A cross-section of an intense sunset sky...nothing but sky and clouds (masquerading as land!) here! Taken a few weeks ago, while the weather was still nice and the skies were amazing almost nightly, from the top of Capitol Hill overlooking downtown Calgary.

In 1931 Sidney Myer (1878 – 1934) Russian émigré turned Melbourne businessman and philanthropist decided to reinvigorate his store the Myer Emporium by redeveloping his flagship Bourke Street store at 314-336 Bourke Street. Part of this included a new façade in the prevailing interwar style of the time – Art Deco and the addition of several more floors to what was already a very large department store. On the sixth floor a chic European style ballroom with soaring ceilings, sweeping stairs and parquet flooring was planned for use by the emporium’s patrons as a dining room by day and in which Myer could host Parisian fashion shows and hold exclusive Melbourne society events by night. The Myer Mural Hall, so called because of an impressive collection of ten murals by Australian artist Napier Waller, was the realisation of Sidney Myer’s dream. The Mural Hall, a dining hall suitable for a sitting for one thousand people and a venue for fashion parades and performances, was completed in 1933 as part of the sixth floor which was set aside for dining. It is a large rectangular space with a decorative plaster ceiling and balconies and wall panels in a Streamline Moderne style. However, it is the decoration of ten murals by renowned artist Napier Waller (1893-1972) that are the Mural Hall’s claim to fame. The murals took a little over a year to complete and were painted at Napier Waller’s home at Fairy Hills in Ivanhoe before being transported to the department store where they were hung. Completed in 1934, just after Sidney Myer’s death, eight of the murals are almost floor to ceiling, whilst the remaining two are located over the two side entrances. All pay homage to the seasons and to women and their achievements through history in the areas of art, opera, literature, dance, sport and fashion. The western wall features a mural "Winter - Actresses and Drama from Medieval Times to the Present". It features: Hrotsvitha (935 – 1002 A.D.), a Benedictine nun from the remote Saxon convent of Grandersheim, who was the first woman or person of any importance in the history of theatre in Europe; Theodora (500 – 548 A. D.), a dancer and actress who in 521 A.D. married the Byzantine Emperor Justinian and became the most powerful and influential woman in the Byzantine Empire’s history; the Muse of Drama; Mary Saunderson Betterton (1637 – 1712) as Cordelia, who was an actress and singer in England and is considered to be one of the first English actresses; Madame Lucia Elizabeth Vestris (1797 – 1856) as Portia, who was known as the first modern theatrical female director, theatre producer and manageress; William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616), England’s greatest poet and dramatist; Margaret Hughes (1645 – 1719) who played the first Desdemona, was mistress to Prince Rupert and who had to sell his jewellery gifts to Nell Gwynne to pay off her gambling debts; Sir Henry Irving (1838 – 1905), an English stage actor in the Victorian era who also managed London’s Lyceum Theatre; Ellen Terry (1848 – 1928), the English stage actress who became the leading Shakespearean actress in Britain; Sarah Bernhardt (1844 – 1923) as Phaedra, who is still regarded today as the greatest tragedienne of all time by students of the theatre; Italian actress Eleanora Duse (1858 – 1924) as Cleopatra, rivaling Sarah Bernhardt in the role of La Dame aux Camellias; Molière (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin) (1622 – 1673), the greatest French comic dramatist of the 17th Century; Armande-Grésinde-Claire-Élisabeth Béjart (1640 – 1700), French actress, wife of Molière and daughter of Madeline Béjart; Madeline Béjart (1618 – 1672), the French actress, theatre director and manageress of Molière’s theatre company; Lanthe, claimed to be England’s first actress, making her initial bow in 1657 despite legal prohibition of theatrical performances by women in public; Sarah Siddons (1755 – 1831), the best known tragedienne in the 18th Century, in particular for her portrayal of Lady Macbeth; Isabella Andreini (1562 – 1604), also known as Isabella Da Padova who was an Italian actress and writer, who worked with her husband Francesco Andreini worked with Scalla in performing the Commedia dell’arte style; and David Garrick (1717 – 1779), the English actor, playwright and theatre manager of great renown. Napier Waller (1893 – 1972) was a noted Australian muralist, mosaicist and painter. He served in France from 1916, being so seriously wounded at Bullecourt that he lost his right arm. He was right-handed but learned to use his left hand while recuperating. Back in Australia, he established his reputation by exhibiting more paintings. He is perhaps best known for the mosaics and stained glass for the Hall of Memory at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, completed in 1958. However, Melbourne has been described as "a gallery of Napier Waller’s work". Pieces of Napier Waller’s works may be found in the Melbourne Town Hall (1927), the State Library of Victoria (1928), the T %26 G Life Building (1929), Newspaper House (1933), Florentino’s Restaurant (1934), the Wesley Church (1935) and the University of Melbourne (1940) as well as the Myer Mural Hall.

