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Kittiwake - Rissa Tridactyla
Juvenile
Yorks
Kittiwakes are coastal breeding birds ranging in the North Pacific, North Atlantic, and Arctic oceans. They form large, dense, noisy colonies during the summer reproductive period, often sharing habitat with murres. They are the only gull species that are exclusively cliff-nesting. A colony of kittiwakes living in Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead in the north east of England has made homes on both the Tyne Bridge and Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. This colony is notable because it is the furthest inland colony of kittiwakes in the world.
The black-legged kittiwake is one of the most numerous of seabirds. Breeding colonies can be found in the Pacific from the Kuril Islands, around the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk throughout the Bering Sea and the Aleutian Islands to southeast Alaska, and in the Atlantic from the Gulf of St. Lawrence through Greenland and the coast of Ireland down to Portugal, as well as in the high Arctic islands. In the winter, the range extends further south and out to sea.
In sharp contrast, the red-legged kittiwake has a very limited range in the Bering Sea, breeding only on the Pribilof, Bogoslof and Buldir islands in the United States, and the Commander Islands in Russia. On these islands, it shares some of the same cliff habitat as the black-legged kittiwake, though there is some localized segregation between the species on given cliffs.
Kittiwake - Rissa Tridactyla (Juvenile)
Yorks
Kittiwakes are coastal breeding birds ranging in the North Pacific, North Atlantic, and Arctic oceans. They form large, dense, noisy colonies during the summer reproductive period, often sharing habitat with murres. They are the only gull species that are exclusively cliff-nesting. A colony of kittiwakes living in Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead in the north east of England has made homes on both the Tyne Bridge and Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. This colony is notable because it is the furthest inland colony of kittiwakes in the world.
The black-legged kittiwake is one of the most numerous of seabirds. Breeding colonies can be found in the Pacific from the Kuril Islands, around the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk throughout the Bering Sea and the Aleutian Islands to southeast Alaska, and in the Atlantic from the Gulf of St. Lawrence through Greenland and the coast of Ireland down to Portugal, as well as in the high Arctic islands. In the winter, the range extends further south and out to sea.
In sharp contrast, the red-legged kittiwake has a very limited range in the Bering Sea, breeding only on the Pribilof, Bogoslof and Buldir islands in the United States, and the Commander Islands in Russia. On these islands, it shares some of the same cliff habitat as the black-legged kittiwake, though there is some localized segregation between the species on given cliffs.
Kittiwake - Rissa Tridactyla
Juvenile
Yorks
Kittiwakes are coastal breeding birds ranging in the North Pacific, North Atlantic, and Arctic oceans. They form large, dense, noisy colonies during the summer reproductive period, often sharing habitat with murres. They are the only gull species that are exclusively cliff-nesting. A colony of kittiwakes living in Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead in the north east of England has made homes on both the Tyne Bridge and Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. This colony is notable because it is the furthest inland colony of kittiwakes in the world.
The black-legged kittiwake is one of the most numerous of seabirds. Breeding colonies can be found in the Pacific from the Kuril Islands, around the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk throughout the Bering Sea and the Aleutian Islands to southeast Alaska, and in the Atlantic from the Gulf of St. Lawrence through Greenland and the coast of Ireland down to Portugal, as well as in the high Arctic islands. In the winter, the range extends further south and out to sea.
In sharp contrast, the red-legged kittiwake has a very limited range in the Bering Sea, breeding only on the Pribilof, Bogoslof and Buldir islands in the United States, and the Commander Islands in Russia. On these islands, it shares some of the same cliff habitat as the black-legged kittiwake, though there is some localized segregation between the species on given cliffs.
Kittiwake - Rissa Tridactyla
Yorks
Kittiwakes are coastal breeding birds ranging in the North Pacific, North Atlantic, and Arctic oceans. They form large, dense, noisy colonies during the summer reproductive period, often sharing habitat with murres. They are the only gull species that are exclusively cliff-nesting. A colony of kittiwakes living in Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead in the north east of England has made homes on both the Tyne Bridge and Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. This colony is notable because it is the furthest inland colony of kittiwakes in the world.
The black-legged kittiwake is one of the most numerous of seabirds. Breeding colonies can be found in the Pacific from the Kuril Islands, around the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk throughout the Bering Sea and the Aleutian Islands to southeast Alaska, and in the Atlantic from the Gulf of St. Lawrence through Greenland and the coast of Ireland down to Portugal, as well as in the high Arctic islands. In the winter, the range extends further south and out to sea.
In sharp contrast, the red-legged kittiwake has a very limited range in the Bering Sea, breeding only on the Pribilof, Bogoslof and Buldir islands in the United States, and the Commander Islands in Russia. On these islands, it shares some of the same cliff habitat as the black-legged kittiwake, though there is some localized segregation between the species on given cliffs.
