Nicola Pisano (also called Niccolò Pisano, Nicola de Apulia or Nicola Pisanus; c. 1220/1225–c. 1284) was an Italian sculptor whose work is noted for its classical Roman sculptural style.  Pisano is sometimes considered to be the founder of modern sculpture.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_Pisano



The history of the Sevillano style of decorative ceramics begins with Francesco Niculoso, an Italian painter of majolica who, in 1498, settled in Seville.  At this time--at the end of the Middle Ages--Seville was a major center of ceramic production and was rooted in the Hispano-Muslim tradition.  At the beginning of the 16th century, it was “emigre potters from northern Italy [ . . . who] introduced the MAIOLICA technique to Spain, France and Flanders, whence it spread to Portugal, Holland (where it was known as Delft) and finally England.  By the end of the [15th] century Italian potters had established a long tradition of painted images of great variety, executed in bright polychromatic schemes on single tiles, having absorbed many technical influences from Spain [ . . . such as the lustre technique].”  Francesco Niculoso was called Niculoso Pisano because he was from Pisa.  Niculoso lived in Seville for about thirty years and died in 1529.  He introduced the flat surface tile.  Niculoso is also “attributed with introducing the ‘paleta de gran fuego’--[ . . . pottery painted with a large fire palette, the technical definition of Renaissance Italian majolica]--technique of polychrome ceramic manufacture to Spain, which allowed for a fine, artistic and detailed painted [tile] to be produced.  [ . . . He introduced] the concept of a ceramic painting which reproduced entire pictures by means of a composition of ceramic tiles.  Michael Padwee  See many pictures at https://tilesinnewyork.blogspot.com/2017/12/



Kedgeree is considered a traditional British food though, in fact, it originated in India.  With curry and rice, eggs, and smoked fish, it is easy to see the Indian influence running through it.  Kedgeree began its life as khichari, a dish of rice and lentils in India.  It slowly transformed into the current dish during the time of the British Raj with those returning from their time in the sub-continent bringing it with them.  Elaine Lemm  Find recipe at https://www.thespruceeats.com/super-easy-kedgeree-recipe-435296



Nonetheless, nevertheless, and notwithstanding are all compound words.  This means that you can break the word up into separate words.  By doing so, you can find clues to the distinctions, however slight, between the three words.  Compare the words none the less with never the less.  If used as a pronoun, none means not one, no one, or not any.  Applied as an adverb, it means not at all.  In either case, the word signifies a physical or metaphysical thing.  Never is an adverb which negates time.  Nonetheless should be applied to something which is measurably quantifiable.  posted by Gary  Find example sentences at https://blogs.transparent.com/english/nonetheless-nevertheless-notwithstanding/



The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books, sometimes referred to as the comics industry's equivalent of the Academy Awards.  They are named in honor of the pioneering writer and artist Will Eisner, who was a regular participant in the award ceremony until his death in 2005,The Eisner Awards include the Comic Industry's Hall of Fame.  The nominations in each category are generated by a five- to six-member jury, then voted on by comic book professionals and presented at the annual San Diego Comic-Con held in July, usually on Friday night.  The jury often consists of at least one comics retailer, one librarian (since 2005), and one academic researcher, among other comics experts.  The Eisner Awards and Harvey Awards were first conferred in 1988, both created in response to the discontinuation of the Kirby Awards in 1987.  Dave Olbrich started the award non-profit organization.  There was no Eisner Award ceremony, or awards distributed, in 1990, due to widespread balloting mix-ups.  The Eisner Award ceremony has been held at the San Diego Comic Con every year since 1991.  In 2006, it was announced that the archives of the Eisner Awards would be housed at the James Branch Cabell Library of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.  Find winners at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisner_Award



Hannah Szenes (often anglicized as Hannah Senesh or Chanah Senesh (1921-1944) was a poet and a Special Operations Executive (SOE) member.  She was one of 37 Jewish SOE recruits from Mandate Palestine parachuted by the British into Yugoslavia during the Second World War to assist anti-Nazi forces and ultimately in the rescue of Hungarian Jews about to be deported to the German death camp at Auschwitz.   Szenes was born to an assimilated Jewish family in Hungary.  Her father, Béla, a journalist and playwright, died when Hannah was six years old.  She continued to live with her mother, Kathrine, and her brother, György.  She enrolled in a Protestant private school for girls that also accepted Catholic and Jewish pupils; most of those of the Jewish faith had to pay three times the amount Catholics paid.  However, Szenes only had to pay twice the regular tuition because she was considered a "Gifted Student".  This, along with the realization that the situation of the Jews in Hungary was becoming precarious, prompted Szenes to embrace Zionism, and she joined Maccabea, a Hungarian Zionist students organization.  The Legend of Hannah Senesh, a play about Szenes authored by Aaron Megged, was produced and directed by Laurence Merrick at the Princess Theatre in Los Angeles in 1964.  Szenes was played by Joan Huntington.  Hanna's War, a film about Szenes's life directed by Menahem Golan, was released in 1988.  Szenes was portrayed by Maruschka Detmers.  Blessed is the Match:  The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh, directed by Roberta Grossman, is a documentary film that recounts the events of Hannah's life.  It was released in 2008.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Szenes



Aquaponics refers to any system that combines conventional aquaculture (raising aquatic animals such as snails, fish, crayfish or prawns in tanks) with hydroponics (cultivating plants in water) in a symbiotic environment.  In normal aquaculture, excretions from the animals being raised can accumulate in the water, increasing toxicity.  In an aquaponic system, water from an aquaculture system is fed to a hydroponic system where the by-products are broken down by nitrifying bacteria initially into nitrites and subsequently into nitrates that are utilized by the plants as nutrients.  Then, the water is recirculated back to the aquaculture system.  As existing hydroponic and aquaculture farming techniques form the basis for all aquaponic systems, the size, complexity, and types of foods grown in an aquaponic system can vary as much as any system found in either distinct farming discipline.  Aquaponics consists of two main parts, with the aquaculture part for raising aquatic animals and the hydroponics part for growing plants.  Read more and see graphics at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquaponics  Balance Farms, an aquaponic operation with restaurant opened in downtown Toledo in May, 2019. 



César Pelli (October 12, 1926–July 19, 2019) was an Argentine–American architect who designed some of the world's tallest buildings and other major urban landmarks.  Some of his most notable contributions included the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur and the World Financial Center in New York City.  The American Institute of Architects named him one of the ten most influential living American architects in 1991 and awarded him the AIA Gold Medal in 1995.  In 2008, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat presented him with The Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Pelli  The World Financial Center at Battery Park City in Mahattan is now called Brookfield Place.  Find a list of Pelli's major works plus graphics at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_C%C3%A9sar_Pelli



A THOUGHT FOR TODAY  Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, / The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. / Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, / I lift my lamp beside the golden door! - Emma Lazarus, poet and playwright (22 Jul 1849-1887) [from a poem written to raise funds for building the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty]



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