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The description of these sculptures are :
Knowledge, like water, is vital to life. The stream of water connects the two figures. The water is symbolic of the passing of knowledge from generation to generation.
Hmm this lighting must be too strong as it is distorting the image- my lack of photography knowledge here as i don't know what to do to correct it.
Right as per usual I got carried away painting and forgot to take snaps of my progress but here is a summary.
After I'd sprayed on the Troll Slayer & Evil Sunz 50/50 mix I then pin washed Agrax in all the recesses,then I went round with the same Troll Slayer/Evil Sunz mix on the brush this time and edge highlighted the miniature. Then I did the details - belts etc- leather in Rhinox Hide edged with Doombull Brown, Pouch with Karak Stone- edged with Screaming Skull, Bolter- Vallejo Model Air Gunmetal, edged with Vallejo Model Air Chrome.
The Bolter Stock Vallejo Model Colour Black edged with Administratum Grey, Detail Retributor Armour -Highlighted with Liberator Gold.
The eyes were based in Caliban Green, then Warpstone Glow, Moot green with a dot of White Scar.
Chestplate Vallejo Model Colour Black highlighted with Eshin Grey and then Administratum Grey.
Then finally extreme edge highlights with Citadel Edge Lugganath Orange
www.recyclart.org/2015/01/books-knowledge/
Carved Sculpture Title: “Book of Knowledge One"
Original Published Name: “Books of Knowledge 15-16” and “Books of Knowledge 17-18"
Materials: Recycled Book, Paper, Glue & Acrylic
Size: 9.5” by 8.5”
Date Carved: December 2013
Carved from two out of date reference, children's encyclopedias from 1947, this piece focuses on various stories and images of interest as the artist found them in their original position, making this a unique art piece.
Sealed shut, the artist left images preserved in their original printed location within each book. This art insures the reader a glimpse into the media from yesteryear, a perspective that will inspire, mesmerize and create intrigue with style that is a unique a one-of-a-kind item for display.
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Bad weather is here again and the car has been sitting since just before Christmas. So I figured it to be as good a time as any to fix something that was really irking the crap out of me…the sun visors.
All of the 79-85 Eldorado’s with light up mirrors (which most had) unfortunately have a problem with visorus saginitus. The visor is held up by a small winged plastic bushing-it wraps around the chrome visor arm, and locks into the plastic visor body with the winged part. This little plastic thing gets brittle over time and starts to crack, losing its grip on the stationary rod. This starts as an issue where they droop a little bit when the car has been sitting in the sun on a summers day but eventually gets bad enough that it happens at all temperatures and will just flop down with bumps in the road.
To my knowledge there’s no replacements for this winged bushing and even if there were I don’t know how you would go about replacing it with the way it’s installed on the visor arm. GM evidently saw the problem as the arm and bushing were revised in 1984 to be bigger but evidently to no avail-the passenger visor on my car sagged from the time I had bought the car and I had held it in place with a nail wedged into the metal trim surrounding the window that had to be removed when you wanted to use it…this didn’t compute with the fairer sex, so it’s safe to say eventually I’m going to find all of those finishing nails that have gone missing over the past couple of years the hard way…
My driver’s side visor was free of this problem but I just didn’t use it as I was afraid it would start doing the same thing. So I set to work finding a real fix
These popped up for sale on ebay, red visors from an ’87 DeVille. They looked like a winner, same general shape, same color and in good condition. After a couple of messages to get an idea on size, I ordered them. However, when they arrived, they were neither the bright red shown in the pictures, nor in as good of repair. They definitely needed to be reupholstered to be used. I gave them a dry run before wasting any more money, and they had a couple of other issues. The first was a different electrical connector which was no biggie. The second was much bigger, that they could only be used to block sun going forward. Trying to move it to the side caused them to either drop or raise at a 45 degree angle.
I figured this was caused by the design of the mount which is heavily angled. So there wasn’t much I could do about it. Until my ebay suggestions came up with visors from a Buick Reatta for sale-the same general style as the DeVille, but with a flat type of mount similar to the OEM Eldorado!
Now the guy wanted over 100 dollars for these and after my blunder with the DeVille visors I wasn’t about to sink that type of change in a maybe. So I headed over to the Reatta AACA message board to see if anyone had a dogged set of visors with good mounts that they wanted to sell, and the first post in the for sale section happened to be by a fella who was parting out a complete Reatta! Score!
I emailed the guy and he explained that the car was in a junkyard local to his house. A real gentleman, he was able to get the visor arms for free and didn’t even charge me the ride up from Florida. Thanks Mike! The car in question had a burgundy interior so the arms would need to be sprayed dark carmine to work for me. After cleaning and priming, SEM aerosol made quick work of that.
Unfortunately when they were removed from the Reatta, this condom thing that wraps around a metal bushing shredded, but I was able to basically replicate it with heat shrink tubing
The arms are easily removed from the visors when uninstalled from the car. Simply rotate the arm into the mirror side of the visor (as if you were pushing the visor back up into the roof) until it clicks and then yank it out. Install it into the new visor in the same position. I did some tests for proof of concept and when it seemed like I was on the right track, I got to work. Or at least to spending money. I ordered carmine foam-backed headliner material (Sunbrite 1872 for those interested, it was a great match) and headliner adhesive (which I ended up not needing for this job)
The visors themselves are like a clamshell and probably harder to crack open than a turnip. After enough brute force, a hammer, and a screwdriver, I was able to get them open (see the color difference as compared to the ebay picture above)
The material around the visor ended up not being glued to the face of it, only tucked tight and hot glued from the factory. I decided to do the same thing (So I have to write off the spray adhesive until I do a new headliner). I carefully removed the old fabric and made a template out of the new material
(should anyone do this in the future, it’s much more simple and less risky to only cut the general shape of the template out, you can cut the hole for the mirror and sun shade later)
The visors themselves also needed some help. The “ears” at the ends were super fatigued and loose, so I mixed up some resin and fiberglass to shore them up.
