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The biggest draw at this year Toronto Jazz Festival seems to be Big Smoke Brass. They appeared several times in different configurations. There is impenetrable wall of audience around them. I got this spot during the last tune. They are not strangers to Toronto scene; in fact they appear quite often around the corner in front of the ROM. Matt Smith and Conrad Gluch seems to be the biggest igniters of fire, but others are not far behind of instigating organized mayhem. There is for sure another festival to celebrate that. On the photo are Jeremy and Conrad.
212. Toronto Jazz Festival; P1640107; Taken 2023-Jun 25. Upload 2023-Jun 28.
Configuration: Mid-Engine
Engine: 400 C.I. V8 (6.6 L)
Transmission: 3 speed automatic
Original Engine: 4 rotor Wankel
Weight: 2600 lbs
The Aerovette started life as the XP-882, a mid engined Corvette, with a 6.2L Wankel rotary engine with four chambers that developed around 400hp. Under the design team of Bill Mitchell, the car was first unveiled as “The Four Rotor Corvette” during the 1970 New York Auto Show. The car featured bi-folding gull-wing doors and a clear cover showcasing the engine bay. Eventually, GM abandoned their rotary technology and replaced the four rotor with a small block Chevy V8, because they anticipated the gas crisis of the 1970s.
The Aerovette’s styling was formed through a wind tunnel to give it a streamlined form. The body of the car was constructed with fiberglass along with a steel and aluminum tubular frame. The Aerovette had an advanced rectangular headlight design that allowed the driver to see the road from further away, while remaining aerodynamic and in a low position. The Aerovette’s doors were a bi-folding gullwing
design that allowed the driver and passenger to enter and exit the vehicle quickly. The “V” design on the windshield was angled at 72° and wrapped around the doors to conceal the front pillars of the car. Glass louvers were placed on the rear quarter panel to aid with vision, and allow heat to be dispersed from the engine compartment. Cool air was channeled into the carburetors from the apertures that were located in front of the rear wheels. The engine’s radiator and air conditioning unit were mounted at the front of the car near the wheels to ensure maximum cooling and efficiency.
The technology in the Aerovette was quite advanced for the time. The interior of the car featured a telescopic steering wheel and digital display that allowed the driver to adjust it to their comfort level. The seats of the car were in a fixed position for weight distribution, but could be adjusted up and down. The driver would press a lever to move the pedals further away or closer to them. The Aerovette came with a number of safety and digital features as well. These included, a warning system that alerted the
driver if the doors were open or closed, if the seatbelts were unfastened, and front and rear energy absorbing bumpers that provided protection in car-to-car impacts up to 10 mph. A button could also be pressed to check on the fuel supply, water temperature, oil pressure, and voltage. The dashboard of the car had small lights to indicate what rpm the engine was spinning at, and would change from green to red when the driver was approaching redline. Additionally, the car had a built in lap timer, clock, calendar, and an am/fm radio.
Source: Audrain Auto Museum
First introduced in the 8C 2300, the Vittorio Jano designed eight cylinder engine scored at least one victory in every major race and championship. In its initial 1931 configuration, the engine displaced 2336 cc, it grew gradually to 2905 cc, primarily by increasing the stroke. The engine was created by mounting two alloy blocks of four cylinders on a single crankcase. On top of the two blocks an alloy head was installed, housing two camshafts. Aspiration was forced, through two Roots-Type Superchargers.
Although the engine increased in size throughout its career, its layout and auxiliaries remained very much similar to Jano's 1931 design. One of the best known racing cars powered by the 8 cylinder engine was the Tipo B or P3 of 1932, which is to date considered as one of the finest Grand Prix racers ever constructed. Run by Enzo Ferrari's Scuderia Ferrari, the Alfa Romeos were almost unbeatable.
From its 1931 introduction, the 8C 2300 took four straight victories in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, driven by talented drivers like Tazio Nuvolari and Luigi Chinetti. Tazio Nuvolari's brilliance was even more visible when driving the P3, the first single seater racer ever. The P3 was unbeaten in 1933, but eventually succumbed to defeat by the greater budgets being spent by Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union.
