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The Louisiana State Capitol is the seat of government for the U.S. state of Louisiana and is located in downtown Baton Rouge. The capitol houses the chambers for the Louisiana State Legislature, made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as the office of the Governor of Louisiana. At 450 feet (137 m) tall and with 34 stories, it is the tallest building in Baton Rouge, the seventh tallest building in Louisiana, and tallest capitol in the United States. The Louisiana State Capitol is often thought of as "Huey Long's monument" due to the influence of the former Governor and U.S. Senator in getting the capitol built.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1982.
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Roasting Corn. Two things I found interesting. 1. Kenyan like to sell roasted corn. 2. It was an election year. One sign is never enough. There were millions of policial signs posted everywhere there was a flat surface. I was told it was against the law to rmove any of them and possible jail time. It really made the town trashy.
I performed to B-GENERATION X Vol.2.
It was a very big event, and a lot of guests came.
BLACK LABEL is a very cool club.
I wish to express my gratitude to the staff of the club to give the chance of appearance.
The Redpath Museum (French: Musée Redpath) is a museum of natural history belonging to McGill University[1] and located on the university's campus at 859, rue Sherbrooke Ouest (859 Sherbrooke Street West) in Montreal, Quebec. It was built in 1882 as a gift from the sugar baron Peter Redpath.[2]
It houses collections of interest to ethnology, biology, paleontology, and mineralogy/geology.[1] The collections were started by some of the same individuals who founded the Smithsonian and Royal Ontario Museum collections. The current director is Hans Larsson. Commissioned by Redpath to mark the 25th anniversary of Sir John William Dawson's appointment as Principal, the Museum was designed by A.C. Hutchison and A.D. Steele. McGill University's Redpath Museum website characterizes it as an "idiosyncratic expression of eclectic Victorian Classicism" as well as "an unusual and late example of the Greek Revival in North America."[3]
It is the oldest building built specifically to be a museum in Canada.[1][4] Both the museum's interior and exterior have been utilized as a set, for movies and commercials.
Dungeness is one of the largest expanses of shingle in Europe.[2] It is of international conservation importance for its geomorphology, plant and invertebrate communities and bird life. This is recognised and protected mostly through its conservation designations as a national nature reserve (NNR), a Special Protection Area (SPA), a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and part of the Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) of Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay.
There is a remarkable variety of wildlife living at Dungeness, with over 600 different types of plants: a third of all those found in Britain. It is one of the best places in Britain to find invertebrates such as moths, bees, beetles, and spiders; many of these are very rare, some found nowhere else in Britain.
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The Sibelius Monument (Finnish: Sibelius-monumentti; Swedish: Sibeliusmonumentet) by Eila Hiltunen is dedicated to the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865–1957). The monument is located at the Sibelius Park (Finnish: Sibeliuspuisto; Swedish: Sibeliusparken) in the district of Töölö in Helsinki, the capital city of Finland. The monument is a sculpture by Finnish artist Eila Hiltunen titled Passio Musicae[1] and was unveiled on September 7, 1967. The sculpture eventually won a competition organised by the Sibelius Society following the composer's death in 1957. The competition took two rounds after one early winner was abandoned. Originally it sparked a lively debate about the merits and flaws of abstract art and although the design looked like stylised organ pipes it was known that the composer had created little music for organs. Hiltunen addressed her critics by adding the face of Sibelius which sits beside the main sculpture.[2]
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 by 10.5 by 6.5 metres (28 ft × 34 ft × 21 ft).
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 Headquarters of the United Nations in New York City.
Sibelius Park and
Love, Laughter & Rockledge Rendezvous!"
🌅 Cheers to 25 Years of Pure Bliss! Dive into the Vibe with Pixel Groves Photography
Ready for a wild ride through the love-filled adventure of Cory and Derek? Buckle up as we whisk you away to the lush vibes of Rockledge Gardens, where this beachy duo celebrated 25 years of wedded wonder on November 18, 2023.
