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Sleeping loft located on a mezzanine level overlooks the two story living room space. Large enough for queen size bed, 6-drawer dresser, and end tables as well as a custom made headboard and lights. Roller blind curtains provide a privacy shade. The space also offers ample storage. This set up also offers bedroom privacy not normally seen in studios.
The population of the world reached one billion for the first time in 1804, two billion in 1927, three billion in 1960. We were four billion in 1974, five billion in 1987 and six billion in 1999.
By October the 31st 2011, we reached seven billion.
"So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad, and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be."
The second photo in my The Perks of Being a Wallflower series.
Sorry this isn't the greatest, I've been super stressed about my AP work. I still have to read 3 books and do essays and logs for them by the time I go back to school. Which is Wednesday. Now would be a good time for my super powers to kick in... :\
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So, I was tagged by anderson and totally forgot about it until now lol.
Ten things about me...
1. I'm a vegetarian.
2. I'm in love.
3. I want to become an underwater photographer.
4. I care about animals more than I do most humans.
5. I live on a lake, and like to wakeboard.
6. I will be a senior this year, it kind of scares me, but I want out of this town.
7. My garage is twice as big as my house.
8. I want to travel to as many places as I can before I die.
9. I hate it when people make things big deals that really aren't.
10. I love owls.
I tag:
ashley_72492
KatieOak
miles . edwin
Brittany Lang
Rachel Sketchley
frenchie-jane
natalie kucken
sincerely sarah.
Laurennicole81
Liz. [college calls]
(sorry if i don't know some of you, i just needed ten people lol)
Nikon F3, KMZ Zenitar 16mm f2.8 Fish eye, CineStill Film Kodak Vision 3 800T, Tetenal C41, Adobe Lightroom 5.7
The 7 train is my local subway. It goes from Main Street in Flushing, Queens to Times Square in Manhattan. It's kind of rare to see the subway cars so empty like this!
This is a 3 shot HDR image, done with Photomatix and then run through Photoshop.
7-Eleven #19634 (2,510 square feet)
8343 George Washington Memorial Highway, Gloucester, VA
This location was built and opened in 1980.
This photo (stolen from the Gloucester Property Records page) shows the location in 2001. The cupola atop the building was removed a few years later and in 2007 7-Eleven branded gas replaced Citgo. Here's the store in 2008.
Three days ago my Stranger Qiuchun (#446) and her friends encouraged me to see the Ontario College of Art and Design University Graduate Exhibition, an annual show which was on this weekend. Qiuchun is a student at the university (www.ocadu.ca) and thought I would enjoy the show.
Today was a beautiful warm, sunny day to break the string of cold, wet weather we have had in Toronto and which has delayed spring my several weeks. It seemed to perfect Sunday for an outing so my wife and I hopped the subway and went down to Chinatown to the university which had its doors open to welcome the community to the event which showcased the work of the graduating class, covering many disciplines including painting and drawing, photography, material arts, industrial design, sculpture and many other programs.
I remember how surprised I was the first time I explored the modernistic building behind the Art Gallery of Ontario. Despite its unique modern architecture, the interior seemed a mad clutter on every floor with murals on the walls of the staircases. Once I remembered that creating is a messy business it didn’t seem so odd. Today was no different. Classrooms and studios on six or more floors had been converted to galleries for the occasion and the public was free to wander from room to room and floor to floor with student volunteers and artists placed in the halls to provide direction and in the galleries to explain their work. The variety was quite remarkable and it was fun getting a glimpse into the work of the new generation’s creative thinking and output.
In one studio with skylights on an upper floor I saw this young woman sitting on a chair, surrounded by her art, with a most peculiar-looking person on a chair next to her. Wearing a bizarre red mask which had a head mounted on each side, the appearance was of someone with three heads. There was a laptop on this person’s lap with hands (complete with red fingernail polish) posed on the keys. It was difficult to assess if it was a man or woman and at first the fingernail polish threw me off. It was, however, a man.
