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The 4th annual Missed Connections event took place on Valentine’s Day (Thursday) 2014 at the New York Transit Museum. Guests got to spin Craigslist postings about those “lost subway love matches” into poetry and music. There was also art, local Brooklyn tastings, valentine-making, and a photo booth. Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin
The 4th annual Missed Connections event took place on Valentine’s Day (Thursday) 2014 at the New York Transit Museum. Guests got to spin Craigslist postings about those “lost subway love matches” into poetry and music. There was also art, local Brooklyn tastings, valentine-making, and a photo booth. Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin
A Braid Knot with 9 strands, 24 sides and a length 3 units, radius of 1 unit and width of 1 unit.
Generated in Blender 2.79 and rendered with the Cycles Rendering engine.
The CM-1, created by Thinking Machines, Inc., was a supercomputer created in 1985. It had 65,536 processors, and an overall speed of between 2.5 and 10 Gigaflops, and a price tag of about $2.5M.
The 4th annual Missed Connections event took place on Valentine’s Day (Thursday) 2014 at the New York Transit Museum. Guests got to spin Craigslist postings about those “lost subway love matches” into poetry and music. There was also art, local Brooklyn tastings, valentine-making, and a photo booth. Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin
The 4th annual Missed Connections event took place on Valentine’s Day (Thursday) 2014 at the New York Transit Museum. Guests got to spin Craigslist postings about those “lost subway love matches” into poetry and music. There was also art, local Brooklyn tastings, valentine-making, and a photo booth. Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin
Hội An is a city of Vietnam, on the coast of the South China Sea in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam. It is located in Quảng Nam Province and is home to approximately 120,000 inhabitants. It is recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Hội An Ancient Town is an exceptionally well-preserved example of a South-East Asian trading port dating from the 15th to the 19th century. Its buildings and its street plan reflect the influences, both indigenous and foreign, that have combined to produce this unique heritage site.The city possessed the largest harbour in Southeast Asia in the 1st century and was known as Lâm Ấp Phố (Champa City). Between the seventh and 10th centuries, the Cham (people of Champa) controlled the strategic spice trade and with this came tremendous wealth. The former harbour town of the Cham at the estuary of the Thu Bồn River was an important Vietnamese trading centre in the 16th and 17th centuries, where Chinese from various provinces as well as Japanese, Dutch and Indians settled. During this period of the China trade, the town was called Hai Pho (Seaside Town) in Vietnamese. Originally, Hai Pho was a divided town with the Japanese settlement across the "Japanese Bridge" (16th-17th century). The bridge (Chùa cầu) is a unique covered structure built by the Japanese, the only known covered bridge with a Buddhist temple attached to one side.
ETYMOLOGY
Hội An translates as "peaceful meeting place". In English and other European languages, the town was known historically as Faifo. This word is derived from Vietnamese Hội An phố (the town of Hội An), which was shortened to "Hoi-pho", and then to "Faifo".
HISTORY
The early history of Hội An is that of the Cham. These Austronesian-speaking Malayo-Polynesian peoples created the Champa Empire which occupied much of what is now central and lower Vietnam, from Huế to beyond Nha Trang. Various linguistic connections between Cham and the related Jarai language and the Austronesian languages of Indonesia (particularly Acehnese), Malaya, Cambodia and Hainan has been documented. In the early years, Mỹ Sơn was the spiritual capital, Trà Kiệu was the political capital and Hội An was the commercial capital of the Champa Empire - later, by the 14th century, the Cham moved further down towards Nha Trang. The river system was the transportation for goods between the highlands, inland countries of Laos and Thailand and the low lands.In 1535 Portuguese explorer and sea captain António de Faria, coming from Đà Nẵng, tried to establish a major trading center at the port village of Faifo. Hội An was founded as a trading port by the Nguyễn Lord Nguyễn Hoàng sometime around 1595. The Nguyễn lords were far more interested in commercial activity than the Trịnh lords who ruled the north. As a result, Hội An flourished as a trading port and became the most important trade port on the South China Sea. Captain William Adams, the English sailor and confidant of Tokugawa Ieyasu, is known to have made at least one trading mission to Hội An (around 1619). The early Portuguese Jesuits also had one of their two residences at Hội An.