Kittiwake - Rissa Tridactyla
Yorks
Kittiwakes are coastal breeding birds ranging in the North Pacific, North Atlantic, and Arctic oceans. They form large, dense, noisy colonies during the summer reproductive period, often sharing habitat with murres. They are the only gull species that are exclusively cliff-nesting. A colony of kittiwakes living in Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead in the north east of England has made homes on both the Tyne Bridge and Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. This colony is notable because it is the furthest inland colony of kittiwakes in the world.
The black-legged kittiwake is one of the most numerous of seabirds. Breeding colonies can be found in the Pacific from the Kuril Islands, around the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk throughout the Bering Sea and the Aleutian Islands to southeast Alaska, and in the Atlantic from the Gulf of St. Lawrence through Greenland and the coast of Ireland down to Portugal, as well as in the high Arctic islands. In the winter, the range extends further south and out to sea.
In sharp contrast, the red-legged kittiwake has a very limited range in the Bering Sea, breeding only on the Pribilof, Bogoslof and Buldir islands in the United States, and the Commander Islands in Russia. On these islands, it shares some of the same cliff habitat as the black-legged kittiwake, though there is some localized segregation between the species on given cliffs.
Kittiwake - Rissa Tridactyla
Juvenile
Yorks
Kittiwakes are coastal breeding birds ranging in the North Pacific, North Atlantic, and Arctic oceans. They form large, dense, noisy colonies during the summer reproductive period, often sharing habitat with murres. They are the only gull species that are exclusively cliff-nesting. A colony of kittiwakes living in Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead in the north east of England has made homes on both the Tyne Bridge and Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. This colony is notable because it is the furthest inland colony of kittiwakes in the world.
The black-legged kittiwake is one of the most numerous of seabirds. Breeding colonies can be found in the Pacific from the Kuril Islands, around the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk throughout the Bering Sea and the Aleutian Islands to southeast Alaska, and in the Atlantic from the Gulf of St. Lawrence through Greenland and the coast of Ireland down to Portugal, as well as in the high Arctic islands. In the winter, the range extends further south and out to sea.
In sharp contrast, the red-legged kittiwake has a very limited range in the Bering Sea, breeding only on the Pribilof, Bogoslof and Buldir islands in the United States, and the Commander Islands in Russia. On these islands, it shares some of the same cliff habitat as the black-legged kittiwake, though there is some localized segregation between the species on given cliffs.
Kittiwake - Rissa Tridactyla
Juvenile..
Yorks
Kittiwakes are coastal breeding birds ranging in the North Pacific, North Atlantic, and Arctic oceans. They form large, dense, noisy colonies during the summer reproductive period, often sharing habitat with murres. They are the only gull species that are exclusively cliff-nesting. A colony of kittiwakes living in Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead in the north east of England has made homes on both the Tyne Bridge and Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. This colony is notable because it is the furthest inland colony of kittiwakes in the world.
The black-legged kittiwake is one of the most numerous of seabirds. Breeding colonies can be found in the Pacific from the Kuril Islands, around the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk throughout the Bering Sea and the Aleutian Islands to southeast Alaska, and in the Atlantic from the Gulf of St. Lawrence through Greenland and the coast of Ireland down to Portugal, as well as in the high Arctic islands. In the winter, the range extends further south and out to sea.
In sharp contrast, the red-legged kittiwake has a very limited range in the Bering Sea, breeding only on the Pribilof, Bogoslof and Buldir islands in the United States, and the Commander Islands in Russia. On these islands, it shares some of the same cliff habitat as the black-legged kittiwake, though there is some localized segregation between the species on given cliffs.
Kittiwake - Rissa Tridactyla
Yorks
Kittiwakes are coastal breeding birds ranging in the North Pacific, North Atlantic, and Arctic oceans. They form large, dense, noisy colonies during the summer reproductive period, often sharing habitat with murres. They are the only gull species that are exclusively cliff-nesting. A colony of kittiwakes living in Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead in the north east of England has made homes on both the Tyne Bridge and Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. This colony is notable because it is the furthest inland colony of kittiwakes in the world.
The black-legged kittiwake is one of the most numerous of seabirds. Breeding colonies can be found in the Pacific from the Kuril Islands, around the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk throughout the Bering Sea and the Aleutian Islands to southeast Alaska, and in the Atlantic from the Gulf of St. Lawrence through Greenland and the coast of Ireland down to Portugal, as well as in the high Arctic islands. In the winter, the range extends further south and out to sea.
In sharp contrast, the red-legged kittiwake has a very limited range in the Bering Sea, breeding only on the Pribilof, Bogoslof and Buldir islands in the United States, and the Commander Islands in Russia. On these islands, it shares some of the same cliff habitat as the black-legged kittiwake, though there is some localized segregation between the species on given cliffs.
