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This is my winning design for the D23 Expo's Fab 5 Fan Art contest. I am officially the first fan to have a Vinylmation displayed in a Disney art gallery.
Vinylmation is Disney's new & unique line of artistic, Mickey Mouse-shaped 3 inch and 9 inch collectibles. In the blind packages, you'll find designs by cast members from the Disney Design Group and Imagineers. Guests also have the chance to create their own Vinylmation design by purchasing either a 3" or 9" blank. This is what I did with mine!
To keep updated with my newest figures, feel free to check out www.mametchi.com/ink_vinylmation.shtml
Page from a brochure entitled The Centenary Year of Timothy Taylor & Co. Ltd. (1858-1958). The 24-page brochure contains a history of the Keighley-based brewery and an account of brewing itself, accompanied by line drawings. It was used as a promotional item. This page includes a line-drawing of the Dog and Gun in Oxenhope.
Timothy Taylor & Co. Ltd. (maltsters and brewers) was founded by Timothy Taylor in December 1858. It originally operated from a brewery in Cook Lane, Keighley, before moving to Knowle Spring in 1863 where larger premises could be constructed. Timothy Taylor was born in Bingley in 1826. He was originally in the tailoring trade, with a shop on Low Street, Keighley. He married Charlotte Aked and his two sons (Robert Henry and Percy) continued the brewing business after Timothy's death in January 1898. Within a year of starting, the company had two licensed houses - the Volunteer Arms in Lawkholme Lane and the New Inn at Bocking. A well was sunk at Knowle Spring in 1894 that continues to provide the water for the brewing to this day. Timothy Taylor's became a limited company in 1929. The firm's championship-winning ale Landlord was created in 1952. Further sons and nephews continued to run the business. Timothy's grandson John Taylor, later Conservative peer Lord Ingrow, was the last direct descendant to run the company. He was replaced in 1995 by Charles Dent, who married John Taylor’s daughter Annie. Tim Dewey took over as chief executive in October 2014.
Item loaned for scanning by Tim Neal in October 2019. Part of the Keighley and District Local History Society digital archive.
From my set entitled “Lamium”
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/sets/72157607217474399/
In my collection entitled “The Garden”
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/collections/7215760718...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadnettle
Lamium (deadnettle) is a genus of about 40-50 species of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, of which family it is the type genus. They are all herbaceous plants native to Europe, Asia, and north Africa, but several have become very successful weeds of crop fields and are now widely naturalised across the temperate world.
The genus includes both annual and perennial species; they spread by both seeds and stems rooting as they grow along the ground.
The common name refers to their superficial resemblance to the unrelated stinging nettles, but unlike those, they do not have stinging hairs and so are harmless or apparently "dead".
Lamiums are frost hardy and grow well in most soils. Flower colour determines planting season and light requirement: white- and purple-coloured flowered species are planted in spring and prefer full sun. The yellow-flowered ones are planted in fall (autumn) and prefer shade. They often have invasive habits and need plenty of room. Propagate from seed or by division in early spring
Page from a brochure entitled The Centenary Year of Timothy Taylor & Co. Ltd. (1858-1958). The 24-page brochure contains a history of the Keighley-based brewery and an account of brewing itself, accompanied by line drawings. It was used as a promotional item. This page includes a map of the area served by Timothy Taylor's.
Timothy Taylor & Co. Ltd. (maltsters and brewers) was founded by Timothy Taylor in December 1858. It originally operated from a brewery in Cook Lane, Keighley, before moving to Knowle Spring in 1863 where larger premises could be constructed. Timothy Taylor was born in Bingley in 1826. He was originally in the tailoring trade, with a shop on Low Street, Keighley. He married Charlotte Aked and his two sons (Robert Henry and Percy) continued the brewing business after Timothy's death in January 1898. Within a year of starting, the company had two licensed houses - the Volunteer Arms in Lawkholme Lane and the New Inn at Bocking. A well was sunk at Knowle Spring in 1894 that continues to provide the water for the brewing to this day. Timothy Taylor's became a limited company in 1929. The firm's championship-winning ale Landlord was created in 1952. Further sons and nephews continued to run the business. Timothy's grandson John Taylor, later Conservative peer Lord Ingrow, was the last direct descendant to run the company. He was replaced in 1995 by Charles Dent, who married John Taylor’s daughter Annie. Tim Dewey took over as chief executive in October 2014.
Item loaned for scanning by Tim Neal in October 2019. Part of the Keighley and District Local History Society digital archive.
A cultural event entitled “Paraguay – an Economically Fertile Country” featuring an exhibition on the many aspects and achievements that make the country one of South America’s most promising destinations for investment opportunities, and music performances was held on the sidelines of the Assemblies of WIPO Member States, which met from October 2-11, 2017. WIPO co-organized the event with the Government of Paraguay.
Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Violaine Martin. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License.
Brewton's mural entitled "Logging", painted by John Von Wicht in 1939 has been missing for the last 40 years. This is the wall where the mural was originally hung. When the current PO was built in 1965, it is most likely that the mural was removed by the GSA Department and taken to D.C. However, some locals feel that the mural was painted over. The School Board currently use the old post office buiding. I have found newspaper clippings from the when it was installed and it blatantly says it was on canvas so it's not possible to have been painted over.
2/29/20--I have spoken with a local who is positive the mural survived "well after" the post office moved out. He said his aunt worked for the Board of Education and he remembers her saying the employees did not like looking at the mural all day long.
Image of the mural:
Page from a brochure entitled The Centenary Year of Timothy Taylor & Co. Ltd. (1858-1958). The 24-page brochure contains a history of the Keighley-based brewery and an account of brewing itself, accompanied by line drawings. It was used as a promotional item.
Timothy Taylor & Co. Ltd. (maltsters and brewers) was founded by Timothy Taylor in December 1858. It originally operated from a brewery in Cook Lane, Keighley, before moving to Knowle Spring in 1863 where larger premises could be constructed. Timothy Taylor was born in Bingley in 1826. He was originally in the tailoring trade, with a shop on Low Street, Keighley. He married Charlotte Aked and his two sons (Robert Henry and Percy) continued the brewing business after Timothy's death in January 1898. Within a year of starting, the company had two licensed houses - the Volunteer Arms in Lawkholme Lane and the New Inn at Bocking. A well was sunk at Knowle Spring in 1894 that continues to provide the water for the brewing to this day. Timothy Taylor's became a limited company in 1929. The firm's championship-winning ale Landlord was created in 1952. Further sons and nephews continued to run the business. Timothy's grandson John Taylor, later Conservative peer Lord Ingrow, was the last direct descendant to run the company. He was replaced in 1995 by Charles Dent, who married John Taylor’s daughter Annie. Tim Dewey took over as chief executive in October 2014.
Item loaned for scanning by Tim Neal in October 2019. Part of the Keighley and District Local History Society digital archive.
This photograph is officially entitled “Photograph of Jonas John Kilshaw, who is living a lonely life in a small hut situated in a ditch on Ashton Heath, near Haydock Park Race Course”. A copy is preserved in the National Archives, ref. COPY1/492/217, where it is credited to Joseph Ball of 474 Warrington Rd, Abram.
Kilshaw is referred to in the 1851 census return as “John Jonas” but seems generally to have been known by his middle name, perhaps to distinguish him from his father. His eventual demise was reported in The Wigan Examiner on 27 September 1919:
“ASHTON HERMIT'S DEATH: A Remarkable Existence.
John Jonas Kilshaw, 70 years of age, known as the 'Ashton Hermit', was found dead on Thursday on a dirt heap near the Park Lane Collieries of the Graswood Coal & Iron Co. Kilshaw, who is described as a labourer, had no settled abode but he was a familiar figure in the Ashton district and for a long time slept in a kind of dug out on Ashton Heath. The place where Kilshaw was found is unfrequented owing to the flames and fumes given off by the heap which is smouldering... The body was badly decomposed and burnt and appeared to have been lying there for several days. It was discovered by a surface foreman named Samuel Cartwright who gave information to PC Simpson, and the body was conveyed to Ashton Mortuary where it was identified by Elizabeth Daniels, a married woman of 6 Wood Lane, Ashton, as her great uncle.