Once the visor bodies were sound, I had to come up with a way of re-joining the clamshell. I have no idea how GM did this in the first place but super glue doesn’t work. After a lot of searching I found out that these are likely made of Polyethylene. I bought this 3M DP8005 adhesive which claimed to bond it and tested it on a junk visor-seemed to do the trick. You need a special mixing tip in addition to this and I also had to get a gun that it fits into.
With that solved, I started hot gluing the material onto the visors. I had never done anything with headliner material before aside from stapling them up when they started sagging and I was really surprised with how compliant it was. In that, it basically looked factory with no runs or wrinkles despite not having a clue what I was doing.
Then, I bonded the two halves back together. Each one had to sit like this for a day, and early signs seem like it worked. Hopefully the adhesive will hold, time and temperature will tell.
Here’s a comparison of the original visors with the DeVille replacements. Mirrors swapped without issue. I also had to swap the power connector, meaning I had to cut the crimped on connector at the mirror end from the old visors and install in the new ones. Delphi 12020347 is the connector part, there’s no room inside the assembly for a butt connector (and I hate using them unless I have to)
And here they are installed!
The only complication on the install is that the plastic visor arms bolt in a slightly smaller bolt pattern than the originals. You can take any 2 of the 3 holes but not all 3 at once. Fortunately there’s plenty of meat to drill into to make another hole.
I’m sure a lot of people are reading this right now and saying I should have just stuck with the nail but in reality it wasn’t that bad. It might seem like a mess but everything above is a “worse possible scenario” in that I got fleeced on the visors I bought and had to change color, structurally repair them, rehab the Reatta visor arms, then bond them back together. If you’re fortunate enough to have a 79-85 E body with an interior color the same as an 85-88 Deville, and can get the visors from it, the only thing you need do is get a set of Reatta visor arms and swap them out (and obviously your electrical connector from your 79-85). They’re really close in size as far as fit, and look factory with the exception of the sunshade. You could delete that when reupholstering, but I always liked them.
It seems like GM changed all their lighted visor designs to basically the same thing in the late 80’s downsized cars. So there might very well be more vehicles than just Reattas that have the flat plastic visor arm. As far as longevity, I’ll definitely keep everyone posted but I will say that I’ve never really seen any of the “newer” Cadillacs or Buicks experiencing visor problems. The whole metal bushing with condom setup also feels much more sturdy then the OEM 79-85 stuff.
Oh, and on the bright side, I’ll only have to wear these puppies at night now.
This had been from one of my shoots in a grave yard. I was at first skeptical about it, but they ended up not looking creepy at all.
There is to much technology in todays world and I can definitely be blamed for it. I spend countless hours editing+ I am a full time insurance agent and spend 7 hours a day on the computer... So for my new years resolution I am going read more... There is just somthing about old books.
Hope you like it.
My knowledge of the county where I spent the first 25 years of my life, is largely restricted what you could see from the main roads through it, or where Shreeves Coaches would do tours too. Therefore I know the A12 and 143 very well, but away from those, not so good.
I grew up in a household that did not own a car, I am the only one to have passed a driving test, so any exploration would have to be where there was a railway station nearby, or where a coach might call.
Before my current interest in churches, I would see signs pointing down leafy lanes towards the parish church, and I would not be tempted. I knew there was such a sign from the small stretch of dual carriageway near to Saxmundham.
Having been to Snape, I turned onto the A12 intending to go north, but instead turned west following the signs to Benhall.
Down a long, straight lane, lined with mature trees and carpeted with golden leaves that had just fallen: i reach the end and can see no church, but a hand painted sign points the way right, and a hundred yards away, hidden behind trees sits St Mary.
I like a church with a gallery; even better if is open, or accessible. All round a fine and tidy, well kept church, and despite only a minute drive from the main road, is a million miles away.
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One of the great things about being a harmless Suffolk eccentric is that you get to meet other harmless Suffolk eccentrics. I hadn't known Aidan Semmens very long, and Benhall was part of one of our first jaunts together. This site was on its first, fresh legs, and he was writing about churches for what in those days was still called, quaintly, Eastern Counties Newspapers. We would bounce ideas off each other to the advantage of both our work, and may one day even get round to writing that book we kept talking about. However, Benhall stalled us in our creative endeavours, because on that occasion we couldn't get into the church.
When I first wrote on this site about finding this church locked, in what was otherwise an area of open churches, I had a wry e-mail from the Archdeacon of Sudbury, telling me that, in fact, Benhall church was open daily from 9 am - 5 pm. However the door is heavy and some people find it difficult to open. The hand has to be turned to the right and the door pushed forward. Neither Aidan or I had ever laid claims to being macho, and so we enrolled on an intensive fitness programme at the local gym, limbering up to open stiff doors. But in fact it would be more than eight years before I came back to Benhall.