Sunshine & Smiles
Spoiler alert: it's impossible not to smile along with this radiant couple!
Garden Glam
Get lost in the greenery of Rockledge Gardens, the ultimate canvas for this casual-yet-classy affair. Who knew environmentally conscious could look this good?
Boho Chic Bash
Cory and Derek nailed the beachy boho vibe, and we've got the pics to prove it!
Love That Lasts
Catch a glimpse of those sweet, unscripted moments that define 25 years of love. Spoiler #2: it involves a lot of laughter, a few tears, and a whole lotta heart.
Vows & Wows
Relive the heartfelt vow renewal that melted hearts and caused a few happy tears. Pro tip: bring tissues; you're gonna need 'em.
Magic in the Gardens
Explore the enchanting corners of Rockledge Gardens where Cory and Derek let their love bloom. Spoiler #3: It's basically a fairy tale, but cooler.
Snapped by Pixel Groves
These magical moments weren't just magically captured—they were Pixel Groved! Ready to turn your story into a Pixel Groves masterpiece? Hit us up at www.PixelGroves.com and let's make some memories!
Captured with Love & Laughter by Pixel Groves Photography
Yellowstone day #2
It was a cold day today. This bison let out a little hot air while she grazed with a young one near the side of the road.
Page 2, It Must Involve
From Rachel Denbow's art journaling class, IDSS
(The colors don't match but I was having entirely too much fun putting stuff on the page, lol)
Mount Hope Cemetery is a historic cemetery in southern Boston, Massachusetts, between the neighborhoods of Roslindale and Mattapan. It was established in 1852 as a private cemetery, and was acquired by the city five years later. It is the city's first cemetery to be laid out in the rural cemetery style, with winding lanes. It was at first 85 acres (34 ha) in size; it was enlarged by the addition of 40 acres (16 ha) in 1929. Its main entrance is on Walk Hill Street, on the northern boundary.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 25, 2009.
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"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness." (Oscar Wilde)
Lately I have been reading a lot about Daido Moriyama and some other photographers associated with him, and of course I've looked at many pictures. I have known Moriyama's work for a decade or two, but it seems only now these photos are starting to speak to me. Some things need time.
I find it fascinating how they work, and it’s interesting to read about the degree of awareness they had of what they were doing. They were really up to date theoretically and somehow worked with that. Well, possibly the 60s, 70s and still part of the 80s were a good time for this, when modernism turned to post-modernism and all kinds of stuff.
Maybe it’s anachronistic to mimic a style 60 years old. I mean, we all know that’s long gone for better or worse … but still, I tried.
Doing this has already taught me at least three things that are quite valuable:
1.
I consider myself an "advanced" photographer, after doing it for almost 40 years and basically doing nothing else for 25 years now. But in this field I am an absolute beginner. It’s humbling in a good way to see (and to feel) that I don’t know anything about this.
2.
It’s surprisingly hard to let go of the "conventional" photographic qualities most of us learned the hard way. Now it feels so strange to make blurry, underexposed, tilted photos. You really need to trick yourself to give up control.
3.
This kind of photography seems to be at least as much about "feeling the scene" as "seeing the scene". It’s hard to put in words that are not clichéd, but it’s more seeing with the imagination than with your eyes. It’s another way to approach previsualization, I guess – possibly quite useful for other genres, even if those pictures are not so great.
About Ta Prohm
Ta Prohm is the modern name of a temple at Angkor, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia, built in the Bayon style largely in the late 12th and early 13th centuries and originally called Rajavihara. Located approximately one kilometre east of Angkor Thom and on the southern edge of the East Baray, it was founded by the Khmer King Jayavarman VII as a Mahayana Buddhist monastery and university. Unlike most Angkorian temples, Ta Prohm has been left in much the same condition in which it was found: the photogenic and atmospheric combination of trees growing out of the ruins and the jungle surroundings have made it one of Angkor's most popular temples with visitors.