On Monday September 8th Kilshaw was seen by Samuel Alker of Park House Farm going in the direction of the tip...
Mr S Brighouse, County Coroner, held the inquest at the Robin Hood Hotel, Ashton, on Monday, when a verdict of 'Death from Misadventure' was returned.”
André Lhuillier, CSS PhD student. André’s talk entitled “Why Little Samson Didn’t Defeat The Hedgehog: A Story Of Social Influence And The Relevance Of Distribution For Successful Information Goods"
Abstract: In 1992 during one of the fiercest battles of the so called ‘console wars’, a modest game was released in the mist of the industry frenzy. Although ‘Little Samson’ is recognized by those who know it as a great game, it remains unknown for most of the consumers today. On the other side of the battlefield, Sega’s thriving Hedgehog was convincing everyone that they have seized their main competitor ‘Mario Kart’. Despite this momentary victory in consumer’s memory and affection, the real winner was not in the center of the industry’s attention. Having less media presence, the sequel of Super Mario Land for the Game Boy was the most purchased game with almost 200% units of what ‘Sonic 2’ sold. This kind of unpredictable and divergent behavior is a unique characteristic of information goods markets. In this presentation I survey the last 30 years of the video game sector and show its particular composition and evolution. Following De Vany’s approach to Hollywood movie industry I dwell into an analysis of this industry with special emphasis in consumer behavior. Re-visiting De Vany’s proposal I make a simple ABM approach to model and show how placement or distribution properties may induce long tail distributions. Following the relevance of information diffusion and the development of hype in this industry another model is presented. In this case the relevance of a consumer social system and its dynamics. After an analysis of the industry history, consumer’s social influence, sales and distribution/access is reviewed; I present several findings and propose a model to understand them. A final discussion will be opened with the presentation of data on Valve Company digital platform Steam.
Entitled "America's Heartland Remembers" this memorial was designed/organized by Kirkwood resident Rick Randall. It totals 2996 American flags to honor each victim of the September 11th attacks.
Entitled "America's Heartland Remembers" this memorial was designed/organized by Kirkwood resident Rick Randall. It totals 2996 American flags to honor each victim of the September 11 attacks.
NYCHA - NYCHA Senior Benefit & Entitlement Fair - September 22, 2011 - River Bank State Park (Photo by Leticia Barboza)
The education kit entitled “Riskland: the fun way to learn how to prevent disasters” is the outcome of a joint initiative between the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). This product was developed at the end of 2002 by the ISDR Regional Unit for Latin America and the Caribbean, in cooperation with UNICEF Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF-TACRO). Initially, it was addressed for countries in the LAC region and was originally produced in Spanish, English and Portuguese.
Riesgolandia, aprendamos jugando cómo prevenir desastres tiene la intención de poner a disposición de la comunidad educativa y a los niños y las niñas de América Latina y el Caribe una herramienta innovadora e interactiva para la reducción del riesgo de desastres.
View of Panel 4, entitled "Trade Secrets and Digital Data", of the WIPO Symposium on Trade Secrets and Innovation.
Taking place at the WIPO headquarters in Geneva and virtually from May 23-24, 2022, the Symposium explored the role of trade secrets and innovation from policy, legal and business perspectives.
It also took a closer look at how patent systems, trade secret systems and others are intertwined in knowledge creation and dissemination in the wider context of the intellectual property (IP) system. Discussions on topical issues addressed how digital information is increasingly driving the international innovation ecosystem – and the role of trade secrets in the development and dissemination of medical technologies.
Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Emmanuel Berrod. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Mural entitled "With Love and Compassion We Can Save the World" by Waleska Nomura aka @waleskanomura seen in the Wynwood area of Miami, Florida.
Photo by James aka @urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
Edit by Teee.
Mural entitled The Mystery of the Disco Melon Ball by
Eric Hornsby aka @artist_esh seen in St Petersburg, Florida. The mural was underwritten by Orange Blossom Catering.
Photo by James aka @urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
Edit by Teee.
An article entitled "Sea lions at Victoria's Race Rocks injured by debris, boats" just ran in Victoria's Times Colonist that quoted me. See it here: www.timescolonist.com/technology/lions+Victoria+Race+Rock...
Anna Hall, a marine zoologist also quoted in the article suggests showing graphic images to children to warn them of the dangers posed to sea lions. This series is a response to that suggestion and not biased propaganda as I have been accused of.
This animal "C868" was branded in Astoria, OR by researcher Matt Tennis. It has recently been hit by a boat and will most likely starve to death or die of an infection.
An update from a NOAA research biologist and a veterinarian who specializes in marine mammals: Both experts agree the wound has been present for so long that the original source of the trauma is impossible to say with scientific certainty. Possible causes include orca bite, entanglement, and boat strike.
Sculpture entitled Ulumau Pohaku Pele, - Forever Growing, the Rock of Pele by Kona artist John "Kalewa" Matsushita is meant to remind visitors that the park is not only a place of natural and scientific wonders, but also a place that is sacred to Native Hawaiians.
The sculpture pays tribute to the volcano goddess Pele, whose own monumental handiwork is evident in the Big Island's stunning landscapes and the ongoing Kilauea eruption.
the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Mar/08/ln/FP70308...
Ceremony of Glen Cinema Memorial entitled Rattle Little Mother at Dunn Square Paisley.
Location Of Names On Rattle Little Mother, Glen Cinema Memorial
Front “ To The Children Of The Glen Cinema “
Left Panel as you face front of memorial which faces in the direction of the Piazza “ Elizabeth Leonard - Samuel McBlane - Sarah McCafferty - Robert McConnell - Nellie McCran - Minnie McCran - Edward McEnhill - Margaret McEnhill - James McEnhill - Denis McGarrity - Robert McGirr - Jeanie McGrattan - Mary McWattie - Margaret Morrow - Robert Niven - Georgina Peacock - Tom Perkins - John Pinkerton - William Pinkerton - Alexander Telfer - William Rae - Thomas Renfrew - George Scott - William Spears - Jane Stevenson - Robert Wingate.
Back of Memorial which faces Paisley Town Hall “ James Gielty - John Gielty - Norman Gillies - John Goodwin - Henry Green - Mary Green - Archibald Grogan - Annie Hamilton - George Hammond “ 31 December 1929 “ Elizabeth Hart - Peter Houston - Thomas Howard - Julia Irvine - William Irvine - Thomas Jackson - James Johnston - George Kennedy - Helen Kilkie - Thomas Kilkie.
Right panel as you face front of memorial which faces towards Forbes Place “ Robert Adams - Robert Alexander - John Bell - William Black - Hugh Blue - John Bowes - David Boyd - Caroline Brain - Lily Buchanan - John Cairns - Daniel Corbett - Elizabeth Corrigan - Agnes Coyle - Robert Craig - Francis Curran - Elizabeth Dempster - Leah Dixon - Mary Dolan - George Elliott - Henry Elliott - Bessie Finlay - Enso Fiori - Janet Fitch - William Fitch - James Gatherer - Margaret Gibson.
N.B All lettering in gold except from “ 31 December 1929 “ on rear of memorial which is in black, both sides contain 26 names whilst there is 19 names on the bac
This carefully hand-stitched art quilt is entitled "Edvard" in homage to the human bewilderment portrayed in Edvard Munch's famous painting "The Scream."
Featuring bold color and graphics, this minimalist and modern piece of art is completely unique and made to hang on the wall. The backing is made up of mostly red and blue fabrics featuring ripples, or concentric circles.
Measures 50" square and densely quilted in free-hand.
100% cotton.
