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The Great Pyramid of Giza (Pyramid of Khufu, Pyramid of Cheops) is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis. It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was built as a tomb for fourth dynasty Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops in Greek) over a 20 year period finishing around 2560 BC.
I thought others might appreciate these tidbits of forgotten history of People of Color.
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Elliston Rahming, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of The Bahamas to the OAS
Date: April 24, 2017
Place: Washington DC
Credit: Juan Manuel Herrera/OAS
Focusing on continued collaboration between College of DuPage, area business, community groups and others, COD Interim President Dr. Brian W. Caputo welcomed more than 200 local leaders and other constituents at the College’s second annual community breakfast.
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Defenseman Erik Karlsson (#65) of the Ottawa Senators during the overtime period of the game between the Ottawa Senators and the Philadelphia Flyers at the Wells Fargo Center. The visiting Ottawa Senators defeated the Philadelphia Flyers by a score of 4-3 in a shoot-out victory.
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University of Texas Longhorns Cheer at the Longhorns women's basketball game against McNeese State at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas on November 15, 2018.
Mooresville, NC - If there was ever a time to put down some dominate numbers and come away with a couple of segment victories, this was the weekend. It was the Optima "Search for the Ultimate Street Car's" first double points event of the season and it worked out very well for Kyle Tucker and his Detroit Speed 1970 Camaro Test Car at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, MI. See all the pics here goo.gl/s8eWXN
As usual, the Detroit Speed sponsored Autocross and the Wilwood Speed Stop Challenge were the first segments Saturday morning and provided lots of action whether you were participating or if you were just hanging out in the pits amongst the crowd.
Kyle and the Detroit Speed 1970 Camaro were on point from the get go, laying down times hovering in the mid to high :13's until he put down his best time on his second to last run (:13.60) which was enough to claim the top spot and 50 points for the segment victory. Not to rest on his laurels, Kyle was also pushing hard on the autocross and ended up with 2nd place and another 44 points to add to his weekend collection. Detroit Speed dealer and good friend, Billy Utley took the top spot in the autocross driving his DSE "Equipped" 1972 Chevy Nova.
The road rally took place at the end of the day and took off from the speedway and ended at the Lingenfelter Design Collection in Brighton, MI. Thanks for their hospitality, great food, and beautiful cars to look at. It was, also, 5 minutes from Kyle and Stacy's house where Detroit Speed got its start. It was pretty neat to head back and see where it all started.
Sunday was more of the same from Kyle and the DSE 1970 Camaro Test Car. The Hot Lap Challenge gave the drivers a chance to really open up their cars with a 1.9 mile inside road course at Michigan. Kyle's first run of the day would have been good enough to capture first place and the full 50 points but he ended up besting that and put down a blistering 1:23.076 a few sessions later that no one was able to come close to.
Congratulations are in order for Mr. Billy Utley. Billy topped the GTV Class and was awarded his invitation to the season ending event in Las Vegas for the 2nd year in a row! Congrats Billy! We would also like to congratulate Bryan Johnson on his podium finish in the GT class and our very own Project Foreman, Chris Porter, on his podium finish in the GTV class.
Rick Hoback, driving his C5 Corvette, had good runs on the road course on Sunday. Unfortunately, due to another commitment, he could only attend on Sunday. Thanks Rick for flying the DSE flag proudly! Rick wasn't the only one flying the flag, DSE “Equipped" cars were out in full force and ran hard all weekend. If you have been following the Optima events in person or on social media, one thing you will notice is all the "63" images and decals around. The decal is for Todd Rumpke, our friend who drives the Snoopy C6 Corvette. He is in a difficult battle right now, and at the end of the day, we are all a family out there and would do anything to support a friend and fellow driver.
Optima Search for the Ultimate Street Car Michigan Highlights:
• Kyle won the Speed Stop Challenge taking the maximum 50 points during this double points weekend
• Kyle claimed the top spot during the Sunday Hot Lap Challenge
• Kyle finished a close 2nd in the Detroit Speed Sponsored Autocross, finishing just behind Billy Utley.