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1. PHOTOS: Reality Stars' Week In Photos " January 25th! - Reality Tea

1. Restaurants cook up 78 new jobs for town - This is Kent 2. Local bowling scores - Yorkdispatch.com 3. The Heat Is On - Huffington Post 4. Skeletal Remains Focus of 'Rockefeller' Murder Hearing, Day One - Patch.com 5. The house the great Chief Luthuli built - The New Age Online

1. Robert White is a business-as-usual police chief, letter from Denver cops charges - Westword (blog) 2. Former Louisville Metro Police Chief Robert White's son pleaded guilty on ... - Louisville Courier-Journal 3. Alex Martinez, Denver's new Manager of Safety and DPD overseer: What would you ... - Westword (blog) 4. 1 Charged In Craigslist Video Game Console Scheme - NBC4i.com 5. Millions Party For Australia Day - Crave Online

The cliffs at Burton Bradstock, Dorset late afternoon Feb 26th on a Landscape photography course with Robert White photography and 2010 Landscape Photographer of the year Antony Spencer - great day was had by all - one of my better efforts. 5D2 + Zeiss 18mm

1. For Latin America, China Both Friend And Foe - Forbes 2. Um Rveillon, realmente, A mil! - R7 3. Olavo Chinaglia assume presidncia do Cade e comandar sua reestruturao - Consultor Jurdico (liberao de imprensa) 4. Tcnico do Mixto testa 3 formaes no amistoso hoje com Luverdense - S Notcias 5. Campanha da RINO COM para a Scania promove caminhes e nibus sustentveis - Revista Fator

RIO DE JANEIRO/BRAZIL, 29APR11 - Luiz Fernando Furlan, Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors, Brasil Foods, Brazil captured during the World Economic Forum on Latin America in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 29, 2011. Copyright World Economic Forum (www.weforum.org)/Photo by Alexandre Campbell

1. Oprah's Next Chapter Preview (1/22/12): Interview With Jedi Master, George ... - CMR 2. Mellody Hobson: From Chicago To The White House To The Jet Set - Forbes 3. Third Annual Wall Street Women Forum Brings Together Landmark Group of Senior ... - PR Newswire (press release) 4. Could 'Red Tails' Turn George Lucas Into Tyler Perry? - ThinkProgress 5. The money behind Glenn Close's Oscar bid - Fortune (blog)

John Fredriksen as "Hangman" by Svein Møxvold at "Statens Kunstutstilling, Høstutstillingen 2009"

1. Two IGH Residents Vying for Klondike Kate Title - Patch.com 2. Special needs children 'get a chance to really get the limelight' - Quad City Times 3. Dragons host homecoming - Purcell Register 4. Charles L. Sweeney Jr. - Pocono Record 5. Paul Sanchez, Shamarr Allen to join Michael Cerveris at New York's Lincoln Center - NOLA.com

1. Rosado puts TKO win on ice | Philadelphia Daily News | 2012-01-23 - Philadelphia Daily News 2. Rosado stops Soto-Karass, More! " Bam on boxing - BoxingNews24.com 3. NBC Sports Boxing Premiere: Rosado vs Soto Karass Bumped to Main Event ... - Bad Left Hook 4. Mississippi Mutts opens shop to all dogs - Southeast Missourian 5. Anniversary of Roe vs. Wade brings protesters - Odessa American

1. dean's lists college graduates - Scranton Times-Tribune 2. York County deed transfers for Jan. 29, 2012 - York Daily Record 3. Death notices, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012- 11:00 pm - Pensacola News Journal 4. Lackawanna County Court Notes 1/26/2012 - Scranton Times-Tribune 5. Commissioners approve agreement for road transfer - Williamsport Sun-Gazette