Welcome to my latest Flickr series entitled "Quintessential Ireland". During our honeymoon, my wife and I stopped in Kinsale, County Cork. While walking through the bustling fishing village, I stumbled upon the studio of Giles Norman, an Irish B&W landscape artist. His work was an inspiration for this series.
This series will include pictures from all over Ireland including Dublin, Kilkenny, Kinsale, Cobh, Kenmare, Killarney, Galway, Doolin, Dingle, Cashel, Blarney, etc.
In this series, I will have photos of the majestic scenery in Ireland such as Slea Head on the Dingle Peninsula and the Cliffs of Moher, as well as scenes I associate with Ireland such as boat scenes, pubs, and castles. I hope you like this series as much as I enjoyed putting it together!
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A mural entitled "The Spirit of East Harlem", painted by Hank Prussing in 1978, and assisted by Manny Vega. The mural was restored by Manny Vega in 1998. Found at East 104th Street and Lexington Avenue. For a great article abut this mural, see:
theuptowner.org/2011/12/30/how-a-mural-captured-a-communi...
The new book entitled "Poems Jahanshah Haghighi (Hakyky)" written with the classical Turkmen alphabet (Arabic - Farsi) released
کتاب جدید با عنوان «دیوان جهانشاه حقیقی»٬ با الفبای کلاسیک ترکمنی (عربی-فارسی) از جانب انتشارات «بهجت» به چاپ رسیده است٬ درج می گردد:
*مأخذ: - اونق٬ دکتر خانگلدی٬ «دیوان حقیقی٬ جهانشاه»٬ انتشارات: «بهجت»٬ چاپ: گلشن٬ تهران - سال ۱۳۹۲ ٬ صص. ۲۴۸ -
ین نسخه از مجموعه "دیوان شعر جهانشاه حقیقی" بر اساس دستنوشته موجود در کتابخانه نسخ خطی آکادمی علوم ارمنستان که با عنوان «فوند ماتناداران(Matenadaran)» شناخته میشود٬ جمع آوری شده است.
در تاریخ ایران و جهان دوره ای داریم با عنوان «تاریخ دوره تورکمانی» که آن مربوط میشود به حضور «ترکمنان غزنوی٬ سلجوقی٬ خوارزمشاهیان٬ قره قویونلی و آق قویونلی» ( ... این دوره٬ از تواریخ بیهقی و خواندمیر شروع میشود.) که در بعداز سلسله اخیر با تغییر مذهب گروهی از ترکمنان در قرن XV ٬ از قبیل صفویان٬ افشاریان٬ بیکدلی ها٬ اوستی تاچلی ها(استاچلو)٬ قاجاریان٬ ذواالقدر و ... در دوره صفویان امَا٬ مسیر تاریخ تغییر می کند. این دوره از تاریخ در نزد مورَخین٬ محدثین و محققین جهانی به «تاریخ دوره تورکمانی» معروف شده است.
این مبحث مربوط به اواخر همان دوره از تاریخ تورکمن است که آن مصادف می گردد با دوره رنسانس در اروپا که در حال گذار به قرون جدید می باشد. ما در این کتاب ضمن پرداختن به آثار و زندگینامه یکی از پادشاهان شجاع تورکمن جهانشاه قره قویونلی متخلص به "حقیقی" که در قرن چهاردهم میزیسته، اختصاص داده شده است. در آن به بررسی تاریخ و آثار مربوط به این پادشاه و همچنین در حول و حوش تاریخ و ادبیات ترکمن در ادوار مختلف و در مورد پیشکسوتان علوم که منتسب به اوغوزی می باشند، پرداخته میشود.
نسخه ای از آن نیز از روی میکروفیلمی که از آنجا به جمهوری ترکمنستان آورده شده بود٬ از جانب انستیتو نسخ خطی آکادمی علوم ترکمنستان به همت دکتر رحمان رجب اف (دکترای علوم زبان شناسی از آکادمی علوم ترکمنستان) و با صفحه آرائی از جانب مدیر این انستیتو دکتر آنا قوربان آشیراف در سال ۱۹۹۹ - عشق آباد٬ به الفبای ترکمنی - روسی (سیریلیک یا کریل) برگردانده شده بود٬ چاپ شده است. تصاویری از کتاب جدید که با الفبای کلاسیک ترکمنی (عربی-فارسی) چاپ شده است٬ درج می گردد:
کلید واژه دیوان جهانشاه حقیقی
Key Word HTML Generator Sample Page Hakyky's Poems:
This photographic portfolio entitled “ANCESTRAL LANDSCAPES” is the result of an incredible journey in Scotland through breathtaking natural landscapes. Scotland landscape is a permanent theater, a mysterious drama in which the initial plot seems to come from ancient feuds or the echo of legends. Contrasting like its climate, Scotland offers a range of light and shadow carried by the impetuousness of the elements. Weather reports are more like predicting the future than science. As frustrating as it may sound, it forces you to make your day unexpected. The turbulence of time exacerbates the green of the hills, the darkness of the mountains and the density of the ocean. The caledonian bad weather offers atmospheres that seem to come out of the most fantastic tales and legends. In this interplay of shades and contrasts, Scotland is a perpetual painting that offers aesthetes the violence of its brushstrokes. Consistently tackling the elements in Scotland grabs you literally and figuratively. The wind blows across the plains, the rain draws a curtain over the landscape and the proud mountains impress. Scotland is home to some of the most stunning landscapes I have ever seen. Shaped by landslides and tectonic movements that have completely sculpted their surroundings, these landscapes instantly immerse you in an almost supernatural fantasy world. One does not expect to discover such an exciting landscape. Vastness constantly echoes within us through our eyes.
These are the pieces from my first solo show, entitled “The Ghost of the You Haunted Me..." held at Rotofugi Gallery in Chicago, IL on Sept 7, 2012.
This body of work is the culmination of many of the elements found in my custom toy work within my Forest of Sorrows narrative and I have strived to create a cohesive storyline that ties together many of the concepts and themes seen over the past couple of years.
In this story, when people pass onto the next life, those with unfinished business are taken to the Silva Dolorosa (The Forest of Sorrows) to begin a life anew, where the choices and decisions they make will determine how their lives turn out.
At the end of days as one’s life ebbs away, the Flederkanichen creatures arrive to shepherd these souls, manifested as a seed, and carry them to the Silva Dolorosa. Upon arriving, they drop the soul seeds down into the depths of the forest where the Saplings catch them, plant them in their heads waiting for them to bloom again, at which point they will plant them on the forest floor in the perfect place, so that the souls can begin their new lives.
On one particular day, with one particular soul seed dropped by the Flederkanichen, a big gust of wind blew the seed out of the hand of the Sapling assigned to it and it hit the ground, breaking the cardinal rule of the forest. It was at this moment that Locket, the geist girl was reborn in this limbo, confused and bewildered as to where she was. Frightened, she runs deep into the forest to discover who she was in her previous life, and what she was to become in the next.
Concurrently, at the moment at which Locket was born, the last guardian of the forest, the Hollow Knight, was awakened from deep slumber, tasked with ensuring the sanctity of the Silva and all of its denizens. He sets off on a quest to find Locket, only to encounter yet another new visitor to the forest - the ferocious and monstrous Blackwülf, who seems to be racing the Hollow Knight in a quest to reach Locket first.
This is the story of death, understanding, rebirth and redemption. I hope that the pieces I have created for this show will help to give an insight into this story that I have been telling.
Photos taken by Kirby Kerr.
Please contact rotofugi.com for availability.
