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Debugged the past. Deploying the future. I ship what pays now. #forwardonly #checkmate #minimal.
Someone created this superb rendition of a labyrinth at the beach. It has been there several days although the tide has now taken a portion of it. The time, effort and creativity to accomplish this needs to be admired. Seen at Pawley's Island, SC.
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Not much to describe this other than "another boring silver TRAXX along the Maintal", but made slightly less boring by the fact it is operated by LINEAS who aren't too common along this busy freight artery.
This machine, built by Bombardier (now Alstom) is owned by AKIEM who are a big provider of locomotives to private operators. Their electric fleet was almost exclusively TRAXX until 2023 when the first of 100 newly built Siemens Vectrons was delivered.
LINEAS started out as the freight arm of the Belgian national railways (B Logistics) but the majority share was sold to a private investor - with SNCB retaining a minority stake - and rebranded as LINEAS.
Thungersheim, July 2023.
The Erie Lackawanna invested heavily in EMD’s “45” line, starting with 34 SD45’s purchased in 1967-8. Wanting to add range to the next order for the big fuel guzzlers, the EL bought 34 faux-SDP45’s in 1969. With no steam generators installed, the SDP’s were never intended for passenger service; rather, their longer frames afforded a larger fuel tank than the straight SD45’s. Finally, the EL rounded out its EMD roster with a dozen SD45-2’s in 1972, giving it three variants of the same locomotive. Here an example of each team up to lead a westbound post-Conrail freight into Allentown yard on former CNJ/LV trackage.
The community that would become known as Hot Springs was established as early as 1820, though it was not until 1832 that the United States government declared the area a federal reservation. Ironically, this act had the effect of retarding investment within the valley of the hot springs due to the reluctance of potential investors to develop property of which they might be dispossessed. Therefore, small, wood construction bathhouses predominated until after the Civil War, when a number of forces combined to both make Hot Springs and its remarkable natural resources both more attractive and more accessible. Primary among these were the growing interest among the general populace in such waters for their therapeutic and medicinal value; the ability of certain talented entrepreneurs to develop and advertise their bathhouses in conjunction with the federal government; the appeal of gambling, for the pursuit of which the city could boast many attractive institutions; and the arrival of the "Diamond Jo" railroad line in 1875, named for "Diamond Jo" Reynolds, a successful Chicago businessman who deplored the rough coach roads that had heretofore provided the only means of access from the Cairo and Fulton (later Missouri--Pacific) Railroad that ran through nearby Malvern.
It is difficult to overestimate the impact of this relatively early arrival of a railroad line to the growth and prosperity of what would become one of America's premier resort cities. The access and convenience afforded travelers by relatively dependable railroad transportation single-handedly transformed the remoteness and isolation of this young city's rugged, mountainous setting from obstacles into attractions. Both literally and figuratively, visitors came to "get away" from the hectic pace and dizzying growth of America's late-nineteenth century industrial and commercial centers, and Hot Springs offered the unique combination of comfortable accessibility, rustic surroundings, and a myriad assortment of recreational opportunities. The city grew dramatically thereafter, and continued to experience a relatively high level of prosperity well into the second half of the twentieth century.
The Missouri--Pacific Railroad Depot in Hot Springs (seen in the photograph above) was constructed circa 1917 after the Missouri--Pacific Railroad had acquired the old St. Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern line that ran between Missouri and Texas as part of the its ambitious campaign to expand its network of rail lines all over the country, and to establish the railroad's corporate identity through the exclusive use of the Italianate/Mediterranean style of architecture for its passenger and freight depots. This particular depot is a single story, brick masonry freight and passenger depot designed in a distinctly Italian interpretation of the Mediterranean style. Its band of large, compound arched windows extending around the eastern, northern and western elevations, hipped Italianate tower and elaborate, decorative Italianate brackets that ornament the cornices throughout are all reflective of this influence, and also of the relatively high-style quality of this particular depot design. The plan is roughly V-shaped, a response to the triangular shape of its particular lot at the intersection of Broadway and Valley Street. The red clay tile roof and brick walls are supported upon a continuous, concrete foundation.
