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Just had the shocking realization that I haven't posted anything here for over a year. To remedy this I'm going to upload some of the images that I've processed for my website. This is the Jardin de Marqueyssac, in the Dordogne, by candlelight, with the stream of people on the path reduced to ghosts by the long exposure.
"It is not just that freedom is part of the act of faith: it is absolutely required. Indeed, it is faith that allows individuals to give consummate expression to their own freedom. Put differently, freedom is not realized in decisions made against God. For how could it be an exercise of true freedom to refuse to be open to the very reality which enables our self-realization? Men and women can accomplish no more important act in their lives than the act of faith; it is here that freedom reaches the certainty of truth and chooses to live in that truth." - Pope John Paul II
Antony Gormley's statue looking onto Broad Street in Oxford, with the chapel cross of Exeter College behind...
Plein air paint-out today - the view from the Mt. Washington headquarters.
Los Angeles, CA
I just started a blog where there's more info about my watercolors, as I add paintings~
It’s very cold in Chengdu these days. So, I went for a trip to Kun Ming, the capital of Yun Nan, China. Interpreted as Eternal Spring City, where sun's shine seems everlasting and a place where a lot of people come during a biting cold winter season. My group were headed to a place known to have a very beautiful sunrise and sunset reflecting on the man-made rice terraces located in the mountains of Yuan Yang.
I'm excited most of all because I really want to see the awesome sun showing its glory and magnificence. I missed the sunshine. It was too long since I last saw it.
We arrived in Kun Ming at 2pm. almost 2 hours flight from Chengdu, and headed directly to Yuan Yang. We got into a Lexus SUV, which I realized later the significance why we used this kind of vehicle. I dozed off in a couple of minutes and when I woke up, the sun was setting already. I do not know how far Yuan Yang from Kun Ming is. The driver was busy tinkering the GPS and figuring out if we are on the right road, the Boss was talking to Shushu. John was helping the driver on the LCD buttons, and the other guy at the back was still sleeping. I got bored. I looked at the sun, it is magnificent. And it’s almost gone. I can't explain the feeling of seeing it. It gave me happiness, but a little sad because clouds are engulfing its splendour and soon it will be night.
I got the urge of taking a shot while it was setting. My D700 is at the back, and so is the guy who was still sleeping. I thought it wasn't nice to wake him up for my camera bag. I felt the urge of taking a photo while the sun slowly fades. But I was reluctant. I was thinking it would be better if I take the shot using my D700. I was thinking it will still shine brightly tomorrow. I am in at “Eternal Spring City” where the sun shines brightly in a clear blue sky. I can wait.
But I thought it was the right time. If not the right place to take the shot, It was the right time. What if it will not shine tomorrow? What if there will be rain the next day? What the heck. Who cares if it is called spring city and it will surely shines up again tomorrow, I got to take this shot. It has to be quick. Otherwise I will lose this chance. I reached for my left pocket and grabbed my iphone. I missed at first shot. There was a tree in the middle and it was blocking the sun. We were travelling in a couple of miles per hour, so I have to be quick. Ready...and I hit the shutter button. There it is! My second shot. The sun and its glory! I am happy of this shot.
I plan to narrate this 2 day trip with all of the pictures I took until my arrival back here in Chengdu. And hopefully be concluding before I leave for Dubai early next month. I hope you will like this story that I'll be writing.
Keep on shooting friends!
The yogi's interest is inner peace, self realization & social harmony
- Jagad Guru Siddhaswarupananda
See more insights by Jagad Guru Chris Butler here :
www.jagadguruchrisbutler.com/the-search-for-wisdom/inner-...
Apartment and Office Building Schwitter
Basel, Switzerland
Competition 1985, project 1985, realization 1987-1988
Continuing the curve of the site, the mixed-use building contains a shop at ground floor level, an underground car park, and apartments on the first floor and up. A raised gravelled garden overlooked by open loggias on the west form the public areas. The apartments are reached via a quasi-freed curving access balcony. Together with the floor construction of the loggias, the main horizontal levels are stressed on the street side by the large curving ledges. Two superimposed curves, drawn from the site’s geometry produce an “interference” pattern on the principal façade, a study in the visual impact of structure and geometry that can also be seen in the Ricola storage building, the Signal Box and the Centre Culturel de Blois. The apartments themselves are conventional, with the minor exception of the curving façade section and diagonal wall of the two apartment units, which in this case is used to give an enlarged sense of volume. The roof level has a more accentuated setback, meeting the gable wall of the adjacent building.
Self Realization Fellowship, Meditation Gardens, Pacific Palisades(Santa Monica), California
Since its opening to the public in 1950 by Paramahansa Yogananda, the Lake shrine has inspired thousands of visitors each year, many of whom return again and again to refresh mind and spirit in the peace that pervades this beautiful sanctuary.