Kittiwake - Rissa Tridactyla
Juvenile
Yorks
Kittiwakes are coastal breeding birds ranging in the North Pacific, North Atlantic, and Arctic oceans. They form large, dense, noisy colonies during the summer reproductive period, often sharing habitat with murres. They are the only gull species that are exclusively cliff-nesting. A colony of kittiwakes living in Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead in the north east of England has made homes on both the Tyne Bridge and Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. This colony is notable because it is the furthest inland colony of kittiwakes in the world.
The black-legged kittiwake is one of the most numerous of seabirds. Breeding colonies can be found in the Pacific from the Kuril Islands, around the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk throughout the Bering Sea and the Aleutian Islands to southeast Alaska, and in the Atlantic from the Gulf of St. Lawrence through Greenland and the coast of Ireland down to Portugal, as well as in the high Arctic islands. In the winter, the range extends further south and out to sea.
In sharp contrast, the red-legged kittiwake has a very limited range in the Bering Sea, breeding only on the Pribilof, Bogoslof and Buldir islands in the United States, and the Commander Islands in Russia. On these islands, it shares some of the same cliff habitat as the black-legged kittiwake, though there is some localized segregation between the species on given cliffs.
Kittiwake - Rissa Tridactyla
Yorks
Kittiwakes are coastal breeding birds ranging in the North Pacific, North Atlantic, and Arctic oceans. They form large, dense, noisy colonies during the summer reproductive period, often sharing habitat with murres. They are the only gull species that are exclusively cliff-nesting. A colony of kittiwakes living in Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead in the north east of England has made homes on both the Tyne Bridge and Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. This colony is notable because it is the furthest inland colony of kittiwakes in the world.
The black-legged kittiwake is one of the most numerous of seabirds. Breeding colonies can be found in the Pacific from the Kuril Islands, around the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk throughout the Bering Sea and the Aleutian Islands to southeast Alaska, and in the Atlantic from the Gulf of St. Lawrence through Greenland and the coast of Ireland down to Portugal, as well as in the high Arctic islands. In the winter, the range extends further south and out to sea.
In sharp contrast, the red-legged kittiwake has a very limited range in the Bering Sea, breeding only on the Pribilof, Bogoslof and Buldir islands in the United States, and the Commander Islands in Russia. On these islands, it shares some of the same cliff habitat as the black-legged kittiwake, though there is some localized segregation between the species on given cliffs.
Kittiwake - Rissa Tridactyla
Yorks
Kittiwakes are coastal breeding birds ranging in the North Pacific, North Atlantic, and Arctic oceans. They form large, dense, noisy colonies during the summer reproductive period, often sharing habitat with murres. They are the only gull species that are exclusively cliff-nesting. A colony of kittiwakes living in Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead in the north east of England has made homes on both the Tyne Bridge and Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. This colony is notable because it is the furthest inland colony of kittiwakes in the world.
The black-legged kittiwake is one of the most numerous of seabirds. Breeding colonies can be found in the Pacific from the Kuril Islands, around the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk throughout the Bering Sea and the Aleutian Islands to southeast Alaska, and in the Atlantic from the Gulf of St. Lawrence through Greenland and the coast of Ireland down to Portugal, as well as in the high Arctic islands. In the winter, the range extends further south and out to sea.
In sharp contrast, the red-legged kittiwake has a very limited range in the Bering Sea, breeding only on the Pribilof, Bogoslof and Buldir islands in the United States, and the Commander Islands in Russia. On these islands, it shares some of the same cliff habitat as the black-legged kittiwake, though there is some localized segregation between the species on given cliffs.
Perfect Seclusion.Until tomorrow comes you will not understand how good it was today. - Пока не наступит завтра ты не поймешь как хорошо было сегодня.
*Working Towards a Better World
Lady Gaga talks about evil and segregation - YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCThj7s9kdw
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Kittiwake - Rissa Tridactyla
Yorks
Kittiwakes are coastal breeding birds ranging in the North Pacific, North Atlantic, and Arctic oceans. They form large, dense, noisy colonies during the summer reproductive period, often sharing habitat with murres. They are the only gull species that are exclusively cliff-nesting. A colony of kittiwakes living in Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead in the north east of England has made homes on both the Tyne Bridge and Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. This colony is notable because it is the furthest inland colony of kittiwakes in the world.
The black-legged kittiwake is one of the most numerous of seabirds. Breeding colonies can be found in the Pacific from the Kuril Islands, around the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk throughout the Bering Sea and the Aleutian Islands to southeast Alaska, and in the Atlantic from the Gulf of St. Lawrence through Greenland and the coast of Ireland down to Portugal, as well as in the high Arctic islands. In the winter, the range extends further south and out to sea.
