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Inside, just below the silo's, in the building of the Cooperative Wholesale Association "Chamber of Commerce" (Coöperatieve Groothandelsvereniging De Handelskamer), in short HAKA-Building.
New pragmatism, designed (1931) by Hermann Friedrich Mertens and Jacobus Koeman, and was one of the first to be made from cast concrete.
It will hopefully be restored soon.
As I learned about this week's topic for the Macro Mondays challenge, namely "Foil", the concept of airfoil came to my mind even before "aluminum".
It allies the beauty of a mathematically-defined curve and the efficient pragmatism of aerodynamics for allowing planes to fly by generating the optimal vertical lift and minimal drag...
I built this improvised mock-up of an airfoil wind profile from wood as I would have made a prototype section of a small-scale plane and used aluminum foil for the look of it and for sticking to this week's topic. 😊
La mode, ce ne sont pas que des paillettes, du gloss, des créateurs excentriques et un peu perchés...
C'est aussi de la petite manutention du quotidien !
A couple of would-be passengers take a passing interest as DB Cargo Tug no. 60063 restarts from Nottingham after a crew change a few yards behind me.
The train is the 10.34am Kingsbury - Humber Oil Refinery discharged tanks (6E54), the consist for which is so long that it cannot be isolated within the station without blocking movements to and from other platforms. Happily, pragmatism rules and the crew change takes place beside the main footbridge, thus saving everyone a walk to the end of the platform.
If rivet counting is your thing, then this just might be the shot for you with those splendid Victorian awning supports. The ornate brickwork isn't so shabby either.
1.04pm, 26th November 2019
Built in a mix between New Pragmatism and Art Deco, Villa Jongerius (1938) is a very striking building, designed by business man Jan Jongerius himself.
He started in a grocery business that turned into a transport firm, and became a Ford car and truck dealer from there.
Now, it has been restored and serves as a conference center.
Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Lots of info in Dutch:
A window in the HAKA Building, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
The official name: Building of the Cooperative Wholesale Association "Chamber of Commerce" (Coöperatieve Groothandelsvereniging De Handelskamer).
The building was designed (1931) by Hermann Friedrich Mertens and Jacobus Koeman, and was one of the first to be made from cast concrete.
The window was designed by L. Visser.
Texaco Fuel Station "Auto Palace".
Design: B.J. Meerman and Johan van der Pijll (1935) .
Currently: Koos van Lith architecten.
Lisboa - Portugal
"The Pombaline downtown
On the 1st November 1755 a violent earthquake, followed by equally devastating fires, destroyed the centre of Lisbon.
The Royal Palace, the House of India, aristocratic palaces, the Opera House that was still under construction, art and royal treasures were all irreversibly lost.
From the ruins of medieval Lisbon came a zone redesigned along modern and functional lines.
The whole project became linked up to the will and pragmatism of the all-powerful Marquis of Pombal, minister to José I. He set about the swift implementation of a redevelopment project drawn up by Carlos Mardel and Eugénio dos Santos.
In the wake of the cataclysmic destruction, the first priority was to rehouse people and get mercantile trading restarted. To do this, it was necessary to rebuild rapidly.
The Lisbon dating from the second half of the 18th century was set down according to geometric pattern, a grid on which buildings were built. They were provided with a "cage-like" anti-earthquake system. This was a system of crossed wooden beams over which the walls were built.
The construction was totally revolutionary for the time as it was the first time a system of mass production was applied to housing with the standardisation of certain details: the windows, the verandas on the first floor, the steps and inner areas covered with layers of tiles.
The "Downtown" of Lisbon, or "Pombaline Downtown", as it is also known in honour of Pombal, is not characterised by the ornamentation of its buildings, it rather represents a new social order that emphasised the trading and financial classes. However, to more than counterbalance this, there is the harmony of the effect, the perpendicular streets with many a view down to the Tagus, the traditional stores and interesting monuments.
