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Fruit d’un partenariat public-privé, la Design Station Wallonie est un bâtiment innovant et emblématique du design du 21me siècle ; il est érigé dans le nouveau quartier liégeois de la gare Calatrava et de la tour des finances.
Dressé tel un écrin dans ce quartier, ce bâtiment à forte visibilité, donne l’occasion au public de venir admirer des œuvres de designers mais permet également l’organisation d’évènements. Le socle sur deux niveaux est largement vitré ; il est surplombé d’un volume redressé et recouvert d’une toile microperforée. Sur ce socle de verre se dépose sur trois niveaux le volume parallélépipédique relié au sol par trois colonnes métalliques qui permettent une déambulation piétonne. Dans la toile, les fenêtres sont de véritables boites d’exposition.
Mais plus encore … Aux étages, une pépinière de jeunes talents s’essaie, échange, mutualise et concrétise autour du design en devenir. Les espaces dont la polyvalence a été une ligne directrice permettent tantôt la convivialité, tantôt l’isolement toujours dans le but de stimuler la créativité participative.
Le bâtiment est complété en intérieur d’ilot par un ensemble de 13 logements, réalisé en promotion immobilière par l’entreprise Moury Immo sa.
The result of a public-private partnership, the Design Station Wallonie is an innovative and emblematic building of 21st century design; it is built in the new Liège district of the Calatrava station and the finance tower.
Standing like a jewel in this district, this highly visible building gives the public the opportunity to come and admire the works of designers but also allows the organization of events. The two-level base is largely glazed; it is overlooked by a straightened volume and covered with a micro-perforated canvas. On this glass base is placed on three levels the parallelepiped volume connected to the ground by three metal columns that allow a pedestrian stroll. In the canvas, the windows are real exhibition boxes.
But even more ... On the floors, a nursery of young talents tries, exchanges, pools and concretizes around the design in the making. The spaces whose versatility has been a guideline allow sometimes conviviality, sometimes isolation always with the aim of stimulating participatory creativity.
The building is completed inside the block by a set of 13 housing units, carried out in real estate development by the company Moury Immo sa.
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A few more random bits and pieces to upload before I get stuck into my next trip.
This is a recently flipped version of a square cropped rotated fisheye photo taken inside the Lingotto Factory in Turin. I thought maybe the result looked like the interior of a spaceship......
Click here to see more photos from my trip to Turin: www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157705667566294 , alternatively click here for more of my 'flips': www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157627889661743
From Wikipedia, "Lingotto is the name of a district of Turin, Italy, as well as the name of the Lingotto building in Via Nizza. It once housed a car factory built by Italian automotive company Fiat and today houses the administrative headquarters of the manufacturer and a multipurpose centre projected by architect Renzo Piano.
Construction of the building started in 1916 and it was inaugurated in 1923. The design by the young architect Giacomo Matté-Trucco, was unusual in that it had five floors, with raw materials going in at the ground floor, and cars built on a line that went up through the building. Finished cars emerged at rooftop level to go onto the 1.5km long test track. The construction was carried out by the company of G A Porcheddu. It was the largest car factory in the world at that time. For its time, the Lingotto building was avant-garde, influential and impressive—Le Corbusier called it "one of the most impressive sights in industry", and "a guideline for town planning". 80 different models of car were produced there in its lifetime, including the Fiat Topolino of 1936. "
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Macro Mondays theme : "April Fools"
Waiter: Here is your soft boiled egg Miss. Exactly as you asked,
with a perfectly running chick!
Me: A perfectly running what? I asked for a runny yolk! What is this?! Is it a little chick?
Waiter: My apologies Miss… I’ll get you another one.
Me: Sir, please take it back! But wait! It’s a little rubber chick! You got me there!
Waiter: April fools!
Me: You are terrible! No tip for you!
Waiter: I am quite sorry Miss!
Me: I was just kidding! This was really funny! Can’t wait to tell my friends! But please go and get my egg now!
As usual, the whole frame is within the 3” guideline.
Thank you everyone for your visits, faves, and kind comments
Manhattan, NYC Protest Annual Rent Guideline Board Meeting
Make The Road Protesters- LatinX Adults & Kids-
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Several Haiku Notes:
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Symbols more than words
they are the keys to our heart
creating feelings
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What is it we need?
Peace and Love within our Hearts
That is the answer
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And what of the Tao?
It is the way of nature
Learn to follow it
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A Haiku Note:
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Viewing the Wu Wei
is the way of world events
it's all cyclical
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In Chinese philosophy, yin and yang (also, yin-yang or yin yang) describes how apparently opposite or contrary forces are actually complementary, interconnected, and interdependent in the natural world, and how they give rise to each other as they interrelate to one another. Many tangible dualities (such as light and dark, fire and water, and male and female) are thought of as physical manifestations of the duality of yin and yang. This duality lies at the origins of many branches of classical Chinese science and philosophy, as well as being a primary guideline of traditional Chinese medicine, and a central principle of different forms of Chinese martial arts and exercise, such as baguazhang, taijiquan (t'ai chi), and qigong (Chi Kung), as well as in the pages of the I Ching written in 1,000 BC and before.
Yin and yang can be thought of as complementary (rather than opposing) forces that interact to form a dynamic system in which the whole is greater than the assembled parts. Everything has both yin and yang aspects, (for instance shadow cannot exist without light). Either of the two major aspects may manifest more strongly in a particular object, depending on the criterion of the observation. The yin yang shows a balance between two opposites with a little bit in each.
In Daoist metaphysics, distinctions between good and bad, along with other dichotomous moral judgments, are perceptual, not real; so, the duality of yin and yang is an indivisible whole. In the ethics of Confucianism on the other hand, most notably in the philosophy of Dong Zhongshu (c. 2nd century BC), a moral dimension is attached to the idea of yin and yang.
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Yin --- Yang
0 --- 1
- ... +
abdomen --- back
absorbing --- penetrating
acidity --- alkalinity
affective --- cognitive
afternoon --- morning
akasha --- prana
autumn --- spring
back --- front
backward --- forward
belly --- head
below --- above
black --- white
bottom --- top
broken --- solid
calm --- chaos
center --- extreme
centripetal force --- centrifugal force
chills --- fever
cinnabar --- lead
circle --- square
circular --- straight
clockwise --- counter-clockwise
cold --- hot
contracting --- expanding
copper--- tin
dark --- light
death --- life
diffuse --- focused
down --- up
earth --- sky
eight --- nine
emotional --- logical
empty --- full
end of motion --- beginning of motion
even --- odd
fat --- muscle
female --- male
feminine --- masculine
flexible --- firm
fluid --- static
follower --- leader
forgiveness --- anger
freezing water --- boiling water
fruits --- cereals
girl --- boy
heart --- mind
heaven --- earth
ice --- fire
introvert --- extrovert
intuitive --- logical
involuntary --- voluntary
inward --- outward
left --- right
light --- shadow
low --- high
me --- I
minus --- plus
momentum ---position
moon --- sun
mother --- father
night --- day
non-action --- action
north --- south
northwest --- southeast
off --- on
open --- close
orange --- azure
passion --- reason
passive --- active
pink --- blue
potassium --- sodium
process --- structure
pull --- push
quiescence --- activity
quiet --- loud
receiving --- giving
receptive --- creative
relaxed --- tense
right brain --- left brain
salt --- pepper
sensitivity --- firmness
short --- tall
sister --- brother
six --- seven
slow --- fast
small --- large
softness --- hardness
spiritual --- physical
static --- energetic
stillness --- motion
subconscious --- conscious
subjective --- objective
submissive --- dominant
sugar --- salt
sunset --- sunrise
sweet --- sour
taking --- giving
tiger --- dragon
tranquil --- active
vagina --- penis
valley --- mountain
venus --- jupiter
water --- fire
wave --- particle
weak --- strong
west --- east
wet --- dry
winter --- summer
wisdom --- intelligence
woman --- man
xue-blood --- qi-energy
yielding --- aggressive
yin --- yang
zero --- one
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One day your playing Arsenal in the FA Cup, next you're away at Torquay in a non league match in the National League! Still England branded team coach for the weekend in the form of this very smart looking Irizar i6 bodied Scania must be one of the perks!
