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Title: Hercule Poirot's Christmas.
Author: Agatha Christie.
Publisher: Fontana Books.
Date: 1959.
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M 13 - Hercules Globular Cluster taken by standard camera. Nikon Z7 + Canon 70-200/2,8 @ 200, f 2,8,(+Kipon EF/Z adapter), Exp. 60 s, ISO 1600, reduced by 0,7EV in pp, 29 x Light frames, 10 x dark, 10 x Bias, No Flat. Stacked in APP, adjusted in Afobe LR,. Tracking iOptron SkyGuider Pro. M13 has apparent dimensions 20 arcmins and apparent magnitude 5,8. Pictures were shot in Struz, CZ, June 26, 2019.
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Detail of a bronze statue by François-Joseph Bosio in the Louvre museum in Paris, France.
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This iconic place is the old train station of Sirkeci, the terminus where the Orient Express pulled in at the height of its glory, between the World Wars... It still does retain quite a bit of its period charm.
As a fan of Dame Agatha and of Hercule, I had to pay a respectful and nostalgic visit, of course.
My version of the venerable C-130 Hercule. It is 62 studs long by 78 studs wide. Inspired by Kurt's MOCs amazing Hercs, Brickmania's AC-130 Gunship and BigPlanes (for the motorisation), it is my first attempt ever at motorising one of my MoCs. I ran the four engines for 12 hours at speed 4 using a custom battery pack (2 Li-On batteries) and a standard Power Functions train motor. The IR sensor is concealed in the cockpit, between the two crew members (ok, it is just their heads!) but allows for a clear line of sight with the remote. The modified battery pack helps to keep the plane from tipping on its tail. I used 3 Light my Bricks bit lights for the nav lights, but I will refine this system and add a few more lights in the future. The nose can be replaced with a black one (I actually find that it looks better in black), but the grey version seems to be the norm nowadays in the USAF. In the video, you may notice that the right spinners are offset a little. When I properly calibrate the gears though, they all run straight and smooth. The rear cargo and side crew doors are the only other two functional aspects. 100% custom stickers, as usual.
Purchased at auction by Prince Rainier III in 1993, this version sold new in the United States has only covered 3,100 km since leaving the factory.
5.167 cc
V12
435 ch @ 7.000 rpm
Vmax : 296 km/h
1.490 kg
La Collection de Voitures de S.A.S. le Prince de Monaco
54 route de la Piscine
Port Hercule
Monaco
July 2022
“Ask the one who owns one”: this is how Packard emphasizes the quality of its automobiles, placing complete trust in those who know them. With Cadillac, Lincoln, Duesenberg and Pierce-Arrow, the brand shared the upper hand in the 1930s but, alongside its sometimes ostentatious competitors, Packard reflected good taste, elegance and refinement. With its elegant convertible body, it is one of the most luxurious cars of its time.
6.305 cc
8 in-line
150 ch @ 3.200 rpm
Vmax : 145 km/h
2.300 kg
La Collection de Voitures de S.A.S. le Prince de Monaco
54 route de la Piscine
Port Hercule
Monaco
July 2022
"The Salon d'Hercule (also known as the Hercules Salon or the Hercules Drawing Room) is on the first floor of the Château de Versailles and connects the Royal Chapel in the North Wing of the château with the grand appartement du roi.
Originally, the fourth and penultimate chapel, the salon d’Hercule occupies the tribune level of this chapel. Initially called the nouveau salon près de la chapelle (new salon near the chapel) when the room was started in 1710 by Robert de Cotte for Louis XIV. However, with the death of Louis XIV in 1715 the project was postponed (Verlet, 321).
Beginning in 1724, work on the salon d’Hercule recommenced. Louis XV commissioned architect Jacques Gabriel, marbrier Claude-Félix Tarlé, and sculptors Jacques Verberckt and François-Antoine Vassé to complete the room (Verlet, 321).
The room was completed in 1736 with the ceiling painting Apothéose d’Hercule (Apotheosis of Hercules) by François Le Moyne, which gave the room its present name (Verlet, 322).
There are only two other paintings decorating this room, both of which are by Veronese. Above the fireplace is the artist’s Rebecca at the Well; on the opposite wall forming a pendant is the famed Feast in the House of Simon (Verlet, 322). Louis XIV received the latter painting as a diplomatic gift from the Republic of Venice in 1664. Owing to the size of the work – 4.5 meters high by 9.7 meters long – the painting was displayed in the galerie d’Apollon of the Louvre. It was installed in salon d’Hercule in 1730 where it remained until 1832 at which time it was transferred to the Louvre. In 1961 the Feast in the House of Simon was returned to the salon d’Hercule. In 1994, under the aegis of the Société des amis de Versailles and BNP the painting was restored.
