#norfolk state

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DEC 9th, 2023- Went down to NSU to watch my niece graduate! ;) followed by a video from her graduation party in Jan 2024

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Norfolk State: 2024 College Insider Tournament Champions

NORFOLK, Va. – The Norfolk State men's basketball team ended its 2023-24 campaign with a net-cutting ceremony at Echols Hall – and not for a regular season championship.

The Spartans won the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament Presented by BSN Sports on Wednesday night in front of its home crowd, erasing an 18-point defect to defeat Purdue Fort Wayne, 75-67.

Christian Ings lifted Norfolk State (24-11, 11-3 MEAC) to victory with 17 points, scoring 13 in the second half en route to Most Valuable Player honors. Allen Betrand continued his spectacular tournament, tallying 16 points including a trio of 3-pointers.

Four Spartans scored in double-figures: Ings (17 points), Betrand (16), Jaylani Darden (11), and Jamarii Thomas (10). Norfolk State outscored Purdue Fort Wayne 44-26 in the second half, shooting 17-of-30 (56.7 percent) from the floor during that period.

The Mastodons (23-11, 11-9 Horizon) controlled the pace early, starting with a quick score on the game's opening possession. Back-to-back 3-pointers gave the visiting team an 8-2 advantage.

Purdue Fort Wayne pushed the lead to double digits with a pair of layups from Eric Mulder a few minutes later. Betrand got shots to fall on consecutive possessions to give the Spartans some life, but Quinton Morton-Robertson drilled a 3-pointer at the other end within a matter of moments.

A 3-point basket late in the first half brought the gap to 36-18 for the Mastodons, their largest lead of the night. Tyrel Bladen stopped the momentum with an and-one layup, before Kuluel Mading knocked down a 3-pointer.

Ings got a jump shot to fall at the buzzer, cutting the deficit to 41-31 heading into halftime. He started the second half right where he'd left off, immediately scoring in the paint before hitting a 3-pointer.

A floating jump shot gave Ings the Spartans' first seven points of the second half and last nine points total. Back-to-back scores from Darden and Thomas forced a PFW timeout, the Mastodon's advantage suddenly cut to just two points.

Purdue Fort Wayne made a 3-pointer after the break, but inside baskets from Darden and Bladen pulled the Spartans within one. After a media timeout, Betrand converted behind the arc to push Norfolk State ahead 51-49, the Spartans' first lead of the afternoon.

Ings drained another 3-pointer to break another tie, scoring on the fast break a minute later. The graduate guard came up with a steal on the Mastodon's next possession before calling timeout, hyping up the Spartan bench.

Betrand hit a pair of jumpers in a short span, and Chris Fields Jr. rose for a one-handed slam in between scores. Thomas gave the Spartans a double-digit advantage with a driving layup after the final media timeout, as Norfolk State gained complete control of the ballgame.

Darden provided the championship dagger, draining a 3-pointer in the final minute to give NSU a nine-point lead.

Checking The Box Score Christian Ings led the Spartans with 17 points on 7-of-9 shooting from the floor, scoring 13 in the second half Allen Betrand recorded 16 points, knocking down three 3-pointers Four Spartans scored in double figures: Ings (17 points), Betrand (16), Jaylani Darden (11), and Jamarii Thomas (10) Anthony Roberts led the Mastodons with 18 points and eight rebounds Norfolk State outscored Purdue Fort Wayne 44-26 in the second half

News & Notes Norfolk State concluded the 2023-24 season with a 24-11 overall record, 11-3 in the MEAC NSU won the 2024 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) with the victory, the program's first national postseason tournament championship in its Division-I era Norfolk State overcame an 18-point first half deficit Christian Ings was named the game's Most Valuable Player The Spartans ended their season on a victory for just the third time in the program's Division I history Wednesday marked the first-ever meeting between Norfolk State and Purdue Fort Wayne Allen Betrand concluded his collegiate career with a strong 16-point performance, after leading the Spartans with 16 points against Alabama A&M in the previous round In the second halves of Norfolk State's two games in the CIT, the Spartans outscored their opponents by a total of 97-61

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USS TEXAS (BB-35) arriving at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia for her deactivation.

Date: February 13, 1946

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NORFOLK, UNITED STATES.

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As someone living in the area estimated to soon be affected by the Norfolk Southern train derailment and chemical spill in East Palestine, I wanna make one thing clear right now: the people affected by the chemical spill do not "deserve it."