I didn’t want to “commandeer” this social outing into a Stranger-seeking event, but couldn’t resist the temptation and asked my wife if she would mind my absence for a few minutes and she said she would continue viewing the exhibit and I could join her.
I began by asking the man if I could photograph him for my project but he was unresponsive and I couldn’t establish much eye contact through the peculiar mask, I turned to this woman who turned out to be the artist who had created the mask along with many other works of art in the room. Meet Katlyn. It was then that I realized she would be the subject for my project because she was the artist and the model was more or less a nonverbal prop for the mask.
Katlyn was very friendly and responsive and asked the fellow with the mask if a photo was ok and he somehow conveyed to her that it was. A bit rattled by this point but decided to follow through photographing “mask man” since he was my original request, figuring I would then proceed with Katlyn. I had to ask him to get up and take a few steps to get away from a shaft of powerful sunlight coming down through the studio skylight. He complied quite slowly and I made my photo. Next was Katlyn and I was conflicted by wanting a closeup that would show her beautiful eyes and a photo a bit further back to show her impressive tattoo collection. I wound up photographing two versions.
Katlyn, who is 24 and will graduate this year, is originally from Grand Bend Ontario on the eastern shore of Lake Huron. She explained that her model is Luke who turned out to be her boyfriend. Luke is from London England and is a PhD student in Philosophy at the nearby University of Toronto. Katlyn explained her artwork as expressing competing, conflicting emotions and it has evolved this year into an exploration of the “creepy.” She said the concept of the mask was to show three emotions on one person and she said it was inspired by the mythical creature Cereburs, a dog with three heads that guarded the gates to the underworld (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerberus). You can visit Katlyn’s website www.katlynnemo.com ) to find out more about her and her creative work. I decided to finish up with a dual portrait showing both Katlyn and Luke which I’ve included as a comment photo. The circular artwork in the background of the comment photos is that of a fellow student.
Katlyn was very outgoing and friendly and as we shook hands and I thanked her and Luke for helping me with my photo project, she explained Luke’s hesitant and silent handshake by telling me “Please understand, he is remaining ‘in character’ all day today.” I understand.
When I asked Katlyn if she had any "words of wisdom" to share with the viewers, she referred to rules to live by written by Sister Corita Kent. The one which resonated with Katlyn was #7: "The only rule is work. If you work it will lead to something. It's the people who do all of the work all of the time who eventually catch on to things." Katlyn pointed out that for a working artist, it is essential to remain active and productive.
It was great meeting both of you, Katlyn and Luke. Thanks for participating in 100 Strangers. Katlyn, you are Stranger #449 in Round 5 of my project.
Additional note: I received a very nice email from Katlyn saying how much she enjoyed meeting me and telling me she was enjoying the 100 Strangers project. She wished me success with my next round of the project. Katlyn helped me with my project and I got her thanks. How excellent is that?
Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
To browse Round 1 of my 100 Strangers project click here: www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcbowen/sets/72157633145986224/
To browse Round 2 of my 100 Strangers project click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcbowen/sets/72157634422850489/
To browse Round 3 of my 100 Strangers project click here: www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcbowen/sets/72157635541434065/
To browse Round 4 of my 100 Strangers project click here:
Underground Sound 7 at Hogrock Ranch in Cave-In Rock Illinois.
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[July 28th, 2012]
I really don't like this day's (or yesterdays) 365 but I was so busy yesterday that I didn't have time for a concept or well thought out photo, so I'm sorry that it's not great.
I'm going to dedicate a photo to the surprise party I hosted for my best friend after this one and make it my 365 for today I think, today is a chill out day after the madness and I don't think I'd have time for photos yet hehe!
44 The surprise party went so well, I'm so happy how it went but also so glad it's done!
T3-7 bogie BREL (York) Class 321/4 Standard Mark III 25k v ac overhead outer-suburban 4-car emu No.321 405 of First Capital Connect at Potter's Bar, 16/04/14.