The ten-acre site is a natural amphitheater. The spring-fed lake has an average depth of 15 feet. Its waters are inhabited by numerous varieties of colorful Koi.
Out of respect to the meditating visitors in various sites throughout the grotto,
I have limited my photographs so as not to include these private moments. There are many beautiful cottages and lush hillside bench locations to photograph.
The Shrine is a quarter mile from the Pacific Ocean, it was a 72 mile freeway drive from my home.
Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, it is the realization of how much God has already given you.
Photo of a bird sitting in a tulip, among a field of tulips.
May you have a blessed day!
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In the early 1950s, air forces around the world came to the realization that it made little sense to train pilots on older piston-engined trainers, then expect them to go from those aircraft to high-performance jets without a high accident rate. Most nations with an aviation industry then embarked on designing jet trainers and a training syllabus entirely with jets.
For the Soviet Union, it would not only need a jet trainer, it would need thousands of them, to equip not only its own air force, but those of the Warsaw Pact and client states. The Khrushchev regime learned that two of the Pact nations were working on their own trainers--Aero of Czechoslovakia was designing the L-29 Delfin (Dolphin), while PZL of Poland was working on the TS-11 Iskra (Spark). Surprisingly for the Soviet Union, it issued a requirement for the jet trainer and opened it up to a competition between the two aircraft.
Aero's L-29 was designed to be everything a trainer should be: easy to fly, easy to maintain, forgiving of mistakes, and capable of simple aerobatics. As Soviet doctrine called for aircraft capable of operating from austere airstrips, the L-29 was given a strengthened landing gear, and for either weapons training or in emergencies, could be equipped with four underwing hardpoints for bombs, rockets or gunpods. It was not particularly fast and considered underpowered, but that was less important in a trainer.
The L-29 would first fly in 1959, and went up against the TS-11 in 1961. To the surprise of many, considering the TS-11 was faster, the L-29 was declared the winner. Suspecting politics and wishing to keep some independence, the Polish Air Force would never use the Delfin, and would make the Iskra its primary jet trainer. For the rest of the Warsaw Pact and the Soviet Union, the L-29 would go into production. NATO would give it the reporting name of Maya.
Some 27 nations would eventually fly L-29s, as trainers, but occasionally in combat as well: Egyptian L-29s were pressed into service during the 1973 Yom Kippur (October) War as ground attack aircraft, and they were also used in the Biafran War of 1967-1970 and the First Nagorno-Karabakh War of 1988-1994 between Azerbaijan and Armenia. In these cases, the Delfin did not do well, but it was never intended to fight against modern air defenses. Saddam Hussein reportedly converted a number of his L-29s to drones, intended to carry poison gas towards Coalition forces in 2003, though they never flew.
While the L-29 was adequate, as aircraft got faster and more manueverable, the Delfin was becoming obsolete. In response, Aero designed the L-39 Albatros, a more advanced trainer, and L-29 production ended in 1974 after 3665 had been produced. Though most L-29 users replaced it with the L-39, some continued with the Delfin, and Angola and Georgia would use it as late as 2016. After the end of the Cold War, many Delfins became available on the open market, and while not as common as its Western equivalent--the T-33 Shooting Star--or its successor the L-39, L-29s are found in small numbers in the warbird community, and a few have raced in the Reno Air Races.
This L-29 entered service with the Soviet V-VS as Bort (nose number) 34 in 1971, and would remain in service until the mid-1980s; it was probably handed over to the paramilitary DOSAAF national flying clubs as the L-39 replaced the L-29 in Soviet service. In 1997, it was bought by a Colorado-based warbird collector, and flown out of Phoenix, Arizona for a time; in 2013, it was sold to Planes of Fame in Chino, California, joining another L-29 the museum already had.
For some reason, my camera just didn't want to get a picture of the aircraft in this single row outside of the main Planes of Fame buildings. This one turned out all right. Bort 34 retains the standard bare metal scheme of Soviet L-29s; the red stripe on the rear fuselage, red nose, and red wing panels is also common on L-29s. This was the first time I'd ever gotten up close to a Delfin.
There are two interesting background features of this photo as well: the tail of the QF-100D Super Sabre to the right, showing the damage done by an AIM-120 AMRAAM missile, and the nose of the B-50 to the left--that is "Lucky Lady II," the first aircraft to fly nonstop around the world.
After some 100 visits to the station of the Belgium station of Hasselt and certainly more than 1000 pictures We started in 2003 with the construction of the layout. Now, 10 years later, to finally get to where you are looking at.
