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Career Bruce Cratsley

bruce cratsley , mr muffit, copyright 1965-2010 © elsa dorfman cratsley worked many years gallerist @ marlborough gallery before quitting in 1986 become full-time photographer. as bruce cratsley , exhibited in various new york galleries, like: laurence miller gallery, howard greenberg gallery , witkin gallery. cratsley represented yancey richardson gallery, dealer of fine art photography based in soho. in 1978 cratsley contributed photo sequences musical class, performed the new ballet school @ new york city center. in 1980, cratsley s work, atlantic city, 1977, august beach scene, exhibited @ 11th anniversary show @ witkin gallery, sold 175$. in 1989 cratsley awarded guggenheim fellowship photography, & canada. cratsley documented life david waine, died in 1991. d been photographing david since long before became sick [...] @ point realized extraordinary thing happening, , had intimate relationship it. photographed david few hours before died, not knowing happen [...] david spir...

Zones Natural history of Mount Kenya

1 zones 1.1 lowlands surrounding mountain 1.2 cultivated zone 1.3 montane forest 1.4 bamboo zone 1.5 timberline forest 1.6 heathland , chaparral 1.7 afro-alpine zone 1.8 nival zone zones lowlands surrounding mountain the area surrounding mountain around 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) in elevation. climate warm , dry, , natural vegetation grassland , thorny scrub. many types of grasses grow here, , trees , bushes in area used local people in variety of ways. shrubs euphorbia tirucalli , non-native lantana camara planted hedges. there patches of native woodland, dominant native trees being in genera acacia , combretum. eucalyptus , fruit trees have been introduced. cultivated zone the lower slopes of mount kenya fertile , area heavily cultivated the soils moist , fertile due past volcanic activity. most of area cultivated on slopes of mount kenya used forest. during deforestation provide land crops , grazing trees left standing. these trees possible idea of trees used exist in forests. howe...

History Kitakanbara District, Niigata

on january 1, 1947 - town of shibata became city. after gained city status, shibata , niigata merged form city known shibata. surrounding areas , district continued lose more areas. on november 1, 1970 - town of toyosaka (part of niigata of march 21, 2005) gained city status. on july 7, 2003 - town of toyoura merged city of shibata. on april 1, 2004 - towns of suibara , yasuda, , villages of kyogase , sasakami merged create city of agano. on may 1, 2005 - town of shiunji , village of kajikawa merged city of shibata. on september 1, 2005 - town of nakajō , village of kurokawa merged form city of tainai; left seirō town in kitakanbara district.

Sir Francis Buller.2C 1st Baronet .281746-1800.29 Lupton, Brixham

sir francis buller, 1st baronet (1746-1800) lupton house, 1793 watercolour rev john swete titled: lupton, seat of sir francis buller sir francis buller, 1st baronet (1746-1800) since acquisition of fine place (i.e. lupton) hath quitted churston, antient seat of yarde s , wrote rev. john swete in 1793. churston court 1 mile north of lupton, , long remained possession of buller family after purchase of lupton. sir francis buller third son of james buller (1717-1765) of morval in cornwall , of downes, crediton , of new place, king s nympton in devon, member of parliament east looe in cornwall (1741-7) , county of cornwall (1748-1765). francis buller s mother lady jane bathurst, father s second wife, daughter of allen bathurst, 1st earl bathurst. morval, ancient buller seat, , downes, inherited father s eldest son first marriage, , francis younger son, had make own fortune. buller family had history of service in politics, church , law. francis excellent student , @ age of seventeen ente...

Academics George Tucker (politician)

pavilion ix, prof. tucker s residence on univ. of virginia lawn near end of tucker s third congressional term in 1824, thomas jefferson presented him offer on behalf of fledgling university of virginia, sanctioned trustees james madison , joseph c. cabell, serve first professor of moral philosophy. offer met school s desire appoint non-federalist post, , tucker s connections cabell , st. george have facilitated selection. factor tucker s recent 1822 essays on various subjects of taste, morals, , national policy, included papers port folio. madison had been provided copy of these , recommended them jefferson, saying among best answers charges of our national ...backwardness. tucker s selection may have been accommodation of school s opponents, including episcopalians, federalists, , notable western virginians, many of whom friends of tucker s. presumably, prior monetary indiscretions overlooked since no related formal charges extant. from tucker s perspective, offer opportune, conside...

Grammar Okinawan language

1 grammar 1.1 parts of speech 1.2 others 1.2.1 copula 1.2.2 question words (疑問詞) grammar okinawan follows subject>object>verb word order , makes large use of particles in japanese. okinawan dialects retain number of grammatical features of classical japanese, such distinction between terminal form (終止形) , attributive form (連体形), genitive function of が ga (lost in shuri dialect), nominative function of ぬ nu (japanese: の no), honorific/plain distribution of ga , nu in nominative use. one etymology given -un , -uru endings continuative form suffixed uri (classical japanese: 居り wori, be; exist): -un developed terminal form uri; -uru developed attributive form uru, i.e.: kachuru derives kachi-uru; kachun derives kachi-uri; and yumun (japanese: 読む yomu, read) derives yumi + uri. a similar etymology given terminal -san , attributive -saru endings adjectives: stem suffixed さ sa (nominalises adjectives, i.e. high → height, hot → heat), suffixed ari (classical japanese: 有り ari, exist; have...

Transfer to the lower river R. R. Thompson (sternwheeler)

capt. john mcnulty, took r.r. thompson through cascades of columbia as railroads extended along banks of columbia river, days of steamboat dominant means of transportation gradually came end, particularly on middle river, required expensive , time-consuming portages around 2 major rapids @ cascades , above dalles. the first boat taken off river r.r. thompson. on june 3, 1882, captain john mcnulty took r.r. thompson down through cascade rapids operate on more lucrative lower columbia , lower willamette rivers. that day captain mcnulty william johnson, first officer, william doran, engineer, , george fuller, assistant, took r.r. thompson out of dalles @ 6:30 a.m., passed klickitat landing, ten miles below, in twenty-four minutes, white salmon, twenty-three miles, in fifty-one minutes, hood river, twenty-five miles, in fifty-eight minutes, , reached cascades, forty-six miles, in 2 hours , 1 minute. r.r.thompson remained @ top of cascades short time , swung stream , entered cascades un...