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Orlando's Parliament House opened in 1962 as part of the Parliament House Motor Inn chain. Throughout the 60s, it became a popular spot for weddings, meetings, was used as the Tupperware World Headquarters and hosted the NAACP legislative conference.
In 1975, the motel was purchased by Bill Miller and Michael Hodge, owners of Orlando's first gay club, the Diamond Head. Due to a lack LGBTQ-friendly spaces in Florida, they decided to transform it into a gay and lesbian resort and nightclub. For the next 45 years, it hosted nightly events and drag shows. The property included an outdoor stage, swimming pool and dance floor. In 2019, it was declared the most popular gay bar in the United States.
That same year, the property closed and was listed for sale for $16.5 million. Demolition began in 2021.
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Spring at Old Parliament House in Canberra, Australia.
November 2024
#wisteria#canberra#purple flowers#australia#springtime#nature photography#purple#world capitals#parliament house#november#spring flowers#garden#nature
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"Repost! On today, Wednesday 6pm 25th October Vic Parliament, Blak & Palestinian Solidarity Rally! Also, there's the weekly Sunday 29th October 12pm Free Palestine end Israel's genocide rally at the state library! Organised by @/warrevolt & @fpmelbourne Art by @/gabi_briggs"
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#parliament house#victoria#vicpol#vicgov#2023#october 25#activism#political activist#161#1312#signal boost#signal b00st#signal boooooost#ausgov#politas#auspol#tasgov#taspol#australia#palestine#free palestine#freepalastine🇵🇸#gaza strip#free gaza#gazaunderattack#save gaza#gaza#fuck neoliberals#neoliberal capitalism#anthony albanese
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Autumn colours at Australian Parliament, Canberra. May 2023.
#canberra#parliament house#autumn leaves#autumn colours#nature#lake burley griffin#world capitals#europe#word capitals#may#architecture
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Portrait of Charles I, Queen Henrietta Maria, and their Children
Artist: Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599–1641)
Genre: Portrait
Description: Charles I and his wife Henrietta Maria with their eldest children: Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles II) next to his father and Mary, the Princess Royal, in the arms of her mother.
Date: April-August 1632
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Collection: Royal Collection, Windsor Castle
Depicted People:
Charles I of England
Henrietta Maria of France
Charles II of England
Mary Henrietta, Princess Royal
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This was Van Dyck's first commission following his appointment as Court Painter to Charles I in 1632. It shows Charles and his Queen, Henrietta Maria of France, with their two eldest children: Prince Charles, later King Charles II, standing before his father and Princess Mary in her mother's arms. In the background we glimpse a silhouetted view of Parliament House, Westminster Hall and possibly the Clock Tower.
The painting was known as The Greate Peece at the time and Charles hung it prominently in the Palace at Whitehall. What sets the picture apart from other paintings of the period is the apparently effortless way in which Van Dyck seemed able to combine the formal demands of official state portraiture with the informalities of family domesticity. Its size, the acres of shimmering silk and the grand classical column lend the image official gravity. Yet at the same time the King and Queen are seated, Charles has placed his crown on one side and two tiny dogs play between the royal couple. The composition is in essence, a royal conversation piece of a kind that was to be perfected by Johann Zoffany in the mid-18th century.
The influences that are at work in such a painting reveal the true level of Van Dyck as an artist. Only Rubens and Velazquez treated royal sitters with such apparent nonchalance and insight, while the warm colours and dramatic sky bespeak a profound knowledge of Titian. It is interesting to note that the condition of the painting gave cause for concern as early as 1676 because Van Dyck had applied an unusual priming to the canvas.
#portrait#queen henrietta maria#king charles i#british royal family#parliament house#henrietta maria of france#prince charles#prince mary#royal crown#drapery#british royalty#17th century england#17th century art#anthony van dyck#british culture
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Did you know? It took 6 years to construct Parliament House, Canberra.
#photography#streetphotography#travel australia#monochrome#black and white#monochrome monday#canberra#parliament house
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Q for my aussie queens
Did you or did you not visit a certain science building as part of a week long trip to the capital?
#maybe you went to the mint too#parliament house#old parliment house? idk what they do#except i see what they do now as an adult and its run around screaming#which is an understandable reaction to some of the govt institution building tours
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PML-N's Irfan Siddiqui Announces Indefinite Delay of Constitutional Amendments
In a significant political development, PML-N Senator Irfan Siddiqui confirmed that the proposed constitutional amendments have been postponed indefinitely. This decision follows extensive discussions within the party and coalition partners, who have opted to delay the amendments due to ongoing political uncertainties. Siddiqui emphasized the importance of consensus-building among all political…
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Spirit of death is hovering around Parliament house, pray for the inhouse workers — Prophet Isaac warns
Prophet Isaac Revelation has warned Ghanaians to strongly stay on their toes amd pray fervently for the nation because there’s an impending doom that is about to befall the nation. According to him in an interview he granted to Gh Pack TV, the spirit of death is busily hovering around the parliament house of Ghana and people who works there must be protected spiritually. Eight years ago, the…
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Orlando’s Parliament House opened in 1962 as part of the Parliament House Motor Inn chain. Throughout the 60s, it became a popular spot for weddings, meetings, was used as the Tupperware World Headquarters and hosted the NAACP legislative conference.