This layout was built as the station and the tracks in Hasselt year 2002 there were. The piece from the bridge St. Truidersteenweg to the bridge Ring (Henry of Veldekesingel) is full scale display. In reality, the range measures 1.6 km and the layout almost 16 meters.
The time situating 2002 is deliberately chosen to be able to operate the older traction equipment as well as the new locomotives. From 2000 a wide range of new locomotives came into service and the old traction equipment systematically was reduced.
For the realization of the backgrounds we made a photo report on May 27, 2011 along the Fonteinstraat and Spoorwegstraat with a steeplejack at an average altitude of 24 meters. You could guess, it was a rainy day. Then it was a work of three months create from about 500 pictures a realistic background and give it an overall brighter look
Today is the first time that this layout is presented in its entirety. There are countless detail work planned. Certainly until 2017 should be built. Many details and different buildings are yet to be realized.
Information on buildings and architecture
Führungen am Campus WU Leerzeile Leerzeile
University of the Future
Internationalism, innovation, diversity – the new Campus WU is the concrete realization of WU’s vision for a modern university. The fundamental principles of the new architecture reflect the values and ideas we cherish at WU.
As a public institution, WU has lived up to its responsibility of building its new campus in an economical, ecological, and socially sustainable manner. WU’s decision to locate the new campus in Vienna’s second district will redefine this area and transform it into an educational hub. We have not only constructed new buildings, but in the process we have also given concrete realization to our ideas of what the university of the future should look like. The new campus is more than just a place for academic research and teaching and learning practical skills; it is also designed to create a new space for social, cultural, and political life.
The imposing Library & Learning Center (LC), designed by the Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, is a testament to the central importance of research and teaching at WU. The Library & Learning Center is surrounded by five building complexes, including the Teaching Center, which houses most of WU’s auditoriums. The Teaching Center is intended mainly for bachelor degree students, while the master degree programs are taught primarily in the individual Department buildings. The Executive Academy building is the home of continuing education and life-long learning programs. In this way, the various buildings and their functions reflect the three tiers of teaching and learning represented by the Bologna Process.
WU’s Department-based organizational structure was also a contributing factor. In the past, the various Institutes that make up the Departments were scattered across different locations. Now they have been brought together in four Department buildings, which will make life much easier for both students and faculty.
These are not the only improvements the new campus has to offer: All rooms have natural light, and the auditoriums feature state-of-the-art teaching equipment, including digital whiteboards. There are 3,000 student workplaces, three times as many as in the old buildings in Vienna’s ninth district. These workplaces are located not only in the dedicated self-study areas, but also in project rooms that can be booked by teaching staff and students alike. They cater to different needs by providing quiet spots for focused academic work as well as opportunities for work on group projects in communicationfriendly study areas.
The top priority in planning the new campus was to create an environment for WU students and staff that is conducive to productive work and communication.
Not only the buildings themselves, but also the surrounding grounds offer plenty of opportunities for communication and meeting people. 55,000 m² of Campus WU’s total 100,000 m² of floor and surface area is open, publicly accessible space. Fences or barriers would contradict our vision of an open campus.
Visitors and area residents are more than welcome at Campus WU. The campus offers not only food for thought, but also restaurants, cafés, and shops, all in a stimulating architectural environment.
As different as they may look, however, the buildings are all based on the same overall technical concept: the building infrastructure is standardized in terms of construction, energy supply, ventilation, and sanitary facilities. The entire campus has been designed in accordance with “green building” principles. Much of the required energy is obtained using geothermal energy from groundwater.
Another key feature of Campus WU is barrier-free accessibility. All auditoriums are specially equipped for people with disabilities, all areas are designed to be wheelchair accessible, and the campus also features a tactile guidance system for the visually impaired.
We have not only made sure to comply with all relevant legal guidelines, but we have also drawn on experience gained from best practice examples. WU aims to play a pioneering role – in all respects.
this is more of who i really am-
no makeup
no editing
of course i never wear makeup but still
just me :)
Art house Leidse Rijn Utrecht Netherlands - 2004-2010
Stanley Brouwn - artist - idea
Bertus Mulder - architect - realization
Title / Titre :
Her Personal Car. Perhaps the chief luxury of owning one’s personal car is the realization of complete personal independence /
Voiture personnelle. Le principal avantage d’une voiture personnelle est peut-être la grande indépendance qu’elle procure.
Creator(s) / Créateur(s) : Franklin Carmichael
Date(s) : 1927
Reference No. / Numéro de référence : ITEM 2962472
central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=2962...
Location / Lieu : Unknown / Inconnu
Credit / Mention de source :
Franklin Carmichael. Franklin Carmichael Fonds. Library and Archives Canada, e011309080 /
Franklin Carmichael. Fonds Franklin Carmichael. Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, e011309080