“It was important to me, and I think important to my parents, that I be on my own and figure things out on my own and kind of forge my own path," the CNN anchor says.
Thursday, March 31, 2016
Anderson Cooper's non-Vanderbilt Fortune
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Forbidden City’s Secret Garden
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Within the former imperial palace is an 18th-century garden that has been closed since China’s last emperor departed, in 1924. Bamboo marquetry, silk painting, jade carving, and 18th-century glass art adorn 27 structures around four tree-lined courtyards in the Qianlong Garden, which was built between 1771 and 1776 as a retirement retreat for the Qianlong Emperor, the longest-reigning Chinese emperor. continue
Post-restoration interior of Juanqinzhai (2008) (photo by Si Bing/Palace Museum)
Within the former imperial palace is an 18th-century garden that has been closed since China’s last emperor departed, in 1924. Bamboo marquetry, silk painting, jade carving, and 18th-century glass art adorn 27 structures around four tree-lined courtyards in the Qianlong Garden, which was built between 1771 and 1776 as a retirement retreat for the Qianlong Emperor, the longest-reigning Chinese emperor. continue
Post-restoration interior of Juanqinzhai (2008) (photo by Si Bing/Palace Museum)
Harvard's storied pigment library
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The history of pigments goes back to prehistoric times, but much of what we know about how they relate to the art world comes from Edward Forbes, a historian and director of the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University from 1909 to 1944. Considered the father of art conservation in the United States, Forbes traveled around the world amassing pigments in order to authenticate classical Italian paintings. Over the years, theForbes Pigment Collection—as his collection came to be known—grew to more than 2,500 different specimens, each with its own layered backstory on its origin, production, and use. continue
Portrait of Edward Waldo Forbes, undated. Photograph by Bachrach. Fogg History Photographs, Fogg Benefactors, file 1.Harvard Art Museums Archives
The history of pigments goes back to prehistoric times, but much of what we know about how they relate to the art world comes from Edward Forbes, a historian and director of the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University from 1909 to 1944. Considered the father of art conservation in the United States, Forbes traveled around the world amassing pigments in order to authenticate classical Italian paintings. Over the years, theForbes Pigment Collection—as his collection came to be known—grew to more than 2,500 different specimens, each with its own layered backstory on its origin, production, and use. continue
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Story of Cities Series
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Built on a swamp at the cost of thousands of lives, Peter the Great’s ‘antidote to Moscow’ has survived uprisings, sieges and floods to become Europe’s third largest city. But is history now catching up with St Petersburg?
Story of cities #9: Kingston, Jamaica – a city born of 'wickedness' and disaster
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Downtown Kingston, the conflicted heart of Jamaica’s modern capital, was born of disaster. A battered pocket watch, its hands frozen at exactly 11:43, memorialises the moment on 7 June 1692 when an earthquake ripped through this English Caribbean colony. Mountains split, buildings shattered and a tsunami swept away uncountable bodies, living and dead, as the earth’s convulsions exhumed corpses from their graves. continue
A depiction of the earthquake that destroyed much of Port Royal in 1692, by Jan Luyken and Pieter van der Aa. Illustration: Alamy
Downtown Kingston, the conflicted heart of Jamaica’s modern capital, was born of disaster. A battered pocket watch, its hands frozen at exactly 11:43, memorialises the moment on 7 June 1692 when an earthquake ripped through this English Caribbean colony. Mountains split, buildings shattered and a tsunami swept away uncountable bodies, living and dead, as the earth’s convulsions exhumed corpses from their graves. continue
A depiction of the earthquake that destroyed much of Port Royal in 1692, by Jan Luyken and Pieter van der Aa. Illustration: Alamy
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Rockefeller family will leave oil industry after 146 years
The multi-billion-dollar Rockefeller Family Fund has announced plans to withdraw all funds from the oil industry after 146 years in the business.
The charitable fund slammed Exxon Mobil Corp as 'morally reprehensible' for 'misleading' the public about how much fossil fuels contribute to climate change.
Though only a sliver of the endowment's modest $130 million in assets is invested in fossil fuels, the move is notable.
A century ago John D. Rockefeller Sr. made a fortune running Standard Oil, a precursor to Exxon Mobil.
The charity said it will said it will 'eliminate holdings' in Exxon as soon as possible, and would also divest from coal and Canadian oil sands. Link
A century ago John D. Rockefeller Sr (pictured) made a fortune running Standard Oil, a precursor to Exxon
10 Medieval rabbits that hate Easter and want to kill you
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At this time of year, rabbits are loved as cuddly-wuddly lickle fluffykins that hide eggs.
But in the Middle Ages there were no chocolates and those cuddly-wuddly wabbits were determined to murder you. shucks ... read on
At this time of year, rabbits are loved as cuddly-wuddly lickle fluffykins that hide eggs.
