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	Golden Bay Museum and Gallery - Strangers In Mohua
		Strangers in Mohua was written and illustrated for the Golden Bay Museum, which derives its income from admissions, annual subscriptions and grants.
		Tasman was a master mariner, a sailor who, from humble beginnings, rose to high command, enlarging the then known world.
		Perhaps it seemed to them the strangers in Mohua were demons who commanded thunder and lightning and were eager to fight.
	www.virtualbay.co.nz /gbmuseum/strangers.htm (917 words)

	The Scotsman - Opinion - Democracy and security (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The public gallery in the Commons is therefore termed (somewhat undemocratically) the Strangers’ Gallery.
		Which is why access to the Strangers’ Gallery comes via tickets supplied to MPs: the electorate sits in on Commons debates as guests, not as citizens.
		But at the very least the current mode of access to the Strangers’ Gallery through a lottery of MPs’ passes is in dire need of reform.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /opinion.cfm?id=572982004 (876 words)

	Admission of ladies to the Strangers' Gallery
		A portion of the Strangers' Gallery should be set aside for ladies, and the plan submitted by Sir Robert Smirke should be adopted.
		It should be no larger than a quarter of the whole and able to seat 24 ladies, with a partition separating the area from the rest of the gallery.
		A gallery capable of seating at least 40 ladies should be incorporated into the new Hous.
	www.bopcris.ac.uk /bopall/ref3323.html (130 words)

	Watching Parliament - a history of New Zealand's House of Representatives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Neither elected representatives nor officials, members of the public were visitors or strangers to the House, there on sufferance and liable to be removed if MPs wished it.
		Entry to the ladies' and Speaker's galleries was by ticket only ― the rest of the public gallery was first-come, first-served ― and tickets were highly prized, especially if the House promised to be full of action and excitement.
		The position of the ladies' gallery didn't stop politicians playing to the women above, or turning their backs on the Speaker to direct their speeches to the gallery; some MPs signalled to their wives and daughters from the floor of the House, and vice versa.
	www.nzhistory.net.nz /Gallery/parlt-hist/staff-watch.html (392 words)

	BBC - Devon Culture & Arts - Shizuka Yokomizo's photo exhibition at the Spacex Gallery, Exeter
		Shizuka Yokomizo is holding an exhibition of her photographs at the Spacex Gallery in Exeter.
		This is her first UK solo exhibition in a publicly-funded gallery.
		As well as the 1999 Strangers photos, the exhibition also has examples of other recent work, including her 2003 video installation, Forever (and again).
	www.bbc.co.uk /devon/culture/2003/spacex.shtml (232 words)

	Review of The Jewess Of Toledo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Even though only a fraction of Lope de Vega's estimated thousand and a half plays has survived, it remains the case that settling upon a work hitherto neglected in Britain by the Spanish Golden Age dramatist is about as difficult as finding some hay in a haystack.
		New company Strangers' Gallery has selected a piece, first published in 1617 under the title Los Paces del Rey, recounting the youthful rise, adulterous decline and subsequent redemption of King Alfonso VIII of Castile.
		Strangers' Gallery are plainly not merely recycling platitudes when they vow to tackle "challenging material", but on this first outing the challenge is simply too much for them.
	www.cix.co.uk /~shutters/reviews/97010.htm (422 words)

	Victorian London - Buildings, Monuments and Museums - Houses of Parliament - burning of
		There are long galleries on each side for the reception of members; a smaller one at the back of the speaker's chair for reporters only; and at the entrance end, a large and commodious gallery for strangers, capable of containing from 250 to 300 persons.
		All these ceremonies strike a stranger as exquisitely comical and they are enough to puzzle even an Englishman, who witnesses them for the first time, accustomed though he be to the quaint formalities and observances which are still prevalent in the Law Courts.
		In the galleries flanking the Throne are places for ambassadors and distinguished strangers; the side galleries are for peeresses.
	www.victorianlondon.org /buildings/housesofparliament.htm (7567 words)