Company: Guideline of Chelsfield
Registration: FA15ENG
New: 2015
Chassis: Scania K????B6
Bodywork: Irizar i6 C52Ft
Location: Livermead Cliff Hotel, Livermead, Torquay
Exposure: 1/160 @ f6.3 200ISO
Date: 25 February 2017
I spent quite a long time walking around this famous little "Cappella della Madonna di Vitaleta" This perspecive shows some more of the dreamy landscape around the chapel including a nice curved guideline to the main object.
Seen heading south bound on the M1 motorway at Milton Keynes is a 2017 Scania K410EB6 with Irizar i8 bodywork (C51Ft) from Guideline Coaches of Orpington.
New to Guideline in November 2017.
I rarely get a chance to shoot Boston during a snowstorm. I don't live in the city and I don't work in the city...so if it's snowing, I stay out of the city lest I get stuck in the city.
But I had some lovely dinner plans on this day. So I slung my camera into the bag and headed out early without checking the weather.
The snow 86'ed my original plans: to spend a few hours shooting with a vintage lens. The E-M1 laughs at cold and precipitation. When you fit a non-weathersealed lens and adapter tube to it, however, it's a nervous laugh accompanied by a change in body language that says "Yeah. I'd really be much more comfortable if you ditched the hipster-glass and put the good lens back on."
So that's what I did.
It was a fine day for shooting (thanks to the benediction of long underwear and a good heavy scarf). I immediately adjusted my camera to try a sophisticated shooting technique that I chose to call "overexposing the holy **** out of everything."
"Don't overexpose" is a guideline, not a rule. There are so few actual rules to photography. You should be guided by the image you want to capture, not by the technical rules that you're supposed to be following.
I've often failed to keep this in mind. Portrait of a cosplayer in a white hooded robe with colorful detail on the inside. What a lovely effect I would have created if I'd severely overexposed it so that the white completely flashed out and framed the face and the details better. Would it have looked "real"? Naw, but real can be boring.
With this in mind, I decided that I wanted to just blow all of the snow right out. Make photos that appeared as though everything that wasn't snow were just objects on a plain sheet of paper.
This shot here is a whopping three stops over and that delivered the goods. I'd call this photo "interesting" rather than "great" but it was a good experience and fab training.
I've been trying to take great photos since junior high. I still feel like I'm just beginning to grasp things.
I can't help but call attention to the fact that the shutter speed is 1/3rd of a second. And yes, everything in-frame that wasn't moving is tack-sharp. Plus, once again: 22 degrees and snowing but I didn't worry for one second that the elements would damage my camera. What a dope I was for considering other cameras before buying this E-M1.
This small poison ivy plant from my backyard meets the 3" guideline for this weeks (June 12, 2017) Macro Monday theme "poisonous".
And as it happens, the Flickr Friday theme for this week is "macro".
2017 X = Macros; Image 53/100
I haven't shaved in years--maybe some weed-whacking with a scissors, but that's about it. So, when brain cancer robbed Dad of his sight, I pointed out that two of his daughters were highly-trained medical people--wouldn't they do better at shaving him than I? Nope. He felt a man, his son, would do a proper job of shaving another man's face.
So I went after it with the his old tired razor that must have been used to scrape paint. It was dull as a butter knife, but we got the job done.
It's one of my best memories of 2014--though at the time, I wouldn't have thought so. Now that year's calendar is about to go into the recycling and I'm still digesting all the endings that came with 2014.
I suppose we all grieve in our own way. I appreciate the tradition from the Rez--where you give it a rest for a year. And it hasn't been a year yet for me. The prohibition on speaking the name of the departed, or displaying their photo--I see the wisdom of it. I'm apt to let things fester, so that's a good rule.
Well, maybe more of a guideline for the moment though--just taking stock of things as we head into the New Year. Fear and Hope, Loss and Gain, Past and Future. It takes Trust to embrace Now--like a blind man asking a bearded barber for a shave. Thanks Dad.
Hope everyone is healthy and safe. I am so far. Practicing social distancing. This is only Day 2 for me ... not too many people outside so I took a short walk (everyone I encountered obeyed the 6 feet guideline). Wow it was great to get outside. Take care!
Dover (/ˈdoʊvər/; French: Douvres) is a town and major ferry port in the home county of Kent, in South East England. It faces France across the strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel, and lies south-east of Canterbury; east of Kent's county town Maidstone; and north-east along the coastline from Dungeness and Hastings. The town is the administrative centre of the Dover District and home of the Dover Calais ferry through the Port of Dover. The surrounding chalk cliffs are known as the White Cliffs of Dover.
Its strategic position has been evident throughout its history: archaeological finds have revealed that the area has always been a focus for peoples entering and leaving Britain. The name of the town derives from the name of the river that flows through it, the River Dour. The town has been inhabited since the Stone Age according to archaeological finds, and Dover is one of only a few places in Britain – London, Edinburgh, and Cornwall being other examples – to have a corresponding name in the French language, Douvres.
There was a military barracks in Dover, which was closed in 2007.[3] Although many of the former ferry services have declined, services related to the Port of Dover provide a great deal of the town’s employment, as does tourism. The prospect of privatising the sale of the Port of Dover to create increased cash flow for the government was given a recent ironic twist due to the rejection of a possible bid from the town of Calais in France after opposition in Dover against any sale forced the government to withdraw the Port from the market. Local residents had clubbed together to propose buying it for the community, more than 12,000 people have bought a £10 share in the People's Port Trust.
Etymology
First recorded in its Latinised form of Portus Dubris, the name derives from the Brythonic word for waters (dwfr in Middle Welsh). The same element is present in the towns French (Douvres) and Modern Welsh (Dofr) forms, as well as the name of the river Dour and is evident in other English towns such as Wendover.
A 2013 study [4] suggested the name may come from an ancient word for 'double bank' referring to the shingle spit(s) that formed across the harbour entrance, for which a word dover is still used in the Isle of Wight. Subsequent name forms included Doverre;[5]
The current name was in use at least by the time of Shakespeare's King Lear (between 1603 and 1606), in which the town and its cliffs play a prominent role. The sight of the white cliffs when approaching Dover may have given the island of Britain its ancient name of Albion.