Benhall is one of those parishes bisected by the A12. Unhappily, this cuts the church off from its village centre, but both village and church are in rather lovely settings, St Mary being reached down a long, straight high-hedged lane from the busy road. I freewheeled along, enjoying the birdsong and the emerging sunshine as July stuttered into life. Soon, the noise of the traffic fell away behind me, but as I approached the church a lunatic dog erupted in the garden across the road. I dare say that I was the first stranger it had seen all day, but its slavering barking suggested that it thought I was definitely up to no good.
At first sight, St Mary is an entirely Victorian confection; the double-breasted east end consists of the original, repointed chancel, and a north transept and chancel aisle, both with 19th century windows. The style is similar to Somerton, across the county. The northern extensions were to contain an organ, vestry and schoolroom. On the eastern face of the original chancel, an internal memorial has been placed, rather ill-advisedly; the Victorians sometimes seem rather embarrassed by these, although they normally just banished them to the west end of the nave. Mortlock thought that the tower showed signs of being early, with late Saxon work at three of the corners; but, as he says, the 19th Century touch is so overwhelming elsewhere, there is no reason to think it original. It certainly doesn't look older than about 150 years. As I wandered around the church taking photographs, the dog kept up its hellish litany, verging on the apoplectic whenever I came back into view. I wondered if it did this for church services as well - if so, Benhall weddings must be fun. I found that by jumping up and down and waving my arms I could raise its anger to absolute fever pitch. However, reasoning that if it broke through the fence and rushed across the road, the smile would be on the other side of my face - if, indeed, I still had a face at all - I decided to curtail my amusement and have another go at that south door.
There is a substantial south porch, with the first inkling that this church is something rather interesting after all; a large, Norman doorway. It shows signs of being recut, but is in its original place, and is perhaps the clearest inclination of the date of the superstructure of the building. The door opened easily. The interior is clean, light and well-kept, a pleasing balance between old brick floors and early 19th century furnishings. This is essentially a Georgian interior, from the days of the Rector John Mitford, brother of the more famous Mary. The pre-ecclesiological features include a gallery, a double decker pulpit looking along the ranks of box pews, and a curious birdbath font on a stubby stem. The clear glass of the windows benefits the nave, filling it with a simple, restful light.
To step past the organ in the transept, and into the chancel, is to enter a part of the building with a quite different feel. Unfortunately, the fitted carpet makes a view of the church's brasses and floor slabs impossible - there are three sets of brasses to members of the Duke family, and Sam Mortlock was most impressed by them when he came here in the early 1990s. I don't know when the carpet was fitted, but it did occur to me that if I had bothered to come back to Benhall sooner then I would have seen them as well. The striking memorial on the north wall of the chancel is to another Duke, Sir Edward, who died in the 1730s. An antiquarian, he used the opportunity to record almost 150 years worth of his forebears, which must make him very popular with his own ancestors if any of them are genealogists.
Benhall church is a simple, restful place, off the beaten track and probably little-known. But I was glad I'd come back, and as I waved the dog a cheery goodbye, he whined and put his head between his paws, perhaps reasoning that he might have to wait some considerable time before he had any more fun.
Simon Knott, September 2008
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, will today begin her three day visit to Rwanda, her first since she came to the helm of the institution in 2011. In an e-mail correspondence with The New Times’ Kenneth Agutamba, Lagarde sheds light on her institution’s current relationship with Rwanda and commends the country’s transformative and inclusive policies that have seen a significant decline in poverty levels.
You come here 20 years after the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. In your view, what has been the trigger for Rwanda’s rapid economic renaissance?
My main message to Rwanda is that “Good policies pay off.” Let me set this in a broader context by saying that I am very happy to have the opportunity to visit Rwanda at such a pivotal moment in its history. The horrific events that occurred 20 years ago tore the social and economic fabric of the country, and it is uplifting to see the progress in rebuilding, in peace efforts, and in improving the welfare of all Rwandans.
This truly is an example in terms of social and economic transformation. It proves that effective policies and inclusive growth can be transformational.
The economic performance has been remarkable, with strong annual growth for the past 15 years. This has helped Rwanda make progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals. The poorest have benefited from a focus on inclusive growth, with the poverty rate falling to 45 per cent of the population in 2011 from 60 per cent in 2000.
Of course, this rate is still high, but it is definite progress and we see the trend continuing. So, while there has not been a magic bullet or a single trigger, a holistic approach, that also included a focus on the agricultural sector, employment, and gender equality, has been instrumental in sharing the fruits of high growth more widely.
What is the status of IMF relations in Rwanda at present?
We have a very close economic policy dialogue and the IMF is currently supporting the government with a Policy Support Instrument (PSI) – designed for low-income countries that have graduated from financial support but still seek to maintain a close policy dialogue.
The PSI signals the strength of a country’s policies to donors, multilateral development banks, and markets. We also provide technical assistance as part of the Fund’s efforts to increase local capacity and know-how. We have an office in Kigali, where a resident representative, currently Mitra Farahbaksh, ensures our presence in the field.
Rwanda’s PSI, which is in its second year, supports Rwanda’s own policy priorities for strong and inclusive growth, with an emphasis on domestic resource mobilization, private sector development, export diversification, regional integration, and financial sector development.
We recently reviewed this programme and welcomed the country’s continued strong performance. We also agreed with the government that more work needs to be done to further reduce Rwanda’s reliance on aid and increase its resilience to external shocks.
