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The so-called Midland Gothic architecture of Garsdale station outshines the more prosaic lines of DRS-liveried 'Shed' 66 413 as she rolls south with a Hunterston-Ratcliffe coal train. @17.08
Old drawings - From Bruegel to Rubens.
Exposition at Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (Brussels).
Work of Peter van Lint.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee wore this pair of Adidas track shoes at the 1988 Olympic trials, where she qualified for the two events in which she won Olympic gold medals: the heptathlon and long jump. Jackie Joyner-Kersee won three gold, one silver, and two bronze Olympic medals in those two events at four different Olympic Games.
The Sports: Leveling the Playing Field exhibit, part of the Community Galleries on the third floor of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, explores the contributions of athletes, both on and off the field. Because sports were among the first and most high-profile organizations to accept African Americans on terms of relative equality, sports have a unique role in American culture.
The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), administered by the Smithsonian Institute, was established in December 2003 and opened its permanent home in September 2016. The 350,000-square-foot, 10-story (five above and five below ground) was built to the postmodern design of Phil Freelon's Freelon Group, Sir David Adjaye's Adjaye Associates and Davis Brody Bond. The above ground floors feature an inverted step pyramid surrounded by a bronze architectural scrim, which reflects a crown used in Yoruba culture. With more than 40,000 objects in its collection, although only about 3,500 items are on display, the NMAAHC is the world's largest museum dedicated to African-American history and culture.
The Smithsonian Institution, an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its endowment, contributions, and profits from its shops and its magazines, was established in 1846. Although concentrated in Washington DC, its collection of over 136 million items is spread through 19 museums, a zoo, and nine research centers from New York to Panama.
Tembladera culture (Peru, north coast)
Tembladera culture whistling bottle with a bridge handle
900-100 BCE
Toronto: Gardiner Museum
A complete sheet of Southern Rhodesia penny stamps, issued to commemorate the Royal visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1947.
The country was originally referred to as 'South Zambezia' but changed its name to Rhodesia in 1895, and then to Southern Rhodesia in 1901. Rhodesia again became the name of the country until independence in 1979 when it was renamed Zimbabwe.
This tennis racquet is from Althea Gibson's personal collection. Althea Gibson was one of the first black athletes to cross the color line of international tennis, and in 1956 became he first African American to win a Grand Slam title with her victory in the French Open. The following year she won both Wimbledon and the US Nationals (precursor of the US Open), then won both again in 1958 and was voted Female Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press in both years. In all, she won 11 Grand Slam tournaments: five singles titles, five doubles titles, and one mixed doubles title.
The Sports: Leveling the Playing Field exhibit, part of the Community Galleries on the third floor of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, explores the contributions of athletes, both on and off the field. Because sports were among the first and most high-profile organizations to accept African Americans on terms of relative equality, sports have a unique role in American culture.
The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), administered by the Smithsonian Institute, was established in December 2003 and opened its permanent home in September 2016. The 350,000-square-foot, 10-story (five above and five below ground) was built to the postmodern design of Phil Freelon's Freelon Group, Sir David Adjaye's Adjaye Associates and Davis Brody Bond. The above ground floors feature an inverted step pyramid surrounded by a bronze architectural scrim, which reflects a crown used in Yoruba culture. With more than 40,000 objects in its collection, although only about 3,500 items are on display, the NMAAHC is the world's largest museum dedicated to African-American history and culture.
The Smithsonian Institution, an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its endowment, contributions, and profits from its shops and its magazines, was established in 1846. Although concentrated in Washington DC, its collection of over 136 million items is spread through 19 museums, a zoo, and nine research centers from New York to Panama.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannibal,_Missouri
Hannibal is a city in Marion and Ralls counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. Interstate 72 and U.S. Routes 24, 36, and 61 intersect in the city, which is located along the Mississippi River across from East Hannibal, Illinois. Hannibal is approximately 210 miles (340 km) east of Kansas City, 100 miles (160 km) northwest of St. Louis, and approximately 100 miles (160 km) west of Springfield, Illinois. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the population was 17,606, making it the largest city in Marion County. The bulk of the city is in Marion County, with a tiny sliver in the south extending into Ralls County.
