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Iowa Interstate's two recently repainted steam engine support cars roll slowly past the crossing at the east end of the yard in Newton after the first day's excursions. Here, the train was shoving back into the yard, where it would be serviced before heading out the next morning.
A very different type of pier, all concrete with some great shapes. I really wanted to go underneath and shoot the supports.
Olympus XA2
Zuiko 35mm f3.5
Agfaphoto APX 400
12 minutes in Fotospeed FD10 9:1
I noticed that my glasses are always fogging up when I wear a mask so I got some support frames and will wear them under my mask. I tried it and it works, Yay!!!
Some background:
After the space-worthy conversion of the CVS-101 Prometheus and the SLV-111 Daedalus carriers, these ships were docked with the SDF-1 Macross and it became clear that this new gigantic vessel required a specialized unit with a heavy armament for medium range defense.
The resulting Space Defense Robot (SDR) Phalanx was tailored to this task. Development of the Phalanx began in a hurry, during the already ongoing Space War I in July 2009. Its systems and structural elements were, to save time and minimize development risks, taken over from a pre-war Destroid standard mass production model. The "Type 04" biped chassis from 2001 was common to several Destroid types, including the Tomahawk medium battle robot and the Defender anti-aircraft robot. The main frame from the waist down included a common module which consolidated the thermonuclear reactor and ambulatory OverTechnology system, and for the Phalanx it was combined with a new, jettisonable torso that was suited to space operations and could also act as a rescue capsule with modest independent propulsion. Thanks to this dedicated mission profile, the Phalanx was the best adapted Destroid to space operations, with the best zero-G maneuverability of any Destroid type during Space War I.
With this proven basis, the Phalanx quickly reached rollout in December of that year. Armed with dozens of missiles in two large launcher pods, the Phalanx made an excellent semi-mobile missile-based battery. On board of spaceships, the Phalanx also performed as a substitution deployment for the much more complex ADR-04-Mk X Destroid Defender, and it complemented this type with its longer-range guided missile weaponry. Minor Phalanx variants featured additional light close-range armament, such as a head-mounted gatling gun that replaced the original search light array, or more sophisticated sensor arrays. The latter led to the dedicated Mk. XIII version for space operations.
During the final battle of Space War I against the Zentraedi Bodol Zer Main Fleet, the Phalanx units, originally delivered in a sand-colored livery, were repainted in dark blue and refitted to fire long-range reaction warheads for use against space warships. The Phalanx’ on board of SDF-1 had their finest hour when the SDF-1 Macross broke through the Zentraedi fleet defenses and entered the interior of the massive Fulbtzs Berrentzs command vessel: all the Phalanx units unleashed their missiles and aided in the swift destruction of the enemy flagship.
However, Phalanx production only reached limited numbers, due to the type’s high grade of specialization and its inherent vulnerability in close combat - the Phalanx’ combat operation capability decreases substantially once the missile ordnance had been exhausted. Beyond the initial production on Earth, roughly 20 more Phalanx Destroids were also built aboard the SDF-1 Macross shipboard factories, and many of these were later updated from the Mk. XII to the Mk. XIII standard. Post-Space War I, Phalanx Destroids were deployed as part of defense forces on various military bases and used in the ground attack role as long-range infantry support artillery units, fighting from the second line of battle. Nevertheless, the Phalanx remained a stopgap solution and was quickly followed by the more versatile Destroid "Nimrod" SDR-04-Mk. XIV.
Technical Data:
Equipment Type: Space Defense Robot/heavy artillery
Accommodation: One pilot
Government: U.N. Spacy
Manufacturer: Macross Onboard Factories
Introduction: December 2009
Dimensions:
Height 12.05 meters overall (11.27 m w/o searchlight array)
Length 5.1 meters
Width 10.8 meters.
Mass: 47.2 metric tons
Powerplant:
1x Kranss-Maffai MT828 thermonuclear reactor, developing 2800 shp;
Auxillary Shinnakasu Industry CT 03 miniature thermonuclear generator, output rated at 970 kW.
Propulsion:
Biped, with limited zero-G maneuverability through many low-thrust vernier thrusters beneath multipurpose hooks/handles all over the hull.
Armament:
2x Howard SHIN-SHM-10 Derringer short-range high-maneuverability self-guided missile pods, one per arm, with 22 missiles each (missiles stored in two rows behind each other).
Production Notes:
The rather obscure Destroid Phalanx made its media debut in Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Episode 27, and it's actually the only occasion where it appears. Original mecha designer is/was Miyatake Kazutaka.
The kit and its assembly:
I have been pushing this build away from the workbench for a long time. I was – after building two conversions - missing a canonical Destroid Phalanx in my Macross mecha collection, and since I had one stashed away (you never know…) I tackled this project now. The kit is Bandai’s re-issue of Imai’s 1982 1:100 kit, a vintage “Matryoshka” construction (= build one element from two halves, place it between two more halves, etc.) which does not make the assembly process easy.