Four notable things about Ta Prohm are:
1. It was the inspiration for Lara Croft's tomb Raider.
2. It is being restored by ASI (Archaeological Society of India)
3. It has a inscription of a Stegosaurus.
4. It is one of the few Temples dedicated to Brahma. Ta Prohm means "Ancestor Brahma"
About Ta Prohm
Ta Prohm is the modern name of a temple at Angkor, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia, built in the Bayon style largely in the late 12th and early 13th centuries and originally called Rajavihara. Located approximately one kilometre east of Angkor Thom and on the southern edge of the East Baray, it was founded by the Khmer King Jayavarman VII as a Mahayana Buddhist monastery and university. Unlike most Angkorian temples, Ta Prohm has been left in much the same condition in which it was found: the photogenic and atmospheric combination of trees growing out of the ruins and the jungle surroundings have made it one of Angkor's most popular temples with visitors.
Four notable things about Ta Prohm are:
1. It was the inspiration for Lara Croft's tomb Raider.
2. It is being restored by ASI (Archaeological Society of India)
3. It has a inscription of a Stegosaurus.
4. It is one of the few Temples dedicated to Brahma. Ta Prohm means "Ancestor Brahma"
Presents Round 2 - it's a Learning Piggy Bank from Aunty Wendy, Uncle Andy and cousin Cameron. Not sure Aimee thinks though?
For two reasons. 1 All the boards were put away today and 2 It's the only picture I took! It's been a long, long day of working hard at closing up shop.
The Tip-Top House is a historic former hotel in Mount Washington State Park in Sargent's Purchase, New Hampshire, United States. Built in 1853, it is the oldest surviving building in the summit area of Mount Washington, and is believed by the state to be the oldest extant mountain-top hostelry in the world. It features exhibits concerning the mountain's history. Located near the modern summit building and other visitor facilities, it is open for a fee to visitors from early May to early October.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
Parambikulam www.parambikulam.org is located in Palakkad district of Kerala state, south India. Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary, 10°28′N 76°50′E established in 1973 is a Sungam range sprawling over 285 km².[1][2] It is at adistance of 135 km from Palakkad town and is situated adjacent to the Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu. The Western Ghats, Anamalai Sub-Cluster, including all of Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary, is under consideration by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee for selection as a World Heritage Site.[3]
Besides being an abode of elephants, wild boar, sambar, Gaur, crocodiles, and a few tigers and panthers, it has rich diversity of flora and fauna. Trekking in the forest is allowed with prior permission. Boating is available at the reservoir. There is the Kannimara Teak Tree, which is said to be Asia’s largest, near Thunakadavu.
Wynkoop House, Old Haarlem - 1888
Henry Ossawa Tanner (American, 1859 - 1937)
“Wynkoop House, Old Haarlem” represents a frequently misunderstood aspect of Tanner's oeuvre. Along with his characteristic biblical subjects, the artist depicted specific sites and buildings that have erroneously been seen by some writers on Tanner "as diversions from the intense work of composing elaborate biblical subjects intended for the Salon."(1)1 Recent research, however, has demonstrat¬ed that subjects such as “Wynkoop House” were important to the core of Tanner's symbolic civil-rights messages.
At first glance, the title of our painting, “Wynkoop House, Old Haarlem”, suggests that the building is in the Netherlands. However, a Wynkoop House also known as Vredens-Hof and Vrendens Berg existed at Northha¬mpton Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, not far from Tanner's home in Philadelphia.(2)2 It was built in 1739 by Nicolas Wynkoop, who named the place Vrendens-Hof, "abode of peaceful rest."(3)3 "When a house is distin¬guished by association with such sturdy and loyal characters as Vrendens-Hof has been, it assumes a greater dignity; Washington, Lafayette, and James Monroe having been guests, under its hospitable roof at the same time, at the close of the American Revolution."(4)4 When it was owned by George Washington's abolitionist friend Judge Henry Wynkoop5 the house would have been of interest to Tanner because Judge Wynkoop "treated his slaves so well that although he gave them their freedom, most of them remained on the farm and upon their deaths, according to legend, were buried under a tree" near Vrendens-Hof.(6)6 Tanner emphasized the tree in the foreground of “Wynkoop House” and by so doing gave it the type of social underpin¬ning found in his other site-specific works.
