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Soldiers of The 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) and The U.S. Army Band, conduct a special Twilight Tattoo celebrating the 238th Army Birthday at Summerall Field on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va., June 12. The Army will celebrate 238 years in exsistence, June 14. (U.S. Army Photos by Staff Sgt. Megan Garcia)
LOS GATOS, CA, USA - JUNE 12: The rubber duckies are kicking off their summer at the 4th Annual Silicon Valley Duck Race in Vasona Lake Park. June 12, 2011 in Los Gatos, CA, USA
I woke up to breakfast with out hosts (as usual) and when we opened the window the kids all started screaming "BooYah!" and cheering at the view. Okay, so they were really screaming "brouillard" which is French for fog. But when you hear a two year old yelling it it just sounds like BooYah. :D Needless to say, I was giggling my way under the table and had to make today's photo remind me of this.
In this pic I was trying to get a pic of the fog, but it had cleared somewhat and it was FREEZING out there.
a 367-foot (112 m), 33-story hotel in Los Angeles, California, constructed between 1974 and 1976.[6] It was designed by architect John C. Portman Jr.. The top floor has a revolving restaurant and bar. It was originally owned by investors that included a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi Corporation and John Portman & Associates. The building is managed by Aimbridge Hospitality (IHR), and is valued at $200 million.
The hotel and its architect John Portman have been the subject of several documentaries and academic analyses.[7][8]
Fredric Jameson discusses the hotel in his 1984 essay, "Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism," and in his 1991 book by the same name.[9][10] He writes that
the Bonaventura aspires to being a total space, a complete world, a kind of miniature city (and I would want to add that to this new total space corresponds a new collective practice, a new mode in which individuals move and congregate, something like the practice of a new and historically original kind of hyper-crowd).[11]
In his book Postmodern Geographies: The Reassertion of Space in Critical Social Theory (1989), Edward Soja describes the hotel as
a concentrated representation of the restructured spatiality of the late capitalist city: fragmented and fragmenting, homogeneous and homogenizing, divertingly packaged yet curiously incomprehensible, seemingly open in presenting itself to view but constantly pressing to enclose, to compartmentalize, to circumscribe, to incarcerate. Everything imaginable appears to be available in this micro-urb but real places are difficult to find, its spaces confuse an effective cognitive mapping, its pastiche of superficial reflections bewilder co-ordination and encourage submission instead. Entry by land is forbidding to those who carelessly walk but entrance is nevertheless encouraged at many different levels. Once inside, however, it becomes daunting to get out again without bureaucratic assistance. In so many ways, its architecture recapitulates and reflects the sprawling manufactured spaces of Los Angeles.[12]
The hotel is a 33-story building, with no floors numbered "7" or "13"; the top floor is therefore numbered "35". The four elevator banks (each containing three cars for a total of 12) are named by colors and symbols: Red Circle (the only one that goes to "35"; the other three only go to "32"), Yellow Diamond, Green Square, and Blue Triangle. The color-coded system of directions was a later addition, as visitors found the space confusing and hard to navigate.[13]
Several bronze plaques commemorate elevator scenes from three major films:
In the Line of Fire,[14][15] September 1993, "Green Square" elevator
True Lies,[15] September 1993, "Red Circle" and "Yellow Diamond" elevators
Forget Paris,[15] November 1994, "Yellow Diamond" elevator
It has been featured in many movies and television series over the years, including Interstellar,[16] Strange Days, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (as part of the city of New Chicago), Wonder Woman,[17] Blue Thunder, It's a Living,[18] Starsky & Hutch, L.A. Law, The A-Team, Breathless, Matlock, This Is Spinal Tap, Nick of Time,[19] Rain Man,[19][20] Ruthless People,[19] Logan's Run,[19] My Fellow Americans,[19] Midnight Madness, Moonlighting (TV series), Showtime, Hard to Kill, The Lincoln Lawyer, Chuck, Heaven Can Wait, Xanadu, The New Dragnet, Time After Time, Moby Dick,[21] Zoolander,[22] Lethal Weapon 2,[19] The Fantastic Journey[23][24] and was destroyed (via special effects) in Escape from LA, Epicenter and San Andreas. The front of the hotel was also featured in the British children’s television series Tots Tv ‘American Adventure’ special where Tilly, Tom and Tiny went to explore a different country and were observing tall buildings and went onto the roof of the hotel to observe the view of Los Angeles.[25] You can see it under construction in the 1975 film The Wilderness Family (released a year before the hotel opened). In cartoon form, the building can be seen in the first shot of Jem in the episode "The Beginning", and in the anime Steins;Gate. In November 1979, the ABC soap opera General Hospital videotaped some on location scenes there dealing with Luke Spencer, played by Anthony Geary who was hired to assassinate Senator Mitch Williams. In 1999, Power Rangers Lost Galaxy used the building as the administration building of the space colony Terra Venture, with Red Ranger Leo falling from the building after a battle with main villain Trakeena.
