What are the most beautiful libraries in the world?
Manchester, England - Library City!Some beautiful libraries are located in Manchester, my home city, so I'll start with these and then move on to a couple in Paris, France. Apart from the Richelieu Library site of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and Sainte-Geneviève, I've visited all the below.John Ryland's library, Manchester, England - Completed in 1899John Ryland's library, Manchester - Old entrance. John Ryland's library, Manchester - Reading RoomsJohn Ryland's library - StaircaseChetham's library - Manchester, England - Housed in early 15th Century buildingsChetham's library - Manchester, England - where Marx and Engels used to frequent.Chetham's library - Manchester - Marx and Engels' study desk and alcove.Chetham's library - Reading Rooms - Manchester, EnglandManchester central library - bird's eye view of the circular building and adjacent town hall extension Manchester central library - Newly refurbished reading hallBibliothèque nationale de France - Mitterrand LibraryI've yet to experience anything as audacious as the Bibliothèque nationale de France's François-Mitterrand library, however. This was a new addition to the library and one of Mitterrand's 'Grand Projects' and completed in 1995.Birds eye view, showing the central forest courtyard and the 4 towers.This is the street level and the reading rooms are down below.......encircling the central forest courtyard.An upper level reading room, looking out over the courtyard.Inside one of the reading roomsBibliothèque nationale de France - Richelieu LibraryThe much earlier central Paris, rue de Richelieu site has an old world charm. You won't, however, be able to visit it as it is undergoing renovation. Bibliothèque nationale de France - Richelieu Library reading roomsBibliothèque Sainte-GenevièveHenri Labrouste's glass and ironwork masterpiece in Paris is even more breathtaking.Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève - reading roomsNotesJohn Rylands LibraryWelcome to Chetham's LibraryCentral Library | Manchester City CouncilWelcome to the BnF
What does Alabama smell like?
Well, it all depends on what part of Alabama you are in. If you are down around the gulf you smell the saltiness of the ocean and all the odors that accompany that. Lemme tell you, if you have never smelled it, rotting seaweed in the sun smells like something died, it is foul and a unique smell to the gulf area.Where I live, in NE Alabama, in the Spring it smells like magnolia, night blooming jasmine, roses, wisteria, lilac, hyacinth and rain, lots of rain, it wipes all the pollen away and the air just smells clean and fresh for a time. In the summer it is so humid that it feels like you are wearing a blanket of wet heat and if you are not use to it you will be miserable, it smells like wet pavement after a heavy Summer storm. I can smell pasture, to me I don’t smell the manure smell, rather I smell the odor of the cattle and horses, which is hard for me to describe but the smell immediately relaxes me and it reminds me of my childhood when I rode a lot. I love the way a horse smells. Summer air is very fragrant because of all the flowers that bloom around here, and that makes my allergies very unhappy. In the fall and winter it smells like wet fallen musty leaves along with bonfires and fireplaces, other things that my allergies do not like. You can always smell when Summer is transitioning into Fall, it is something you can smell in the air, I cannot describe the scent but if you have ever smelled it you will remember it. You can also smell when winter is approaching, the air has a certain bite to it, you can smell the cold coming in, I can also smell snow, it had a distinctive scent to it, clean and crisp.Depending on where you are, you are going to have different scents and some scents stick out to some more than others. There are certain distinct things I can smell but my husband smells entirely different things. I think smell is subjective for the most part, what one person smells another may smell something totally different.
Why in the UK do we not have a political culture of holding massive rallies like they do in the US?
