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I made this card for a gamer friend's birthday. I used the Balloon Strings background because it reminded me of wires.
Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, at Marshall University's Visual Arts Center, presented by Moses AutoMall of Huntington. (Photo by Kelly Cunningham.)
Eemhouse Amersfoort NL
Client Municipality of Amersfoort / NRA
Architect Neutelings Riedijk Architects
Project size 15,000 m² GFA.
Lead time 2007-2014
Construction costs € 55 million
Various cultural and educational institutions in Amersfoort come together in the Eemhuis/Eemhouse: the Eemland Library, Art Schools, Eemland Archive and Kunsthal KAdE. The building is located in an inner-city redevelopment area close to the city center.
The building is organized as a vertical stack of the aforementioned programs. This setup stimulates collaboration between users and visitors. Through collective initiatives, a wider audience will visit the Eemhuis. The KAdE art hall is right next to the public square with a large exhibition hall that is half sunk into the floor. This large hall is surrounded by an enfilade of smaller exhibition spaces. The library in turn is directly connected to the public space of the Eemplein. The public character of the square is continued inside, where the library extends from the ground floor in a high hall upwards like a staircase with large, wide terraces, accessible to everyone. The Eemland Archive, the collective memory of Amersfoort, hangs above the library space like a treasure chest.
The facade of the Eemhuis has 24,000 small and large aluminum spheres. The upper floors therefore deviate from the brick plinth. The outer façade extends to the interior and the motif refers as an expression of art to the art education that is housed behind the façade. In addition, the spheres symbolically refer to the shield of the dragon slayer Sint-Joris, which is depicted in the municipal coat of arms of Amersfoort.
The municipality has the ambition to make this area, the Eemkwartier, the "second city center" of Amersfoort. In 2003 the Bolles + Wilson agency was commissioned to make a master plan for the Eemkwartier. Designer Peter Wilson provided a space that opens to the river in two ways, with a diverging perspective and a sloping slope towards the quay. The square walls, designed by Mecanoo (residential-retail building), Dick van Gameren (hospitality building), Drost and Van Veen (residential), Rijnboutt Van der Vossen (cinema) and O'Donnell + Tuomey (residential) ), just like in the historic center, would be made of masonry. Bureau Sant en Co worked out the square with stairs and greenery, the cars disappeared into an underground parking garage. The Eemhuis was to be the crowning glory of the new neighborhood.
Leveling the Playing Field: Strengthening Ireland’s Competitiveness.”
On June 7, U.S. Ambassador to Ireland, Daniel M. Rooney hosted the annual Embassy conference at Croke Park in Dublin. This year’s theme was “Leveling the Playing Field: Strengthening Ireland’s Competitiveness.”
The conference addressed strategies to enhance competitiveness, using the importance of diversity and opportunity as key drivers to economic stabilization and recovery.
Ambassador Rooney noted: “It is special to be here in Croke Park to celebrate so much of what is wonderful about Ireland and its culture. This conference began as a way to look at how some of the ideas which are behind the Rooney Rule can be incorporated into other areas – lassrooms, cliving rooms, the medical field, lassrooms, businesses, sports leagues. It has made a huge difference in the National Football League .
I know new practices and adopting changecan be difficult, but the rewards are significant. I have always believed that to be truly successful everyone needs an equal chance to compete. This is true in business and it is true in sports.”
An Taoiseach Enda Kenny, T.D. and William R. Johnson, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the H.J. Heinz Company.
The Taoiseach said “Already, the progress that Ireland has made in repairing our damaged economy is well recognised internationally. Step by step, we are bringing our public finances under control through our fiscal consolidation programme. At the same time, my Government has brought a strong and determined focus to the agenda for growth and jobs.”
While Mr. Johnson noted that "It's a leader in foreign investment per capita for many reasons, most noticeably the availability of skilled labour, the productivity of the Irish workforce, and your success in stimulating business investment over the years, through legislation and attractive corporate tax rates." "Ireland continues to be an attractive place to do business, and many other global companies have discovered this by establishing factories and operations in the country," he said.