I know there's this weird trend where when a disaster happens in Appalachia or the South, people say that those affected "deserve it" because the state voted majority red or they're backwoods hillbillies or some other insult. No, no we don't. A bunch of rich Republican fucks gerrymandered the hell out of our states so they could stay in office and then didn't help upkeep the infrastructure of the state leading to catastrophes like this. The train derailed because the braking system on the tracks was ancient and hadn't been updated due to politicians not providing funding for upkeep. And now a bunch of people have to live with the consequences while the same bastards who caused this accident can just up and leave and live somewhere safer.

This shit should infuriate you regardless of where you live in the US. Because at the end of the day, something very similar could happen to you.

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US Navy Loening OL-8 ambulance plane arriving at Norfolk Naval Air Station in Norfolk, Virginia.

"The airplane was carrying Mrs. V. J. Williams, a civilian, suffering with appendicitis, from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina to a Norfolk hospital for medical treatment. The Navy sent the plane to the Outer Banks to transport her to Norfolk."

Date: November 24, 1928

Norfolk Public Library: smc_mss0000187_000548_005, smc_mss0000187_000548_004

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In London during the late spring of 1953, preparations for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation were reaching their denouement.

Couturier Norman Hartnell was completing a dress to outshine any other.

Tucked away at the back of Hartnell’s lavish Mayfair townhouse, a team of embroiderers were finishing stitching a floral garland on the ivory silk bodice and crinoline.

Pastel thread, jewels, sequins, beads and 10,000 seed pearls were sewn as Commonwealth emblems and British flora around an English Tudor rose scattered with diamond dewdrops.

Six young, aristocratic maids of honour, including 19-year-old Lady Anne Coke – best-selling author Anne Glenconner – were being drilled like guardsmen by The Duke of Norfolk, responsible for organising the coronation, as they rehearsed the walk to the Abbey altar, with his wife, the Duchess, standing in for The Queen.

“If the Bishops don’t learn to walk in step,” he remonstrated, “we’ll be here all night.”

The photographer Cecil Beaton, well-versed in photographing crowned heads and aristocrats in the Vogue studios, was prepping a vantage point in Westminster Abbey, high up by the organ pipes, as the best location from which to capture the ceremony.

It would be a long day; he’d fill his top hat with sandwiches to sustain him.

Nearby, at Garrard, the Crown Jeweller and his team of master craftsmen were hunched over workbenches altering the Imperial State Crown to fit the young Queen’s head.

Garrard had made the Crown in 1937 for King George VI – a replica of the crown designed and crafted for Queen Victoria, which contained virtually all the same stones symbolic of centuries of Royal history, fitted around a purple velvet cap and ermine band.

Clusters of diamond-set crosses and fleurs-de-lis linked by swags of diamonds, supported by sapphires, emeralds and pearls in the form of oak leaves and acorns, dazzled around the massive 317.40 carat Cullinan II diamond, the Second Star of Africa, cut from the largest diamond ever discovered.

Above it sat the Black Prince’s Ruby – in fact, a spinel, worn by Henry V at Agincourt – while the 104 carat oval Stuart sapphire gleamed at the rear of the band, with the cross atop the orb set with the sapphire from Edward the Confessor’s ring.

King George VI requested Garrard create an inner “hammock” style fitting, like a guard’s officer’s bearskin, to distribute the nearly three pounds of weight evenly on his head.

Reshaping the circlet for Queen Elizabeth II involved remounting the stones and motifs of which it is composed, as well as repositioning and lowering the arches, all of which required craftsmanship of the highest skill. 

The aim was to improve the strength of the crown with lightness of weight, which isn’t easy with large stones, and those which were cut nearly 300 years ago.

They were working against the clock. The new Queen required time before the ceremony to become accustomed to the crown’s feel and weight.

“There are some disadvantages to crowns, but otherwise they are very important things,” said Her Majesty, recalling its heaviness on the 65th anniversary of the coronation.

“Fortunately, my father and I have roughly the same shaped head, so once you put it on, it stays.”

The media demanded constant updates on Garrard’s work, with the coronation making broadcasting history as the first service to be televised, adding to the sense of pressure.

In addition, two gold Armill bracelets of sincerity and wisdom, symbolic of the monarch’s bond with the people needed to be finished, which were replacing the 17th-century enamel bracelets dating from the coronation of King Charles II.

In previous ceremonies, the Armills had been carried, but these were made for the Queen to wear, decorated with two rows of engraving and Tudor rose clasps with red velvet linings.

Garrard was also inundated with cleaning requests.

“No one had worn their jewellery or tiaras during the war,” explains Lady Anne.

“People were queuing to have their tiaras, which were like great fenders of diamonds, stomachers and necklaces cleaned.”

On the day, 2 June 1953, it poured with rain.

