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The world class boanical collections in Waimea Valley owe there existence to Mir. Keith Woolliams, a dedicated botanical horticulturist who was trained at the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew, on the outskirts of London.
Keith led a rich life traveling around the globe studying botanical collections in England, Japan, Papua New Guinea and Bermuda. He brought to Hawaii his expertise and knowledge of uncommon horticultural treasures, and he acquired seeds, plants, and cuttings from remote places and botanical gardens all over the world. In pre-internet days dozens of letters and packages were dispatched and received daily.
His theme of "Conservation Through Cultivation" resulted in a balance of rare and useful native and Polynesian-introduced plants among exotic horticultural specimens.
What was once an ungroomed valley, filled with koa haole and ravaged by feral cattle was transformed into what you see today by Keith and the many dedicated people he inspired. They oversaw the design, landscaping and construction of the pathways, stone walls and stairs that frame the gardens. Keith's high standards for record keeping and signage persist to this day. He left us in 1998 with a library full of his propagation knowledge, cultivation practices and plant lore which survives to ensure that the precious life forms brought to this valley will thrive here long into the future.
Keith was an inspiring advocate for Hawatian plant conservation and he influenced many young people across the state. He connected Waimea with state, federal and international agencies such as the Center for Plant Conservation, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, and the Botanical Gardens Conservation International - partnerships that Waimea Valley continues to uphold today.
Keith was instrumental in bringing in critically endangered plants from Japan's Ogasawara Islands, hibiscus relatives from all over the world, and with international colleagues he tried to assemble wild-source collections of every species of Erythrina in the world. In the periodical, "Notes from Waimea Arboretum and Botanical Garden" published twice a year until 1992 he stated "Waimea is a labeled and documented collection of plants for educational and scientific purposes, a living gene pool for future generations".
It is with great honor and gratitude that we remember Mr. Keith Woolliams and his dedication to Waimea Valley.
A sculpture by CAREY NEWMAN
THE HUMBLE FROG, 2015
Mild steel & stainless steel
“The frog is the traditional carrier of sound, whose powerful voice sings the stories and songs of his people. Given his position of importance, it would be tempting for the frog to lose sight of his humility; however, in the frog is a sensitive and fragile creature. Humility serves as a reminder to stay humble and thoughtful of our place in this world.
Carey Newman is a contemporary Indigenous artist of Kwagiulth/Salish and British descent. With the influence and support of his family, Newman developed his artistic ability and cultural knowledge from an early age. His work, from jewellery to major installations, with diverse media such as wood, stone, gold, silver, gems, glass, steel and paint, has garnered attention in Canada and abroad.”
I have not posted a "puddle picture" in a while but I'm always on the lookout for them. Last night we had a thunderstorm, complete with lightning and heavy rain. This morning, the landscape was sparkling, the sun was still low in the sky and this wonderful picture of the Library of Congress dome and torch appeared at my feet! The image is SOOC, except for a slight crop. I usually do some tweaking but decided this one was just right as is. Happy weekend everybody!
Biblioteca do Palácio Nacional de Mafra.
Mafra, Portugal.
www.palaciomafra.gov.pt/en-GB/Library/ContentList.aspx
www.patrimoniocultural.gov.pt/pt/recursos/bibliotecas-dgp...
On the streets of Nizhny Novgorod on the Day of Knowledge (1 September). 1 September — The First Day of School for Children in Russia.
They said: "there're too many books but too little time". I say: "no need to conquer the world if we found home just comfortable enough..."
The old book store at the corner, Duomo di Milano, Milan, Italy
0.2mm pinhole; 35mm film; 50 seconds
Jonas Daniel Meijerplein 09/12/2015 19h52
This colorful installation on the waterside of the Jonas Daniel Meijerplein can photographed in different ways. According to the artist the best point of view are to look through the rings. I chose to do this in conjunction with another light scultpure next to the Hortus Botanicus garden, Friendala. Both part of the Water Colors boat tour but also part of the Illuminade walking route.
Amsterdam Light Festival
The fourth edition for this Winter event in the city of Amsterdam. No longer do we have to dread the dark winter months in Amsterdam. Thanks to Amsterdam Light Festival, Amsterdam is transformed every year into a true city of lights with the help of contemporary (inter)national light artists. During this annual festival for young and old, both the residents of Amsterdam and the city’s many visitors are treated to a spectacle of light. At the same time, the festival offers talented (young) light artists a platform to present their latest work.
