View allAll Photos Tagged One
this was my very first barbie doll , I was given a rocker ken for christmas , I convinced my father to finally buy me a barbie (ken was kinda boring to me to be honest...) so I marked the rocker barbie on the "world of fashion" booklet that came with ken. waited all day for my dad to return from work with the doll(he did this a few times ,but this was the first time) and he arrived with super hair barbie!!!!!!!! the one in the red ferrari commercial! shes my ultimate ideal of glamour and ferociousness in her 80s jumpsuit with big shoulders :D
Philadelphia, PA
9/1/15
PLEASE CREDIT TO flickr.com/chelseaclough and @chelseaeclough
Edits are allowed but please do not tamper with the watermark or else I will approach you about removal or seek greater action.
"FIVE little ducks went swimming one day
Over the hill and far away.
Mother duck said QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK
And only FOUR little ducks came back!
FOUR little ducks went swimming one day
Over the hill and far away.
Mother duck said QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK
And only THREE little ducks came back!
THREE little ducks went swimming one day
Over the hill and far away.
Mother duck said QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK
And only TWO little ducks came back!
TWO little ducks went swimming one day
Over the hill and far away.
Mother duck said QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK
And only ONE little duck came back!
ONE little duck went swimming one day
Over the hill and far away.
Mother duck said QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK
And all her FIVE little ducks came back!"
~ Children's rhyme, author unknown ~
I've posted a shot very similar to this about a year ago and I have been wanting to come back to this spiral for some time now. Dave Dicello and I hit this up on our photo walk last Saturday. I think it turned out much better with the wide angle lens. I've also acquired some more photoshop skills along the way. Pittsburgh parking garages are very tricky to tackle. Their yellow lights are powerful, messing up the white balance on the camera. Color Efex really helped this one with the pro contrast filter. 5 exposure HDR
Please No Group Invitations or Awards
The Coast Guard Academy welcomed 284 men and women into the Class of 2023 for Day One of Swab Summer. Day One marks the traditional start of Swab Summer, an intense eight-week training program designed to transform civilian students into military members ready to accept the challenges that await them in their pursuit to become Coast Guard officers.
U.S. Coast Guard photos by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Thieme.
UP is now using a high pressure blower to clear the ice and snow from diamonds and switches called the Air Forced One. Here it is seen cleaning the diamond at Rochelle.IL of the accumulated Ice and packed snow that may cause a derailment if left to mother nature. The old jet engine on rails has been retired and now sits on the siding waiting for disposition.
one of the really quick grass shots I did for a killer duo. They are called One Whole Year and within an extremely short amount of time have managed to produce an EP. Look for their music soon!
Also I finally upgraded my ebay V2 triggers to cybersyncs. Flashes are about to get a hell of a lot more reliable.
strobist:
Canon 430ex camera left shot down bare.
Vivitar 285HV bare camera right show down
sunshine overhead.
Children’s Activities for Home and School -
Directed play moulds character.
Published by the Child Training Assoc, Inc
Oesterreichische Nationalbank
Logo of the Austrian National Bank
Headquarters Vienna, Austria
Central Bank of Austria
Currency€
To ISO 4217 EUR
website
Previous Austro- Hungarian Bank
List of Central Banks
Oesterreichische Nationalbank, at Otto-Wagner -Platz No. 3, Vienna
The Austrian National Bank (OeNB), Austria's central bank as an integral part of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) and the Eurosystem. It is instrumental in the design of the economic development in Austria and in the euro area. Legally, the OeNB is a public limited company.. However, it is also subject to further enshrined in the National Bank Act regulations resulting from its separate position as a central bank. In the framework of the Eurosystem, the OeNB contributes to a stability-oriented monetary policy. At the national level, it cares about the preservation of financial stability and the money supply and manage foreign exchange reserves to hedge against the euro in times of crisis. The guideline values in terms of the tasks of the Austrian National Bank are "security, stability and trust".
