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This old bike is loaded with the days produce from the fields under the shadow of Long Bien Bridge, Hanoi.
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Publix, 2015-16 built, Woodward Ave. at W. 6th St., Muscle Shoals AL
Dedicated to Saint Peter, the abbey church of Champagne is not located, as one would think, in the bubbly-producing hills of northeastern France, but much further south, on the banks of River Rhône, between Lyon and Valence, in the northern part of the département of Ardèche, i.e., in the old province of Vivarais.
Stylistically, this large church, built right next to the busy and noisy thoroughfare that Highway 86 is today, is very homogeneous and was built around 1150, replacing an older, 11th century church of which two capitals have been re-used in the nave. Numerous sculpted fragments from the previous church were also gathered as demolition progressed and reinserted haphazardly in the new one. But built by whom exactly, and for what exact purpose? That is much more mysterious.
From the scant written evidence that has come to us, we can surmise that it was originally built by the Albon family of powerful local lords, probably for regular canons of one or the other obedience. In 1275, it has become a priory of the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Chef. In 1172, the canons of the chapter of the Saint Maurice Cathedral in Vienne had given a number of churches to the abbey of Saint-Chef, but the charter doesn’t specify which ones. If we are right in thinking that the Champagne church was originally owned by canons, it is possible that those canons were the ones from the Vienne chapter, and if so, the Champagne church may have been among those turned over to the abbey in 1172. The deal would have been facilitated by the fact that, from 1119, the archbishop of Vienne was also the protector of the abbey of Saint-Chef. Furthermore, it has been noted (in particular in my Zodiaque collection reference book, Vivarais et Gévaudan romans, by Robert Saint-Jean) that the Champagne church offers many similarities with the abbey church of Saint-Chef, in a more accomplished version, as the former came half a century after the latter.
The link between Saint-Chef and Champagne, however, did not last. Because of deep and enduring management problems at Saint-Chef where the monks could not elect a new abbot, the archbishop of Vienne was first appointed as abbot ad perpetuitam by a papal Bull of John XXII in 1320. A second Bull, in 1328, took away from the abbey the Saint Peter Priory, under the pretext that its income was not sufficient to support the prior and his monks. The church then became a simple parish church. However, let’s not forget that, at the time, the Rhône River was the border between the kingdom of France and the Holy Roman Empire: the archbishop of Vienne had his seat on the left bank, on the Empire side, while the Saint Peter Priory was on the right bank, on the kingdom side; the archbishop may have wanted to be able to take refuge in France in the event things went sour on the Empire side... which would explain why the priory compound was indeed fortified at the same time!
Seriously damaged during the Wars of Religion in the 1560s, the church undertook important repairs during the early 1600s: it is then the the three cupolas on squinches roofing the nave were put in place in lieu of the previous Romanesque barrel vault. The church, much too big for such a small village, continued to degrade over the decades. By 1750, the upper floors of the tower-porch that framed the western entrance were in ruin, and one century later, what was left of that tower-porch was razed to allow for the enlargement of what was then the royal road number 86. This veritable act of vandalism prompted the authorities to protect the monument in 1854 by listing it as a Historic Landmark.
A systematic restoration took place between 1888 and 1894, during which (it is a rare enough occurrence to be duly noted and lauded!) all the add-ons erected after the end of the Romanesque period were eliminated. The original church was saved. In 1968, three regular Augustinian canons from a Swiss convent came and settled in Champagne, reviving the Saint Victor offshoot of the Augustinians which had been dead since the French Revolution. They proved extremely successful and in 1976, Pope Paul VI elevated the priory to abbey status. Today, the church is both canonical and parochial.
However, the very exceptional characteristic of this abbey is that, because the original monastery buildings had been destroyed after the French Revolution and replaced by ordinary village houses, the Augustinians had to build anew where there was space available, i.e., a couple hundred meters away from the church...! Thus, there is no proper enclosure, the canons live in the middle of the village, and walk across it to go attend to their duties. This is much too in sæculum for my taste, and not a proper way to practice the life of a so-called “regular” canon. I understand the appeal that the church may have had, but my opinion is that, owing to the present-day configuration of the village, it should have been deemed unsuitable. Likewise, the liturgy of this congregation does not truly meet with my approval, the same way “reality TV” doesn’t: a floor-heated church, cleverly designed lighting everywhere, a discreet and elaborate sound system... quite a bit too Hollywoodian for me. But obviously, just like reality TV, it does have its appeal.
The choir and the ambulatory (which does not exist in Saint-Chef). There are no radiating chapels in which relics could have been exposed (and no crypt either), and no record of any being kept in this church, so the ambulatory is a bit of a mystery. It is nicely lit by three large windows.