This passenger and freight railroad depot is associated with the Railroad Growth and Development in Arkansas, 1870-1940 historic context as a structure financed and erected under the auspices of one of the larger early twentieth-century railroads in the state. As such, it was nominated for and added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on June 11, 1992 via criterion A for these associations but also via criterion C as an excellent example of the Italianate/Mediterranean style of architecture. All of the above information was found on the original documents submitted for listing consideration and can be viewed here:
catalog.archives.gov/id/26139673
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
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"Keeping Investors on a Need-to-Know Basis" by GRETCHEN MORGENSON via NYT t.co/s7pXxK8XVo (via Twitter twitter.com/felipemassone/status/703242594717978624)
Rania A. Al Mashat, Advisor, International Monetary Fund (IMF), USA speaking during the session "Investing in Peace" at the Annual Meeting 2017 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 18, 2017
Copyright by World Economic Forum / Jakob Polacsek
Southeast Financial Center is a two-acre development in Miami, Florida, United States. It consists of a 764 feet (233 m) tall office skyscraper and its 15-story parking garage. It was previously known as the Southeast Financial Center (1984–1992), the First Union Financial Center (1992–2003), and the Wachovia Financial Center (2003-2011). In 2011, it retook its old name of Southeast Financial Center as Wachovia merged with Wells Fargo and moved to the nearby Wells Fargo Center.
When topped-off in August 1983, it was the tallest building south of New York City and east of the Mississippi River, taking away the same title from the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel, in Atlanta, Georgia. It remained the tallest building in the southeastern U.S. until 1987, when it was surpassed by One Atlantic Center in Atlanta and the tallest in Florida until October 1, 2003, when it was surpassed by the Four Seasons Hotel and Tower, also in Miami. It remains the tallest office tower in Florida and the third tallest building in Miami.
Southeast Financial Center was constructed in three years with more than 500 construction workers. Approximately 6,650 tons of structural steel, 80,000 cubic yards of concrete and 7000 cubic tons of reinforcing steel bars went into its construction. The complex sits on a series of reinforced concrete grade beams tied to 150 concrete caissons as much as ten feet in diameter and to a depth of 80 feet. A steel space-frame canopy with glass skylights covers the outdoor plaza between the tower and low-rise building.
The tower has a composite structure. The exterior columns and beams are concrete encased steel wide flanges surrounded by reinforcing bars. The composite exterior frame was formed using hydraulic steel forms, or "flying forms," jacked into place with a "kangaroo" crane, that was located in the core and manually clamped into place. Wide flange beams topped by a metal deck and concrete form the interior floor framing. The core is A braced steel frame, designed to laterally resist wind loads. The construction of one typical floor was completed every five days.
The low-rise banking hall and parking building is a concrete-framed structure. Each floor consists of nearly an acre of continuously poured concrete. When the concrete had sufficiently hardened, compressed air was used to blow the forms fiberglass forms from under the completed floor. It was then rolled out to the exterior where it was raised by crane into position for the next floor.
The building was recognized as Miami's first and only office building to be certified for the LEED Gold award in January 2010.
The center was developed by a partnership consisting of Gerald D. Hines Interests, Southeast Bank and Corporate Property Investors for $180 million. It was originally built as the headquarters for Southeast Bank, which originally occupied 50 percent of the complex's space. It remained Southeast Bank's headquarters there until it was liquidated in 1991.
The Southeast Financial Center comprises two buildings: the 55-story office tower and the 15-story parking annex. The tower has 53 stories of office space. The first floor is dedicated for retail, the second floor is the lobby and the 55th floor was home to the luxurious Miami City Club. The parking annex has 12 floors of parking space for 1,150 cars. The first floor is dedicated for retail, the second floor is a banking hall and the 15th floor has the Downtown Athletic Club. A landscaped plaza lies between the office tower and the parking annex. An enclosed walkway connects the second story of the tower with the second story of the annex. The courtyard is partially protected from the elements by a steel and glass space frame canopy spanning the plaza and attached to the tower and annex. Southeast Bank's executive offices were located on the 38th floor. Ground was broken on the complex on December 12, 1981 and the official dedication and opening for the complex was held on October 23, 1984.