André Lhuillier, CSS PhD student. André’s talk entitled “Why Little Samson Didn’t Defeat The Hedgehog: A Story Of Social Influence And The Relevance Of Distribution For Successful Information Goods"
Abstract: In 1992 during one of the fiercest battles of the so called ‘console wars’, a modest game was released in the mist of the industry frenzy. Although ‘Little Samson’ is recognized by those who know it as a great game, it remains unknown for most of the consumers today. On the other side of the battlefield, Sega’s thriving Hedgehog was convincing everyone that they have seized their main competitor ‘Mario Kart’. Despite this momentary victory in consumer’s memory and affection, the real winner was not in the center of the industry’s attention. Having less media presence, the sequel of Super Mario Land for the Game Boy was the most purchased game with almost 200% units of what ‘Sonic 2’ sold. This kind of unpredictable and divergent behavior is a unique characteristic of information goods markets. In this presentation I survey the last 30 years of the video game sector and show its particular composition and evolution. Following De Vany’s approach to Hollywood movie industry I dwell into an analysis of this industry with special emphasis in consumer behavior. Re-visiting De Vany’s proposal I make a simple ABM approach to model and show how placement or distribution properties may induce long tail distributions. Following the relevance of information diffusion and the development of hype in this industry another model is presented. In this case the relevance of a consumer social system and its dynamics. After an analysis of the industry history, consumer’s social influence, sales and distribution/access is reviewed; I present several findings and propose a model to understand them. A final discussion will be opened with the presentation of data on Valve Company digital platform Steam.
Originally entitled ‘Guerrillero Heroico’ this is officially the most famous image of all time and recognised worldwide as the definitive emblem of revolution and counter culture.
Part of a multiple property study entitled Black Metropolis
Cook County, IL
Listed: 04/30/1986
The last major structure to be erected in Black Metropolis, the Chicago Bee Building was built by black entrepreneur Anthony Overton to house his newspaper, the Chicago Bee. The Chicago Bee Building is also significant architecturally in the quality of its finely detailed “art deco” terra cotta façade.
The last major structure to be erected in the State Street commercial district was the combination newspaper office and apartment building commissioned in 1929 by Anthony Overton for his newspaper the Chicago Bee. Overton, whose business career was started with the Overton Hygienic cosmetics manufacturing firm, later branched out into varied fields including banking, insurance, and publishing. From its inception, the Chicago Bee was published from offices in the Overton Hygienic Building, with its printing plant being located in a storefront one block south on State Street. Despite the increasing shift of the black business district to 47th Street, Overton affirmed his confidence in the viability of State Street by announcing the erection of a new three-story building to consolidate the facilities of the Chicago Bee in 1929. Although started at the beginning of the Great Depression, construction continued throughout 1930, and was ready for full occupancy in 1931.
The Chicago Bee Building is one of the most picturesque of the Black Metropolis group, being the only structure designed in the Art Deco style of the late 1920s. Designed by Z. Erol Smith, the same South Side architect who created the earlier Overton Hygienic Building, the Chicago Bee Building features a richly ornamented facade executed entirely in terra cotta, the ground floors finished in two shades of green with intricate incised ornamentation. The terra cotta was executed by the Northwestern Terra Cotta Company of Chicago which employed a number of talented French modelers who had mastered the innovative Art Deco forms after having previously worked on the exhibits of the Paris 1925 Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industrials Modernes. The Chicago Bee Building still stands largely as originally designed with minimal alterations.
My first book, entitled Shorebirds of Ireland will be in your shops soon!!!
The Common Eider, Somateria mollissima, is a large (50-71 cm body length) sea-duck, which is distributed over the northern coasts of Europe, North America and eastern Siberia. It breeds in Arctic and some northern temperate regions, but winters somewhat farther south in temperate zones, when it can form large flocks on coastal waters.
The eider's nest is built close to the sea and is lined with the celebrated eiderdown, plucked from the female's breast. This soft and warm lining has long been harvested for filling pillows and quilts, but in more recent years has been largely replaced by down from domestic farm-geese and synthetic alternatives. Although true Eiderdown pillows or quilts are now a rarity, eiderdown harvesting continues and is sustainable, as it can be done after the ducklings leave the nest with no harm to the birds.
These 39 pictures entitled "Colors of Fall in Yardley . . ." were all taken around my home in late October, pre-Hurricane Sandy. Number 7968 is a photo of the tree that came crashing down on two unsuspecting cars parked underneath it at the height of the hurricane.
Fall happens to be my favorite time of year and not just because pumpkin flavors are all the rage. From late September to early November, Mother Nature puts on her most spectacular show. Trees of all types slowly transition from their standard leaves to shades of red, orange, gold, brown, and even purple. Landscapes across the country pop with vibrant colors and serve as a brief reminder just how beautiful nature can be.
It's a great time for hiking and scenic drives and below are all the resources you need to make your trip happen. Whether you want to know just why leaves change their colors or are looking for where to see specific shades, the answers are here.
So Why Do Leaves Change Colors?
The answer lies in one word: chlorophyll. It's the chemical that gives leaves their green color. Chlorophyll is also responsible for photosynthesis - a process where plants turn water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and sugar. Confused? Let's back up to the basics.
Trees take water from the ground using their roots. They also take carbon dioxide from the air. But trees need oxygen and glucose to grow big and healthy. In order to do that, they use sunlight to turn the water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and glucose. That's photosynthesis. And chlorophyll helps make it happen.
When summer ends and autumn begins, there is less sunlight since the days get shorter. This is an important hint for trees and other plants to prepare themselves for the winter. Since there isn't enough light and water during the winter for photosynthesis, trees go into rest-mode and will feed off food they have stored up over summer. While processes shut down, chlorophyll starts to disappear from the leaves, taking away the green color. As the green fades, the leaves show other colors that have been there all along - yellow and orange. They have been hidden all summer by chlorophyll and during the fall, it is their time to shine!
You're probably wondering about the other signature colors of autumn - red, purple, and brown. Well, in some trees, such as maples, glucose is trapped in the leaves after photosynthesis stops. That glucose is turned into a red color from the sunlight and the cool nights of autumn. The brown color of trees, such as oaks, is made from tannin - a waste product left in the leaves.
The brilliance of colors you see every fall is directly related to weather conditions. The brightest colors are seen when late summer is dry, and autumn has bright sunny days and cool evenings. A good supply of rainfall also keeps the leaves on trees longer and helps to enhance the color.
For more information go to this site:
This photograph is from the book Trading Gazes, by Susan Bernardin, which was published in 2003. The photo was taken by Mary Schaffer in 1907 and is entitled The Indian Madonna. It is now in the archival collection of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies in Banff, Alberta.
Mary Schaffer lived from 1861-1939. She was born into a wealthy Quaker family in Pennsylvania, and as a child was much more interested in the arts and traveling than school. A trip across Canada in 1889 established the turning point in Mary’s life. She met her future husband, doctor and botanist Charles Schaffer, and also fell in love with the Canadian mountains. After Charles’ death, Mary embarked on a series of explorations into the Canadian Rockies at a time when it was not thought proper for a woman to do so. Her most famous trips of 1907 and 1908 resulted in the rediscovery of Maligne Lake and the book Old Indian Trails of the Canadian Rockies. She traveled about the Canadian Rockies in the areas that today are Banff and Jasper National Parks, camping with horses and taking photographs of the people and places she encountered. Mary eventually settled in Banff and there married her young guide Billy Warren.
This photo is of a Stoney woman and child that evokes a feeling of family and home, a mother and her child, in a way that seems to be warm and inviting. It also seems familiar and relatable because the way that the mother is protectively holding her child cuts across cultural boundaries. The little girl’s disinterest is understandable and recognizable as well. This is what I saw at first glance in this photograph, but a closer look reveals other layers to this picture. The title of it shows how Western and Christian cultural conceptions are being grafted onto the totally different culture of this Indian woman and her child. The photo also illustrates the mixture of these two cultures with the tipi and jewelry and then the checked dress and printed shirt. Unlike many of the photos that we have been looking at in class of Edward Curtis and others, this photo by Mary Schaffer does not try to hide the fact that the native people are living in an interracial contact zone, and instead of portraying the woman and her child as a romanticized vanishing race, shows the ‘truer’ version of the culturally destructive transformation caused by white settlement in the west.