With the rise of the German Grand Prix teams, Alfa Romeo focused more of its attention on sportscar and road racing. Designed specifically for Italy's most legendary road race, the Mille Miglia, was the 8C 2900. Much like the contemporary Grand Prix racers, the 8C 2900 featured all-round independent suspension, with wishbones at the front and swing-axles at the rear. Installed in the chassis was a 220 bhp version of the 2.9 litre eight cylinder engine.
A total of six of these road racers, later known as 8C 2900A, were constructed. Three of these were entered in the 1936 running of the Mille Miglia. The new cars were immediately successful and occupied the first three places at the finish with the Brivio and Ongaro driven 8C on top. A year later a second victory was scored. With the winning cars as a base, a road going customer version was constructed. Dubbed 8C 2900B, the road car featured a de-tuned engine, but other than that is very similar to the racer.
Two versions were available, the 2800 mm short wheelbase (Corto) and 3000 mm long wheelbase (Lungo) versions. Most of these were sent to Touring to be fitted with Berlinetta, Spyder and Roadster bodies. With its competition chassis and high top speed it was faster and quicker than anything its competition had to offer. Due to its high price, only a very few of these supercars were constructed (10 Lungo and 20 Corto chassis).
Being very similar to the competition 8C 2900A, it came as no surprise the 8C 2900B was used as a racer as well. To suit this purpose Alfa Romeo constructed a further 13 8C 2900B chassis fitted with the 220 bhp engine. Many of these were fitted with roadster bodies and were competed in road races like the Mille Miglia. After the two 8C 2900A victories in 1936 and 1937, another two victories were scored by the 8C 2900B in 1938 and 1947. No other Alfa Romeo has scored as many 'MM' victories as the 8C 2900.
Although it was noted that a small number of these were produced, but the data on the car stated that this particular one was a one off, and I suspect it was by virtue of who custom bodied the car.
The castle stands at the end of a rocky plateau forming a spur thanks to the presence of a natural fault. Dominating the country known as the land of the four rivers, it was the seat of an important barony from the Carolingian aristocracy of Quercy - the Castelnau de Bretenoux family - already in possession of a fortified residence in the vicinity in the 11th century. During the 14th and 15th centuries, the castle adopted its final configuration.
Located on the southwest corner of Capitol Ave. and 4th St. is the Classical Revival style Central Illinois Light Company Building. Completed in 1924, the building was originally constructed for Illinois Power, formerly Springfield Gas & Electric Co. Central Illinois Light Co., or CILCO, was organized in 1933 and remained in the building until its current owner, Illinois National Bank, purchased the building for its headquarters in 1999. In its original configuration, the utility company occupied the first floor, while apartments were on the second and third floors.
The Central Illinois Light Company Building is a contributing building within the 2015 Extension of the Central Springfield Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places. The District was first added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
Que algú m'expliqui, això. En una raconada d'Oxford, dins els edificis de la universitat, hi ha aquesta porta amb escala, porta interior, i baraneta protectora tot davant d'ella. Una conjunció força enigmàtica.
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Somebody could explain this to me? In a corner of Oxford, in the middle of what are univeristy buildings (next to the Sheldonian Theatre), stands this very odd "door configuration". That's a door in a wall, enclosed by it's own minuscule barrier, that leads upstairs to another, enclosed door. Me-dont-understand.
This curious configuration in the landscape caught my eye as I was driving past... the light over the fields, the hedgerow adds interest, the tree to the left, lines in the crops in the foreground. Not much more to say really.
Captain Davie described the configuration of the great banking room. "Before conversion, three sets of four teller stations were placed between the square pillars on the right side. Each station included the main parts of classical architecture in reduced size, the horizontal entablature resting on the two vertical columns and consisting of cornice, frieze, and architrave. Strong structures supported a bronze hinged wicket at each of the 16 positions. Some of these groupings have been rearranged to accommodate hotel design requirements."