The Southeast Financial Center was designed by Edward Charles Bassett of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. The Associate Architect was Spillis Candela & Partners. It has 1,145,311 ft² (106,000 m²) of office space. A typical floor has about 22,000 ft² (2,043.87 m²) of office space. Each floor has 9 ft x 9 ft (2.7 m x 2.7 m) floor to ceiling windows. (All of the building's windows are tinted except for the top floor, resulting in strikingly bright and clear views from there.) The total complex has over 2.2 million ft² (204,000 m²). The distinctive setbacks begin at the 43rd floor. Each typical floor plate has 9 corner offices and the top twelve floors have as many as 16. There are 43 elevators in the office tower. An emergency control station provides computerized monitoring for the entire complex, and four generators for backup power.
The Southeast Financial Center can be seen as far away as Ft. Lauderdale and halfway toward Bimini. Night space shuttle launches from Cape Canaveral 200 miles to the north were plainly visible from the higher floors. The roof of the building was featured in the Wesley Snipes motion picture Drop Zone, where an eccentric base jumper named Swoop parachutes down to the street from a suspended window cleaning trolley. The building also appeared in several episodes of the 1980s TV show Miami Vice and at the end of each episode's opening credits.
Zara founder Amancio Ortega purchased the building from J.P. Morgan Asset Management in December 2016. The purchase price was reportedly over $500 million, making it one of the largest real estate transactions in South Florida history.
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Financial_Center
www.emporis.com/buildings/122292/wachovia-financial-cente...
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Thank you beautiful morning people for making our 26th CreativeMornings Cluj another awesome experience! Thank you so much Hedi Hoka for accepting our challenge and sharing with us a wonderful and inspiring talk. Thank you to our community partner ClujHub for hosting us. Thank you our dear local partners ClujLife, EBS radio, Food Waste Combat and AIESEC Cluj-Napoca. Thank you Natuu for the delicious breakfast. Thank you Alma Nicole and Jacob for sharing your musical talent and passion with us. This month’s theme is #CMinvest. @creativemorningshk chose this month’s exploration and Bao Ho (simplebao.com) illustrated it. Photo credits: Andreea Boros
Thank you beautiful morning people for making our 26th CreativeMornings Cluj another awesome experience! Thank you so much Hedi Hoka for accepting our challenge and sharing with us a wonderful and inspiring talk. Thank you to our community partner ClujHub for hosting us. Thank you our dear local partners ClujLife, EBS radio, Food Waste Combat and AIESEC Cluj-Napoca. Thank you Natuu for the delicious breakfast. Thank you Alma Nicole and Jacob for sharing your musical talent and passion with us. This month’s theme is #CMinvest. @creativemorningshk chose this month’s exploration and Bao Ho (simplebao.com) illustrated it. Photo credits: Andreea Boros
Swiss National Bank (BNS) building in Lausanne, canton of Vaud, Switzerland.
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New #YVR mayor seeks to solve city problems investing in police, which NEVER solves social or 💰 issues
Vancouver must instead compassionately invest in people, housing, #BasicIncome & #MentalHealth
Existing over-investment in Vancouver policing merely criminalizes more citizens ...leaving no positive effects on social ills nor crime levels.
Drug dealing exists openly; my daughter & I were offered all drug types as we walked the #DTES
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"The Downtown Eastside (DTES) is one of Vancouver's oldest neighbourhoods, and the historic heart of the city.