Any wander through the very heart of Lisbon certainly proves to be a most pleasant experience."
In Japan, crows (genus Corvus)—including species like the Jungle Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos) and Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)—hold a prominent place in cultural and spiritual narratives, transcending specific subspecies. Their symbolism is deeply rooted in Shinto and folklore traditions, rather than tied to a single variety.
The mythical Yatagarasu, a three-legged crow mentioned in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE), is revered as a divine guide in Shinto belief, said to have led Emperor Jimmu to victory. This archetype, depicted in artifacts like Nikko Toshogu Shrine’s carvings, represents crows broadly as messengers of the gods. Rural regions, such as Nikko’s UNESCO-protected mountains and shrines, associate crows with kami (spirits) and omens, reflecting their dual role as protectors and mysterious intermediaries.
In cities, studies by the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology document their remarkable intelligence, such as tool use and traffic adaptation. Urban crows, often a mix of species, are both criticized for noise and admired for their ingenuity. Meanwhile, in rural Nikko, their presence near ancient cedar forests and temples reinforces their timeless link to sacred landscapes.
Historical records, including Edo-period woodblock prints and shrine artifacts, further cement the crow’s enduring role in Japan’s cultural imagination, blending reverence with the pragmatism of a species thriving in both modernity and tradition.
Corvus corone orientalis
• Eastern carrion crow
• ハシボソガラス
• Corneja Negra oriental
Scientific classification:
Domain:Eukaryota
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Corvidae
Genus:Corvus
Species:C. corone
Subspecies:C. c. orientalis
Kinugawa Onsen 鬼怒川温泉, Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan
Wishing you all peace, health and some new viewpoints in 2023!
The building of the Cooperative Wholesale Association "Chamber of Commerce" (Coöperatieve Groothandelsvereniging De Handelskamer), in short HAKA-Building.
New pragmatism, designed (1931) by Hermann Friedrich Mertens and Jacobus Koeman, and was one of the first to be made from cast concrete.
It will hopefully be restored soon.
The building of the Cooperative Wholesale Association "Chamber of Commerce" (Coöperatieve Groothandelsvereniging De Handelskamer), in short HAKA-Building.
New pragmatism, designed (1931) by Hermann Friedrich Mertens and Jacobus Koeman, and was one of the first to be made from cast concrete.
It will hopefully be restored soon.
Just found:
Bull (Taurus) corresponds to intermediary zone between the Elements of Fire and Water..
[J. Cirlot, Dictionary of Symbols, Second Edition, 1995, s. 34]
This rings my bell.
My OneOnly L8ve, not seen since 2004,
was born bull (May).
Me, as born 8.8, Lion, say half - lion, had always tremendous problems with Element of Earth, say pragmatism.
Fellines (Lions) are based on Elements of Fire [Creativity) and Earth.
Humans on Elements of Water (Feelings) and Earth.
Half man half inherit very problematic: Fire & Water marriage. That's why so little tries Earth.
That's why my l8ve was, as That Love, Bull, to balance by intermediary.
;-)
L8ve TSls are polarized to harmonize&balance, but complete as hologram both.
The building of the Cooperative Wholesale Association "Chamber of Commerce" (Coöperatieve Groothandelsvereniging De Handelskamer), in short HAKA-Building.
New pragmatism, designed (1931) by Hermann Friedrich Mertens and Jacobus Koeman, and was one of the first to be made from cast concrete.
It will hopefully be restored soon.
Built in a mix between New Pragmatism and Art Deco, Villa Jongerius (1938) is a very striking building, designed by business man Jan Jongerius himself.
He started in a grocery business that turned into a transport firm, and became a Ford car and truck dealer from there.
Now, it has been restored and serves as a conference center.
Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Lots of info in Dutch:
Anyone who has begun to think, places some portion of the world in jeopardy.
John Dewey.
