mean, seriously, think about it.
Hey John, I did it for 20 plus years as well. And I never bent over backwards to get in an organization's good graces. And I can look myself in the mirror every day as well. https://t.co/ftU9MsZQK4
🤣 yeah, Howie loves me. You really got me figured out much like Jason Licht. Good call https://t.co/MQHuRsEpJ9
If you want to have a great conversation based on facts and not insults, happy to do that … especially when you're not throwing out praise for a GM who traded a first round pick (and more) for a QB a supposedly awful GM drafted and subsequently "mismanaged."
This isn't a very contentious debate, maybe like a 3.7 out of 10 on the arbitrary scale. It's not like a radio host punching his producer, which would be a 10 out of 10, but there are a couple of personal jabs in that three-way exchange.
Obviously Cooney started it with the response to the JAKIB Media graphic. John and Mike are reactionary, and then the thing intensifies. Kevin ESCALATES the conversation when he pulls out the ultimate insult, which is the line about Spadaro. The gloves come off when you are compared to a non-objective team payroll guy. If Cooney accused me of "auditioning" for Spuds' job, I'd have him in a headlock within five seconds, and then give him a noogie.*
I'm honestly less interested in the spat and more interested in the topic. Is Howie Roseman a top-five GM? Depends. There are so many facets to the job. On one hand, Howie couldn't draft his way out of a wet paper bag. There are way too many big misses over the years. But drafting isn't a science, and plenty of top GMs swing and miss. I think the overarching factor is that Howie keeps the Eagles mostly competitive year-in and year-out. After he was exiled to storage closet B during the Chip years, he re-emerged to build a Super Bowl winner two years later. Then when the Birds were supposedly "dysfunctional" after Doug left, he put together a playoff team with a first-year head coach while eating the largest dead cap hit in NFL history. Now they're going into the 2022 draft with multiple first-round draft picks.
I think Howie gets too much shit for the Jalen Reagor and Andre Dillard stuff, i.e. his draft performance is weighed disproportionately to other duties of the job. I know fans are frustrated with Howie, especially as the Eagles flatlined in an effort to win a second ring, but you look around the league and could do a lot worse. You always have to put things in perspective. I'll also say that I don't think praising a GM is done with some macro-level strategy of currying favor. GMs don't leak to local beats anyway, or at least not as much as the Schefters of this world, so when you suggest that people are trying to butter up the GM or whatever that they become offended.
Good spat, though. A spirited kerfuffle.
*Do Zoomers even know what a noogie is? It's when you rub your knuckles on someone's head. Man I feel old.
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Kevin Kinkead
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started on the Union beat during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to Boyertown High School and West Virginia University and past bylines include Philly Voice, Philly Views, MLSSoccer.com, Philadelphiaunion.com, the Canadian Press, and the Philly Soccer Page. email - kevin@crossingbroad.com
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