In 2002, the hotel was the location for a Fear Factor stunt which involved crossing a bridge of plexiglass discs on cables suspended on the lobby's fifth floor.[26] The television series It's a Living was set in a restaurant atop the Bonaventure. The hotel is also showcased in episodes of CSI and its exterior can be seen in Americathon, Mission: Impossible III, Almighty Thor, Hancock, and at the beginning of the Lionel Richie "Dancing on the Ceiling" music video. The building made appearances in the 1991 Kylie Minogue music video Step Back in Time, the 1985 Survivor music video "The Search Is Over", the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the 2012 video game Call of Duty: Black Ops II (in the "Aftermath" multiplayer map) and in the 2013 video game Grand Theft Auto V with the name "Arcadius Business Center" (having three towers instead of four towers and featuring glass elevator animations).
The hotel was also used as a setting for R&B singer Usher's music video for the 2002 hit single, "U Don't Have to Call". A pivotal scene in the season four (2005) episode "Another Mister Sloane" of the espionage drama Alias took place in the Bonaventure Hotel as well, while it was also featured in season one (2017), episode five of another espionage drama, Counterpart. In 2021, Rihanna's "Savage x Fenty Show Vol. 3" was filmed entirely on location at the hotel.[27][28] The hotel also hosted the first task for the final leg of The Amazing Race 33, which aired in 2022.[26]
On Monday, December 12, the American Red Cross and Louisville Professional Firefighters Union Local 345 hosted the 25th annual Holiday Party for kids affected by fires. More than 100 children attended the party for crafts, face-painting and a visit with Santa. A huge thanks to the Firefighters Union for their generous donation which goes toward purchasing toys for the children.
Photo by Joe Proctor
121212-N-IV546-079 SAN DIEGO (Dec. 12, 2012) Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Michael D. Stevens visits Naval Base San Diego Dec. 12. The visit was part of MCPON's first trip to San Diego as MCPON. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Thomas L. Rosprim/Released)
Jon Stewart did a hilarious series in which they went over to Sweden and did man on the street interviews about how horrible life is in that "socialist hellhole."
ITASCA, IL - NOVEMBER 12: The Chicago Dental Society hosted its Installation of 2024 Officers and Directors on Sunday, November 12, 2023 at the Westin Chicago Northwest Hotel in Itasca, Illinois. This year’s event also honored 41, 50-Year members.
(Photo credit: Randy Belice for the Chicago Dental Society)
On February 12, the City of Laredo announced that fire-protection services by the Laredo Fire Department have improved to Public Protection Class 2/2X from Class 3, as rated by Insurance Service Office Inc. (ISO), an insurance industry advisory company. Among the 1,600 fire departments across the state of Texas, Laredo is among only 246 fire departments to receive this rating which means that we are insured to provide the best quality protection services for our community.
