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The Sibelius Monument (Finnish: Sibelius-monumentti) is dedicated to the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865–1957). The monument is located at the Sibelius Park (Finnish: Sibeliuspuisto) in the district of Töölö in Helsinki, the capital city of Finland.
The monument was designed by Eila Hiltunen and unveiled on September 7, 1967. Originally it sparked a lively debate about the merits and flaws of abstract art, for which reason an effigy of Sibelius was included in the work. It consists of series of more than 600 hollow steel pipes welded together in a wave-like pattern. The purpose of the artist was to capture the essence of the music of Sibelius. The monument weighs 24 tonnes (24 long tons; 26 short tons) and measures 8.5 × 10.5 × 6.5 metres.
A smaller version of the monument is located at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. A work with a similar concept, also designed by Hiltunen, is located at the grounds of the United Nations headquarters in New York City.
There are parallels between America’s current political situation and the conditions leading to the collapse of the Roman Republic more than 2,000 years ago, according to an International Business Times commentary published on RawStory.com.Ned Resnikoff, political capital reporter for IBT, writes that the Roman Republic was decaying long before Julius Caesar marched on the city in 49 B.C. and toppled it for good ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
More than a foot of rain in some places flooded low-lying areas across the Houston region on Monday, forcing officials to suspend bus and rail service, close schools and government offices and urge residents to stay home amid what authorities said were extremely dangerous conditions, CNN reported."This is a life-threatening emergency....
A report in the Belfast Telegraph Monday says dinosaurs were already on the path to extinction millions of years before the meteor impact that is widely believed to have wiped them out, scientists said.Experts have always believed dinosaurs were flourishing on Earth just before the disaster struck when a huge asteroid or comet hit the planet just off the coast of Mexico, the report said....
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas DarlingNot only is New York State the future face of the two main political parties, but with 400 delegates at stake in Tuesday’s primary race starring presidential hopefuls Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, everything can change in a “New York minute.” Indeed, the Empire State is where millions of immigrants suddenly got a new start in life and fortunes made overnight on Wall Street....
Relief efforts continue in southern Japan following back-to-back strong earthquakes that killed at least 42 people last week and left the country in shambles, the Belfast Telegraph reported Monday.The U.S. military will join rescuers as they redouble efforts for 10 missing people on the southern island of Kyushu, where many area were cut off by landslides and road and bridge damage ... The U.S....
The members of Ahmedabad sub-circle visited three ASI-protected monuments on Monday and cleaned the premises ...monuments cleaner and more visitor friendly this year....
To celebrate its centennial year, the National Park Service is offering an extended schedule of fee-free days - 16 in total - including nine straight days of free access to America's parks and monuments during National ParkWeek, April 16 to 24, 2016. Click here for a look at the eight national parks and monuments in Colorado. Read more on Colorado Springs Gazette... ....
E-rickshaws with paintings of monuments and personalities were flagged off by district collector Avantika Singh ... A workshop on heritage and monuments of the city was also held for students of ......
A replica of a 1,800-year-old Syrianmonument destroyed by so-called Islamic State in Syria has been erected in Trafalgar Square... Mr Abdulkarim, who visited Palmyra a week after its liberation from the Islamic State group, also known as IS, Isis and Daesh, said about 80% of the ancient monuments remain ... monuments rather than creating them afresh....
While drug addicts lying on our streets are clearly of deep concern to the Trinity-Spadina councillor, the homeless, well, perhaps not so much ... Cressy, who will be out promoting a bike lane pilot project on Bloor St ... Saturday after two community compost events for constituents — one at Vermont SquarePark and the second at JeanSibelius park in the Annex. The photo was shot around 4 p.m ... It was making me crazy not to know ... Yes No....
Thiruvananthapuram. 'Aarattukadavu' is another name for Shangumugham beach that many of us would not be familiar with ... The participants were introduced to the various monuments and historical structures that surround the area ... ....
Pune. A machine to recycle plastic bottles at Elephanta Caves off Mumbai is taking care of the mounds of litter ... Valsa Nair Singh, principal secretary, state department of tourism and culture, said, "The Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) has installed the machine, which it will maintain and operate. The project has been initiated under the Swachh Smarak mission to make all heritage structures and monuments cleaner ... ....
Chennai... It was also decided that BCCI would be entitled to 21% of gross revenue of ICC for the 2015-2023 cycle ... "It remains a mystery as to how the BCCI chief Shashank Manohar could on his own propose such a monumental reduction in the BCCI's revenue from ICC funds guaranteed by contract, and get authorized to negotiate downward revision with other ICC members, as if there is some imminent threat to the fortunes of BCCI." ... ....
Teams participating in the new home and away league will be chosen based on a clearly defined set of qualification criteria. (Source. PTI) ...FIH also decided that Champions Trophy held once in two years since 1978 will be scrapped and the 2018 edition in Amsterdam will be the last tournament ... This will certainly be a monumental step for the sport as we take it to the next level,” said Negre. ....