Contents
1 History
1.1 1816 to 1818
1.2 1818 to 1878
1.3 1878 to 1922
1.4 1922 to 1938
1.5 1938 to 1945
1.6 1945 to 1998
1.7 From 1999
2 The OeNB as a modern central bank
3 Legal form and organs
3.1 Legal framework
3.2 organs
3.2.1 General
3.2.2 General
3.2.3 Board of Directors
4 Tasks
4.1 Monetary policy strategies and monetary policy decision-making process
4.1.1 Economic analysis
4.1.2 Production of statistical information
4.1.3 Contribute to international organizations
4.2 Implementation of monetary policy
4.2.1 use of monetary policy instruments
4.2.2 Reserve Management
4.2.3 Money Supply
4.3 Communication of monetary policy
4.4 ensure financial stability
4.4.1 Financial Stability
4.4.2 Payment System Stability and payments
5 The OeNB in the European System of National Banks
6 President / Governors
7 See also
8 Literature
9 links
10 Notes and references
History
1816-1818
As long as 50 years before the founding of the National Bank the Habsburgs carried out first experiments with securities in the form of paper money. Finally, in the 18th Century the issue of banknotes transferred to a state independent institution, while the issue of paper money called "Banco notes," founded in 1705 by the "Vienna City Bank" took place in 1762.
In wartime governance took back control of the money issue, so there was an inflation of Banco-Zettel 1796-1810. The state ordered the forced acceptance of paper money in private transport, which led to a fast-growing discount on bills in the market. 1799 was therefore one for 100 guilders paper money only 92 guilders in silver coins, and at the end of 1810 the value of the paper florin had fallen to 15 % of the nominal value of the Banco-Zettel. Later, the Habsburgs declared a devaluation of the Banco-Zettel in the ratio of 5:1. This act was considered by the business community as a sovereign default, which the paper money experienced a rapid devaluation.
At the end of the Napoleonic wars the Habsburg multinational state ( → Habsburg Monarchy) faced a new challenge: the restoration of a European balance. Church, the nobility, the army and the bureaucracy as elements in the Ancien Régime were not sufficient to solve this problem, a well -founded economic situation was needed. Moreover, one could not ignore readily the laws of supply and demand.
In this regard, were the first June 1816 by Emperor Francis I two patents issued (later to distinguish the "main patent" or "bank patent"), the "privileged Austrian National Bank", conceived as a public company, had to constitute itself as soon a possible, propose the emperor three of its directors for selection of the governor and take up their activity provisionally on 1 July 1816.
The National Bank had henceforth a monopoly on the issuance of paper money, which led to a slowdown in the Austrian monetary system and an increase in the value of paper money. The economy was again a solid source of money keeping constant the value of money regardless of the spending plans of the State. The equity of the Bank justified this by share issues.
Initially comprised the activities of the bank - under temporary management - the redemption of paper money and the issuance of shares. The full effectiveness attained the National Bank until after the issue of 1,000 shares and the associated possibility of shareholders to set the management themselves.
1818-1878
On 15 July 1817 recieved the National Bank as the "first Bankprivilegium" the exclusive right to unrestricted issue of banknotes and in this context a special position in terms of Rediskontgeschäfts (rediscount business). Beginning of 1818 the definitive bank management was ready. Part of it were among leading figures of Viennese society, including the banker Johann Heinrich von Geymüller and Bernard of Eskeles. From 1830 to 1837 the Office of the Governor was held by Adrian Nicholas Baron Barbier.
In the countries of the Habsburg Monarchy, which were characterized in large part by an agricultural oriented activity pattern, some regions showed a lively commercial-industrial growth. The goal now was to create a system of economic exchange between these areas. Successively established the National Bank branch network and thus guaranteed a uniform money and credit supply. From its headquarters in Vienna this network extended over early industrial areas and commercial centers in Eastern and Central Europe to the northern Mediterranean.
Trade bills and coins were preferred assets of the National Bank, less the supply of money to the state. With the exchange transactions, the National Bank supported the economic growth of the monarchy and secured at the same time the supply of silver coins in the event that the need for these increases in exchange for bank notes, contrary to expectations. 1818 was the National Bank, however, by increasing public debt, due to high spending in times of crisis, not spared to make an increase in the government debt positions on the asset side of its balance sheet.
The patent provisions of the founding of the National Bank not sufficiently secured against the autonomy of governance. At the center of the struggle for independence, this was the question of the extent to which the issue of banknotes must be made on the basis of government bonds. In 1841, a renewal of Bankprivilegiums got a weakening of the independence by pushing back the influence of the shareholders in favor of the state administration. During the revolution of 1848/49 followers of constitutional goals received great support from senior figures in the National Bank. For about a hundred years, the Austrian branch of the Rothschild bank (from which from 1855, the "Royal Privileged Austrian Credit-Institute for Commerce and Industry", the later Creditanstalt, was born) was playing a leading role in the banking center of Vienna. Salomon Mayer von Rothschild was involved during the pre-March in all major transactions of the National Bank for the rehabilitation of the state budget.