The kit was basically built OOB, but “under the hood” it received some mechanical mods and improvements. These primarily include scratched joints for the arms/launcher pods and the hip. The pods remained detachable through an internal styrene tube construction. An important improvement for the “04 chassis” is a completely now hip joint arrangement because the Phalanx’ OOB posture is pretty stiff, with the legs and feet facing straight forward. The mecha model is just supposed to just stand upright and with the model’s OOB joint options it is really hard to create a vivid poise at all, so that a 3rd dimension improves the posing options a lot. Furthermore, the bolts that hold the legs are prone to break off, even more so because the kit is from the 1st generation of mecha kits without vinyl caps and just a very tight joint fit to hold the appendages in place. My solution was the implantation of a new hip “bone”, made from plastic-coated steel wire, which is stiff in itself but can be bent in two dimensions. The thighs had to be modified accordingly, since the wire is much thinner than the original bolts, and it needs a rigid attachment point. Resulting gaps around the hip joints were filled with bits of paper tissue drenched in white glue.
Other visual improvements include launch tubes inside of the missile pods. These were made from thin plastic drinking straw material, they fill the (rather ugly and well-visible) blank space between the warheads. Additionally, the hollow “heels” were filled on their insides with putty.
While the kit itself is a pretty simple affair, fit is mediocre, and you have to expect PSR almost everywhere. A direly weak spot area is the shank’s rear: there’s a recession with a seam running right through, and there are side walls missing in the section, too. I tried to mend this through putty and decals.
Painting and markings:
Since I wanted to stick to the authentic OOB livery, I gave the model an overall basic color, a greenish-grey, dull beige (RAL 1019) from the rattle can. The canonical Phalanx also features some dark contrast highlights all over the hull, and these were created with RAL 7013 (Revell 46), an olive drab tone that looks, in contrast to the light beige, almost like a dull brown on the model. The box art suggests a very dark grey, but I found that this would not work too well with the overall light beige tone.
Strangely, the characteristic white trim on the lower legs that many Destroids carry was in this boxing provided with the decal sheet – other Destroid kits require them to be painted manually!
Otherwise there's hardly any other color on the Phalanx’ hull. The missile pod exhausts as well as the launcher interior were painted with steel metallizer (Humbrol 27003) and treated with graphite for a shiny finish, the inside of the launcher covers and the missile tips became bright red (Revell 332). The bellows in the knees became anthracite (Revell 06), later dry-brushed with a reddish brown.
Quite a challenge were the three search lights in the “head unit”, because they consist of massive molded opaque styrene. I simulated glass and depth through a bright silver base, with vertical stripes in thinned white and medium grey and a coat with white translucent paint on top of that. Finally, extra artificial light reflexes were added with opaque white paint and, finally, everything was sealed with glossy varnish, which also adds some visual depth.
The model was thoroughly weathered with a black-and-brown watercolor washing and a generous dry-brushing treatment with Hemp 168 (RAF Hemp). The decals came next, taken from the OOB sheet, the Bugs Bunny artwork on the lower right leg is a typical individual detail of many Destroids, taken from a WWII USAAF P-47D.
After some additional weathering with watercolors and some graphite rubbing around the many edges for a worn and beaten look, the model received an overall coat with acrylic matt varnish. After final assembly of the model’s elements, soot stains were added around the missile launchers’ openings as well as to the small thrusters, again with grinded graphite, and some mineral pigments were dusted onto the model with a soft, big brush, esp. around the lower areas.
A build that took some time because of the mediocre fit of the kit and the mechanical mods it IMHO requires. But I am quite happy with the outcome, “just a Destroid” in its gritty heavy ordnance look, and the dull beige suits the Phalanx well.
I went completely red when I got dressed for work today. I wore my red slip, bra, panties and girdle along with the red dress.
Thank you Malakai Walker Muertes for being my ESD and allowing me the privilege to lean on you anytime.
Mural by Danielle Pontarelli aka @daniellepont seen at Grand and Aberdeen in the West Town area of Chicago, Illinois.
Photo by James aka @urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
Edit by Teee.
Switch off your lights for one hour from 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM during Earth Hour---March 28, 2009 to mark this day for our planet.
The grueling schedule of a pro tournament player and the repetitive motions in the sport result in some taping assistance to keep one's body all together.
Olympus OM-D EM-1 with 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO
i'm not sure who is supporting whom but that's often the case between old friends
St John Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1872 (www.abbott-lavalle.info/places/stjohnchurch.html)
A big THANK YOU to the whole flickr community and especially to all my contacts and friends for your fantastic support and encouragement througout the last nearly 6 years !!
And special thanks to BIGHUGELABS for their "Scout Service" and the great poster feature!