These days I'm surrounded by diapers, craft supplies, dirty dishes and laundry. Sometimes I want to turn my focus to more luxurious things, but it's hard to tear it away from these two girls. I'm focused on what's important xo
7-Eleven #11089 (2,490 square feet)
5114 Williamsburg Road, Sandston, VA
This location was built and opened in 1980 and re-located to a newly-built store on the lot next door in late 2014, vacating this space.
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Nothing you see here is real, even though the model, the conversion or the presented background story might be based on historical facts. BEWARE!
Some background:
After the division of Czechoslovakia by Germany in 1939, Slovakia was left with a small air force composed primarily of Czechoslovak combat aircraft. This force defended Slovakia against Hungary in March 1939, in the Slovak–Hungarian War in March 1939 in which Hungary reoccupied Carpathian Ruthenia and parts of southern Slovakia. In this the SVZ suffered some losses against Royal Hungarian Air Force. Later, the SVZ also took part in the German Invasion of Poland. The SVZ took part in Axis offensives in the Ukraine and Russian Central front sectors of the Eastern Front under the lead of Luftwaffe in the Stalingrad and Caucasus operations. This engagement resulted in great losses of aircraft and personnel, though.
During the World War II, the Slovak Air force was charged with the defense of Slovak airspace, and, after the invasion of Russia, provided air cover for Slovak forces fighting against the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front. For the rest of the war the SVZ fought US Army Air Forces and Royal Air Force raids against Slovakia.
Among the many more or less outdated German aircraft types inherited from the Luftwaffe during the early stages of WWII was a small number of Hs 123 A-1 dive bombers. The Henschel Hs 123 was a small single-seat biplane dive bomber and close-support attack aircraft. The aircraft was designed to meet the 1933 dive bomber requirements for the reborn Luftwaffe. Both Henschel and rival Fieseler (with the Fi 98) competed for the production contract requirement, which specified a single-seat biplane dive bomber. The first prototype, the Hs 123 V1, was cleared for its maiden flight on 1 April 1935; General Ernst Udet, a World War I ace, flew it on its first public demonstration flight on 8 May 1935. The first three Henschel prototypes, with the first and third powered by 485 kW (650 hp) BMW 132A-3 engines and the second by a 574 kW (770 hp) Wright Cyclone, were tested at Rechlin in August 1936. Only the first prototype had "smooth" cowlings; from that point on, all aircraft had a tightly fitting, characteristic cowling that included 18 fairings covering the engine valves. The Henschel prototypes did away with bracing wires and although they looked slightly outdated with their single faired interplane struts and cantilever main landing gear legs attached to smaller (stub) lower wings, the Hs 123 featured an all-metal construction, clean lines and superior maneuverability. Its biplane wings were of a "sesquiplane" configuration, whereby the lower wings were significantly smaller than the top wings.
The overall performance of the Hs 123 V1 prototype prematurely eliminated any chance for the more conventional Fi 98, which was cancelled after a sole prototype had been constructed. During testing, the Hs 123 proved capable of pulling out of "near-vertical" dives; however, two prototypes subsequently crashed due to structural failures in the wings that occurred when the aircraft were tested in high-speed dives. The fourth prototype incorporated improvements to cure these problems; principally, stronger center-section struts were fitted. After it had been successfully tested, the Hs 123 was ordered into production with a 656 kW (880 hp) BMW 132Dc engine.
The Hs 123 was intended to replace the Heinkel He 50 biplane reconnaissance and dive bomber as well as acting as a "stop-gap" measure until the more modern and capable Junkers Ju 87 became available. As such, production was limited and no upgrades were considered, although an improved version, the Hs 123B, was developed by Henschel in 1938. A proposal to fit the aircraft with a more powerful 716 kW (960 hp) "K"-variant of its BMW 132 engine did not proceed beyond the prototype stage, the Hs 123 V5. The V6 prototype fitted with a similar powerplant and featuring a sliding cockpit hood was intended to serve as the Hs 123C prototype.