Special focus the National Bank was putting on the development of the premium that was payable at the exchange of banknotes into silver money in business dealings. The increase, which corresponded to a depreciation of the notes issued by the Bank should be prevented. From an overall state perspective, the increase of the silver premium means a deterioration in terms of the exchange ratio towards foreign countries, influencing the price competitiveness of the Austrian foreign trade adversely. The stabilization of the premium were set some limits. Although the height of the emission activitiy was depending on the Bank, but also the price of silver and the potential effects of increased government debt materially affected the silver premium. Especially the 1848 revolution and conflicts in the following years caused an increasement of the silver premium.
Mid-century, the private banking and wholesale houses were no longer able to cope with the rapidly growing financial intermediation of the Habsburg monarchy. New forms of capital formation were required. From an initiative of the House of Rothschild, the first by the government approved and private joint-stock bank was created. This formation was followed in 1863 and 1864 by two other joint-stock banks, whose major shareholders included important personalities of the aristocracy, who possessed large liquid funds. Overall, grew with these banks the money creation potential of the "financial center of Vienna".
The central bank faced another difficult task: with its limited resources it had to secure sufficient liquidity on the one hand and on the other hand prevent the inflationary expansion of the money supply. Through close contacts with the shareholders of Vienna was a financial center (informal) ballot, especially in times of crisis, easily dealt out. In contrast, it gave differences of opinion in the Fed Board, which required enforcement of decisions.
In 1861, Friedrich Schey Koromla became director of the National Bank. On 27 December 1862 experienced the Bankprivilegium another innovation. The independence of the National Bank of the State was restored and anchored. Furthermore, was introduced the direct allocation of banknotes in circulation by the system of "Peel'schen Bank Act", which states that the fixed budget of 200 million guilders exceeding circulation of banknotes must be covered by silver coins. In 1866, when the German war ended in defeat for Austria, the compliance of the system was no longer met. The state felt itself forced to pay compensation for breach of privilege. This balance was supported by a law of 1872, after the National Bank may issue notes up to a maximum of 200 million guilders and each additional payment must be fully backed by gold or silver.
1873 the economic boom of the Habsburg monarchy was represented in a long-lasting rise in the share price. A now to be expecting break could by the behavior of the Vienna Stock not be intercepted, so it came to the "Great Crash of 1873". The in 1872 fixed restrictions of the circulation of notes for a short time have been suspended. Contrary to expectations, the money supply in crisis peak but only outgrew by nearly 1% the prescribed limit in the bank acts. The banks and the industrial and commercial companies survived the crash without major losses, although the share prices significantly lay below the initial level.
The years with high growth were followed by a period of stagnation.
1878-1922
As part of the compensation negotiations between Austria and Hungary in 1867, the National Bank was able to exercise fully their Privilegialrechte, the Kingdom of Hungary but now had the certified right, every ten years exercisable, to found an own central bank (bank note). As resulted from the first 10 -year period that furthermore none of the two parts of the monarchy wanted to build an independent money-issuing bank (Zettelbank), was built on 28 June 1878, initially to 31 December 1887 limited, an Austro-Hungarian Bank, and equipped with the Fed privilege. The first privilege of the new bank was a compromise in which on the one hand, regulations on liability for national debts as well as regulations limiting the influence of the government on banking businesses were included. 1878 Gustav Leonhardt was Secretary of the Bank.
The General Assembly and the General Council formed the unit of the bank management. Two directorates and major institutions - in Vienna and Budapest - represented the dual nature of the bank. 1892-1900 followed a long discussion finally the currency conversion from guilders (silver currency) to the crown (gold standard) with "Gold Crown" said coins.
Since the new banknotes were very popular in the public, now many gold coins piled up in the vaults of the Austro-Hungarian Bank. This period was characterized by a balanced combination of price growth and damping, the "per capita national product" grew while prices remained mostly stable. Against this background, it was easy for the Fed to encourage a new wave of industrialization.