Although the use of the San Diego Trust & Savings Bank building changed ten years ago, from a bank and offices to a hotel with 245 guest rooms, the original features of the structure remain remarkably intact. The Courtyard-Marriott Hotel, located in the heart of a vibrant downtown San Diego, is a spectacular example of successful readapted use. The hotel stands proud in the bank's place, as the sentinel of an important piece of San Diego history.
Courtyard by Marriott - This excellent example of adaptive reuse was a 1999 People In Preservation award winner. 224
I love to catch Monarch Butterflies in flight. This is probably the strangest wing configurations that I have ever captured.
Damselflies and Dragonflies adopt this configuration when mating. They will stay together for hours, often flying around from perch to perch. When the female is inseminated, they will crawl down the reed until the female is almost submerged. She will deposit her eggs which can take up to five years to develop, going through several metamorphoses. The nymphs are extremely voracious, literally eating anything that moves. When ready, the nymph will climb out of the water and when dry, the back will split and a new damsel or dragonfly will emerge. Taken at Sidings Lane Nature Reserve, Rainford, UK
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Two of the hotter trains on the west end of the NS system meet at Dawson, IL, with 258 holding the main and 255 running the siding. While 255 normally runs with a solo unit, 258 can be a mixed bag. Its 1x1 configuration on this day allowed for a nice nose-to-nose meet.
Arena Birmingham (previously known as The Barclaycard Arena and the National Indoor Arena) is an indoor sporting and entertainment venue in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The Arena, owned by parent company, the NEC Group, is situated in central Birmingham. When it was opened in 1991, it was the largest indoor arena in the UK.
The arena hosts a variety of events including concerts, business conferences and exhibitions. It has a capacity of up to 15,800 using both permanent seating and temporary seating configurations.
The NIA was officially opened on 4 October 1991 by the athlete Linford Christie.
26.08.2017 Gnieżdżewo
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Wagony piętrowe to świetny wynalazek. Pozwalają na zwiększenie liczby pasażerów bez potrzeby wydłużania składu. Widoczny na zdjęciu zestaw czterech piętrusów o oznaczeniu Bhp, dawniej nazywany też Bipą, przeszedł już do historii. Obecnie w sezonie letnim, pasażerowie podróżujący na Hel, wożeni są wagonami piętrowymi typu Görlitz, które mogą być już łączone w dowolnej konfiguracji i ilości sztuk.
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Double-decker wagons are a great invention. They allow you to increase the number of passengers without the need to extend the train. The double-decker wagon marked Bhp, visible in the photo, formerly also known as Bipa, is now history. Currently, in the summer season, passengers traveling to Hel are transported in double-decker wagons of the Görlitz type, which can be combined in any configuration and number of pieces.
This lighthouse has gone through some dramatic face lifts through the years. At one point, the color was stripped off down to bare, neutral colored brick. I believe the stucco was redone and it was repainted its original red brick color. The process took quite some time, and for a while there, it didn't look like our same lighthouse. it was nice to see it back to its old self after the restoration! It's current configuration should last for a very long time.
The ATHS (American Truck Historical Society) National Convention & Truck Show, Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, Illinois,
Somewhere around 240 trucks of all makes, models, shapes, configurations and years. Luckily I got hooked up with a real classy 1952 (not real sure about the year) Autocar. Be making a run to the East coast........... See ya!
@ AIR TAHITI
• Country : F (France) French Polynesia
• Date : 1987 -
• Codes : VT VTA
• Callsign : Air Tahiti
• Web site : www.airtahiti.pf
@ ATR 72-600 (72-212A) | F-ORVN
• Production site : Toulouse (TLS) France
• Serial number : cn 1255
• Type : 72-600
• First flight date : 28/05/2015
• Test registration : F-WWEG
• Seat configuration : W8 Y62 Seat
• Hex code 3A46AD
• Engines : 2 x PWC PW127M
• Named : Rereara'i
@ Aircraft history :
• 28.MAY.2015 : First flight under test reg F-WWEG
• 03.NOV.2015 : Delivered to "Air Tahiti" with reg F-ORVN
Airbus A320 - MSN 7238
Status : Active
Registration : XA-CRM
Airline Interjet
Country : Mexico
Date : 2005 -
Codes 4O O4 IJ AIJ
Callsign : Interjet
Web site : www.interjet.com.mx
Serial number7238
Type320-214
First flight date23/06/2016
Test registrationF-WWDU
Plane age3.4 years
Seat configuration
Engines 2 x CFMI CFM56-5B4/P
XA-CRM29/07/2016InterjetLsd From Icbc
The image operates through reduction and control, a set of contingent elements is subjected to a strict organization, producing a legible, autonomous configuration free of anecdote.