Although Tanner's building is in basically the same architectural style as published photographs of Wynkoop House, it does not match exactly with any section of the mansion, even when remodeling is taken into consideration.(7)7 On the other hand, an illustration in a book on Vredens-Hof published in 1908 shows individual, unattached structures on either side of the manse and behind it that call to mind the configuration at Washington's estate in Mount Vernon.(8)8 In point of fact, Tanner's rendition of Wynkoop House may be seen as a sophisticated architectural version of the slave quarters at Mount Vernon.
Stylistically, Tanner's approach in “Wynkoop House” is inconsistent with his working method in the late 1880s, as is the signature. The painting does not echo the drawing skill or spatial arrangement of the 1888 illustration “It Must Be My Very Star” and does not bear the monogram signature.(9)9 Moreover, the treatment of Wynkoop is far removed from the confident handling of “Lion Licking Its Paw” (1886; Allentown Art Museum, Pa.). The overall style of the picture, however, is perfectly consistent with Tanner's treatment in “Boy and Sheep Lying under a Tree” (1881; private collection). The middle-ground compositions and palettes of these works match up very well. Even more compelling is the dabbled sparkling light in both works which presages one of the most beautiful aspects of Tanner's mature style.
Henry O. Tanner, African-American painter and printmaker, was born in Pittsburgh. He was the son of Sarah Miller, a freed slave, and Benjamin Tucker Tanner, a bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the editor of the “Christian Recorder”. Tanner's parents were strong civil-rights advocates, which accounts for the fact that his middle name, Ossawa, was a tribute to the abolitionist John Brown of Osawatomie.
In 1868 the Tanner family moved to Philadelphia, where Henry saw an artist at work in Fairmont Park and decided immediately to become one. His mother encouraged this ambition, though his father apprenticed him in the flour business after he graduated, valedictorian, from the Roberts Vaux Consolidated School for Colored Students in 1877. Flour work proved too strenuous for Tanner and he became ill. After his convalescence near John Brown's farm in the Adirondacks in 1879, he entered the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and studied under Thomas Eakins, and Thomas Hovenden was his mentor. Tanner's professional career began while he was still a student. He made his debut at the Pennsylvania Academy annual in 1880, that year he also exhibited at the Progressive Works Men's Club in Philadelphia, the first exhibition ever of African-American artists organized by African Americans. During this period he specialized in seascape paintings such as “Point Judith” (ca. 1880; private collection), while also rendering memories of his Adirondack sojourn, as evinced by “Burnt Pines: Adiron¬dacks” (ca. 1880; Hampton University Museum, Va.). A tendency to use overlapping shapes and diagonal lines to create recession into space was announced in these works and can be seen over his entire career. The rich browns, blues, blue-greens, and mauve, with accents of bright red, in these pictures also remained constant in his oeuvre.
During the mid-1880s Tanner decided to become an animal painter. A superb example of this genre is “Lion Licking Its Paw” (1886; Allentown Art Museum, Pa.). In addition to easel paintings, Tanner provided illustrations for short stories for the July 1882 issue of Our Continent and the January 10, 1888, “Harper's Young People”.
In 1889 Tanner opened a photography studio in Atlanta. After this business failed, he remained in that city and taught drawing at Clark University, where he met Bishop and Mrs. Joseph Crane Hartzell. They arranged Tanner's first solo exhibition, in Cincinnati in 1890, to help the young artist raise funds for European study. Tanner set sail for Italy on January 4, 1891, but after reaching Paris he decided to remain there. He enrolled in the Académie Julian, where his teachers were Jean-Paul Laurens and Jean-Joseph Benjamin Constant. He made Paris and Trépied, France, his permanent homes for the rest of his life.