In sharp contrast, the red-legged kittiwake has a very limited range in the Bering Sea, breeding only on the Pribilof, Bogoslof and Buldir islands in the United States, and the Commander Islands in Russia. On these islands, it shares some of the same cliff habitat as the black-legged kittiwake, though there is some localized segregation between the species on given cliffs.
*Working Towards a Better World
Oxford Dictionary:
Definition of We Shall Overcome from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
We Shall Overcome
BrE ; NAmE
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a song used during the civil rights movement by African Americans and their supporters to show that they intended to overcome prejudice and segregation. Mahalia Jackson often sang it at their meetings. It was originally a song, and includes the lines:
"Deep in my heart, I do believe
We shall overcome some day."
Mahalia Jackson---We Shall Overcome
We shall overcome, we shall overcome,
We shall overcome someday;
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe,
We shall overcome someday.
The Lord will see us through, The Lord will see us through,
The Lord will see us through someday;
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe,
We shall overcome someday.
We're on to victory, We're on to victory,
We're on to victory someday;
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe,
We're on to victory someday.
We'll walk hand in hand, we'll walk hand in hand,
We'll walk hand in hand someday;
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe,
We'll walk hand in hand someday.
We are not afraid, we are not afraid,
We are not afraid today;
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe,
We are not afraid today.
The truth shall make us free, the truth shall make us free,
The truth shall make us free someday;
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe,
The truth shall make us free someday.
We shall live in peace, we shall live in peace,
We shall live in peace someday;
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe,
We shall live in peace someday.
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Unknown photographer. Between 1935 and 1942
Original picture:
Library of Congress, USA
© Alain Girard, Restored & Colorized, 2022
47 Tucanae is a globular cluster in the Tucana constellation, around 1100 light years from earth.
As is common for globular clusters, this one is much brighter in its core compared to the rest of it; so I had to use various exposure lengths to keep a bit of detail in every part of the frame. I like the core to be brighter than the rest of the cluster, while still showing some detail.
For those of you curious, the reason the above happens is because of a process called mass segregation. Very simply put, as individual stars within the cluster get close (astronomically speaking) to one another; they interact in such a way that in most cases the more massive of the bunch will slow down while the less massive stars will get a speed bump. Over long periods of time, this causes the more massive stars to "sink" down to a lower orbit around the cluster's center, while the less massive ones go into higher orbits. A lot of massive stars in a relatively small section of space (again, astronomically speaking) of course equals of lot of brightness when viewing it from a distance.
Image acquisition details:
6x600" Red
6x600" Green
6x600" Blue
3x60" Red
3x60" Green
3x60" Blue
3x30" Red
3x30" Green
3x30" Blue
Cullinan Park extends to the other side of Oyster Creek thanks to two massive pedestrian bridges now crossing the creek, thus adding more trails and unexplored flora and fauna. The new park trail ends at this spooky structure overgrown with foliage and three prominent "No Trespassing" signs nearby. The road does go on ... to a prison, a police shooting range and a fire training facility. (Sugar Land does not have a good record with prisons during the segregation era.) A toothless caretaker came forward to warn us about three large alligators in the creek. We prudently retraced our path back to the "old" park.
A rare survivor, a colored school for African Americans.
Built in 1910, the first floor is divided into five classrooms and the second floor has 2 classrooms and a small auditorium.
Church-based schools were among the most common forms of education for blacks until a segregated public education system was
established.
This school has been abandoned since the 70s and remains a place of peril, despite its significance to history.
Barbed-wire in Belfast, segregating the Protestant and Catholic communities. Religion has a lot to answer for in the suffering of people throughout the world.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE (WASHINGTON D.C.).
CAFETERIA.
Sixty years ago (1960), four African American college students quietly sat down at a whites-only Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, and waited.
They kept waiting, despite receiving no service and police requests to leave. The next day, they came back and waited all over again.
Within three days of their protest beginning, more than 300 students joined the "Greensboro Four" in their sit-in. In the following months, their actions sparked a wave of similar demonstrations in restaurants and other segregated spaces throughout the South, transforming the fight against segregation and marking a turning point in the civil rights movement.
Europe, The Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam, Centre, High rises (cut from B&T)
Shot from the top deck of the Rotterdam Building office tower (Ben Kraaijvanger, 70s). Most of the high rises shown here are residential- a consequence of the Rotterdam high-rise policy.
The backstory of this policy:
In the 1980s, it became evident that the strictly functionalistic urban design of the post-World War II Rotterdam city centre no longer met the needs. In the first post-war decades, it did enhance functionality, offering a clear break from the congestion and other development problems of the pre-war city centre.
And its morphology offered the symbolism of a brave new world. However, due to the social and economic boom of the 1960s and 1970s and the rise of consumerism, the strict segregation of living, business, and administration made the city's heart feel like a place that didn't seem to live or breathe. It was simply too high on business and too low on living and recreation. One of the programs to rectify this was the R'dam high-rise policy - the insertion of a series of high-density up-market apartment buildings in and near the city centre.