In the 18th century, Hội An was considered by Chinese and Japanese merchants to be the best destination for trading in all of Southeast Asia, even Asia. Japanese believed the heart of all of Asia (the dragon) lay beneath the earth of Hội An. The city also rose to prominence as a powerful and exclusive trade conduit between Europe, China, India, and Japan, especially for the ceramic industry. Shipwreck discoveries have shown that Vietnamese and Asian ceramics were transported from Hội An to as far as Sinai, Egypt.Hội An's importance waned sharply at the end of the 18th century because of the collapse of Nguyễn rule (thanks to the Tây Sơn Rebellion - which was opposed to foreign trade).
Then, with the triumph of Emperor Gia Long, he repaid the French for their aid by giving them exclusive trade rights to the nearby port town of Đà Nẵng. Đà Nẵng became the new center of trade (and later French influence) in central Vietnam while Hội An was a forgotten backwater. Local historians also say that Hội An lost its status as a desirable trade port due to silting up of the river mouth. The result was that Hội An remained almost untouched by the changes to Vietnam over the next 200 years.
Today, the town is a tourist attraction because of its history, traditional architecture and crafts such as textiles and ceramics. Many bars, hotels, and resorts have been constructed both in Hội An and the surrounding area. The port mouth and boats are still used for both fishing and tourism.
WEATHER
Calm mild weather is now limited to the season of May/June - end of August when the seas are calm and wind changes direction and comes from the South. The remainder of the year the weather is intermittent between rain & cold and hot & mild. Popular activities such as visiting offshore Cù lao Chàm islands are only guaranteed to be likely during the short season of end of May to end of August, which is the high season for domestic tourism.
HERITAGE AND TOURISM
In 1999, the old town was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO as a well-preserved example of a Southeast Asian trading port of the 15th to 19th centuries, with buildings that display a unique blend of local and foreign influences. According to the UNESCO Impact Report 2008 on Hội An, tourism has bought changes to the area which are not sustainable without mitigation. Due to the increased number of tourists visiting Hoi An a variety of activities are emerging which allow guests to get out of the old quarter and explore by motorbike, bicycle, Kayak or motorboat. The Thu Bon River is still essential to the region more than 500 years after António de Faria first navigated it and it remains an essential form of food production and transport. As such kayak and motorboat rides are becoming an increasingly popular tourist activity.
MUSEUM
The city has four museums highlighting the history of the region. These museums are managed by the Hoi An Center for Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation. Entrance to the museum is permitted with a Hoi An Entrance Ticket.
The Museum of History and Culture, at 13 Nguyen Hue St, was originally a pagoda, built in the 17th century by Minh Huong villagers to worship the Quan An, and is adjacent to the Quan Cong temple. It contains original relics from the Sa Huynh, Champa, Dai Viet and Dai Nam periods, tracing the history of Hoi An's inhabitants from its earliest settlers through to French colonial times.
The Hoi An Folklore Museum, at 33 Nguyen Thai Hoc St, was opened in 2005, and is the largest two-storey wooden building in the old town, at 57m long and 9m wide, with fronts at Nguyen Thai Hoc St and Bach Dang St. On the second floor, there are 490 artifacts, organised into four areas: plastic folk arts, performing folk arts, traditional occupations and artefacts related to the daily life of Hoi An residents.
The Museum of Trade Ceramics is located at 80 Tran Phu St, and was established in 1995, in a restored wooden building, originally built around 1858. The items originating from Persia, China, Thailand, India and other countries are proof of the importance of Hội An as a major trading port in South East Asia.
The Museum of Sa Huỳnh Culture, is located at 149 Tran Phu St. Established in 1994, this museum displays a collection of over 200 artifacts from the Sa Huỳnh culture - considered to be the original settlers on the Hội An site - dating to over 2000 years ago. This museum is considered to be the most unique collection of Sa Huỳnh artefacts in Vietnam.
WIKIPEDIA
The 4th annual Missed Connections event took place on Valentine’s Day (Thursday) 2014 at the New York Transit Museum. Guests got to spin Craigslist postings about those “lost subway love matches” into poetry and music. There was also art, local Brooklyn tastings, valentine-making, and a photo booth. Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin
Joel Thevoz shows off some of his sprouts, fed by processed fish waste water.