History
Dover’s history, because of its proximity to France, has always been of great strategic importance to Britain. Archaeological finds have shown that there were Stone Age people in the area; and that by the Bronze Age the maritime influence was already strong. Some Iron Age finds exist also, but the coming of the Romans made Dover part of their communications network. Like Lemanis (Lympne) and Rutupiae (Richborough) Dover was connected by road to Canterbury and Watling Street; and it became Portus Dubris, a fortified port. Forts were built above the port; lighthouses were constructed to guide passing ships; and one of the best-preserved Roman villas in Britain is here.
Dover figured largely in the Domesday Book as an important borough. It also served as a bastion against various attackers: notably the French during the Napoleonic Wars; and against Germany during the Second World War. It was the capital of the Cinque Ports during medieval times.[6]
Geography and climate
Dover is near the extreme south-east corner of Britain between Deal and Folkestone. At South Foreland, the nearest point to the continent, Cap Gris Nez near Calais is 34 kilometres (21 mi) away, across the Strait of Dover - because of this, the town is strongly associated with France[7]
The site of its original settlement lies in the valley of the River Dour, making it an ideal place for a port, sheltered from the prevailing south-westerly winds. This led to the silting up of the river mouth by the action of longshore drift; the town was then forced into making artificial breakwaters to keep the port in being. These breakwaters have been extended and adapted so that the port lies almost entirely on reclaimed land.
The higher land on either side of the valley – the Western Heights and the eastern high point on which Dover Castle stands – has been adapted to perform the function of protection against invaders. The town has gradually extended up the river valley, encompassing several villages in doing so. Little growth is possible along the coast, since the cliffs are on the sea’s edge. The railway, being tunnelled and embanked, skirts the foot of the cliffs.
Dover has an oceanic climate (Koppen classification Cfb) similar to the rest of the United Kingdom with mild temperatures year-round and a light amount of rainfall each month. The warmest recorded temperature was 31 °C (88 °F) and the coldest was −8 °C (18 °F), but the temperature is usually between 3 °C (37 °F) and 21.1 °C (70.0 °F). There is evidence that the sea is coldest in February; the warmest recorded temperature for February was only 13 °C (55 °F), compared with 16 °C (61 °F) in January.
Demography
In 1800, the year before Britain's first national census, Edward Hasted (1732–1812) reported that the town had a population of almost 10,000 people.[10]
At the 2001 census, the town of Dover had 28,156 inhabitants, while the population of the whole urban area of Dover, as calculated by the Office for National Statistics, was 39,078 inhabitants.[11]
With the expansion of Dover, many of the outlying ancient villages have been incorporated into the town. Originally the parishes of Dover St. Mary's and Dover St. James, since 1836 Buckland and Charlton have become part Dover, and Maxton (a hamlet to the west), River, Kearsney, Temple Ewell, and Whitfield, all to the north of the town centre, are within its conurbation.
Economy
Shipping
The Dover Harbour Board[12] is the responsible authority for the running of the Port of Dover. The English Channel, here at its narrowest point in the Straits of Dover, is the busiest shipping lane in the world. Ferries crossing between here and the Continent have to negotiate their way through the constant stream of shipping crossing their path. The Dover Strait Traffic Separation Scheme allots ships separate lanes when passing through the Strait. The Scheme is controlled by the Channel Navigation Information Service based at Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre Dover. MRCC Dover is also charged with co-ordination of civil maritime search and rescue within these waters.[13]
The Port of Dover is also used by cruise ships. The old Dover Marine railway station building houses one passenger terminal, together with a car park. A second, purpose built, terminal is located further out along the pier.[14]
The ferry lines using the port are (number of daily sailings in parentheses):
to Calais: P&O Ferries (25), DFDS Seaways (10).
to Dunkirk: DFDS Seaways (11).
These services have been cut in recent years:
P&O Ferries sailings to Boulogne (5 daily) were withdrawn in 1993 and Zeebrugge (4 daily) in 2002.
SNCF withdrew their three train ferry sailings on the opening of the Channel Tunnel.
Regie voor Maritiem Transport[15][16] moved their Ostend service of three sailings daily to Ramsgate in 1994; this route was operated by TransEuropa Ferries until April 2013.
Stena Line merged their 20 Calais sailings into the current P&O operation in 1998.
Hoverspeed ceased operations in 2005 and withdrew their 8 daily sailings.
SpeedFerries ceased operations in 2008 and withdrew their 5 daily sailings.
LD Lines ceased the Dover-Dieppe service on 29 June 2009 and Dover-Boulogne 5 September 2010.
SeaFrance ceased operations in 2012 of their Dover-Calais service which was their only service.
Transport
Dover’s main communications artery, the A2 road replicates two former routes, connecting the town with Canterbury. The Roman road was followed for centuries until, in the late 18th century, it became a toll road. Stagecoaches were operating: one description stated that the journey took all day to reach London, from 4am to being "in time for supper".[17]
The other main roads, travelling west and east, are the A20 to Folkestone and thence to London and the A258 through Deal to Sandwich.
The railway reached Dover from two directions: the South Eastern Railway's main line connected with Folkestone in 1844, and the London, Chatham and Dover Railway opened its line from Canterbury in 1861. Trains run from Dover Priory to London Charing Cross, London Victoria or London St Pancras International stations in London, and Ramsgate or Sandwich in Kent. Trains from Dover Priory are run by Southeastern (train operating company).
A tram system operated in the town from 1897 to 1936.
Dover has two long distance footpaths: the Saxon Shore Way and the North Downs Way. Two National Cycle Network routes begin their journey at the town.
The Port of Dover is a 20 minute walk from Dover Priory railway station.
The Dover to Dunkirk ferry route was originally operated by ferry operator Norfolkline. This company was later acquired by the pan European operator DFDS Seaways in July 2010.[18] The crossing time is approximately two hours.[19] Due to this route not being as well known as Dover to Calais, prices are often cheaper.[20] The location of Dunkirk is also more convenient for those travelling by road transport on to countries in Northern Europe including Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and further afield.
Stagecoach in East Kent provide local bus services. Dover is on the Stagecoach Diamond network providing links to Canterbury and Deal. The Western Docks at the port of Dover are served from the Town Centre as well as Canterbury and Deal. Dover is the start of The Wave network to New Romney via Folkestone, Hythe and Dymchurch. There are services to Lydd via Lydd Airport, with one continuing from Lydd on to Hastings via Camber and Rye. There is a link to Sandwich and Ramsgate. Buses run from Dover to Canterbury via Aylesham.
National Express runs coaches from Dover to other towns in Kent including Canterbury, Folkestone, Ashford, Kent, Maidstone, Gillingham at Hempsted Valley shopping centre and Greenhithe at Bluewater Shopping Centre for Dartford to London including Bexleyheath, Eltham, Walworth, Canary Wharf, Elephant & Castle, The City (The City of London) and to Victoria Coach Station
All buses serve Pencester Road except route 68 to Maxton operated by Regent Coaches.[citation needed]
Retail
The town's main shopping streets are the High Street and Biggin Street. The Castleton Retail Park is to the north-west of the town centre.
