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[...] The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak [...]
-- Quote by Hans Hoffman
Rome, Italy (April, 2008)
Benches are simplified style design. Only two timber bars.
休憩スペース。陽が程よく当たって気持ちがいい。
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京都八百一本館 - 建築グラビア Architecture Gravure
Gallery : photowork.jp/christinayan01/architectural/archives/6542
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Kyoto Yaoichi (京都八百一本館).
Architect : Kajima Corporation (設計：鹿島建設).
Contractor : Kajima Corporation (施工：鹿島建設).
Completed : 8 April 2013 (竣工：2013年4月8日).
Structured : Reinforced Concrete (構造：鉄筋コンクリート造).
Costs : $ million (総工費：約億円).
Use : food store, farm (用途：店舗、農園).
Height : ft (高さ：m).
Floor : 3 (階数：地上3階、地下1階).
Floor area : 40,472 sq.ft. (延床面積：3,760㎡).
Building area : 13,228 sq.ft. (建築面積：1,229㎡).
Site area : 17,846 sq.ft. (敷地面積：1,658㎡).
Owner : Central Fruit Inc. (建主：セントラルフルーツ).
Location : 220 Higashinotouin-dori, Sanjo-kudaru, Sammonjicho, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto, Japan (所在地：日本国京都府京都市中京区東洞院通三条下る三文字町220).
Referenced :
"To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating;
to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter. . .to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life."
~ John Burroughs
Grand Turk Island - May 2010...Wanna jump in.....View On Black
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Yunnan (simplified Chinese: 云南; literally "South of the Clouds") is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately 394,000 square kilometers (152,000 square miles). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders Burma, Laos, and Vietnam.
Yunnan is noted for a very high level of ethnic diversity. It has the highest number of ethnic groups among all provinces and autonomous regions in China. Among the country's fifty-six recognised ethnic groups, twenty-five are found in Yunnan. Some 38% of the province's population are members of minorities, including the Yi, Bai, Hani, Tai, Dai, Miao, Lisu, Hui, Lahu, Va, Nakhi, Yao, Tibetan, Jingpo, Blang, Pumi, Nu, Achang, Jinuo, Mongolian, Derung, Manchu, Shui, and Buyei. Several other groups are represented, but they live neither in compact settlements nor do they reach the required threshold of five thousand to be awarded the official status of being present in the province. Some groups, such as the Mosuo, who are officially recognised as part of the Naxi, have in the past claimed official status as a national minority, and are now recognised with the status of Mosuo people.
Ethnic groups are widely distributed in the province. Some twenty-five minorities live in compact communities, each of which has a population of more than five thousand. Ten ethnic minorities living in border areas and river valleys include the Hui, Manchu (the Manchu, remnants of the Qing administration, do not live in compact settlements and are in all respects indistinguishable from the Han), Bai, Naxi, Mongolian, Zhuang, Dai, Achang, Buyei and Shui, with a combined population of 4.5 million; those in low mountainous areas are the Hani, Yao, Lahu, Va, Jingpo, Blang and Jino, with a combined population of 5 million; and those in high mountainous areas are Miao, Lisu, Tibetan, Pumi and Drung, with a total population of four million.
An oft-repeated proverb tells the story of three brothers who were born speaking different languages: Tibetan, Naxi, and Bai. Each settled in different areas of Yunnan and Tibet, respectively, the high area, the middle area, and the low area.
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Found that one lucky fractal that happened to look a bit like the Alien..
The Polynomial
@3000x3000, in-game downsampling
Gamma, exposure, saturation edited in-game
I absolutely love trees. They are truly living monuments, they catalyse my feelings of nature’s strength, they help me feel humble in their majesty, they remind me of childhood and they encapsulate all the very best feelings I have towards nature. But, they are so ‘very’ hard to photograph! Not the solitary one in a field, that’s moderately straightforward, or the one growing out of something that it shouldn’t, that generates interest, but the ones sounded by others. Well that’s a real pain to make work photographically. So to be fair I should change my opening statement to, ‘I absolutely love trees, but when their hanging out together, I find them hard to photograph!’