With a third privilege in 1899 conditions were established under which the bank could be put into the financial services of the two countries, on the other hand there have been important innovations that paved a good exchange policy. By 1914, the exchange ratio of the Austro-Hungarian currency was unchanged with only minor fluctuations. In contrast, was the by conflicts marked political development.
The expansive foreign policy quickly led to high costs from which had to be shouldered by the central bank a significant part. The stability of the currency was in danger. Shortly after the beginning of World War I in 1914, laid down the Military Command to indemnify any seized property with double the price. There was an increasing scarcity of goods, connected with an ongoing expansion of the money supply and finally the increase in the price level on the 16-fold.
The resulting cost of the war of the Dual Monarchy were covered to 40% on central bank loans and 60% through war bonds. Over the duration of the war, the power force built up in recent decades has been frozen at the end of the conflict in 1918, the real income of the workers had fallen to one-fifth of the last year of peace.
With the end of the war the end for the old order had come, too. The decay of Cisleithania and Transleithania caused in several successor states, despite the efforts of the central bank to maintain the order, a currency separation (see Crown Currency in the decay of the monarchy, successor states). First, a separate "Austrian management" of the bank was introduced. It was encouraged to shoulder the shortcomings of the state budget of the Republic of Austria founded in 1918.
The new South Slav state began in January 1919 stamping its crown banknotes. The newly founded Czechoslovak Republic retained the crown currency (to date), but their printed banknotes in circulation as of February 1919 with indications that now these ar Czechoslovak crowns. (The country could an inflation as experienced by Austria avoide.) In March 1919, German Austria began to stamp its crown banknotes.
The Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye of 10 September 1919, by Austria on 25 October 1919 ratified and which on 16 July 1920 came into force, determined the cancellation and replacement of all crown banknotes of all successor states of Austria-Hungary as well as the complete liquidation of the Austro-Hungarian Bank under the supervision of the war winners. The last meetings of the Bank took place mid 1921 and at the end of 1922.
After a period of overvaluation of the crown the dollar rate rose from 1919 again. 1921, had to be paid over 5,000 Austrian crowns per dollar. In addition to the significant drop in the external value existed in Austria rising inflation. End of 1922 was ultimately a rehabilitation program with foreign assistance - the "Geneva Protocol" - passed which slowed down the inflation.
1922-1938
With Federal Law of 24 July 1922 the Minister of Finance was commissioned to build a central bank, which had to take over the entire note circulation plus current liabilities of the Austrian management of the Austro-Hungarian Bank. With Federal Law of 14 November 1922, certain provisions of the law were amended and promulgated the statutes of the Austrian National Bank. By order of the Federal Government Seipel I 29 December 1922, the Board of the Austrian Austro-Hungarian Bank issued authorization for the central bank union activity with 1 January 1923 have been declared extinct and was made known the commencement of operations of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank this day.
The statutes of the Austrian National Bank (OeNB) secured the independence from the state, the independence of the Bank under exclusion of external influences and the corresponding equity. First, the stabilization of the Austrian currency was at the forefront. With the Schilling Act of 20 December 1924 was the schilling currency (First Republic) with 1 Introduced in March 1925, it replaced the crown currency. For 10,000 crowns now you got a shilling.
As an important personality in terms of the order of the state budget, Dr. Victor Kienböck has to be mentioned. He was in the time from 1922 to 1924 and from 1926 to 1929 finance minister of the First Republic and from 1932 to 1938 President of the Austrian National Bank. Through his work remained the Austrian Schilling, also beyound the global economy crisis, stable. Under this condition, the Fed was able to cope with the large number of bank failures of the past.
1938-1945
According to the on 13th March issued Anschlussgesetz (annexation law) , the Reichsmark with order of the Fuehrer and Chancellor of 17 was March 1938 introduced in the country Austria and determines the course: A Reichsmark is equal to one shilling fifty pence. On the same day, the Chancellor ordered that the management of the to be liquidated National Bank was transferred to the Reichsbank.
With regulation of three ministers of the German Reich of 23 April 1938, the National Bank was established as a property of the Reichsbank and its banknotes the quality as legal tender by 25 April 1938 withdrawn; public funds had Schilling banknotes until 15th of may in 1938 to accept. All the gold and foreign exchange reserves were transferred to Berlin.