In 1975, the motel was purchased by Bill Miller and Michael Hodge, owners of Orlando’s first gay club, the Diamond Head. Due to a lack LGBTQ-friendly spaces in Florida, they decided to transform it into a gay and lesbian resort and nightclub. For the next 45 years, it hosted nightly events and drag shows. The property included an outdoor stage, swimming pool and dance floor. In 2019, it was declared the most popular gay bar in the United States.
That same year, the property closed and was listed for sale for $16.5 million. Demolition began in 2021.
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Wisteria at Australia's Old Parliament House in Canberra.
#wisteria#spring#garden#canberra#nature#australia#garden benches#old parliament house#parliament house#world capitals#purple#flowers#park#park bench
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the fact that shakespeare was a playwright is sometimes so funny to me. just the concept of the "greatest writer of the English language" being a random 450-year-old entertainer, a 16th cent pop cultural sensation (thanks in large part to puns & dirty jokes & verbiage & a long-running appeal to commoners). and his work was made to be watched not read, but in the classroom teachers just hand us his scripts and say "that's literature"
just...imagine it's 2450 A.D. and English Lit students are regularly going into 100k debt writing postdoc theses on The Simpsons screenplays. the original animation hasn't even been preserved, it's literally just scripts and the occasional SDH subtitles.txt. they've been republished more times than the Bible
#due to the Great Data Decay academics write viciously argumentative articles on which episodes aired in what order#at conferences professors have known to engage in physically violent altercations whilst debating the air date number of household viewers#90% of the couch gags have been lost and there is a billion dollar trade in counterfeit “lost copies”#serious note: i'll be honest i always assumed it was english imperialism that made shakespeare so inescapable in the 19th/20th cent#like his writing should have become obscure at the same level of his contemporaries#but british imperialists needed an ENGLISH LANGUAGE (and BRITISH) writer to venerate#and shakespeare wrote so many damn things that there was a humongous body of work just sitting there waiting to be culturally exploited...#i know it didn't happen like this but i imagine a English Parliament House Committee Member For The Education Of The Masses or something#cartoonishly stumbling over a dusty cobwebbed crate labelled the Complete Works of Shakespeare#and going 'Eureka! this shall make excellent propoganda for fabricating a national identity in a time of great social unrest.#it will be a cornerstone of our elitist educational institutions for centuries to come! long live our decaying empire!'#'what good fortune that this used to be accessible and entertaining to mainstream illiterate audience members...#..but now we can strip that away and make it a difficult & alienating foundation of a Classical Education! just like the latin language :)'#anyway maybe there's no such thing as the 'greatest writer of x language' in ANY language?#maybe there are just different styles and yes levels of expertise and skill but also a high degree of subjectivity#and variance in the way that we as individuals and members of different cultures/time periods experience any work of media#and that's okay! and should be acknowledged!!! and allow us to give ourselves permission to broaden our horizons#and explore the stories of marginalized/underappreciated creators#instead of worshiping the List of Top 10 Best (aka Most Famous) Whatevers Of All Time/A Certain Time Period#anyways things are famous for a reason and that reason has little to do with innate “value”#and much more to do with how it plays into the interests of powerful institutions motivated to influence our shared cultural narratives#so i'm not saying 'stop teaching shakespeare'. but like...maybe classrooms should stop using it as busy work that (by accident or designs)#happens to alienate a large number of students who could otherwise be engaging critically with works that feel more relevant to their world#(by merit of not being 4 centuries old or lacking necessary historical context or requiring untaught translation skills)#and yeah...MAYBE our educational institutions could spend less time/money on shakespeare critical analysis and more on...#...any of thousands of underfunded areas of literary research i literally (pun!) don't know where to begin#oh and p.s. the modern publishing world is in shambles and it would be neat if schoolwork could include modern works?#beautiful complicated socially relevant works of literature are published every year. it's not just the 'classics' that have value#and actually modern publications are probably an easier way for students to learn the basics. since lesson plans don't have to include the#important historical/cultural context many teens need for 20+ year old media (which is older than their entire lived experience fyi)
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13th July 2003: the giant Australian flag on top of Parliament House in Canberra.
#winter#canberra#australia#parliament house#government#world capitals#blue sky#architecture#2003#2000s
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Aerial view over the intersection of Bourke and Spring Streets Melbourne, showing Parliament House during World War II 1943
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#Australia#migrant intake#tougher tests#Indian students#population increase#Australian Bureau of Statistics#migration strategy#English-language test#genuine students#skills shortages#overseas students#second course#second student visa#immigration policy#Pramod Thomas#Clare O’Neil#home affairs minister#Parliament House#Canberra#jobs and skills summit#Martin Ollman#Getty Images#immigration news#Australian government#international students#student visa#English proficiency#skills assessment#immigration reforms#Australian demographics
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Road Trip!
Last week, we hit the road for a Mother-Son road trip to the Nation’s Capital. Yep, that’s right, we went to Canberra. And it was Can-tastic! Why was it so great well, let me tell you! First of all, I will admit to having an affinity to any city that’s a Capital City. As a Washington, DC native, I have a special place in my heart for Canberra, London, Rome, Dublin, Vienna, Mexico City,…
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#AIS#baby su#bao burger#big things#canberra#canberra breakfast#canberra with kids#chicken salad sandwich#cockington green gardens#freakshakes#mini golf#mocan#parliament house#patissez#qt canberra#qt hotel#questacon#rabbits#the big merino#yarralumla play station
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