A detail from a sculpture entitled "St. Mungo as the Patron of Art and Music" by George Frampton at the North Entrance to Glasgow's Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. I've been trying to get this image for years, but never had a suitable combination of lens, lighting or weather. And for much of the year the Glasgow University tower is obscured by the leaves on the trees. It all finally came together a few days ago. I used a low power fill-in flash on my Nikon D300s to preserve detail in the statue. f8 at 1/250 second.
Paper Art, Cast paper entitled Presumably Posies. Cast paper whimsical flowers on multi-tone background of greens ranging from chartreuse, apple green to muted aquamarine accented with yellow, gold with touches of pink and mauve. Poppy stamens are embedded. The surface has a sheen and is bright and cheerful!
This piece is not flat. In the areas in which there is casting it rises above the surface.
Totally unique and a one-of-a-kind gift. Would suit a modern decor or would be wonderful in a child's or baby's room.
9w x 33h x 3/4deep
Handmade paper, metallic paint, acrylic polymer emulsion, conservation varnish
An exhibition entitled “Furthering Intellectual Property in Colombia” was held on the sidelines of the Assemblies of WIPO Member States, which met from October 2-11, 2017.
It explored intellectual property (IP) rights protection in Colombia, the development of its national IP system and the country’s continuous efforts to foster innovation and creativity. WIPO co-organized the event with the Government of Colombia.
Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Violaine Martin. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License.
The Primary Section had a special assembly entitled -" Dubai Modern High joins World Malaria Day" where students were briefed about causes of Malaria and the need to support this cause.
All students and teachers sported the blue ribbon.
The students of grade 4 were given an assignment over the week end - cross linked with science [ Mini Beasts - Mosquitoes ]
A display board has also been put up in the Primary Section having the necessary information about the challenge.
World Malaria Day Report - Senior School
The students of Dubai Modern High School visited the village of Ambedkar Nagar, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, during the month of March, as part of their commitment and resolve to protect the environment against degradation. However, when the students ventured into the village, they realized that the lack of rainwater harvesting was only one of their problems; they were also struggling with the spread of vector-borne diseases such as Malaria, typhoid and cholera. Improperly dumped waste, clogged drains and inadequate sanitation had led to the breeding of mosquitoes which led to the local residents being afflicted with malaria and other extremely serious diseases.
As part of Modern's steadfastness and commitment to the project and the villagers concerned, the students also undertook measures to alleviate the local inhabitants of their struggle against the deadly disease. The students attended a water literacy program organized by the local NGO, Dhan Foundation with which we were collaborating, and worked with the villagers in helping them understand the causes, symptoms and measures to reduce the spread of malaria.
As the photographs are too big to be sent by email, so we've put them in Powerpoint files and uploaded them on a personal server so you can download it from there.
Links are as follows :
rift.void-online.net/Aldopersonal/Malaria Cause-Factors.pptx (Malaria)
rift.void-online.net/Aldopersonal/Water Literacy Campaignp1.pptx (First set of water literacy campaign pictures)
rift.void-online.net/Aldopersonal/Water Literacy 2.pptx
rift.void-online.net/Aldopersonal/water literacy 3.pptx
Regards,
Phillip A. Chappells
Grade 5 Teacher
Dubai Modern High School
GEMS education
DUBAI
I have found that if you love life, it will love you right back...
February 13th, 2015 - Risso's Dolphins Slaughter – at Taiji Japan
The killers have shown their true colours today proving to their own governing bodies and the world they are fuelled completely by greed and sense of gross entitlement, however this comes as no surprise to the Cove Guardians. The hunters drove a family of 9 Risso's dolphins today into the cove after a two hour battle where the pod managed near escape on a number of occasions. The dolphins were heard thrashing hard as the killers tethered and beached them onto the killing shore where they were murdered one by one next to their family members. The killers have made it very clear over the years their complete disregard for the lives they take in how they torture the dolphins and small whales prior to slaughtering them as well as the barbaric methods used during the slaughter process and treatment of the bodies after. They have now made it clear they also have no honour or respect for the quotas set to limit the complete decimation of populations. Japan is on a crash course to hunting cetaceans to the brink. The Risso's today did not belong to them nor did the other 734 dolphins and small whales that have been stolen from the Pacific Ocean this killing season. Today's livestream is archived at livestream.seashepherd.org/
Sites for more information :
Sea Shepherd Cove Guardians Page (official)
www.facebook.com/SeaShepherdCoveGuardiansOfficialPage
Cove Guardians
www.seashepherd.org/cove-guardians
Photo: Sea Shepherd
Mural entitled "Cheif Tuscumbia Greets the Dickson Family" painted in 1939 by Jack McMillen. The mural still hangs in the old PO which is currently vacant. There are plans to convert the building into a local museum.
A new work entitled "Richtig baggern! Über die vergessenen Lehren der Kunstgeschichte" (by Michalis Nicolaides, *1967 Nicosia, Cyprus).
Beauty and the Beast, King Kong and the White Woman, and many more literary and cinematic references come to mind when watching this performance, where Nicolaides kidnaps the damsel in distress, a screaming Julia Stoschek, who, nevertheless, never loses her sense of humour.
Performance@Julia Stoschek Collection, Düsseldorf. 26.03.2010.
Andrew Kong Knight Interview with Anglea Hill. Muralist Andrew Kong Knight next to his Portrait of Stacey Bristow, entitled, "The Stacey Lisa"
www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-living/ci_23870054/muralist-...
From Jim Stevens Bay Area Newsgroup photo session.
Entitled ‘The Enemy’ and based upon the charcoal sketch originally exhibited at The Future Tense group launch show in 2010, the work was developed in collaboration with world-renowned print studio, Thumbprint Editions. Thumbprint is best known for creating etchings and woodcuts with such artists as Damien Hirst, Anish Kapoor and Tracey Emin, including her most recent release ‘The Kiss’.
Measuring a generous 100 x 70 cm and limited to a signed edition of 50 + 3 artist proofs, the print uses a traditional Polymer Gravure etching process to fully capture the unique tonal variation typically found in charcoal works on paper. This complex, highly technical process produces prints of unrivalled quality, whilst also creating an attractive embossed frame within the paper due to the extreme pressures on the plate during the printing process.
The Enemy will be available from www.thefuturetense.net from midday GMT on Thursday June 16th.
+++ DISCLAIMER +++
Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based on historical facts. BEWARE!
Some background:
As early as 1985 there was a study entitled Maritime Patrol Aircraft for the 90s (MPA 90) for the German Bundeswehr, which aimed to replace the Breguet Atlantic with the P-3C Update 4. The study was carried out by the Lockheed California Company and the MBB transport and commercial aircraft division (today Airbus Deutschland, with locations in Hamburg and Bremen) together with the BWB. In 1997, Lockheed Martin offered Germany and Italy a “Orion 2000” or “P-3C Plus” as a replacement for the Breguet Atlantic BR 1150. Both countries established a management team at the Federal Office of Defense Technology and Procurement in Koblenz and signed an MPA Definition MoU on October 21, 1999. Between 2007 and 2015, Germany was supposed to receive 10 aircraft, Italy 14. On July 26, 2002, Lockheed Martin offered a P-3C with revised wings, Allison T56 engines and modern avionics. However, the program was stopped, and alternatives were searched. Among others, Airbus was eager to response and proposed in 2001 a dedicated ASW/maritime patrol aircraft based on the A320 short-/medium-range airliner, even though the development of such an aircraft would certainly take several years and it would not be ready for service before 2010.
In the meantime, in 2003, the Netherlands offered its thirteen P-3C Update 2.5, which had originally been delivered between 1982 and 1984, for sale, and Germany became interested. On October 31 of the same year, both countries signed a memorandum of understanding for the sale of 10 aircraft. It was later decided that Germany would receive eight aircraft and Portugal the remaining five. With this solution, even though only a temporary stopgap for the German naval forces, Airbus’ proposal waned from attention – but only temporarily, since things did not unfold as planned.