There are plans to open a 6 screen Cineworld Cinema and leisure element ( Restaurants) at St James but not until 2017. It has been recently announced that Marks and Spencer will relocate to St James Development and that the current M&S general store will close. The new 16,000 sq feet store at St James will be an M&S Simply Food with café only and will not sell clothing or homeware unlike the current store which will shut in 2016. Simmonds Jeweller's will close their Dover branch after 40 years in January 2014.[citation needed] The M&S general store and Simmonds branch in nearby Deal will remain open.[citation needed]
Independent stores continue to grow in Dover,[citation needed] but the main town centre of Dover remains in decline compared to other towns like Deal (Telegraph High Street of the Year 2013), Canterbury, Westwood Cross and Ashford who continue to take trade away from Dover.[citation needed]
RNLI
The Dover lifeboat is a Severn class lifeboat based in the Western Docks.[21] Dover Lifeboat station is based at crosswall quay in Dover Harbour. There is a Severn-class lifeboat, which is the biggest in the fleet. It belongs to the RNLI which covers all of Great Britain. The lifeboat number is 17-09 and has a lot of emergencies in the Channel. The Severn class is designed to lay afloat. Built from fibre reinforced composite (FRC) the boat is lightweight yet very strong and is designed to right itself in the event of a capsize.
Education
There are nine secondary level schools, 16 primary schools and two schools for special education.
Non-selective secondary schools include Astor College, St Edmund's Catholic School and Dover Christ Church Academy. Dover Grammar School for Boys and Dover Grammar School for Girls are the main grammar schools for the town.
Astor College for the Arts federated with St Radigunds Primary School (then renamed White Cliffs Primary College for the Arts) to form the Dover Federation for the Arts (DFA). Subsequently, Barton Junior School and Shatterlocks Nursery and Infant School joined the DFA. Two schools have been rated by OFSTED as Outstanding and two Good with outstanding features. In 2014 the Dover Federation for the Arts was warned by the Department for Education about "unacceptably low standards of performance of pupils ".[22]
The Duke of York's Royal Military School, England's only military boarding school for children of service personnel (co-ed ages 11–18), is also located in Dover, next to the former site of Connaught Barracks.
Dover College, a public school was founded in 1871 by a group of local business men.[23]
Public services
Dover has one hospital, Buckland Hospital[24] built in 2015 and located just along from its previous location ( A former Victorian workhouse) on Coombe Valley Road. The town once had four hospitals, Buckland, Royal Victoria, Isolation and the Eye Hospitals located at various points across the town.
Local media
Television
Dover was the home to television studios and production offices of Southern Television Ltd, the company which operated the ITV franchise for South and South East England from 1958-1981. The studios were located on Russell Street and were home to programmes like 'Scene South East', 'Scene Midweek', 'Southern News', 'Farm Progress' and the nightly epilogue, 'Guideline'. The studios were operated by TVS in 1982 and home to 'Coast to Coast', however they closed a year later when the company moved their operations to the newly complete Television Centre in Maidstone.
Newspapers
Dover has two paid for newspapers, the Dover Express (published by Kent Regional News and Media) and the Dover Mercury (published by the KM Group). Free newspapers for the town include the Dover and Deal Extra, part of the KM Group; and yourdover, part of KOS Media.
Radio
Dover has one local commercial radio station, KMFM Shepway and White Cliffs Country, broadcasting to Dover on 106.8FM. The station was founded in Dover as Neptune Radio in September 1997 but moved to Folkestone in 2003 and was consequently rebranded after a takeover by the KM Group. Dover is also served by the county-wide stations Heart, Gold and BBC Radio Kent.
The Gateway Hospital Broadcasting Service, in Buckland Hospital radio, closed at the end of 2006. It was the oldest hospital radio station in East Kent being founded in 1968.[25]
Dover Community Radio (DCR) currently offer internet programming and podcasts on local events and organisations on their website. The online station of the same name launched on 30 July 2011 offering local programmes, music and news for Dover and district.[26]
Culture
There are three museums: the main Dover Museum,[27] the Dover Transport Museum[28] and the Roman Painted House.
International relations
Twin towns / Sister cities
Dover has three twin towns:
France Calais, France
United States Huber Heights, Ohio, United States
Croatia Split, Croatia
Sports
Dover Leisure Centre on Townwall Street, is operated by Your Leisure, a not for profit charitable trust,[32] which caters for sports and includes a swimming pool.
There are sports clubs, amongst them (Dover Athletic F.C.) who play in the conference Premier league; rugby; swimming; water polo and netball (Dover and District Netball League).[33]
Dover Rowing Club is the oldest coastal rowing club in Britain and has a rich history, at one time becoming the best club on the south coast. More information can be found on the history page of the club's website.[34]
One event which gets media attention is that of swimming the English Channel.[35]
Sea fishing, from the beach, pier or out at sea, is carried out here.[36] The so-called Dover sole (solea solea) is found all over European waters.
Places of interest
Blériot memorial: the outline of Louis Blériot's aircraft, marked with granite setts, at the exact spot where Blériot landed after the first cross-Channel flight, 1909[37]
Dover Castle
White Cliffs of Dover
Dover Western Heights
Dover Museum
Roman Painted House Museum
Dover Transport Museum
Samphire Hoe
Seafront promenade
South Foreland Lighthouse
Pines Garden
St Edmund's Chapel
Connaught Park
Kearsney Abbey
Russel Gardens & Bushy Ruff
St Mary's Church
St James' Church: preserved as a "tidy ruin"
Dover Priory Railway Station
Notable people[edit]
Further information: List of people from Dover
In literature
M.R. James used the Dover landmark, the Lord Warden Hotel, as a location in his short ghost story "Casting the Runes", first published in More Ghost Stories in 1911.
GSC's "lounge area" at the back of a batch of E20D/E200MMCs due to arrive for serrvices in Swindon. All well and good if you always travel with your mates all the time, but I really can't see this catching on. If nothing else, it's dropped the seated capacity from 41 to 36.
This arrangement would, I think certainly work on college/university CD runs (see Reading's Spritzers for a guideline), but on a 'normal' service? Sorry - I just can't see this being a good move. Nor the perpetuated use of Stenning to come with yet another "inspired by the French curve" anonymous livery.
Sigh.
In the north of the Netherlands Park Hoge Veluwe stands Jachthuis Sint Hubertus, on a beautiful pond in a popular rambling area. It was built by architect H.P. Berlage from 1915 – 1920. The legend of Saint Hubertus served as a guideline for the design. It was built for Anton Kröller (who liked to hunt) and Helene Kröller – Müller (who was interested in the mystical aspect of the Hubertus legend). This legend tells the story of the conversion of Hubertus who in his youth had been a keen hunter. He repented, especially following a vision of a Red Deer with a luminous cross between its antlers and a voice that told him to better his life if he wanted to avoid hell. After having taken on the cross from the deer’s antlers - figuratively speaking - Hubertus retired to a monastery. Hubertus finally died in 727 as the bishop of Liege and Maastricht, and the Catholic Church later named him patron saint of the hunters. Architect Berlage and the artists who worked with him have expressed the legend in the Jachthuis using a lot of symbolic, which was quite normal for art styles of around 1900.
As the plan shows, the building is shaped like antlers. The tower with the cross incorporated in the masonry symbolizes the luminous cross between the antlers. Berlage was an architect who designed in the style of the New Objectivity. This style allowed artists to show the individual beauty of constructive elements. As Berlage designed most of the interior as well as many implements, the whole thing was perfectly geared to each other. This is enhanced by the repeated use of certain materials and shapes. In his time, Berlage was a modern architect. The building is full of technical tours de force, such as central heating, a central clock system, a central vacuum system, an electric lift and Pullmann sliding windows.
here's the final piece. my submission for an upcoming open show in Miami. the only guideline was that each piece had to be square and able to hang on the wall
All the lochs are frozen ...This one isn't yet..