John Dewey (October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform. Dewey is one of the primary figures associated with the philosophy of pragmatism and is considered one of the fathers of functional psychology. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Dewey as the 93rd most cited psychologist of the 20th century. A well-known public intellectual, he was also a major voice of progressive education and liberalism. Although Dewey is known best for his publications about education, he also wrote about many other topics, including epistemology, metaphysics, aesthetics, art, logic, social theory, and ethics. He was a major educational reformer for the 20th century.
The overriding theme of Dewey's works was his profound belief in democracy, be it in politics, education or communication and journalism. As Dewey himself stated in 1888, while still at the University of Michigan, "Democracy and the one, ultimate, ethical ideal of humanity are to my mind synonymous."
Known for his advocacy of democracy, Dewey considered two fundamental elements—schools and civil society—to be major topics needing attention and reconstruction to encourage experimental intelligence and plurality. Dewey asserted that complete democracy was to be obtained not just by extending voting rights but also by ensuring that there exists a fully formed public opinion, accomplished by communication among citizens, experts, and politicians, with the latter being accountable for the policies they adopt. Source Wikipedia.
The Warbonnet paint scheme is probably the coolest, most iconic paint scheme in railroad history. The Fakebonnet scheme, born of pragmatism, ended up being a nice nod from BNSF to the Santa Fe's legendary livery. However, nearly 30 years after the BNSF merger the faded red & silver look pretty bad, to put it kindly.
Here, BNSF 681 shows off its rotting paint while on assignment to the Sealy Local, working industries south of its namesake town on BNSF's Galveston Sub in southeast Texas. After working M-F this week, the locomotives get to take a nice rest for the weekend in the small yard at Sealy.
If you can get past the poor condition, this particular locomotive is actually a unique case in the way of paint. It was delivered in 1994 to the Santa Fe in the standard ATSF Warbonnet scheme, but received a fresh coat of Fakebonnet paint in the early 2000s. Since the Fakebonnet scheme was primarily applied to locomotives being delivered from the factory in 1996-1997, this may be the newest coat of Fakebonnet out there. Unfortunately, it's probably about time for a repaint.
L RDV1911 06I ("Sealy Local")
BNSF Dash 9-44CW #681
BNSF SD40-2 #1671
Sealy, TX
September 6th, 2024
Our house (at the top in the picture) is located on William Street in Streetsville Ontario. It was built by a house framer named Samuel Brookbank for his family in 1859. Commencing in 1978, the house underwent restoration and renovation by the three owers previous to us.
The owners immediately precediing us bought the house in 1983. At that time, another individual also wished to purchase the house. When her offer was turned back, she purchased a lot at the south end of town, and asked if she could copy the style of the 1859 house. She was granted permission, and measured all the rooms. The house at the bottom of the picture is the result.
Ontario Farm House Style Architecture
Ontario even has its own homegrown signature style, once so common in our towns and countryside as to be ubiquitous but just as valid a hallmark as the saltbox in New England and the steep-roofed habitant homestead in Quebec. Our style has no official name but can be easily recognized by the symmetrical arrangement of doors and windows under a roof that stands only a storey and a half high. Over the front entrance is another identifying mark: a gable peak fitted with a Gothic-pointed window. Similar houses can be spotted from Massachusetts to Manitoba but never in the same number as in the corridor between Windsor and Cornwall and north into the Canadian Shield. Although they type has been around since the early days of settlement, only in recent years have we seemed to notice that this is something we can truly call our own. Perhaps the time has come to give it a proper name: the "Ontario farmhouse" style.
Although easier to heat and more economical to build than a house a full two stories high, the Ontario farmhouse owes it popularity more to politics than to pragmatism. Beginning in 1807, it was taxed at a significantly lower rate. At the same time, despite the ornament often lavished upon it, the gable was a purely practical amenity: It made the attic space more useable, providing extra headroom and much needed light. Thus a provincial icon was born that would survive long after the tax was revoked in 1853. In fact, it was well after Confederation, when building fashion and technology embraced a new bigger-is-better ethic, that the classic Ontario farmhouse finally lost ground. Today, thousands of the genre survive in the heartland, a sampling of which are pictured on the pages that follow. As you study them, look for variations on the theme, especially the manner in which the gable grew progressively steeper as the 19th century wore on.