See the "Beer is Tasty Episode 12 - The Russian Incident" video
Byan and Chris pair three beers, some better than others, with Popcorn this week! They give you a full review of each beer from smell to look, and of corse taste!This video was originally shared on blip.tv by jupiterbroadcasting with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license.
a 367-foot (112 m), 33-story hotel in Los Angeles, California, constructed between 1974 and 1976.[6] It was designed by architect John C. Portman Jr.. The top floor has a revolving restaurant and bar. It was originally owned by investors that included a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi Corporation and John Portman & Associates. The building is managed by Aimbridge Hospitality (IHR), and is valued at $200 million.
The hotel and its architect John Portman have been the subject of several documentaries and academic analyses.[7][8]
Fredric Jameson discusses the hotel in his 1984 essay, "Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism," and in his 1991 book by the same name.[9][10] He writes that
the Bonaventura aspires to being a total space, a complete world, a kind of miniature city (and I would want to add that to this new total space corresponds a new collective practice, a new mode in which individuals move and congregate, something like the practice of a new and historically original kind of hyper-crowd).[11]
In his book Postmodern Geographies: The Reassertion of Space in Critical Social Theory (1989), Edward Soja describes the hotel as
a concentrated representation of the restructured spatiality of the late capitalist city: fragmented and fragmenting, homogeneous and homogenizing, divertingly packaged yet curiously incomprehensible, seemingly open in presenting itself to view but constantly pressing to enclose, to compartmentalize, to circumscribe, to incarcerate. Everything imaginable appears to be available in this micro-urb but real places are difficult to find, its spaces confuse an effective cognitive mapping, its pastiche of superficial reflections bewilder co-ordination and encourage submission instead. Entry by land is forbidding to those who carelessly walk but entrance is nevertheless encouraged at many different levels. Once inside, however, it becomes daunting to get out again without bureaucratic assistance. In so many ways, its architecture recapitulates and reflects the sprawling manufactured spaces of Los Angeles.[12]
The hotel is a 33-story building, with no floors numbered "7" or "13"; the top floor is therefore numbered "35". The four elevator banks (each containing three cars for a total of 12) are named by colors and symbols: Red Circle (the only one that goes to "35"; the other three only go to "32"), Yellow Diamond, Green Square, and Blue Triangle. The color-coded system of directions was a later addition, as visitors found the space confusing and hard to navigate.[13]
Several bronze plaques commemorate elevator scenes from three major films:
In the Line of Fire,[14][15] September 1993, "Green Square" elevator
True Lies,[15] September 1993, "Red Circle" and "Yellow Diamond" elevators
Forget Paris,[15] November 1994, "Yellow Diamond" elevator
It has been featured in many movies and television series over the years, including Interstellar,[16] Strange Days, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (as part of the city of New Chicago), Wonder Woman,[17] Blue Thunder, It's a Living,[18] Starsky & Hutch, L.A. Law, The A-Team, Breathless, Matlock, This Is Spinal Tap, Nick of Time,[19] Rain Man,[19][20] Ruthless People,[19] Logan's Run,[19] My Fellow Americans,[19] Midnight Madness, Moonlighting (TV series), Showtime, Hard to Kill, The Lincoln Lawyer, Chuck, Heaven Can Wait, Xanadu, The New Dragnet, Time After Time, Moby Dick,[21] Zoolander,[22] Lethal Weapon 2,[19] The Fantastic Journey[23][24] and was destroyed (via special effects) in Escape from LA, Epicenter and San Andreas. The front of the hotel was also featured in the British children’s television series Tots Tv ‘American Adventure’ special where Tilly, Tom and Tiny went to explore a different country and were observing tall buildings and went onto the roof of the hotel to observe the view of Los Angeles.[25] You can see it under construction in the 1975 film The Wilderness Family (released a year before the hotel opened). In cartoon form, the building can be seen in the first shot of Jem in the episode "The Beginning", and in the anime Steins;Gate. In November 1979, the ABC soap opera General Hospital videotaped some on location scenes there dealing with Luke Spencer, played by Anthony Geary who was hired to assassinate Senator Mitch Williams. In 1999, Power Rangers Lost Galaxy used the building as the administration building of the space colony Terra Venture, with Red Ranger Leo falling from the building after a battle with main villain Trakeena.
