Creative Sculptures

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Great Seal of the United States

Welcome to GreatSeal.com, the website all about the extraordinary symbol that represents the people of the United States of America. Designed by some of the nation's most visionary Founders, the two sides of the Great Seal embody the essential guiding principles these farsighted patriots hoped we would always follow. The actual Great Seal adopted by Congress on June 20, 1782 is a written document that precisely describes the imagery. For the past 231 years, the U.S. Department of State has been sealing official documents using engraved dies based on this official description. The first die is shown here. (Note: the design is in reverse.) The government also has official illustrations of the Great Seal's two sides.  An illustration of a seal is known as a "realization" of its design description. For generations, the Great Seal has inspired artists to create compelling realizations – graphic links to the revolutionary spirit of the people who gave us our freedom. 18th-century and 21st-century realizations The Great Seal's designers provided a brief explanation of its symbolism, however the more we know about its design process and meaning of its symbols and mottoes, the better we can understand why this emblem is as important today as ever before. It was and still is America's Vision Statement. Explore GreatSeal.com Get a brief Overview See Preliminary Designs for the Great Seal: Ideas suggested by three committees (1776-1782) Examine the symbolic elements on the Seal: Imagery from nature and history Eagle side | Pyramid side Learn the origin and meaning of the three Mottoes: Little phrases with big repercussions

Historical content is based on the official history of the Great Seal.
GreatSeal.com is not affiliated with the U.S. Government.
Copyright ©2014 by John D. MacArthur.

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Women Will Never Have the Success That Men Have

Women Will Never Have the Success That Men Have until they can acquire the God given ability and confidence to walk down the beach, 50 pounds overweight, and say.....

Like Wow, Man, I'm looking gooood!!!

Sunrise in Sarasota in the Rain

The Forgotten History of L.A.'s Failed Freeway Revolt

The story of Boyle Heights reminds us that urban highway tear downs don't always end in victory.

"What we don't know, however, is the story of the losers, the urban men and women who fought the freeway, unsuccessfully, on the conventional terms of political struggle, who weren't able to pack up and move on, and who channeled expressive cultural traditions to register their grievances against the presence of unwanted infrastructure." — citylab.com

Click below to read the article:

citylab.com/commute/2014/07/the-forgotten-history-of-las-failed-freeway-revolt/374843/

Almost a "Whale" of a Landing

A landing seaplane almost land on a whale.

Click to see the video

http://www.wptv.com/news/local-news/water-cooler/seaplane-in-alaska-almost-lands-on-whale-video

Click to read the full article.

http://www.wptv.com/news/local-news/water-cooler/seaplane-in-alaska-almost-lands-on-whale-video

Scoop From the Urbanophile

The Urban State of Mind: Meditations on the City is the first Urbanophile e-book, featuring provocative essays on the key issues facing our cities, including innovation, talent attraction and brain drain, global soft power, sustainability, economic development, and localism. Included are 28 carefully curated essays out of nearly 1,200 posts in the first seven years of the Urbanophile, plus 9 original pieces. It's great for anyone who cares about our cities.

NYU Economist Paul Romer gave a great talk at last month’s New Cities conference in Dallas. Called “Urbanization as Opportunity,” it’s now online and I’ll embed below. The first 2-3 minutes are warm up then it really gets going. Great stuff around crime, public space, etc. If the embed doesn’t display for you, watch on You Tube.

There are large number of additional New Cities videos online should you wish to browse them.

More from the Urbanophile at:

http://www.urbanophile.com/