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German postcard by Photochemie, Berlin, no. K. 135.
Norwegian actress and dancer Lillebil Ibsen (1899-1989) started her career as a young talented dancer and later became one of Norway's most distinguished stage actresses ever. As Lillebil Christensen, she acted in a few European silent films by major directors.
Lillebil Ibsen was born Sofie Parelius Monrad Krohn in 1899 in Öre Aker (Christiania, now Oslo), Norway. She was the daughter of engineer Georg Monrad Krohn and actress Gyda Andersen (Gyda Monrad Krohn). Later on, her mother married Halfdan Christensen, the managing director of Nationaltheatret in Oslo, the national theatre stage in Norway. Lillebil received ballet training from her mother, who was a professional choreographer and ballet instructor. At the age of ten, she made her debut as a dancer at Nationaltheatret in the ballet pantomime 'Prinsessen på erten' (1911), directed by her mother. It was an adaptation of the fairytale 'The Princess and the Pea' by Hans Christian Andersen. Over the next few years, ‘Madame Lillebil’ had an adventurous career abroad. She studied ballet with Hans Beck in Copenhagen, and later with Russian choreographer Mikhail Fokine in Paris. In 1912, she went on a music tour to Berlin with her mother and conductor Johan Halvorsen. Later, she would also dance to Halvorsen's 'Danse visionaire', in 'Krokodilletaarer' (1914) and 'Dukken' (1915), the Norwegian version of 'Coppélia' by Léo Delibes. Her sensitive and dramatic dancing made her famous far beyond Norway. She made her debut as a stage actress in 'Den uskikkelige Lille princesses' (The Naughty Little Princess). When she was sixteen years old, German stage director Max Reinhardt engaged her as prima ballerina ‘Lillebil Christensen’ for the theatres he managed. From 1915 to 1918, Lillebil played leading roles in Reinhardt's pantomimes 'Die Schäferin', 'Lillebils Hochzeitsreise', 'Prima Ballerina', 'Sumurun' and 'Die grüne Flöte' (The Green Flute). In Berlin, Lillebil Christensen made her film debut with a supporting role in E. A. Dupont's crime story Europa postlagernd/Europe Mail Storage (Ewald André Dupont, 1918) starring Max Landa and Lu Synd. In 1919, she married writer-director Tancred Ibsen, the grandson of both Henrik Ibsen and Nobel laureate Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. The young couple travelled through Europe. Lillebil played one of the two leading female roles in the Swedish film drama Sången om den eldröda blomman/Song of the Scarlet Flower (Mauritz Stiller, 1919), with Lars Hanson. It was a huge success. A year later, the Danish director Urban Gad brought her back to Berlin to play the central role of Paris dancer Eva Sorel alongside Conrad Veidt and Fritz Kortner in the two-part film Christian Wahnschaffe (Urban Gad, 1920-1921). She also appeared in the Norwegian film Pan (Harald Schwenzen, 1922) with Gerd Egede Nissen, based on a novel by Knut Hamsun. In 1921, her son Tancred was born and in 1923, the family settled permanently in Norway. She was engaged by the Centralteatret, first for the pantomime 'Scaramouche' (1923) with music by Jean Sibelius, then for the play 'Kameliadamen', a production of Alexandre Dumas fils' 'The Lady of the Camellias', and a year later Ibsen appeared in the revue theatre Chat Noir. Her songs, dances and parodies became very popular and she gave guest performances in London, Paris, Stockholm and Copenhagen.