What is your economic outlook for the country between now and 2020?
Our outlook for Rwanda is positive. The economy is recovering from a weak performance in agriculture and delays in related project implementation in recent years. Growth rebounded last year and inflation remains well contained. We expect GDP growth rates to rise gradually towards 7-7.5 per cent in the medium term, while inflation remains within the medium-term target of 5 per cent.
I am particularly impressed with the government’s continued commitment to poverty reduction.
As part of my stay here, I will be visiting the Agaseke Handicraft Cooperative and the ICT hub (knowledge Lab) in Kigali to see firsthand how the government has managed to improve the welfare of vulnerable and disadvantaged groups such as women and youth.
As your readers are aware, the Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy for 2013–18 focuses on economic transformation, rural development, and youth employment. The strategy is rightly aimed at further reducing poverty.
I think that the continued rollout of planned measures and the successful inclusion of the private sector in leading economic development will help make sizeable inroads in making growth even more inclusive and in reducing inequality.
In a recent advisory by the IMF Board, they encouraged Rwanda to widen its tax base and put emphasis on domestic revenue sourcing. What is your advice on this?
We are devoting a significant portion of our technical assistance to support Rwanda’s efforts to reduce its dependence on foreign aid. The focus is appropriately on widening the tax base – not higher taxes, but all paying a fair share.
The government has already made significant progress in the areas of revenue administration.
The push to increase the number of registered VAT payers through the introduction of electronic billing machines, and the switch in the collection of local taxes and fees from the local governments to the revenue authority, should be useful in bringing more businesses under the tax system.
The introduction of tax regimes for agriculture and mining, and improvements in property taxation, should also help achieve the goal of providing budgetary resources for key expenditures, particularly those aimed at scaling up social spending and infrastructure in a context where donor resources are likely to be limited.
Lately, Rwanda has taken to raising money through bonds, do you think this is viable?
Rwanda’s successful Euro-bond issuance in 2013 demonstrated that market financing can play a complementary role in financing investment plans. Several other African countries have followed suit over the past year.
The key is to ensure that Rwanda’s debt remains sustainable. I welcome the government’s commitment to fully explore concessional financing options and private sector participation before considering the use of non-concessional resources.
At the same time, the government’s decision to begin issuing domestic currency bonds in 2014 was an important step in the process of developing and deepening local capital markets.
www.newtimes.co.rw/section/article/2015-01-26/185319/
Creating jobs remains a high priority for this country, but as you know the private sector is also still young. What should Rwanda do to address these two issues?
On private sector development, Rwanda’s potential depends critically on full implementation of ongoing reforms to attract foreign investment and boost exports. These include reducing the cost of doing business; improving infrastructure; supporting skills development; and tapping into regional markets.
The increased provision of lower-cost electricity and improved transportation should help facilitate diversification and business development.
On creating jobs, the government has identified three key priorities: skills development, the fostering of entrepreneurship for small- and medium-sized enterprises, and supporting household enterprises. We at the Fund share this emphasis on building the capacity of Africa’s greatest resource–its people. Increased investment in infrastructure can help put people to work.
The IMF’s latest Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa projects regional GDP growth to pick up from about 5 per cent in 2013/14 to 5.75 per cent in 2015. That isn’t a big leap, is it? Can you elaborate on this?
Sub-Saharan Africa has made impressive progress over the past two decades, with growth averaging around 5 per cent. We expect that to continue in 2015, despite the impact of lower oil prices on some of Africa’s major oil exporting economies.
So there has been real progress, as growth has allowed for reducing poverty and improving living conditions.
For example, the number of people living on less than $1.25 a day in Africa has fallen significantly since 1990. But extreme poverty remains unacceptably high and not all countries are making progress. Some countries are still facing internal conflict and/or fragility.
Looking ahead, there are a number of longer-term demographic, technological and environmental challenges that need to be addressed in order to realise the ‘big leap’ that you refer to.
For instance, how can we tap into the productive capacity of Africa’s youth? How can Africa take advantage of technological innovation?
And how can we address the implications of climate change? Three broad policy priorities are crucial: building infrastructure, building institutions, and building people. Africa must also strengthen its institutional and governance frameworks to better manage its vast resources.
But the focus must be on people—with programmes aimed at boosting health and education and other essential social services. In fact, Rwanda is one of the countries that are effectively implementing policies in many of these areas.
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has dealt a major blow to several African economies in the region. Can the effects of this blow spread to other parts of the continent?
The Ebola outbreak is a severe human, social and economic crisis that requires a resolute response. And the focus must be on isolating the virus, not the countries.
Strong efforts are underway in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, but it is unlikely to be brought under control before the second half of 2015.
The economic outlook for these countries has already worsened since September, when the IMF disbursed $130 million to the (three) countries to boost their response to the outbreak.
If the outbreak remains limited to the three countries, the economic outlook for the rest of sub-Saharan Africa remains favourable. Some neighbouring countries like The Gambia have seen an impact on tourism.
We are working with the governments of the three affected countries to provide additional interest-free financing of about $160 million, and expect our Board to make a decision in the next few days.
Following the endorsement by the G-20 leaders in Australia, we are also looking at further options to provide additional support to the Ebola-hit countries, including through the provision of donor-supported debt relief.
International oil prices have been tumbling, is this good for Rwanda and the other members of the EAC?