	Politics \| Open up parliament, say MPs
		Mr Blair was hit by a purple flour bomb thrown from the Commons galleries, leading the Speaker to restrict access and launch a review of security.
		One of the key demands is to drop the convention that visitors to the Commons are referred to as "strangers".
		It said that was the last impression that should be given to people who exercised their right to visit their parliament and whose taxes paid for everything that took place there.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4948722-110610,00.html (693 words)

	Notes And Queries, Issue 36.
		No, every thing relating to the admission of strangers to, and their accommodation in the House of Commons, is effected by some mysterious agency for which no one is directly responsible.
		Barry has built galleries for strangers in the new house; but if the matter were made a subject of inquiry, it probably would puzzle him to state under what authority he has acted.
		The word "gallery," as employed by him, can only refer to the gallery appropriated to members of the House; but he intended it to apply to the strangers' gallery.
	www.gutenberg.org /files/13361/13361-h/13361-h.htm (12287 words)

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		There was at Coryston, in the gallery, a picture of Elizabeth Tudor in her later years to which Lady Coryston had been often compared; and she, who as a rule disliked any reference to her personal appearance, did not, it was sometimes remarked, resent this particular comparison.
		Her eyes ran keenly along the benches of the Strangers' Gallery opposite till they discovered the dark head of a man who was leaning forward on his elbows, closely attentive, apparently, to the debate.
		There, in that Gallery, she had sat, with rage and defeat in her heart, watching him pass along, behind the Speaker's chair, toward the wrong division lobby, his head doggedly held down, as though he knew and felt her eyes upon him, but must do his duty all the same.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/etext05/8cryf10.txt (20974 words)

	Scotsman.com News - House of Commons security - The moment the government could have been wiped out (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Tony Banks, the Labour MP for West Ham, suggested that, in the television age, the idea of a visitors’ gallery could be seen as anachronistic and that "it would only inconvenience about 150 people" if it were closed altogether.
		The erection of a temporary plastic screen covering the visitors gallery was allowed last month only after a Commons vote won by the government by 112 votes to 76.
		Peter Hain, the Leader of the Commons, said that the security breach vindicated his concerns about the Strangers’ Gallery and pointed to the fact extra action was now needed.
	news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=1159&id=573702004 (1045 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Europe / British lawmakers debate 'strange' rules (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The British government wants to scrap one of the stranger aspects of life in the House of Commons -- the use of the term "strangers" to refer to parliamentary visitors.
		LONDON --The British government wants to scrap one of the stranger aspects of life in the House of Commons -- the use of the term "strangers" to refer to parliamentary visitors.
		Members of the public now watch Commons debates from the Strangers' Gallery, drink in the Strangers' Bar and eat in the Strangers' Restaurant.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2004/06/30/british_lawmakers_debate_strange_rules?mode=PF (629 words)

	Weekly Information Bulletin
		The Strangers' Gallery is open to the public when the House is sitting, which is usually:
		The Strangers' Gallery is closed to the public when the House is in recess.
		Generally speaking, after ticket holders have left the Gallery and the afternoon queue has been cleared, there is not, except during controversial debates, too much pressure on places in the Gallery.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm200304/cmwib/wb031129/tours.htm (1065 words)

	Xchanges Gallery: Strangers
		Our regular gallery hours are Saturday and Sunday during the run of each exhibition, 1–4 p.m.
		Strangers is an international travelling exhibition of prints from New Zealand, South Africa, and Canada, opening at Xchanges Gallery on January 14th, 2005 at 7 p.m.
		Printmakers were to work together or alone, breaking down or addressing the idea of “Strangers” to produce prints or objects that are small and easily sent by mail.
	www.xchangesgallery.org /archive/strangers.htm (204 words)