• Dealer and close friend, Billy Utley, clinched his invite to the season ending event in Las Vegas with a 1st overall in the GTV class in his DSE "Equipped" 1972 Nova
It was another fun weekend full of friends and racing and we eagerly await the next Optima event as it is taking place in our back yard. We look forward to seeing everyone at Charlotte Motor Speedway July 25th - 26th for the next event in the Optima "Search for the Ultimate Street Car" series.
The Terracotta Army, or Terracotta Warriors (兵马俑) is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BCE and whose purpose was to protect the emperor in his afterlife.
The figures, dating from approximately the late third century BCE, were discovered in 1974 by local farmers in Lintong District, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. The figures vary in height according to their roles, with the tallest being the generals. The figures include warriors, chariots and horses. Estimates from 2007 were that the three pits containing the Terracotta Army held more than 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses and 150 cavalry horses, the majority of which remained buried in the pits nearby Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum. Other terracotta non-military figures were found in other pits, including officials, acrobats, strongmen and musicians.
Information from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terracotta_Army
It is a must-visit UNESCO World Heritage Site.
A May Day Bank Holiday Monday visit to Canons Ashby, a National Trust run property in Northamptonshire.
I first saw the Priory Church of St Mary when we first arrived from the car park, and it was the last place we visited at Canons Ashby before we left.
Canons Ashby Priory was an Augustinian priory at Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England.
The Priory was founded by Stephen la Leye on a site to the south of the present church between 1147 and 1151 in the reign of Henry II.
In 1253 the Augustinians were granted a licence to dig the Norwell, which still exists north of the present church, to supply water to the priory.
In 1537 after the Dissolution of the Monasteries the Crown granted the priory and its estates to Sir Francis Bryan, a close ally of Henry VIII. Bryan held the estate for only about a year before selling it in 1538 to Sir John Cope, a wealthy Banbury lawyer. Sir John's daughter Elizabeth inherited what is thought to have been the priory farmhouse [wrong – Wilkyns farm was part of John Dryden's inheritance. Copes Ashbie – across the road – was inherited by Elizabeth's brother, who died early leaving his sons as Wards of the Dryden family]. In 1551 she married John Dryden, who extended the building to form the earliest parts of Canons Ashby House.
Part of the building survives: the Church of England parish church of St Mary dates from about 1250 and this, together with Canons Ashby House, is now owned by the National Trust. Its power and size can be judged by its outlying buildings which cover a large area of the surrounding countryside. The remains of the priory's hospitalium survive as the monastic building centred on the parish church of Maidford, about 5 miles (8 km) away.
Grade I Listed Building
A look around inside of the historic church!
hollow tower - no upper floors but was the rope to ring the bell!
Destruction of the Vienna State Opera on March 12, 1945
Archive of the Month October 2014
Destruction of the State Opera
The bombing raids on Vienna, which broke out on March 17, 1944, aimed primarily at strategically important traffic and industrial facilities. The major attack of March 12, 1945, however, hit primarily the city center and devastated there in addition to the aimed targets Heinrichshof (Nazi departments) and Hotel Metropol (Gestapo headquarters) also many cultural monuments: Hofburg, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Burgtheater, Museum of Art History, Albertina, Spanish Riding School... Meanwhile, at the Albertina Square, the Philipphof collapsed and buried more than 200 people under its rubble!
State Opera 1945
The neighboring State Opera had escaped a similar fate by a hair's breadth: here struck five explosive and numerous incendiary bombs, destroyed the stage and set the auditorium and the side staircases in flames. Any extinguishing failed. After hydrants and pipes were hit during the attack, there was soon no extinguishing water more. So the fire raged in the opera for two days and two nights. Consequently, the stage house and the auditorium burned down completely, the roofs collapsed. Only the front remained intact - the rest was a ruin. The reconstruction started immediately after the end of the war, despite hunger and hardship, and took up 10 entire years: it was not until 5 November 1955 that Austria finally celebrated the resurrection of "its" State Opera.
