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Les Thompson
No full textGordon's Don Hotel, Cavenagh Street, Darwin, after the bombing of Darwin. Taken from Cavenagh Street looking to the corner with Bennett Street. Now the site of television stations ABD6 (ABC).Unknown.Date:194
Les Thompson
No full textAirmen's Mess, RAAF Base after the bombing of Darwin. Shows building from roadway to the left of building. Damage is evident on left face.Unknown.Date:194
Les Biennale, 2012
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Invitation card & text
"Please join us for two Sunday afternoon presentations of all Female and all Male artists book-ending Glasgow International.
Les Biennale
Joanne Robertson, Gordon Schmidt, Hannah Sawtell, Lucy Stein, Milly Thompson
Sunday 22nd April, 12-5pm
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Les Misérables
Kimi Conrad, Tim Davies, Keith Farquhar, Merlin James, Andrew Munks, Mark Tallowin
Sunday 6th April, 12-5p
Les microcosmes de Colin Thompson : modèles de représentations spatiales collectives
No full textFig. 1 : Dessin de Colin Thompson [The shelf] Parfois, un meuble amoureusement travaillé a des perspectives intérieures sans cesse modifiées par la rêverie. On ouvre le meuble et l’on découvre une demeure. Une maison est cachée dans un coffret. Gaston Bachelard, La poétique de l’espace, 1957[1] L’étude à laquelle je veux me livrer ici porte sur trois albums de l’auteur britannique Colin Thompson. Looking for Atlantis, Ruby et How to live forever sont parus en Angleterre aux éditio..
Jim Thompson House Museum, Thailand
No full textJim Thompson House Museum, Thailand Thailand Website: http://www.jimthompsonhouse.com Contact Details Street Address: 6, Soi Kasem San 2, Rama 1 Road, Bangkok 10330, Thailand Museum Map: Location Map Permanent Collections: Ceramics, Ethnography, Paintings, Sculpture, Textile The Jim Thompson House Museum is the former home of James H.W. Thompson, a self-made American entrepreneur who was the founder of the world renowned Jim Thompson Thai Silk Company. Arriving in Bangkok at the end of W..
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Interview with Chuck Thompson
No full textInterview with Chuck Thompson on the subject of jazz in Los Angeles. Thompson discusses distinguished jazz alumni of Jefferson and Jordan high schools, sneaking into clubs, the swing band being extracurricular at Jefferson, Charles Mingus and his personality and music, segregation and discrimination, the Bird in a Basket club and European conductors paying their musicians to listen to Charlie Parker, the 1940s scene and what Central Avenue in Los Angeles meant to music, working with Sammy Yates while in high school, bands and leaders migrating to West Coast, Howard McGhee bringing "Dingbot" (Bob Kesterton), Vernon Biddle, Roy Porter, and Teddy Edwards, Louis Jordan and John Kirby, Sammy Yates' arrangements, Benny Carter, the McGhee group's innovations, competition between Yates and McGhee, needing after-hours places to keep playing, C.P. Johnson's Swing Club, how bebop revolutionized drumming, not initially understanding Max Roach and Art Blakey's drumming, working alongside Miles Davis, Lucky Thompson, the McGhee band's influence, hostility in Los Angeles toward Charlie Parker and Bebop, Hampton Hawes, music educator Lloyd Reese, Prince Harrison (student of Reese), Lammar Wright, Dupree Bolton, when Thompson started making a living, road trips during school vacations and skipping school for gigs, more on C.P. Johnson, Les Hite, learning from and appreciating big bands as a small-group drummer, Gerald Wilson, Charlie Parker as a catalyst, more on Mingus, Jimmy and Teddy Bunn, Jefferson and Jordan High School students playing together, the Plantation Club at Central and 107/108th streets, camaraderie among musicians, first impressions of hearing Art Blakey, influence of Norman Granz and Gene Norman, Thompson's work with Hampton Hawes, the extent of Charlie Parker's influence, young white players in town and meeting Jimmy Knepper and Russ Freeman, Monday nights, an anecdote about Big Jay McNeely getting arrested in San Diego for marching down the street playing the saxophone, Jack McVea and "Open the Door, Richard," Jack's father Satchel McVea, Melba Liston and Vi Redd, educators Alma Hightower and Lloyd Reese, Carl Perkins and Hampton Hawes, and more on Jimmy Bunn
"Holiday reflection" radio episode
No full textAn audio recording by Oregon Congressman Les AuCoin on the topic of reflection during the holiday season and counting one's blessings. AuCoin references an essay by an unknown author on the global ratios of poverty, ethnicity, religion, wealth, and education. This is one episode from AuCoin's biweekly radio show on Jefferson Public Radio (JPR), which ran after he had retired from office. The majority of episodes feature his commentary on current political events, often focusing on issues important to southern Oregon where JPR is based. This episode aired from December 2001-2003
"Chainsaw Choo Choo" radio episode
No full textAn audio recording by Oregon Congressman Les AuCoin on a then recent Oregon forest report. Douglas County requested and paid for the report, led by researcher of Oregon State University School of Forestry, John Sessions. AuCoin points out how Sessions is a civil and forest engineer, not a wildfire scientist, and was seemingly unqualified to author the report. AuCoin states that the best approach to generating healthy forests is by natural recovery. This is one episode from AuCoin's biweekly radio show on Jefferson Public Radio (JPR), which ran after he had retired from office. The majority of episodes feature his commentary on current political events, often focusing on issues important to southern Oregon where JPR is based. This episode aired in 2003
"Oregon jobs report" radio episode
No full textAn audio recording by Oregon Congressman Les AuCoin on the findings of a recent Oregon jobs report. AuCoin quotes author Studs Terkel, who stated that "work is about a search for daily meaning as well as daily bread." He also cites the comments of policy analyst Michael Leachman on the downturn in Oregon jobs. AuCoin goes on to list the findings of the report and what it means for future generations. This is one episode from AuCoin's biweekly radio show on Jefferson Public Radio (JPR), which ran after he had retired from office. The majority of episodes feature his commentary on current political events, often focusing on issues important to southern Oregon where JPR is based. This episode aired between 2003- 2004
La classification Aarne-Thompson
No full textDernière mise à jour : 21 novembre 2018 Sur la classification Aarne-Thompson La classification Aarne-Thompson en deux phrases La classification Aarne-Thompson est née de la notion de conte-type définie au début du XXe siècle par le Finlandais Antti Aarne pour permettre la classification des nombreux contes collectés au cours du siècle précédent. L'Américain Stith Thompson complète son travail et, avec les éditions successives de The Types of the Folktale depuis 1921, la classification Aarne-T..
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