The DTES has many assets, especially for its low-income residents... the Downtown Eastside has struggled with many complex challenges including drug use, crime, homelessness, housing issues, unemployment, and loss of businesses in the community." (City of Vancouver)
"Around the beginning of the 20th century, the DTES was the political, cultural and retail centre of Vancouver. Over several decades, the city centre gradually shifted westwards and the DTES became a poor,[1] although relatively stable, neighbourhood. In the 1980s, the area began a rapid decline due to several factors including an influx of hard drugs, policies that pushed sex work and drug-related activity out of nearby areas, and the cessation of federal funding for social housing. By 1997, an epidemic of HIV infection and drug overdoses in the DTES led to the declaration of a public health emergency. As of 2018, critical issues include opioid overdoses, especially those involving the drug fentanyl; decrepit and squalid housing; a shortage of low-cost rental housing; and mental illness, which often co-occurs with addiction."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Eastside
Founded in 1978, the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre is one of the few safe spaces within the Downtown Eastside exclusively for self-identified women and their children. High levels of violence, homelessness, addictions and poverty characterize the Downtown Eastside community. Women and children are particularly vulnerable to exploitation, injustice and injury." dewc.ca/about
WSH62996 (LJ13JWP) is seen on the 444 at Turnpike Lane Bus Station.
NOTE: If the RV1 does indeed get withdrawn - most likely the case; then these buses will transfer to the 444.
EFloorTrade | Investing | Image source: www.mint.com/blog/investing/savings-cds-and-money-market-...
Ronald de Jong, Executive Vice-President, Chief Market Leader and Member of the Executive Committee, Royal Philips, Netherlands at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa 2013. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Jakob Polacsek
More than 3100 people turned out for the No Kings 2.0 Rally in Vero Beach, Florida on October 18th, 2025. One of over 2,700 demonstrations that were held, with at least one protest in every state, and several taking place in other countries in support. This widespread participation highlighted the collective sentiment against fascism and the Trump Administration. Resist!
The Imperial Brewery
The Imperial Brewery was the brainchild of St. Louis investors. The original cost of construction was estimated at $50,000 for a brewing capacity of 50,000 barrels per year.
From 1890 to 1910, Kansas City’s population nearly doubled to 248,000, as did the manufacturing sector. Part of the growth is attributed to demand from local breweries and public demand for good lager beer.
In 1905, the Imperial Brewing Company elected a new president and general manager, Edwin Becker, who inherited a financially stressed operation. The first mortgage note was unpaid, and creditor claims further threatened the operation. By fall, the Brewery was formally bankrupt, ultimately purchased by the Ferd Heim Brewing Company as a branch of the newly formed Kansas City Breweries Company.
In 1910, the new conglomerate made further improvements to the Brewery, increasing production to over 338,300 barrels per year. The Imperial and Mayflower brands were no longer the top sellers.
The Imperial Brewing Company Brewery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 11, 2011. Dean Realty Co., owner, is presently exploring development options for the site that could include joint ventures and other exciting collaborations.
Sold to a milling company in 1919, the Brewery building most recently featured the workings of a flour mill rather than Brewery. Old sifters, intricate conveyor systems and mill equipment have been removed throughout the building.
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Arriva North East have once again invested in New Vehicles for it Fleet to replace Older Vehicles and in turn bring an Upgrade to the Service currently given.
Once again Arriva are adding further Sparkle to the North East Region with the Delivery of 7 Wrightbus Streetlite Micro-Hybrids Fleetnumbered:
1595 NK15AAU
1596 NK15AAV
1597 NK15AAX
1598 NK15AAY
1599 NK15AAZ
1600 NK15ABX
1601 NK15ABZ
And 7 ADL Enviro 400s Fleetnumbered:
7534 NK15ACF
7535 NK15ACJ
7536 NK15ACO
7537 NK15DZO
7538 NK15DZP
7539 NK15DZR
7540 NK15DZS
Note all the above Vehicles are to Sapphire Specification.
A Sudan farmer is harvesting sorghum plants from seeds donated by the Food and Agriculture Organization. Increasing funding for agriculture in Africa is vital for the development of production and sustainable land management. Photograph: UN Photo / Fred Noy.
NEPAD encourages more spending on agricultural production
Africa need not remain hungry. With increased investment, better agricultural policies and more support for Africa's farmers, the continent can achieve an agricultural revolution, says Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, the chief executive officer of the NEPAD Planning and Coordination Agency. "Africa has the potential to become a major food producer, ensuring food security on our continent and beyond."