Top Left
1. Morning Sunshine, 2. Summer Turnaround, 3. So Happy Together, 4. Country Cat, 5. A sweet Weekend, 6. Watching Out For The Weekend, 7. For A Coloured Friday ..., 8. Delicate Fingers,
9. A Dahlicious Sunday, 10. Dahlia Melange, 11. Above Us Only Sky, 12. Don't Get Lost In The Crowd, 13. Backlight Delight, 14. At The Waterhole, 15. A Refreshing Trail, 16. When It's Hot ...,
17. Morning Meadow Magic, 18. A Rare Sighting, 19. Working His Way Through, 20. Touched By Morning Sunshine, 21. The Return Of The Droplets, 22. Backdrop Blues, 23. It's hot !!!, 24. Summer Power,
25. Painted By Summer, 26. Something Fresh And Cool, 27. Holiday Star, 28. A Sunny Sage Saturday, 29. TGIF, 30. For A Sunny Summer Weekend, 31. Phlox Is On The Way, 32. Traversing The Blues,
33. Light & Colour, 34. Magical Web Sphere, 35. The Winner Takes It All, 36. Windows 1.0, 37. Dinner Time, 38. Morning Sparkle, 39. Back From Stork's Paradise ..., 40. Friday Tiger,
41. Family Robert, 42. Wet May Beauties, 43. Belle De Jour, 44. After Rain Blues, 45. Drop Eye Joe, 46. Gentle Bells, 47. Blooming Plums, 48. Peony Startup,
49. B&W Bells, 50. With An Inner Glow, 51. The Red Ruffle, 52. Picture(s) Of Lily, 53. One In Focus, 54. Pacifist Air Attack, 55. Tulip Pleasure, 56. Tender Elegance,
57. Sweet Dreams, 58. A Star Of The Wild, 59. Robert's Tear, 60. Close And Colourful, 61. Happy May Day !, 62. Spring Power, 63. Captured, 64. Opening Of The Wild ...,
65. Opening Blues, 66. Daffs On Stage ..., 67. Full Of Light And Colour, 68. BellissiMacro, 69. Soon ..., 70. Still My 'Top Models', 71. A "Touching" Visit ..., 72. B&W Abstraction
Top Secondy
1. Light Bath, 2. Capped & Covered ..., 3. Caged Up By Winter Again, 4. A Way Of Life, 5. This Morning, 6. Relaxed, 7. SandStract, 8. Parasol Pattern,
9. Just Another Brick On The Shore ..., 10. At THE Bridge, 11. Man At Work, 12. Fuchsia Wilderness, 13. B&W Petal Play, 14. Borage Dew, 15. Dahlia Opening, 16. On The Way To Colours,
17. Coming Into Bloom, 18. Focussed ..., 19. Opening Ceremony, 20. Beaming Blue, 21. Delicate Blossoms, 22. A Kind Of Magic, 23. My Little Sunshine, 24. Tulip Eggs,
25. Sources Of Light, 26. Pulsatilla Sunbath, 27. What A Feeling, 28. Sharing Spring Sunshine, 29. A Searching Look, 30. Another Crocus, 31. A Happy Reunion, 32. In-Sync Picking,
33. My Colours ..., 34. Acacia Lookout, 35. Long Tail Exposure, 36. Acacia Lookout, 37. Long Tail Exposure, 38. Synchro-Drink, 39. Down By The River, 40. Happy Sunday !!!,
41. TrunkArt, 42. Still So Slim After Christmas?, 43. Christmas Flowering #2, 44. Christmas Flowering #1, 45. Colours For Your Weekend, 46. Headache ?, 47. Tockus flavirostris, 48. Verticolours,
49. A Bow of Beauty, 50. Happy Weekend Colours, 51. Now, I found, that the world is round ..., 52. Closed on Saturdays & Sundays :-), 53. Damselfly In Colours, 54. Star Appeal, 55. Orange Blossom Special, 56. We Gotta Get Out Of This Place,
57. Easter Colours, 58. Soon ..., 59. Spring Is All Around #2, 60. The First Tulip, 61. A Dash Of Orange, 62. Happy Weekend !!!, 63. Spring Flare, 64. Waiting For Warmth,
65. Just A Snowdrop ..., 66. Progression ..., 67. Colours For A Springlike Weekend, 68. How Did You Find Me ..., 69. Tulip Double, 70. Green-breasted Mango, 71. I wish you all a ..., 72. Lined Up
Top Third
1. The White Brother, 2. Enjoy Your Holidays !!!, 3. "Little Blue" in a bad mood, 4. High Humidity, 5. Monarch Abstract, 6. Pura Vida, 7. Back from Costa Rica, 8. Red Tears,
9. 2x300+me :-)), 10. Fixing A Hole, 11. For Denize !!!, 12. Self-Reflection, 13. The Observer, 14. Summertime, 15. Brick Labyrinth, 16. Summer Fashion '09,
17. White Universe, 18. Dahlia Portrait (#5), 19. She works hard for the honey, 20. Tin Roof Explorer, 21. Summer Cocktail, 22. Summer Delight, 23. Almost White, 24. Bright Blue for Monday,
25. Summer from a dropped seed ..., 26. A Red Sun ... HBW, 27. I just love them ..., 28. Yellow on Black, 29. Hairy Fingers, 30. Illumination, 31. Poppy Relations, 32. So Lonely,
33. Ancient DoorArt, 34. Alley View, 35. Siesta !!!, 36. Green Magic, 37. A Heart for You, 38. Sailing on Sunshine, 39. Rainy Day(sy), 40. A Little Rocket,
41. Poppy Colours, 42. Standing at attention ... HBW !!!, 43. Lightcatcher, 44. Purple n' Blue, 45. After Bloom, 46. Starry Purple, 47. Sisters of Fragrance and Beauty, 48. Blossom Art,
49. Stand By Me, 50. Missing ..., 51. On The Edge, 52. A Beauty In Our Garden, 53. Peony Symphony, 54. Bells of Blue, 55. Poppy Paradise ... HBW !!!, 56. White (Blue)bells,
57. Hello May !!!, 58. Second Last Tulip, 59. Happy Weekend !!!, 60. Pearls of Spring ... HBW !!!, 61. A Flower in a Flower, 62. Out of the blue, 63. White Dreams, 64. Rain at the gardenpond,
65. Tuli-Pano-Rama, 66. Frankfurt Under Palm Trees ?, 67. Happy Easter !!!, 68. Spring Sun(s), 69. One Shape of Spring, 70. TuliPower, 71. Threesome, 72. and the winner is ...