Hannibal is not the county seat, but it has one of two county courthouses. There is also one in Palmyra, the county seat, which is located more centrally in the county. Hannibal is the principal city of the Hannibal, Missouri micropolitan area, which consists of both Marion and Ralls counties.
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Klassic Kars and Dream Machines
Something For Everyone
If you have an appreciation for antique or classic automobiles and motorcycles, Karlock’s Kars & Pop Culture Museum is the place for you!
From Incredible Icons To Magnificent Muscle
Karlock's Kars & Pop Culture Museum has everything from frame-off restorations of beautiful classics to one-of-a-kind American muscle cars that you just have to see for yourself.
Kar Kulture
Karlock's Kars & Pop Culture
Museum has more than just the eye-popping cars from yesteryear – we have the neon signs, pictures, and collectable memorabilia that will transport you to another era!
Of course, we’re not going to show you everything there is to see on this website, we want you to experience it firsthand but, rest assured, if you love antique and classic cars - you want to make Karlock's Kars & Pop Culture Museum part of your visit to beautiful Hannibal, Missouri!
Pop Culture
A Blast From The Past
Whether you're 7 or 70, you're sure to enjoy the vast collection of toys, collectables, models, neon signs, jukeboxes, classic pinball machines, arcade games, movie posters, photographs, and more!
The arcade machines can be played and there is a change machine available. Bring the kids so they can see that, in fact, toys weren't electronic back in your day…
Transformers To Star Wars And Beyond
Lovers of the silver screen won't want to miss Karlock's Kars & Pop Culture Museum!
We have stand-ups from classic movies of the past, movie posters from Hollywood’s Golden Age, figurines and models from way back when, and much more.
Music From A By-Gone Era
From our extensive collection of jukeboxes that will take you back in time to our posters, albums, memorabilia from Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and more, music lovers are sure to find something they love in Karlock's Kars & Pop Culture Museum.
These photos are just a small sampling of the countless items you’ll find on display at Karlock's Kars & Pop Culture Museum.
Beijing-
Tiantan -Qinian DianTemple (ie Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest)
Earth was represented by a square and Heaven by a circle; several features of the temple complex symbolize the connection of Heaven and Earth, of circle and square. The whole temple complex is surrounded by two cordons of walls; the outer wall has a taller, semi-circular northern end, representing Heaven, and a shorter, rectangular southern end, representing the Earth. Both the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests and the Circular Mound Altar are round, each standing on a square yard, again representing Heaven and Earth.
The number nine represents the Emperor and is evident in the design of the Circular Mound Altar: a single round marmor plate is surrounded by a ring of nine plates, then a ring of 18 plates, and so on for a total of nine surrounding rings, the outermost having 9×9 plates.
The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests has four inner, twelve middle and twelve outer pillars, representing the four seasons, twelve months and twelve traditional Chinese hours respectively.
All the buildings within the Temple have special dark blue roof tiles, representing the Heaven.
The Seven-Star Stone Group, east of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest, represents the seven peaks of Taishan Mountain, a place of Heaven worship in classical China.
(from Wikipedia)
Hong Kong Transport - Trucks
The Hong Kong Truck Culture
The number of Trucks, Vans* and Special Purpose Vehicles (Light, Medium & Heavy) registered + licenced in Hong Kong seems to fluctuate between 120,000 - 125,000 vehicles and presumably new trucks registered are offset by old trucks being retired or sold over the border in China.
*Vans are classified as Light Goods Vehicles and are not shown in this album
In Hong Kong Trucks are classified as GOODS VEHICLES By the Transport Department - see below
☛Light Goods Vehicles - Goods vehicles of permitted gross vehicle weight not exceeding 5.5 tonnes.
☛Medium Goods Vehicles - Goods vehicles of permitted gross vehicle weight exceeding 5.5 tonnes but not exceeding 24 tonnes.
☛Heavy Goods Vehicles - Goods vehicles of permitted gross vehicle weight exceeding 24 tonnes but not exceeding 38 tonnes.
The major truck types you tend to see in urban areas are trucks carrying construction materials or waste, dump trucks, concrete mixers and all sizes of delivery trucks... outside of the urban areas it is container trucks and large trucks carrying construction materials.
