Archive for memorial
International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day
Posted in Kids, pictures with tags Chernobyl, Chornobyl, ICRIN, International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day, Kiev, memorial, nuclear safety, Russian invasion, Soviet Union, Ukraine, UN International Chernobyl Research and Information Network, United Nations, Zaporizhzhia on April 26, 2026 by xi'an
Mémorial Act
Posted in Books, Kids, pictures, Travel with tags 1848, abolition, Antilles, Caribbean, French West Indies, Guadeloupe, MAct, memorial, Memorial Act, museum, Napoléon Bonaparte, Pointe-à-Pitre, République, Révolution française, Schloecher, slavery, triangular trade on September 2, 2025 by xi'an
Juno Beach [jatp]
Posted in pictures, Travel with tags Abbaye d'Arbenne massacre, Caen, Canada, Canadian troops, Colin Gibson, Courseulles, D Day, D-Day beaches, June 1944, Juno Beach, Juno Park, memorial, Normandy, scultpture, Second World War, war prisonner, WWII on January 2, 2019 by xi'an
Larry Brown memorial and workshop, Penn, Nov 30-Dec 01
Posted in Statistics, Travel, University life with tags big Bayes, CIRM, Larry Brown, Marseille, memorial, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, UPenn, workshop on August 28, 2018 by xi'an
There will be a memorial service and a workshop in memory of Larry Brown next November 30 – December 01 at Penn, Philadelphia, with talks by Jim Berger, Peter Bickel, Andreas Buja, Tony Cai, Ian Johnstone, Michael Jordan, Mark Low, Avi Mandelbaum, and Bin Yu. Unfortunately for me, this celebration clashes with our “big Bayes” conference in CIRM, Marseilles which ends up on the 30th, so I will not be able to take part in this opportunity to remember and celebrate Larry.
Il cimitero degli alpinisti
Posted in Mountains, pictures, Travel with tags cemetary, Chiesa Vecchia, Dufourspitze, Italia, Italian Alps, Macugnaga, memorial, Monte Rosa, mountains on August 20, 2017 by xi'an
In the cemetery around Chiesa Vecchia in Macugnaga, at the bottom of Monte Rosa (and the other size from Zermatt), there is such a number of alpinists and guides buried there that the cemetery is called the cemetery of the alpinists. A memorial recalls deaths of local guides and climbers on the different routes of the Monte Rosa group [there is no Monte Rosa peak per se but a collection of 15 tops above 4000m]. Plus crosses and plaques on the church wall for those whose bodies were not recovered, according to a local guide. (Which sounds strange given that these are not the Himalayas! Unless these are glacier-related deaths…]