Top Right
1. First of many, 2. TGIF !!!, 3. Weekend Sunshine for You, 4. flickr.com/photos/16854222@N05/3384539304/, 5. Acrobat at home, 6. Crocus Season, 7. Last Years Colours #12, 8. Tulip Flame,
9. Colour Collection, 10. The Purple Sheep ..., 11. Blue Mountain View, 12. just another crocus, 13. Tulip tricolour, 14. Pink Dreams ... TGIF!!!, 15. Chasing Winter Away ..., 16. Spring Opening,
17. A Colourful Indication, 18. White & Red, 19. TuliPlay ... HBW !, 20. Silky Red, 21. First Sign of Spring, 22. My picture for this day ..., 23. ICE BREAKER, 24. Last Years Colours #4,
25. Last years colours #3, 26. Green Hills ... HBW !!, 27. Water Level Portrait, 28. Last years colours #1, 29. Noblesse, 30. Waterline, 31. Mountain chains, 32. Already Spring ...,
33. A Peep of Spring, 34. HBW!!! Another view ..., 35. A HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!, 36. Have a wonderful week !!!, 37. Showing his best side ..., 38. Come Together, 39. Tousled (at -12°C !), 40. Purple Beauty,
41. Please, take a seat ..., 42. A Prayer for PEACE !, 43. Close up, 44. DropArt, 45. Optimism of Nature, 46. Blackbird, 47. A seasonable blossom, 48. Merry Christmas !!!,
49. Evening Mood, 50. I'm Still Standin', 51. December gold, 52. Heading towards the weekend ... TGIF !!!, 53. Mr. Weaver ..., 54. Toko portrait, 55. Mrs. Weaver ..., 56. Busy in the garden,
57. Skin care, 58. Weekend cleanup ... TGIF !!, 59. Red Beauty ... HBW !!!, 60. Old Giant, 61. For Jasmine, 62. Close-Up, 63. ... over the rainbow, 64. Don't disturb me at lunchtime !!!,
65. Takeoff ..., 66. Elefreshment, 67. Mind the thorns !!, 68. Impala buck portrait, 69. ... after bath, 70. Don't Bother Me !!!, 71. Did I allow you ..., 72. Face to Face
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1. Blue Waxbill, 2. Great White Pelicans, 3. Red Flower, 4. Chobe lunchtime, 5. Natural Acrobatics, 6. Red-headed Weaver, 7. Some colour for a grey day !!, 8. Two water and one milkshake, please !!,
9. Zambezi Gold, 10. Chameleon portrait ... HBW !!, 11. Puhhh ... they are eating me out of hair and feathers !, 12. Focussed November Sun, 13. Black, White, Red, 14. Where is my audience ???, 15. The Big Swim, 16. Big Luck,
17. Just a little bit closer ..., 18. Congratulations Barack Obama ..., 19. Puku, 20. I'm late ... did I miss the show ??, 21. flickr.com/photos/16854222@N05/2995191746/, 22. Elemalism, 23. You've Got A Friend, 24. TGIF !!!,
25. Wildlife portrait, 26. African Gold ... HBW !!!, 27. Right of way !!!, 28. Celebrating my 1st Flickversary, 29. Tockus leucomelas, 30. / V, 31. Working hard !!, 32. Back Home from Africa,
33. Disappearing structures, 34. Leaving for Africa !, 35. SeedART, 36. Autumn backlight, 37. Shades of Purple ... HBW !!!, 38. Autumn delight, 39. Hot harvest !!!, 40. Fuchsia lampion,
41. Purple dreams, 42. Autumn Impression #3, 43. A little beauty, 44. Green | Red, 45. Coloured spots ... HBW !!!, 46. Autumn Impression #1, 47. Exotic Beauty, 48. The Inner Light,
49. Order vs. Disorder, 50. In the middle ..., 51. Dahlia bokeh ... HBW !!!, 52. Beginning of autumn, 53. Hibiscus season ..., 54. Under a blue cloud, 55. Yellow on blue, 56. Rain,
57. 2nd Bloom, 58. Chagall's windows, 59. Red on Purple ... HBW !!!, 60. Happy Sunday !!!, 61. Fuchsia, 62. Sunrise, 63. Pink velvet, 64. Colours of autumn,
65. Happy sisters, 66. The eye of the bandit ..., 67. The lions and the ram, 68. Hibiscus beauty, 69. One-armed bandit, 70. Wheels of life, 71. Unfolding . . . HBW !!!, 72. Window colours
Bottom Middle
1. Veronica spicata, 2. DahliART, 3. Oleander extreme, 4. Geometry, 5. Yellow corona, 6. Rhapsody in white, 7. Unwrapping, 8. D.o.f.,
9. Dahlia and friends ... HBW !!!, 10. The red tree, 11. Blue, 12. After the rainstorm, 13. High in the sky, 14. A sweet weekend ..., 15. Deep in the heart, 16. Embedded in pink,
17. Waving for goodbye, 18. Debut, 19. Blue bell beauty, 20. Symbol of summer, 21. Red Pigmy, 22. Waiting for sunshine ..., 23. Star of Gold, 24. Dahlia design,
25. Have a wonderful weekend !, 26. Pink backdrop, 27. Tiny blue, 28. Dotted blue, 29. Still a beauty, 30. Bud of the day, 31. Essence of summer, 32. White dreams,
33. Spherical, 34. Salvia, 35. The beautiful result ..., 36. Summer In The City, 37. Just a little bit closer ..., 38. Top position, 39. Ready for takeoff, 40. unfolding,
41. On orange, 42. Wet wet wet, 43. Pink heart, 44. Red Dragon, 45. Let's have a party ..., 46. Have a great weekend !!, 47. Common Foxglove, 48. Baby duck,
49. On a pink carpet, 50. Green lines, 51. Backyard Crow, 52. Pink firework, 53. Clematis montana, 54. Garden view, 55. Someone's watching..., 56. Rockrose,
57. RoseDream, 58. Blue Bells, 59. Hi - today is my day !!, 60. Iris at the pond, 61. Poppy, 62. Approaching shadows, 63. Neighbours, 64. For all mothers ...,
65. Yellow and red, 66. "Business Cathedral", 67. Multicoloured, 68. Modern times, 69. Black'n'Blue, 70. Red twins, 71. The 'Inner Light', 72. Old world
