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Throughout Africa, public libraries are promoting social and economic development in their communities through financial literacy workshops, ICT training for women, health classes, programs for children, and more.
Representatives from some of those libraries — from nine countries throughout Africa and Europe — came to the Beyond Access event in Cape Town, South Africa to build partnerships and exchange ideas on how libraries can drive development.
Liam would rather use the box the legos came in than the legos themselves.
The box can be used to gain access to all sorts of fun.
Berwick Street in the Soho district of London. The quote in the shop window is by Khaled Hosseini, perhaps best know for his book 'The Kite Runner'. One of my favorite quotes from it is "Children aren't coloring books. You don't get to fill them with your favorite colors."
Pop up 38 is a charity shop that supports a school in Afghanistan.
The face street art is by Anna Laurini. November 2017.
(Swedish: Axesshuset) Built: 1990. A multistory car park (in the middle) with premises for healthcare and education. Architect: Abako Arkitektkontor.
abako.se (website in Swedish)
Jaideep Bansal, Leader, Energy Access, GHE, India during the session "Achieving Energy Access" at the World Economic Forum - AMNC 17, Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Dalian, People's Republic of China 2017. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Ciaran McCrickard
D23 EXPO 2017 - Saturday, July 15, 2017 - The Ultimate Disney Fan Event - brings together all the worlds of Disney under one roof for three packed days of presentations, pavilions, experiences, concerts, sneak peeks, shopping, and more. The event, which takes place July 14-16 at the Anaheim Convention Center, provides fans with unprecedented access to Disney films, television, games, theme parks, and celebrities. (Disney/Image Group LA)
Rope Access Plumbing work carried out by a RIGCOM Access Team. For more information about our Rope Access Plumbing Services Visit: www.rigcomaccess.com/ropeaccess/building-maintenance/plum...
Participants during the session "Achieving Energy Access" at the World Economic Forum - AMNC 17, Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Dalian, People's Republic of China 2017. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Ciaran McCrickard
My new iPod Touch.
Amazing how far the iPods have come since they were first introduced 2001. This is my third iPod, with my first being an iPod Shuffle (1GB) bought in 2005, and the second and most recent being a 2G iPod Nano (2GB) bought in 2007.
This 2G iPod Touch is 16GB, and is pretty decent.
(Need to be honest here...this is one of the coolest freakin' things I've ever bought.)
Monday 18 May 2009.
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Nijō Castle (二条城, Nijō-jō) is a flatland castle located in Kyoto, Japan. The castle consists of two concentric rings of fortifications, the Ninomaru Palace, the ruins of the Honmaru Palace, various support buildings and several gardens. The surface area of the castle is 275,000 square meters, of which 8000 square meters is occupied by buildings.
In 1601, Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate, ordered all the feudal lords in Western Japan to contribute to the construction of Nijō Castle, which was completed during the reign of Tokugawa Iemitsu in 1626. Parts of Fushimi Castle, such as the main tower and the karamon, were moved here in 1625-26.[1] It was built as the Kyoto residence of the Tokugawa Shoguns. The Tokugawa Shogunate used Edo as the capital city, but Kyoto continued to be the home of the Imperial Court. Kyoto Imperial Palace is located north-east of Nijo Castle.
The central keep, or donjon, was struck by lightning and burned to the ground in 1750.
In 1788, the Inner Palace was destroyed by a city-wide fire. The site remained empty until it was replaced by a prince's residence transferred from the Kyoto Imperial Palace in 1893.
In 1867, the Ninomaru Palace was the stage for the declaration by Tokugawa Yoshinobu, returning the authority to the Imperial Court. Next year the Imperial Cabinet was installed in the castle. The palace became imperial property and was declared a detached palace. During this time, the Tokugawa hollyhock crest was removed wherever possible and replaced with the imperial chrysanthemum.
In 1939, the palace was donated to the city of Kyoto and opened to the public the following year.
In the 21st century, typhoons have periodically caused sections of plaster to peeled off the walls after exposure to rain and wind.[2]
Nijō Castle has two concentric rings of fortifications, each consisting of a wall and a wide moat. The outer wall has three gates while the inner wall has two. In the southwest corner of the inner wall, there are foundations of a five-story keep, destroyed by a fire in 1750. The inner walls contain Honmaru Palace with its garden. Ninomaru Palace, the kitchens, guard house and several gardens are located between the two main rings of fortifications.
