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Au marché du dimanche, les échanges vont bon train; c'est l'occasion de rencontrer des amis venus acheter un bouquet de fleurs ou deux trois bricoles pour le repas à venir... Ou même des ceintures élastiques.
En bref : le dimanche, les négociations vont bon train !
The Hundred Years' War was in its 19th year with very little progress for the English and French. This was largely due to the outbreak of the Black Death or the bubonic plague in Europe beginning in 1348, two years after the English victory at Crecy. After the plague had abated in the 1350s, both sides were ready for war once again. Beginning in 1355, the son of King Edward III of England, Edward "the Black Prince", would begin a "grand chevauchee" of Southern France, using English territory in Gascony as a base. It was a large-scale raid carried out by Edward and his Anglo-Gascon forces against various French cities, towns, and villages to inflict as much damaged as possible. The French would avoid a large-scale battle due to fears of another Crecy.
The Black Prince would resume raiding in 1356. He would then find himself outflanked by the massive army of the French King, Jean II. The Anglo-Gascons would find themselves on a small, wooded hill. The French army numbered around 11,000 men, while the Anglo-Gascon army numbered around 6,000 men. These armies were much smaller than previous medieval battles due to the plague. Negotiations would ensue as both sides did not really want another battle as the French did not want another Crecy, and the English were outnumbered 2 to 1. However, they would breakdown as Jean's demand of unconditional surrender was unacceptable.
The battle would begin much like Crecy with waves of the French army charging towards the Anglo-Gascon force, only to be cut down by longbowmen. This would repeat itself three times over until Jean II decided to advance with his army, consisting of crossbowmen and men-at-arms. He would raise the Oriflamme banner, meaning that no prisoners were to be taken. The English longbowmen would fire until some ran out of arrows and would join in the fight. Both sides would become deadlocked, until Jean III de Grailly, would decide to outflank the French left with a cavalry force. He would raise the banner of St George and charge into the French rear. The same process would repeat on the French right. The French army was devastated, and many would flee the battlefield. Jean II would be taken prisoner, along with one of his sons.
Negotiations to end the war and Jean's ransom would drag out for the next 4 years until the ratification of the Treaty of Bretigny in 1360. England was granted all of Aquitaine that once belonged to the English crown before it was seized by France a century earlier. The English would renounce their claims to the French crown and Jean's ransom would also be paid off. However, hostilities would resume a decade later. Afterall, it's the Hundred Years' War and not the Twenty Years' War for a reason.
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One of my favourite Buildings in Berlin.
In 1956, José M. Bosch, President of Ron Bacardí y Compañía approached Mies to commission the design of a new office space. He was particularly interested in a very open plan, and the relatively simple idea Mies came up with involved a square roof plate supported on each side by two columns. Though initial structural challenges had to be dealt with, the resulting pavilion typology became integral to Mies' architectural lexicon, in many ways the epitome of his universal conception of space.
The Bacardí Building was abandoned in September 1960 due to general political unrest in Cuba, but at the same time, two other museum commissions were brought to Mies' office. Georg Schaefer, a wealthy industrialist living in Schweinfurt approached Mies about the construction of a museum for his nineteenth-century art collection during the summer of 1960. A modest initial plan was drawn for the structure, but later that year Mies decided to reconfigure the unbuilt Bacardí project to fit Schaefer's program as he wished to see it built. Consequently, a scaled-down model of the Bacardí project this time rendered in steel rather than concrete was created. In March 1961, Mies also received a letter from the Senator for Building and Housing in Berlin, inviting him to build what was to be called the Neue Nationalgalerie, an exhibition space for the state's collection of early twentieth-century art. The two museum projects, though slightly different in scale, where to be essentially identical in form, both a version in steel of the original Barcardí design. Though the Schweinfurt project never came to fruition, the reductive exercise of continual reconfiguration allowed for the perfection of Mies' expression in Berlin, and the Neue Nationalgalerie remains as the sole built form of the initial tripartite conception.[5]
Aesthetic importance
Much of Mies' syntactical development throughout the three building progression leading up to the Neue Nationalgalerie was prefigured in an earlier project for a Museum for a Small City. This project was published in a special May 1943 edition of Architectural Forum. In his publication, Mies describes a seemingly floating roof plane, suspended above a single clear-span space punctuated by equidistant columns. This project is now seen as a significant move on Mies' part toward the alleviation of interior space by both defining and minimizing structural enclosure, thus joining exterior and interior space in a meaningful way. The structure itself, a composite of little more than ground plane, support and roof, thus becomes the building. The aesthetic importance of the clear-span was directly related to Mies' conception of museum space in general, a "defining, rather than confining space".[6] The completely open nature of the plan also serves to eliminate the barrier between art and community, simultaneously breaking down the reverence enacted by severely partitioned spaces and inviting interaction between viewer and art.[6] The overall aesthetic affect is thus one of vitalizing liberation.[7] This infinitely transformative capability and universality is also seen in Mies' buildings from the intervening years, namely the Farnsworth House in Plano, Illinois, and Crown Hall of the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. Various commentators have recognized the structure's ties to classical building, seeing it as a modern temple whose monumental simplicity evinces the immense skill behind its design and conception.[8]
David Chipperfield renovation
Having had no thorough modernization since its inauguration, the Neue Nationalgalerie required upgrades to its air-conditioning, lighting, security, accessibility, visitor facilities and the behind-the-scenes infrastructure for moving art.[13] In 2012 it was announced that British architect David Chipperfield would oversee a major renovation of the building. In a non-competitive selection process common for public contracts in Germany, his firm was chosen for the contract out of 24 architectural firms based on a two-stage negotiation process.
