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On 22-27 September 2014, UNDP organized its first ever "Shift week of Innovation Action" to showcase how our offices around the world are shifting away from the business-as-usual approach.
Check out these great photos from events held throughout our region. And to read more, go to: www.undp.org/innovation
The Rozelle yard shunting loco, 4534, crosses the truss bridge over Parramatta Road as it returns to Delec depot at Enfield Yard late one Sunday afternoon in 1988.
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Room 4810. Our standard room was $568.35 per night ($459.00 room charge, $69.08 occupancy tax, $35.00 resort fee, and a resort fee tax of $5.27).
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The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain
13900 North Dove Mountain Boulevard
Marana, Arizona
**In the Beginning**
In 1926, Missourian Eugene Cayton arrived in Tucson to improve his health. He acquired what was then known as Ruelas Canyon in the Tortolita Mountains and established the T Bench Bar Ranch. "Cush" Cayton built for his wife, Inez, a stone house atop one of the smaller peaks. The stone house is still there on top of the hill overlooking Dove Mountain Boulevard near the eighth and ninth holes of the Gallery Golf Club. The Gallery Golf Club at Dove Mountain was developed by John MacMillan, majority owner of Palo Verde Partners and opened in 2003.
The Cayton’s ranched the land until 1984. In 1985 David Mehl’s Cottonwood Properties Inc. Acquired the 1,300 acres of desert land and thus began Mehl's vision of Dove Mountain as an upscale golf community. David Mehl and his late brother George founded Tucson-based Cottonwood Properties in 1972. Its purpose was to invest in and develop quality real estate in the Tucson, Arizona area. David Mehl graduated from the University of Arizona in 1972.
In the early 1980’s Cottonwood Properties was the master developer of the 790 acre Westin La Paloma resort community in the foothills of Tucson. The development consisted of the 487 room Westin La Paloma Resort & Hotel and the 27 hole Jack Nicklaus signature golf course. Cottonwood owned the hotel until 1988 when it sold the hotel to the Aoki Corp., the Japan-based construction company that owned Westin. Aoki spent $200 million to acquire 3 hotels - the Inter-Continental at Hilton Head Island in South Carolina, the Inter-Continental at Buckhead in Atlanta, and an equity interest in the Westin La Paloma.
**Pygmy Owl**
In March 1997 the Pygmy Owl was added to the list of endangered species under federal law. In 1999 the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service dealt a set-back to the development. Environmental protections for the ferruginous pygmy owl forced Cottonwood to scale back plans at Dove Mountain. The numbers of homes were scaled back from 13,000 to 6,500 and the numbers of proposed resorts were reduced to one from 3 or 4. Cottonwood also contributed several million dollars to a conservation fund managed by the federal agency.
In 1999 the Tucson Citizen quoted David Mehl ”By making density reductions, we are developing at a density compatible with the pygmy owl.. In areas where it’s not, then we’re offering to pay to make up for it.”
**The Development**
Cottonwood committed some twenty years of planning into making Dove Mountain a premiere golf resort community.
In the late 1990’s Cottonwood Properties partnered with Scottsdale-based Greenbrier Southwest Corp. and began planning a 500-room Hyatt resort hotel for Dove Mountain. The hotel was designed and the developers received a verbal commitment for the financing on Sept. 10, 2001. The next day, September 11, 2001, the world changed and the idea for the Hyatt Resort was shelved.
The principals of Greenbrier Southwest Corporation, Tim and Casey Bolinger, previously served with Woodbine Southwest Corporation in Phoenix from 1991-1998. They managed the planning, zoning, financing, development and marketing of the 730-acre Kierland master-planned community, including Kierland Commons and the Westin Kierland Resort.
Greenbrier Southwest developed a much smaller project – the Hidden Meadow Ranch in Greer, Arizona. Opened in 2002, the rustic ranch (transformed from a church youth camp) has 12 luxury cabins starting at $500 a night including meals.
In August 2007 a building permit was issued for a Ritz-Carlton resort and spa to be built in Dove Mountain in Marana. The building permit cost $309,643.10 and was applied for by Dove Mountain Hotel Co. LLC. Also, Tucson Water approved a water main extension, a 290,000-gallon reservoir and a booster station that would serve the proposed 250-room hotel.