From 1928 to 1956, Lillebil Ibsen was a member of the ensemble at Oslo's Det Nye Teater (The New Theatre). She played classical comedy roles as well as a series of Ibsen characters, such as Nora in 'Nora or A Doll's House' or Mrs Alving in 'Ghosts'. She became one of Norway's most distinguished stage actresses ever. In 1931, Tancred Ibsen directed Norway's first feature-length sound film, the comedy Den store barnedåpen/The Great Christening (Tancred Ibsen, 1931). Lillebil did not appear in this film but she starred in her husband's experimental comedy Op med hodet/Cheer Up! (Tancred Ibsen, 1934). The title of the film is a reference to the opening line of a poem in Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's novel 'En glad Gut' (A Happy Boy). She also appeared in the Swedish melodrama Lika inför lagen (Gustaf Bergman, 1931) with Karin Swanström and Unno Hennbing. It was an alternative language version of the Paramount production Manslaughter (George Abbott, 1930) and was filmed as Les Studios Paramount in Joinville-le-Pont, France. Through the 1930s. Tancred Ibsen would 'dominate the Norwegian film industry. During the Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, Tancred was arrested in 1943. He was imprisoned in Schildberg and then Luckenwalde until the camp was liberated. Lillebil and Tancred Christensen co-directed the film Et spøkelse forelsker seg/A ghost falls in love (1946) starring Per Aabel. She also acted in a few more films, including the Swedish mystery Mannekäng i rött/Mannequin in Red (Arne Mattsson, 1958) with Anita Björk, where she played a notable supporting role as a fashion house mogul. This popular film is part of the Hillman-thriller series, directed by Arne Mattsson and written by Folke Mellvig. The cult series contains five mysteries with the name of a colour in the title. In 1979, she reunited with director Mattson for her final film, Somewhere, Sometime
(Arne Mattson, 1979). From 1956 to 1969, Lillebil was a permanent member of Oslo's Nationaltheatret. She appeared in many classic plays by G.B. Shaw, Moliére, Henrik Ibsen and William Shakespeare. She enjoyed particular success in Friedrich Dürrenmatt's revenge drama 'Der Besuch der alten Dame' (The Visit of the Old Lady, 1957) and Edward Albee's 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' (1964). She also successfully played the part of Abby Brewster in Joseph Kesselring's comedy 'Arsenic and Old Lace' (1968). In 1961, she received a Critics' Award for her role as Mrs Patrick Campbell in Jerome Kilty's two-person play 'Dear Liar' with Per Aabel. She played 'Mrs. Pat' more than 300 times in Norway and neighbouring countries since its premiere in 1961, both on stage and in radio and television theatre versions. She published her autobiography 'Det begynte med dansen' (It began with the dance) in 1961. Ibsen was decorated Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1969. When Ibsen celebrated his seventieth anniversary as a performing artist in 1981, she once again played Mrs Pat in 'Dear Liar'. In 1983, she received the Karl Gerhards Hederspris, a Scandinavian art award. Lillebil Ibsen died in Oslo in 1989 aged 90. She was married to Tancred Ibsen from 1919 till his death in 1978. Their son Tancred Ibsen Jr. (1921-2015), was a Norwegian diplomat. Tancred and Lillebil Ibsen are buried at Vår Frelsers gravlund, Oslo.
Sources: Cresta (IMDb), Store Norske Leksikon (Norwegian) Wikipedia (Dutch, German and English) and IMDb.
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when you touch the circuit is closed and the speaker is activated, it makes a real irritating squeaking sound.
A sensitive plant in a garden grew,
And the young winds fed it with silver dew,
And it opened its fan-like leaves to the light,
and closed them beneath the kisses of night.
~Percy Bysshe Shelley, "The Sensitive Plant," 1820
This lovely little flower has appeared in my garden this year. Don't know what it is but it wraps itself up tight at night and unfurls in the sun. If anyone has any idea what it is, please let me know.
Known as the Giant Sensitive Plant, and thorny. Native to the Neotropics, but now a pantropical weed. Photo from from northern Borneo. In context at www.dixpix.ca/indonesia/flora/peas/index.html
Historic Environment Record for H BUILDING, Malvern, UK
The building, having military purposes and designated locally as H building, sits on a former Government Research site in Malvern, Worcestershire at Grid Ref SO 786 447. This site was the home of the Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE) from 1946. It has been owned by QinetiQ since 2001 and is in the process (October 2017 to February 2018) of being sold for redevelopment.