The Second World War weakened the Austrian economy to a great extent, the production force after the war corresponded to only 40% of that of 1937 (see also air raids on Austria). To finance the war, the Reichsbank brought to a high degree banknotes in circulation, which only a great victory of the kingdom (Reich) actual values would have been opposable. Since prices were strictly regulated, inflation virtually could be "banned" during the war.
1945-1998
In occupied postwar Austria about 10 billion shillings by Allied military occupying powers were initially printed, which contributed to significant price increases.
With the re-establishment of the Republic of Austria by the Austrian declaration of independence of 27 April 1945, it came to the resumption of activities of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank. By the "Fed Transition Act" of July 1945 preliminary legal regulations for the operations of the Bank have been established. The restoration of the Austrian currency was their first big job. The goal was the summary of all currencies, which at the time were in circulation, and their secondment to a new Austrian currency. The "Schilling Act" of November 1945, the basis for the re-introduction of the Schilling (Second Republic) as legal tender in Austria. The next step was to reduce excess liquidity to make necessary funds for new business investment available and to make the external value of the shilling for the development of the economy competitive. First, however, less changed the inflationary situation and also the shilling was still significantly undervalued in relation to other currencies.
The "Currency Protection Act" of 1947 brought a significant change in the monetary overhang. Some deposits have been deleted without replacement, others converted into claims against the Federal Treasury. The following exchange operations also significantly reduced the amount of cash: banknotes from 1945 were canceled and exchanged for new schilling notes in the ratio 1:3. Only 150 shillings per person could go 1-1.
To control inflation, the social partners came to the foreground. The associations of employers and employees set in 1947 prices for supplies, wages were also raised. This was the first of the five "wage-price agreements" of the social partners. In 1952, inflation was held back by limiting the use of monetary policy instruments by the National Bank. Also, the external sector slowly relaxed after the end of the Korean War.
In 1955, the Austrian National Bank was re-established by the new National Bank Act as a corporation and the by the National Bank Transition of Authorities Act (Nationalbank-Überleitungsgesetz) established provisional arragement abolished. The National Bank Act stipulated that each half of the capital should be situated at the federal government and private shareholders. In addition to the independence of bank loans of the state, the new National Bank Act also contained an order that the central bank must watch within their monetary and credit policies on the economic policies of the federal government. From now on also included within the instruments of the National Bank were the areas open market and minimum reserve policy.
The Austrian economy increasingly stabilized, through good fiscal and monetary policy a high growth could be attained, with low inflation and long-term maintenance of external equilibrium.
1960, Austria joined the European Free Trade Association and participated in the European integration.
In the sixties came the international monetary system based on gold-dollar convertibility into currency fluctuations and political reforms were necessary. First, the loosening of exchange rate adjustments between several states was an option. However, U.S. balance of payments problems brought with it restrictions on capital movements, and then the Euro-Dollar market was born. In 1971, the convertibility of the U.S. dollar was lifted.
1975 interrupted a recession increasing growth time. International unbalanced ayments caused very extensive foreign exchange movements, whereby the intervention force of Austrian monetary policy has been strongly challenged. Their task now was to control the effect of foreign exchange on domestic economic activities to stabilize the shilling in the context of constantly shifting exchange rates and to control the price rise appropriately. Since the inflow of foreign funds reached to high proportions, so that the economic stability has been compromised, the policy went the way of the independent course design in a pool of selected European currencies.
The collapse of the economy forced the policy makers to a new course with active mutual credit control, subdued wage growth, financial impulses in supply and demand, and interest rates are kept low. This system of regulation, however, kept back the need for structural change, so it had to be given up in 1979. In the same year a fire destroyed large parts of the main building of the Austrian National Bank in Vienna. The repairs lasted until 1985.
Target in the eighties was to strengthen the economic performance using a competitive power comparison. The findings from the seventies stimulated the Austrian monetary policy to align the Schilling course at the Deutsche Mark to ensure price stability in the country. In addition, the structural change was initiated by inclusion in a large area. Stable, if not necessarily comfortable environment of monetary policy was a prerequisite, to secure the companies long-term productivity gains and thus safeguard their position in the economy.
Initially, this development stood a high level of unemployment in the way. Growth until the second half of the decade increased, at the same time increased the competitiveness and current accounts could be kept in balance.