Anyone that knows me, knows of my huge passion and love for boats, ships and tugs.
Steveston Marina has a newer configuration of docks, piers, and/or wharfs and it was a bit of challenge to get a clear view of the Ku'ulakai, my most favorite tug.
I figured the best opportunity to capture her was to crouch down and take advantage of the break between two large fishing boat bows
This beautiful old girl is being lovingly refit and moored in the historic, fishing village of Steveston.
Located in Richmond, BC
Canada
KU'ULAKAI Tugboat c. 1944
(Ku'ulakai meaning: Hawaiian Fishing God)
Her history: as per online sources: (Unverified)
Built:1944
Length: 111.9
Gross Tonnage: 301
Used as a Tugboat all along the West Coast of BC
Ku'ulakai is said to be the only intact Miki tug in Canadian waters.
Builder: Northeast Shipbuilding, Quincy Massachusetts, USA
According to onlines sources, this tug was built as a wooden Miki US Army Tug - LT465, and used by the U.S. navy during the Second World War to tow damaged ships from the Pacific back for repair.
Online information also reports that later on in life, she was used by drug runners in the South Pacific and that in 1988 was seized by the Canadian Coast Guard for smuggling drugs out of China.
She was originally named: Lloyd B. Gore, decommissioned & sold 1946.
Please note* All information has been taken from online sources and has not been verified to be accurate.
I 💖 Steveston
Definitely one of British Columbia's best kept secrets.
Thank-you so much for all your views, comments and faves
So very much appreciated !!
~Christie (happiest) by the River
Thought I would like to share another perspective from an earlier date......
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**Best experience in full screen. Thanks for peeking !
Shot taken for Saturday Self Challenge 26/04/2025 -- Bubbles .
You will have to do with just the two bubbles for the challenge , there was a spirit bubble on the tripod but is always hidden once a camera is mounted .
Anyway , here is a neat little level that fits into the flash hotshoe on top of the camera . With it in this configuration you can check that the camera is not tilting to one side or the other and that you are taking a shot with a level view . Of course if it is wonky horizons you are worried about then most cameras will have a built in indicator available to activate on the rear screen or in the viewfinder !!
Worth it one way or another , nothing so annoying as to see an image that is tilted when it should be straight ( Dutch Angles excepted ) !!
A good friend from a photo site back in the day who was a brilliant photographer always said about how wonky horizons were bad photography which could be easily fixed with post processing being one of the quickest and easiest fixes going - something I have never forgotten D.J. !!
Well a bubble challenge sorted and for a tune to go with it , I wonder how many of you will remember this ----
A speedy fighter of the Holy Preceannesian air forces.
Based on a mysterious raceplane that had won the most recent Aerial Cup, the Tierisia was a quick and maneuverable fighter developed by Holy Preceannesia to replace older, more vulnerable planes from the 1910s. The aircraft incorporated a sesquiplane configuration that provided great visibility as well as reducing weight and drag, giving the Tierisia a speed advantage over nearly all its rivals.
All Il-IVs flew the checkered pattern of the Zarum Superbattalion, the exuberant yet cruel Preceannesian military caste.
Nazgruz Il-IV Tierisia
Crew: 1
Maximum speed: 189.4 mph
Length: 33.5ft
Wingspan: 30ft
Engine: Cymbos E.3 12-Cylinder Engine(590 hp)
Armament: 2x 7.7mm machine guns
Gross Weight: 3,280 lbs
Based somewhat on the Navy-Wright NW-1, a very neat aircraft.