Tanner visited the United States in 1893 and concentrated on sober sympathetic depictions of African-American life to offset a history of one-sided comic representations. “Banjo Lesson” (1893; Hampton University Museum, Hampton, Va.), in which an older man instructs a young lad, is the first painting that can be ascribed to Tanner's new desire. He debuted at the Paris Salon of 1893 with this painting.
At the turn of the century, Tanner devoted himself almost exclusively to biblical scenes, a result of both his devout family background and the economic opportuni¬ties provided by the subject. Almost all Tanner's biblical themes centered around ideas of birth and rebirth, both physical and spiritual. Tanner expressed his upbringing in the fledgling civil-rights movement through these themes that relate to Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, which promised freedom or "birth and rebirth" to black slaves. This approach was also consistent with Tanner's desire to render sympathetic depictions of African Americans.
Tanner's relatively few portraits brought to the fore images of individuals involved with civil rights and other humane concerns. Stylistically, the portraits are characterized by a very shallow recession into space or a certain flatness, while maintaining the rich brown, blue, blue-green, and mauve palette spiked with bright reds and multiple light sources. These characteris¬tics are particularly notable in his genre scenes based on visits to North Africa in 1908 and 1912.
Frustrated by World War I, Tanner stopped painting and instead became a major figure in the American Red Cross. He resumed his career as artist on November 11, 1918, the very day of the Armistice, when the American Expeditionary Force authorized Tanner's travel to make sketches of the front, such as “Canteen at the Front” (1918; Ameri¬can Red Cross, Washington, D.C.). Tanner's mature style was characterized by experiments with thickly built up enamel-like surfaces, seen in one of his last paintings “Disciples Healing the Sick” (c. 1930; Clark Atlanta University Collection of African-American Art, Atlanta).
Tanner garnered ample recognition in the international art literature of his time and exhibited frequently on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a gold medal at the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco and the prestigious Cross of the Legion of Honor in 1923. He was elected a member of the American Negro Academy, Washington, D.C., in 1898; associate and full academician of the National Academy of Design, New York, in 1909 and 1927, respectively. It would be impossible to imagine the generation of African-American artists who contributed to the Harlem Renaissance without the example of Tanner's single-minded pursuit of artistic success and his international recognition.
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"Acknowledged as the first museum in the world dedicated solely to collecting American art, the NBMAA is renowned for its preeminent collection spanning three centuries of American history. The award-winning Chase Family Building, which opened in 2006 to critical and public acclaim, features 15 spacious galleries which showcase the permanent collection and upwards of 25 special exhibitions a year featuring American masters, emerging artists and private collections. Education and community outreach programs for all ages include docent-led school and adult tours, teacher services, studio classes and vacation programs, Art Happy Hour gallery talks, lectures, symposia, concerts, film, monthly First Friday jazz evenings, quarterly Museum After Dark parties for young professionals, and the annual Juneteenth celebration. Enjoy Café on the Park for a light lunch prepared by “Best Caterer in Connecticut” Jordan Caterers. Visit the Museum Shop for unique gifts. Drop by the “ArtLab” learning gallery with your little ones. Gems not to be missed include Thomas Hart Benton’s murals “The Arts of Life in America,” “The Cycle of Terror and Tragedy, September 11, 2001” by Graydon Parrish,” and Dale Chihuly’s “Blue and Beyond Blue” spectacular chandelier. Called “a destination for art lovers everywhere,” “first-class,” “a full-size, transparent temple of art, mixing New York ambience with Yankee ingenuity and all-American beauty,” the NBMAA is not to be missed."
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The NBMAA collection represents the major artists and movements of American art. Today it numbers about 8,274 paintings, works on paper, sculptures, and photographs, including the Sanford B.D. Low Illustration Collection, which features important works by illustrators such as Norman Rockwell, Howard Pyle, and Maxfield Parrish.