Taken from:
Old Ontario Houses
Traditions in Local Architecture
text by Tom Cruickshank
photography by John de Visser
Over the years, I've often heard people advocating deregulation and market determination say their efforts would "make things better."
I've heard it said about broadcasting
I've heard it said about health care
I've heard it said about education
I've heard it said about human rights
I've heard it said about world affairs
... etc, etc, etc!
Usually the people who have taken these positions have been adamant about their positions.
Now we've got a $700 billion quick fix for problems not even included among the aforementioned issues.
These are problems that could rattle through our lives in the months ahead.
Baby boomers like me are bracing for the worst.
Pragmatism may not quite fit into the solutions that help us get beyond this.
Could we see an end to attitude?
Fitter, happier, more productive,
comfortable,
not drinking too much,
regular exercise at the gym
(3 days a week),
getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries ,
at ease,
eating well
(no more microwave dinners and saturated fats),
a patient better driver,
a safer car
(baby smiling in back seat),
sleeping well
(no bad dreams),
no paranoia,
careful to all animals
(never washing spiders down the plughole),
keep in contact with old friends
(enjoy a drink now and then),
will frequently check credit at
(moral) bank (hole in the wall),
favors for favors,
fond but not in love,
charity standing orders,
on Sundays ring road supermarket
(no killing moths or putting boiling water on the ants),
car wash
(also on Sundays),
no longer afraid of the dark or midday shadows
nothing so ridiculously teenage and desperate,
nothing so childish - at a better pace,
slower and more calculated,
no chance of escape,
now self-employed,
concerned (but powerless),
an empowered and informed member of society
(pragmatism not idealism),
will not cry in public,
less chance of illness,
tires that grip in the wet
(shot of baby strapped in back seat),
a good memory,
still cries at a good film,
still kisses with saliva,
no longer empty and frantic
like a cat
tied to a stick,
that's driven into
frozen winter shit
(the ability to laugh at weakness),
calm,
fitter,
healthier and more productive
a pig
in a cage
on antibiotics.
Sample looping in background:
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[For Wardrobe Remix Group - purple top & black jeans: Nordstrom; brown shirt and shoes: H&M]
My positive thinking / staying optimistic in trying times did wonders in a situation where the outcome would be beyond my control. I’m so glad I made it through! I believe I have proven my worth at my workplace and will continue to do so. For me - hard work, optimism and pragmatism go hand in hand. Thank you dear friends for your wonderful wishes and prayers.
Have a wonderful day/night my friends! Hang in there, the weekend is just around the corner :)
Nirwana apartment complex, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Extremely modern, even experimental, for the time. Example of New Pragmatism.
Design (1926): Jan Duiker and Jan Gerko Wiebenga.
www.denhaag.wiki/index.php/nl/cultuur/monumenten/143-nirwana
Sway for me now,
I'm ready to go now
all lifetime's a pause now
just one breathe is all now
strength mustered from nowhere
faint hopes disappear somewhere
chasms appear everywhere
an opening for the soul, please, anywhere
claustrophic immunity gasps 'non-applicable'
suffocating elements escribe multi-visual
pains pennance never succumbs to a stumble
allow a halo once to extinguish this fulminating puzzle
come once, call twice, going, going gone
fear never outbid in the fulgency of a penny's drop dead-on
give life a noose with which to pull to safety the time begone
in the throes shed light upon the pragmatism of nature's predawn
anglia24
21h50: 08/12/2007
© 2007anglia24
☀
"This garden is private. Please consume before sitting in."