Now forests are wonderful places that generate such strong emotions for me. It’s a mixture of child hood fun, nature’s majesty, even an evolutionary resource and security. But can I tap into those feelings and transpose them into a photograph, can I buggery! The problem is composition.
Good composition tends to balance the viewing process, placing subjects, often strong graphical shapes in equal proximity around the frame, to offer an overall balance that is pleasing to the mind’s eye. This then is useful at guide the viewers eye around the image and if done well securing their attention, keeping it there as long as possible. (On a momentary side note truly ‘great composition’, for me, tends to have overall balance and good control over the viewers eye movements, but deliberately leaves elements of tension, to challenge the viewer. But I shall probably explore this in a further post.)
Anyway to my point, trees (or should I say the ones in forests) don’t fall into this formula, as they are unordered. It’s incredibly hard and often frustrating to find order in such a complicated environment, and balancing the viewer’s eye is near impossible. Now conceptually speaking this is wonderful, why should we find order in kayos, why should a composition formula make nature fit to our artistic desires? But our photographic desire to seek out and capture order, to simplify nature into component elements that balance the viewers eye is contradictory to how most forests actually are. They are unorganised, tangled, complex gnarled, wonderful, joyous, protective, natural places! Photographic paradoxes.
Note: this shot is the result of a 45 second exposure in heavy wind. The wonderful thing about the silver birch trees here is that they move evenly down the trunk (unlike more solid trees) and this gives a surreal feeling to the movement as some trees are protected by others and don’t move much, and others get gusts and move allot.
Through deliberate over-exposure. White out everything except the essentials.
That's a huge clump of seaweed on the right and plenty of specs of weed on the left... the stuff was almost everywhere!
Just simple shot and convert to black & white. Don't know you like or not.
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Photography without poses
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www.youtube.com/channel/UCkNYo1uLNy67xCfeyc1h-ZQ?sub_conf... The purpose of creating and assigning 5G networks
Previous generation mobile communication networks had the following purposes and functionality:
1G: Analog Voice Service
2G: Voice over digital network services, low speed data services (GPRS, EDGE)
3G: High-speed data services (HSPA), with the ability to transmit voice over IP, mobile Internet access MBB (Mobile Broadband).
4G: LTE, LTE-A Mobile Broadband MBB, Voice over Voice (VoLTE)
5G networks greatly expand the limited functionality of previous generation mobile networks. The main functional features of 5G networks are as follows:
EMBB Advanced Mobile Broadband (enhanced MBB)
Ultra-Low Latency Reliable Communication (ULLRC) Massive IoT / IIoT, mMTC (massive Machine Type Communication)
Based on these three generalized types of functionality, the whole variety of services and capabilities of IMT2020 (5G) networks is built, the most characteristic of which are shown in the figure below:
The variety of functional capabilities of IMT2020 / 5G networks. Source: Emerging Trends in 5G / IMT2020, 2016, ITU
Gigabytes per second. 5G networks can significantly increase the speed of data transmission through various radio access technologies (RAT), and by using the new 5G NR radio frequency spectra (New Radio). The user gets almost unlimited bandwidth, both for home use of various services, and for the purposes of enterprises (Immersive Telepresence, Industrial IoT, etc.)
Smart House. A wide range of different Internet of Things (IoT) services will be available for the Smart Home and Smart Building solutions: video surveillance, control and automation of household appliances, security systems management, content storage, climate control, etc.
Smart city. The Smart City solution is a horizontal and vertical scaling of the functionality and range of Smart Home services. Main services of Smart City: Safe City, e-Government e-Government, e-Health e-Health, e-Education e-Education, e-Banking e-banking, Smart Meters utilities electronic collection, Smart Grid smart grids, etc. .
New 4K / 8K video services: Volumetric video, ultra-high definition (UHD) screen, presence effect option.
Work in the cloud. The service makes it possible not only to store data in a cloud storage and retrieve it from there, but also to use application programs that work directly from the cloud. Moreover, with the possibility of them but also use applications that work directly from the cloud. Moreover, with the possibility of them
use on any device and from any location. In addition, it is possible to use APIs through which cloud service providers can provide their services to subscribers of a 5G network operator.