The 3300 square meter Ninomaru Palace (二の丸御殿, Ninomaru Gōten) consists of five connected separate buildings and is built almost entirely of Hinoki cypress. The decoration includes lavish quantities of gold leaf and elaborate wood carvings, intended to impress visitors with the power and wealth of the shoguns. The sliding doors and walls of each room are decorated with wall paintings by artists of the Kanō school.
The castle is an excellent example of social control manifested in architectural space. Low-ranking visitors were received in the outer regions of the Ninomaru, whereas high-ranking visitors were shown the more subtle inner chambers. Rather than attempt to conceal the entrances to the rooms for bodyguards (as was done in many castles), the Tokugawas chose to display them prominently. Thus, the construction lent itself to expressing intimidation and power to Edo-period visitors.
The building houses several different reception chambers, offices and the living quarters of the shogun, where only female attendants were allowed. One of the most striking features of the Ninomaru Palace are the "nightingale floors" (uguisubari) in the corridors. To protect the occupants from sneak attacks and assassins, the builders constructed the floors of the corridors in such a way as to squeak like birds when anyone walks on them.
Some of the rooms in the castle also contained special doors where the shogun's bodyguard could come out and protect him.
The room sequence starting at the entrance is:
* Yanagi-no-ma (Willow Room),
* Wakamatsu-no-ma (Young Pine Room)
* Tozamurai-no-ma (Retainers' Room)
* Shikidai-no-ma (Reception Room)
* Rōchu-no-ma (Ministers' Offices)
* Chokushi-no-ma (Imperial Messenger's Room)
The Ōhiroma (Great Hall) is the central core of the Ninomaru Palace and consists of four chambers:
* Ichi-no-ma (First Grand Chamber)
* Ni-no-ma (Second Grand Chamber)
* San-no-ma (Third Grand Chamber)
* Yon-no-ma (Fourth Grand Chamber)
as well as the Musha-kakushi-no-ma (Bodyguards' Chamber) and the Sotetsu-no-ma (Japanese fern-palm chamber).
The rear sections are the Kuroshoin (Inner Audience Chamber) and Shiroshoin (Shogun's living quarters)
The main access to the Ninomaru is through the karamon, a court and the mi-kurumayose or "honourable carriages approach".[1]
Honmaru Palace (本丸御殿, Honmaru Goten) has a surface area of 1600 square meters. The complex has four parts: living quarters, reception and entertainment rooms, entrance halls and kitchen area. The different areas are connected by corridors and courtyards. The architectural style is late Edo period. The palace displays paintings by several famous masters, such as Kanō Eigaku.
Honmaru Palace was originally similar to Ninomaru Palace. The current structure was known as Katsura Palace before being relocated to the present site in 1893 when it was renamed. Originally the palace had 55 buildings, but only a small part was relocated. In 1928 the enthronement banquet of the Showa Emperor (Emperor Hirohito) was held here.[3]
Gardens:
The castle area has several gardens and groves of cherry and Japanese plum trees. The Ninomaru garden was designed by the landscape architect and tea master Kobori Enshu. It is located between the two main rings of fortifications, next to the palace of the same name. The garden has a large pond with three islands and features numerous carefully placed stones and topiary pine trees.
The Seiryū-en garden is the most recent part of Nijō Castle. It was constructed in 1965 in the northern part of the complex, as a facility for the reception of official guests of the city of Kyoto and as a venue for cultural events. Seiryū-en has two tea houses and more than 1000 carefully arranged stones.
Participants during the session "Achieving Energy Access" at the World Economic Forum - AMNC 17, Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Dalian, People's Republic of China 2017. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Ciaran McCrickard
Cole Massie, 12, his mother Michelle Massie and their dog Ilia use the sensory wall at the universal access playground at Anthony C. Beilenson Park at Lake Balboa, Monday, March 22, 2010. The sensory wall was built by Lexington Design + Fabrication, of Pacoima, and Shane's Inspiration, a Van Nuys whose mission is to create universally accessible playgrounds and programs that socially integrate children of all abilities. (Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer)
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Beyond Access Member teams representing twelve countries in Asia and Europe gathered in Indonesia to share their successes, challenges, and visions about the role of modern libraries in their communities. Participants came from vastly different countries in terms of culture, level of development, and political environment. Yet they shared many of the same challenges, and more importantly, they shared a commitment to the role libraries play in their communities.