Among collection highlights are colonial and federal portraits, with examples by John Smibert, John Trumbull, John Singleton Copley, Gilbert Stuart, and the Peale family. The Hudson River School features landscapes by Thomas Cole, Asher B. Durand, Martin Johnson Heade, John Kensett, Albert Bierstadt, and Frederic Church. Still life painters range from Raphaelle Peale, Severin Roesen, William Harnett, John Peto, John Haberle, and John La Farge. American genre painting is represented by John Quidor, William Sidney Mount, and Lilly Martin Spencer. Post-Civil War examples include works by Winslow Homer, Thomas Eakins, John Singer Sargent, George de Forest Brush, and William Paxton, and 19 plasters and bronzes by Solon Borglum. American Impressionists include Mary Cassatt, Theodore Robinson, John Henry Twachtman, J. Alden Weir, Willard Metcalf, and Childe Hassam, the last represented by eleven oils. Later Impressionist paintings include those by Ernest Lawson, Frederck Frieseke, Louis Ritman, Robert Miller, and Maurice Prendergast.
Other strengths of the twentieth-century collection include: sixty works by members of the Ash Can School; significant representation by early modernists such as Alfred Maurer, Marsden Hartley, John Marin, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Max Weber; important examples by the Precisionists Charles Demuth, Charles Sheeler, Preston Dickinson, and Ralston Crawford; a broad spectrum of work by the Social Realists Ben Shahn, Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, and Jack Levine; and ambitious examples of Regionalist painting by Grant Wood, John Steuart Curry, and Thomas Hart Benton, notably the latter’s celebrated five-panel mural, The Arts of Life in America (1932).
Works by the American Abstract Artist group (Stuart Davis, Ilya Bolotowsky, Esphyr Slobodkina, Balcomb Greene, and Milton Avery) give twentieth-century abstraction its place in the collection, as do later examples of Surrealism by artists Kay Sage and George Tooker; Abstract Expressionism (Lee Krasner, Giorgio Cavallon, Morris Graves, Robert Motherwell, Sam Francis, Cleve Gray), Pop and Op art (Andy Warhol, Larry Rivers, Robert Indiana, Tom Wesselman, Jim Dine), Conceptual (Christo, Sol LeWitt), and Photo-Realism (Robert Cottingham). Examples of twentieth-century sculpture include Harriet Frishmuth, Paul Manship, Isamu Noguchi, George Segal, and Stephen DeStaebler. We continue to acquire contemporary works by notable artists, in order to best represent the dynamic and evolving narrative of American art.
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The vervain hummingbird (Mellisuga minima) is a species of hummingbird. It is found in the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica, and is a vagrant to Puerto Rico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.
It used to be considered the second-smallest bird in the world after the bee hummingbird. Typical length is 6 cm (2.4 in), including the bill, and weight is 2–2.4 g (0.071–0.085 oz).[2] It also has among the smallest egg in the bird world, with an average length of 1 cm (0.39 in) and weight of 0.375 grams.
A mortgage loan, also referred to as a mortgage, is used by purchasers of real property to raise money to
buy the property to be purchased or by existing property owners to raise funds for any purpose. The loan is
"secured" on the borrower's property. This means that a legal mechanism is put in place which allows the lender
to take possession and sell the secured property ("foreclosure" or "repossession") to pay off the loan in the
event that the borrower defaults on the loan or otherwise fails to abide by its terms. The word mortgage is
derived from a "law French" term used by English lawyers in the middle ages meaning "death pledge", and refers
to the pledge ending (dying) when either the obligation is fulfilled or the property is taken through foreclosure.[1]
Mortgage borrowers can be individuals mortgaging their home or they can be businesses mortgaging commercial
property (for example, their own business premises, residential property let to tenants or an investment portfolio).