Loch Lomond has the largest surface area of fresh water Loch in the UK. The Loch is 24 miles long and five miles wide and at its deepest point is some 600 feet deep.
On the Loch there are approximately 38 Islands, some of them inhabited and there is even a Hotel on one, Inchmurrin.
“How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride!
How much better is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your oils than any spice!”
This is for this week’s Macro Mondays theme Defining Beauty which seeks a quotation and a corresponding image.
Eeek! That’s well outside my comfort zone what with both a nebulous concept and a pertinent quotation. Who do they think I am? [derranged laughter off-stage]
OK, the quote is a lovely one from the Song of Solomon. Song is a beautiful book in itself and little known partly because it is a love-poem and partly because the protestant prudery of yesteryear tended to suppress it.
Song is attributed to King Solomon, the son of David who was lauded in the Bible for his wisdom, yet it is one of only two books in the Jewish and Christian canons of scripture not to mention God (the other being Esther).
But it’s the topic that caused discomfort in ancient pews, dealing as it does with a warm, positive celebration of human love and sexuality in the context of marriage. Interestingly for more than half the book the "voice" that is talking is that of the girl.
The book is quite erotic in its language once you decipher the poetic metaphor – for example, it frequently refers to wine often as an allusion to sexual activity. Perhaps appreciating the beauty of the poem can restore some dignity to that aspect of modern lives and relationships. That would indeed be wisdom!
But you are not here to listen to me prattle about why I like the Bible. The image, lest you hadn’t guessed, is a selfie. Rare for me, it adds to the digit from the other hand previously disclosed. One of these days you will have collected the complete set I am sure :)
I’ve been married to the same lady for over two-thirds of my life. You’ll note that I don’t say how long, in order to perpetuate the notion, carefully crafted on Flickr, that I am young, tall, dark and handsome (and believe me you would fall about laughing with that if you ever met me!).
I’ve sometimes wondered, without much success I have to say, what the key to a good marriage is. I feel uncomfortable with the notion that it depends on some particular strength of character or other quality.
The quote about marriage that has resonated with me most has been the one that said that the way to a good marriage was marrying the right woman. So true, though it seems to me that as we all lack prescience there is no way to tell when you start out.
For myself, the best I can come up with is that it takes real, long-lasting commitment from both to make a marriage work.
The Hebrew Bible has a word for long-lasting love which it often applies to God. This explains the image I have chosen to go with the quote which you can interpret as saying that long-lasting love is more precious in a marriage than ephemeral (though enjoyable) sexual attraction.
Thank you for taking time to look. I hope you enjoy the image. Happy Macro Mondays!
[On the dining table with a dark card background and directional daylight from a far window; tripod, remote release; manual focus in LiveView, VR off.
Taken on the diagonal to strengthen the composition.
Developed in Lightroom. Changed the yellow saturation and hue to emphasise the gold of the ring, correct the skin tones in red and orange and colour temperature. Reduced the Clarity to smooth the wrinkles (yep, the reality is even worse lol)
Into Affinity Photo for cropping to within the 3-inch guideline (for one so tall I have small hands :) ).
Sharpened using Clarity (perversely) and High Pass filter with Linear Burn (the latter being particularly effective here).
Soft and gentle dark vignette.]
David Letterman quote:
Fall is my favortie season in Los Angeles, watching the birds change color and fall from the trees.
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To my right is Southwestern Law School in Mid-Wilshire, Los Angeles. We drove back here 'cause hubby wanted to take photos. He almost gave up when he couldn't find parking until we found a spot along 7th street. The timing didn't seem right, I guess. But we still wanted to "paint with light" anyway . . . and practice!
Hubby, I think, is beginning to be genuinely interested in photography . . . after learning that Rule of Thirds. He said it's a good guideline. Now, his "canvas" has become clearer while his composition, easier.
To those who doesn't know about the Rule of Thirds yet, you can read a short article about it at www.theflickrite.com.
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The Way of the Tao
with the help of Yin and Yang
will give you Wu Wei
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A Yin/Yang Perception of Opposites
Tao Te Ching -:- Verse 2
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When people see things as beautiful,
ugliness is created.
When people see things as good,
evil is created.
Being and non-being produce each other.
Difficult and easy complement each other.
Long and short define each other.
High and low oppose each other.
Fore and aft follow each other.
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A Couple of Haiku Notes:
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The Yin and the Yang
they're not really opposites
complementary
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When you have questions
look and listen for the signs
synchronicity
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In Chinese philosophy, yin and yang (also, yin-yang or yin yang) describes how apparently opposite or contrary forces are actually complementary, interconnected, and interdependent in the natural world, and how they give rise to each other as they interrelate to one another. Many tangible dualities (such as light and dark, fire and water, and male and female) are thought of as physical manifestations of the duality of yin and yang. This duality lies at the origins of many branches of classical Chinese science and philosophy, as well as being a primary guideline of traditional Chinese medicine, and a central principle of different forms of Chinese martial arts and exercise, such as baguazhang, taijiquan (t'ai chi), and qigong (Chi Kung), as well as in the pages of the I Ching written in 1,000 BC and before.
Yin and yang can be thought of as complementary (rather than opposing) forces that interact to form a dynamic system in which the whole is greater than the assembled parts. Everything has both yin and yang aspects, (for instance shadow cannot exist without light). Either of the two major aspects may manifest more strongly in a particular object, depending on the criterion of the observation. The yin yang shows a balance between two opposites with a little bit in each.
In Daoist metaphysics, distinctions between good and bad, along with other dichotomous moral judgments, are perceptual, not real; so, the duality of yin and yang is an indivisible whole. In the ethics of Confucianism on the other hand, most notably in the philosophy of Dong Zhongshu (c. 2nd century BC), a moral dimension is attached to the idea of yin and yang.