About 265 aircraft were produced and production of the Hs 123A ended in Autumn 1938. It was flown by the German Luftwaffe during the Spanish Civil War and the early to midpoint of World War II. At the outbreak of hostilities, Hs 123s were committed to action in the Polish Campaign. Screaming over the heads of enemy troops, the Hs 123s delivered their bombs with devastating accuracy. A frightening aspect of an Hs 123 attack was the staccato noise of its engine that a pilot could manipulate by changing rpm to create "gunfire-like" bursts. The Hs 123 proved rugged and able to take a lot of damage and still keep on flying. Operating from primitive bases close to the front lines, the type was considered by ground crews to be easy to maintain, quick to re-equip and reliable even under dire field conditions.
The Polish campaign was a success for an aircraft considered obsolete by the Luftwaffe high command. Within a year, the Hs 123 was again in action in the Blitzkrieg attacks through the Netherlands, Belgium and France. Often positioned as the Luftwaffe's most-forward based combat unit, the Hs 123s flew more missions per day than other units, and again proved their worth in the close-support role. With Ju 87s still being used as tactical bombers rather than true ground support aircraft and with no other aircraft capable of this mission in the Luftwaffe arsenal the Hs 123 was destined to continue in service for some time, although numbers were constantly being reduced by attrition.
The Hs 123 was not employed in the subsequent Battle of Britain as the English Channel proved an insuperable obstacle for the short-ranged aircraft, and the sole leftover operator, II.(Schl)/LG 2, went back to Germany to re-equip with the Messerschmitt Bf 109E fighter bomber (Jabo) variant. The Bf 109E fighter bomber was not capable of carrying any more bombs than the Hs 123. It did, however, have a greater range and was far more capable of defending itself. On the downside were the notoriously tricky taxiing, ground handling, and takeoff/landing characteristics of the Bf 109, which were exacerbated with a bomb load.
At the beginning of the Balkans Campaign, the 32 examples of the Hs 123 that had been retired after the fall of France were taken back into service and handed over to the Slovak Air Force to replace the heavy losses on the Eastern Front after combat fatigue and desertion had reduced the pilots' effectiveness. Most of Slovakia's obsolete biplanes were replaced with modern German combat aircraft, including the Messerschmitt Bf 109, so that the Hs 123s were initially regarded with distrust – but the machines proved their worth in the ensuing battles. The Slovak Hs 123s took part in the Battle of Kursk and supported ground troops, some were outfitted with locally designed ski landing gears which proved to be a very effective alternative to the Hs 123’s spatted standard landing gear which was prone to collect snow and mud and even block. After this deployment at the Russian front, the Slovak Air Force was sent back to defend Slovak home air space, primarily executed with Messerschmitt Bf 109 E and G types, Avia B-534, and some other interceptor types, also helped by Luftwaffe units active in the area.
Being confined to national borders, the Slovak Hs 123s were put in reserve and relegated to training purposes, even though they were occasionally activated to support German ground troops. From late August 1944 the remaining Hs 123s also actively took part in the suppression of the Slovak National Uprising against Germany.
Since Hs 123 production had already stopped in 1940 and all tools had been destroyed, the permanent attritions could not be replaced - due to a lack of serviceable airframes and spare parts the type’s numbers dwindled. When Romania and the Soviet Union entered Slovakia, they organized with some captured aircraft and defectors a local Insurgent Air Force to continue the fight against Axis forces in country, including the last operational Slovak Hs 123s. No aircraft survived the war.
General characteristics:
Crew: 1
Length: 8.33 m (27 ft 4 in)
Wingspan: 10.5 m (34 ft 5 in)
Height: 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Wing area: 24.85 m² (267.5 sq ft)
Empty weight: 1,500 kg (3,307 lb)
Gross weight: 2,215 kg (4,883 lb)
Powerplant:
1× BMW 132Dc 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine with 660 kW (880 hp),
driving a 2-bladed metal variable-pitch propeller
Performance:
Maximum speed: 341 km/h (212 mph, 184 kn) at 1,200 m (3,937 ft)
Range: 860 km (530 mi, 460 nmi) with a 100 l drop tank
Combat range: 480 km (300 mi, 260 nmi) with 200 kg (440.9 lb) of bombs
Service ceiling: 9,000 m (30,000 ft)
Rate of climb: 15 m/s (3,000 ft/min)
Armament:
2× 7.92 mm MG 17 machine guns, 400 rpg
Up to 450 kg (992.1 lb) of bombs under fuselage and wings
The kit and its assembly:
A relatively simple what-if project, and it took a while to figure out something to do with a surplus Airfix Hs 123 A kit in The Stash™ without a proper plan yet. The Hs 123 is an overlooked aircraft, and the fact that all airframes were used during WWII until none was left makes a story in Continental Europe a bit difficult. I also did not want to create a German aircraft – Finland was an early favorite, because I wanted to add a ski landing gear (see below), but since I won’t build anything with a swastika on it this option was a dead end. Then I considered an operator from the Balkans, e. g. Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia or Slovakia – and eventually settled for the latter because of the national markings.