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1. Backyard garden view, 2. Thanks for 10.000+ views, 3. Floral Elegance, 4. Brothers and Sisters, 5. The magic droplet, 6. Slim, 7. TuliPower, 8. into the light,
9. Peeping through ..., 10. Yellow, 11. Yellow Princess, 12. Camellia, 13. Purple mountain, 14. Build me up ..., 15. Spring behind the fence, 16. Magnolia 2008,
17. 'U' on blue, 18. D.o.C., 19. Little white beauty, 20. Insight, 21. Dream à l'orange, 22. Glowing pink, 23. From green to blue, 24. Designed by nature,
25. After the rain, 26. First tulip 2008, 27. Should I stay or should I go, 28. Have a look..., 29. Spring colours, 30. Narcissus, 31. Neighbours magnolia buds..., 32. Lurking behind next wall,
33. Fading, 34. The inner light, 35. Hi, I'm coming...!!, 36. The Red Devil, 37. out in the green, 38. Spring (de)light, 39. remembrance, 40. let's play hide&seek,
41. shining crocus, 42. lungworts, 43. Crocus abstract, 44. hovering around, 45. Yellow eye-catcher, 46. Hoverfly meets red poppy, 47. attack of the monster, 48. Good Day Sunshine,
49. centered, 50. Eagle portrait, 51. painted, 52. A promise of spring, 53. Crocus, 54. Orange meets purple, 55. Floating feather, 56. Cat of the day,
57. Yum !!, 58. I never go out without my umbrella !, 59. Brown-hooded Kingfisher, 60. little serval cat (uncropped), 61. robin wishes..., 62. fixed diamond, 63. You have no right..., 64. Impala portrait,
65. busy bee, 66. three on a tree, 67. got a brand new dress, do you like it?, 68. serval cat
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VHR - springthorpe
Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The Springthorpe Memorial within the Boroondara Cemetery (VHR0049)commemorates Annie Springthorpe, and was erected in 1897 by her husband Dr John Springthorpe. It was designed by Harold Desbrowe Annear and includes Bertram Mackennal sculptures. It contains twelve columns of deep green granite from Scotland supporting a Harcourt granite superstructure, and a glass dome roof of lead lighting.
How is it significant?
The Springthorpe Memorial is of historic and architectural significance to the State of Victoria
Why is it significant?
The Springthorpe Memorial is historically important in demonstrating nineteenth century social and cultural attitudes to death, and for reflecting the ideals of the Victorian Garden Cemetery movement which aimed at providing comfort for mourners. The memorial is important in demonstrating uniqueness, no other example being known of such aesthetic composition, architectural design and execution, or scale. It is important in exhibiting good design and aesthetic characteristics and for the richness and unusual integration of features. The Springthorpe Memorial is also important in illustrating the principal characteristics of the work of a number of artists including Desbrowe Annear, Mackennal, the glass manufacturers Auguste Fischer and the bronze work of Marriots.
VHR Statement of Significance
What is significant?
Boroondara Cemetery, established in 1858, is within an unusual triangular reserve bounded by High Street, Park Hill Road and Victoria Park, Kew. The caretaker's lodge and administrative office (1860 designed by Charles Vickers, additions, 1866-1899 by Albert Purchas) form a picturesque two-storey brick structure with a slate roof and clock tower. A rotunda or shelter (1890, Albert Purchas) is located in the centre of the cemetery: this has an octagonal hipped roof with fish scale slates and a decorative brick base with a tessellated floor and timber seating. The cemetery is surrounded by a 2.7 metre high ornamental red brick wall (1895-96, Albert Purchas) with some sections of vertical iron palisades between brick pillars. Albert Purchas was a prominent Melbourne architect who was the Secretary of the Melbourne General Cemetery from 1852 to 1907 and Chairman of the Boroondara Cemetery Board of Trustees from 1867 to 1909. He made a significant contribution to the design of the Boroondara Cemetery
Boroondara Cemetery is an outstanding example of the Victorian Garden Cemetery movement in Victoria, retaining key elements of the style, despite overdevelopment which has obscured some of the paths and driveways. Elements of the style represented at Boroondara include an ornamental boundary fence, a system of curving paths which are kerbed and follow the site's natural contours, defined views, recreational facilities such as the rotunda, a landscaped park like setting, sectarian divisions for burials, impressive monuments, wrought and cast iron grave surrounds and exotic symbolic plantings. In the 1850s cemeteries were located on the periphery of populated areas because of concerns about diseases like cholera. They were designed to be attractive places for mourners and visitors to walk and contemplate. Typically cemeteries were arranged to keep religions separated and this tended to maintain links to places of origin, reflecting a migrant society.