This is number 760 of Rotterdam architecture.
Attracted by the litchen covered branches I’ve called this image segregation. On their own moss covered boulder the birches have blended into their place in life.
Little India is commonly known as Tekka in the Indian Singaporean community. Little India is distinct from the Chulia Kampong area, which, under the Raffles Plan of Singapore, was originally a division of colonial Singapore where ethnic Indian immigrants would reside under the British policy of ethnic segregation. However, as Chulia Kampong became more crowded and competition for land escalated, many ethnic Indians moved into what is now known as Little India.
"People moving out, people moving in
Why? Because of the color of their skin
Run, run, run but you just can't hide
An eye for an eye
A tooth for a tooth
Vote for me and I'll set you free
Rap on, rap on brother
Rap on
Well, the only person talking about love today is the preacher
And it seems nobody gets just all the learning but the teacher
Segregation, determination, demonstration, integration
Aggravation, humiliation, devastation of our nation
Ball of confusion
That's what the world is today
Hey, hey
(...)
So, round and around and around we go
Where the world's headed, nobody knows..."
Love And Rockets: youtu.be/5LwMKMOiT2w
Rotterdam,Centre, Wijnhaveneiland, The red apple high rise (KCAP Architecten & Jan des Bouvrie),
In the 80s it had become evident that the strictly functionalistic urban design of the city centre of post 2nd world war Rotterdam didn't cut it anymore. In the first post-war decades, it did enhance functionality, offering a clear break from the congestion and other development problems of the pre-war city centre. And its morphology offered the symbolism of a brave new world. But...... due to the post-war social-economic boom and the rise of consumerism, the strict segregation of living, business and administration made the city heart feel like a place that didn't seem to live and breathe. It was simply too high on business and too low on living and recreation. One of the programs to rectify this was the R'dam high rise policy - the insertion of a series of high-density up-market apartment buildings in and near the city centre.
The Red Apple (KCAP Architecten & Jan des Bouvrie) is one of them.
Oh, there's of course a spectacular and rather pleasing example of moiré.
This is number 1164 of Minimalism Explicit graphism
Europe, Netherlands, Rotterdam, Centre, Pompenburg, Luchtsingel, Shell tower (uncut)
The ol’ Luchtsingel is still there. It was closed for two years to prevent the wood rot of the outer shell from damaging the wooden support structure. But it still seriously needs some more maintenance.
The Luchtsingel and the adjacent Schieblock projects (created in 2015 by ZUS architects) are interesting strategies that counteract the detrimental effects that the combination of modernist urban planning—with its rigorous segregation of work, living, and commercial functions—and chronic high levels of office building vacancy have on the liveability and vitality of the city centre.
It offers a circuit of elevated walkways that pass through the Schieblock, cross major roads and a railroad to offer the pedestrians new ways to discover the city, help them to avoid the anonymous and sometimes unsafe existing urban ground level and realise a connection between emerging cultural hotspots in the Rotterdam Central and Noord areas. Design: Architectenbureau ZUS. Funding: the municipality of Rotterdam and crowdsourcing/crowdfunding. For 25 €, people could buy planks on which the buyer's name is printed.
In the BG is the brutalist former Shell building II tower (1979 P. Zandstra), De Hofpoort now, a business centre.
Shot during a great and extended lunch with Leun at Roosje.
This is number 11 of Luchtsingel (& Schieblock) and 1537 of Minimalism / explicit Graphism.
Learn to love one another
Stop hate
Be friendly
Be respectful
Work together
Play together
Practice equality
No divisions
Embrace our differences
Find similar interests
Compromise
Listen carefully; there are often two sides to everything, try and find some common ground to start with, even if you disagree
Advocate passionately for fairness and justice and inspire change for the good
Be considerate
Remember, we are all human
Be calm
Be patient
Do not dictate
Create opportunities for forgiveness, healing, and reconciliation
Stop segregation
Stop money going to wars
Stop money-building guns and war machines
Encourage spending on infrastructure, education, housing, healthcare, social services, diplomacy, peace, arts, and culture
Promote criminal justice reform, making it fair for all
Disrupt narratives that justify war and rationalize inequality
Educate the reality of war and systems that produce inequality
Discredit war propaganda and myths that justify violence
Spread the importance of truth
Inspire others through art
HSS 😊😊😍
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Europe, The Netherlands, Zuid Holland,Rotterdam,Cerntre, Wijnhaveneiland, The red apple, Two other high rises (uncut)
In the 80s it had become evident that the strictly functionalistic urban design of the city centre of post 2nd world war Rotterdam didn't cut it any more. In the first post-war decades, it did enhance functionality, offering a clear break from the congestion and other development problems of the pre-war city centre. And its morphology offered the symbolism of a brave new world. But due to the post-war social-economic boom and the rise of consumerism, the strict segregation of living, business and administration made the city heart feel like a place that didn't seem to live and breathe.