Originally planned for €101 million,[14] the €140 million[15] renovation project started in 2015 and was originally expected to last three years, during which time the museum was closed.[16] Original building elements, such as handrails and shelves, were removed, restored and reinstalled in their previous locations. Archival material dating from the construction at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, helped the architects remain true to Mies's design.[17] Meanwhile, the structural framework of the roof, which rests on eight steel beams, and the glass facade was restored.[18]
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Hi people! This is my latest build which some of you probably have already seen in the shitty picture I took yesterday. It's my build for day 6 and 7 of the RebelLUG VIGNWEEK Contest. We had 48 hours to build something involving a Star Wars bounty hunter, known to the galaxy or not. First I wanted to use Cad Bane and Embo but in the end I just went with a random character.
Also, I just bought some new background colors (like this one) so you can expect different backgrounds depending on the build from now on.
I hope you enjoy it! Thanks!
Praia Marinha, Carvoeiro. Algarve portugués.
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Museo Guggenheim, Bilbao, Vizcaya, País Vasco, España.
El Museo Guggenheim Bilbao (en euskera, Guggenheim Bilbao Museoa; en inglés, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao) es un museo de arte contemporáneo diseñado por el arquitecto canadiense Frank O. Gehry y localizado en la villa de Bilbao (País Vasco), España. Es uno de los museos vinculados en régimen de franquicia o colaboración con la Fundación Solomon R. Guggenheim. Fue inaugurado el 18 de octubre de 1997 por el rey Juan Carlos I de España.
Las negociaciones para la construcción del museo entre las autoridades públicas de la comunidad autónoma del País Vasco y los directivos de la Fundación Guggenheim comenzaron en febrero de 1991. El acuerdo se firmó a finales de ese año, seleccionándose el arquitecto y el emplazamiento del edificio a mediados de 1992. Desde su inauguración en 1997, el museo ha recibido una media superior al millón de visitantes anuales, causando un impacto extraordinario en la economía y la sociedad vasca, impulsando el turismo en la región y promoviendo la revitalización de múltiples espacios públicos y privados en la villa, además de mejorar la imagen de la ciudad. Todo este fenómeno, bautizado por los medios de comunicación como «efecto Guggenheim» o «efecto Bilbao», ha puesto de relieve la importancia del turismo cultural, y ha generado un efecto de emulación en otros países, con desiguales resultados.
La característica más llamativa del museo es el innovador edificio en el que se emplaza, constituido por formas curvilíneas y retorcidas, recubiertas de piedra caliza, cortinas de cristal y planchas de titanio. Cuenta con una superficie total de 24.000 m², de los cuales 10.540 m² están reservados para las exposiciones, distribuidos en 19 galerías, siendo el museo con más metros expositivos del Estado. Se ubica a orillas de la ría de Bilbao, en una zona denominada Abandoibarra, junto al puente de La Salve, que está rodeado por una torre hueca.
Tanto el edificio como su colección permanente pertenecen a las autoridades vascas. El 3 de diciembre de 2014 el patronato del Museo Guggenheim Bilbao aprobó renovar por otros 20 años la colaboración con la Fundación Solomon R. Guggenheim de Nueva York, suscrita en 1994 y cuya vigencia vencía el 31 de diciembre.
Diseñado por el gabinete de arquitectos de Frank Gehry, fue abierto al público en 1997 y alberga exposiciones de arte de obras pertenecientes a la fundación Guggenheim y exposiciones itinerantes. Muy pronto el edificio se reveló como uno de los más espectaculares edificios deconstructivistas. El diseño del museo y su construcción siguen el estilo y métodos de Frank Gehry. Como muchos de sus trabajos anteriores la estructura principal está radicalmente esculpida siguiendo contornos casi orgánicos. El museo afirma no contener una sola superficie plana en toda su estructura. Parte del edificio es cruzado por un puente elevado y el exterior está recubierto por placas de titanio y por una piedra caliza que fue muy difícil de encontrar (al final se logró encontrar en Huéscar, Granada) de un color similar a la que se utilizó para construir la Universidad de Deusto.