The contract with the Netherlands was signed on November 15, 2004, and provided for Germany to supply eight P-3Cs, spare parts, a flight simulator, and other materials at a cost of 271 million euros. For a further 24 million euros, the Dutch armed forces trained the ground and flight personnel of the Marineflieger Geschwader (Marine Aviation Squadron/MFG) 3 “Graf Zeppelin” from Nordholz air base directly in the Netherlands. The Dutch reconnaissance aircraft were supposed to be responsible for long-range maritime surveillance and reconnaissance above and under water for the German Navy for the next twenty years, while a potent and up-to-date successor would be developed domestically or together with European partners. The Luftwaffe officially received the first P-3C on May 18, 2006.
While the P-3C had been bought and delivered, the procurement program for a potential successor was launched, since it was clear that the used P-3Cs would have only a limited lifetime left on their airframes and that maintenance would escalate over time. The potential P-3 successor became the project “Magellan”, which could trace back its origins to 2001. Magellan had been proposed by Airbus after the global market with turboprop-powered maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft had been analyzed in the late Nineties and a huge global market opportunity had been discovered – including the demand of the German Luftwaffe and its naval air arm, the Marineflieger. Another driving factor behind the project was that similar aircraft produced abroad did not fully meet European – and most specifically German – requirements, so that the development of a purpose-built indigenous aircraft became a highly attractive option, also fueled by political pressure to support the European aircraft industry. Consequently, the German Ministry of Defense submitted the domestic development of the Magellan maritime patrol aircraft as part of its April 2001 – March 2006 Five-Year Defense Plan. In October 2003, following its earlier proposal and with the P-3C deal with the Netherlands, Airbus Industries received prime contractor status and Magellan started to take shape.
To save cost and development time, the Magellan ASW aircraft was not a completely new design. Like many former ASW aircraft (e. g. the Lockheed P-3, the BAe Nimrod, and the recent Boeing P-8) it was based on the airframe of an existing airliner. In Magellan’s case it was the new Airbus A318, which shared many components with the rest of the short/medium range A320 airliner family, including body components, cockpit windows, outer wings, horizontal stabilizer, and other systems. Internal shared parts included the auxiliary power unit, cockpit panels, flight control system computer, anti-collision lights, and gear control unit. This reportedly saved US$ 3.3 billion during the aircraft’s development until 2019.
To adapt the civil airliner to its new and specialized military role, many modifications were made. The most obvious change was a switch of powerplants, from a pair of high-bypass turbofans under the wings to four smaller engines in separate underwing nacelles. This required a thorough yet invisible modification of the wings’ internal structure, which allowed two extra hardpoints for the additional engines, and this also made the wings more stress-resistant for frequent low-/medium altitude operations. An increased use of composite materials helped to limit the resulting gain in structural weight.
The four-engine design adopted for the Magellan resulted in a flight profile with better maneuverability and stability at low-speed, low-altitude flight and allowed the aircraft to continue its mission in the event of a single and even a two-engine failure. As well as greater operational survivability, the high-bypass engines provided for quiet, fuel-efficient operation. Compared with the P-3 or the Breguet Atlantic, the Magellan also had, thanks to its jet propulsion, reduced transit times in comparison to turboprop-powered competitors, and the turbofans were quieter, making it more difficult for submerged submarines to detect the aircraft above them acoustically.
Propulsion came from four Pratt & Whitney PW1000Gs, a new high-bypass geared turbofan engine (also called the GTF = geared turbofan). The gearbox between the fan and the low-pressure spool allowed each to spin at its optimal speed, allowing a higher bypass ratio for a better propulsive efficiency. Pratt & Whitney claimed the engine was 16% more fuel efficient than the previous generation, and up to 75% quieter. Additionally, response to throttle input could be improved, resulting in a higher agility especially at lower speed.
The first variant to enter service was the PW1100G for the Airbus A320neo in January 2016. The engine had teething problems after its introduction, extending to grounded aircraft and inflight failures, but this was solved soon afterwards. The Magellan was the first military aircraft to use the new GTF engine type operationally. In the Magellan, the modified engines (designated PW1700M) with only two instead of three low pressure compression stages) provided a thrust of 15.000 lb (67 kN) each, so that the four GTF engines of the Magellan offered a little more thrust than the commercial airliners’ powerplants. In flight and on long-range patrol missions, one pair of engines would frequently be shut down to save fuel and reduce the noise profile even further, and the geared fans could be automatically set at diffefent ratios so that the frequencies generated from one engine would overlay and reduce the noise profile from the other one. This system was usspoed to be so effective that the audio signature of the Magellan would resemble strong wind and not man-made sound.
From the start the Magellan was equipped with many newly developed technologies and features, particularly in terms of its avionics and mission systems. One such key feature was the use of a fly-by-optics flight control system, which essentially replaced standard metal wiring with optical fiber cables. This also had the beneficial effect of decreasing electro-magnetic disturbances to the sensors on-board in comparison to more common fly-by-wire control systems, and it also helped to make the Magellan harder to detect from the outside.
The Magellan was equipped with various sensors to enable the aircraft to perform its primary purpose of maritime patrol and detecting submarines and surface vessels; these include the AMPaR active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar from Cassidian, a Airbus Defence and Space subsidiary, which used an array consisting of three separate antennas mounted under a mutual nose radome to provide 240-degree coverage at a range of more than 450 km (280 mi). All antennae together consisted of more than 3000 very small transmitter/receiver elements that divided the azimuth range into three overlapping 90° sectors. They could examine their sectors simultaneously and could also simultaneously track many maritime and aviation targets within each sector. The number of targets that can be tracked automatically is 1,000 and the number of targets that can be combated at the same time is around 60. AMPaR (Airborne Maritime Patrol Radar) was able to track surface vessels at sea at a range of 300 km (186 mi) while high-flying aircraft of fighter size could automatically be tracked at >250 km (150 mi). Even sea-skimming missiles could be detected and tracked at >25 km (15 mi). The data obtained is passed on to a command and weapon deployment system. The ASEA radar was furthermore supplemented by an Infrared/Light sensor array with an integrated laser range finder and target designator for surface detection, which allowed passive observation and tracking as well as target illumination for guided weapons, either deployed by the Magellan itself or from another carrier.
Further mission sensors included a magnetic anomaly detector (MAD) embedded into the aircraft's tail (where it replaced the airliner’s APU, which was re-located into the left-wing root area, while a heat exchanger was mounted on the right). Sophisticated acoustic systems were also added for this purpose. Another novelty was the integration of an artificial intelligence (AI) system that directed the TACCO operator to the optimal flight course to track or attack a submarine.
Behind the cockpit, the cabin was separated into three sections, consisting of the ASW operators’ section with workstations and observer places, a rest and general storage area with a small kitchen and four bunk beds for crews working in shifts on long-term missions, and a final section for 5” sonobuoy storage and their manual deployment through a total of four two release shafts, connected with the cabin through air locks. Vertical and oblique cameras were mounted together with the sonobuoy shafts in the lower fuselage and accessible from the cabin through hatches in the floor. The two rear sections could optionally be combined and re-arranged to make room for eventual transport duties, and seats could be installed, too to offer space for up to 28 passengers.
Under the cabin floor, two separate unpressurized bomb bays, one in front of and the other behind the wings, housed the bulk of the aircraft's ASW munitions. The bomb bay was supplemented by a total of eight external hardpoints, two pairs under the inner and outer wings each. Weapons available on the Magellan included torpedoes, mines, and depth charges internally. Air-to-surface missiles (including AGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles, AGM-65 Maverick ASMs and AGM-88 HARM anti-radar missiles), air-to-air missiles (AIM-9 Sidewinder or Iris-T) for self-defense, ECM and chaff/flare dispenser pods, or bombs, including laser-guided precision weapons, were typically carried on the wing pylons externally. The sonobuoy shafts were located behind the rear bomb bay and not connected with it.