1. L'un des derniers grands terrains en zone blanche - L'Action - Joliette 2. Nouveau projet domiciliaire de 50 millions $ - L'Action - Joliette 3. Soixante ans et 60 recettes gourmandes! - Cyberpresse 4. Lancement du livre d'Alain Lessard - Cyberpresse 5. Un film-catastrophe intimiste - pointscommuns.com

NASA and the International Space Station (ISS) team is selected as the recipient of the 2009 Robert J. Collier Trophy on Thursday, May 13, 2010, in Arlington, VA. Lori Garver, fourth from left, Deputy Administrator of NASA accepts the Collier Trophy on behalf of NASA. The ISS Team nomination consisted NASA, The Boeing Company, Draper Laboratory, Honeywell, Lockheed Martin Corporation, United Space Alliance, and United Technologies/Hamilton Sunstrand. Seen from left are: Virginia Barnes, President and CEO, United Space Alliance; Alain Bellemare, President, United Technologies/Hamilton Sunstrand; James Crocker, VP and GM, Sensing %26 Exploration, Lockheed Martin; Lori Garver; Wayne Boyne, Chairman, National Aeronautic Association; Jonathan Gaffney, President, National Aeronautic Association; Jim Albaugh, Executive VP of The Boeing Company, President and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes; Dennis Muilenberg, Executive Vice President, The Boeing Company, President and CEO, Boeing Defense, Space and Security; James Shields, President and CEO, Draper Laboratory and Dave Douglas, Vice President, Space, Missiles and Munitions, Honeywell. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

1. Sotheby's International Realty Brand Enters Barcelona, Strengthening Its Brand ... - MarketWatch (press release) 2. KH FFA officers attend dinner - Enid News & Eagle 3. South Dakota High School Wrestling Ratings - AberdeenNews.com 4. Wrestling: Pierre Wins Opbroek Invitational - Yankton Daily Press 5. WRESTLING: High School: Harrisburg Invitational - AberdeenNews.com

Directors elected at the 2010 CHS annual meeting were, left to right, Dennis Carlson, C.J. Blew, Randy Knecht, Michael Toelle, Robert Bass and Steve Riegel. To read articles and view full magazine content, visit: c.chsinc.com/2011February/Main.aspx

1. Buyer-Seller Gap Keeps Sought-After Housing Recovery a Long Ways Off - CoStar Group 2. Pittsburgh Business Times by Mark Sellers - Pittsburgh Business Times 3. Mark Levin's 'Ameritopia' Debuts at No. 1 on NY Times Best Sellers List in 4 ... - CNSNews.com 4. Top Economy Summaries - Friday, January 27, 2012 - 9:26 AM - Equities.com 5. Euro Chart Hints Down Trend vs US Dollar May Be Ready to Resume - Equities.com

1. Size Matters - Minnesota Lawyer 2. Secrets And Lies: The Joy Of 'Smut' - NPR 3. Defending Unconstitutional DC Gun Ban Will Cost $1.1M - Courthouse News Service 4. Mildred Hickenbottom - Canton Daily Ledger 5. Around the Blawgosphere: Lawyer-Victors in Heller Case Got Chump Change ... - ABA Journal

1. Stordalen svir av 11 mill. p kjendisfest - TV 2 2. Stordalen med tidenes party-event - Kampanje.com 3. Fredriksen-dtre topper jetset-liste - Hegnar Online 4. Milliardrene boltrer seg p Geilo - E24

1. York County deed transfers for Jan. 29, 2012 - York Daily Record 2. Keller Names New CEO - Truckinginfo 3. Transactions for Jan. 22, 2012 - Reading Eagle 4. Local bowling scores - Yorkdispatch.com 5. Deeds Recorded - Jan. 1, 2012 - Lancaster Newspapers

1. Connecticut mayor dodges huge taco delivery - Reuters 2. Girls hoops: Brunners, Aquin too much for Forreston - Rockford Register Star 3. New restaurant to launch in Glen Ellen - Santa Rosa Press Democrat 4. Millenium Film Workshop Being Evicted By La Mama - Village Voice (blog) 5. For Ellen - Chicago Tribune

1. Chyron Corporation Retains Lytham Partners for Investor Relations - MarketWatch (press release) 2. Chyron Corporation to Present at Noble Financial Capital Markets Eighth Annual ... - MarketWatch (press release)