Vienna State Opera in 1945
After the reconstruction of the Opera House, the Austrian Federal Theater Administration subsequently compiled a documentary collection, which is now kept in the Archive of the Republic. The majority of them contain 23 boxes of photographs that illuminate the milestones in the construction process from various perspectives. The images are complemented by 5 boxes of files and correspondence from the "Committee for the Reconstruction of the State Opera and the Burgtheater", which cooperates closely with the Federal Theater Administration.
Destruction of Vienna State Opera
The photos presented here reflect the state of construction of the opera in the winter of 1945/46, when the rubble in the interior was almost cleared away and the building fabric was reasonably secured. The two images of the burning opera were recorded on the evening of March 12, 1945 by an unknown firefighter of the Volunteer Fire Department.
Zerstörung der Wiener Staatsoper am 12. März 1945
Archivale des Monats Oktober 2014
Zerstörung der Staatsoper
Die am 17. März 1944 losbrechenden Bombenangriffe auf Wien zielten vor allem auf strategisch wichtige Verkehrs- und Industrieanlagen. Der Großangriff vom 12. März 1945 traf jedoch primär die Innenstadt und verwüstete dort neben den anvisierten Zielen Heinrichshof (NS-Dienststellen) und Hotel Metropol (Gestapo-Hauptquartier) auch viele Kulturdenkmäler: Hofburg, Stephansdom, Burgtheater, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Albertina, Spanische Hofreitschule … Am Albertina-Platz stürzte indessen der Philipphof ein und begrub unter seinen Trümmern über 200 Menschen!
Staatsober 1945
Die benachbarte Staatsoper war einem ähnlichen Los nur um Haaresbreite entronnen: Hier schlugen fünf Spreng- und zahlreiche Brandbomben ein, zerstörten das Bühnenhaus und setzten den Zuschauerraum sowie die seitlichen Stiegenhäuser in Flammen. Jede Löschung misslang. Nachdem während des Angriffs auch Hydranten und Leitungen getroffen wurden, gab es bald kein Löschwasser mehr. So wütete das Feuer in der Oper zwei Tage und zwei Nächte lang. Das Bühnenhaus und der Zuschauerraum brannten folglich zur Gänze aus, die Dächer stürzten zusammen. Intakt blieb allein die Vorderfront - der Rest war eine Ruine. Der sofort nach Kriegsende trotz Hunger und Not begonnene Wiederaufbau nahm volle 10 Jahre in Anspruch: Erst am 5. November 1955 konnte Österreich endlich die Wiederauferstehung „seiner“ Staatsoper feiern.
Wr. Staatsoper 1945
Über den Wiederaufbau des Opernhauses stellte die Österreichische Bundestheaterverwaltung nachträglich eine dokumentarische Sammlung zusammen, die heute im Archiv der Republik aufbewahrt wird. Ihr Großteil umfasst 23 Kartons Fotographien, die von unterschiedlichen Perspektiven her die Meilensteine am Aufbauweg beleuchten. Ergänzt werden die Bilder durch 5 Kartons Akten und Korrespondenzen des mit der Bundestheaterverwaltung eng kooperierenden „Komitees für den Wiederaufbau der Staatsoper und des Burgtheaters“.
Zerstörung der Wr. Staatsoper
Die hier präsentierten Fotos spiegeln den Bauzustand der Oper im Winter 1945/46 wider, als schon der Schutt im Inneren so gut wie abgeräumt und die Bausubstanz einigermaßen gesichert waren. Die zwei Bilder der brennenden Oper wurden am Abend des 12. März 1945 von einem unbekannten Feuerwehrmann der Freiwilligen Feuerwehr aufgenommen.
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Seahaven Spring 2014 Tour
Bottom of the Hill
6/1/14
San Francisco, CA
Here is another photo of two strangers that I asked in Chicago to take their photo. These two bubbly Belgian and Turkish girls were visiting from North-Carolina.
Looking at some of the photos I took of people, I realize that those closer-up shots are on average much sharper than the full-body portraits. Seeing so many out of focus is disheartening but then I eventually come across one where the Rolleicord totally redeems itself.