A random shoe that a ran across at the Trans-Jordan landfill. The landfill takes usually toxic methane gas produced by organic garbage and turns it into energy for 4500 homes #Audi project #energy
The Powder River basin doesn't just produce massive quantities of coal but also a significant amount of power from shale gas from the fracking process. Sand is required in huge volumes and when we visited a steady stream of trucks were seen coming and going.
Fracking in Wyoming doesn't seem to cause problems as there is little or no local population. The earthquake issues that have occurred in the UK's embryonic fracking industry have become a reason for the cessation of this process.
The Nissan Figaro cars were produced in Japan in 1991 and is arguably the most intriguing design in recent times. Designed by Shoji Takahashi the Nissan Figaro is already a sought after classic in Europe and Japan. Shoji Takahashi actually won many design awards and critical acclaim for this and the theory behind the design was based around the brand of Swatch watches that were very popular at the time. The theory was that different casings can be put around identical mechanics to create a very different design and the Nissan Figaro is actually based around the mechanics of a Nissan Micra.
The Figaro was marketed in four colours representing the four seasons: Topaz Mist (Autumn), Emerald Green (Spring), Pale Aqua (Summer) and Lapis Grey (Winter).
This is Pale Aqua.
Only 20,000 Nissan Figaros were ever made and due to such large demand in Japan the cars had to be allocated by a raffle!
Como Lario means Lake Como, it's an Italian restaurant which opened in 1986 & the food is inspired by traditional Comasco cooking .
Manufacturer: American La France Cars, Elmira, New York - USA
Type: 12 Roadster
Engine: 14,500cc straight-6 T-head
Power: 85 bhp / 1.800 rpm
Speed: 120 km/h
Production time: unknown
Production outlet: unknown
Curb weight: 3250 kg
Special:
- The American La France Company (one of the oldest fire apparatus manufacturers in America) was founded in the early 1830s, producing horse drawn carriages and steam powered fire engines and officially formed by Truckson LaFrance (a descendant of a French Huguenot emigrant to America) and his partners in 1873 as the LaFrance Manufacturing Company selling hand powered equipment, emergency response vehicles, such as chemical engines, aerial ladder trucks, airport crash trucks and more.
- Different used ALF-fire trucks converted into a cars. This was in fact an inexpensive way to get a fast and reliable automobile.
- Therefore, it is also difficult to get reliable info about numbers, models, etc..
- By changing gears, the car could easily be adapted for use on public roads.
- For switching of the unsynchronized driebak experience was an absolute requirement.
- Starting of the engine (individual cylinders displaces about 2.41 liters ☺!) was a cumbersome procedure. At first you had to be built up pressure with a hand pump in the fuel tank, then the ignition was put on “late” and the choke pulled out. After opening of the hood you had to inject gasoline into the cylinders (wit an oiler). Then the startbobine was switched on and the decompression button pulled out and the engine could be cranked. When the engine was running the various buttons and levers were put back into their original positions.
- The huge torque provided the car to drive away in second or third gear.
- It has a three-speed manual straightcut-chaindrive transmission, Eisenman Magneto and twinspark ignition, Ram's Horns inlet manifold, a Zenith carburettor, Reliance tachometer (300 – 3.600 rpm), Phinney-Walker keyless clock, Pirene fire extinguisher and rear wheel drive.
- The fire truck chassis (made of Krupp nickel-chrome steel) with doorless steel body using the same basic running gear has a 159 inch wheelbase, a finished wood dashboard, a moto-meter atop its brass radiator, leather interior, strategically placed grab handles, a Stutz Bearcat-esque monocle windscreen, a (standard) side-mounted toolbox, a bolster fuel tank, wood trimmed steering wheel, dual chain drive, a chain-drive rear axle, a rear mounted spare tire, massive 42" wooden-spoke wheels and only drum brakes at the rear wheels by an e-brake handle.
- Fuel consumption: “No comment, just a happy local fuelstation manager ☺!”
A local friend shared some of her bounty--her favourite kind of apple is honeycrisp, and they're currently in season.
(The plate was from our latest trip to Newgrange)
On Wednesday 15/3/2023, 1421s (Bowmans rail Balco) is seen passing market gardens in Virginia (SA) with Rail First locos el63-EL53 in charge.
HAPPY TUESDAY'S TEXTURES !!
This is a closeup of part of a "leather sampler" at the booth of a leather goods craftsman. He had prepared it to show potential buyers of his goods the variety of leather colors textures and stitching that he could produce.