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The 4th annual Missed Connections event took place on Valentine’s Day (Thursday) 2014 at the New York Transit Museum. Guests got to spin Craigslist postings about those “lost subway love matches” into poetry and music. There was also art, local Brooklyn tastings, valentine-making, and a photo booth. Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin
Sadly my french connection is only a dress as I would have loved to have been a wealthy sophisticated french gitl living in Paris and spending ;The Season' in Cannes sunning myself and drinking champagne on millionaire's yacts, then in the winter off to St Moritz or Davos for the cheese fondue and skiing. But all is not lost as I live a rich and colourful life even if much of it is in my imagination and thankfully being Jojo too takes me closer to it as if almost half way there. I do like the idea that we can do anything if we put our minds to it but I don't think just closing my eyes and opening them again will quite make it happen. Sometimes though it is nice when others confirm it too even if it a kind of flattery but it'ss always good to know I am not living a total fantasy I really have got this far.
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PERSONAL FUN FACT written by my sister: I got my first one of these outfits with one of my very favorite Katie dolls. So, even though it's seasonal, it got used a lot. (Actually, several of my earliest Katie's had holiday/winter clothing.) This wasn't as wintry as some of my other holiday fashions for Katie. I like how the dress is mostly orange. It's a unique color. Also, the way there are short lines instead of full length stripes is really different. We actually have a Kelsey dress made from the same material, which I actually got Shelly for Christmas one year, so it's funny that Shelly got me Katie in this print and the Kelsey with multiple fashions I got her had a dress in the same print! The cut of the dress is unusual as well--it's got a boxy look. The orange flats are really great. Orange isn't a color you see on doll shoes every day. The sweater is nice too--a very soft material. Actually, both clothing pieces are quite durable and nice quality. I used the sweater over some of my other Katie clothes--but mostly with this dress. It was a good dress for dinner, for a holiday party--but also simple enough for Katie to wear on a fairly average day (well, Katie was a diva, so her idea of "casual" was a little askew). I like how the sweater has gold lame and the headband is the same fabric. It is one of my Katie outfits I can rattle off with accuracy instantly--which doll came in it, when I got it, what it came with, etc. It's definitely one of my most treasured pieces in my collection. When we were kids, we stored our dolls nude most of the time, unless they were regular cast members. Secondary cast members often wore random clothes that weren't absolute favorites and kept them on almost all the time so they were dressed and ready to go in an instant, but not wearing something we might need for a main cast member. Holly (the Katie that came in this) phased in and out of my secondary cast a lot, so she was stored naked most of the time. Now, however, we store our dolls in their original attire if we have it--so Holly is wearing this. However, I have actually borrowed it from her for photos and videos---and also taken her out of it so she could wear something more casual/less festive to partake in photos and videos. The items pictured here actually came off Holly's newer, spiffier twin, who my sister also found me--but in 2024! I completely forgot that Holly was one of the girls who came with these cheap, transparent undies. I might actually still have Holly's--I have a bag of cheapo Katie undies that I threw together because I didn't know which dolls were supposed to have them. I also didn't have my childhood bracelet anymore. I told Shelly she could deconstruct this one for crafting after taking the photo because our dolls can actually use the beads! Which would be really cool and special. It feels a tad sacrilegious (I actually save Katie's plastic combs when they come with them because I'm that into Katie), but I wouldn't wear this now. (I don't like wearing bracelets because they get in my way. So, I think our dollies will get more use out of the beads!
I took my camera along today.
Totally unrelated to this picture, I have to tell you that I think I might have to have my sensor cleaned. I have tried blowing it clean with a blower bulb, but to little effect. So I will have to use a brush or one of those swabs I'm quite afraid to use.
Does any of you have experience in doing it yourself?