Shot on Fuji Acros and developed in Rodinal (1+50 with 4g of sodium ascorbate) for 6 minutes. While the raw scan looked already quite decent there was still quite a bit of post-processing applied here. I find that with people smiling and even when they have a perfect toothpaste smile in real life (as these two had), they rarely ever do in a photo so I dodged the teeth a little bit. Other than the mandatory dust spotting and a slight S-curve, I applied a pretty aggressive unsharpen mask as well (200%, 3px, threshold of 15) through a layer mask. This always works well with film that has little grain and Acros is excellent in that respect.
One of the most amazing weekends of our lives attending EDC 2011 in Las Vegas the best city in the world. hope you guys enjoyed looking at our images and hope to get some feed back.
Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania - reflected in rockpools on Fryingpan Island - which is actually joined by an Isthmus.
This retro collage cover for the Korean VHS release of "The Emerald of Artatama" (1969) promises "Soul Dancing' and plays up the pic's exotic Egyptian locales. Released on the Paekrok label, a three-shift-factory steadfast purveyor of exotic B pix and grindhouse fare. Very very rare now.
The charm of this car is that it's NOT perfect. It actually looks like it was DRIVEN -- to the beach, along the coast, to work, to school, maybe even to the grocery store. No Botox rotisserie restoration on this old girl. It's 62 years old, and although it's well dressed, it looks it.
The bumper sticker, "I DROVE this car to the TRAILER show", says it all.
From left to right:
Héctor Timerman, Foreign Minister of Argentina
José Miguel Insulza, OAS Secretary General
Date: November 16, 2010
Place: Washington, DC
Credit: Juan Manuel Herrera/OAS
A folding pictorial map of the area covered by the Southern Region of the newly branded British Rail and giving details of resorts, destinations and attractions that could be reach by their services. It also gives details of fares such as the bargain "Leg-Room Special" fares alongside mid-week, Holiday Runabout, Rail Rovers and Group Travel. Their also still, just, advertising Camping Coaches as well as Continental services via the BR ferry routes.
The folder is not dated but the two route diagrams - maps - shown are dated to 1966. They show that various branch lines have already been pruned under the Beeching "Axe" and, of course, there have been many subsequent changes to routes and service patterns particularly in the London Suburban area such as Tramlink and Thameslink.
This is the diagramattic version of the Southern's extensive suburban network that covered much of South London and the adjacent Home Counties. Largely electrically operated this was one of the world's largest and busiest suburban and commuting networks serving the main city termini of Victoria, Waterloo, Charing Cross, Holborn Viaduct, Cannon Street and London Bridge. There have been some substantial changes over the years such as Thameslink, Tramlink between Wimbledon and Croydon and some other losses.
Bern (Bern in German, Bärn in Alemannic German, Berne in French, and Berna in Italian and Romansh) is the de facto capital of Switzerland, referred to by the Swiss as their "federal city," in German Bundesstadt, French ville fédérale, and Italian città federale. With a population of about 140,000 (as of 2019), Bern is the fifth-most populous city in Switzerland. Bern is also the capital of the canton of Bern, the second-most populous of Switzerland's cantons.
The official language in Bern is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the most-spoken language is an Alemannic Swiss German dialect, Bernese German.
In 1983, the historic old town (in German: Altstadt) in the center of Bern became a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Information from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bern
StarCraft II is finally here! Here's what happened from midnight on the 26th July and into the early hours of the game's launch day on 27th.
Future of work panel session from left: Moderator Lynda Gratton Professor of Management Practice in Organisational Behaviour; Rakesh Bhasin, Chief Executive Officer Colt Technology Services Group; Jasmine Whitbread, Chief Executive Save the Children; Andy Green, Chief Executive Officer Logica and Warren East, Chief Executive Officer ARM speaking at the Global Leadership Summit, 5 July 2010.
The huge platform known today as the Elephant Terrace (or Terrace of the Elephants) runs from north to south, across the east front of the Royal Palace, for a distance of 300m (almost 1,000 feet). A main road runs from the central point of the terrace, due east to Jayavarman's Victory Gate at the eastern boundary of the city.