Other participants speaking at the conference included Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairi Quinn, T.D.; Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton, T.D.; Norah Casey, CEO of Harmonia; Cathriona Hallahan, Managing Director Microsoft EOC, Microsoft Ireland; and James Mailley, Monster.com Sales Director. Mark Waller, Chief Marketing Officer with the NFL; Eamon Dunphy, Broadcaster & Journalist;
SANFORD, Fla. - Headquarters Headquarters Company, 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), conducted Soldier Readiness Program Level II May 5-7, 2017, at the Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn C. Cash U.S. Army Reserve Center in Sanford, Fla. The SRP evaluated the medical and administrative readiness for more than 300 Soldiers as they physically, mentally and spiritually prepare themselves for an up coming deployment. Stations included a dental exam, legal review and counseling session with a Chaplain.
Photo by Sgt. Brian Agard and
Sgt. John Carkeet, 143d ESC
This is about 500 steps at the bottom of the Fort. This place is phenomenal with 1000's of bats, tombs, podiums, tunnels and cities within the city!
CatWoman has to fire her laser claws to blow up evil Dr. Dunkin before he can pollute the world! But watch out, his corrosive undrunken coffee has melted cement and sends it cascading down on our feline heroine. Will she survive?!
OSCE High-Level Military Doctrine Seminar at the Hofburg, Vienna, Austria, 16 February 2016. (OSCE/Isabella Zaratsyan)
Part of The preserved ruins of Burrow Mump Somerset United kingdom. Looking from th inside out accross the somerset levels.
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Since it had already become quite dark by the time I got to the self-portraits on my tonight's tour of the Osthafen lock, I had to take this at long exposure.
Unfortunately, the wind was always blowing my hair into my face so that it was tough not to get all blurry. I only took 4 SPs, the other 3 turned out total crap (cropped feet and all), and this one was halfway acceptable, but only after playing around a bit with the levels tool in GIMP.
Btw: Someone must have been up there before with a pretty low opinion of a united Europe. Actually I only recognized this when I saw the picture itself, and not while I was looking for an interesting backdrop up there. So much for my photographic eye ;-)
Hipstamatic iPhoneography, edited using the Snapseed app currently available at no charge from Starbucks. Really a dynamic little editing tool! Thanks for the inspiration, Denise, and for the heads-up on the app!
SANFORD, Fla. - Headquarters Headquarters Company, 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), conducted Soldier Readiness Program Level II May 5-7, 2017, at the Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn C. Cash U.S. Army Reserve Center in Sanford, Fla. The SRP evaluated the medical and administrative readiness for more than 300 Soldiers as they physically, mentally and spiritually prepare themselves for an up coming deployment. Stations included a dental exam, legal review and counseling session with a Chaplain.
Photo by Sgt. Brian Agard and
Sgt. John Carkeet, 143d ESC
Walking in the nearby woods
The largest of the mushrooms was about 1.25 inches wide.
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AirDrain Installed under Pavers on Walkway at the Oklahoma City Downtown Pedestrian Parkway 180
Oklahoma City has been receiving a facelift lately with the MAPS Program. With all of the improvements along the Oklahoma City River and a booming entertainment district in Bricktown, Downtown OKC has many projects that will make traffic and pedestrian travel easier.
One of the projects in Downtown OKC is the Pedestrian Parkway 180 near the Devon Tower. This will allow pedestrians to have access to multiple buildings from the parking garages and a shorter route from building to building while adding beauty to the downtown area.
Drainage in an area that is mostly hardscaped is typically a HUGE issue, but with AirDrain providing a 1” void beneath the whole parkway any drainage needs are met and exceeded! When the AirDrain is installed below paver stones it not only allows water to flow to the exit drains, it also provides a strong platform for the pavers to lay evenly on. With no large unsightly drainage grates in the foot path for people to trip over or fall in.
Approximately 17,000 sqft. of pavers installed by Elevated Paver Systems completely covers the AirDrain beneath all of the landscape and hardscape features. This means the 1” of air hidden below can drain over 171 inches of rain an hour!
AirDrain grid also provides stabilization, allows for water lines, electrical lines and even radiant heat tubing can be installed below the surface.
Here is the ASTM D4716 Flow Rate per Unit Width and Hydraulic Transmissivity Testing for actual drainage capacity, at a 1/2% slope. The AirDrain will actually drain 171 inches per hour.
Installer:
Adam Fink
Elevated Paver Systems
P 918.916.5422
adam@okEPS.com
4 NE. 10th Street #428 Oklahoma City, OK 73104