This year, the 55-day festival is dedicated to theme 'Friendship' and can be visited from 28 November 2015 to 17 January 2016. Water Colors will take place from 28 November 2015 to 17 January 2016 and the walking route Illuminade will take place from 10 December 2015 to 3 January 2016. Let's celebrate the winter together with art, light and water!
www.amsterdamlightfestival.com
Bands of Friendship
Artist: Vikas Patil & Santosh Gujar [ Light designer & architect ]
Location: Jonas Daniel Meijerplein
Bands of Friendship, created by the two Indian architects Vikas Patil and Santosh Gujar, is a nice reflection of how people from outside the EU look at this continent, i.e. with hope and appreciation. The project is based on a typically present-day phenomenon: the colourful bands of friendship girls and boys (and also many men and women) wear around their wirsts to confirm their friendship or to show that they’re supporting a good cause. These are the bands of friendship the title refers to, nine of them in as many colours.
Bands of Friendship symbolizes endless friendship and has been positioned in such a way that the spectator may look at them from different angles with changing meanings from every perspective. If you look at them sidelong, the rings are still separate, individual and unattached, independent like the countries within the European Union. But move aside, and slowly but surely the rings become attached; the Union gains form. A few more steps bring you right in front of the entrance to the rings and you look into the multicoloured tunnel of progress and prosperity, the ideal Europe stands for. The artists, both architects, hope that this work, abstract and figurative at the same time, will incite people on the one hand, to enlarge their own circle of friends as much as possible, and on the other hand to remain positive about Europe’s ideals.
Vikas Patil is an architect and light designer from India. After obtaining his Master’s degree from the Istituto Europeo di Design in Milan, he worked on several projects in India, Europe and various Arabic countries. Patil has continued to develop his passion for lighting design while working as the director of the Mumbai-based Studio ALBA Lighting Design since 2011.
The Indian architect Santosh Gujar studied architecture at the Sir JJ College of Architecture in Mumbai. In his current position as consulting architect, he often works with small architecture firms, enabling him to share his knowledge on design issues and regional development. Gujar and Patil complement each other with regards to aesthetic and technical matters.
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Probably the most knowledge about Leica in one spot. Friday morning at Cafe Zen. In the background someone is holding a M of some kind with the new Summaron 28mm f5.6.
for left to right
Stefan Daniel of Leica
Bill Rossauer of LHSA
Lars Netopil
and ...
Tomar today is a modern city with a population of about 40.000.
After the conquest of the area from the Moors by Portugal´s first king Afonso Henriques in 1147, the land was granted in 1159 as a fief to the Order of the Knights Templar, who erected the castle/monastery "Convento de Cristo" here, that later became the headquarters of the Order in Portugal.
Gualdim Pais, Grand Master of the Order, granted priviliges to the evolving town already in 1162. After the Order of the Knights Templar was suppressed in 1314 King Dinis was able to transfer the possessions and personnel of the Order in Portugal to a newly created Order of Christ. In the 15th century Henry the Navigator was made the Governor of the Order. He was the central figure in the early days of the European maritime discoveries and maritime expansion, later known as the "Age of Discovery", and he may have used resources and knowledge of the Order to succeed in his enterprises in Africa and in the Atlantic.
In 1492 the Jews were expelled from Spain. Many refugees settled in Tomar, what helped the town to develop. Jews lived here undisturbed for several decades until the Portuguese Inquisition got installed. Many could escape by migrating, but about 1000 were tortured and executed.
Tomar was occupied by the French during the Napoleonic invasions and was liberated by Portuguese and English troops commanded by the Duke of Wellington.
When Henry the Navigator was the Governor of the Order, much money was invested into the rebuilding of the "Convento de Cristo" in flamboyant Gothic / Manueline renaissance style.
we all should strive for knowledge, not necessarily in this way :)
texture from NinianLif
I don't know why but I feel that this is not my style & that its not me who captured it, who knows this might be my style!! time will answer that
A varition of my "Töröööh"
One of the many fountains in "Cirr-cus producing enough clouds of knowledge and rain of insight to hide this beautiful city in the sky.
Agfa Super Isolette • Agfa Solinar 1:3.5/75
Adox CMS II 20 ISO film in home made Caffenol CLCN 16min @ 20°C
Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 120 at 2400dpi with Silverfast AI Studio 9
Belval • Luxembourg
Caffenol CLCN
500 ml Filtered Water
5gr Anhydrous Washing Soda
1gr Vitamin C
6gr Instant coffee ("Cora")
60 sec. slow agitations then 3 times every 3 minutes for 15 minutes, fixing 60 sec.
(Re-uploaded for Getty)
Inspired by a childhood drawing I did at the age of 7, and is the signature photo for The Drawing Hope Project: A Magical Storybook
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Aachen, Cologne and Bonn, Germany
Running along the Rhine river, the cites of Bonn and Cologne are located on the right of this night-time image taken from the International Space Station. Cologne to the North is home to the European Astronaut Centre located at one of the German Aerospace Centre’s main sites. The bright lights on the right illuminate the runway of the Köln-Bonn airport in between the two cities.