Armaments and their deployment were managed by a stores management system, which included a newly developed Universal Stores Control Unit (USCU) capable of accommodating hundreds of different munitions, including future ones and precision weapons. Multiple radar warning receivers provided all-round awareness of missile threats, which were combined with a defensive countermeasure suite. Additional fuel tanks were integrated into the fuselage, too, which extended the A318’s typical airliner range from 5.740 km (3,100 nmi) to 8.000 km (5,000 mi), making patrol missions of 18 hours and more possible without need to refuel.
In June 2007, Airbus rolled out the Magellan prototype (coded 60+10, later re-designated 98+70 and handed over to WTD 71 in Eckernförde for further development work), converted from an existing civil airliner airframe, and now official designated A318 MPA (“Maritime Patrol Aircraft”) to mark the aircraft’s heritage and role. The rollout had been delayed for three months due to the discovery of defective rivets which required remedial repairs to be performed. On 28 September 2007, the Magellan conducted its maiden flight from Hamburg Finkenwerder, where the civil A318 airliners were finally assembled, too; this lasted one hour and ended successfully.
On 31 August 2007, Airbus announced that they would produce four Magellan production airframes for the Bundesluftwaffe, with an option for four more aircraft, with a unit price of US$ 141.5 million for each aircraft and to be delivered in 2012. At that time Airbus officials claimed that the Magellan was a more capable, albeit more expensive, aircraft than the Boeing P-8 Poseidon; in comparison to the P-8, the Magellan had a greater range, a larger bomb bay, and had been optimized for the maritime patrol mission. Beyond Germany, Norway (4 aircraft), Spain (6) and Taiwan (3, with an option for 3 more) also procured the Magellan. Argentina and Chile also showed interest in the type.
Due to development and budgetary problems the delivery of the A318 MPA to the Marineflieger was delayed several times, and the anticipated maintenance problems with the former Dutch P-3Cs in German service escalated. At the end of 2016, the magazine Der Spiegel reported that none of the aircraft were operational as of September 30, 2016, and that one of the aircraft had only completed two and a half hours of flight in 10 years. Total costs could no longer be calculated, and as a result, soon not a single German P-3 was operational for at least several weeks. The situation became so severe that the German Ministry of Defense considered to lease five Boeing P-8A Poseidon as another interim solution, but in late 2019 the first Magellan Airbus was introduced to the re-established MFG 1, which had operated Tornado IDS’ in the maritime strike and reconnaissance role until 1993. At the time of their operational introduction the aircraft had already been updated: SIGINT equipment had been added (outwardly recognizable through slender wingtip pods and an extended spinal fairing in front of the fin) to survey and record radio communication. In this configuration the aircraft were officially designated A318 MPA Phase II.
However, instead of the MFG 1’s former base Jagel the unit now was located at Nordholz, where the P-3 facilities were used to operate the similar-sized A318 MPAs. Operations started only slowly, though, and during early exercises and NATO deployments to Lithuania the first two A318 MPAs (60+11 and 12) reportedly suffered radar, sensor integration, and data transfer problems, leading to more testing. 1./MFG 1 only received full operational status with its four planned initial aircraft in early 2022, and a second squadron with four more aircraft will probably only become operational with MFG 1 in 2027.
[b][u]General characteristics:[/u][/b]
Flight crew: 3
Mission crew: 8 (but operationally up to 12 with working in shifts on long-range missions)
Length: 36,52 m (118 ft 9 in) overall
Wingspan: 33,98 m (111 ft 3¾ in)
Wing area: 122.4 m² (1,318 sq ft)
Wing sweepback: 25°
Tail height: 12,24 m (40 ft 1 in)
Operating empty weight: 44.100 kg (97,100 lb)
Maximum zero-fuel weight (MZFW): 59.100 kg (130,200 lb)
Maximum landing weight (MLW): 62.100 kg (136,800 lb)
Maximum take-off weight (MTOW): 79,700 kg (175,708 lb)
[u]Powerplant[/u]:
4× Pratt & Whitney PW1700M high-bypass geared turbofan engines, 67 kN (15,000 lbf) thrust each
[u]Performance:[/u]
Maximum speed: 996 km/h (619 mph, 538 kn)
Cruise speed: 833 km/h (518 mph, 450 kn)
Range: 8,000 km (5,000 mi, 4,300 nmi)
Combat radius: 2,500 km (1,600 mi, 1,300 nmi) with 4 hours on station for anti-submarine warfare
Service ceiling: 13,520 m (44,360 ft)
[u]Armament:[/u]
2 internal bomb bays with a total of eight stations,
8 external underwing pylons
Total capacity of 9,000 kg (19,842 lb) for torpedoes, mines, depth charges, various
air-to-surface missiles (ASMs), or bombs, plus short-range AAMs for self-defense
[b]The kit and its assembly:[/b]
This fictional Airbus ASW aircraft was spawned by the Kawasaki P-1, an indigenous Japanese P-3 replacement with an unusual four-engine propulsion on a relatively small airframe. I envisioned a European alternative, inspired by the sad state of the Dutch P-3s in German duty – and that made a converted Airbus airframe a natural choice. I eventually settled for the smallest type, the A318, also because it had similar dimensions as the Japanese P-1 and procured an Eastern Express kit when I stumbled upon a priceworthy offer.
As a side information: there were real plans for an A319 ASW derivative, but this build here is unrelated (found out about it much later, after I started work on my model) and only shares the “MPA” suffix. I was not able to find any detail info about it, though.
The alternative/extra engines for my A 318 MPA turned out to be a major challenge. My initial plan to use the four nacelles with pylons from a 1:144 Revell WhiteKnight Two/SpaceShip Two kit set came to naught when I realized that these would be much too small for the A318 airframe. They eventually went into a BAe 146ish conversion of a DC-9 airframe with shoulder-mounted wings that I build a couple of weeks ago, where they looked fine. But the Magellan would require something more substantial, and finding a suitable and affordable alternative took some time and legwork. I eventually found aftermarket engine nacelles from Skyline Models for a 1:200 Hasegawa Boeing 747-200/300, made from IP with resin exhausts. They offered IMHO a good size and shape compromise, with a good level of detail for 1:144, and the quartet was affordable, too, because I did not want to buy a donor kit just for the engines. However, even though the pods look nice and have fine surface details, they do not go together at all: you have either to sand the fan discs into an unnatural oval shape or you have to bridge a massive 1 mm(!) gap on the underside when you force the halves together. The resin tail cones themselves are crisp and look very good, but they do hardly fit into the fan shroud and the pylons’ shape doesn’t match up with then, either. Fits well in style with the A318 kit, though… Did I mention that the Eastern Express A318 kit is a PITA? It has quite nice surface detail, but the bigger the parts the less they go together. Esp. the wing and fuselage halves were a TOTAL mess, the latter could only be closed through force and combining the hull with the wing halves, which have a weird construction on the lower hull – the mold layout was chosen to allow proper detail to be added around the main landing gear wells, but building this is a horror, was a nightmare, with poor fit, massive gaps and dislocations of up to 1 mm!
Talking about trouble: mounting the wacky 747 pods under the Airbus’ wings required even more hardware mods on top of the basic fit problems. The inner pair of engines went closer to the fuselage, to make more space for the outer pair, even though they ended up pretty close to the main landing gear. The A318’s original attachment points under the wings were PSRed away and the inner pair of donor pods was mounted onto the inner flap mechanism fairings. Their pylons had to be modified accordingly, though. The outer pair was mounted at about half distance from the inner engines and the wing tips. Their pylons had to be shortened, due to the low wing depth. Outside of them I added weapon stations from a Dragon 1:144 Tornado IDS, which also provided AGM-88 HARMs and Sidewinders as suitable ordnance.