1. Axa, Ace Said in Advanced Talks to Buy HSBC Insurance Business - Bloomberg 2. Axa : Nomura conseille toujours l'achat - Trading Sat 3. Franois Hollande, un challenger en tte du peloton - nouvelobs.com 4. Axa findet Nachfolger fr Keuper - wissen.de 5. Patrons Sarkozystes et/ou Hollandais - Challenges.fr

1. Kevin J. Kelley withdraws from race for Cuyahoga County prosecutor - Plain Dealer 2. dean's lists college graduates - Scranton Times-Tribune 3. Amherst officials to elect School Committee member to fill 2-month vacancy - MassLive.com 4. Shepard announces first semester honor roll - TribLocal 5. Brecksville-Broadview Heights Democratic Club hosting public forum - Plain Dealer (blog)

1. Volusia County public records for Jan. 27, 2012 - Daytona Beach News-Journal 2. But does the U.S. Constitution allow it? - Las Vegas Review-Journal 3. Transactions for Jan. 22, 2012 - Reading Eagle 4. Paisley powers Hazleton past Dallas - Citizens Voice 5. Fall 2011 Dean's List Announced at Penn College - PCToday

1. Vangorden pleads not guilty to criminal contempt charge in Bath town court - Hornell Evening Tribune 2. Proposed Glastonbury Budget Up 2.64%, Calls For 2.16% Hike In Taxes - Hartford Courant 3. GAGNON v. ST. JOSEPH'S HOSP. - Leagle.com 4. Two Fort Bragg soldiers appear in federal court in $750000 fraud scheme - Fayetteville Observer 5. Two Bragg GIs Appear in Court Over Fraud Scheme - Military.com

1. Mueller scores again in Avs' 3-1 win over Kings - Albany Times Union 2. Peter Mueller's big game lifts Colorado Avalanche over Florida Panthers - Denver Post 3. Surf to celebrate Buddy - Mason City Globe Gazette 4. Lunch with Ron Barassi - Sydney Morning Herald 5. Jack Morris: the winningest pitcher of the 1980s - Hardball Times

1. Our View: Here are our discussion leaders of 2011 - Rockford Register Star 2. Hughesville locals - The Luminary 3. CT August 2011 new business starts - Hartford Business

1. Emerging-Market Demand Boosts Luxottica Sales - Wall Street Journal 2. LUXOTTICA SHOWS HEALTHY GROWTH AND PROFITS FOR 2011 - Agenzia Giornalistica Italia 3. New exhibit at Cape studio is women's work - The News-Press 4. College Station honor roll - Bryan College Station Eagle 5. High school swimming and diving: Thursday's results, Friday and Saturday's ... - San Antonio Express

Coco Chanel starring Shirley MacLaine, Malcolm McDowell, Marine Delterme, Olivier Sitruk, Maggie Steed At The Best Price!

1. ConocoPhillips Adds Two to Executive Management Team - CSNews Online 2. ConocoPhillips Fire 2012 Strikes Wilmington Refinery - LALATE 3. People in Business - Houston Chronicle 4. ConocoPhillips adds to executive management teams - PennEnergy- Energy News (press release)

1. Cue Whitney Houston: Here's Julia Gillard's bodyguard - Courier Mail 2. Food stamp families to critics: Walk in our shoes - Equal Voice Newspaper 3. Food stamp families to critics: Walk in our shoes - Albany Times Union 4. Accent Inns has no Treble Supporting the Kamloops Symphony - DigitalJournal.com (press release) 5. AFP bodyguards Ready to take bullet for Julia Gillard - The Daily Telegraph

1. December offers - The Canberra Times

1. Victims in triple stabbing in Far East Dallas identified as suspect's ... - Dallas Morning News (subscription) 2. Madison County Arrests / Summons - Madison County Eagle 3. METRO DIGEST || Youngstown worker dies in building collapse - Youngstown Vindicator 4. President Clinton to Play in Third Round of Humana - KPSP Local 2 5. Gerald L. Olson - Aledo Times Record

1. Obama to take on economy in State of the Union - Southeast Missourian 2. Obama takes on big government: `It has to change' - Boston.com 3. Roads squeezed, sidewalks vanish in snow - TheNewsTribune.com 4. Out & About - TheTimes 5. Building Closer Relations Between Science and Policymakers - Lab Manager Magazine

My friend Rajinder Kumar, a fine painter, did this picture about ten years ago. I bought it off him and it hangs in our kitchen.

