Comments for BLOG@STEFANGEENS.COM http://stefangeens.com The road less travelled by. Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:02:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Googliography: Honor Holland by Peter Callaghan http://stefangeens.com/2005/11/googliography-honor-holland/comment-page-1/#comment-2729 Peter Callaghan Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:02:33 +0000 http://stefangeens.com/?p=518#comment-2729 In about 1966 Brumana, Rushbrooke was bought by the Bernals and Godfrey was a brother of John Bernal, known as The Irish Communist. Picasso once visited hir residence in London and did a stetch on the wall, about 1951. Recently on display at The Tate Gallery with Picasso's other works. In about 1966 Brumana, Rushbrooke was bought by the Bernals and Godfrey was a brother of John Bernal, known as The Irish Communist.
Picasso once visited hir residence in London and did a stetch on the wall, about 1951.
Recently on display at The Tate Gallery with Picasso’s other works.

]]> Comment on Googliography: Honor Holland by Raymond Foster http://stefangeens.com/2005/11/googliography-honor-holland/comment-page-1/#comment-2681 Raymond Foster Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:34:36 +0000 http://stefangeens.com/?p=518#comment-2681 Hannah Waldmeier (a.k.a. Princess Asfa Yilma) was first married to a (distant) cousin of mine, Arthur Newsom whose residence was in Co. Cork, Ireland. His house was named, appropriately enough, "Brumana" at Rushbrook near Queenstown (now Cobh). As you may know Arthur died in 1910, aged only 40 years and his widow later married Algernon Holland. The Newsom name (a great Quaker one in Cork) has now as far as I can discover become extinct. Arthur and Hannah's son John Charles Newsom married in 1947 and by then both he and his bride were over 40 years old. He died in London in 1980. His sisters May Olivia Waldmeier Newsom and Lily Augusta Newsom married respectively, Fridolin Heer (1920) and Frederick Alfred Dorer (1921) but I have no knowledge of whether there are any descendants alive today. Please fogive me if I have offered information of which you are already fully aware. Hannah Waldmeier (a.k.a. Princess Asfa Yilma) was first married to a (distant) cousin of mine, Arthur Newsom whose residence was in Co. Cork, Ireland. His house was named, appropriately enough, “Brumana” at Rushbrook near Queenstown (now Cobh). As you may know Arthur died in 1910, aged only 40 years and his widow later married Algernon Holland. The Newsom name (a great Quaker one in Cork) has now as far as I can discover become extinct. Arthur and Hannah’s son John Charles Newsom married in 1947 and by then both he and his bride were over 40 years old. He died in London in 1980. His sisters May Olivia Waldmeier Newsom and Lily Augusta Newsom married respectively, Fridolin Heer (1920) and Frederick Alfred Dorer (1921) but I have no knowledge of whether there are any descendants alive today. Please fogive me if I have offered information of which you are already fully aware.

]]> Comment on Six months to March 2011 by 2011: Q2, Q3, Q4 | BLOG@STEFANGEENS.COM http://stefangeens.com/2011/03/six-months-to-march-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-2680 2011: Q2, Q3, Q4 | BLOG@STEFANGEENS.COM Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:20:52 +0000 http://stefangeens.com/?p=582#comment-2680 [...] Post navigation ← Previous [...] [...] Post navigation ← Previous [...]

]]> Comment on Sharbat Gula by Courtney http://stefangeens.com/2002/03/sharbat-gula/comment-page-1/#comment-2677 Courtney Thu, 24 Nov 2011 03:05:17 +0000 http://stefangeens.com/?p=48#comment-2677 Her nose is more pointy and slender in the second picture...But her eyes still pierce the soul Her nose is more pointy and slender in the second picture…But her eyes still pierce the soul

]]> Comment on Branding Sweden III by Stefan Geens http://stefangeens.com/2005/06/branding-sweden-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-2586 Stefan Geens Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:38:36 +0000 http://stefangeens.com/?p=487#comment-2586 And, many years later, while cleaning up some HTML, I found "Sweden. It's true." lurking in the code. I like that, curiously enough. And, many years later, while cleaning up some HTML, I found “Sweden. It’s true.” lurking in the code. I like that, curiously enough.