It was simply too high on business and too low on living and recreation. One of the programs to rectify this was the R'dam high rise policy - the insertion of a series of high-density up-market apartment buildings in and near the city centre. The Red Apple (KCAP Architecten & Jan des Bouvrie) is one of them. Apart from the verticalism, a prominent design feature of the Red Apple is the red aluminium facade cladding.
The three highrise look to be part of the same block, but no, there's of course spatial compression at play here.
This is number 304 of the Urban Frontiers album and 74 of Facades.
Here are two buildings from the Old Joliet Prison. The roof vents are on top of the North Segregation Unit which housed Solitary Confinement on the first floor and Death Row above. The building in the foreground seems to be sprouting an herb garden.
Europe, The Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam, Zalmhaven, De Zalmhaven (uncut)
The Zalmhaven, a residential high rise in the filled in Zalmhaven (‘salmon harbour’, one of the old city harbours), was designed by Dam & Partners and Kaan Architecten, and contains up-market apartments, penthouses, offices and shops. It has a roof garden and a restaurant overlooking Rotterdam.
It is the tallest skyscraper in the Benelux (215m) and was made possible by Rotterdam's high-rise policy. Here’s a little history about this plan:
In the 80s it had become evident that the strictly functionalistic urban design of the city centre of post 2nd world war Rotterdam didn't cut it anymore. In the first post-war decades, it did enhance functionality, offering a clear break from the congestion and other development problems of the pre-war city centre. And its morphology offered the symbolism of a brave new world. But...... due to the post-war social-economic boom and the rise of consumerism, the strict segregation of living, business and administration made the city heart feel like a place that didn't seem to live and breathe. It was simply too high on business and too low on living and recreation. One of the programs to rectify this was the R'dam high rise policy - the insertion of a series of high-density up-market apartment buildings in and near the city centre. It transformed the city centre as planned, but didn’t do anything to allow low and middle-income groups to live in the city centre.
This is number 1194 of Minimalism Explicit graphism and 600 of Rotterdam architecture.
Beelitz Heilstätten
Das 1902 fertiggestellte Gebäude der Wäscherei befand sich wegen der strengen Geschlechtertrennung auf dem Gelände der Lungenheilstätte für Frauen. Dort wurde die Wäsche aus den 4 Pavillons und dem Desinfektionsgebäude nach dem Einweichen 30 Minuten lang in den 4 elektrisch betriebenen Dampfwasch- und Spülmaschinen unter Zusatz von Seife und Soda gekocht und dann mit kaltem Wasser nachgespült. Schließlich wurde die Wäsche in speziellen Zentrifugaltrockenmaschinen getrocknet und in einer großen Dampfmangel geglättet.
The laundry building, completed in 1902, was located on the site of the women's lung sanatorium due to strict gender segregation. There, after soaking, the laundry from the 4 pavilions and the disinfection building was cooked for 30 minutes in the 4 electrically operated steam and flush washing machines with the addition of soap and soda and then rinsed with cold water. Finally, the laundry was dried in special centrifugal drying machines and flattened in a large mangle.
Peter Gabriel: Shaking The Tree
I had never heard of this until a fellow poster uploaded an image of it, I thought it was a bunch of feathers stuck to a branch.
Hair Ice
Hair ice is a rare type of ice formation where the presence of a particular fungus in rotting wood produces thin strands of ice which resemble hair or candy floss.
One of the first records of the phenomenon was made by Alfred Wegener (the discoverer of continental drift) in 1918. He observed a strange ice forming only on wet dead wood and proposed a theory that a specific fungi must be the catalyst for the smooth, silky hairs of ice.
How does hair ice form?
The conditions required for the formation of hair ice are extremely specific, hence the relative scarcity of sightings. To form, moist rotting wood from a broadleaf tree is required with the presence of moist air and a temperature slightly below 0 °C. It is generally confined to latitudes between 45°N and 55°N.
In 2015 the scientists Hofmann, Mätzler and Preuß determined the exact cause of the hair ice phenomenon, linking its formation to the presence of a specific fungus called Exidiopsis effusa.
They discovered that the presence of the fungus led to a process called 'ice segregation'. When water present in the wood freezes it creates a barrier that traps liquid between the ice and the pores of the wood. This creates a suction force which pushes water out of the pores to the edge of the ice surface where it freezes and extends outwards. As this repeats it pushes a thin 'hair' of ice out of the wood which is around 0.01 mm in diameter.