Boosting agricultural production is not only vital for reducing hunger in Africa, notes the CAADP programme, "but it also makes economic sense." In virtually every African country — including most of those blessed with oil and minerals — agriculture constitutes the backbone of the economy. The size of the harvest is often the most decisive factor in overall economic growth, and CAADP recommends that the farm sector should grow by an average of at least 6 per cent a year.
Yet for decades African agriculture suffered from neglect. Many governments devoted only a minuscule percentage of their budgets to farming, and donor funding shifted away from agriculture to other sectors.
In 1863 John Black set up a pastoral run at Cleveland Bay where Townsville now sits. Just to the south was the Burdekin River. A major investor in this pastoral run was Robert Towns who wanted to set up a boiling down works for cattle for the years when the market prices were low. In 1864 a hotel opened near the run and a government surveyor then laid out a town on Ross Creek which the government named Townsville after Robert Towns. In 1866 blocks were sold, a Customs House was erected, Towns started his boiling down works and the port of Townsville was established. A monthly steamer service from Bowen began and the town grew. But like Cooktown, Cairns and other places it was gold and minerals that made the town boom. QLD did not have the great gold rush of Victoria but numerous small fields were discovered. In Townsville’s case it was gold at Ravenswood in 1868 and at Charters Tower from 1872. Townsville had a double advantage- it was a port for pastoralism- wool and cattle, and for the export of gold. Stores opened, more hotels, schools and churches and a town library all before 1877. Some of these opulent Victorian structures still stand. Significantly one early businessman (1874) was Robert Philp who provided groceries and other supplies for store keepers, especially on the gold fields.
Philp was a canny Scotsman, and in 1876 he became a partner of James Burns a shipping agent. The company of Burns Philp expanded and prospered with a dual business of shipping and wholesale supplies to grocers. They carried goods all around the Pacific Islands as well as north QLD. Burns remained in Sydney and Philp in Townsville. They started out as agents for Queensland Steam Shipping Co but they soon acquired their own ships. They also traded a lot in Red Cedar from the Atherton Tablelands from 1879. In Townsville they moved into real estate and business finance and Burns Philp was incorporated as a limited company in 1883. Next they moved into insurance and helped establish the Bank of North QLD. They invested in the Palmer Creek and the Herberton gold mines and tin mines. By the early 1890s Philp was in financial strife but he survived thanks to real estate development of new areas of Townsville. Philp went into local government and state parliament. He helped fund the establishment of Townsville Grammar School in 1889, he acquired his own pastoral runs, and he helped establish the University of Queensland in 1912. He was Townsville’s preeminent citizen. He died in 1922. Burns Phil still traded for many years with an emphasis on grocery items, but they were delisted on the Stock Exchange in 2006 when they were taken over by the Rank Group Australia Ltd. Spices and Uncle Toby’s were some of their last major business products. Robert Philp was typical of many of the business leaders of early Townsville.
Robert Town’s original idea of a boiling down works was later supplanted by a meat works run by the North Queensland Pastoral and Agricultural Society which was founded in 1879. They ran the boiling down works and the annual agricultural show. The boiling down works was replaced with a meat processing works in 1890 once the frozen meat trade to England and Europe was well established. The export of frozen meat, and much later refrigerated meat, became a mainstay of the industrial base of Townsville. The meat works became the Ross River Meatworks with a tall chimney that was landmark in Townsville. In 1995 Smorgon Meat Processing closed down the old meat works built in 1890/91. A property developer demolished the old meat works but the chimney remained. The next developer proposed to demolish the chimney in 2008 but the citizens of Townsville protested; the chimney was placed on the heritage register; and the City of Townsville paid for the chimney to be restored. It still stands today as a memorial of the inland cattle industry and its role in the development of Townsville into a large city. It is surrounded now by a new residential development!