Simona Halep of Romania during the All Access Hour at the 2019 Rogers Cup WTA Premier Tennis 5 Tournament
here at the wonderful space needle in seattle... there is no wheelchair access to the outer observation deck. when are they going to do something about that?!
Alec Finlay
Monday 4 - Thursday 7 November, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Various Locations
Across Dundee
NEoN is bringing the Travelling Gallery to town, Day of Access exhibition will pop up in various locations across the city.
Travelling Gallery is delighted to be working with Alec Finlay to support Day of Access, a powerful campaign which encourages estates to open their land to allow access for people affected by disability. By using hill tracks and four-wheel drives, people who have never been able to immerse themselves in wild nature are driven into the heart Scotland’s beautiful wild landscape.
The Day of Access campaign passionately believes that everyone should have the opportunity to experience wild nature. Travelling Gallery will act as the campaign bus touring Day of Access across Scotland; presenting information and artworks and allowing a space for discussions. Documentation from the pilot Day of Access, including work by young photographer Sam McDiarmid, will be exhibited in an art installation created by Finlay.
The themes of disability, access and ecological remediation are explored in Finlay’s poems and artwork. Pages from books exploring illness, pain, walking and healing, including A View from the Front Line by Maggie Keswick Jencks, are used as paper for thoughtful drawings and commanding words “THERE CAN NEVER BE AN EXCESS OF ACCESS”.
Alongside his own work Alec has invited other artists and poets to exhibit including Hannah Devereaux, Alison Lloyd, Ken Cockburn and Mhairi Law; each bringing their own creativity and experience to the project. The work is collaboratively displayed like a scrap book or diary pinned on a garden trellis, alongside other domestic apparatus and soft furnishings, such as blankets, a clothes horse, and hankies.
About the Artist:
Alec Finlay (Scotland, 1966) is an internationally-recognised artist and poet whose work crosses over a range of media and forms. Much of Finlay’s work considers how we as a culture, or cultures, relate to landscape and ecology. Through permanent and temporary interventions, integrative web-based projects, and publications, Finlay weaves together generous experiential works, often collaborative, sometimes mapped directly onto the landscape, embedded socially or accessed online. Recently Finlay’s work has focussed on place-awareness and ecopoetics.
Tour dates in Dundee:
Monday 4 November, 10:00am-4:00pm
Boomerang Community Centre, 10 Kemback St, Dundee DD4 6ET
Tuesday 5 November, 10:00am-4:00pm
Morrisons, 1 Afton Way, Dundee,DD4 8BR
Wednesday 6 November, 10:00am-4:00pm, please note the gallery will be closed to the public on this day.
Baldragon Academy, 69 Harestane Rd, Dundee DD3 0LF
Thursday 7 November, 11:00am-9:00pm
Wellgate Centre Main Entrance on Panmure Street
Access for visitors:
A maximum of 20 people can visit at one time
The doors are at the front left-hand side of the vehicle
An inbuilt manual ramp is available to aid access for wheelchair users* and pushchairs
Handrails are available at the doorway and by the short internal gradient at the entrance to the gallery (1:9)
The interior of the gallery is level
* Wheelchairs up to 120cm long and 70cm wide
Photography Kathryn Rattray
Rope Access - Fan Installation for Transfield Service in Lane Cove Tunnel. For more information go to www.rigcomaccess.com/ropeaccess.html
Throughout Africa, public libraries are promoting social and economic development in their communities through financial literacy workshops, ICT training for women, health classes, programs for children, and more.
Representatives from some of those libraries — from nine countries throughout Africa and Europe — came to the Beyond Access event in Cape Town, South Africa to build partnerships and exchange ideas on how libraries can drive development.
Shenango Lake partners completed a project to provide another access point to the river for paddle sport enthusiasts and anglers.