At the top-left of the image is Aachen bordering The Netherlands and Belgium. In between Aachen and Cologne is the city Düren that seems to use differently coloured street lighting to its neighbours.
This image was taken by an astronaut on the International Space Station with Nightpod in 2012. The Nightpod camera-stand tracks the movement of Earth passing under the Station at 28 800 km/h, keeping any target fixed in the middle of the viewfinder. Standard cameras fixed to Nightpod can use longer
exposure times so that astronauts can take sharper pictures of cities at night.
Credit: ESA/NASA
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The pair of pocket walkers bounded across the desolate, barren terrain of the Jixuan Desert, humming excitedly as it traversed both stone and sand. The stout little walker's servomotors whined as its on-board dampeners cushioned each energized step. Ax glanced over at Seven, and grinned.
Seven was perched atop his own walker, scalp feathers slicked back under his tightly-affixed goggles against the wind as they hurried along, his DC-15 blaster rifle slung over his left shoulder pauldron. “Spice is a highly unstable, reactive substance,” he announced over the racket of the walkers. “Utilizing these... modes of conveyance may not have been wise. Where exactly were you keeping these?”
“Cargo Hold Three,” Ax replied happily, adjusting his own goggles. “I stole 'em off a pair of Devaronian bounty hunters who cheated me at sabaac.” He eyed his data reader on his gauntlet. “Ten degrees southwest.”
“Not that I am complaining,” Seven continued as he veered his walker southwest. “I just assumed stealth was part of our mission; we seem to be awfully conspicuous. Perhaps a local speeder would have been more practical.”
Ax grinned again. “And miss an opportunity like this? We can adjust velocity on our way back., and I've just been itching to give these a rip.”
The sun was setting on the southern hemisphere of Ryloth and the humid, dusty air was cooling rapidly. Sunlight penetrated through thick orange cumulus clouds, giving the sky a soft, almost ethereal golden glow. Further southwest, large kuwa birds launched themselves up into the atmosphere from a jutting precipice that cast lengthening shadows over the remains of a small gathering of scorched, decaying gray hut-like structures.
Something stark-white glinted in the evening citrus-colored sky just outside the small village, and Ax reached for his macrobinoculars.
“Our contact informed me that the village was abandoned during the Clone Wars,” Seven stated evenly, glancing at his controls. “These readings indicate the presence of Imperial stormtroopers, judging by the their pairings and movements. Q'rossa will not be easy to reach.”
“Blast,” Ax replied, surveying their surroundings. “Head for that rock outcropping on the south-side of the perimeter. We'll sneak in from there.”
They veered their walkers further south and slowed. As the sun continued to drop below the horizon, Ax found himself grateful for the thick durasteel chestplate he wore over his ship's coveralls keeping him warm. Acquired in his teenage years on Bakura, the chest plate was forged for him by a local blacksmith who specialized in upgraded, antique-looking armor.
By the time they reached the outcropping, it was almost dark. They nestled their walkers between two large stone formations and readied their weapons. While Seven hefted his DC-15 and checked the scope, Ax unslung his twin Blastech DL-22 blaster pistols from the sides of his chestplate and switched off the safeties. He pointed them at the smooth cliff face behind them and checked the sights. Satisfied, he turned his attention to the village outskirts.
Seven had already taken up stance behind Ax, in a classic cover formation, rifle at the ready. “Our contact stated that he would be in hut marked with a red-painted slash over the door controls.” He scanned the huts closest to their location, and found nothing. “We will have to tread carefully; I will cover you.”
“What burns me, “Ax whispered, “is if the village is abandoned, why in the blazes are stormtroopers guarding it?”
“I believe they are not guarding anything, but rather searching. Perhaps our contact is not as innocent as he makes himself out to be.”
They slunk towards the circumference of the abandoned village, scanning the surrounding terrain for snipers or lookouts. Ax could feel his heart racing as they tip-toed along, swinging their weapons from side to side. He knew his partner was composed; whatever species he was, and admittedly even Seven did not hold that knowledge, he seemed to handle high-level stress situations with remarkable indifference.
The perimeter of the village was discreetly marked; save for a few scattered, damaged moisture vaporators. Just before crossing the plane, Seven spotted a motion sensor mounted discreetly to one vaporator and shouted, “don't move!”
But it was too late. Ax crossed through the perimeter and sensor alarms shattered the evening peace.
TO BE CONTINUED....
"In India, everyone seems to know this.
Philosophy isn't a form of gymnastics, it isn't the monopoly of the educated, it isn't reserved for academies, schools, or "philosophers".