In 2002, the hotel was the location for a Fear Factor stunt which involved crossing a bridge of plexiglass discs on cables suspended on the lobby's fifth floor.[26] The television series It's a Living was set in a restaurant atop the Bonaventure. The hotel is also showcased in episodes of CSI and its exterior can be seen in Americathon, Mission: Impossible III, Almighty Thor, Hancock, and at the beginning of the Lionel Richie "Dancing on the Ceiling" music video. The building made appearances in the 1991 Kylie Minogue music video Step Back in Time, the 1985 Survivor music video "The Search Is Over", the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the 2012 video game Call of Duty: Black Ops II (in the "Aftermath" multiplayer map) and in the 2013 video game Grand Theft Auto V with the name "Arcadius Business Center" (having three towers instead of four towers and featuring glass elevator animations).
The hotel was also used as a setting for R&B singer Usher's music video for the 2002 hit single, "U Don't Have to Call". A pivotal scene in the season four (2005) episode "Another Mister Sloane" of the espionage drama Alias took place in the Bonaventure Hotel as well, while it was also featured in season one (2017), episode five of another espionage drama, Counterpart. In 2021, Rihanna's "Savage x Fenty Show Vol. 3" was filmed entirely on location at the hotel.[27][28] The hotel also hosted the first task for the final leg of The Amazing Race 33, which aired in 2022.[26]
ITASCA, IL - NOVEMBER 12: The Chicago Dental Society hosted its Installation of 2024 Officers and Directors on Sunday, November 12, 2023 at the Westin Chicago Northwest Hotel in Itasca, Illinois. This year’s event also honored 41, 50-Year members.
(Photo credit: Randy Belice for the Chicago Dental Society)
SUFFOLK DOWNS - August 6, 2017 - Race 12
STARTER OPTIONAL CLAIMING - Thoroughbred
FOR FILLIES AND MARES THREE YEARS OLD AND UPWARD WHICH HAVE STARTED FOR A CLAIMING PRICE OF $8,000 OR LESS IN 2016-2017 OR CLAIMING PRICE $12,500. Three Year Olds, 120 lbs.; Older, 124 lbs. Non-winners Of A Race Since July 6 Allowed 3 lbs. Claiming Price $12,500. ( C)
About One Mile On The Turf Track Record: (Our Sun - 1:39.28 - May 31, 2010)
Purse: $32,500
Weather:Clear Track:Firm
Off at: 5:32 Start: Good for all
5 - Echale Salsita (Gonzalez, Silvestre)
2 - Likeagirl (Amiss, David)
8 - Moral High Ground (Marin, Augusto)
SUFFOLK DOWNS - August 6, 2017 - Race 12
STARTER OPTIONAL CLAIMING - Thoroughbred
FOR FILLIES AND MARES THREE YEARS OLD AND UPWARD WHICH HAVE STARTED FOR A CLAIMING PRICE OF $8,000 OR LESS IN 2016-2017 OR CLAIMING PRICE $12,500. Three Year Olds, 120 lbs.; Older, 124 lbs. Non-winners Of A Race Since July 6 Allowed 3 lbs. Claiming Price $12,500. ( C)
About One Mile On The Turf Track Record: (Our Sun - 1:39.28 - May 31, 2010)
Purse: $32,500
Weather:Clear Track:Firm
Off at: 5:32 Start: Good for all
5 - Echale Salsita (Gonzalez, Silvestre)
2 - Likeagirl (Amiss, David)
8 - Moral High Ground (Marin, Augusto)
CHICAGO , IL - APRIL 12: The Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute of Northwestern University (NUCATS) hosted The Second Annual International Science of Team Science Conference, April 11-14 at the Wyndham Hotel Chicago in Chicago, Illinois.
Photo credit: Randy Belice
BRIGHTON EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL - BREMF 2015 .
Event 12: Vision: The Imagined Testimony of Hildegard of Bingen @ St Paul's Church, Brighton .
The Telling .
25 October 2015, info: www.bremf.org.uk .
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picture by Robert Piwko / www.robertpiwko.co.uk .