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Yin --- Yang
0 --- 1
- ... +
abdomen --- back
absorbing --- penetrating
acidity --- alkalinity
affective --- cognitive
afternoon --- morning
akasha --- prana
autumn --- spring
back --- front
backward --- forward
belly --- head
below --- above
black --- white
bottom --- top
broken --- solid
calm --- chaos
center --- extreme
centripetal force --- centrifugal force
chills --- fever
cinnabar --- lead
circle --- square
circular --- straight
clockwise --- counter-clockwise
cold --- hot
contracting --- expanding
copper--- tin
dark --- light
death --- life
diffuse --- focused
down --- up
earth --- sky
eight --- nine
emotional --- logical
empty --- full
end of motion --- beginning of motion
even --- odd
fat --- muscle
female --- male
feminine --- masculine
flexible --- firm
fluid --- static
follower --- leader
forgiveness --- anger
freezing water --- boiling water
fruits --- cereals
girl --- boy
heart --- mind
heaven --- earth
ice --- fire
introvert --- extrovert
intuitive --- logical
involuntary --- voluntary
inward --- outward
jou --- kang
left --- right
light --- shadow
liu --- chiu
low --- high
me --- I
minus --- plus
momentum ---position
moon --- sun
mother --- father
night --- day
non-action --- action
north --- south
northwest --- southeast
off --- on
open --- close
orange --- azure
passion --- reason
passive --- active
pink --- blue
pliable --- rigid
potassium --- sodium
process --- structure
pull --- push
quiescence --- activity
quiet --- loud
receiving --- giving
receptive --- creative
relaxed --- tense
right brain --- left brain
salt --- pepper
sensitivity --- firmness
short --- tall
sister --- brother
six --- nine
slow --- fast
small --- large
softness --- hardness
spiritual --- physical
static --- energetic
stillness --- motion
subconscious --- conscious
subjective --- objective
submissive --- dominant
sugar --- salt
sunset --- sunrise
sweet --- sour
taking --- giving
tiger --- dragon
tranquil --- active
vagina --- penis
valley --- mountain
venus --- jupiter
water --- fire
wave --- particle
weak --- strong
west --- east
wet --- dry
winter --- summer
wisdom --- intelligence
woman --- man
xue-blood --- qi-energy
yielding --- aggressive
yin --- yang
zero --- one
After seeing two hawks come together in the air and then disappear behind some trees, I found two Red-tailed Hawks (in a field behind the trees) locked together by their talon holds on one another. I was drawn to their location after seeing a third hawk, which had been at the top of a tree near their point of contact, fly down and land adjacent to the two hawks. One of the hawks was clearly the more aggressive and during their struggle used it's beak to strike repeatedly at the other's head and eyes. After I became convinced that the hawk on the bottom was going to lose an eye or suffer serious injuries I finally gently nudged the top hawk with my shoe to try to break up the struggle. After a couple of minutes spent looking up at me, the hawks separated and flew off. The hawk that had been getting the worst of the fight joined up with the third hawk and the "top" hawk flew to a tree nearby. After a few minutes, the "top" hawk flew towards the other and then followed it when it flew off.
Note: Not interfering with nature is a proper guideline that's difficult to adhere to when one is so close to a violent battle between two such beautiful birds. I had previously photographed a Red-shouldered Hawk with a missing right eye and the memory of that hawk's damaged/missing eye is what compelled me to break up the fight.
7 Days with Flickr - Wednesdays: Macro or close-up
Macro Mondays theme '' Zodiac''
For this week Macro Mondays theme '' Zodiac '', I decided to use a pair of fish shaped chopstick rest holders. They are made of Pewter and I positioned them to represent the Pisces zodiac sign. But I guess you already figured that out… 😊.
Each rest holder is roughly 2” long. The whole frame is within the 3” guideline. By the way, this is not my zodiac sign.
Thank you everyone for your visits, faves, and kind comments
Imitation lies in the cradle of humankind. In order to become self-reliant, it is essential to mimic our surroundings. What causes a sensation, catches our attention: This setting determines how we speak, move, behave, and what we expect. The longer we grow into this conception, the more we look up to it, and the harder we try to comply with it.
With the assumption that they must know the ultimate truth, we are looking up to those who explain our world. They form the guideline by which we orient ourselves. However, trying to match all the associated expectations is tough work, which leads to a never-ending search for arrival.
It makes disappointment inevitable to act like being somebody that one does not feel like. Looking up from the ground to who we want to be, does not make this expectation more realistic. We are attracted to what represents us externally because it provides a clear direction.
While trying to match what others think is right, we forget too often to listen to ourselves. Hence, we continue looking up to an arbitrarily created ideal, although we already know deep down that trying to accomplish something you don’t believe in never works out in the end.
A Haiku Note:
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Viewing the Wu Wei
is the way of world events
in this Tiger year
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V=9,007 ::: F=15 ::: C=86 ::: 06/03/2023
V=10,016 :: F=15 ::: C=98 ::: 07/26/2023
V=12,491 :: F=14 ::: C=100 ::: 12/12/2023
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In Chinese philosophy, yin and yang (also, yin-yang or yin yang) describes how apparently opposite or contrary forces are actually complementary, interconnected, and interdependent in the natural world, and how they give rise to each other as they interrelate to one another. Many tangible dualities (such as light and dark, fire and water, and male and female) are thought of as physical manifestations of the duality of yin and yang. This duality lies at the origins of many branches of classical Chinese science and philosophy, as well as being a primary guideline of traditional Chinese medicine, and a central principle of different forms of Chinese martial arts and exercise, such as baguazhang, taijiquan (t'ai chi), and qigong (Chi Kung), as well as in the pages of the I Ching written in 1,000 BC and before.
Yin and yang can be thought of as complementary (rather than opposing) forces that interact to form a dynamic system in which the whole is greater than the assembled parts. Everything has both yin and yang aspects, (for instance shadow cannot exist without light). Either of the two major aspects may manifest more strongly in a particular object, depending on the criterion of the observation. The yin yang shows a balance between two opposites with a little bit in each.
In Daoist metaphysics, distinctions between good and bad, along with other dichotomous moral judgments, are perceptual, not real; so, the duality of yin and yang is an indivisible whole. In the ethics of Confucianism on the other hand, most notably in the philosophy of Dong Zhongshu (c. 2nd century BC), a moral dimension is attached to the idea of yin and yang.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdD80MkLEE4
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Yin --- Yang
0 --- 1
- ... +
abdomen --- back
absorbing --- penetrating
acidity --- alkalinity
affective --- cognitive
afternoon --- morning
akasha --- prana
autumn --- spring
back --- front
backward --- forward
belly --- head
below --- above
black --- white
bottom --- top
broken --- solid
calm --- chaos
center --- extreme
centripetal force --- centrifugal force
chills --- fever
cinnabar --- lead
circle --- square
circular --- straight
clockwise --- counter-clockwise
cold --- hot
contracting --- expanding
copper--- tin
dark --- light
death --- life
diffuse --- focused
down --- up
earth --- sky
eight --- nine
emotional --- logical
empty --- full
end of motion --- beginning of motion
even --- odd
fat --- muscle
female --- male
feminine --- masculine
flexible --- firm
fluid --- static
follower --- leader
forgiveness --- anger
freezing water --- boiling water
fruits --- cereals
girl --- boy
heart --- mind
heaven --- earth
ice --- fire
introvert --- extrovert
intuitive --- logical
involuntary --- voluntary
inward --- outward
left --- right
light --- shadow
low --- high
me --- I
minus --- plus
momentum ---position
moon --- sun
mother --- father
night --- day
non-action --- action
north --- south
northwest --- southeast
off --- on
open --- close
orange --- azure
passion --- reason
passive --- active
pink --- blue
potassium --- sodium
process --- structure
pull --- push
quiescence --- activity
quiet --- loud
receiving --- giving
receptive --- creative
relaxed --- tense
right brain --- left brain
salt --- pepper
sensitivity --- firmness
short --- tall
sister --- brother
six --- seven
slow --- fast
small --- large
softness --- hardness
spiritual --- physical
static --- energetic
stillness --- motion
subconscious --- conscious
subjective --- objective
submissive --- dominant
sugar --- salt
sunset --- sunrise
sweet --- sour
taking --- giving
tiger --- dragon
tranquil --- active
vagina --- penis
valley --- mountain
venus --- jupiter
water --- fire
wave --- particle
weak --- strong
west --- east
wet --- dry
winter --- summer
wisdom --- intelligence
woman --- man
xue-blood --- qi-energy
yielding --- aggressive
yin --- yang
zero --- one
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A True Haiku
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Question what you've learned
For the truth truthfully told
becomes the true truth
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The environment has a significant impact on how you live. Early in life, the grown-ups expose you to how they think life should be lived. Typically, you conform to this given direction because it is what you know and consider proper. Though most people’s views on this standard vary slightly, the core points are the same.