Philosophy in India is part of life; it is Ariandne's thread leading the way out of the labyrinth of ignorance.
Philosophy is the religion offering a hoped-for salvation, which, for Indians, means knowledge.
Not "useful" knowledge for the sake of manipulating, possessing, changing, or dominating the world; but rather, as sacred texts say, "that knowledge which once attained leaves nothing else to know": self-knowledge."
(from "India Notes" by Tiziano Terzani - Italian journalist and writer,1938-2004)
Tiziano Terzani wrote about India like no other, his words are deeply connected to anything I see through my camera.
This sadhu was walking along the Ganges at Bhonsle Ghat in Varanasi (Benaras) where time seems to have decided to stop for ever, as if the atmosphere there wanted to be wrapped in a veil of philosophy, of self-knowledge...
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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with the Lucy spacecraft aboard is seen as it is rolled out of the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Lucy will be the first spacecraft to study Jupiter's Trojan Asteroids. Like the mission's namesake – the fossilized human ancestor, "Lucy," whose skeleton provided unique insight into humanity's evolution – Lucy will revolutionize our knowledge of planetary origins and the formation of the solar system. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Armed only with the knowledge that L588 was on duty at 8am and supposedly Eldorado-bound on Mondays, I showed up to south end of Centralia's massive yard at just the right time to hear them getting their clearances to leave. They were on the main by 9am, and boy were they really moving! I'm so used to seeing Geep-led locals running at paltry speeds I wasn't prepared for these guys to be really putting down the hammer.
I hadn't really planned anything south of Centralia honestly. I settled on a spot but barely even made it in time thanks to the speed on our lone ex-GTW, exx-CRIP Geep. Ashley is known for its double watertowers and the old Illinois Central tracks laid right in between them, making a classic scene for southern Illinois. I definitely didn't have enough time to appreciate the scene, so someday I'll have to come back for another spot. Seemed a nice place to catch a train or two.
GTW5861 handles its three cars on L588 with ease as it rockets through the village of Ashley, IL, splitting its iconic double watertowers.
Dr. Henry Pym, an American biochemist with extensive knowledge in other scientific fields, married Maria Trovaya, a brave and beautiful young woman who had been a political dissident in her native Hungary, from which she had fled. Naively believing that his American citizenship would protect her, Henry and Maria Pym traveled to Hungary shortly after their marriage. The Pyms were confronted by agents of the secret police there. Henry Pym was knocked unconscious and Maria was murdered. Pym was greatly distraught by his wife's death, and decided to do whatever he could in the future to battle injustice and inhumanity.
Back in the United States, Pym discovered a rare group of subatomic particles, which have become known as the "Pym Particles." Pym was able, through the application of magnetic fields, to entrap the particles within two separate serums. One serum would reduce the size of persons and objects, and the other would restore them to their normal size. Pym tested the reducing serum on himself and discovered it was more powerful than he had expected: it reduced him to the size of an insect. Pym became entrapped in an anthill and was pursued by the ants within. He escaped and restored himself to his normal size with his other serum. Deciding that the serums were too dangerous to exist, Pym destroyed both of them.
Hank Pym in his first appearance as Ant-Man
However, weeks later he reconsidered his decision and began to recreate the serums, whose existence he then kept secret. Inspired by his experience in the anthill, Pym undertook a study of ants, and theorized that ants communicate through psionic / electrical waves transmitted through their antennae. After months of work, Pym succeeded in creating his first "cybernetic helmet," which would enable him to communicate with ants through transmitting and receiving psionic / electrical waves. Thinking that someday he might want to use the shrinking potion on himself again, Pym also designed a protective costume for himself, Unstable Molecules and steel mesh.
"Soul receives from soul that knowledge, therefore not by book nor from tongue.
If knowledge of mysteries come after emptiness of mind, that is illumination of heart."
(Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi - Persian Sufi Mystic Poet, 1207-1273)
This man was at Munshi ghat along the Ganges in Varanasi (Benaras).
Those who accept the mysteries of the Eternal city could feel that he was carried away with magnificent wings of the soul...
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Taken for the "Active Assignment Weekly" event called "Classic Still Life."
I am interested in how the old masters often used their paintings to tell a story or reinforce some kind of moral tale with their paintings (when it took months to create an image, it seems like people put more thought into their meaning). This is a riff on that old "tree of knowledge" allegory with the apple representing the biblical story, and the books representing the literal path to knowledge.
Lighting and technical info: I had one light on my upper left behind the camera, bounced off an umbrella -- that one-light look was used a lot in classic painting because it gives a soft look (and it is pretty easy to get access to a window as a source of light). In Photoshop, I darkened the blacks in the background, since they had some patterns that I thought were distracting.