This unique building has at its heart a ‘Rotor’ bunker with attached buildings to house radar screens and operators as well as plant such as emergency generators. Twenty nine Rotor operational underground bunkers were built in great urgency around Britain to modernise the national air defence network, following the Soviet nuclear test in 1949. Two factors make H building’s construction and purpose unique; this prototype is the only Rotor bunker built above ground and it was the home to National Air Defence government research for 30 years.This example of a ROTOR bunker is unique instead of being buried, it was built above ground to save time and expense, as it was not required to be below ground for its research purpose.
H Building was the prototype version of the Rotor project R4 Sector Operations Centre air defence bunkers. Construction began in August 1952 with great urgency - work went on 24 hours a day under arc lights. The main bunker is constructed from cross bonded engineering bricks to
form walls more than 2 feet thick in a rectangle approximately 65ft x 50ft. The two internal floors are suspended from the ceiling. The original surrounding buildings comprise, two radar control and operator rooms, offices and machine plant.
The building was in generally good order and complete. The internal layout of the bunker remains as originally designed. The internal surfaces and services have been maintained and modernised over the 55 years since its construction (Figure 3). The first floor has been closed over.
There are some later external building additions around the periphery to provide additional accommodation.
In parts of the building the suspended floor remains, with 1950s vintage fittings beneath such as patch panels and ventilation ducts.
The building has been empty since the Defence Science & Technology Laboratories [Dstl] moved out in October 2008
As lead for radar research, RRE was responsible for the design of both the replacement radars for the Chain Home radars and the command and control systems for UK National Air Defence.
Project Rotor was based around the Type 80 radar and Type 13 height finder. The first prototype type 80 was built at Malvern in 1953 code named Green Garlic. Live radar feeds against aircraft sorties, were fed into the building to carry out trials of new methods plotting and reporting air activity
A major upgrade of the UK radar network was planned in the late 1950s – Project ‘Linesman’ (military) / ‘Mediator’ (civil) – based around Type 84 / 85 primary radars and the HF200 height finder. A prototype type 85 radar (Blue Yeoman) was built adjacent to H Building in 1959. live radar returns were piped into H Building.
Subsequently a scheme to combine the military and civil radar networks was proposed. The building supported the research for the fully computerised air defence scheme known as Linesman, developed in the 1960s, and a more integrated and flexible system (United Kingdom Air Defence Ground Environment or UKADGE) in the 1970s.
The building was then used for various research purposes until the government relinquished the main site to QinetiQ in 2001. Government scientists continued to use the building until 2008. Throughout its life access was strictly controlled by a dedicated pass sytem.
Notable civil spin-offs from the research in this building include the invention of touch screens and the whole UK Civil Air Traffic Control system which set the standard for Europe.
Chronology
1952 - Construction work is begun. The layout of the bunker area duplicates the underground version built at RAF Bawburgh.
1953 - Construction work is largely completed.
1954 - The building is equipped and ready for experiments.
1956-1958 - Addition of 2nd storey to offices
1957-1960 - Experiments of automatic tracking, novel plot projection systems and data management and communications systems tested.
1960-1970 - Project Linesman mediator experiments carried out including a novel display technique known as a Touch screen ( A World First)
TOUCHSCREEN
A team led by Eric Johnson in H building at Malvern. RRE Tech Note 721 states: This device, the Touch Sensitive Electronic Data Display, or more shortly the ‘Touch Display’, appears to have the potential to provide a very efficient coupling between man and machine. (E A Johnson 1966). See also patent GB 1172222.
Information From Hugh Williams/mraths
1980-1990 - During this period experiments are moved to another building and H building is underused.
1990-1993 - The building was re-purposed and the bunker (room H57) had the first floor closed over to add extra floor area.
2008- The bunker was used until late 2008 for classified research / Joint intelligence centre
2019 - Visual Recording of the buildings interior by MRATHS. Be means of a LIDAR scan and photographs being taken. The exterior was mapped with a drone to allow a 3D Image of the building to be created via Photogrammetry. This was created in Autodesk Photo Recap.
2020 - Building demolished as part of the redevelopment of the site.
Information sourced from MRATHS
Mansfield Park was an existing, underused public space in the heart of Partick, Glasgow. Apart from a twice-monthly Farmer’s Market the space was generally windswept and empty, being dominated by a large and obsolete football pitch.