But in the Middle Ages there were no chocolates and those cuddly-wuddly wabbits were determined to murder you. shucks ... read on
Princess Margaret 'had an affair' with 1950s crooner Eddie Fisher
His list of lovers made Warren Beatty's conquests appear amateur.
But there is one affair that 50s chart star Eddie Fisher apparently kept quiet – a dalliance with the Queen’s younger sister.
The revelation comes from the US crooner’s daughter and eldest of his four children – Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher – who said her father had a ‘beautiful’ romance with Princess Margaret. continue
Young love: Princess Margaret and Eddie Fisher at a charity ball at the Dorchester in London in 1953
Citizen Kane actress and Orson Welles' assistant, dies at 100
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Kathryn Trosper Popper, who was believed to be the last surviving actor to appear on screen in Citizen Kane, died from pneumonia Sunday in Manhattan, according to the The New York Times. She was 100. continue
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Casa Rosada
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La Casa Rosada is the executive mansion and office of the President of Argentina. The palatial mansion is known officially as Casa de Gobierno.
La Casa Rosada is the executive mansion and office of the President of Argentina. The palatial mansion is known officially as Casa de Gobierno.
Nixon Aide Speaks
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Monday, March 21, 2016
Life Magazine
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The Queen of mischief:
As the Queen climbed into the open carriage for a birthday drive through the streets of Windsor, there on the seat lay a bouquet of flowers and beside it a birthday card in an envelope.
First, she smelled the flowers. Then, as she settled back on the cushioned seat, she opened the envelope and looked at the card — and burst into peals of laughter.
The card, which was signed by all the staff in the Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace, where the royal carriages and horses are kept, depicted Miss Piggy, the Muppet character.
‘I thought, “Well, she can’t sack us all,” ’ says coachman Alfred Oates, now 76, who was with the Queen for 57 years. ‘But there she was, as the crowds could see, laughing the whole way round.’ Link...
Always game for a laugh: A smiling Queen waves to the crowds in 1961
communist plot to abduct Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple was the target of one of the world's most dangerous terrorist groups when she was US ambassador to Ghana in 1974, secret files reveal.
Senior officials believed that the Japanese Red Army were going to abduct the actress while she was serving in her first full diplomatic post. The papers, sent to then Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's office, were obtained by Daily Mail Online after an FOIA request led to them being declassified more than 40 years on.
Temple had been warned she was in their sights and that they had dispatched terrorists to Accra, the capital of Ghana.
The U.S. embassy in the African nation sent an urgent warning to Washington telling them that the Red Army was in the area and 'specialized in hijacking and kidnapping'. Link
Turn of career: Shirley Temple Black, who died last year, became the U.S. ambassador to Ghana in 1974 and remained in the post until 1976. In her first year there was intelligence of a Communist kidnap plot
Was Coco Chanel a German spy?
French intelligence officers believed that Coco Chanel worked as a spy for the Nazis during the Second World War, according to newly released documents.
An informant had told authorities that the designer was the lover - and agent - of German intelligence officer Baron Hans Gunther von Dinklage.
Historians released documents from the secret services' archives today, which include files on celebrities they deemed suspicious. Link ...
French intelligence officers believed that Coco Chanel worked as a spy for the Nazis during the Second World War, according to newly released documents
Historic Trip to Cuba
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historic Havana mansion hosts America's first family
The mansion in Havana where U.S. President Barack Obama and his family spent two nights has survived war, revolution and an Albanian occupation.
Built from 1939 to 1942, the two-story building is more than half the size of the White House, according to U.S. State Department data, and was constructed with the finest materials and craftsmanship of the time. Link ...
Built from 1939 to 1942, the two-story building is more than half the size of the White House, according to U.S. State Department data, and was constructed with the finest materials and craftsmanship of the time. Link ...
A view from the gardens shows the terrace of the U.S. ambassadorial residence where the first family will stay in Cuba
Einstein in March
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Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
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How Albert Einstein Celebrated His Birthday
The physicist was born on March 14, 1879
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Tuesday, March 15, 2016
T-rex
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The oldest known members of this group of carnivorous dinosaurs were tiny, about the size of dogs.
Empress Candace Of Ethiopia
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treasure-laden San Jose galleon found in Colombia
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The wreck of a Spanish ship laden with treasure that was sunk by the British more than 300 years ago has been found off the Colombian coast, says President Juan Manuel Santos.
Sunday, March 13, 2016
Elizabeth Taylor ... unseen photos
YES SHE CANNES Elizabeth Taylor napping on a friend’s yacht near Cannes in 1993 with her Maltese Terrier Sugar, her constant companion, who died in 2005
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