England has a history of public demonstrations, but it is not a guarantee such as we have in the First amendment of the Bill of Rights. Also, with the exception of marches for suffrage and the Communist movement, it’s generally been unused as a social protest. Perhaps the Parliamentary system is more responsive to the public mood than the Presidential system.In 1866 there were riots when the authorities prevented people demonstrating in favour of the Great Reform Bill from entering Hyde Park. Since 1872, assemblies have been allowed in Hyde Park so that people might demonstrate their support for social and political causes or other rights and freedoms. The Royal Parks maintains this 'traditional' right of people to assemble for rallies and demonstrations in Hyde Park. However, TRP retains the right to determine where in Hyde Park the assembly takes place. Organizers should also contact the Metropolitan Police and other relevant authorities; the British have rules!!Hyde Park is the traditional place for protest within TRP’s estate and for logistical, practical, historic and ecological reasons the other Royal Parks have not normally been used for this purpose. The Speakers Tree in Hyde Park is generally used for free speech, and demonstrations in other areas are not frequent nor encouraged.Outside the Hyde Park location, there were demonstrations of the unemployed in Dundee and Edinburgh, during the interwar period (those restive Scots!). Concentrating on the role of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) and the National Unemployed Workers' Movement in these protests, and the changing response such protests elicited, the 1920s witnessed a decline in both the potency and perceived legitimacy of such public forms of political action. Based on the evidence from Dundee and Edinburgh, British politics in this era were shaped less by ideology than by method, and it was changing attitudes towards popular traditions of public protest that provided the crucial distinction between the CPGB and the Labour Party. It was then that the Communist Party became associated with public demonstrations, but the Labour party did not.In America, the Democrat party is associated with public demonstration, but until the Tea Party, the Republican party was not associated with public demonstrations.
Are Rush Limbaugh and Snerdley friends, or is it strictly employer - employee? How did Snerdley come to work for Limbaugh?
Thanks for the A2A. James Golden aka “Bo Snerdley” is a conservative icon in his own right:James Golden, under the pseudonym "Bo Snerdley," serves as call screener, producer, and engineer for the syndicated Rush Limbaugh radio talk show. Since 2001 he has been a Producer/Executive for Premiere Networks (formerly Premiere Radio Networks), the largest radio syndication company in the United States.Although Golden works from a control booth off the air, a 2008 New York Times Magazine profile of Limbaugh reported that during the show, Golden "banters with and occasionally badgers Limbaugh via an internal talk-back circuit" (an IFB). On occasion, Golden has been accorded airtime on the program. In February 2008, Golden, who is black, was assigned (as Snerdley) a satirical cameo role by Limbaugh as the show's Official Criticizer of Barack Obama (Snerdly has introduced himself as an “African-American-in-good-standing-and-certified-black-enough-to-criticize-Obama guy,” and declared that he was speaking, “on behalf of our E.I.B. brothers and sisters in the hood.”); the role has become an occasional recurring feature, seen by some as offensive when in fact his candid view of the state of U.S.blacks in the present suggests that the climate has been hindered by President Obama's lack of any meaningful leadership in this area, and by a deliterious Liberal mindset in the media and in local communities affected most by this attitude.See his interview with Ginni Thomas (wife of Supreme Court Justine Clarence Thomas at http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/...He is a Senior Partner of Golden Creative Communications, LLC.In his early twenties, Golden worked at radio station WWRL as a Marketing and Research Director, and later served as the radio station's first Music Research Director.From 1992 to 1998, Golden co-hosted (with Joel Santisteban) a political call-in show, The James and Joel Show, on WABC radio in New York.From 1998 to 2001, Golden served as Vice-President for Programming at Talkspot.com, where he also hosted two Internet radio programs. He occasionally contributes written political commentary online.Golden was part of the production team on the Rush Limbaugh television program, which aired from 1992 through 1996.He attended City University of New York-Queens College from 1973 to 1976.
What is a saying or phrase only a British person would get?
“The indicator light will come on momentarily.” It means different things to American versus UK citizens.To UK folk it means it will come on and go off again.In US peope will expect that light to stay on.When we heard the use in Florida (‘The door will open momentarily’) we joked that we better get ready to run through.US meaning : “In a moment”UK meaning: “For a moment”Adverts can provide one or two odd phrases unique to UK I suspect.“It does just what it says on the tin”. What you see is actually true. It means whatever the ‘product’ claims (no matter what it’s contained in!) it delivers exactly that. It can even be extended to a person being ‘the genuine article’, a kind of ‘what you see is what you get’ notion. My favourite Katie Melua got into the phrase: Enjoy!I’ve come back with another! Very restricted in use within UK and gradually disappearing with the last generation. In Scotland (and mainly in the west at that) “It’s like Paddy’s Market in your bedroom!” i.e. it is in state of total disarray/untidiness with things lying everywhere.The actual very cheap street market, under railway arches, for any old things people didn’t want, apparently did have a bit of a reputation. I vaguely remember being at it once. I don’t think there was much to it. However, if you want to revive an old saying and use it as a talking point why not! :)Demise of the 'people's market'Paddy's Market - Wikipedia