	Cayman Net News: Archaic or important tradition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		As I entered the “strangers gallery,” (you recall we all learned earlier this year that members of the public are called “strangers” in the house), I started to take notes.
		The vantage point from the current press area is off to the side and there were only two ‘strangers’ in the gallery.
		I was very politely told that I could not write notes in the Strangers Gallery.
	www.caymannetnews.com /2003/12/546/lastword.shtml (416 words)

	Dar Al Hayat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The first reference to "strangers" in Parliament dates from 1575, and the seat of government has not always welcomed visitors.
		But members of the public will still watch Commons debates from the Strangers' Gallery, drink in the Strangers' Bar and eat in the Strangers' Restaurant.
		In May, two activists seeking improved child visitation rights for divorced fathers entered a gallery overlooking the chamber and pelted Blair with purple flour as he spoke.
	english.daralhayat.com /metro/10-2004/Article-20041027-dba39df9-c0a8-01ed-0013-515ee8be0b6b/story.html (780 words)

	Embassy of the U.S. London: For U.S. Visitors to the U.K.:
		This card of introduction will normally permit entry to the Strangers' Gallery of the House of Commons during the early afternoon (Monday) or late morning (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday).
		On Friday it is normally possible to enter the Gallery without queuing at the start of the day's proceedings at 9.30 am.
		The Strangers' Gallery is open whilst the House sits - usually October to Christmas, January to Easter, May to the end July.
	www.usembassy.org.uk /ukhoc.html (375 words)

	Security Screen: 22 Apr 2004: House of Commons debates (TheyWorkForYou.com) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The temporary security screen that Members can see at the front of Strangers Gallery has been installed with the agreement of the House of Commons Commission in the light of clear security advice at the highest level.
		I understand that the risk is not so much from guns being brought into the Strangers Gallery but from chemical or biological weapons, as I am sure that my right hon.
		If one applies to the Serjeant at Arms for a ticket to the Under Gallery and there is space, the Serjeant at Arms requires a signed statement that one knows the guest and that one vouches for them personally, and I also welcome that change.
	www.theyworkforyou.com /debates?id=2004-04-22.462.0 (6486 words)

	Visiting Parliament - Russell Brown - on your side - Labour MP for Dumfries and Galloway Constituency
		Strangers' Gallery is where members of the public can watch the proceedings of the House of Commons.
		As you may know, Strangers' Gallery Tickets for Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesdays are very difficult to get hold of.
		If you are interested in obtaining tickets for the Strangers' Gallery, please contact me with your preferred dates.
	www.russellbrown.labour.co.uk /ViewPage.cfm?Page=1751 (304 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Politics \| I Spy Strangers
		Nowadays, strangers can be present at debates and can sit in the Strangers' Gallery.
		Historically, strangers were not allowed in and the right of Parliament to debate in private is still maintained.
		If the motion is carried the galleries (including the press gallery) are cleared and the business continues in private.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/uk_politics/82343.stm (167 words)

	ORDER FORM for STRANGERS' GALLERY - Brian Felsen's multimedia artwork about consciousness
		View From The Strangers' Gallery and The Court Gossip are meant to be performed with real instruments and professional singers.
		Strangers' Gallery - Vocal Score - $0.48 tax (CT)
		Strangers' Gallery - CD (composer/MIDI) - $0.72 tax (CT)
	www.brianfelsen.com /order1.htm (222 words)

	Guardian \| Timeline: parliamentary security breaches
		April 22 2004: MPs vote in favour of a £500,000 glass screen in the Strangers' Gallery to guard against missiles being thrown into the chamber.
		February 4 2004: Commons gallery closed to public during debate on Hutton Report after anti-war protesters shout abuse at the prime minister.
		December 1996: Two women in the Strangers' Gallery unfurl a banner protesting against arms sales to Indonesia before being bundled out by attendants.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5016948-103541,00.html (297 words)

	ePolitix.com - Public no longer 'strangers' to the Commons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		But MPs were told that no replacement names had yet been agreed for other parts of the Commons such as the Strangers' Gallery, Strangers' Dining Room or the Strangers' Bar.
		"The suggestion that not calling members of the public strangers will improve the accessibility of parliament to the public is surely misguided," he argued.
		"If we think by tinkering with the word 'strangers' we are helping to give people the parliament they deserve, we are deluding ourselves and indeed we are guilty of a massive confidence trick," he added.
	www.epolitix.com /EN/News/200410/1cee66d1-ddf7-4cd8-b4a9-45c37d3105d7.htm (727 words)

