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Amazingly beautiful art from the DC Style guide, used for licensing, advertising...
pencils: Jose Garcia Lopez
inks: DIck Giordano
and best of all...
Stick a sailor hat and cape on Aqualad and they become Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy!
2013 Climate Leadership Gala presented by Earth Day Network
Renaissance Mayflower Hotel, Washington D.C. – May 22, 2013
Climate Visionary Award presented to Elon Musk
WAGE Leadership Award presented to Melanne Verveer
For more information: earthday2013@earthday.org
This photo is public domain but depicted characters are the properties of DC Comics ( www.dccomics.com )
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Alitalia—a combination of the Italian words for “Air Italy” and the Italian flag carrier airline—was formed in September 1946 as Aerolinee Italiane Internazionali at the request of the Italian postwar government. Alitalia was meant from the start to be the Italian flag carrier, and the Italian government held a 48% controlling interest in the airline; British European Airways (BEA), who was to assist the establishment of Alitalia, held another 40%. It did not begin operations until 1947, with a mixed fleet of Fiat G.12s, Savoia-Marchetti SM.95s, and Avro Lancastrians—all converted World War II-era aircraft, with the latter converted from bombers. Despite the distance involved, the Lancastrians were used to immediately establish international routes to South America. More modern equipment arrived in 1949 in the form of dedicated airliners—Douglas DC-3s for domestic routes and DC-4s for international service.
Eleven years after its foundation, Alitalia absorbed its main rival, Italian Airlines (Linee Aeree Italiane), formally taking the name Alitalia-Linee Aeree Italiane. By this time, it had acquired turboprop Vickers Viscounts for European service, and in 1960 Alitalia entered the jet age by putting into service the Douglas DC-8 and Sud-Aviation Caravelle on the same day. In 1961, BEA relinquished its holdings in Alitalia, with the Italian government acquiring slightly more shares; other shares were acquired by Trans World Airlines (TWA) and Air France, with the remainder going to private investment.
It continued to expand its network and modernize its fleet, which by 1970 included wide-bodied airliners such as the 747. Alitalia also became one of the world’s largest users of the DC-9, as no less than 43 DC-9s were in service with the airline on domestic routes by the 1980s. It adopted its current livery in 1973 and became known in the 1980s as the “Pope’s airline,” as Alitalia usually flew Pope John Paul II on his frequent overseas trips.
By 1987, Alitalia was also known for its financial problems: continued problems with labor unions and Italy’s volatile politics left the airline constantly in debt (it would only turn a profit for one year of the 20th Century, 1998), and the Italian government was forced to increase its share to 83% to keep Alitalia from going bankrupt. A major restructuring occurred that at least lowered the debt for some time. The post 9/11 airline downturn made Alitalia’s ongoing troubles worse, and by 2006, Italy’s government, itself facing financial crisis, could no longer afford to keep loaning billions of euros to Alitalia. Attempts to privatize the airline failed, as did an attempted merger with KLM. Making matters worse, Alitalia was embroiled in several lawsuits from other airlines after a failed attempt to take over Air Europe and its move to the larger Milan-Malpensa airport, which the other airlines felt gave Alitalia too much of an advantage in the southern European market. (It was a moot point: by 2007, Alitalia instead moved most of its operations to Rome.)
In 2008, the Italian government announced that Alitalia was bankrupt and put its shares up for sale. The airline—which never ceased operations—was acquired by Compagnia Aerea Italiana (CAI), which already owned Alitalia’s biggest competitor, the low-cost airline Air One. Under the terms of the agreement, CAI acquired 75% of Alitalia, leaving the other 25% in the hands of Air France-KLM. Air One continued to exist, now taking over some of Alitalia’s domestic routes and acting as a low-cost subsidiary. Alitalia consolidated its fleet and routes, but while it has done better under CAI ownership, it continues to face financial difficulty. Nonetheless, this troubled airline remains the Italian flag carrier and the 19th largest airline in the world.
This new-to-me DC voting rights sculpture, on the corner of 11th St. NW and Florida Ave NW, reminded me a little of The Awakening sculpture that used to be located at Hains Point.
Milano AC/DC mediolanum forum
URAGANO AC/DC - Quei ragazzotti venuti dalla provincia musicale australiana erano destinati a far tremare il pianeta con il loro hard rock. Lo hanno capito le tre generazioni che hanno riempito il Mediolanum Forum, godendosi uno show iperbolico tra memorie e fradicia sbronza visionaria. Un lungo video in apertura rimbalza tra cartoon e videogame, e poi una vecchia locomotiva è lì a dominare il mega palco. L'irrefrenabile chitarra di Angus non vuole darsi tregua: il carismatico leader degli AC/DC saltella col suo “passo d'oca” a ridosso della voce di Brian Johnson, ruvida come la carta vetrata per l'apertura in gran stile di Rock 'n roll Train. Sembrano schegge impazzite e se ne accorgono gli sbarbatelli sotto il palco che forse ciondolavano ancora nella culla quando gli Ac/DC hanno cantato l'ultima volta in Italia.