This photo probably deserves some further explanation, as the garden in question was situated to the right of these two young people, garden whose access can be seen from the first two steps.
I interpreted the pause of these two figures, sitting on the coping before the entrance to the garden, as an amusing pragmatism: there's no need to satisfy the demands of the bakery to benefit from a comfortable stopover... where you can take a lunch break or quietly consult your smartphone.
I invited a Duke grad student from China along with me on my last foray to the Blue Ridge, last Tuesday and Wednesday. My intention was to do some night photography at Max Patch Mountain, though, per typical, my Accuweather app, which is correct plus or minus 100% (think about it) fell squarely into the “minus” category with widespread overcast hunkered over Max Patch into the night. That didn’t matter, because that was the only night available to me, so there we were... and my young charge, so unused to such wilderness, enjoyed every second of his time there, including hiking back in the dark. It had rained heavily on our drive up from Durham, and though the rain had moved off, the result was still evident as we hiked to the top… everything was quite wet.
Who doesn’t enjoy a good hike in the mountains? As a photographer, though, my intent is to hike back with a decent photo or two if at all possible. This was the only obliging composition that night… but it speaks to me. This is the only break in the clouds at sunset. The sun’s warmth reached out far enough through the dreary overcast to affect the wet mountain pass below for mist to rise brilliantly into the sunlight… and in that, I see an allegory to an answer to many prevalent problems facing this nation.
I’ve seen and heard issues of every worldview slung around without order or structure as answers to the problems of life. Everything from pacifism to feminism, to socialism, to pantheism, to pragmatism and much more have been offered as answers to our problems… have you ever noticed how idealism, in general, just anything with ‘ist’ or ‘ism’ attached is more often steeped in Godless opinion regardless of truth? Often, that understanding leads to issues of “social justice”… I’ve come to know that when the words “social” and “justice” come together within those worldviews, it becomes little more than another can of worms that makes things worse… nobody needs that. How do you live rationally in that understanding? The Universe conforms to a moral order, which assumes there is a definition of truth, that being what conforms to reality… absolute truth. What that means is that in order to keep from “cutting against the grain of the Universe (Sin Is Folly, Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.)” we must conform to that reality – that moral order – to make rational sense of this life.
So how do we live to bring such rationality to bear? Abraham Kuyper gives us an approach: “If the battle is to be fought with honor and hope of victory, then principle must be arrayed against principle: then it must be felt that in Modernism the vast energy of an all-embracing life-system assails us, then also it must be understood that we have to take our stand in a life-system of equally comprehensive and far-reaching power.” When you understand the light of God and how it can affect those it reaches out to with warmth and peace and depth and understanding and love, you begin to understand there is a far better answer than the “isms” we’re assailed with.
Here’s a stunning lecture on the subject by Chuck Colson. It’s as relevant now as it was then. Please give it some thought… and get inspired! www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2609&v=qPal82KvVHo
The map function here has lost its mind again. Anyone else experiencing that? Max Patch, the Jewel of the Appalachian Trail, should stand alone as its own location. I shot this from the Carolina side of the state line near there, but the map chose the closest community in Tennessee instead with no way to edit it... keep working on it Flickr!
Dedicada a todos los soñadores. Esta sociedad necesita más pensamientos utópicos y menos pragmatismo
Dedicated to dreamers. This society needs more utopian thoghts and less pragmatism
Composite image. See also: If donkeys could speak - Art Installation in this album. where pragmatism prevailed.
During the French and Indian war from 1754-1763, the French would ally themselves with numerous Native American tribes against the British Colonists. These tribes included the Algonquin, Wabanaki, Ottawa, Shawnee, Lenape, and many more. The reason for this was pragmatism on the part of the French as they were outnumbered 20 to 1 by the British in North America with 75,000 French compared to 1.5 million British colonists. The French also had a more lenient policy compared towards natives as they viewed them as business partners in the profitable fur trade. The natives also knew the area very well and were skilled warriors. The British on the other hand had a more negative attitude towards the natives viewing them as inferiors. Despite this the British would have a few native allies in the war against the French like the Iroquois confederacy. This alliance wasn't based on love for the British, but more so the hatred of rival tribes. This was a pattern seen in every conflict involving native Americans and European settlers.