Yesterday someone asked me if I wasn't afraid when getting home and oppening the entrance door, since my building is quite large and I don't exactely know any of the neighbours. I said I didn't. Little did that person know that I've been thinking about my neighbours. I've been living here for almost six months and still I feel I'm a stranger to them. I hardly see any of them. Sometimes we share the elevator, exgange polite conversation. On an ocasion a couple of them actually visited our home for a brief moment. But that's it. How do you connect to people whose face isn't carved in your memory yet? How do you reach out? How can you get in touch, especially in a kind of frigid culture? These questions and some others have been dancing in my head for some time now... I remember how easy it was during the 14 years my family and I lived in Lisbon. It was a small building. Everyone knew each other. One of my teachers had an office there. The old ladies asked how we were doing in school and they had us over for a hot cup of milk and cookies when it was raining outside and we had forgotten our keys. They showed us their picture albums. I feel nostalgic just thinking about it. There were connections. People spoke of deep and intimate struggles and joys in their lives.
I believe we are where we are for a reason. In some aspects I'm still trying to figure out what's the reason I'm here for. And you? Are you hapilly connected?
Just some fiber optics cables at my office.
Not used anymore, but hopefully good enough to share with my Flickrfriends.
Happy Valentine's Day everyone!
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Another pic from my glow stick photoshoot in my bathroom, I'm excited to do it again, I'm getting more ideas for it :]
enjoy your day, all you single people are my Valentine! <3 <3
Students of color, the LGBTQ community and female students convened in Reeve Union Ballroom April 2 to hone their networking skills with professionals at Creating Connections: Empowering through Networking, a Social Justice Week event hosted by University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Career Services.
Connections 2020 brought together 900+ parents, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends to celebrate Lab's strengths and the power of philanthropy. The event raised over $1.6M for financial aid and professional development.
(Photo by Anna Johnson)
Goal::
To make giving information less of a 1-sided transaction and more of a way for a church to pastor an individual
Audience:
First Time Guests to Regular Attenders
Direction
The idea behind this new updated connection card was to create something that felt very "mobile first" friendly but translated to paper.
Secondarily, I wanted to take the connection card experience which seems like a very one-sided transaction of giving an organization your information, somewhere that was a little more meaningful.
This Connection Card design is based primarily around the person's Decision so that we can pastor them better.
Later on, I will take this same design and create an online form that will sit in our website and app.
Your feedback, favorites, and comments are much appreciated!
Update:
This iteration was improved upon from this original concept. I added a map to know where to bring the card, reduced the amount of input fields to make it less daunting, and added a box for kids' names. I also move the perforation to the middle since we had room and lowered the cost of printing. Most of the Decision icons came from Life.Church - so thanks to them!
Check out my other work (websites/apps/logos): andstud.io
After several years, the slider of the zipper has come loose.
The broken slider was illuminated with green light.
"Yhteys" / "Connection" - Sculpture by Essi Korva.
Oh, and the man is an additional element that I thought would give something more to this photo, something for "her" to look at, creating another kind of connection.
Friend's friend is friend of mine !!!
well, since Kaustubs absent on my week end photo shoot i was little bit diverted in my photography activities in to some other directions...
but last Saturday evening Rosi called my mobil and want to see my furnitures...!!
with in miniutes she's in my shop and after an hour we decided to start our sunday as usual on ECR.. i just picked her @5,30 AM.. and i thought shes still sleepy ROSI.. no i was wrong ..
beautiful , fresh rosi just get into the car... naturally the car picking up the speed!!! and reached one of my fav spot on ECR..!!i started little bit late because of the overnite rain.. but luckily when we reached the spot the sun GOD slowely coming up and want to see ROSI!!!! how lucky we are?? again with in minutes the cloud coverd the sun.. then we finished our breakfast @my regular visit restaurant and right from security to cook every body asking about me and my friend Kaustub?? after a tasty breakfast i took ROSI to the one of the most heritage monument site of India.. yes the MAHABALIPURAM.. by the time the bright sunny day started...!!
in the ticket counter i paid 20 ruppes to get a ticket.. but they asked for 25 times higher fee for ROSI... the white skin made little bit damage for my wallet.. yes for the foreigners the entrance fee is very higher side...!!!! ROSI just observed the scene ( i just argued with the staff who issuing the tickets and finally said thank god my skin is black) for the first time i was proud about my skin!! LOL...
Any way, friend's (kausthub's) friend is friend of mine too!!!
but this time a beautiful friend from SWEDEN..!!!!!!!!!!!!! haa haaa!!!