The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain and The Residences at The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain were announced as the largest branded resort/residential community managed by the Ritz Carlton hotel company. The $160 million hotel will be the second Ritz-Carlton in Arizona, joining the The Ritz-Carlton, Phoenix.
The Ritz Carlton press release announced that HKS Hill Glazier Architects of Palo Alto, California will design the hotel as a low-rise, four story building embracing the feel of the desert southwest. The main building of adobe block, straw-flecked stucco, clay tile and native stone will include 226 guest rooms and suites. Separate buildings nearby will feature 24 individual casita rooms and suites.
In addition a $60-million Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course with 27-holes was planned for a late 2008 opening. The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, Dove Mountain now hosts the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship beginning in February 2009 (The PGA Tour has committed to The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain through the 2013 event). When George and David Mehl hired Nicklaus in 1983 to design the Westin La Polama Golf Course, it was Nicklaus’s 26th golf course on his design resume. With Dove Mountain completed Nicklaus has designed over 200 golf courses around the world.
**Grand Opening**
The Ritz Carlton’s pre-opening General Manager – Michael McMahon - aims to have the resort become the first in the Tucson area to achieve AAA's highest rating of five diamonds. Previously McMahon was General Manager The Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort, Naples, Florida.
The hotel’s opening general manager was Allan Federer. In March 2011 Federer moved to the Ritz-Carlton Dubai as General Manager. Replacing Federer is Liam Doyle – who previously was general manager at the Sherbourne Dublin, Ireland and Hotel Manager at the Ritz-Carlton South Beach.
The Ritz-Carlton Grand Opening Press Release reported that Arizona Governor Jan Brewer was in attendance at the December 18, 2009 event. Speakers at the event included owner and developer David Mehl of Cottonwood Properties, senior vice president of operations for The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C., Hank Biddle, and The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain resort general manager, Allan Federer.
“This day is a landmark event not only for the town of Marana, but for the State of Arizona,” stated general manager Allan Federer. “Over twenty years ago, David and his brother George Mehl had a vision to build the finest resort in the country. All it took was the right partners and the perfect location. With the help of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. and co-developer Greenbrier Southwest Corporation, it became a reality. Now the world has the opportunity to visit a place like no other, The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain.”
Following the official ribbon-cutting seventy-two white doves were released symbolizing the property as the 72nd within The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. portfolio.
At full operation the hotel has 450 employees. It has 44,000 square feet of meeting space including a 9,000 square foot main ballroom.
The hotel’s opening Chef de Cuisine was Joel Harrington. Harrington previously was chef de cuisine of Fearing's at The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas. Harrington graduated from CIA in Hyde Park, NY and worked with Marcus Samuellson at Aquavit in NYC.
Replacing Harrington is Chef David Serus who previously served as Executive Sous-Chef of The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay and Executive Chef of The Ritz-Carlton, Washington, D.C. Serus’ role encompass all hotel culinary activities, including those at CORE Kitchen & Wine Bar, Cayton’s Restaurant, Ignite Lobby Lounge, Turquesa Latin Grill, To Go, In-Room Dining, banquets, and catering.
**Two Landmark 200 Year Old Saguaros**
When Wild Burro Canyon was selected for the perfect hotel site, where balcony views of the Tortolita Mountains would be maximized, it was discovered that two majestic Saguaros, each estimated to be close to 200 years old, would have been lost. This was unacceptable to ownership. After three more months of analysis, the final solution was to simply shift the whole facility 25 feet. Today, as hotel guests behold the box canyon views from Ignite or CORE Kitchen and Wine Bar, they enjoy these two landmark cacti, which rise majestically overhead and stand in testament to the preservation of the High Sonoran Desert. “These cacti are sacred and add to our sense of place,” said Allan Federer, general manager of The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain. “Guests gaze in awe and wonder at the desert’s version of a redwood, adding to the memories they will have of this beautiful property.”