A community group, Friends of Mansfield Park, commissioned LUC to redesign the park, as an extension and continuation of a long and inclusive public consultation process. The park was the subject of sketch and outline proposals, which were ‘tested’ at a week-long ‘designer in residence’ exhibition. LUC took over a disused shop opposite the park and mounted an exhibition that included a model, a digital fly through and drawings. The public was invited to come in to comment on and discuss the design of the new park. The numbers of people consulted in this way exceeded all expectations and there was enormous support for the sketch proposals. Comments raised in the public debate were taken on board in the finalization of the detail design.
The new park includes a dramatic red sandstone ‘spine’ in the form of a two meter high sculptural wall, a new town square for Partick, performance spaces, intimate pocket parks, sun-slopes, play gardens, a small multi-sport pitch, a grand avenue of lime trees, a fitness plaza, youth facilities and a landmark clock tower on Dumbarton Road. The design is dramatic and contemporary, yet sensitive to local needs having developed from several years of consultations.
expired (1960?) ilford blue sensitive film
nikon f5
rodinal 1+100 stand
epson v700
the film emulsion is red, btw
the results is: ISO 1
Onoclea sensibilis. Growing near an Atlantic White Cedar Swamp, Woods Hole, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA. 29 September 2010. Seen during the TDWG TechnoBioblitz.
Sensitive Issues
"Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved,
clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility,
gentleness and patience." Colossians 3:12 (NIV)
Humans are tender creatures. All of us are. Even though many times we pretend things don’t bother us, many things really do. I remember a situation that began with a phone call late one night from a frantic wife. She called us for help because she and her husband were having a terrible fight and he was packing to leave.
When we arrived at their home, it was chaotic. She was in the living room with the children. They were all very upset and crying. He was in the garage loading his car to leave. Karen tried to comfort her and I talked to him in the garage.
Here is the short version. The husband was the type of person who hid his personal pain beneath a tough exterior. The more hurt and afraid he felt, the more dominant and intimidating he acted. He’d found out weeks earlier that his wife had some physical problems that were pretty serious. He was concerned and told her to go to the doctor. She didn’t. Every time he reminded her she would just brush him off.
On the night of the fight, he became very dominant and forceful with her about another issue. However, what was really bothering him was the thought that she might die. He cherished her and couldn’t stand the thought that her medical problems might be terminal. His fears took over and emotions got out of control.
As we sat with them and talked things out, she watched him sob uncontrollably as he talked about how much he loved her and how afraid he was something might happen to her. She admitted that the reason she didn’t go to the doctor was because the possible cost. As you can see, both were bothered by something and both of their concerns were valid. However, because they didn’t honestly discuss their feelings, the situation nearly ended in tragedy.
I’ve learned over the years that everything matters. Because of that, I am honest about my feelings and sensitive to Karen’s. I realize that when I’m bothered by something Karen says or does, there is usually more to her behavior.
Rather than reacting to what she says, I’ve learned to pursue what is going on with her on a deeper level. On many occasions, this has kept me from reacting with rejection, withdrawal or verbal aggression. It has also caused me to deeply respect the sensitivity of Karen’s heart and my own as well.
Talk It Out | What underlying issues in your relationship are you reluctant to bring to the surface and talk about? This would be a good time to begin a conversation about sensitive issues that really matter and allow your spouse to see it from your perspective.
Walk It Out | Call your spouse at an unexpected time this week, just to say, “I’m thinking of you.” God bless
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Water Sampling Station for potable water supply to the Settlement.
"The natural setting and cooler temperature of the valley were ideal for leprosy patients, who are sensitive to heat. Water, which came from a reservoir, was subjected to monthly bacteriological and chemical tests." - The Star Online August 21, 2007; Living legacy BY LIM YONG LONG
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This is pressure sensitive fountain that we see everywhere - kids frolicking around.
Shot in Cupertino, California
South Branch Beech Grove
Wisconsin State Natural Area #498
Oconto County
Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest
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