In the nineties, the annexation of Austria took place in the European Community. 1995 Austria became a member of the European Union (EU) and joined the exchange rate mechanism of the European Monetary System. In 1998, the Central Banks (ESCB) have established the independence of institutions or bodies of the European Community and the governments of the EU Member States through an amendment to the National Bank Act of the Austrian National Bank to implement the goals and tasks of the European System. Thus, the legal basis for the participation of Austria in the third stage of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) was created in 1999.
As of 1999
The Austrian National Bank, and other national central banks including the European Central Bank ( ECB), belongs to the European System of Central Banks.
On 1 January 1999 was introduced in the third stage of Economic and Monetary Union in Austria and ten other EU Member States, the euro as a common currency. The European Central Bank is henceforth responsible for monetary and currency policy, decisions in this regard will be taken in accordance with the Council of the European Central Bank.
Since May 2010, the OeNB is in full possession of the Republic of Austria, after originally lobbies, banks and insurance companies were involved with 50 % of the share capital in it. In 2011, the National Bank Act was adapted by an amendment (Federal Law Gazette I No. 50 /2011) in this circumstance, a renewed privatization is thus excluded by law.
The OeNB as a modern central bank
With the withdrawal from the retail business in the sixties as well as the first major internationalization and implementation of a strategic management in the seventies, the OeNB went on the way to a future-oriented central bank. Another major reform of banking began at the end of the eighties.
In terms of global development, the OeNB established in 1988 as a service company and expanded its guiding values - "security, stability and trust" - to the principles of " fficiency" and "cost-consciousness". The business center was optimized and strategic business experienced through targeted improvements a reinforcement. Be mentioned as examples are intensifying domestic cooperation in the area of payments by encouraging the creation of the Society for the Study co-payments (STUZZA), the liberalization of capital movements, the professional management of foreign exchange reserves, the improvement of the supply of money through the construction of the money center and the internationalization of business activities through the establishment of representative offices in Brussels (European Union), Paris (OECD) and the financial center of New York.
After Austria's accession to the EU in 1995, the OeNB participated in the European Monetary System (EMS ) and its Exchange Rate Mechanism. The integration in the third stage of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) was the next step towards further development of policy stability. Since the conclusion of the Maastricht Treaty, the Austrian National Bank has very fully considered its role in the ESCB and created a basis for inclusion in the community. The profound economic and monetary policy of Austria was also a reference that qualified the OeNB to actively participate in the monetary future of Europe, a greater harmonization of the statistical framework and monetary policy instruments with a view to the euro system, the preparation of the issue of European banknotes, and the establishment of operational processes and organizational integration of business processes within the ESCB being specific objectives of the OeNB.
In the following, it came, inter alia, to the establishement of an economic study department, of an education or training initiative and to strengthen the position of payment transactions through the TARGET system.
A in 1996 created "OeNB master plan" provided important points for the upcoming transition to the euro.
In May 1998, a new pension system came into force, by which new employees were incorporated into a two-pillar model.
1999, Austria's participation in the third stage of EMU was manifest. The Austrian National Bank - as part of the ESCB - became the owner of the European Central Bank and received new powers in this context in the sense of participation in the monetary policy decision-making at the level of the European Community. With the introduction of the euro, monetary policy functions of the General Council have been transferred to the Governing Council. However, the implementation remains the responsibility of national central banks.
Activities of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank were or are, for example, the further professionalization of asset management, the expansion of the network of representative offices by opening a representative office in the financial center of London, preparation of the smooth introduction of euro cash in 2002 and the participation of the OeNB on the creation of the "A-SIT" (Center for secure Information Technology Center - Austria) and the "A-Trust" (society of electronic security systems in traffic GmbH ) in order to promote security in information technology.
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oesterreichische_Nationalbank
This building has popped up in the two years since I was last in London. Apparently nicknamed The Vase, its presence doesn’t do the South Bank any kindnesses.
One-time boy-racer/first-time car of choice in the UK, this one had already been off the road for four years according to DVLA. Clear indicators look out of place with the early, one-piece grille/bumper.