During the duration of the war, native tribes would play a vital role in the fight against the British in North America. However, these efforts would be in vain as the British would eventually triumph in 1763. More builds on the French and Indian war/Seven year's war will come soon!
Taking a closer look at yesterday's corner building.
Mundane, banal, maybe; yet it's these corner buildings (of the 50s and 60s) that keep bringing memories of Hongkongers' industriousness and pragmatism in the last century. And they are disappearing...
Johnston Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong
PS. Do click the image to view large.
Another corner building that has been vacated and is ready for demolition (redevelopment)...
Mundane, banal, maybe; yet it's these corner buildings (of the 50s and 60s) that keep bringing memories of Hongkongers' industriousness and pragmatism in the last century. And they are disappearing...
Johnston Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong
PS. Do click the image to view large.
This type of pragmatism can only be admired - especially as opposed to some other people's "special needs" (like having to go to a bar every other night or what else)
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Mundane, banal, maybe; yet it's these corner buildings (of the 50s and 60s) that keep bringing memories of Hongkongers' industriousness and pragmatism in the last century. And they are disappearing...
Ma Tau Kok Road, To Kwa Wan, Hong Kong
PS. Do click the image to view large.
The conference room at the apex of Rothana Heavy Engineering’s headquarters was a chamber of stark contrast—opulent, timeless, and ominous all at once. Two massive windows flanked the far end of the room, revealing the breathtaking expanse of Rothana’s arctic tundra. Icy winds whispered against the thick transparisteel, but inside, warmth clung to the chamber like the scent of old stone and wealth.
In the corner, between the windows, stood an ancient tree in a black, gold-accented pot. Its twisted trunk rose defiantly before bowing under its own age, branches arching over the room like crooked arms. Sparse crimson leaves clung to it stubbornly, catching the filtered light and casting red shadows across the floor. Around the room, tall cylindrical glass cases and pedestals displayed curated echoes of the past—eroded Sith armor, ceremonial weapons, and long-forgotten artifacts from the darker corners of galactic history.
At the center stood a large round table, its surface smooth except for the embedded holoprojector at its core. A projection of the Agressor-Class Destroyer, ARCSS Exavis hovered above it—an angular, predatory silhouette—casting shifting blue light onto the faces standing around it.
To the left stood Moff Cerato, his aging face stone-set, one hand gripping his black cane. The ex-Imperial admiral, now a voice in the murky politics of the Remnant, remained a symbol of discipline and ruthless pragmatism.
Beside him stood Elli Vakeer, the elderly Umbaran matriarch of Rothana Heavy Engineering. Her pale, unreadable features betrayed nothing, her silver-flecked eyes scanning the projection as if glimpsing something the others could not.
Next, Prex Yusai of ARGO Industries stood with his palms resting lightly on the table’s edge, his tailored coat perfectly aligned, posture calm but commanding. The image of a corporate visionary cloaked in iron strategy.
To his right stood Dr. Verek Darn, once an Imperial science officer, now Chief Scientist of RHE. His hands rested in front of him, fingers laced, his thoughts buried beneath a polished façade. The Exavis was partly his brainchild, and his silence was the sound of calculation.
Next to him stood Kalen Thurn, Sr. Intelligence Officer of ArgoSec and Yusai’s personal advisor. An implant pulsed faintly at the back of his head, its soft red light a quiet testament to the processing core woven into his brain and spine. Thurn’s cybernetics allowed him to monitor data feeds and predictive models in real-time—calculating, measuring, forecasting every twitch and turn of the meeting. He said little, but his eyes, constantly adjusting and analyzing, missed nothing.