BLACK ON ICE - Lapilli di rock dall'ultimo album Black on Ice e, senza tregua, la feroce rincorsa a saccheggiare le radici con Back in Black e You Shook Me, tirando il fiato per qualche secondo prima dell'ultima discesa agli inferi. Una campana gigante rimbomba sul palco e il coro dei quindicimila canta Hells Bells, aspettando di risalire con Let there be rock, Tnt, Shoot to thrill. Il basso di Williams e la batteria Rudd ci danno dentro e, quando sparano i cannoni, l'apoteosi si rischiara con il finale di For Those About To Rock. Fuochi d'artificio, effetti speciali, grande lezione di musica, ma il tempo è passato troppo in fretta. Troppo presto per riflettere sui giganti della storia del rock, troppo veloce per evitare di tornare nelle nostre gabbie quotidiane, ancora più difficili da smantellare se non ci fosse stata la musica degli Ac/Dc, per una sera, ma anche per una vita intera.
FOTO: FRANCESCO PRANDONI
105mm F2 DC front element = win
I decided to capture the awesome front element of this beautiful lens by shooting at a mirror while facing a big window to have a nice reflection.
Laidlaw - Washington DC
199? Ford Corbeil
*Photo taken in Vienna Virginia at George C Marshall High School during the National School Bus Road-e-o Competition...mid 1990's
Interior de um dos DC-10 da OAI umas das 3 últimas operadoras do DC-10, mais essa nem mostra sinal de substituição e tomara que nem pense no assunto!
A statue of St. Jerome the Priest in front of the Embassy of Croatia.
A snap from a recent walkabout during a trip to Washington, DC.
I decided to put these scales together since I am missing so many in each line. Some Super Powers. Some newer Mattel Mego like. And that Brainiac from that wanna be Marvel Legends line ? And some vintage Megos out of sight....Still getting them out to display.
I would like to have a Mego style Legion of Doom with Super Friends too. This is what I have so far. IDK if I will ever get to them all.
Some will require customizing. Which adds on more cost.
I always liked Darkseid too. I got this first version that Figures Toy Co put out.
He had a skinny little body with padding in the suit. I had to tear all that out. I put the new better articulated Mego Hulk body on him. Much better. I had to modify hands and feet. Those new Hulk bodies have the tendency of an arm poking out forward. As seen here.
Megos are great when you get them how you want them. Megos always had the arms sticking out too far anyway.
They all look like they are holding hands or something. Would be better if arms were against the sides of the legs.
I didn't care when I was a kid. I didn't display my figures then :)
CIDH 147 periodo ordinario
Desapariciones forzadas en las Américas
March 16, 2013 Washington DC
Photo by Oliver Contreras/Eddie Arrossi Photography
Fundación Nydia Erika Bautista para los Derechos Humanos (FNEB) / Asociación de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos (ASFADDES) / Asociación Familiares de Desaparecidos Forzadamente por el Apoyo Mutuo (Familiares Colombia) /
Movimiento Nacional de Víctimas de Crímenes de Estado (MOVICE) / Corporación Reiniciar / Corporación Desarrollo Regional (CDR) / Grupo Interdisciplinario de Derechos Humanos (GIDH) / Corporación Jurídica Libertad (CJL) /
Equipo Colombiano Interdisciplinario de Trabajo Forense / (EQUITAS) / Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz (CIJYP) /
Equipo Colombiano de Investigaciones Antropológico Forense (ECIAF) / Comité Cívico del Meta / Corporación AVRE /
Corporación Social para la Asesoría Capacitación Comunitaria (Cosspac) / Mesa de Trabajo sobre Desaparición Forzada CCEU-Estados Unidos / Observatorio de la Coordinación Colombia-Europa Estados Unidos / Asociación de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos de Guatemala (FAMDEGUA) / Equipo de Estudios Comunitarios y Acción Social (ECAP) / Fundación de Antropología Forense de Guatemala (FAFG) / CPR-SIERRA /
Centro de Análisis Forense y Ciencias Aplicadas (CAFCA) / Comité de madres y familiares con hijas desaparecidas / Fuerzas Unidas por nuestros desaparecidos en México (Fundem) / Hasta Encontrarlos (Michoacán) / Integrantes de la coordinación de la Campaña Nacional contra la desaparición forzada / Servicios y Asesoría para la Paz (Serapaz) / Comité Monseñor Romero. México / Red Mesa de Mujeres de Ciudad Juárez / Comité Cerezo México / Ciudadanos en Apoyo a los Derechos Humanos, A.C (CADHAC) / Red para la Infancia y la Familia, Perú (REDINFA) / Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos (APRODEH) / Equipo Peruano de Antropología Forense (EPAF)