Indeed, oil prices have fallen recently, affecting both oil producers and consumers. Overall, we see the price decline as positive for the global economy. As an oil importer, Rwanda and indeed the East Africa region should benefit given that lower prices will most likely have a positive impact on growth whilst also easing inflation.
Countries can make use of this window of opportunity to reduce universal energy subsidies and use the savings toward more targeted transfers that benefit the poor.
Recently, the East African Community, a regional bloc to which Rwanda subscribes, reached a landmark Economic Partnership agreement (Epa) with Europe. Do you think that these countries need such agreements?
The EPA is designed to enhance commercial and economic relations, supporting a new trading dynamic in the region and deepening cooperation in trade and investment. It can serve as an important instrument of development in many respects.
It can promote sustained growth, increase the productive capacity of EAC economies, foster diversification and competitiveness, and, of course, boost trade, investment and employment. Rwanda is a key member of the EAC that has worked hard to create a conducive and transparent business environment. So it should benefit from this agreement.
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About Lagarde
Christine Lagarde assumed the mantle of the International Monetary Fund in July 2011. A Frenchwoman, she was previously French finance minister from June 2007, and had also served for two years as France’s minister for foreign trade.
Lagarde also has had an extensive and noteworthy career as an anti-trust and labour lawyer, serving as a partner with the international law firm of Baker & McKenzie, where the partnership elected her as chairman in October 1999.
The IMF is an organisation of 188 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world.
Photos : Jack Yakubu (Jack Nkinzingabo)
What’s The Difference?
Managers / Talent Agent / Publicist
by: Model/Actor/Photographer Alan Trudeau
Talent Manangers & Personal Managers
A Mananger is like a marriage, while a agent is more like a relationship.
A manager will groom you and assist you in creating your image and career. The manangers have a smaller list, and are in a better position to spearhead your career.
Managers will look at the overall picture of your lasting career as a talent and will see a
projection within the next 5 years of you as a prime performer.
Most manangers will ask you to sign a 3 to 5 year contract because it does take time to launch a successfull career and develop a new Talent, but also to bring “want” and “Desire”
to the public & the fans.
A talent agent distributes your demo reels and images and your resume to casting directors and clients as a
personal marketing specialist for you, with knowledge of your performances and abilities as a talent.
The agent will be your voice when it comes to hire and negociate your contracts, there signature and final words will always override yours.
The Publicist helps you with the Media, this may include interviews, photo shootings, press release, talk shows, organize your online social media pages and is a huge part of all your publicity as a Talent.
Publicist sometimes work in firms or independent contracts and are usually paid with a upfront deposit retainer and a percentage of all your success as a performer
They will set your calendar for upcoming events with no limits, they also tell you what to do, you cannot tell them what you want to do. It’s there power and position to make you the star you dream of.
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Abstract from the Chronicles of the Old Earth:
« In the year 2305 and asteroid is discovered in a collision course with Earth. Every State on the planet agreed to move the population to other places like Mars, the Moon, or the recent Terranova base at the Alpha Centauri B system. The evacuation of the planet was peremptory if the quasi extinction of the human race was to be avoided. Two decades afterwards, the asteroid is just upon the Earth, but reduces its velocity drastically, until impacting on the province of Badajoz (Spain), in the European continent. The great crater becomes a tourist attraction, and many of the exiles return to their homes to resume a life they began to yearn. »
« In 2335, millions of insectoid looking bugs emerge from the depths of the Earth. Like a guided panspermia, the Earth is colonized by creatures that annihilate without pity any living being. The fight is fierce and brutal, the 1st Corps of International Armies fights these hordes obtaining pyrrhic victories at the expense of a lot of human lives. Troops decrease in number, and the enemies only increase. The Council of States decides almost with unanimity to abandon the fight, to let the inhabitants evacuate and leave to their devices to those who wish to stay. Mother Earth has been abandoned, and the human hearts mourn its loss. »
700 years have passed, we are in the first months of 3017, all memory of the Earth has been buried in oblivion, cut off of minds and hearts; but not only because its painful loss, but also because of some spurious motives that justify this forgetfulness. The ship Columbus, during one of its exploration voyages, suffers a breakdown in its warp drive. They are stranded in space, near a planet not reflected on the navigation charts of the knowledge core. The repairs would mean a delay of several months in its mission, but the scans have revealed interesting resources on this blue planet. An outpost is built, the terrain is conditioned for the cargo and transport platforms, allowing the research work to begin. The constructions are human, there is barely any animal life; but plenty of plat life, the atmosphere is breathable, rich in oxygen. Everything is very strange. What planet is this and how come there are no records about it? In the following days they find an ovoid case with an specimen inside, the decision is clear: transport it to the Columbus for further study. And then… then the apocalypse is unleashed.
This diorama has been build by the Brickstons Group members ( Pepi Blas, Victor M. Nouvillas, Emiliano Martinez and Alfonso Abeger) and Evo García, Luis López and Juan Manuel Boillos.
You can see all the photos in this album www.flickr.com/photos/144538203@N07/albums/72157681054545022
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Extracto de las Crónicas
de la Vieja Tierra:
«En el año 2305 se descubre un asteroide que tiene ruta de colisión con la Tierra. Todos los Estados acordaron trasladar a la población hacia otros lugares como Marte o la Luna y la reciente base de Terranova en el sistema Alfa Centauri B. La evacuación del planeta era perentoria si se quería evitar la quasi extinción de la especie humana. Dos décadas después el asteroide se cierne sobre la Tierra, pero reduce drásticamente su velocidad hasta impactar en la provincia de Badajoz (España), en el continente Europeo. El gran cráter se convierte en un reclamo turístico y muchos de los exiliados vuelven a sus hogares para retomar una vida que añoran.