Townsville’s geographic situation helped the town grow further. In 1911 a railway line was built from the sugar growing area of Ayr into the port of Townsville. But before this the western rail line was pushed out to open up the interior to the port of Townsville. This is the line we travel on this Sunday. The railway line from Townsville reached Charters Tower in 1882; next there was a branch line down to Ravenswood in 1884. In 1887 the line reached Hughenden in the centre of the cattle grazing areas of the west. Once copper was discovered at Cloncurry there was a push to have the line extended to that city and that was achieved in 1908. It was extended to Mt Isa in 1929. And as pointed out above, the line from Brisbane linked Townsville with the capital in 1923. From the early days the port of Townsville exported gold, cattle, timber from the Great Dividing Range and rainforest, sugar and tropical produce. So by 1900 Townsville was a large and prosperous city with an air of grandeur and wealth.
The town was declared a city in 1902 when it had around 10,000 people. Into the 20th century it became a major finance and banking centre, education centre and retail and industrial centre. By 1917 it had Townsville Grammar School and a boys and girls Catholic College and a college for Anglican girls. Much later Townsville University College opened in 1960 and it is now James Cook University, the second university established in QLD. Despite more growth in the early 20th century the town was also troubled by industrial strife between the workers and the big sugar plantation, mine and pastoral property interests. Between 1916 and 1918 during World War One the city was troubled with strikes by seamen, garbage collectors, and meatworkers. In 1919 during a strike meeting of unionists and workers in Flinders Street shots were fired. The meat workers in Townsville had been on strike for months and during a demonstration the police opened fire. Behind the strike was not only low wages but stirrings by the local Bolsheviks which stirred the workers up to be anti-German, and hence against the World War One effort and sacrifice. This was also the time of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia so they were against oppression by the ruling classes. Townsville was one of the first cities in Australia to have a local Communist Party group in 1922.
It was World War Two that had a much greater impact on the city. The city felt abandoned when news of the Brisbane Line leaked out. Australia’s war plan was to defend the country to a line just north of Brisbane leaving the rest of QLD to Japanese invaders if this happened. This plan was developed following the February 1942 bombing raids on Darwin and other northern towns. But after the December bombing of Pearl Harbour in 1941 Townsville became the base for around 50,000 American and Australian troops fighting in the Pacific region. In July 1942 the Japanese bombed Townsville three times. During the Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942 aircraft from Townsville played a major role as they did in other battles. Therefore it is not surprising that the second worst Australian aircraft disaster ever was in Townville in 1943. 27 people died when an aircraft crashed soon after takeoff at Townsville in August 1943. (The worst Australian air crash was at Mackay in June 1943 when 40 were killed.) 1943 was a bad year for air crashes in Australia with 140 people killed during that year.
After the War the troops disappeared but later in 1966 the Lavarack Army Barracks was established with about 2,500 troops and it now houses the 3rd and other Australian Brigades. Ten years later (1976) the Townsville Air Force base started up with more units being added over time. By this time the city population had grown to 80,000 people. Today defence is still one of the major employers in Townsville. The other major employment sectors in Townsville are tourism (boosted after the airport was opened in 1939), education, transport and port handling and metal processing. Townsville has three different refineries; one for zinc which comes from a mine near Cloncurry; one for nickel which is imported for processing from Vanuatu, the Philippines and Indonesia; and the last for copper from Mt Isa which is further processed in Townsville. Health (hospitals) continues to be major employer in the city.
In 2008 the cities of Townsville and Thuringowa combined to form a new Townsville City Council governing authority. The combined estimated population for the combined cities for 2010 is 190,000 people and growing. In recent years it has had a revitalised city centre and waterfront in an area that had been railyards. The esplanade called the Strand on Cleveland Bay (named by Captain Cook in 1770) has been updated and new residential developments are common with apartment complexes near the water front. Tourism and research has been boosted in the last 20 years with the Museum of North Queensland, the Barrier Reef Headquarters, the Australian Institute of Marine research, etc. Townsville is undoubtedly the capital of North Queensland and should it be?