Built by Jayavarman VII with additions by later kings, the Elephant Terrace served as the base of the king's audience pavilions (which, being made of wood, have not survived) and reviewing stands. Five staircases, three in the center and one at each end, lead up to the 10' high platform, which is furnished with naga railings.The main wall of the platform is carved with elephants and garudas.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, California -- Presidio of Monterey Commander Col. Lawrence Brown signed the commander’s proclamation to designate April Month of the Military Child during the Celebrating Military Children event at the Porter Youth Center April 7. The event included children’s activities, a magic show and vendor displays.
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PHOTO by Joseph Kumzak, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs
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22 people were arrested at the Bank of America building
Protest at Chevron HQ in San Ramon on Dec 7, 2009
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Copenhagen Cafe is a place to gather Dec 7 - 18 during the climate conference for live coverage and workshops.
Ground level Crocker Galleria, 50 Post St More info & schedule at
carboncollaborative.org/?q=copenhagen-cafe
350 weekend of action Dec 11-13 at the mid-point of Coppenhagen. See www.350.org/map for more Bay Area events
Friday December 11
Meet in front of Senator Feinstein's office on the corner of Post & Montgomery at 4 pm
What: First, we'll deliver 350 photos from Oct. 24th and letters from participating groups to Senator Feinstein office (a delivery to Senator Boxer's office will happen earlier in the day). Then we'll have a candlelight vigil and march from Senator Feinstein's office to the Civic Center. At the Civic Center there will be speakers and we will also spell out 350 with our candles for a photo.
The vigil is 5:30 - 7 pm, San Francisco City Hall
Saturday December 12th
The World wants a real deal Santas, elves, & reindeer will also gather to collect signatures on giant holiday cards asking for a real climate deal in Copenhagen.
Noon - 5 pm, Union Square steps corner of Stockton & Geary sfoxfamactioncorps.org
Wednesday, December 16th
Rebecca & David Solnit discuss their book The Battle of the Story of the Battle of Seattle and Rebecca’s A Paradise Built in Hell
7 pm Modern Times, 888 Valencia St mtbs.com
Emerald City Roller Girls
The Church of Sk8in
Pudding Wrestling
Audience Poll to fill out Round 2
June 20th 2008
Taboo
Eugene Oregon
President of the United States, Barack Obama, and Sgt. 1st Class Tanner Welch, Sergeant of the Guard of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), lay a wreath in honor of the Unknowns on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery, Va. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Luisito Brooks)
I enjoy taking the same shot with different cameras to see what type of unique character the have.
This shot was taken with a Pentax ME and SMC Pentax-A 24-50 mm f4 lens on Fuji 800 iso.
How do you think this compares to the same shot I took with my Olympus 35 SP rangefinder which I have attached below ?
On board the Royal Caribbean Adventure of the Seas at the start of our week-long cruise to New England and Canada (July 27th - August 3rd, 2018). The cruise departed from the Cape Liberty Cruise Port in Bayonne, New Jersey and stopped at Portland (Maine), Bar Harbor (Maine), Saint John (New Brunswick) and Halifax (Nova Scotia). These pictures from the ship as it was returning to port at Cape Liberty (Bayonne, New Jersey) on the cloudy morning of Friday August 3rd, 2018. Some nice views of ships, the Statue of Liberty, the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, and lighthouses in the harbor.
View of CSX freight trains passing along the Metropolitan Subdivision Railroad from Paul S. Sarbanes Transit Center at 8404 Colesville Road in Silver Spring, Maryland on Friday afternoon, 6 November 2020 by Elvert Barnes Photography
Learn about the CSX Metropolitan Subdivision Railroad at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Subdivision
Elvert Barnes DOWNTOWN SILVER SPRING MD docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/DowntownSilverSpring2020
Elvert Barnes Trips to DC from Silver Spring MD 2020 docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/TripsToDC2020
Elvert Barnes PRESIDENTAL ELECTION 2020 docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/Election2020
Elvert Barnes COVID-19 Pandemic / Part 3 / Fall 2020 docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/CV19Fall2020
Elvert Barnes Friday, 6 November 2020 DAY 3 AFTER THE ELECTION docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/6November2020
Digital Peninsula 2011, University of Plymouth meetup, by Frankie Dolan.
Photography by @jason_mayes