Augmented and virtual reality (AR / VR). The virtual reality service VR (Virtual Reality) immerses a person in another world, influencing his senses, especially his vision (VR glasses). Augmented Reality AR (Augmented Reality) service combines a real environment for a user with virtual objects. These services are suitable not only for entertainment, games, virtual communication in the "telepresence" mode, but can also significantly improve the learning process, when students using VR glasses can, for example, visually see the internal structure of a person at a lecture on anatomy, a master in the workshop can study the assembly order of a complex unit, etc.
Industrial Automation. The 5G network, coupled with the technology of the Internet of things IoT, with the help of industrial sensors IIoT (Industrial Internet of things), as well as with the help of artificial intelligence, AI (AI, Artificial Intelligence) can significantly increase the degree of automation of production. At the same time, it becomes possible in real time to analyze large volumes of heterogeneous data (Big Data) both based on the findings (insights) and using machine and deep learning (Machine learning, Deep learning).
Business Critical Applications These applications may include, for example, electronic medicine (e-Health), emergency communications (Mission Critical Communication), tactile Internet (Tactile Internet) and others.
Unmanned vehicles (Driverless Vehicles). Unmanned transport can act as part of the Smart City service, however, it can be provided on its own platform. It includes not only unmanned vehicles (driverless cars), but also unmanned tractors for “smart agriculture” (Smart Agriculture), unmanned trains for the metro and suburban railways, drones and other types of public and special transport. In addition, on the 5G platform, the implementation of ADAS (Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems) driver assistance systems is possible.
It should be emphasized that the figure above shows only some of the services and solutions of the 5G platform. Unlike the networks of previous generations, the range of services of which was strictly limited and somewhat expanded in 4G, the services of the 5G platform are synergistic and scalable, and are not limited to once defined functionality. In fact, 5G plays the role of a platform for the development of new services and DevOps applications, when new functions are created by developers (Development) in close coordination with the teams who are responsible for their implementation and operation (Operation).
In general, we can say that the 5G network incorporates not only mobile, but also fixed communication services, as well as high-speed Internet access with low latency and, in addition, specialized and corporate networks for vertical industries.
5G / IMT2020 platform versatility
Due to the fifth generation networks, it will also be possible to improve the quality of the use of existing services where large volumes of traffic are involved.
Theodore Sizer, vice president of wireless technology at Bell Labs, noted that there will be a wide variety of devices running on 5G networks. Smartphones and tablets will not go anywhere, but besides them, a whole “zoo” of various devices will appear on the network, including CCTV cameras, weather sensors, sensors of “smart” electric networks, “smart” houses and cars.
Ericsson said that 5G will usher in the long-term development of the Networked Society:
South Korean operator SK Telecom, one of the first companies to demonstrate 5G technology in action, at the initial stage of deployment of new generation networks focuses on ordinary users as the main consumers of services, company representatives told TAdviser in February 2016. Thanks to 5G, users can watch 3D-TV without glasses, download in seconds or watch UltraHD video online at high speed.
It will also be possible to use virtual and augmented reality applications at a new level, according to SK Telecom. For example, include elements of augmented reality in the educational process, creating virtual museums and models of the universe in the classrooms.
In the projects of “smart cities” 5G will allow real-time transmission of information from a much larger number of sensors at various objects. Qualcomm's senior director of product management for mobile technology, Sanjeev Athalye, notes that it will be possible to deploy a thousand sensors instead of a hundred, for servicing which there will be a sufficiently smaller number of base stations than with existing networks. These can be, for example, sensors for monitoring the state of housing and communal services objects, sensors for “smart lighting” or sound sensors installed for safety and order in the city. In the latter case, the sensors can detect suspicious or too loud sounds, and this information will be automatically transmitted to law enforcement.
New services using 5G can also be implemented in medicine. For example, to organize remote monitoring of patients. The doctor will be able to quickly receive information from special sensors and monitor the condition of patients around the clock.
Thanks to its very low latency, 5G will also open up more possibilities for remote operations using the robot. Such a service is especially relevant for small settlements where there are no surgeons in the field: controlling the manipulations of the robot, the operation can be performed by a specialist located in a completely different place. Due to 5G, such a service can be deployed in wireless networks.