Yet while clinging to this life guideline, you might realize that fitting into parts of it becomes more difficult. Not following the standard frequently causes confrontations because of fear and misunderstanding.
However, it’s almost always worth freeing yourself from narrowed views because, in the end, everyone ends up writing their own life guidance.
Kuwait | WaterScape | Sun set
Technical Specs :
Camera: Canon EOS 5D mark ||
Lens: Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Focal Length: 38mm
Aperture: f/18
Shutter: 10 sec
ISO: 50
Exposure: Manual
Other : on tripod + Cable Release + mirror lock-up
Filters : HOYA ND8 + HOYA ND4 + Singh-Ray 3 stop gnd + LEE Sunset
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L II USM
Focal Length: 22mm
Aperture: f/22.0
Shutter Speed : 5 seconds
ISO: 50
Exposure: Manual
Urbex Benelux -
Fort Ertbrand is part of the habitat guideline area 'Historical Fort Belts of Antwerp as bat habitats'. It was already a good wintering place for bats, which is not surprising. Several species of bats such as the water bat, the bearded bat and the fringed bat like the combination of a good winter home and an attractive hunting and habitat in the area. The surrounding Ertbrandbos meets this profile. In the future, adapted management will also be conducted here, which will lead to more older trees with cavities in which bats reside in the summer. In addition, work is being done on a better forest structure with more insects as food for bats.
From 2019 to 2021, hard work was done in the fort. In addition to refurbishing the entrance gate, bridge and access road, some facilities were made to improve the living conditions of the bats.
Bats like a stable indoor climate during their hibernation, so wooden beams were placed in the window openings in some places and draft-resistant doors were installed. As a result, the temperature is more stable and there is less draught. The openings that the bats use to fly in and out have been closed with bars, so that they still retain their entrances.
The SA-2 "Guideline" was the first mass-produced and widely exported SAM system that was used in many local conflicts since the 60s. This photo shows the two most important parts of the unit as they were used in North Vietnam: the SM-90 launcher with a missile and the SNR-75 "Fan Song" fire control radar.
Since the two were typically not next to each other I have decided to build them as separate dioramas. This should also make logistics easier for BFVA.
INSTRUCTIONS AVAILABLE TO BUILD THIS MODEL
Packard had struggled to regain its position as America’s premier luxury marque after WWII.
The 1951 Packards were completely redesigned. Designer John Reinhart introduced a high-waisted, more squared-off profile fitting the contemporary styling trends — very different from the traditional flowing design of the immediate postwar era. New styling features included a one-piece windshield, a wrap-around rear window, small tailfins on the long-wheelbase models, a full-width grill (replacing the traditional Packard upright design), and blunt "guideline fenders" with the hood and front fenders at the same height. The 122-inch (3,099 mm) wheelbase supported low-end 200-series standard and Deluxe two- and four-doors, and 250-series Mayfair hardtop coupes (Packard's first), and convertibles. Upmarket 300 and Patrician 400 models rode a 127-inch (3,226 mm) wheelbase.
Nance originally had hoped to introduce the new "Clipper" as a stand-alone marque, targeting the mid range price field which he felt was dragging the Packard image down. When word was leaked to the Packard dealer network that they would be losing their best-selling Packard model to "Clipper", they balked. As an appeasement, Nance rolled the Clipper out as a Packard, and worked to transition the cars toward their own make. Thus, the Packard Clipper name was reintroduced and applied to the company's entry-level models, previously known as the Packard 200, beginning in 1953.
The Packard inline eight, despite being an older design that lacked the power of Cadillac's engines, was very smooth. When combined with an Ultramatic transmission, the drivetrain made for a nearly quiet and smooth experience on the road. However, it struggled to keep pace with the horsepower race, which was increasingly moving to high compression, short stroke engines capable of sustained driving at speeds greater than 55 MPH.
„Für den ideologischen Kampf hat der Gegner eine Propagandamaschine geschaffen mit Anwendung von raffinierten technischen Mitteln, er ergreift psychologische und Sabotagemaßnahmen. Der zu Zeit vom Imperialismus geführte psychologische Krieg stellt eine besondere Form der Aggression dar, die die Souveränität der anderer Länder verletzt.“ M. S. Gorbatschow
Composition of an image can be challenging. When there is only one object, and a clean background, designing the crop is very important. Out of balance makes a jarring image...but exactly what IS out of balance?
Rule of Thirds is such a valuable guideline. And it is so simple to adapt to any image. Simply divide the image in thirds, vertically and horizontally. Place the visual focus at any one of the intersections. Season to taste.
Often it is suggested that placing the EYE at one of the intersections works well. Sometimes, though, the eye is NOT the focal point. In this image, the intersection of the left horizontal and vertical 'third' is at the shoulder...where the wing meets the body.
I'm just not able to frame up all of this in the viewfinder...there are too many cropping variables. I shoot WIDE, allowing for sufficient room to crop on all sides. Hope this one works for you. (o;
The basic design qualifies as semi-mobile, requiring several hours to set up or redeploy a battery. Typical battery composition is a single FAN SONG target engagement radar, six single-rail SM-90 launchers, and multiple PR-11 transporter/transloader trucks carrying reload rounds for the launchers.
The SA-2 family of systems remains the most widely exported SAM system in the world, and was supplied in large numbers by the Soviets to Warsaw Pact nations, Third World allies and other non-aligned nations. Over thirty nations deployed one or another variant of the SA-2, and China manufactured indigenous derivatives well after this design was out of production in the Soviet Union.
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Designed as part of the BrickFair VA 2018 Vietnam Collab, alongside Peter Dornbi's awesome SM-90 erector-launcher & FAN SONG radar.
the pimp chronicles
Pub: IX
8/1/10
Okay someone please explain this one to me. Because I’m 32, and I’m still trying to figure this out.
SPEED LIMIT = 65 MPH
Okay? Cool. That’s the law, yeah? Right on.
Actually, it’s not. It’s just a guideline. Ha – you dumb fuck, you just got a speeding ticket for breaking the same law everyone breaks. You just broke it worse, I guess? Dumbass!
Every motherfucker on the highway goes faster than that "speed limit". Anyone caught going 65MPH on a regular highway without traffic is either a really really really old senior citizen gramps or something is wrong with your car.
So we got this law that 95% of motorists are not abiding by. Okay. Do they come up with these “speed limits” with the extra “pad” that we get after we break it?
If you think about it, it really is a smooth fucking deal for the government. Whoever developed these ridiculous laws that are meant to be broken are geniuses! Mostly because the police can technically stop you whenever the fuck they want. Since you’re breaking the law, right? Brilliant!
You know, I fucking hate when people tell me “that’s against the law”. What law? Did you read this out of a “law book”? Are you a fucking lawyer? There is a freaking law for every single move, word, and motion you make. And some laws as seen above are made to break for as much as you may or may not get away with on any given day.
Some laws make sense. Like – don’t murder people. Other laws make no sense. Like – don’t murder yourself. If you want to kill yourself, fuck it. Just don’t make a mess.
Are there any “laws” where you are at that you despise? Or even some stupid fuck rule at your company or school that you just love to break because it’s so unnecessary? Or maybe even a law or rule that you think should in fact be, "the law"?
Jachthuis Sint Hubertus, Hoge Veluwe NL.