🇫🇷 Sa première configuration en forme de croix latine avec un plafond en bois était composée de trois nefs.. Au fil du temps elle a subi de nombreuses restaurations, les plus importantes sont celles du XVIIème siècle.
on a modifié la structure romano-pisane de l'église en élevant les murs portants, en créant des voûtes et des coupoles pour remplacer le plafond en bois, et donner une forme baroque à toute la structure.
🇬🇧 Its original layout, in the form of a Latin cross with a wooden ceiling, consisted of three naves. Over time it has undergone numerous restorations, the most important of which took place in the 17th century.
The Romanesque-Pisan structure of the church was modified by raising the supporting walls, creating vaults and domes to replace the wooden ceiling, and giving the whole structure a Baroque form.
🇮🇹 La sua configurazione originaria, a croce latina con soffitto ligneo, era a tre navate. Nel corso del tempo è stata sottoposta a numerosi restauri, i più importanti dei quali sono stati effettuati nel XVII secolo.
La struttura romanico-pisana della chiesa fu modificata alzando i muri portanti, creando volte e cupole in sostituzione del soffitto ligneo e dando una forma barocca all'intera struttura.
🇩🇪 Ursprünglich hatte sie die Form eines lateinischen Kreuzes mit einer Holzdecke und bestand aus drei Schiffen. Im Laufe der Zeit wurde sie zahlreichen Restaurierungen unterzogen, von denen die wichtigsten im 17.
Jahrhundert. Die romanisch-pisanische Struktur der Kirche wurde verändert, indem die tragenden Mauern erhöht, Gewölbe und Kuppeln errichtet wurden, um die Holzdecke zu ersetzen und der gesamten Struktur eine barocke Form zu geben.
🇪🇸 Su configuración original, en forma de cruz latina con techo de madera, constaba de tres naves. Con el tiempo, sufrió numerosas restauraciones, las más importantes de las cuales se llevaron a cabo en el siglo XVII.
La estructura románico-pisana de la iglesia se modificó elevando los muros de carga, creando bóvedas y cúpulas para sustituir el techo de madera y dando una forma barroca a toda la estructura.
I didn't make the connection at the time, but while photographing the 1626 on the Columbia Basin RR in Washington State a few months ago I had shot the unit in its high nosed configuration. Here it is heading west on the former Great Northern Hi-line main en route to serve customers at Williston, Montana. I was with Jim Gilley at the time and we were on our way to a week in Saskatchewan when we luckily stumbled onto this local. He made me aware of this situation after I posted the previous shot on my Flickr stream.
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Structural configuration: The tower has a square base with a shoe base. The mixed stone walls are punctuated by angular bands in square stone. The upper cell is characterised by four three-light windows with terracotta frames. The terminal crowning is underlined by a series of blind arches on shelves and a dentil terracotta frame.
Property of Catholic religious body.
Indirizzo: via Guido Cagnola 21 - Gazzada Schianno (VA)
Tipologia generale: architettura per la residenza, il terziario e i servizi
Tipologia specifica: torre
Configurazione strutturale: La torre ha una base quadrata con un basamento a scarpa. Le pareti in pietrame misto sono scandite da fasce angolari in pietra squadrata. La cella superiore è caratterizzata da quattro trifore con cornici in cotto. Il coronamento terminale è sottolineato da una serie di archetti ciechi su mensole e da un cornice in cotto a dentelli.
Uso storico: intero bene: torre
Condizione giuridica: proprietà Ente religioso cattolico
Westbound with covered wagons rolls into the yard tracks at under the watch of classic semaphore signals. In the distance stands the tower in its original three-story configuration. J. David Ingles photo, Brian Schmidt collection
Day 3 of 20 of albums that influenced my musical tastes.
I would like to dedicate this photo to one of my first and true friends here in Flickr. I've met Ian Sane
www.flickr.com/photos/31246066@N04/ like 15 years ago, when I discover a similar taste for cats, then for music, and music. Levi was one of those cats, a beautiful and regal cat, and even its paw was Kurt's profile picture.