“The Exavis is ready,” said Yusai, voice low and certain. “Fully retrofitted. Operational. Awaiting deployment.”
Dr. Darn gave a small nod. “It retains its core weapons matrix under civilian registry. The mining designation is... a formality.”
Kalen Thurn spoke with precision. “Stealth protocols have passed final calibration. The Exavis will not merely defend our lanes—it will anchor the next phase of our security doctrine.”
The holoprojector shifted to display the crest of ARGO Industries rotating beside the sigil of Rothana Heavy Engineering, the two icons slowly blending into a single emblem.
“The merger,” Yusai said, eyes still on the hologram, “begins now. Let the Exavis be our first move.”
Elli Vakeer tilted her head ever so slightly. “Then let it be done.”
Moff Cerato allowed a rare smile. “The galaxy is watching. Let it remember who still knows how to build.”
Overhead, the ancient tree creaked as a red leaf drifted down, landing soundlessly on the cold floor beneath their feet.
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I had fun with this build. For a long time I wanted to do something similar to my golden casino - something elegant inspired by Dryden Vos' Yacht First Light, and the bridge of the Eye of Sion. Thanks for watching/reading ';)
I myself, am rather fond of 'The Fates'.
We see Clotho on the left as she spins out the thread, and Lachesis as she measures it with her eyeglass, passing it on, as Atropos prepares to cut the life-thread with her raised scissors (all invisible details, though trust me, they are there).
I admire their essential pragmatism. Either way I suspect they are aspects of the same thing, essentially equals, those 'Graces' and 'Fates'.
They sing the chorus too, a sort of come-all-yee faithless.
Not seeing is believing.
You call it lazy, I call it pragmatism. Now if you'll excuse me I gotta go look up what "Pragmatism" means.
Go North East's Washington-based Volvo B9TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 6050 (NK12 GDE) is pictured here at, , whilst on a promotional photoshoot, after being repainted and branded in a commemorative rainbow livery. 25/06/20
During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, Go North East colleagues have demonstrated some exceptional team spirit, shown across the whole company, with colleagues coming together like never before to face many challenges with great strength, pragmatism and positivity.
To take everyone’s great efforts to the next level in working to make Go North East's company culture kinder, more inclusive and mutually supportive, whilst also improving engagement with the communities we serve, the company is launching a new internal initiative called ‘One Team GNE’.
Bus 6050, which was already planned for repaint due to the impending delivery of new vehicles for the "Red Arrows" X1 service, has been adorned in a striking ‘retro’ multi-coloured scheme.
Inspired by a re-work of the company’s infamous 1985 'don't judge a bus by its colour' initiative alongside the rainbow image that has been so prevalent during the coronavirus crisis.
The vehicle will become a visual symbol of the company’s ‘One Team GNE’ colleague and community network being launched to build upon the great strength and team spirit shown by its team during the depths of the crisis, to work together to build even better relations across the company and the communities it serves.
Squares and rectangles and grids and surfaces and depth and pattern and repair and loss and apathy and pragmatism.
Go North East's Washington-based Volvo B9TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 6050 (NK12 GDE) is pictured here at, , whilst on a promotional photoshoot, after being repainted and branded in a commemorative rainbow livery. 25/06/20
During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, Go North East colleagues have demonstrated some exceptional team spirit, shown across the whole company, with colleagues coming together like never before to face many challenges with great strength, pragmatism and positivity.
To take everyone’s great efforts to the next level in working to make Go North East's company culture kinder, more inclusive and mutually supportive, whilst also improving engagement with the communities we serve, the company is launching a new internal initiative called ‘One Team GNE’.
Bus 6050, which was already planned for repaint due to the impending delivery of new vehicles for the "Red Arrows" X1 service, has been adorned in a striking ‘retro’ multi-coloured scheme.
Inspired by a re-work of the company’s infamous 1985 'don't judge a bus by its colour' initiative alongside the rainbow image that has been so prevalent during the coronavirus crisis.