The following brands of Trucks can be seen on the streets of Hong Kong and include:-
Beiben ✚ Bell ✚ CAMC ✚ CNHTC ✚ DAF ✚ Dennis ✚ Dong Feng ✚ FAW ✚ Fuso ✚ Foton ✚ Ford ✚ Hino ✚ Howo ✚ Hyundai ✚ Isuzu ✚ Iveco ✚ JAC ✚ Kato ✚ KIA ✚ Liebherr ✚ MAN ✚ Mercedes Benz ✚ Mitsubishi ✚ Nissan ✚ Renault ✚ Scania ✚ Shacman ✚ Sinotruk ✚ Suzuki ✚ Toyota ✚ UD ✚ Volvo ✚ Zoomlion
Hong Kong is a brand conscious place even for trucks (!) hence the popularity of the European brands, Scania and Man are very popular and even the older trucks look the business and they are utterly reliable.
Isuzu is the market leader in terms of sale volume for all types of trucks.
(Source - The Transport Department, Hong Kong Government)
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The Real Hong Kong Car Culture
Hong Kong Car | Automotive Photography since 2011
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One of the largest collections of quality Hong Kong Car Images and specialising in Car Licence Plates | Car Vanity Plates or as the Hong Kong Government likes to call them - Vehicle Registration Marks
I photograph all car brands and please do bear in mind I am an enthusiastic amateur and NOT a professional photographer but I do have a fairly distinctive style and it has got better over the years.
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The Australian Museum provided a terrific venue for the Casting the Net forum. The view looked out across St Mary's Cathedral and the city of Sydney.
Ecovolis program has proven successful in dramatically increasing bicycle use in Tirana, which, formerly, was a city without a developed bicycle culture. Ecovolis program is the first project in Albania that provides low-income adults with commuter bicycles as well as a donating program for children bicycles. The program recently completed two major steps, opening new bike stations in the city of Durrës and integrating Tourist Information Point Service to the bicycles stations' structure.
History
The Tirana Community Bicycle Albania project won financial support from the George Soros Open Society Foundation Albania (OSFA). An even larger contribution came from the US-based Pedal for Progress organization, which donated 450 bicycles. Sixty of these were used road bikes, which were modified and painted by local technicians to serve as public bikes in the Ecovolis scheme. Another portion was set aside to donate to children and to activists and volunteers at PASS. Still another portion were diverted to the project's Eco Bicycle Shop, a social enterprise which sells bikes for USD 50-150 and reinvests profits for the service and maintenance of Ecovolis bicycles. The main objective of the program was to introduce the community to an inexpensive, environmental friendly form of transport -- the bicycle; to sell used bikes at low prices; to donate bikes to the children of needy families and to PASS volunteers; to establish a bike sharing-scheme in the city (Ecovolis); and to employ financially disadvantaged people and young students to operate the bike-sharing scheme.
System
Each Ecovolis station is staffed by two employees in two shifts and contains 30 -- 60 bicycles. In order to use the bicycles it is required to provide a personal identification document (such as passport or ID card) or by subscribing to the Ecovolis membership Card.
The first black and red bicycles, (also the colors of the Albanian flag) were donated from US-organization Pedal for Progress, (which collect and donate used bicycles). As these bicycles were of different types, converting them for safe and comfortable public use took months of work. The price per bicycle varies from 60 US$ to 90 US$ each. The bicycle is equipped with a front bicycle basket, a behind carrier, a comfortable saddle and a public fender with the Ecovolis sign.
The bicycle stations also provide touristic information to the visitors and a list of the city attractions. Moreover, being a non-profit social enterprise, during particular days the program offers free bicycle service, cycling courses, donations of bicycles and helmets for children in need, bike tours and a bicycle recycle program.
MD79 - MADRID (ESPAÑA, 18/05/06.- Los integrantes del grupo "Il divo" (de izq. a dcha.), el tenor suizo Urs Buhler, el tenor estadounidense David Miller, el barítono español Carlos Marín, y el francés Sebastien Izambard, durante el concierto ofrecido hoy, jueves 18 de mayo, en Madrid y en el que presentaron en directo sus dos primeros discos. EFE/Kiko Huesca