Other developments included cast iron entrance gates, built in 1889 to a design by Albert Purchas; a cemetery shelter or rotunda, built in 1890, which is a replica of one constructed in the Melbourne General Cemetery in the same year; an ornamental brick fence erected in 1896-99(?); the construction and operation of a terminus for a horse tram at the cemetery gates during 1887-1915; and the Springthorpe Memorial built between 1897 and 1907. A brick cremation wall and a memorial rose garden were constructed near the entrance in the mid- twentieth century(c.1955-57) and a mausoleum completed in 2001.The maintenance shed/depot close to High Strett was constructed in 1987. The original entrance was altered in 2000 and the original cast iron gates moved to the eastern entrance of the Mausoleum.
The Springthorpe Memorial (VHR 522) set at the entrance to the burial ground commemorates Annie Springthorpe, and was erected between 1897 and 1907 by her husband Dr John Springthorpe. It was the work of the sculptor Bertram Mackennal, architect Harold Desbrowe Annear, landscape designer and Director of the Melbourne Bortanic Gardens, W.R. Guilfoyle, with considerable input from Dr Springthorpe The memorial is in the form of a small temple in a primitive Doric style. It was designed by Harold Desbrowe Annear and includes Bertram Mackennal sculptures in Carrara marble. Twelve columns of deep green granite from Scotland support a Harcourt granite superstructure. The roof by Brooks Robinson is a coloured glass dome, which sits within the rectangular form and behind the pediments. The sculptural group raised on a dais, consists of the deceased woman lying on a sarcophagus with an attending angel and mourner. The figure of Grief crouches at the foot of the bier and an angel places a wreath over Annie's head, symbolising the triumph of immortal life over death. The body of the deceased was placed in a vault below. The bronze work is by Marriots of Melbourne. Professor Tucker of the University of Melbourne composed appropriate inscriptions in English and archaic Greek lettering.. The floor is a geometric mosaic and the glass dome roof is of Tiffany style lead lighting in hues of reds and pinks in a radiating pattern. The memorial originally stood in a landscape triangular garden of about one acre near the entrance to the cemetery. However, after Dr Springthorpe's death in 1933 it was found that transactions for the land had not been fully completed so most of it was regained by the cemetery. A sundial and seat remain. The building is almost completely intact. The only alteration has been the removal of a glass canopy over the statuary and missing chains between posts. The Argus (26 March 1933) considered the memorial to be the most beautiful work of its kind in Australia. No comparable buildings are known.
The Syme Memorial (1908) is a memorial to David Syme, political economist and publisher of the Melbourne Age newspaper. The Egyptian memorial designed by architect Arthur Peck is one of the most finely designed and executed pieces of monumental design in Melbourne. It has a temple like form with each column having a different capital detail. These support a cornice that curves both inwards and outwards. The tomb also has balustradings set between granite piers which create porch spaces leading to the entrance ways. Two variegated Port Jackson Figs are planted at either end.
The Cussen Memorial (VHR 2036) was constructed in 1912-13 by Sir Leo Cussen in memory of his young son Hubert. Sir Leo Finn Bernard Cussen (1859-1933), judge and member of the Victorian Supreme Court in 1906. was buried here. The family memorial is one of the larger and more impressive memorials in the cemetery and is an interesting example of the 1930s Gothic Revival style architecture. It takes the form of a small chapel with carvings, diamond shaped roof tiles and decorated ridge embellishing the exterior.
By the 1890s, the Boroondara Cemetery was a popular destination for visitors and locals admiring the beauty of the grounds and the splendid monuments. The edge of suburban settlement had reached the cemetery in the previous decade. Its Victorian garden design with sweeping curved drives, hill top views and high maintenance made it attractive. In its Victorian Garden Cemetery design, Boroondara was following an international trend. The picturesque Romanticism of the Pere la Chaise garden cemetery established in Paris in 1804 provided a prototype for great metropolitan cemeteries such as Kensal Green (1883) and Highgate (1839) in London and the Glasgow Necropolis (1831). Boroondara Cemetery was important in establishing this trend in Australia.
The cemetery's beauty peaked with the progressive completion of the spectacular Springthorpe Memorial between 1899 and 1907. From about the turn of the century, the trustees encroached on the original design, having repeatedly failed in attempts to gain more land. The wide plantations around road boundaries, grassy verges around clusters of graves in each denomination, and most of the landscaped surround to the Springthorpe memorial are now gone. Some of the original road and path space were resumed for burial purposes. The post war period saw an increased use of the Cemetery by newer migrant groups. The mid- to late- twentieth century monuments were often placed on the grassed edges of the various sections and encroached on the roadways as the cemetery had reached the potential foreseen by its design. These were well tended in comparison with Victorian monuments which have generally been left to fall into a state of neglect.