Phase One 645DF
Schneider Kreuznach LS 55mm f/2.8
Phase One P45+
Model: Shannia
Production: Bobo Zhang
Lighting: Samuel and Xiao Yu
Big thanks to Central Studios, Shanghai (http://www.centralstudios.cn), the boss Rodney Evans and his team..you guys are the best!! Xie Xie!!!
a long time exposure from a flashlight and turned into negative
inspired by
www.flickr.com/photos/yamanenko/2647739730/in/set-7215760...
and a lot of time^^
Taken at Forest Farm Nature Reserve
Texture is that within Topaz Impression
thank you for any comments
Catalog #: 10_0016997
Title: World War One Personnel
Date: 1914-1918
Additional Information: World War One Personnel
Tags: World War One Personnel , World War One Personnel , 1914-1918
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
Hey you, don�t watch that
Watch this!
This is the heavy heavy monster sound
The nuttiest sound around
So if you�ve come in off the street
And you�re beginning to feel the heat
Well listen buster
You better start to move your feet
To the rockinest, rock-steady beat
Of madness
One step beyond!
From Wikipedia...
One Bull (circa 1853-1947) was a Lakota Sioux man best known for being the nephew and adopted son of the great holy man, Sitting Bull.[1] He was also the younger brother of White Bull, a famous Lakota warrior and chief contributor to Stanley Vestal's biography of their uncle.[2] One Bull joined his uncle in fleeing to Canada following the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876. Sitting Bull's band remained in the "Grandmother's Country" until he surrendered in North Dakota in 1881.
Frank Bennett Fiske (1883-1952) was unique among the photographers of American Indians in that he was himself a native of the Dakotas and grew up with these same people that he would later photograph. This gave him a natural affinity and empathy that is evident in his work. Fiske actually got his middle name from Fort Bennett in the southern Dakota Territory where his father was stationed while still in the military. At age six, he arrived at the settlement of Winona on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. His father had a job as a civilian wagon master at nearby Fort Yates. One of his early memories was the killing of Sitting Bull during a confrontation with the Standing Rock Agency police; Fiske witnessed the delivery of the body to the Fort Yates morgue and the burial at a nearby cemetery. He attended school with the Indians and learned much of their culture. As a teenager, he studied under post photographer Dick Fansler and eventually took over the job. Most of his professional life was spent on the northern plains and devoted to capturing the Sioux people as a nation of noble warriors. A look at these amazing images will confirm that he was indeed successful.
Hollowed out in 1946 from a single log, the Famous One Log House was created from a redwood tree over 2100 years old! This section alone weighed 42 tonnes. It took two men eight months of hard labor to hollow out a room 7 feet high and 32 feet long. It can be found on the Redwood Highway just South of Garberville, California.
This is a young Red Grouse chick on the moors of the Peak District National Park. I often see broods of young grouse at this time of year being chaperoned by their mother as they cross the moorland paths. The mother grouse will sometimes feign injury to distract attention from her young. Grouse have what are known as nidifugous young, which means nest fleeing (as opposed to nidicolous, nest dwelling). They lay around one egg per day until they have a full clutch (usually eight) and only then they will start to incubate. This means that all eggs hatch simultaneously and the newly-hatched young can immediately walk around following their mum. Nidicolous young like songbirds are usually hatched bald and blind and are fed in the nest until they are fully feathered. Of course it isn't always as clear-cut as this, and birds like gulls have semifugous young, which wander a little way from the nest soon after hatching.
British Railways followed in the tradition of railway companies such as LNER and LMS by commissioning artists to design artwork which would then be used on its posters and advertising.
‘Kyles of Bute’, was painted by Tiree-born artist Alasdair Macfarlane in 1956. British Railways used prints of the image on posters advertising their Clyde Coast railway and steamer connection services. One of the four diesel ‘Maids’, commissioned by British Rail in the early 1950s, is travelling to the right of the image, whilst the famous Queen Mary II steams to the left, resplendent in the colours of the Caledonian Steam Packet Co., which operated the ships.
Alasdair Macfarlane moved to Glasgow in 1922. He worked for shipping line P. Henderson & Co., before joining the Clyde Navigation Trust in 1929. After a period with the Ministry of War Transport in London between 1940 and 1945 he re-joined the Clyde Navigation Trust. During the 1930s he produced a series of pleasure steamer drawings for the Glasgow Evening Citizen, and in the 1950s produced a similar set for the Glasgow Evening Times, many of which are in the Museum’s collection.
‘Kyles of Bute’ was transferred to the Scottish Maritime Museum by BRB (Residuary)Ltd, April 2010.