]]> Comment on Sharbat Gula by Gena http://stefangeens.com/2002/03/sharbat-gula/comment-page-1/#comment-2580 Gena Sun, 25 Sep 2011 13:00:05 +0000 http://stefangeens.com/?p=48#comment-2580 Sebastian: Your comment touched me. First, your English is very good; you spell & articulate your thoughts very well. Second, speaking as a Canadian woman, I feel that what feeds the ignorance & banality in our western society is a lack of education. Our schools only epitomize events in history that ultimately perpetuate this false patriotism. If we are to survive as a race -- the human race, the only race of the human kind -- we need to feel & live with a pride for the collective of all walks of life across this glorious planet of ours. We need to understand our differences, practice patience & acceptance, tempering curiosity with tolerance. To quote the band The Beatles, truly "all we need is love". I wish love for this world & pray that I remember this when faced with apathy & discrimination. I know that it's hard to turn to love when there is so much anger & hate in this world. Perhaps we can do this together through expressing our sentiments like we are here? May the day be kind to you, Sebastian, and never lose hope or your voice to express this hope. God bless. Sebastian: Your comment touched me. First, your English is very good; you spell & articulate your thoughts very well. Second, speaking as a Canadian woman, I feel that what feeds the ignorance & banality in our western society is a lack of education. Our schools only epitomize events in history that ultimately perpetuate this false patriotism. If we are to survive as a race — the human race, the only race of the human kind — we need to feel & live with a pride for the collective of all walks of life across this glorious planet of ours. We need to understand our differences, practice patience & acceptance, tempering curiosity with tolerance. To quote the band The Beatles, truly “all we need is love”. I wish love for this world & pray that I remember this when faced with apathy & discrimination. I know that it’s hard to turn to love when there is so much anger & hate in this world. Perhaps we can do this together through expressing our sentiments like we are here? May the day be kind to you, Sebastian, and never lose hope or your voice to express this hope. God bless.

]]> Comment on Save the Robots by Anonymous http://stefangeens.com/2003/04/save-the-robots/comment-page-1/#comment-2569 Anonymous Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:38:50 +0000 http://stefangeens.com/?p=205#comment-2569 I was turned on to Save the Robots one late nite after partying at Nells on 14th street. Caught a cab to the east village and was allowed in because my friends knew the doorman. Not the prettiest place, drugs easy to find, and the worse vodka known to man. Robots was awesome! Hip hop, reggae and house music played thru the nite. Never any fights, multicultural audience, celebs sprinkled in, and some of the cutest ladies you wanna meet at 5 or 6 in the morning. Gotta tell ya I had many a great time in that joint! I was turned on to Save the Robots one late nite after partying at Nells on 14th street. Caught a cab to the east village and was allowed in because my friends knew the doorman. Not the prettiest place, drugs easy to find, and the worse vodka known to man. Robots was awesome! Hip hop, reggae and house music played thru the nite. Never any fights, multicultural audience, celebs sprinkled in, and some of the cutest ladies you wanna meet at 5 or 6 in the morning. Gotta tell ya I had many a great time in that joint!

]]> Comment on Six months to March 2011 by claude de bigny http://stefangeens.com/2011/03/six-months-to-march-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-2567 claude de bigny Fri, 27 May 2011 11:04:51 +0000 http://stefangeens.com/?p=582#comment-2567 great blog, stefan, fascinating stories and places! learning chinese seems like an excellent plan, too. all best claude great blog, stefan, fascinating stories and places! learning chinese seems like an excellent plan, too.

all best

claude

]]> Comment on Sharbat Gula by Cate http://stefangeens.com/2002/03/sharbat-gula/comment-page-1/#comment-2565 Cate Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:03:56 +0000 http://stefangeens.com/?p=48#comment-2565 In the original photograph, her eyes look like she has the thousand yard stare. That is a phrase used to describe a look that happens after trauma, when the brain is unable to process what happened. You can look up "thousand yard stare" and see other photos. Considering she had lost her parents and home, it's not unlikely. The second one, yes she looks a lot sadder. The world makes no sense. In the original photograph, her eyes look like she has the thousand yard stare. That is a phrase used to describe a look that happens after trauma, when the brain is unable to process what happened. You can look up “thousand yard stare” and see other photos. Considering she had lost her parents and home, it’s not unlikely. The second one, yes she looks a lot sadder. The world makes no sense.

]]> Comment on What is Sweden's murder rate? by Adam http://stefangeens.com/2003/10/what-is-swedens-murder-rate/comment-page-1/#comment-606 Adam Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:20:58 +0000 http://stefangeens.com/?p=279#comment-606 Hi Stefan, I saw the economist correction and I too watched as those with an agenda lept on the mistaken data with glee while ignoring the obvious questions as to how this could possibly be the truth. This mis-information still keeps popping up, including as uncorrected statements in quoted articles in the The Local http://www.thelocal.se/10048/20080220/. Thanks for putting this together! Hi Stefan,
I saw the economist correction and I too watched as those with an agenda lept on the mistaken data with glee while ignoring the obvious questions as to how this could possibly be the truth. This mis-information still keeps popping up, including as uncorrected statements in quoted articles in the The Local http://www.thelocal.se/10048/20080220/. Thanks for putting this together!

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