The lender will typically be a financial institution, such as a bank, credit union or building society, depending
on the country concerned, and the loan arrangements can be made either directly or indirectly through intermediaries.
Features of mortgage loans such as the size of the loan, maturity of the loan, interest rate, method of paying off
the loan, and other characteristics can vary considerably. The lender's rights over the secured property take priority
over the borrower's other creditors which means that if the borrower becomes bankrupt or insolvent, the other creditors
will only be repaid the debts owed to them from a sale of the secured property if the mortgage lender is repaid in full first.
In many jurisdictions, though not all (Bali, Indonesia being one exception[2]), it is normal for home purchases to be
funded by a mortgage loan. Few individuals have enough savings or liquid funds to enable them to purchase property outright.
In countries where the demand for home ownership is highest, strong domestic markets for mortgages have developed.
Avro Blue Steel stand-off nuclear missile at the Midland Air Museum, Coventry on the 3rd May 2003. Blue Steel was designed for use from Vulcan and Victor bombers during the 1960's and was armed with a 1.1 Megaton warhead. It had a range of about 150 miles and could fly at over Mach 2. It was retired from use in 1970.
Pictured is Tyneham,, an abandoned village, which was requisitioned by British forces at the beginning of World War 2. It has been abandoned ever since
"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness." (Oscar Wilde)
Lately I have been reading a lot about Daido Moriyama and some other photographers associated with him, and of course I've looked at many pictures. I have known Moriyama's work for a decade or two, but it seems only now these photos are starting to speak to me. Some things need time.
I find it fascinating how they work, and it’s interesting to read about the degree of awareness they had of what they were doing. They were really up to date theoretically and somehow worked with that. Well, possibly the 60s, 70s and still part of the 80s were a good time for this, when modernism turned to post-modernism and all kinds of stuff.
Maybe it’s anachronistic to mimic a style 60 years old. I mean, we all know that’s long gone for better or worse … but still, I tried.
Doing this has already taught me at least three things that are quite valuable:
1.
I consider myself an "advanced" photographer, after doing it for almost 40 years and basically doing nothing else for 25 years now. But in this field I am an absolute beginner. It’s humbling in a good way to see (and to feel) that I don’t know anything about this.
2.
It’s surprisingly hard to let go of the "conventional" photographic qualities most of us learned the hard way. Now it feels so strange to make blurry, underexposed, tilted photos. You really need to trick yourself to give up control.
3.
This kind of photography seems to be at least as much about "feeling the scene" as "seeing the scene". It’s hard to put in words that are not clichéd, but it’s more seeing with the imagination than with your eyes. It’s another way to approach previsualization, I guess – possibly quite useful for other genres, even if those pictures are not so great.
Too hot to handle - 2. It's really hot here...
A remake, if you will, of this shot from last year.
I'm growing a moustache for Movember - an annual charity raising money for prostate cancer and depression research. Please donate to my Mo to help find causes and cures here.
Strobist: Canon 430EX@1/2, 50mm, camera right through an umbrella, triggered by poverty wizards.
Sun providing backlighting.
Canon 400D, EF18-55mm@f11, ISO100, 1/200.
Forest Seduction Series 2
It is late, it is raining and it is getting dark, and you are far from home. Far far away, in another galaxy, suddenly you see rays of light, rays of hope. You set course, determined, push on branches one after another....However where you are headed, you eventually dont know ...
It was late, It was raining, and... unlike above, Edith and I found this branch and made this happen in no time! It was really fun to work with talented Edith!
Taken in Gothenburg, August 2020
For high quality image check out fine art gallery (on mehdipixel.com) mehdipixel.com/forest-seduction-series-2/
We learned a lot that day:
1. Latte macchiato is 2 different drinks
2. it looks and tastes like cappuccino
3. you have exactly 5 minutes to order, drink, pay it AND LEAVE!!!
But I like the portrait anyway...