»En el 2335, millones de bichos con aspecto insectoide emergen de las profundidades terrestres. Como una gran panspermia dirigida, la Tierra es colonizada por unas criaturas que aniquilan sin piedad a cualquier ser vivo. La lucha es encarnizada y brutal, el I Cuerpo de Ejércitos Internacional se bate contra estas hordas obteniendo pírricas victorias a costa de muchas vidas humanas. Los efectivos disminuyen y los enemigos no dejan de aumentar. El Consejo de Estados decide casi por unanimidad abandonar la lucha, permitir a los habitantes la evacuación y dejar a su suerte a aquellas personas que decidan quedarse. Se ha renunciado a la madre Tierra y los corazones humanos lloran la pérdida.»
Han pasado 700 años, corren los primeros meses del 3017, todo recuerdo sobre la Tierra ha sido enterrado en el olvido, cercenado de mentes y corazones; pero no sólo por lo doloroso de la pérdida, también por motivos espurios que justifican este olvido.
La nave Columbus en uno de sus viajes de exploración del universo sufre una avería en el motor de curvatura. Han quedado varados en el espacio, cerca de un planeta sin reflejo en las cartas de navegación del núcleo de conocimientos.La reparación supondrá un retraso de varios meses en su misión, pero los resultados de los escáneres han permitido conocer que existen recursos interesantes en ese planeta azul. Se monta un puesto de avanzada y exploración, se acondiciona el terreno para las plataformas de carga y transporte permitiendo iniciar los trabajos de investigación. Las construcciones son humanas, apenas encuentran vida animal; pero sí vegetal, la atmósfera es respirable, rica en oxígeno. Todo es muy extraño. ¿Qué planeta es este del que no se tienen datos?
En el devenir de los días hallan una carcasa ovoide con un espécimen dentro, la decisión es clara, transportarlo a la Columbus para su ulterior estudio. Y entonces… entonces se desata el apocalipsis.
Este diorama lo han construido los miembros de The Brickstons Group Pepi Blas, Victor M. Nouvillas, Emiliano Martinez y Alfonso Abeger, con la colaboración adicional de Evo García, Luis López y Juan Manuel Boillos.
Puedes ver todas las fotos en este álbum www.flickr.com/photos/144538203@N07/albums/72157681054545022
In and beyond our classrooms at Davidson Day, Patriot students acquire knowledge, express their creativity, and collaborate.
Created by Betsey Merkel
The I-Open Knowledge Wheel maps the organization and progressive dissemination of human knowledge in the Civic Space in Open Source Economic Development. Civic Wisdom is the interviews contributed to I-Open community for sharing. The Knowledge Wheel is parallel to the F/OSS progression of code to data to content. I-Open organizes civic intelligence (code) to storage (data) to publication (content). Creative applications can fragment or work data at any given point in the outward progression of disseminating content.
Copyright 2011 Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Betsey Merkel and The Institute for Open Economic Networks (I-Open), 2563 Kingston Road Cleveland OH 44118 Phone: 216-220-0172 Web: i-open.posterous.com/
If the student hasn't the background knowledge (schema) to make connections to a text, then comprehension becomes a real challenge.
A teacher's job is to help provide background knowledge before they start reading.
I created this using a screen capture from a music video and ComicLife software.
U.S. FINALIST: Category 2
"The Traveling Knowledge Dream Car" by Grace Kang, age 11, Los Angeles, CA
My Dream Car is a traveling book car that brings knowledge to the communities. I wanted to end ignorance and misinformation and create a car that can bring information and education to communities that are underserved. I wanted the car to look like it was magically dispersing imagination and creative ideas to the community.
Change and Knowledge management using Open Space Technology, attributed to the work of Harrison Owen
With higher ed, with faculty, with professional coaches, with the horses, with professional women, with change management practitioners and consultants, with clients, Open Space has many applications, OST
If you'd like to learn more about this agenda-less type process organized around a key theme, an Open Space handout is available here: reveln.com/open-space-on-speed-and-social-business-video-...
Find out more via REVELN.com
VAZIANI, Georgia - Pfc. Zachary Mannion (left), a Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle driver assigned to A Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, shows a Georgian Army soldier different engine components of his vehicle here, May 8, in preparation for Exercise Noble Partner 15. Performing vehicle maintenance together facilitates the development of interoperability between the U.S. and Georgian forces by increasing soldier’s knowledge of how each nation keeps their vehicles fully operational. Noble Partner is a Georgian and U.S. military training exercise taking place at Vaziani Training Area, Georgia, from 11 to 25 May. This exercise is a critical part of Georgia’s training for their contribution of a light infantry company to the NATO Response Force. While Georgia is not a member of NATO, it and other NATO partners voluntarily contribute to the NRF. Exercise Noble Partner provides an opportunity to continue the U.S. training relationship with the Georgian Armed Forces as the sponsor of Georgia’s participation in the NRF. (Photo by Sgt. Daniel Cole, U.S. Army Europe Public Affairs)
Rou Dalagurr: Food Sovereignty Lab & Traditional Ecological Knowledges Institute Food Festival featuring Indigenous organizations, food producers, food vendors, hands-on activities, music, speaker, and discussion panels. To view more photos, please visit flic.kr/s/aHBqjzNurx
This camera has been three years in the making! The 135mm lens on this camera has literally been in my collection for years. After using it on another conversion that failed, I decided that the 135mm focal length would never be suitable for a pack-film conversion, and retired the lens to the cupboard. Years later, with more knowledge and experience up my sleeve, I decided to give it another shot. This time, with working results!