Photos and text compiled by Dick Johnson
richardlloydjohnson@hotmail.com
212-832-0098
March, 2012
The exhibition "Global Shift" shows what role neural networks play in the scientific exploration of our planet and how they contribute to meeting challenges such as climate change.
Credit: vog.photo
Shift & turn - shift up and down, a coffee and cigarette ampersand, and a turn that can turn - clever stuff. Drawn on Excel
FINAL DESIGNS!!!
(PCB for my "Guy Manuel" Daft Punk helmet build. These images just show the top silkscreen, board and top layers - no values, components, bottom silk, etc...)
Picture of two moose I spotted when driving home from a sucessful photoshoot with Affe the other day. They were too far away so the tilt-shift was the best way to go.
For the artist, these sculptures symbolised vigilant guardians - at Cottesloe Beach, Sculptures by the Sea 2019
Of all the sculptures, this one intrigued me the most. Heidegger talked about horizons as limits to knowledge insinuating there was much more beyond what the eye can see or just because you cannot see it, it doesn't mean it isn't there. It just means you don't know it yet. Then Deleuze talked about the nomadic life and how the landscape changed as we shifted our point of view. This sculpture embodied these ideas as it changed every time you shifted your body and angle of view. So one person might say it's a statue of a man and another it's just metal slats in the shape of a human body. What you see always depends on your perspective or angle of view. In some cases this might be your mental perspective and worldview.
Alum Cave to Mt. LeConte Trail, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The second day at the Smokies, we challenged on of its most strenuous hiking trails, Alum Cave to Mt. LeConte Trail. This 14-mile trail took an entire day, but without one moment of dullness. The variety of landscape was amazing, and the hike itself was full of twists and turns, quite literally. Although the spring sun brought comfortable warmth, winter’s foot steps were still evident. This narrow portion was extra slippery due to the melting ice. It may look dangerous but was just thrilling enough to be extra fun. Everyone who finished it had such a good smile on their face, is included.
3 shots run through exposure fusion in photomatix
2 shots with a 430 cl, a 430 cr and a 580 just behind me all bounced off the ceiling, all on full power. 1 exposure had a nicer floor.
shot with a canon 5d mkii and a 24mm TS-e mkii
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A tilt shift photo (with Photoshop) of a crossroad, during construction on the Inverdan-project in Zaandam centre.
The Christmas tree barrier down one side of this dune has been washed away, exposing the sand to the force off the waves. A battle that the sea is winning.
The Shift Into Winter campaign officially kicks off, and we are reminding everyone to prepare their vehicle for winter weather conditions. Tires with the mountain snowflake symbol, which are specifically designed to meet cold weather performance standards, are the best choice for safe travel in winter conditions.
Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2015TRAN0138-001654
Lomo Turquoise was always a film stock that I never planned on getting around to trying, but after hearing that a simple 180° hue shift of the positive makes it look almost like Aerochrome, I immediately bought a roll to see if that was really the case.
I have to say that I am very happy with the results. Sure, it isn't 1:1 Aerochrome, but I'm also not paying 8x10 sheet film prices for a roll of 35mm, so I'll take it.
The effect seems to work a lot better outdoors with a lot of light, where it gives much more vivid reds. Indoor shots end up leaning a lot more dark magenta instead, which is an interesting look in its own right.
I shot this roll at 400 iso, so maybe 100 or 200 would be better for anything indoors or generally low-light.
Longwood Gardens
Kennett Square, PA
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Canon A1
FD 50mm F/1.8
Lomography Turquoise (@400 iso)
Scanned w/ Fujifilm X-T5
Always love these cool pix of darrells. I am shifting from 4th to 5th gear at 100+ on the front straightaway. this is always such a rush.
Darrell Bryant owns and has copyrighted this photo, I have his permission to use it. No one else can without his written permission.
I thought I had this one in the bag. Then he moved. Pencil, and roller ball on wet paper; digitally added colour.
Love mica shift technique. the pendant on right is not finished yet. The Beads were from a tutorial gone wrong but I like how they turned out.
