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10 июля 2022, Военно-историческая реконструкция операции "Звездочка" в п.Зеленоградский / 10 July 2022, Military-historical reconstruction of Operation Asterisk in the village of Zelenogradsky
Just tinkering, getting ready for my effort in the latest ORBC quilt along. Then, as it only measured 3.5", my mind automatically thought of this group! I know it's pretty quick and simple, but that might mean we could have one big group? Anyhow, just a thought.
Sideswipe from Alternators Prowl mold, Prowl from Binaltech Asterisk Alert mold, Red Alert from Alternators Sideswipe mold.
Sophia Al-Maria: Taraxos
“ * - Every asterisk a star. Every star a clock. Every clock a chime. Every chime a warning. Waking a cell, then a seed, then the germ of a weed getting ready to flower. – Sophia Al-Maria
Sophia Al-Maria considers the dandelion an emblem of freedom and resistance, as each seed has the potential to become an agent of resilience and change. Inspired by the life cycle and geometry of the dandelion (taraxacum officinale), the sculpture taraxos is a model for understanding and listening to the world.
Taraxos is a meditative place for anyone to slow down time for themselves. Visitors can sit beneath and stand amongst a constellation of 12 metal achenes, which take the form of futuristic dandelion ‘seeds’, and listen to the sculpture. Activated by the wind, the sculpture can also be played by touching the stems which are covered in copper, a material selected for its antimicrobial qualities.
At the top of each achene the asterisk* appears as shorthand symbolising a dandelion seed’s bracts, below it is inscribed into the ground in reference to the navigational tool of a meteorological wind rose. The punctuation mark of the asterisk* is a motif in Al-Maria’s work which emerged from her screenwriting practice in which the asterisk indicates rewriting and revision. The central node of taraxos is a piece of reclaimed titanium from an airplane. This durable yet light material, ideal for air and space travel mirrors that of the seemingly fragile airborne dandelion seed.
The Serpentine x Modern Forms Sculpture Commission focuses on Serpentine’s immediate environment as a space for artists to engage with the landscape of the park.
Sophia Al-Maria was selected for this new public sculpture commission by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director, Melissa Blanchflower, Curator, Exhibitions and Public Art, Serpentine and Nick Hackworth, Director, Modern Forms.”
Text © The Serpentine Gallery 2021-22
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Superposition with IRIS in IR:
Image Credit & Copyright: Jarmo Ruuth, Telescope Live; Text: Ata Sarajedini (Florida Atlantic U., Astronomy Minute podcast)
Doug Kilore of Plantronics receives his certificate of completion from CompletePBX trainers Wayne Cook, Ross Ryding and Bill Soto of Xorcom USA.
Asterisk blocks for the Love do.Good Stitches group. I used some Loulouthi, Innocent Crush, Kona Snow and Ash.
WTF are "Balanced carbs"? Great to see M&S doing low carb ready meals but this asterisk tells me nothing. (via Instagram ift.tt/1ONLFxt)
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This stunning spiral galaxy is Messier 100 in the constellation Coma Berenices, captured here by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope — not for the first time. Among Hubble’s most striking images of Messier 100 are a pair taken just over a month apart, before and after Servicing Mission 1, which took place 25 years ago in December 1993. After Hubble was launched, the astronomers and engineers operating the telescope found that the images it returned were fuzzy, as if it were out of focus. In fact, that was exactly what was happening. Hubble’s primary mirror functions like a satellite dish; its curved surface reflects all the light falling on it to a single focal point. However, the mirror suffered from a defect known as a spherical aberration, meaning that the light striking the edges of the mirror was not travelling to the same point as the light from the centre. The result was blurry, unfocused images. To correct this fault, a team of seven astronauts undertook the first Servicing Mission in December 1993. They installed a device named COSTAR (Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement) on Hubble, which took account of this flaw of the mirror and allowed the scientific instruments to correct the images they received. The difference between the photos taken of Messier 100 before and after shows the remarkable effect this had, and the dramatic increase in image quality. COSTAR was in place on Hubble until Servicing Mission 4, by which time all the original instruments had been replaced. All subsequent instrumentation had corrective optics built in. This new image of Messier 100 taken with Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), demonstrates how much better the latest generation of instruments is compared to the ones installed in Hubble after its launch and after Servicing Mission 1. Links Messier 100 shows improvements of Hubble Messier 100 seen 1993 with WFPC1 Messier 100 seen 1994 with WFPC2
Photographed on my property in central Oklahoma, on 1 September 2021.
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Asterisk block for Jane in Bee Modern Too. I hope you and Tessa like them! I managed to put different fabrics in the four corners of each block, but when I started puting in the vertical and horizontal strips, when I switched the blocks, then the corners would have the same fabrics within a block, so I couldn't figure out how to completely not repeat a fabric at all in a block, especially with the last strip not being cut.
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Modern Asterisk Toddler/Baby & Twin Quilt Pattern by Main Street Market Designs
Uses the "Under the Big Top" fabric collection by Kimberly Bourne
Umbilicaria angulata 'Asterisk Rock Tripe' is a foliose lichen with a relatively smooth, brown upper surface that is often folded and undulating, and has small, often angular apothecia and most important the lower surface is brown colored, has tiny plates on the surface and has many discrete brown, branching rhizomorphs. This specimen is 16 mm across. This was growing adjacent to U. hyperborea and Rhizoplaca melanophthalma on a siliceous sandstone. Marston Creek, Kananaskis Country, 6201December_16__2010
We were invited to present our applications, based on Asterisk, which help improve the quality of care for senior citizens.