Where once sat the original Polaroid f8.8 lens and automatic shutter now sits a Tominon 135mm, f4.5, four element coated glass lens, mounted in a Polaroid MP-4 Press shutter. This shutter does not require cocking before firing, meaning you can fire the shutter as fast as your fingers can move. This mechanical shutter also means that the camera no longer requires batteries!
This new lens allows for fantastic portrait photos, and is really the area where the camera excels. The new 135mm lens is sharper and faster than the original, and takes great portrait shots.
The greatest challenge of the build, was synchronising the 135mm lens with a rangefinder calibrated to 114mm. With portrait shots the number one priority, I took the liberty of re-calibrating the rangefinder arm to synchronise perfectly at the closest focusing distance, where shallow depth of field at wide apertures make accurate focusing very hard. This tweak means the camera now focuses tack-sharp at the closest portrait distance, with drift between lens and rangefinder occurring at further distances where it is not noticeable (especially when at f8 or higher). Infinity is set to a hyper-focal distance for an adequate range of focus when landscape shooting. Lastly, I added a set of picture focus aids, measured the precise distance they focused to when wide open, and added a series of corresponding stickers as a reminder inside rear door that use to house the battery.
Features:
- Tominon 135mm f4.5, coated glass lens
- Polaroid MP-4 Press Shutter, featuring bulb and time modes
- Aperture range from f4.5 all the way to f45!
- Twin window rangefinder/viewfinder with projected framelines and automatic parallax compensation rangefinder/viewfinder
- Folding bellows design
- X-sync for flash, with ability to use old flash bulbs when set to 1/30th of a second or lower
- Fully sealed and flocked interior, with new light seals
- Original light grey panels and rear doors replaced with black ones.
Title / Titre :
The British Almanac of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge… [closed fore-edge] /
The British Almanac of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge… [gouttière fermée]
Description :
Fore-edge painting of a Spanish frigate. /
Peinture sur gouttière représentant une frégate espagnole.
Creator(s) / Créateur(s) : Unknown / Inconnu
Date(s) : 1863
Reference No. / Numéro de référence : OCLC 1019211618
bac-lac.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1019211618
Location / Lieu : Unknown / Inconnu
Credit / Mention de source :
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. London : Knight and Co., 1863. Library and Archives Canada, IMG_2698 /
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. London : Knight and Co., 1863. Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, IMG_2698
In Hindu mythology the light signifies goodness and vitality. A traditional Puja is performed after sunset in all the homes. Ghee diyas (lamps) are lit in front of the deities, Naivedya of traditional sweets is offered to the Goddess and devotional songs- in praise of Goddess Laxmi are sung across all traditional Hindu homes. It is almost history today due to hectic life and urbanization.
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Scientia Potentia Est (Francis Bacon)
Knowledge is power. Library Arnhem, Rozet building.
You go, girls!
“The only source of knowledge is experience”
~ Albert Einstein
Swift Hall was the second building erected for the Engineering Department at the University of Cincinnati. Constructed in 1926, Swift Hall was designed by Harry Hake to be fireproof, made of steel and concrete, red wire-cut brick and Terra cotta trimming. The building was the last word in architecture, design and construction methods as new inventions changed the fabric of construction.
Swift Hall, named after the generous benefactor John B. Swift, housed the electrical engineering department for the expanding engineering department. Swift was the president of the Eagle Pitcher Lead Company and donated $150,000 in memory of his brother who had been a graduate of the University. Another generous donation by John Emery enabled the University to build the building.
Like other engineering programs across the United States, the University of Cincinnati's Engineering Department competed in the burgeoning world of technology. Through the persistence of UC instructor Paul Herget, who became an astronaut, the University beat out East Schools like Yale to obtain one of the first computers utilized in colleges. The computer was an IBM 650 and allowed UC’s Engineering Department to develop the first program to teach computer programming to the visually impaired as well as those with disabilities.
In 2002 and 2003 Swift Hall, along with other buildings at UC, were renovated to include computer-based classrooms, offices and meeting spaces. Currently Swift Hall houses the Main Campus Newspaper, the News Record, offices and classrooms. On a fun side note: astronomer Paul Herget later helped design the Pringle Potato Chip.
Oringinally completed in 1926, Swift Hall is adjacent to the Steger Student Life Center and houses classrooms, lecture halls, and offices for various UC programs. glaserworks, as Architect of Record worked closely with the University and with design firm Moore Ruble Yudell to create some of UC’s earliest high-tech "digital" classrooms. These electronic classrooms have been designed to comply with specific guidelines supporting teaching and learning with technology. Nearly every student has an unobstructed view of high definition video images projected from a computer, laptop, VCR, DVD, or document camera augmented with excellent sound quality. Lighting and shades are automatically controlled for optimum viewing and note-taking. In the larger lecture rooms, multiple screens allow simultaneous viewing and recording of side-by-side images for comparison or examination i.e. a scanned photo downloaded from the web shown adjacent to a physical specimen placed under the document camera.