The Boroondara Cemetery features many plants, mostly conifers and shrubs of funerary symbolism, which line the boundaries, road and pathways, and frame the cemetery monuments or are planted on graves. The major plantings include an impressive row of Bhutan Cypress (Cupressus torulosa), interplanted with Sweet Pittosporum (Pittosporum undulatum), and a few Pittosporum crassifolium, along the High Street and Parkhill Street, where the planting is dominated by Sweet Pittosporum.
Planting within the cemetery includes rows and specimen trees of Bhutan Cypress and Italian Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens), including a row with alternate plantings of both species. The planting includes an unusual "squat" form of an Italian Cypress. More of these trees probably lined the cemetery roads and paths. Also dominating the cemetery landscape near the Rotunda is a stand of 3 Canary Island Pines (Pinus canariensis), a Bunya Bunya Pine (Araucaria bidwillii) and a Weeping Elm (Ulmus glabra 'Camperdownii')
Amongst the planting are the following notable conifers: a towering Bunya Bunya Pine (Araucaria bidwillii), a Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens), a rare Golden Funeral Cypress (Chamaecyparis funebris 'Aurea'), two large Funeral Cypress (Chamaecyparis funebris), and the only known Queensland Kauri (Agathis robusta) in a cemetery in Victoria.
The Cemetery records, including historical plans of the cemetery from 1859, are held by the administration and their retention enhances the historical significance of the Cemetery.
How is it significant?
Boroondara Cemetery is of aesthetic, architectural, scientific (botanical) and historical significance to the State of Victoria.
Why is it significant?
The Boroondara Cemetery is of historical and aesthetic significance as an outstanding example of a Victorian garden cemetery.
The Boroondara Cemetery is of historical significance as a record of Victorian life from the 1850s, and the early settlement of Kew. It is also significant for its ability to demonstrate, through the design and location of the cemetery, attitudes towards burial, health concerns and the importance placed on religion, at the time of its establishment.
The Boroondara Cemetery is of architectural significance for the design of the gatehouse or sexton's lodge and cemetery office (built in stages from 1860 to 1899), the ornamental brick perimeter fence and elegant cemetery shelter to the design of prominent Melbourne architects, Charles Vickers (for the original 1860 cottage) and Albert Purchas, cemetery architect and secretary from 1864 to his death in 1907.
The Boroondara Cemetery has considerable aesthetic significance which is principally derived from its tranquil, picturesque setting; its impressive memorials and monuments; its landmark features such as the prominent clocktower of the sexton's lodge and office, the mature exotic plantings, the decorative brick fence and the entrance gates; its defined views; and its curving paths. The Springthorpe Memorial (VHR 522), the Syme Memorial and the Cussen Memorial (VHR 2036), all contained within the Boroondara Cemetery, are of aesthetic and architectural significance for their creative and artistic achievement.
The Boroondara Cemetery is of scientific (botanical) significance for its collection of rare mature exotic plantings. The Golden Funeral Cypress, (chamaecyparis funebris 'aurea') is the only known example in Victoria.
The Boroondara Cemetery is of historical significance for the graves, monuments and epitaphs of a number of individuals whose activities have played a major part in Australia's history. They include the Henty family, artists Louis Buvelot and Charles Nuttall, businessmen John Halfey and publisher David Syme, artist and diarist Georgiana McCrae, actress Nellie Stewart and architect and designer of the Boroondara and Melbourne General Cemeteries, Albert Purchas.
The Disney Store's Maleficent doll is now fully deboxed. She is posed standing, supported by a Kaiser stand. She photographed in natural light from all angles.
Review of Maleficent Disney Film Collection Doll
The Maleficent doll has realistic features, so looks like a real person rather than an animated character or a generic doll. She resemblances the character as portrayed by Angelina Jolie, but I think her features are too heavy to make it a good likeness. Her head also seems oversized. She has very pale tan skin that is almost pasty. Her expression is also a little dull and listless. Her lips are very full, I think too full, and forms a slight pout. Her lower lip has a series of four silver dots, that grow smaller towards the right (her left). Her eyes are narrow, and colored green and yellow. She has dark eyeliner around her eyes, short thin eyelashes above and below her eyes, and arched black eyebrows. She has prominent cheekbones, but not as pronounced as in the movie. Overall, she doesn't exude power, or evil or beauty, as she should. She has headgear of faux black leather, that entirely covers her head, forms a widow's peak over her forehead, and has long double curving horns on top, that are angled towards the back. It does not appear to be removable, but is a solid molded piece that is glued to her head. She has no hair.
She has the same body construction as that of the 2012 Disney Classic Princess 12'' dolls, and is same as the Aurora doll in this series. She is 11 1/2'' tall to the top of her head, standing in her high heeled boots, and 13'' to the top of her horns. She has 13 points of articulation, with ball jointed neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips and ankes, and hinge jointed knees. The legs are made of hard plastic, but the knee joints are not stiff enough to prevent her legs from being slightly bowed. Also because of her hip construction, her legs splay out when they are bent at the hips for her to sit down.