It is believed that an inhibitor present in the fungus allows the strands of ice to stabilise allowing the formation of the beautiful phenomena and allows the hair ice to keep its shape often for several hours.
... when I was in performance swimming
It was initially opened in 1927 as a purely outdoor pool, the first facility without strict gender segregation, which is also indicated by the 'family pool'. The listed ticket office building by Fritz Schumacher also dates back to this time
Schwimmbad meiner Jugend
En tant que l'une des minorités les plus ciblées en Occident, les musulmans sont régulièrement confrontés à la menace de harcèlement, de vandalisme et de représentations négatives dans les médias grand public. À son tour, cette discrimination affecte négativement les nombreuses cultures et ethnies associées à la religion. De nombreuses personnes se sentent en danger en dehors des limites de leurs propres communautés culturelles, ce qui ne fait qu'aggraver la ségrégation dans notre société occidentale.
Pour le photographe Marwan Bassiouni, se concentrer sur nos similitudes est la porte d'entrée pour embrasser nos différences. En tant qu'homme musulman égypto-américain-suisse, il a vécu et pratiqué sa religion partout dans le monde, faisant l'expérience de sa perception dans diverses cultures. Pour son projet New Dutch Views, Bassiouni positionne l'expérience islamique comme synonyme du mode de vie hollandais – un rejet de la distinction pour faire place à une intégration transparente.
As one of the most targeted minorities in the West, Muslims regularly face the threat of harassment, vandalism and negative portrayals in mainstream media. In turn, this discrimination negatively affects the many cultures and ethnicities associated with religion. Many people feel unsafe outside the boundaries of their own cultural communities, which only worsens the segregation in our Western society.
For photographer Marwan Bassiouni, focusing on our similarities is the gateway to embracing our differences. As an Egyptian-American-Swiss Muslim man, he has lived and practiced his religion all over the world, experiencing its perception in various cultures. For his New Dutch Views project, Bassiouni positions the Islamic experience as synonymous with the Dutch way of life – a rejection of distinction to make way for seamless integration.
(From my personal archives of digital images, year 2010)
Alcalá de Júcar was declared a Historic-Artistic Site in 1982. Its location, in one of the meanders of the Júcar river valley and its fortified medieval past, make it especially attractive for rural tourism.
Initially, Alcalá was a village of Jorquera, until on April 18, 1364, the King of Castile Pedro I el Cruel, signed a document in the Grao of Valencia, granting Alcalá del Júcar the villazgo and segregation with respect to Jorquera , with assignment of the Jurisdiction of Laws, council ordinance and other rights.
In the photo, we can see terraced houses built into the strata of this bend in the Júcar River. Many of them have interior caves.
And above, we can see the remains of the Alcalá de Júcar castle.
Alcalá is a Spanish toponym that designates various towns associated with the presence of a castle.
The word is a Castilianization of the Arabic word "al-qala`a," which literally means "the castle."
Note: There were several cables that marred the photo, but I removed them using a new tool in Photoshop.
(Photo taken in the town of Alcalá de Júcar, Albacete, Castilla la Mancha, Spain).
ALCALA DE JUCAR, SPAIN, 2010
(De mi archivo personal de imágenes digitales, año 2010)
Alcalá de Júcar fue declarada Conjunto Histórico-Artístico en 1982. Su ubicación, en uno de los meandros del valle del río Júcar y su pasado medieval fortificado, la hacen especialmente atractiva para el turismo rural.
Inicialmente, Alcalá fue aldea de Jorquera, hasta que el 18 de abril de 1364, el rey de Castilla Pedro I el Cruel, firmó un documento en el Grao de Valencia, concediendo a Alcalá del Júcar el villazgo y segregación respecto a Jorquera , con cesión del Fuero de Leyes, ordenanza concejil y otros derechos.
En la foto podemos ver casas escalonadas construidas en los estratos de ese meandro del río Júcar. Muchas de ellas tienen cuevas interiores.
Y en la parte superior podemos ver los restos del castillo de Alcalá de Júcar.
Alcalá es un topónimo español que designa a diversas localidades relacionadas con la presencia de un castillo.
La palabra es una castellanización de origen árabe "al-qala`a", que significa literalmente "el castillo".
Nota: Había varios cables que afeaban la foto, pero los que quitado usando una nueva herramienta de Photoshop.
(Foto tomada en la localidad de Alcalá de Jucar, Albacete, Castilla la Mancha, España).
"People moving out, people moving in
Why, because of the color of their skin
Run, run, run but you sure can't hide
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
Vote for me and I'll set you free
Rap on, brother, rap on
Well, the only person talking about love thy brother is the preacher
And it seems nobody's interested in learning but the teacher
Segregation, determination, demonstration, integration
Aggravation, humiliation, obligation to our nation
Ball of confusion
Oh yeah, that's what the world is today
Woo, hey, hey..."