My Grandfathers tools and one of his books. He was a very intelligent man who worked as a engineer and had many hobbies. There are many times I have wished I could have asked him more about the very interesting life he led.
Health Knowledge Bowl
Four person team
Postsecondary/college Silver medalist team from Tri County RVTS (Mass.) from L to R are: Olivia A DaFonte, Kasey Spencer, Kerith Moore, and Jennifer L Boucher.
This is Common Knowledge. They are a relatively new band from good ol' Whitehorse, Yukon.
This is their second year at the Blue Feather Music Festival, and their best. It is also two weeks before they head down to Toronto for the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards.
One day, on their facebook page, a women asked for a cd for the CBC library. During their communication, Clancy asked her where she had heard about them. She responded through the CAMA's. He replied that while they had submitted, it wasn't as though they had been nominated for anything. She quickly corrected him- they were nominated for three: Best Group or Duo, Best Rock Album, and Best Album of the Year.
***As of November 18, 2011, Common Knowledge are the winners of Best Group or Duo award!*
With a bit of correspondence, they have also arranged to play the main stage at the awards ceremony.
Wish these guys luck, and keep your eyes on them!
Left to right: Lane Currie (lead guitar), Les Walker (vocals, acoustic guitar), Ted Lambert (drums), Clancy McInnis (rhythm guitar, backup vocals), Adam Cripps (bass).
Knowledge exchanges between social innovators: visit to The Toucan’s Song, Vaupes, Colombia
Intercambio de saberes entre innovadores sociales: visita a El Canto del Tucán, Vaupés, Colombia.
Leaders from three social innovations recognized by the Social Innovation in Health Initiative (SIHI) recently gathered in Mitú, Colombia to exchange ideas and learn from El Canto del Tucán (The Toucan's Song), which was recognized as a social innovation in 2021 for its role in improving public health and the delivery of equitable health services during the COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting was also an opportunity for cross-fertilization of ideas between El Canto Del Tucán, Mamás del Río, and Niños del Zika, which were all recognized by SIHI in 2019.
El Canto del Tucán achieved its goals by training young members of indigenous communities to become health communicators who could deliver valid and relevant health information to their communities using radio and other media. This innovative program has been successful in covering a vast area of Colombia’s Amazonic region, reaching communities in ten indigenous languages. By promoting local ownership and participation, El Canto del Tucán has empowered indigenous communities to take an active role in their own health and well-being.
Mamás del Río and Niños del Zika, which were also recognized by SIHI in 2019, have also been successful in promoting health and well-being in their respective communities. Mamás del Río is a community-based maternal and child health program that has improved access to healthcare for women and children in the Peruvian (and now also Colombian) Amazonic Region, supporting Community Health Workers. Niños del Zika, on the other hand, is a social innovation that was developed in response to the Zika virus outbreak in Colombia. The program led to beneficial policy changes in Colombia and focused on providing support and care to the families of those children affected by the virus while unborn.
The Social Innovation in Health Initiative (SIHI) is a global network of innovators, policymakers, and researchers who are committed to promoting social innovations that improve health and well-being for all. To learn more about SIHI and the innovative programs it has recognized, including Mamás del Río and Niños del Zika, please visit their website at socialinnovationinhealth.org/resources/cases-country-prof....
DLECTRICITY 2012 Installation
Artists: NewD Media: Gabe Hall, Daniel Land,Audra Kubat, Gabe Rice
Projection-mapped 3D animation, dynamic optical illusions, and dimensional cinema tell the human story of knowledge by bringing the face of our Library to life in mythic scale. From Cave Painting to Ancient Greece; the tragic destruction of the Library of Alexandria to the invention of books, the dawn of electricity, and the rise of the Internet.
www.dlectricity.com/the-exhibition/projects/7-knowledge-i...
SOOC
Nocturne-11-C-BR
2011
Oeuvre de Shih Chieh Huang (Taipei)
Mixed Media
Dimension variable
Courtesy of the Artist
The knowledge (54è Biennale de Venise)
beautiful and happy young student girl sitting on green grass under the tree, smiling and reading book. Summer or spring green park in background
WEEK 41: B&W – WEALTH
This is the Rundel Memorial Building located in Rochester, NY. This incredible building came into being because a man named Morton W. Rundel left the city $400,000, upon his death in 1911, for the construction of a Library and Fine Arts building.
22 years later, after much deliberation as to how to go about this (and legal battles with Rundel's family) construction began - providing hundreds of much needed jobs to local workers. The building was dedicated in 1935 and is still in use today.
There are many inscriptions carved into the building itself.
My 2 favorites are:
*LITERATURE*
THE STOREHOUSE OF KNOWLEDGE THE RECORD OF CIVILIZATION
THE FULCRUM FOR THE
LEVEL OF PROGRESS
*ART*
INTERPRETER OF NATURE
SOURCE OF EXULTATION
INEXHAUSTIBLE SPRING
FROM WHICH IMAGINATION
DRAWS ITS LIFE
A plaque above the entrance reads:
"BOOKS MINISTER TO MAN
IN SEARCH FOR
THE ENLIGHTENMENT THAT
REVEALS THE MEANING OF LIFE"
Nikon D50, ISO 400, f/10, 1/250, 18-55mm lens @ 19mm
Converted to B&W in PaintSHop Pro X8
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