The low data latency that next-generation networks can provide is also important for the deployment of smart power networks. Using sensors will allow you to instantly detect damage on the power line and block the spread of the consequences of damage further along the line. Thus, damage will affect fewer consumers of electricity.
In large manufacturing companies, in retail, logistics, 5G will make it possible to use more industrial robots that perform various functions instead of people and drones. The latter are already used in some industries, but are most often managed using Wi-Fi networks. 5G will allow you to cover a greater distance than Wi-Fi networks, and due to the low latency - increase the stability of such systems. For example, Amazon has a project to deploy a system for delivering goods using drones.
An example of services for which 5G will have an advantage is urban surveillance systems. 5G will help simplify their deployment and use. Now traffic from thousands of cameras in cities is mainly transmitted via fixed networks. To deploy such an infrastructure is not an easy task, since it is necessary to lay many wires. With 5G, you can receive terabytes of high-quality video
permissions without the use of wires.
Another example is a vehicle monitoring service in companies. Qualcomm’s Sanjeev Atali believes that with the advent of a new generation of networks, operators who provide such a service will be able to reduce its cost. This will be possible due to the fact that the cost of one 5G base station will be lower than the cost of stations for existing networks, and also due to the fact that one base station can simultaneously serve more devices, respectively, less base stations will be required for the service.
Photos taken on September 18, 2010 on a hike to Elfin Lakes and the Gargoyles in Garibaldi Povincial park. Photo Simplified from original version.
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Yunnan (simplified Chinese: 云南; literally "South of the Clouds") is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately 394,000 square kilometers (152,000 square miles). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders Burma, Laos, and Vietnam.
Yunnan is noted for a very high level of ethnic diversity. It has the highest number of ethnic groups among all provinces and autonomous regions in China. Among the country's fifty-six recognised ethnic groups, twenty-five are found in Yunnan. Some 38% of the province's population are members of minorities, including the Yi, Bai, Hani, Tai, Dai, Miao, Lisu, Hui, Lahu, Va, Nakhi, Yao, Tibetan, Jingpo, Blang, Pumi, Nu, Achang, Jinuo, Mongolian, Derung, Manchu, Shui, and Buyei. Several other groups are represented, but they live neither in compact settlements nor do they reach the required threshold of five thousand to be awarded the official status of being present in the province. Some groups, such as the Mosuo, who are officially recognised as part of the Naxi, have in the past claimed official status as a national minority, and are now recognised with the status of Mosuo people.
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Styling inspired by Cooking Light: Italian, published by Oxmoor House.
For the original photo that inspired me, click here
SIMPLIFIED RECIPE:
Ingredients:
Spaghettini enough for 2 servings
8 button mushroom, sliced
3 rashers of back bacon, cut into small slices
1 bunch of flat-leaf parsley, chopped coarsely
5 dried chili - cut into smaller pieces
5 cloves of garlic, crushed and chopped
3 tablespoon of olive oil
Sea salt and ground black pepper
1/2 tbsp of grated parmesan cheese
water for boiling pasta
1/3 cup of water for sauce
Procedure:
1. Boil the spaghettini until al dente following instructions on box/packet.
2. While boiling, heat up olive oil and fry the bacon till golden, dish aside.
3. Put in the garlic, chili and fry for one minute before putting in the mushroom. Add parsley and 1/3 cup of water.
4. Season with sea salt and ground black pepper
5. Put in the pasta and stir evenly, add parmesan cheese and mix till melted.
6. Dish out and serve hot with the bacon strips sprinkled on top.
A ''simplified'' AR made by an African militia. Uses 20 round magazines that accept 7.62x45 millimeter rounds.
The charging handle is on the left side. There is also another ''alternative'' charging handle on the right. It doesn't go back when you fire the gun, but when you pull it.
Recoil is a considerable problem, but, if familiar with the weapon, can be taken care of.
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So, looking at all that AR stuff(or VRW, as some ones call), I thought ''What about something different?'', and then this appeared at my mind.