Some very appropriate lyrics for these times.
The original version by The Temptations: youtu.be/D5P7x4vh_ts?si=aoGE-zwQJcvBJ4EG
An amazing version by Love and Rockets: youtu.be/NcfXWtI7ML0?si=NKBDy6DmW9tyMwqS
Hair Ice is a rare and fleeting phenomenon, spotted mainly in broadleaf forests at latitudes between 45-55 degrees N. It grows on rotting branches of certain trees on humid winter nights when temperature drops below 0 degrees Celsius.
It took 100 years to confirm Wegener's hypothesis that a fungi was involved with the production of these delicate strands with a diameter of ~ 0.01 mm (0.0004 inches).
When the melted ice was analysed, the byproducts of the fungus Exidiopsis effusa was found in every case of hair ice growth in a mechanism called ice segregation.
It is hypothesised that the ice hairs are stabilized by a recrystallization inhibitor provided by the fungus. The action of the fungus enables the ice to form these hairs and to keep this shape over many hours at temperatures close to zero degrees.
(Gowlland Tod Provincial Park, BC).
Please don't use this image on websites, blogs, etc. without my permission.
This is a solitary confinement cell in the North Segregation Building of The Old Joliet Prison. It was dark, dank and downright eerie.
Europe, Netherlands, Rotterdam, Centre, Pompenburg, Luchtsingel, Roundabout, Trampoline (uncut)
The Luchtsingel and the adjacent Schieblock projects are interesting strategies that counteract the detrimental effects that the combination of modernist urban planning - with its rigorous segregation of work, living and commercial functions - and chronic high levels of vacancy of office buildings have on the liveability and vitality of the city centre.
Shown here is the Roundabput of the Luchtsingel. It offers a circuit of elevated walkways that pass through the Schieblock, crosses major roads and a railroad to offer the pedestrian new ways to discover the city, help them to avoid the anonymous and sometimes unsafe existing urban ground level and realizing a connection between emerging cultural hotspots in the Rotterdam Central and Noord areas. Funding: the municipality of Rotterdam and crowdsourcing / crowdfunding. For 25 € people could and can buy planks on which the name of the buyer is printed.
In the BG is the bridge that leads to the platform of the former Hofplein railway station. It crosses the 4 tracks of the Rotterdam-Dordecht railway mainline.
Shot with the 7Artisans 7,5mm f/2,8 fisheye, check out the new album.
The soundtrack: Yes - Roundabout.
This is number 5 of the Luchtsingel album and 243 of
Been getting so many kind & supportive messages from friends & especially fellow Aesthetic Enzo users on SL since I started my #MRSL2020 journey. Just wanted to say thank you & am hoping that however I do in the competition I can help show that you can be true to you and how you choose to present your avatar regardless of Signature or Belleza or Aesthetic or WHATEVER you like and still be part of something big. Truly grateful to the Miss SL Org for allowing such diversity this year, which I think is crucial in times like now when segregation is rampant in RL and is oddly making its way even to SL in our different social circles.
And to those who say “AESTHETIC IS DEAD!” well I’d argue it’s clearly not, same as any other body out there. And if people can be comfortable with themselves without needing an alt or 2-3 bodies in their inventory to switch from to fit in to different SL communities, then hopefully in the future more and more creators would realize how large the Aesthetic market can add to theirs and provide more awesome designs for EVERYONE ❤️
Xoxo,
Your MR SL ♛ USA 2020 ✌😬
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Javier hair by Modulus: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Winter/187/184/2002
From the St Paul's website:
"St Paul’s has a long tradition of honouring and welcoming champions of equality and social justice – from the prison reformer John Howard, who was the first ‘civilian’ to be given a statue on the Cathedral floor, to Martin Luther King, who preached a sermon to thousands of worshippers in 1964.
In 1958, the actor and singer Paul Robeson became the first Black person to read The Lesson in the Cathedral. Robeson was invited by John Collins, a Canon of the Cathedral, to sing at Evensong on the 12th October 1958. Robeson’s appearance raised funds for the Defence in the South African Treason Trials, in which 156 people, including Nelson Mandela, were accused of treason. The service was attended by so many, that many people stood, and huge crowds spilled outside onto the Cathedral steps. On a visit to South Africa in 1954, Collins was horrified by the racial segregation and oppression that he witnessed. In response to the apartheid government’s increasingly repressive regime, he established the Defence and Aid Fund to pay activists’ legal expenses and care for their families.
Working closely with his wife Diana, who wrote much of the early campaign literature, Collins initiative soon became an international network. From his office in the Cathedral precinct, millions of pounds in legal aid was secretly channelled to activists including Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu. His work in this field was recognized in 1978 by the award of the gold medal of the United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid."
100x: The 2024 Edition
6/100 London landmarks by night