Double Vee Tuskegee Airmen AT-6
This North American AT-6 known as Double Vee was named in honor of a historic campaign in World War 2. It’s the only authentic and completely restored Tuskegee Airmen aircraft in existence!
Mount Auburn Cemetery in Massachusetts was founded in 1831 as "America's first garden cemetery" or "rural cemetery". With classical monuments set in a rolling landscaped terrain,[2] it marked a distinct break with Colonial-era burying grounds and church-affiliated graveyards. The appearance of this type of landscape coincides with the rising popularity of the term "cemetery", derived from the Greek for "a sleeping place." This language and outlook eclipsed the previous harsh view of death and the afterlife embodied by old graveyards and church burial plots.[3] The 174-acre (70 ha) cemetery is important both for its historical aspects and for its role as an arboretum. It is Watertown’s largest contiguous open space and extends into Cambridge to the east, adjacent to the Cambridge City and Sand Banks cemeteries. It was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 2003 for its pioneering role in 19th-century cemetery development.
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Stu flies the Soyuz he got for Christmas on a B6-2. It flew great but suffered a repairable shock cord separation at ejection.
A sun porch on a really old, nice large home and very cool property (barns, trees) that had just been sold while we were on vacation in PA. This was a "Peacock Farm" when I was a kid, at least that's what we called it. My twin brother and I would ride our bikes over to this property and the owners would let us kids hang out, the best part was they had dozens of peacocks running loose on the grounds. It was so cool for us to just watch and observe these beautiful birds, and take some feathers home that had dropped off a bird or 2. It might of been less than 2 dozen, but it seems that many as I remember. They were so loud when they started singing, or whatever you call it, great watch birds!
Price - $2. It is for kids to try to place the shapes through the correct holes. It also have picture puzzles on two side. The whole toy is dismantled and can be placed back correctly.
A. Japan is silly.
2. it is a real treat to get a block of cheese (even a small one!) in this country.
C. getting cheese in school lunch is even more amazing!
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Paws Atlanta a local animal shelter, and Snap-2-It a low cost spay and neutering operation, teamed up for an awesome night all to help out the cute furry ones they hold so dear! A silent auction was held with donated items with all proceeds going to both non-profits! It was a pretty awesome time for a great cause! :D
the superb Vidal Icewine 2002 limited edition was ruined by dad because
(1) it was not chilled (at all)
(2) it was served with food rather than with fruits/desserts
really upset about it... >_<~
Unable to get full sheets of drywall into the basement means one does what one can, and gets proficient at taping and plastering. Fortunately, it's a utility room.
A abandoned house in a abandoned church in Kingswood Bristol.
Whitefield's sometimes Whitfield's Tabernacle is a former Calvinistic Methodist and Congregational (now United Reformed)[1] church in Kingswood, a town on the eastern edge of Bristol where George Whitefield preached in the open air to coal miners. The name refers to two buildings in which the church met.
The congregation originally met in the New Society Room which was built in 1741 for George Whitefield and John Cennick after a separation occurred between them and John Wesley.[1] The former Society Room building was expanded to a large size, and is a grade I listed building.[2] It is now roofless and derelict after an arson attack.[3]
In 1851 a very large gothic building, designed by Henry Masters, was constructed just west of the original tabernacle. In the late 20th century this building was closed and the United Reformed Church congregation moved back into the original 18th-century building for a few years, before leaving both buildings to join together for worship with another congregation associated with the 18th-century revival, the Moravian Church, in the Moravian building on the other side of the High Street.
In 2003 the Tabernacle featured in the BBC's Restoration series.[4]
As of 2007, there were plans for the redevelopment of the three listed buildings on the Tabernacle site, namely the two churches and the 18th century Chapel House. Besides various proposed memorial facilities, the plan includes flats in the Chapel House and the 19th century building.[3] At February 2011 the site was still derelict although the large disused churchyard had been cleared of vegetation.[5]
As at February 2017 the site is still derelict and the graveyard is once again overgrown.