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Sadly, Levi has crossed the rainbow on recent days.
Day 3 of 20 of albums that influenced my musical tastes.
Let It Be is the twelfth and final studio album by The Beatles. It was released on 8 May 1970, nearly a month following the official announcement of the group's public break-up. Concerned about recent friction within the band, Paul McCartney had conceived the project as an attempt to reinvigorate the group by returning to simpler rock 'n' roll configurations. McCartney said he had the idea of the song "Let It Be" after he had a dream about his mother during the tense period surrounding the sessions for The White Album in 1968. Mary Patricia McCartney died of cancer in 1956, when he was fourteen. McCartney later said: "It was great to visit with her again. I felt very blessed to have that dream. So that got me writing 'Let It Be'." In a later interview, he said about the dream that his mother had told him, "It will be all right, just let it be." (from Wikipedia)
This is maybe my 2nd or 3rd favorite Beatles album, but I remember that I listened a lot at home when I was a child. I love its raw sound, without all the orchestral and experimental sounds, setting the basis for the 70s and 80s rock music.
The song: youtu.be/CGj85pVzRJs?si=l1iwu_PzcdeOgSnH
Second Incarnation...
First photographed in 2013, this image was assigned a five-star rating due to the 1-1-3 configuration of the elk, but the original has little going for it in overall image quality. Much progress has been made since in terms of post-processing software and my ability to use it.
Recently I have been working to master the tools in Photoshop that allow me to create appropriate frames for my images (it's not a picture unless it's framed, and it's not a "photograph" until it hangs on a wall) - or so somebody once said.
Early on I used Topaz ReMask to seperate the foreground from the featureless gray background, but since Photoshop introduced Sky Replacement that's no longer needed.
The tule elk (Cervus canadensis nannodes) is a subspecies of elk found only in California, ranging from the grasslands and marshlands of the Central Valley to the grassy hills on the coast. The subspecies name derives from the tule, a large New World bulrush on which it feeds and which grows in the marshlands.
The Arch of Janus (Arco di Giano) is the only quadrifrons (arches in all four sides) triumphal arch preserved in Rome. It was set up at a crossroads at the northeastern limit of the Forum Boarium, close to the Velabrum, over the Cloaca Maxima drain that went from the Forum to the River Tiber.
It was built in the early 4th century CE, using spolia, i.e. material from earlier buildings, including bricks, together with pottery shards, and was covered with white marble, also from earlier buildings. The exact significance of the arch is poorly understood: it is thought to have been a boundary marker rather than a triumphal arch. An alternative view is that it was built to provide shelter for the traders at the Forum Boarium cattle market. Some researchers believe it was dedicated to Constantine I or Constantius II and was known as the Arch of the deified Constantine. It is 16 meters high and 12 meters wide.
Each pier of the arch has two rows of three niches. It seems logical that statues would have filled these 48 niches but none has been identified. The stone at the apex of the central arch on the north side is thought to depict Minerva, although others believe it may be Palladium. Its current name probably dates from the Renaissance or later, and was not used to describe it in classical antiquity. The name is derived from the structure's four-fronted, four-arched configuration. The ancient Roman god Janus (Ianus Quadrifons), was sometimes depicted with four faces and there are Janus-related structures mentioned in historic descriptions of ancient Rome.
In the Middle Ages, the Frangipane family transformed the building into a fortress, and so it survived intact until 1830. Then, the attic and top were torn down because they were erroneously believed to not belong to the original structure. However, there is a staircase within the north-west pier which would have given access to this top floor. Iron pins originally held together the marble blocks but were removed in the Middle Ages, leading to the monument's present pock-marked look. Fragments of the dedicatory inscription are still preserved inside the nearby church of San Giorgio in Velabro.
The arch has not been accessible to the public since the explosion of a bomb in front of San Giorgio in Velabro, on the night of 27 July 1993. It is the one monument of the Forum Boarium that remains unrestored. The Arch of Malborghetto, just outside Rome, also includes the remnants of a former Roman quadrifons arch. [Wikipedia]