1. Ying Yang - Forbes 2. Colts brass searching for yin to balance new head coach's yang - Indianapolis Business Journal 3. The dynamic yin-yang interaction of CXCR4 and CXCR7 in breast cancer metastasis - 7thSpace Interactive (press release) 4. Yahoo! loses yin as Yang makes his exit - New York Post 5. Adelson and Ross: Yin Yang of US Politics - Salem-News.Com

1. Art and Sustainability - Sessions at DLD12 - Sacramento Bee 2. "Weltwoche": Ein trautes Paar - ZEIT ONLINE 3. Warnsignale wurden nicht gehrt - Aargauer Zeitung 4. Wolfach: 91 Ehrungen bei der Zunft - Schwarzwlder Bote 5. "Ein stiller Horrorfilm" - Film ber ein gefangenes Kind gewinnt Max-Ophls-Preis - Deutschlandfunk

1. Local students named to fall dean's list at AU - Anderson Independent Mail 2. Gulf Coast Friends collect $650 for Haveards - Gulf Breeze News 3. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS - Coshocton Tribune 4. Our Social Networks - Republican & Herald 5. REAL ESTATE: What's the selling price on your neighbor's house? - Belleville News Democrat

1. Mansoor Ijaz says he can testify after 15th - DAWN.com 2. Mansoor Ijaz attaches strings to Pakistan visit - PakistanToday.com.pk

1. Teammates turn adversaries for All Stars - North Queensland Cowboys 2. All Stars call-up for Payne breaks records - North Queensland Cowboys 3. Joe Ryan under fire - Wellington Times 4. Loddon Ladies earn comeback victory over UEA - Norwich Evening News 5. Sweet revenge - Crawley Observer

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1. Wednesday's notes: Predators Progress - On The Forecheck (blog) 2. Sergei Kostitsyn: The OTF Hero Of The Week (January 1-7) - On The Forecheck (blog) 3. The Record Man Shoots You Down: Preds 5 - Hawks 2 - Second City Hockey 4. Iz tabora Acronija Jesenic pred tekmo z Znojmom - SiOL.net 5. Avstralsko premierko reevali pred jeznimi protestniki - STA

1. On big night, Maryland falls 74-61 to No. 8 Duke - Boston.com 2. Medivation and Pfizer Announce Results from Phase 3 Concert Trial of Dimebon ... - VAdvert Press Center (press release) 3. Medivation and Pfizer Announce Results From Phase 3 Concert Trial of Dimebon ... - MarketWatch (press release) 4. History is Made Again as US Ordinariate Receives First Parish - Catholic Online 5. Piracy in Virginia - Hawaii News Daily

1. New Orleans Saints had some super times with recently departed Gregg Williams - NOLA.com 2. Three and Out: Smith carving out legacy - Columbia Daily Tribune (blog) 3. NFL 2011-12 Regular Season In Review - Camel Clutch Blog (blog) 4. Texans, Ravens make a run at glory in playoffs - Brownsville Herald 5. PFT's postseason awards - NBCSports.com

1. ATMI execs get 2012 pay raises - Hartford Business 2. DRUNK HULK Twitter Master Talks Burst Culture, a TOP SECRET Project, and Why ... - International Business Times 3. For Second Year, Mark Harmon is America's Favorite TV Star - MarketWatch (press release) 4. Insider Trading, Volcker Rule, Carlyle IPO: Compliance - BusinessWeek 5. UPI NewsTrack Entertainment News - UPI.com

1. Ivy Tech Community College Dean's List - Muncie Star Press

1. Locals on college rosters: Haylee Land looks forward to senior softball season ... - TCPalm 2. Shepard announces first semester honor roll - TribLocal 3. LANCERS SCORE SEASON-HIGH 8 GOALS, DROP SIOUX FALLS 8-5 - JuniorHockey.com 4. CBJ: Property transfers - The Daily Progress 5. LANCERS KICK OFF 2012 WITH 3-2 WIN OVER SIOUX FALLS - JuniorHockey.com