	Strangers Gallery
		The Strangers Gallery is set aside for members of the public who arrive at the British House of Commons without invitation.
		This United Kingdom location article is a stub.
		The article about Strangers Gallery contains information related to Strangers Gallery.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Strangers_Gallery (81 words)

	Art & Science Collaborations, Inc. (ASCI) - Art, Science & Technology - Featured ASCI Member February 2004
		My Strangers' Gallery is a rendering of the way in which the experience of consciousness emerges from the clamor of competing voices within the parliamentary chamber of the mind.
		The work also provides an allegory of recent attempts by cognitive scientists (especially Dennett and Humphrey) to provide a post-dualist foundation for a first-person phenomenology and the emergence of the self.
		He wrote an oratorio, View from the Strangers' Gallery, in 2000; two song-cycles, Great Expectations and The Court Gossip, in 2001; and a play, Conducting Elif, in 2002.
	www.asci.org /artikel545.html (261 words)

	ifa-gallery Berlin - "Beautiful Strangers" - Albanian Art
		The exhibition "Beautiful Strangers" will present 9 artistic standpoints of primarily young artists belonging to the Albanian people who live and work in very different areas of Europe and America.
		In an ironic way, the curator of the exhibition, the Albanian art historian Edi Muka, plays with notions generally associated with Albania: "The discourse of the 'stranger' emerges from the omnipresent, in Europe still unsolved problem of immigration.
		There is no doubt that the Albanians are part of this problem; their appearance on the international stage came at precisely the moment when attention started to centre on this topic, indeed it was perhaps their late but noisy arrival in Europe which contributed to this focus.
	www.ifa.de /a/a2/ea2alba.htm (355 words)

	Articles - Strangers Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		It is located on a level above the actual floor of the Commons and looks down into it.
		In one recent incident in 2004, two condoms containing purple flour were thrown at Tony Blair during Prime Minister's Questions by activists from Fathers 4 Justice.
		This occurred shortly after the erection of a 'protective' screen around the Gallery which originally did not reach the ceiling.
	www.acousticalworld.com /articles/Strangers_Gallery (115 words)

	The Approach Gallery
		In the series of portraits, 'Strangers' (1999) people stand motionless with blank expressions in front of a window, the light from their living rooms illuminating them from behind.
		Yokomizo contacted her subjects by posting anonymous letters through their doors entreating them to stand in their front rooms with their curtains open for a specified period of time, whilst the artist cloaked in the darkness of their front gardens, took their photographs.
		Throughout the process the artist and her subjects remained strangers.
	www.theapproach.co.uk /syokomizo.html (246 words)

	Mailgate: sci.psychology.consciousness: ART: Strangers' Gallery oratorio on consciousness
		From: Brian Felsen www.brianfelsen.com ************* Short description: View From The Strangers' Gallery** is a musical rendering of how the clamour of competing voices, within the parliamentary chamber of the mind, can yield the experience of consciousness.
		The oratorio uses polyphony to illustrate the multi-layered complexity of processing systems in the brain and the significance of recursive structures.
		By including a combination of materials from the panel discussion; text from scientific papers; live chat rooms; links to and from the site to other resources on the web; and downloads of freeware music creation, the website can be used to distribute the music and also to generate discussion indefinitely into the future.
	www.mailgate.org /sci/sci.psychology.consciousness/msg00260.html (1018 words)

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