Background:
A few years ago, for two years in a row, there was a small, weekend African arts, crafts, music and food festival in Riehen, the Swiss town in which we live. There were great photo opportunities at these events. I am still getting around to uploading photos from them to Flickr.
NB - In a low-key way, Riehen has long been a kind of "artsy" place. But these days it is also the home of the highly regarded and heavily visited Beyeler Foundation & Museum. The latter features extensive and still growing collections of both modern and tribal art. See:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyeler_Foundation
Location: Riehen BS Switzerland.
In my album: Dan's Patterns: Stuff for Sale.
272/365
My third consecutive chilli shot and it will be my last! Time to eat the things!
Smoke produced with an incense stick strategically placed behind fork. Lit with a Rogue gridded flash fired from behind. YN560IV 1/32@24mm. Foreground lit with a waft of a LED Lenser P7
Local drugstore, J.F. Brandt (prop.), somewhere in Missouri, during 1944.
I have left the image full size so you might zoom in for a look at the cheap prices.
This image is from a set called "What's That You're Wearing".
The photographs in this set were produced from negatives serendipitously discovered in my other collections. The ordinary to exceptional choices of personal fashion through the eyes of the family camera.
Please go here to see more images from "What's That You're Wearing"
www.flickr.com/photos/69559277@N04/sets/72157640797725143/
Produced from the original negative in my collection.
Williamsport, PA. June 2022.
If you would like to use THIS picture in any sort of media elsewhere (such as newspaper or article), please send me a Flickrmail or send me an e-mail at natehenderson6@gmail.com.
Canon 7 rangefinder camera.
Produced c.1963.
LZOS Jupiter-12 2.8/35mm lens.
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Panningen (NL). December 2020.
A by chance encounter with a very fine looking Volkswagen camper :-)
These VW camper vans are still going strong after so many years. A bit of nostalgia I guess :-)
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Film Kodak Colorplus 200.
Scanner Plustek Opticfilm 120 Pro at 5300ppi, downscaled to 2048 pixels width.
Sharpening, IR-Dustremoval, exposure, contrast and color adjustments in PSE11.
The Handley Page Victor is a British jet-powered strategic bomber, developed and produced by the Handley Page Aircraft Company, which served during the Cold War. It was the third and final of the V-bombers operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF), the other two V-bombers being the Avro Vulcan and the Vickers Valiant. The Victor had been developed to perform as part of the United Kingdom’s airborne nuclear deterrent. In 1993, the type was retired.
A number of Victors had received modifications to undertake the strategic reconnaissance role, employing a combination of radar, cameras, and other sensors. As the nuclear deterrence mission was given to the Royal Navy's submarine-launched Polaris missiles in 1969, a large V-bomber fleet was deemed surplus to requirements. Consequently, many of the surviving Victors were converted into aerial refuelling tankers. During the Falklands War, Victor tankers were notably used in the airborne logistics operation to repeatedly refuel Vulcan bombers on their way to and from the Black Buck raids.
The Victor was the last of the V-bombers to be retired, the final aircraft being removed from service on 15 October 1993. In its refuelling role, the type had been replaced by the Vickers VC10 and the Lockheed Tristar. The Avro Vulcan operated in the conventional and nuclear strike roles until 1982, when it was in turn replaced by the significantly smaller Panavia Tornado.
Produced from 3 images manually joined via layers in Paint Shop Pro.
Canon EOS 7D and Tele Vue 3x Barlow lens, attached to a Meade 127mm ED refractor telescope.
All the kit got caught in a sudden and heavy rain shower, while I was indoors, shortly after taking the images, but so far it looks like no damage was done :-)
Another year is almost over, hopefully we can emerge from the shadows soon although much still remains out of focus.
Handheld shot with FE 85mm f1.4 GM late in the evening along this historical street.
Haven’t bought any photographic gear this year although a couple of lenses are firmly in my sight.
The 70-200mm f2.8 zoom is a lens I’ve avoided thus far as it typically weighs as much as a high end 100-400mm zoom which is too much unless we are just carrying this lens alone.
Then came Tamron FE 70-180mm f2.8 (815g) and Canon RF 70-200mm f2.8L IS (1,070g), both however do not work with teleconverters (TC) and the Tamron additionally omits lens stabilization.
Had some initial interest in the Tamron but the just released Sony FE 70-200mm 2.8 GM OSS ii (1,045g) has both lens stabilization which is more effective than IBIS at the long end and works with TCs which can get me to 400mm f5.6 if needed. My FE 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 GM OSS works flawlessly with 2x TC and I expect the same for the new FE 70-200mm f2.8 GM ii.