These are silver shifters from Rivendell. I like them a lot; the bag is inujirushi bag from Jitensha
how can i tell this story and not go on and on about it? okay, i invited two of my girlfriends to come down and hand out Halloween candy on my mother's front porch. it's a wild thing on Union St. in Concord. On South Union (where i live) there are hundreds and hundreds of kids (and parents). On North Union, where some of the houses are more mansion-size, there probably are two or three thousand kids (and parents). The girls walked down from my apt. building. Becky had made some meat sauce for pasta, and Linda had bought about 600 pieces of candy, and a bottle of wine and some angel hair. i was going to go to the grocery and buy all this stuff, but because my sister was in a panic (she had a wheel bearing or something go out, and instead of parking her car she drove several miles on a flat, shredded the tire, and probably destroyed the rim, so she could get to my mother's house and I could help her), I let her have my car to take to Winston-Salem, even though it's been a long time since she drove a stick shift, and she was going to get a dog, and i've never loaned my car to anybody before. the only other option was to take my sister up there, and then i would miss my party. so anyway, Becky and Linda and I sat out on the porch with the candy. the kids would come up, and Becky would often take a picture, and the girls were handing out the candy, and i was offering a running commentary that i won't repeat here. my commentary is sort of r-rated (regarding mother's of children, and teenage girls dressed up like Playboy bunnies), and, well, you sort of had to be there. we were drinking a little wine, and we had a great time. Becky is going to email the photos to me tomorrow and i will post a bunch of them.
so then we ran out of candy, and i came inside to get the dinner ready. angel hair with meat sauce, a big bowl of salad, and garlic bread made out of English muffins. And just as i was getting ready to serve the plates, my sister walks in, and she has this rescue dog which turns out to be a puppy, and you know i hate words like "darling" (said of children), "stunning (said of women on Ebay, 1 out of a 1000 of whom actually is), and "adorable" (said of infants and whatever). Well, this damn dog, this puppy, this thing that looks pure-bred to me but my sister says it might be a mix of German short-hair and some kind of English pointer), this puppy was adorable. Becky, my friend from my apt. building, has this little miniature poodle named Snickerdoodle, and Snickerdoodle is an excitable dog, but this damn puppy is like a crazy dog, running around the house, playing this dog play, spinning circles around Snickerdoodle, tearing everything up, I mean, mrwaterslide fell in love with this dog. he's a cat person. the puppy was a little female puppy, and her name was/is Clancy. if my sister didn't like the name, she would change it, and of course if somebody adopts the dog, they can rename it. but Clancy is a cool name for a girl---if i had a little girl i would name her Clancy and encourage her to play lots of sports. my sister likes the name---she's not going to change it.
this little pointer dog has a coat like a dalmation, but then on one hindquarter and one flank, there are two big black patches. mrwaterslide let Clancy lick his face.
we might add that our sister, with whom we have not, in recent times, had such good relations (they are improving) looked radiant. she looked as good as she's looked since she was 35 (she's two years older than mrwaterslide) and becky took some pictures, so maybe tomorrow and in succeeding days mrwaterslide will share.
the girls loved the pasta. antiquedogphotos ate hers without sauce (she is a vegetarian, duh!) and then the girls walked home, and after turning his car around so his sister could drive it to her house and keep it overnight (she said she wasn't so good at putting it in reverse), mrwaterslide walked fast to catch up with the girls and accompany them to the apt. building, where they are safe in their own apts. and now he's back at his mother's house to do the dishes and go home to bed for some well-earned sleep.
yours, mrwaterslide
ZF 6HP600 automatic gearbox shift/select pattern as fitted to Scammell Constructor tow-wagon E587 BNE
France
1978
These shifters were made by Simplex and sold under the Swiss Edco brand as part of their short lived Edco groupo.
Tilt-shift Vestmannaeyjar ---AND LIKE MY PAGE---- www.facebook.com/pages/Alex-Photography/342335072524435
Taken on July 19, 2012 at 11.15am PDT
Camera Canon EOS REBEL T3i
Exposure (1/200)
Aperture f/9.0
Focal Length 35 mm
ISO Speed 100
Lens EF-S17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Five Tilt-Shifts from our recent trip to London & the Shard..!
Made using tiltshiftmaker.com/
Our visit to Shard here - www.flickr.com/photos/mjjtlee/sets/72157632777704970/with...
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