In 1887 a Separation League was formed in North QLD to form a separate state with Townsville as the capital. This was diluted somewhat when Central QLD (based on Rockhampton) also formed a League a couple of years later. This proposal came to a vote in the QLD parliament in 1897 and nearly passed. It went to the vote the next day but several parliamentarians were absent and the vote failed. The next serious attempt to create a new northern state happened in 1948 when the state Governor mentioned this possibility in a speech. In 1955 a “new state for the north” convention was held in Mareeba but nothing eventuated. But the movement did not die away. The issue received public notice again in the 1960s and 1970s. More recently in 1994 a North QLD Party was established by a leading Townsville politician. This party adopted an “official” north QLD flag in 2003. The group still operates and wants their state to be called Capricornia but their website has recently disappeared.
Monumenta 2016
08 Mai 2016 - 18 Juin 2016
Grand Palais, Nef
Depuis 2007, des artistes contemporains de renommée internationale investissent la Nef du Grand Palais avec des oeuvres magistrales conçues pour l’occasion. Après Anselm Kiefer, Richard Serra, Christian Boltanski, Anish Kapoor, Daniel Buren et Ilya et Emilia Kabakov, Huang Yong Ping relève le défi en 2016.
Représentant de l’avant-garde artistique chinoise, il imagine une installation spectaculaire, qui est aussi une réflexion sur les transformations de notre monde.
ANALYSE DE L’ŒUVRE
Les thèmes du pouvoir et du commerce sont abordés ici, comme souvent dans la démarche de Huang Yong Ping. Originaire d’une ville portuaire de la Chine du Sud-Est, au trafic de 34 millions de tonnes de marchandises, l’artiste est sans doute fasciné par l’expression de cette puissance.
Selon les mots du commissaire Jean de Loisy, l’installation Empires évoque un paysage symbolique de la puissance économique mondiale d’aujourd’hui : ses ports, du Havre à Shanghai, et le commerce maritime, étendu à toutes les mers du globe. Les empires d’hier à aujourd’hui sont des pouvoirs politiques, militaires, religieux et économiques. De nouveaux empires ont supplanté les autres, mais ils disparaîtront eux aussi.
En déambulant dans Monumenta 2016, le visiteur découvre plusieurs montagnes composées d’empilements, plus ou moins hauts, de conteneurs. Une grue les domine de sa hauteur, tandis qu’un serpent colossal, à l’échelle de la Nef, se déploie sur tout cet ensemble, créant ainsi une forme d’unité. Son squelette de métal fait écho à la structure de la verrière du Grand Palais ; il guide le regard et dynamise la composition. Sa gueule menaçante semble en position d’attaque. Sa proie? Peut-être est-elle sa propre queue ou bien le bicorne de Napoléon Ier, immense, posé au sommet d’un arc de triomphe de conteneurs. Placé au centre de la composition, il symbolise la puissance de l’empire. Les entretiens qui suivent révèlent les aspects artistiques et symboliques de cette création, dont le projet est en germe depuis 2006, avant même l’invention de Monumenta!
SYMBOLIQUE DU DRAGON DANS LE MONDE CHINOIS
Créature mixte dans la culture chinoise, le dragon est doté d’une tête de lion, de cornes, d’un corps de serpent muni de quatre pattes griffues. Il trouve refuge au fond des cavernes dans la mer, attendant un signal pour s’envoler et rejoindre le monde céleste. Protecteur, le dragon est celui qui justifie le mandat céleste de l’empereur. Ce dernier lui fait des offrandes afin d’obtenir la pluie et ainsi la fertilité, afin que son pouvoir soit affirmé aux yeux de tous. A contrario, l’animal fabuleux peut être le signe de la chute d’une dynastie: surgissant de l’eau et provoquant inondations et destructions… Dans le passé, la découverte fortuite d’ossements de dinosaures était interprétée comme celle d’os de dragon.
Is it a love day! Why we don’t have all year days LOVE DAYS?
It’s not to judge how important this day, what I believe is that all days should be LOVE DAYS..
I would recommend to invest more of our LOVE & care in our little brothers & sisters .. sons & daughters to gain the future LOVE we want ..
Uses: Anything relating to finance and money.
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Inspiration: Saving. Investing. Stocks. Business growth. Starting a small business... etc.
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