The Tamron is $1,199 vs the Sony GM ii $2,798 (same as Canon’s RF version), a substantial difference. Looking at the photos taken with the Tamron, it’s a nice lens but there’s no “wow” quality in the photos taken and there are also some distracting structures within the specular highlights.
The photos from the new FE 70-200mm f2.8 GM OSS ii however, are impressive. If we don’t use a 70-200mm f2.8 zoom too often and does not need more than 8fps or TC compatibility, the Tamron version makes a lot of sense. Canon and Sony users have access to lots of lens choices, the same cannot be said for Nikon however.
It seems that Sony achieved significant weight reduction without making compromises in TC compatibility or omitting stabilization but with a more efficient design with less glass used in GM ii with 17 elements compared to 23 in the older version. Is this advancement all due to improved glass quality or software?
I do wonder if they can do the same with their future generation 2 100-400 GM and 200-600 G zooms when the time comes, perhaps even with the soon to be launched 24-70 GM ii?
Meanwhile Tamron has just released their FE 28-75mm f2.8 G2 which appears to be an improved version of its highly popular 1st Gen lens. Personally I’ll rather wait and see what Sony will do with their imminent FE 24-70mm f2.8 GM ii replacement.
Advances in lens making have produced zooms capable of matching Prime lenses at equivalent apertures. For this reason, I stopped bothering with Primes which are just 1 stop faster than f2.8 zooms especially at focal lengths below 85mm.
Those who had aggressively suggested that the Batis 135mm f2.8 was reasonable at $2,000 are clearly shills, you can easily identify these fellas from the various gear forums by now. I’ve spoken out against the value of Batis lenses from inception and in particular the 135mm f2.8 since its release. We really need to be wary of these marketing shills as they are so rampant in gear forums masquerading as hobbyists these days. flic.kr/p/GC4PWY
Producing some serious clag as it headed up Warren Bank, Broughton on 24th June, 2016 was this January, 2007 registered MAN TGA 26.430 of R.F. Bellis of Wrexham, hopefully the technical problem was sorted on its return to base.
On the night of March 27, 1996 I had the scanner on and heard this guy requesting his meal enroute as he was coming through Rochelle, IL. By this time after the Union Pacific merger, the usual "beans at Dekalb" was denied. But on this evening, the dispatcher let him make the stop. Being a fan on the C&NW Dash 8's--and especially the only one that ended with the number '23', I made my way down to Dekalb to find them behind The Junction shopping plaza on the west side of town. A time exposure, coupled with a clear 25 bulb on the nose, produced this view of the C&NW 8523 and 8718 against the Northern Illinois night.
Early Saturday mornings, streets in Vietnam’s northern town of Sapa are filled with hundreds of Hmong and Red Dao minority people dressed in their colorful ethnic attire. They are heading to Sapa market, a traditional market that is bustling until late afternoon. It is not only used for trading, but also for socializing and unwinding after hard working weekdays. Sapa market is like a hive of colourful activity both inside and out. There you can find fresh produce, a butcher's section (not for the squeamish), textile, and tribe people from surrounding villages selling handicrafts.
My wife and I went to Yosemite on the first day the sun is getting to the right angle to produce the "firefall effect" I intended to merely explore and simply find out where to park, and various places I could go for a glimpse.
We got lucky and were able to see the effect the first time out.
Some cartoon reference in which the Amoeba Boys said this exact line, "Produce the produce!", in which it could be said for this Lumberton Food Lion, preparing for its grand opening, getting equipment ready, hence the title!
The now demolished former Ruston Works and William Sinclair off Tritton Road in Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
The site was acquired by Ruston Proctor and Co in 1911 as timber yard and woodworks stretching from Upper Witham on east to Waterloo Street on west with Foster's Wellington Works and Cannons Glue Works on north and Main Drain on south.
From 1920-25 the Ruston Car was made here, but it was not competitive. Large numbers of industrial narrow-gauge locomotives and shunters were next produced in the 1930s. WW2 saw the production of engines for a wide variety of uses, as well as Matilda, Crusader and Cavalier tanks. The whole site was later occupied by Sinclair
In 2018 proposals were submitted by John Rumsey of Riverstone Dev 1 Limited, for the demolition of the 231,000 sq ft building off Tritton Road, along with the buildings from the former William Sinclair Horticulture site on Firth Road, which closed in 2015 – resulting in the loss of 74 jobs.
Information Sources:
cityx.co.uk/2018/09/iconic-rustons-building-earmarked-for...
www.heritageconnectlincoln.com/character-area/tritton-roa...