The kit was built almost OOB, and the Airfix Hs 123 is a nice offering. Yes, it’s a simple kit, but its is IMHO a very good representation, despite the many rivets on the hull, a rather bleak interior and some sinkholes (e. g. on the massive outer wings struts). It goes together well, just a little PSR here and there. I just added a dashboard (scratched from styrene sheet) and modified the OOB 50 kg bombs with extended impact fuzes with a flat, round plate at the tip, so that the bomb itself explodes above soft ground or snow for a bigger blast radius.
The only major modification is a transplanted ski landing gear from a PM Model (Finnish) Fokker D.XXI, which had to be reduced in length to fit under the compact Hs 123. A small tail ski/skid was scratched from styrene sheet material.
Thankfully, the Hs 123 only calls for little rigging – just between the central upper wing supports and there is a characteristic “triangle” wiring in the cowling. All these, together with the wire antenna, were created with heated sprue material.
Painting and markings:
Finland had been a favorite because I would have been able to apply a more interesting paint scheme than the standard Luftwaffe RLM 70/71/65 splinter scheme with a low waterline that was typical for the Hs 123 during WWII. However, as a former Luftwaffe aircraft I retained this livery but decided to add a winter camouflage as a suitable thematic supplement to the skis.
The basic colors became Humbrol 65 underneath and 30 and 75 from above – the latter for a stronger contrast to the Dunkelgrün than Humbrol 91 (Schwarzgrün). Thanks to the additional whitewash mottles, which were inspired by a similar livery seen on a contemporary Bulgarian Avia B.534, I did not have to be too exact with the splinter camouflage.
The cockpit and cowling interior were painted with RLM 02 (Humbrol 240), the propeller blades became Schwarzgrün (Humbrol 91, further darkened with some black) and the bombs were painted in a dark grey (Revell 77) while the small 100 l drop tank became bare aluminum (Revell 99).
However, before the white mottles could be added, the kit received its decals so that they could be painted around the markings, just as in real life. The Slovak national markings had to be scratched, and I used standard white simplified German Balkenkreuze over a cross made from blue decal stripes. Later a separate red decal circle was placed on top of that. The only other markings are the red “7” codes, edged in white for better contrast (from a Heller Bf 109 K) and the fuel information triangles on the fuselage from the Hs 123’s OOB sheet. As an ID marking for an Eastern Front Axis aircraft, I retained the wide yellow fuselage stripe from the OOB, sheet, too, and added yellow tips on the upper wings’ undersides.
The whitewash camouflage was then created with white acrylic paint (Revell 05), applied with a soft brush with a rounded tip. Once this had dried, I treated the surfaces with fine wet sandpaper for a weathered/worn look.
Finally, after some soot stains behind the exhausts and around the machine gun nozzles, the kit was sealed with matt acrylic varnish and the rigging (see above) was done.
The Hs 123 might not be the sexiest aircraft of WWII, but I like this rugged pug which could not be replaced by its successor, the Ju 87, and served in its close support role until literally no aircraft was left. Putting one on skis worked quite well, and the exotic Slovak markings add a special touch – even though the national markings almost disappear among the disruptive whitewash camouflage! The result looks quite plausible, though, and the old Airfix kit is IMHO really underestimated.