The vehicle will become a visual symbol of the company’s ‘One Team GNE’ colleague and community network being launched to build upon the great strength and team spirit shown by its team during the depths of the crisis, to work together to build even better relations across the company and the communities it serves.
Go North East's Washington-based Volvo B9TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 6050 (NK12 GDE) is pictured here at, , whilst on a promotional photoshoot, after being repainted and branded in a commemorative rainbow livery. 25/06/20
During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, Go North East colleagues have demonstrated some exceptional team spirit, shown across the whole company, with colleagues coming together like never before to face many challenges with great strength, pragmatism and positivity.
To take everyone’s great efforts to the next level in working to make Go North East's company culture kinder, more inclusive and mutually supportive, whilst also improving engagement with the communities we serve, the company is launching a new internal initiative called ‘One Team GNE’.
Bus 6050, which was already planned for repaint due to the impending delivery of new vehicles for the "Red Arrows" X1 service, has been adorned in a striking ‘retro’ multi-coloured scheme.
Inspired by a re-work of the company’s infamous 1985 'don't judge a bus by its colour' initiative alongside the rainbow image that has been so prevalent during the coronavirus crisis.
The vehicle will become a visual symbol of the company’s ‘One Team GNE’ colleague and community network being launched to build upon the great strength and team spirit shown by its team during the depths of the crisis, to work together to build even better relations across the company and the communities it serves.
All too often we idly point out the problems of the world at large and in our daily lives, and all too often we stop just there -- at bitching and moaning. There are exceptions, of course, when we move outside of ourselves and fix problems and help others. I don't even mean our friends or family -- it is our job to be a source of support. I mean people we do not know and things that do not directly affect us. Some call this altruism. I call it pragmatism. The problem with philosophy -- well, one of the problems -- is that you are essentially sentenced to an armchair by a fire with a pipe in one hand and a pen/paper in the other. You sit, you observe, you think, you think, you think, you think, you think, you deduce, you infer, you construct proofs, theorems and arguments, which you then use to debate your theory or theories against other philosophers with just as much if not more self-conviction. Shower, rinse, repeat. They outline the conduits and which way the water flows, but if it flows the wrong way, they do not act to change its course. We are all philosophers; some of us are just better trained than others.
Which brings me to my photo -- put your money where your mouth is. You philosophers with or without doctoral degrees, you idealists in your armchairs smoking your pipe and contemplating, or on your couch yelling and throwing Chee-tos at the t.v., you religious zealots, you atheists, you who get off on arguing why you are right and they are wrong: put your money where your mouth is. And by money, I mean labor. Work for it. If you throw words like "freedom" around, you better stick to it and have not just tolerance but respect for that which is different. Tolerance is merely putting up with something; not stopping it. Respect is a due regard for the rights, feelings and customs of other individuals or groups. With freedom comes respect. If you cling to freedom, you ought not to be scared of someone who looks different or has an exotic name. If you shout "freedom" only in response to fundamentalist regimes that deny basic human rights, and then build up fierce hatred for and shout slurs at that which is different, you better step outside of yourself and see the hypocrisy and ignorance. You ought to.
Also, You Ought To View On Black
Day 81.
kind of a tribute to a tribute to a tribute. whew! (and by tribute I mean Wayne stole my idea and used it first :P)
From a series on the virtues and vices, this example being 'Pragmatism'.
Artist Unknown (unsigned), 1480-ish (once disputed, since discredited Bosch).
Lost in that Windsor fire in the 'Annus Horibilis'.
Photo by A.Blunt (Knighthood rescinded)
Mundane, banal, maybe; yet it's these corner buildings (of the 50s and 60s) that keep bringing memories of Hongkongers' industriousness and pragmatism in the last century. And they are disappearing...
Ma Tau Wai Road, To Kwa Wan, Hong Kong
PS. Do click the image to view large.