The Shenango River Watchers recently rebuilt the New Hamburg Canoe Launch Roadway. It is located between the Kidds Mill Park and Big Bend Access Area, providing midway access between the 7.5 mile river span. The project opened a little-used, old access road that had fallen into disrepair. The project was designed so people would be able to drive their vehicles and boat trailers directly up to the launch area, unload, turn around, and park in a nearby lot. There are now three access points on Corps property which are part of the Shenango River Water Trail which stretches from Pymatuning State Park to Shenango Lake.
In past years, visitors could be seen walking down the shoulder of the highway carrying all sorts of canoes, kayaks, and associated equipment. They would reach the river by using the unimproved pathways.
The Shenango River Watchers leased the access area from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers last year and worked heartily toward obtaining several sizeable grants that funded the project.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District and Penn-DOT were involved with planning and implementation. Once the area was leased, the River Watchers were able to complete the project at a time when Shenango Lake experienced several fiscal constraints.
The Shenango River Watchers have scheduled the Upper Shenango River Sojourn for June 27 – 29. Check out their website at shenangoriverwatchers.org for other fun events throughout the summer.
Monetary contributors included the Jamestown VFW, the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, the Mercer County Visitors Bureau, Mercer County Commissioners, and the Shenango River Watchers. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by
Rich Egger, Kyle Kraynak, and Jason Cote. Shenango River Lake)Shenango Lake partners completed a project to provide another access point to the river for paddle sport enthusiasts and anglers.
The Shenango River Watchers recently rebuilt the New Hamburg Canoe Launch Roadway. It is located between the Kidds Mill Park and Big Bend Access Area, providing midway access between the 7.5 mile river span. The project opened a little-used, old access road that had fallen into disrepair. The project was designed so people would be able to drive their vehicles and boat trailers directly up to the launch area, unload, turn around, and park in a nearby lot. There are now three access points on Corps property which are part of the Shenango River Water Trail which stretches from Pymatuning State Park to Shenango Lake.
In past years, visitors could be seen walking down the shoulder of the highway carrying all sorts of canoes, kayaks, and associated equipment. They would reach the river by using the unimproved pathways.
The Shenango River Watchers leased the access area from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers last year and worked heartily toward obtaining several sizeable grants that funded the project.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District and Penn-DOT were involved with planning and implementation. Once the area was leased, the River Watchers were able to complete the project at a time when Shenango Lake experienced several fiscal constraints.
The Shenango River Watchers have scheduled the Upper Shenango River Sojourn for June 27 – 29. Check out their website at shenangoriverwatchers.org for other fun events throughout the summer.
Monetary contributors included the Jamestown VFW, the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, the Mercer County Visitors Bureau, Mercer County Commissioners, and the Shenango River Watchers. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by
Rich Egger, Kyle Kraynak, and Jason Cote. Shenango River Lake)
In April 2015, the Beyond Access team headed to Nigeria to meet with partners on the Beyond Access project there. Learn more about the project — and the five fantastic implementing partner NGOs — on our website: beyondaccess.net/projects/nigeria/
Beyond Access Member teams representing twelve countries in Asia and Europe gathered in Indonesia to share their successes, challenges, and visions about the role of modern libraries in their communities. Participants came from vastly different countries in terms of culture, level of development, and political environment. Yet they shared many of the same challenges, and more importantly, they shared a commitment to the role libraries play in their communities.
Seen here nearest the camera is Number 5, the Citroen DS3 R5 entered by Nick Stamper and Glenn Mercer, with Number 1, the Mitsubishi Evo 9 entered by Ross Hunter and Chris Dodds, waiting to start a stage while competing in the Border Access Knockhill Rally Stages hosted by Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife, Scotland, February 2025.
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Not a glamorous photo, just one of the bride supports covered with 'artwork'. Took it partly to test the lens, but also to show how the industrious graffiti artists cut into an access panel then locked it off from less industrious 'artists' with a bike lock.
A combination of my bridge project with the studio 26 assignment of deep depth of field and testing out a borrowed 16-35 f4 lens. 16mm, f9, ISO 250, 1/80 sec exposure, focus on the graffiti. Everything not overexposed is in focus.