BOX DATE: 1981
MANUFACTURER: Mattel
DOLLS IN LINE: Barbie; Ken; Skipper; P.J. Christie
VARIATIONS: Blonde; Hispanic (dated 1983)
BODY TYPE: 1966; Twist 'n Turn waist; straight arms; bend & snap knees; small defined toes; (Hong Kong dolls have simplified neck rotation)
HEAD MOLD: 1976 "Superstar"
IMPORTANT NOTES: This doll was available with two different hair partings--a side part and a middle part. She was repackaged in a different outfit in the 1983 Campin' Out Set.
***The third doll is wearing 1988 Fashion Finds #1062.
The fourth doll is wearing 1972 Best Buy Fashions #7817.
PERSONAL FUN FACT: When I look at one of these dolls, the first thought that crosses my mind is, "Va va voom!!!" I love, love, love this Barbie doll! In fact, I think I might like her even more than Jewel Secrets Barbie who was part of the same lot as my first one of these ladies, pictured on the far left. I have a particular attraction to Barbie dolls with this sort of facial screening. I was actually surprised that this Barbie was not from the 70s, but was in fact from the 1980s. She reminds me so much of my beloved 1976 Superstar Barbie, which might be why I like her so much! Her simplistic facial screening and short blonde, middle parted hair cut are very appealing. Even though she's quite understated compared to Jewel Secrets Barbie, I find her to be more eye catching. In that sense she reminds me of my Malibu Barbie dolls--a natural looking gal with minimal makeup and styling, who will steal the show the moment she appears! For a long time, I misidentified all my gals shown here as belonging in the 1983 Campin' Out Set. I was thrown off because I happen to have all Hong Kong make Barbies, who feature the center parting. All the ones showcased in my collector books sport the side parting, and there was no mention of this in any of the notes. But while working on some Flickr details, I found boxed photos of the middle part doll on eBay (many examples actually). Being that the 1981 Sunsational Malibu doll came out first, and was also the more inexpensive purchase, I'm assuming all my gals are from the beach line, not the Campin' Out Set. I also did get a swimsuit at some point, but ironically not with one of my gals!
Believe it or not, my two of my three other doppelgangers came from the same seller. A few months later, after acquiring the "Jewel Secrets Barbie lot," my sister and I found a huge suitcase packed with 86 dolls at our local flea market. We ended up hoarding the entire suitcase of wonderful dollies that day in April 2016. We christened the lot, the "Ken Suitcase bin." I love both of my ladies who came from the suitcase (the second and third gals). I'd say they are in equally great condition as my first. It's kind of weird that all three of these beauties were sold to me by the same guy. I kind of wonder if perhaps he had a bunch of dolls, and split some of them up in small batches (this has happened to me before). There were many duplicates in the "Ken Suitcase lot"--many were in the same condition as the dollies we adopted from the "Jewel Secrets Barbie bin." I could be wrong, but I have this strange feeling that I reunited these triplets together. I thought it was awesome and unbelievable that I had just one Sunsational Malibu Barbie, but the fact that I own three is truly overwhelming!!!
My fourth lady, featured on the far right, was also adopted in 2016. My sister and I were walking around the flea market one morning in June, when we spotted a Barbie case on top of a cardboard box. Inside this case, were two dolls (my sister's second Island Fun Skipper and my fourth gal in this photo), as well as a small hoard of really perfect looking clothes from the 80s. Right off the bat, my sister and I knew we already owned both of the dolls, but I still wanted the case, because there were several outfits that my duplicated 80s dolls needed (Rockers Barbie, Magic Moves, Tropical, etc). I knew without a doubt that the Barbie in said case was yet another Campin' Out Set doll (later on I realized she was a Sunsational Malibu). After all, by that time I did have three in my collection already! She is in the worst condition by far. I almost thought that she would need to be used as a body donor. As I worked on reviving her hair, I found small burned patches, presumably from a blow dryer. Luckily, there were only a few burned spots, and the remainder of her hair was like new. She has probably the shiniest locks of the quad, and it additionally also looks to be a more platinum color (although I think it just looks to be whiter because it is in better condition except the burned parts).