During the reign of Louis XV the room served as a ball room as the king felt the salon de Mars was too small and the galerie des glaces was too large. The inaugural ball held in the salon d’Hercule was on 26 January 1739 to celebrate the marriage of Louis XV’s eldest daughter Marie Louise-Élisabeth with Infante Filipe of Spain (Luynes, 335-345); and the wedding dinner au grand courvert of the duc de Chartres on 5 January 1769 (Verlet, 323). After the destruction of the escalier des ambassadeurs in 1752, Louis XV planned for the salon d’Hercule to be the landing for a new staircase for the château (Verlet, 323).
During the reign of Louis XVI the salon d’Hercule served for diplomatic functions such as the embassy sent by the bey of Tunis (January 1777); the receptions of the representatives of the Three Estates of the Estates-General (May 1789); and, the reception of the embassy of the sultan Mysore (September 1778) (Verlet, 555).
The Palace of Versailles (/vɛərˈsaɪ, vɜːrˈsaɪ/ vair-SY, vur-SY; French: Château de Versailles [ʃɑto d(ə) vɛʁsɑj]) was the principal royal residence of France from 1682, under Louis XIV, until the start of the French Revolution in 1789, under Louis XVI. It is located in the department of Yvelines, in the region of Île-de-France, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) southwest of the centre of Paris.
A simple hunting lodging and later a small château with a moat occupied the site until 1661, when the first work expanding the château into a palace was carried out for Louis XIV. In 1682, when the palace had become large enough, the king moved the entire royal court and the French government to Versailles. Some of the palace furniture at this time was constructed of solid silver, but in 1689 much of it was melted down to pay for the cost of war. Subsequent rulers mostly carried out interior remodeling, to meet the demands of changing taste, although Louis XV did install an opera house at the north end of the north wing for the wedding of the Dauphin and Marie Antoinette in 1770. The palace has also been a site of historical importance. The Peace of Paris (1783) was signed at Versailles, the Proclamation of the German Empire occurred in the vaunted Hall of Mirrors, and World War I was ended in the palace with the Treaty of Versailles, among many other events.
The palace is now a historical monument and UNESCO World Heritage site, notable especially for the ceremonial Hall of Mirrors, the jewel-like Royal Opera, and the royal apartments; for the more intimate royal residences, the Grand Trianon and Petit Trianon located within the park; the small rustic Hameau (Hamlet) created for Marie Antoinette; and the vast Gardens of Versailles with fountains, canals, and geometric flower beds and groves, laid out by André le Nôtre. The Palace was stripped of all its furnishings after the French Revolution, but many pieces have been returned and many of the palace rooms have been restored.
In 2017 the Palace of Versailles received 7,700,000 visitors, making it the second-most visited monument in the Île-de-France region, just behind the Louvre and ahead of the Eiffel Tower.
Versailles (French pronunciation: [vɛʁsɑj]) is a city in the Yvelines département in the Île-de-France region, renowned worldwide for the Château de Versailles and the gardens of Versailles, designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Located in the western suburbs of the French capital, 17.1 km (10.6 mi) from the centre of Paris, Versailles is in the 21st century a wealthy suburb of Paris with a service-based economy and a major tourist destination as well. According to the 2008 census, the population of the city is 88,641 inhabitants, down from a peak of 94,145 in 1975.
A new town founded at the will of King Louis XIV, Versailles was the de facto capital of the Kingdom of France for over a century, from 1682 to 1789, before becoming the cradle of the French Revolution. After having lost its status of royal city, it became the préfecture (regional capital) of the Seine-et-Oise département in 1790, then of Yvelines in 1968. It is also a Roman Catholic diocese.
Versailles is historically known for numerous treaties such as the Treaty of Paris, which ended the American Revolution, and the Treaty of Versailles, after World War I. Today, the Congress of France – the name given to the body created when both houses of the French Parliament, the National Assembly and the Senate, meet – gathers in the Château de Versailles to vote on revisions to the Constitution." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
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From multiple locations on top of the Rock of Monaco you can see nice views of the Port of Hercule, the harbor, the mountains, the modern buildings of the Monte Carlo neighborhood. If looking further east than this photo currently shows you can see not only France, but also Italy in the distance. All three countries are so close together.