El edificio visto desde el río aparenta tener la forma de un barco rindiendo homenaje a la ciudad portuaria en la que se inscribe. Sus paneles brillantes se asemejan a las escamas de un pez recordándonos las influencias de formas orgánicas presentes en muchos de los trabajos de Gehry. Visto desde arriba, sin embargo, el edificio posee la forma de una flor. Para su diseño el equipo de Gehry utilizó intensamente simulaciones por ordenador de las estructuras necesarias para mantener el edificio, consiguiendo unas formas que hubieran sido imposibles de realizar unas pocas décadas antes.
Mientras que el museo domina las vistas de la zona desde el nivel del río, su aspecto desde el nivel superior de la calle es mucho más modesto por lo que no desentona con su entorno de edificios más tradicionales.
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (in Basque, Guggenheim Bilbao Museoa; in English, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao) is a contemporary art museum designed by Canadian architect Frank O. Gehry and located in the town of Bilbao (Basque Country), Spain. It is one of the museums linked by franchise or collaboration with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. It was inaugurated on October 18, 1997 by King Juan Carlos I of Spain.
The negotiations for the construction of the museum between the public authorities of the autonomous community of the Basque Country and the directors of the Guggenheim Foundation began in February 1991. The agreement was signed at the end of that year, selecting the architect and the location of the building mid-1992. Since its inauguration in 1997, the museum has received an average of more than a million visitors per year, causing an extraordinary impact on the Basque economy and society, boosting tourism in the region and promoting the revitalization of multiple public spaces and in the town, in addition to improving the image of the city. All this phenomenon, baptized by the media as the "Guggenheim effect" or "Bilbao effect", has highlighted the importance of cultural tourism, and has generated an effect of emulation in other countries, with uneven results.
The most striking feature of the museum is the innovative building in which it is located, made up of curvilinear and twisted shapes, covered in limestone, glass curtains and titanium plates. It has a total area of 24,000 m², of which 10,540 m² are reserved for exhibitions, distributed in 19 galleries, making it the museum with the most exhibition meters in the State. It is located on the banks of the Bilbao estuary, in an area called Abandoibarra, next to the La Salve bridge, which is surrounded by a hollow tower.
Both the building and its permanent collection belong to the Basque authorities. On December 3, 2014, the Board of Trustees of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao approved renewing for another 20 years the collaboration with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation of New York, signed in 1994 and whose validity expired on December 31.
Designed by the firm of architects of Frank Gehry, it was opened to the public in 1997 and houses art exhibitions of works belonging to the Guggenheim Foundation and traveling exhibitions. Very soon the building was revealed as one of the most spectacular deconstructivist buildings. The design of the museum and its construction follow the style and methods of Frank Gehry. Like many of his earlier works the main structure is radically sculpted following almost organic contours. The museum claims not to contain a single flat surface in its entire structure. Part of the building is crossed by an elevated bridge and the exterior is covered by titanium plates and by a limestone that was very difficult to find (in the end it was found in Huéscar, Granada) of a similar color to the one used for build the University of Deusto.
Seen from the river, the building appears to have the shape of a ship, paying homage to the port city in which it is part. Its glossy panels resemble the scales of a fish, reminding us of the organic shape influences present in much of Gehry's work. Seen from above, however, the building has the shape of a flower. Gehry's team extensively used computer simulations of the structures needed to support the building for its design, achieving shapes that would have been impossible a few decades earlier.
While the museum commands views of the area from river level, its appearance from the upper street level is much more modest, fitting in with its setting of more traditional buildings.
The Vynohradiv Sunday Market is in full swing as Ukrainian Railways (UZ) 750mm gauge class 'Tu2' Bo-Bo diesel-electric No.034 negotiates its way between market stalls, traders, wandering browsers and trees, over undulating, waterlogged and debris-strewn track, the 08:20 departure, service train 6604 for Kmil'nyk on 23rd April 2017, which will cover the 25 kilometres in 1 hour and 20 minutes at a cost of about 17 pence for a one way ticket!
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Walking in Hong Kong is fun! We went to visit the Man Mo Temple in Central, then we walked towards Pottinger Street, known for its street market with little shops. On the way I discovered a narrow building, perfect for a fisheye shot.
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View from the Pantocrator Bastion to the Bethlehem Bastion guarding the western part of the walls.
The Venetian Walls of Heraklion extend to a length of about 4,5 km and form a triangle protecting the "Old Heraklion" of the 16th century.