The building is a design of architect H.P. Berlage from 1915 – 1920. The legend of Saint Hubertus served as a guideline for the design. It was built for Anton Kröller (who liked to hunt) and Helene Kröller – Müller (who was interested in the mystical aspect of the Hubertus legend). This legend tells the story of the conversion of Hubertus who in his youth had been a keen hunter. He repented, especially following a vision of a Red Deer with a luminous cross between its antlers and a voice that told him to better his life if he wanted to avoid hell. After having taken on the cross from the deer’s antlers - figuratively speaking - Hubertus retired to a monastery. Hubertus finally died in 727 as the bishop of Liege and Maastricht, and the Catholic Church later named him patron saint of the hunters. Architect Berlage and the artists who worked with him have expressed the legend in the Jachthuis using a lot of symbolic, which was quite normal for art styles of around 1900.
As the plan shows, the building is shaped like antlers. The tower with the cross incorporated in the masonry symbolizes the luminous cross between the antlers. Berlage was an architect who designed in the style of the New Objectivity. This style allowed artists to show the individual beauty of constructive elements. As Berlage designed most of the interior as well as many implements, the whole thing was perfectly geared to each other. This is enhanced by the repeated use of certain materials and shapes. In his time, Berlage was a modern architect. The building is full of technical tours de force, such as central heating, a central clock system, a central vacuum system, an electric lift and Pullmann sliding windows.
Five foot ways (Malay: Kaki lima) are pedestrian walkways indented into the ground floor of a building from the road, so that the overhanging upper floors can provide a cover to shield pedestrians from the sun and rain. This feature can be found in many shophouses (and buildings of similar structural design) all over the world, and also in some office buildings (e.g. those along Shenton Way in Singapore). As the ground floor of most buildings are shops or eating places, the five foot ways can also function as a corridor for people to window-shop or stop by for some refreshments. As implied by name, five foot ways were intended to assume a consistent width of five feet from the absolute front to the wall and entrance defining the frontal of the inner space, but the guideline is not necessarily applied universally, as certain five foot ways are wider or narrower depending on the age, size and function of the building.[1]
In Malaysia and Singapore, five foot ways date back to the time of the Colonial Government, when Stamford Raffles included this and other details in his Town Plan of 1822; the feature was eventually integral in many settlements in neighbouring British colonies, and remains a prominent element in modern architecture in Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei. Attempts in Singapore to clear the walkways of hawkers in the 1880s led to the so-called "Verandah Riots".
The Malay term for "five foot way", kaki lima (literally translated as only "five foot"), is also used generally to refer to corridors or verandas, regardless of their width.
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Seen heading northbound on the M1 motorway at Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire.
GC19GMC is a 2019 Scania K410EB6 with Irizar i6S bodywork (C53Ft) from Guideline Coaches of Chelsfield, Orpington.
New to Guideline in March 2019.
Chrysanthemum.
Amarillo is one of my favourite words bringing back fond memories of my childhood in Venezuela. The Spanish word for yellow has such a lovely romantic sound, particularly if you pronounce it the Spanish way. There again it’s a reminder that Latin American folk have an appreciation of vibrant colour that we cloud-dulled Europeans can only hope to aspire to...
This is for the week’s Macro Mondays theme Monochrome. Hardly an original idea for a contribution to the theme (there are even similar shots in the group’s example gallery for the week), but one I wanted to explore simply because I like the deep softness and seductive beauty of the flowers that it can convey. I’ve seen it done so well by some of my friends here on Flickr so it was on my list to try :)
In any case macro flower photographs are my first love. In many ways they are a cheap trick - you don’t have to create beauty in an image, simply capture it and cause the eye to dwell on the ready-made bounty of creation. But if you have a garden or, as in this case, flowers bought to liven the grey winter light in the house then you don’t have to travel anywhere to find a rich photographic harvest.
I took around 35 close ups of this rather wilted bunch of Chrysanths sidelit from a window to give a soft natural contrast to the flowers. To my surprise many of these turned out to be interesting: I simply picked this one as one of the first I came across. Originally I thought of changing the colour to something unusual, like purple, but I was rather seduced by the natural yellow :)
Although the image was virtually monochrome there were bits of orange in the stamens and a green tinge to some petals. So how to force it to monochrome? The question was an interesting challenge rather than a necessity. I think I could have got away with it without tinkering with the colour because some of the example gallery pictures weren’t entirely monochrome in any case.
I didn’t want to convert to black and white and then tint it because I thought this might lose some of the tones (I’m still trying to work out whether what would be true - any ideas?). I tried reducing the saturation of green and orange in Lightroom. Didn’t work. I tried Replace Colour. No. I tried a yellow fill layer with Hue blend. Surprisingly appalling! In the end I created a fill layer sampling a yellow from the original and used Color blend. Yey!
This tale has a funny ending (if anyone gets this far in reading it!). If you’ve read any of my macro comments before you’ll know that I have problems with dust: mainly forgetting to clean the object before photographing it. This was no exception though I reckoned dusting a flower wasn’t going to be easy so I left it to the processing.
Sure enough the images had lots of dust. But I soon realised this was no ordinary dust. Looking at two consecutive images of the same flower the dust moved from one image to the next. My conclusion? Most of the flower’s dust particles came with six legs :)
I love the repeated petal shapes so wanted to bring these out in the image. The full flower in total is about 2 inches wide so even with the background flower we are within the 3 inch guideline for the group in this shot. Hippo!
Also for 7DWF Friday - Flora :)
Thank you very much for taking time to look. I hope you enjoy the image. Happy Macro Mondays everyone :)
[Daylight. Tripod mount; remote release; focused in Live View on the flower centre; VR off.
Plain processing in Lightroom with soft contrast, lightening the blacks and shadows and added just a touch of Clarity.
Retouched with the Inpainting tool in Affinity Photo; sharpened with Unsharp Mask to bring out the centre of the flower.
Duplicated layer and blended with Glow blend mode and low opacity (6%) to strengthen the lighter yellows.
Filled new layer with yellow sampled from the original captures and blended back with Colour mode to force monochrome.
Quite a lot of tweaking with Exposure, Brightness/Contrast and Shadows/Highlights layers to get a soft contrast and rescue the Red channel from blowing out.
Finally cropped out some of the less interesting petals keeping the centre of the flower on the intersection of thirds and added a mild dark vignette to draw the eye into the image.]
This is another picture taken last Friday when I went out to find some landcape pictures for the theme of week 45.
When I first spotted this scene, I wasn't even sure I should stop because it seemed rather ordinary. But I did not know if I was going to find another landscape to photograph, so I thought it was better to take a picture or two to be on the safe side.
The sky was perhaps the mos interesting aspect of the scene, so in order to add a little "drama" to the photograph, I used the rule of thirds: I placed the barn on the lower left "power point" vertical third and the horizon line at the lower horizontal third.
According to Wikipedia, the rule of thirds is a "rule of thumb" or guideline which applies to the process of composing visual images such as designs, films, paintings, and photographs.[1] The guideline proposes that an image should be imagined as divided into nine equal parts by two equally-spaced horizontal lines and two equally-spaced vertical lines, and that important compositional elements should be placed along these lines or their intersections.[2] Proponents of the technique claim that aligning a subject with these points creates more tension, energy and interest in the composition than simply centering the subject would.