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Slightly faded glory these days but I can still imagine Miss Marple or Hercule Poirot walking out of the door.
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Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929) - Heracles (1909). Bronze. In the collection of Prince Eugene's Waldemarsudde, Stockholm. Sited in the garden of Waldemarsudde.
Detail of a street lamp in front of the Art Deco building on Victoria Embankment in London, Great-Britain.
Hercules the Archer by Antoine Bourdelle in the Musée des Beaux Arts in Lyon, France.
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Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings investigate a case of murder in "The Mysterious Affair at Styles, " the centenary of which is celebrated in the 2020 annual well dressing at Holymoorside near Chesterfield. Published in 1920 it was Agatha Christie's first novel to be published. Most of this year's well dressings in Derbyshire and the Peak District were cancelled due to difficulties with social distancing when creating the artwork but here the frame was split into five smaller tableaux to be worked on in the open air and re-assembled once finished.
Cloudy sunset panorama over the Monaco Yacht Show 2015, with a view over the Port Hercule. This photograph was taken from Monaco-Ville, and spans a full 180 degrees from the Palais du Prince on the left, over the Monaco port and to Roquebrune, Menton and Italy on the right. The full resolution of this 220 megapixel panorama is 18,799 x 11,749 pixels at 300 dpi. You may download a high resolution version (10,240 x 6,400 px) for personal use here: crevisio.com/photo/3VjW4c. For commercial use, please contact Crevisio.
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Modèle uniquement utilisé par les pilotes de l’Amiral Zsinj.
Parlons du gars. Si Timothy Zhan s’est inspiré de Sherlock Holmes pour le grand Amiral Zahn, je suspecte fortement l’auteur responsable de la création de Zsinj (Aaron Alston ?) de s’être inspiré d’Hercule Poirot. Petit, moustachu et ventripotent, adepte du ridicule pour être sous-estimé, et redoutablement intelligent et cultivé. Moi ça me fait furieusement penser à Hercule Poirot.
Bref, Zsinj a peut-être été responsable du design du Tie Raptor. Objectivement, c’est le design de Tie le plus logique que je connaisse. Mieux armé que le Tie classique (4 blasters, 2 lances missiles) il est plus rapide (entre le Tie classique et l’interceptor) et tout aussi maniable. Autre point fort du Raptor : La disposition et la taille de ses ailes, donnent un meilleur champ de vision au pilote, tout en offrant une cible plus petite à l’adversaire. De plus certains modèles furent équipés d’un boulier, mais pas d’Hyperdrive cependant.
Si la forme en x des ailes peut rappeler les X-wing, celles-ci ne sont cependant pas mobiles contrairement au X-wing.
Concernant le moc proprement dit. J’ai un peu galéré. Ce qui passe sur le logiciel studio, ne passe pas nécessairement irl. La boule centrale dut facile à faire, mais les ailes étaient trop en pression contre la courbure du cockpit, j’ai du modifier mes plan initiaux.
Question solidité : Pas terrible…
Cela tient en place, mais il ne faut pas trop remuer l’engin sous peine de voir les ailes se décrocher.
Model only used by Admiral Zsinj's pilots.
Let's talk about the guy. If Timothy Zhan was inspired by Sherlock Holmes for the great Admiral Zahn, I strongly suspect that the author responsible for the creation of Zsinj (Aaron Alston?) was inspired by Hercule Poirot. Short, mustachioed and a little fat, adept at ridicule to be underestimated, and fearfully intelligent and cultured. It makes me furiously think of Hercule Poirot.
In short, Zsinj may have been responsible for the design of the Tie Raptor. Objectively, it's the most logical Tie design I know. Better armed than the classic Tie (4 blasters, 2 missiles launchers) it is faster (between the classic Tie and the interceptor) and just as easy to handle. Another strong point of the Raptor : The layout and the size of its wings, give a better field of vision to the pilot, while offering a smaller target to the opponent. In addition, some models were equipped with an shield, but no Hyperdrive however.
If the x-shape of the wings can remind the X-wing, they are not mobile unlike the X-wing.
Concerning the moc itself. I had a little trouble. What goes on the studio software, does not necessarily go well irl. The center ball was easy to make, but the wings were too much pressure against the cockpit curvature, I had to modify my initial plan.
Concerning the moc Solidity : Not so good...
This holds in place, but you shouldn't shake the gear too much or the wings will fall.