The rest of modifications were more of a cosmetic kind. The biggest change was a bigger, more bulbous nose radome for the surveillance radar; in this case I used a leftover nose section from an Airfix 1:72 D.H. Venom trainer, mounted and PSRed over the Airbus’s original nose. Not a big modification, but the different nose profile changes the Airbus‘ look significantly to something P-3ish, and it resembled the Japanese P-1 a lot now.
The windscreen itself, while quite clear, had to be forced into its opening, and due to its poor fit and some gaps I PSRed it over and later used aftermarket decals to create the windscreen. Other graft-ons included a MAD boom carved from sprue material, a dorsal antenna bulge (from an Airfix A-4B kit) behind the cockpit and a pair of optical sensor turrets under the chin, somewhat B-52Gish. Under the lower rear fuselage, I added a pair of bulges for the sonobuoy launch tubes and cameras, leftover optional parts form/for a Heller Saab S32C’s camera nose. Fin and wing tips were slightly clipped, and I added scratched sensor fairings (sprue material), what considerably changes the aircraft’s look away from an airliner, and I also added a low spinal fairing (styrene profile) at the fin’s base. Finally, some blade antennae made from 0.5mm styrene sheet were mounted around the hull and small scoops for the relocated APU and heat exchangers were added.
[b]Painting and markings:[/b]
As usual, a tricky choice. The German P-3Cs did not carry a special camouflage – they simply retained the former Dutch Navy livery in all-over Light Gull Grey (FS 36440), which I found too boring to apply on the whiffy ASW Airbus. Due to the aircraft’s sheer size, I refrained from a tactical paint scheme like the rather murky three-tone wraparound Norm ’87 scheme from the Marineflieger Tornados or any of its (though interesting) development patterns or derivatives. Instead, I rather took inspiration from the Luftwaffe’s MedEvac/MRT Airbus A310s, which were painted RAL 7001 (Silbergrau, Revell 374) overall. This shade of grey comes close to FS 36375 but is colder.
For an aircraft that would not only operate at high altitude and to conceal it from above I found a uniform RAL 7001 livery too bright, so that I decided to paint the upper surfaces in a slightly darker tone, RAL 7000 (Fehgrau, Revell 57), which is, as a coincidence, the tone of most Bundesmarine surface vessels’ superstructures since 1956: a cold blue-grey tone somewhere between FS 36320 and 35237. Together with a straight and low waterline this resulted in a rather low-viz-ish livery, augmented by relatively few and small markings and stencils.
The landing gear was painted white, the walkway/Corroguard areas on the wings received a slightly different shade of grey (RAL 7005 Mausgrau, Revell 47) than the basic camouflage, and I added a slightly darker anti-glare panel (RAL 7012, Basaltgrau, Revell 77) in front of the windscreen. The nose radome and other di-electric fairings were painted in a yet another slightly brownish shade of grey (RAL 7030, Steingrau, Revell 75), to create some more variety. Some light post-panel shading was done, and to emphasize the engraved panel lines I also applied a light black ink washing.
Windscreen, windows, and doors were created with decals, partly aftermarket, partly OOB. The cabin windows’ number was reduced to reflect the aircraft’s dedicated military role. Tactical markings were few and rather lustreless. German markings and codes were procured from appropriate generic material from TL Modellbau and Peddinghaus Decals, the small MFG 1 badges came from an Italeri Marineflieger Tornado kit (with subdued Norm ’87 markings). Stencils and walkway markings on the wings came from the OOB sheet.
Finally, everything was sealed with matt acrylic varnish from a rattle can, with a light sheen instead of pure matt.
The result looks simple in its all-grey livery but getting there – esp. with the poor-fitting Eastern Express Airbus A318 as basis and the even worse donor engines – was a long and tough fight. But despite the troubles, the model of this fictional Kawasaki P-1 alternative from Europe looks pretty convincing and the four-engine layout worked well, despite the relatively compact airframe.
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NYCHA - NYCHA Senior Benefit & Entitlement Fair - September 22, 2011 - River Bank State Park (Photo by Leticia Barboza)
From my set entitled “Lysimachia”
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In my collection entitled “The Garden”
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysimachia
Lysimachia is a genus of flowering plants. It is traditionally classified in the family Primulaceae but should, according to molecular phylogenetic study, be placed to the family Myrsinaceae
Lysimachia species often have yellow flowers, and grow vigorously. They tend to grow in damp conditions. Several species within Lysimachia are commonly called loosestrife, although this name is also used for plants within the genus Lythrum.
Lysimachia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some butterflies and moths, including the Dot Moth, Grey Pug, Lime-speck Pug, Small Angle Shades and V-pug.
ORIGINAL ACEO entitled, "19th CENTURY FISH PEOPLE PORTRAITS No.3" (2008) by award winning American artist/animator Dean A. Kendrick. The piece is a 2.5" x 3.5" ink marker drawing/watercolor painting on heavy weight watercolor paper that is intentionally stained with a coffee wash to give it an older, worn look as if it was found in the leaky attic of an under-kept Victorian mansion.
Who are the Fish People? Where did they come from? Are they a forgotten, de-evolutionary race that flourished in the 19th century United States?
ACEO stands for "Art Cards, Editions and Originals". These popular, collectible cards are exclusively 2.5" x 3.5" in size.
These 39 pictures entitled "Colors of Fall in Yardley . . ." were all taken around my home in late October, pre-Hurricane Sandy. Number 7968 is a photo of the tree that came crashing down on two unsuspecting cars parked underneath it at the height of the hurricane.
Fall happens to be my favorite time of year and not just because pumpkin flavors are all the rage. From late September to early November, Mother Nature puts on her most spectacular show. Trees of all types slowly transition from their standard leaves to shades of red, orange, gold, brown, and even purple. Landscapes across the country pop with vibrant colors and serve as a brief reminder just how beautiful nature can be.
It's a great time for hiking and scenic drives and below are all the resources you need to make your trip happen. Whether you want to know just why leaves change their colors or are looking for where to see specific shades, the answers are here.
So Why Do Leaves Change Colors?
The answer lies in one word: chlorophyll. It's the chemical that gives leaves their green color. Chlorophyll is also responsible for photosynthesis - a process where plants turn water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and sugar. Confused? Let's back up to the basics.
Trees take water from the ground using their roots. They also take carbon dioxide from the air. But trees need oxygen and glucose to grow big and healthy. In order to do that, they use sunlight to turn the water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and glucose. That's photosynthesis. And chlorophyll helps make it happen.
When summer ends and autumn begins, there is less sunlight since the days get shorter. This is an important hint for trees and other plants to prepare themselves for the winter. Since there isn't enough light and water during the winter for photosynthesis, trees go into rest-mode and will feed off food they have stored up over summer. While processes shut down, chlorophyll starts to disappear from the leaves, taking away the green color. As the green fades, the leaves show other colors that have been there all along - yellow and orange. They have been hidden all summer by chlorophyll and during the fall, it is their time to shine!
You're probably wondering about the other signature colors of autumn - red, purple, and brown. Well, in some trees, such as maples, glucose is trapped in the leaves after photosynthesis stops. That glucose is turned into a red color from the sunlight and the cool nights of autumn. The brown color of trees, such as oaks, is made from tannin - a waste product left in the leaves.
The brilliance of colors you see every fall is directly related to weather conditions. The brightest colors are seen when late summer is dry, and autumn has bright sunny days and cool evenings. A good supply of rainfall also keeps the leaves on trees longer and helps to enhance the color.
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Exhibit entitled “Protecting cultural heritage: an imperative for humanity” (in accordance to resolutions: A/RES/69/281 and S/RES/2199 (2015))
Cultural artifacts retrieved by the Italian Carabinieri Special Unit for the Protection of Cultural Heritage.
Photo credit: UN Photo/Amanda Voisard. Please contact United Nations Photo Library for queries related to photo usage.