During the last years of Venetian rule Crete lived under the threat of Turkish invasion. In 1645 began the fifth Veneto-Turkish war. A Turkish army landed in west Crete in that year, and after many hard battles the Turks became lords of the whole island excluding Candia (modern Heraklion) and few isolated strongholds like Gramvousa.
The siege of Heraklion was the most dramatic episode in the strife-ridden history of the island, lasting 21 years (1648-1669, the second longest siege in history).
In August 1669 General Sea Captain Francesco Morosini, commander of the Venetian forces was left with only 3,600 fit men and scant supplies to defend the fortress. After securing safe passage for the remainder of his army he surrendered to Grand Vizier Ahmed Köprülü on 27 September 1669. As part of the negotiations, all Christians were allowed to leave the city with whatever they could carry with them.
The siege cost the lives of 117.000 Turks and nearly 30.000 Venetians and Greeks.
Built for the Star Wars Olympics at Imperium der Steine.
The task was to build a scene on 32x32 including one of the polybag-figs. My build shows the first scene of Episode I, using the TC-14 minifigure.
Just a little announcement while I'm posting here. I am no longer taking clients for photography. Cheers!
Adrian C. Murray
Negotiating with a gondolier? Yeh, good luck with that. Shot with a B&W IR 5D2 at Campo San Giovanni e Paolo, Venice.
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Crabtree Falls
Crabtree Falls is one of the tallest sets of waterfalls in the United States east of the Mississippi River. It is located in the George Washington National Forest in Nelson County, Virginia, off of Virginia State Route 56. The name of the falls is thought to have come from William Crabtree, who settled in this part of Virginia in 1777. L.A. Snead, former US Assistant Fuel Administrator (WWI), environmentalist and notable Nelsonian, spearheaded negotiations to secure land surrounding Crabtree Falls after it was almost developed as a resort area in the late 1960s. Using personal and Congressional funds, the land deals were completed and the deeds transferred by LA Snead on June 3, 1968, to the National Forest System. This assured benefit for future generations of this magnificent Nelson County treasure.
Aerial view
The set of waterfalls is often credited with being 1,200 feet (370 m) high, but topographic maps show the total drop to be closer to 1,000 feet (300 m).[1] Crabtree Falls is a series of cascading waterfalls, with five major cascades, the tallest of which drops about 400 feet (120 m), and several smaller cascades, all over a total distance of approximately 2,500 feet (760 m) horizontally.[1] The cascade with a 400-foot (120 m) drop also gives Crabtree Falls the title of tallest vertical drop in a waterfall east of the Mississippi River. However, the title of tallest free-fall vertical drop goes to Fall Creek Falls in Tennessee's Fall Creek Falls State Park.
There is a trail to the waterfall maintained by the United States Forest Service called the Crabtree Falls Trail. Twenty-nine people have fallen to their deaths from leaving the trail to climb too close to the waterfalls. Recent deaths occurred April 2013,[2] June 2015,[3][4] and most recently, August 29, 2015.[5]
1st Annual Boston Scavenger Hunt presented by Banditos Misteriosos. Here is Diane at the Duck Tours spot, trading up for a better item, i think it was a duck caller.
Model: DBomb
Date: June 28, 2008
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Photographer: FireLilyAMG/Allyssa L. Edwards
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Negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian representatives will resume on Tuesday after a fourth round of talks ends without breakthrough.
"Don't get in such a flap little corella. I'll go when I'm good and ready."
"Okay Swampy, you asked for it!!!"
Out of his element and off his game...
Shot for Our Daily Challenge : “Checker”
Teased and textured for Sliders Sunday
Explore #378 - Thanks everyone!
You were right about one thing master. The negotiations were short. - Obi-Wan Kenobi to Qui-Gon Jinn.
I've wanted to build something like this since seeing the cover for Master and Apprentice by Claudia Grey, and decided to do something straight from The Phantom Menace. The classic 2002 set with Obi-Wan and 2 Droidekas (I never managed to get the partner set with Qui-Gon unfortunately) is one of my original Star Wars sets.
Aren't unheard of...
Farmers Market At The Barry County Courthouse Lawn ...
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Downtown Hastings Michigan hosts a Farmers Market on the Barry County Courthouse lawn weekly on Wednesdays from 1 pm to 6 pm, and Saturdays from 9 am to 1 pm. Home.
Defending your territory doesn't necessarily mean you have to fight.
Special Guest:
Treerat
Head: Bespoke -Django
Outfit: PFC - Bjorn
Elves from left to Right
Timir
Hair: Doux - Bun Hairstyle
Not Found - Christmas Hairbase
Outfit: Atmos Designs - Arrow
Elorhyn
Hair: Magika - Midnight
Outfit: Atmos Designs - Arrow
Rowan
Hair: No Match - No Fanatic
Outfit: Atmos Designs - Arrow