GP500 motorcycle windshields
Founded in 1946 by Soichiro Honda, Honda Motor Corp is currently the largest motorcycle manufacturer in the world. Based in Tokyo, Japan, the Big Red Wing gained massive popularity with the release of the Super Cub in 1958 and carries on the tradition today with the CBR, Gold Wing and CRF models. Honda, along with Yamaha, has always been known as one of technological leaders in the two-wheeled world, much of this a result of their extensive racing history.
Shichiro Honda, a race driver himself, insisted on international racing right from the beginning. By 1959 Honda was fielding five motorcycles in the Isle of Man TT, which at the time was the biggest motorcycle race the world over. Though they always made powerful engines, it wasn’t until ‘61 that Honda was able to tune their chassis well enough to allow Mike Hailwood to claim their first Grand Prix victories in the 125cc and 250cc classes. Hailwood would go on to win Honda’s first Senior TT wins in ’66 and ’67.
After a short hiatus, Honda returned to GP racing in 1979 and by 1983 had won their first 500cc Grand Prix World Championship at the hands of a young Freddie Spencer. Since then, Honda has become the dominant marquee in motorcycle Grand Prix racing, winning numerous championships with riders such as Valentino Rossi and Mick Doohan. A staggering total of over 600 international and U.S. race wins have been accumulated by Honda with no end in sight.
On the motocross side of things, the Red Riders have countless AMA Motocross and Supercross championships and race wins. Names like Jeremy McGrath, David Bailey and Johnny O’Mara are synonymous with their motocross program in the U.S. and worldwide. The boys in red also have six World MX championships and six World Enduro championships to their credit thus far.
Formed in 1983 by Richard Hynda, Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) began as the sole producer of all things Honda racing. All of the factory development for worldwide racing is handled by HRC, as well as the production of several racing-only motorcycles, support for some satellite teams and rider/mechanic education programs.
Honda's top dog, the CBR1000RR.
This long racing lineage has always directly connected with Honda’s two-wheeled street and dirt machines. Much of their Grand Prix road racing success is seen in their insanely popular CBR line up, made up of the CBR600RR and CBR1000RR, two of the top selling sportbikes in the world. Both of these new machines are now available with ABS as an option for ‘09, a first for any purebred sportbike.
Adding some mileage capability to the sport theme is their ST1300 sport tourer, which has become a law enforcement favorite in recent years. Taking things even further in touring direction is the Gold Wing. Now 1800cc, it has been one of the top selling touring machines since its inception in the ‘70s.
Honda’s cruiser line is compiled of several variations of four different models: VTX1800, VTX1300, Shadow and Rebel. Nine total machines are produced, starting as small as the 250cc Rebel all the way up to the large VTX1800 Touring edition. Honda has recently branched out into the scooter and crossover markets, highlighted by their all-new DN-01 automatic motorcycle/scooter combination as well as three full-on scooters: Ruckus, Silver Wing and Metropolitan. Two motard-type models (CRF230, XR650L) and the entry-lever Nighthawk 250 round out their expansive street lineup.
Honda’s dirt side is highlighted by their class-leading motocross machines (all four-stroke now), including the all-new for ’09 CRF450R that features fuel injection (a first for any Honda Mxer) and the updated CRF250R. For those up and coming riding Honda has put their eggs fully in the four-stroke basket, no longer making the CR85 two-stroke in favor of the CRF150R four-stroke.
Honda's 2009 CRF450R is the first Fuel Injected Honda Motocross bike.
For those beginners and trail riders, Honda has a line of CRF air-cooled four-strokes, starting with the CRF100F and working up to the CRF230F. Their dual-sport range is made up of the race-ready CRF250X and CRF450X models, which are based on their MX-focused siblings, and the tried and true XR650L, which hasn’t seen changes in years but proves its worth through longevity. A full line of ATV and UTV products round of Honda’s powersports lineup.
As well as being the largest producer of motorcycles in the world, Honda has quite a stake in all aspects of the motorized world. They are the sixth largest automobile manufacturer as well as the largest engine-maker in the world, producing more than 14 million internal combustion engines each year.
The carrier is the largest ship in the fleet, and forms the core of its offensive capabilities. Armed with a laser pulse turret and two point-defense laser turrets, and with a hangar with which it can build and repair fighters, the carrier is a force to be reckoned with.