Lady Anne remembers arriving at the Abbey:

“It was pretty dark and cold. Our dresses weren’t lined, there were clothing coupons after the war you see.

A tiny thread of blue cotton had been placed on the floor in the Abbey, so the Queen knew where to stand.

When the procession began, we walked past row upon row of tiaras, as well as people in their National dress.

The Queen walked a bit faster than the Duchess had in rehearsals, so we had to adjust our steps.”

The ceremony ended at 2 o’clock in the afternoon.

Hartnell left after watching his historic dress sweep down the aisle followed by the procession of royal pages, maids of honour, peers and peeresses sparkling with diamonds, looking, he remarked:

“Like a lovely hunk of fruitcake, the damson jam of velvet bordered with clotted cream of ermine and sprinkled with the sugar of diamonds.”

Beaton rushed to Buckingham Palace to photograph the Queen theatrically against a painted backdrop, holding the orb and sceptre and wearing the Imperial State Crown.

The Crown Jeweller Garrard remained until The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh had taken lunch in the Abbey annex, in case any last-minute adjustments to the diamond-encrusted Crown were needed.

“Cecil was waiting when we all returned from the Abbey,” Lady Anne continues.

“He had everything set up for the photographs, and that’s when I really noticed the Crown and jewels glittering under the bright lights and took note of it all.

The Queen looked so young, beautiful and vulnerable, so the contrast of seeing her crowned with all the regalia was extraordinary.

She was weighted down a bit, but I remember thinking it was terribly poignant.”

A tense moment followed.

“The Duke of Edinburgh was fussing around, and Cecil got irritated, put his camera down and said, ‘Oh Sir, would you prefer to take the photographs?’” Lady Anne laughs.

“The Queen looked a bit horrified, and The Duke wandered off. You see, The Duke would have liked the photographer Baron, but it was The Queen Mother who adored Cecil.”

Later, it was still rainy and dark outside.

When the gleaming, crowned figure of The Queen appeared on the Buckingham Palace balcony, she shone with a sense of tradition and permanence.

With the Imperial State Crown, she wore the Coronation necklace and earrings, made in 1858 by Garrard and worn by Queen Alexandra and Queen Mary, including 25 brilliants suspending the Lahore diamond drop.

Time will tell if the Armills will return to being carried at the Coronation of HRH The Prince of Wales, and if he has inherited the Windsor head shape, but should substantial adjustments be required, the crown will appear once more unchanged.

The historical continuity of the regalia, and the fact the crown is still in constant use, makes these jewels created in the Garrard workshop the most potent in the world.

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Gloria Swanson Robinson McCann

Born November 30th 1927 in State Line, Mississippi

Norfolk, Virginia

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Miles Norfolk's one lasting contribution to the plans for the death of the sovereign was a name. 'There was a debate over how to call it,' says Eddie Norfolk. 'My father happened to see a picture of London Bridge hanging on the wall. So he said: "Let's call it London Bride."'

Following the adoption of 'London Bridge', the funeral plans for all senior members of the family were given a 'bridge' designation - 'Forth Bridge' for Prince Philip, 'Tay Bridge' for Queen Mother and so on. The former Comptroller, Sir Malcolm Ross, also proposed that plans for the funeral of ex-prime minister Margaret Tatcher should be codenamed 'Iron Bridge'. It was vetoed by a very senior police officer who told him: 'Only royals get bridges.'

‘Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story’ by Robert Hardman (2024).

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43,000 animals killed in East Palestine train derailment

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American poet James Laughlin

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Reverse turing test: appear like an Hourglass, it's ticking like a clock. it's a type of corn. dan Evans makes 'documentaries' about Norfolk (UK). in his video "BEST of Norfolk (part 1)" he talks about things the wrong way? I am playing The clarinet.[7] However, he is left to do!

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NW 559 Stateline Tower 1-74 by Daniel Tracy

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"Sailors aboard USS ENTERPRISE (CVN-65) man the rails as multidirectional Z-drive tugboats nudge the carrier to its pier at her homeport Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. The carrier and its strike group are returning after completing a six-month deployment in support of the global war of terrorism (GWOT), including Operations IRAQI FREEDOM and ENDURING FREEDOM."

Photographed on February 29, 2004, by PH3 Sondra Howett and PHC Greg Mccreash

NARA: 6670304, 6670303, 6670305

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This is the Confederate First National Flag and is considered the original National Confederate Flag from 1861-1863. The Battle Flag of the Army of Northern Virginia is most commonly mistaken as the “confederate flag.”

Credit to the Mariners Museum in Norfolk, VA. This flag would have flown aboard the CSS Virginia. It flew everywhere and in as many places as the battle flag. The First National was coined the “Stars and Bars”