She has a full length gown that is textured and is dull black in color. There are dress details and double layered collar out of faux leather. The front of the gown is about a half inch off the ground. Her gown is a a couple of inches longer in the back than the front, forming a short rounded train, with black satin trim. When extended, it looks like the tail of a bird. Her sleeves are over-sized and attached to the sides of her dress almost to the hemline. With her arms extended out towards the sides the sleeves look like bat wings. There is a tear drop shaped black jewel at the neckline. The gown fits her very well, and drapes nicely. She is wearing a wide black faux leather choker that is removable. On her arms are black knit fingerless gloves that go up to her elbows. Unfortunately, no matter how hard I tug on the gloves, I can't get her thumbs to show, and her other four fingers are mostly hidden. I did discover that she is wearing a painted black ring on the index finger of her right hand.
She is wearing knee high black boots that are apparently the same as those made for the Disney Film Collection Wicked Witch of the West Doll, from Oz the Great and Powerful, in 2013.
The only accessory is a her magic staff. The staff is dark brown plastic stick 9 inches long that is fairly stiff and straight. It is made to look like two thin branches twisted together. At the end is an oval shaped yellow and green magic crystal, that matches the colors of Maleficent's eyes. It does not have any handle to make it easier for the doll to hold it in her hand. I have deboxed it, but haven't had time to figure out how the attach it to her hand, so I left it out of my photographs so far.
Overall, I like this doll, and I think she is worth the $35 price tag, but I don't love her. By far the best feature of the doll is her gown, with the train resembling a bird's tail and sleeves mimicking a bat's wings. What is most disappointing about the doll is that she doesn't look all that much like Angelina Jolie as Maleficent, and she doesn't have a commanding presence. It is also disappointing that she has the problematic legs of the 2012 Classic Princess dolls.
Purchase Details
I just received my online order (on Tuesday, May 13, 2014) from the Disney Store, of the newly released Disney Maleficent Movie Dolls. The dolls are the Maleficent and Aurora 12'' dolls from the Disney Film Collection. I ordered them last Tuesday, when the dolls were released online, so it took exactly one week to arrive. Both dolls look very good, but I'm liking Aurora more at this point, mainly because I like her face more than Maleficent's. I think the Dark Beauty Maleficent doll by Jakks Pacific is a better likeness of Angelina Jolie as Maleficent. I will post photos of both dolls boxed, then during deboxing, and finally fully deboxed. I will also show them side by side with other comparable dolls, especially the Jakks versions.
Maleficent Disney Film Collection Doll - 12''
$34.95
Item No. 6070040901004P
US Disney Store
Released and Purchased online 2014-05-06
Received 2014-05-13
French postcard, no. 2009.
American actor Johnny Depp is one of the most versatile actors in today's Hollywood. He made his film debut as one of Freddy Krueger's victims in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). With his dark, intense eyes and highly defined cheekbones, he shot to fame as a teen idol in the TV series 21 Jump Street (1987). He is now best known for his many wonderful collaborations with director Tim Burton, and for his flamboyant pirate Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of Carribean franchise. He likes to play freakishly eccentric outcasts whose oddities are misunderstood by society. Depp has been nominated for three Oscars and has won the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards for Best Actor.
John Christopher Depp II was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, in 1963, to Betty Sue (Wells), who worked as a waitress, and John Christopher Depp, a civil engineer. Depp was raised in Florida. He dropped out of school when he was 16 (or 15 - the sources differ), after his parents divorced. The brooding teenager fronted a series of music-garage bands, including the punk rock/New Wave band The Kids, which opened for Iggy Pop, Duran Duran, and The B-52's. When he married Lori Anne Allison (Lori A. Depp), he took up the job of being a ballpoint-pen salesman to support himself and his wife during slack times in the music business. When he visited Los Angeles with his wife, he met actor Nicolas Cage, who advised him to turn to acting. This culminated in Depp's film debut in the low-budget horror film, A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), where he played a teenager who falls prey to dream-stalking demon Freddy Krueger. He played a supporting role as a Vietnamese-speaking private in Oliver Stone's Vietnam War film Platoon (1986), starring Charlie Sheen. In 1987 he shot to stardom when he replaced Jeff Yagher as Officer Tom Hanson, who goes on an undercover operation by posing as a student in crime-ridden Los Angeles-area high schools in the TV series 21 Jump Street (1987). After numerous roles in teen-oriented films, Depp spoofed the genre as 1950s teen rebel 'Cry-Baby' Wade Walker in John Waters' tongue-in-cheek Cry-Baby (John Waters, 1990). The film received positive reviews from critics, but did not achieve high audience numbers in its initial release. It has subsequently become a cult classic and spawned a Broadway musical of the same name which was nominated for four Tony Awards. That year, Depp also started his great collaborations with director Tim Burton, playing the title role in the romantic dark fantasy Edward Scissorhands (1990) with Winona Ryder and Christopher Lee.
Following the film's success, Johnny Depp carved a niche for himself as a serious, somewhat dark, idiosyncratic performer, consistently selecting roles that surprised critics and audiences alike. He continued to gain critical acclaim and increasing popularity by appearing in such features as Lasse Hallström's What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993). He starred alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Juliette Lewis in this drama about a dysfunctional family. He rejoined with Burton in the lead role of Ed Wood (Tim Burton, 1994), a biographical film about one of history's most inept film directors. Then he played a newly-orphaned accountant in the surrealist Western Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch, 1995), and an undercover FBI agent in the fact-based crime drama Donnie Brasco (Mike Newell, 1997), opposite Al Pacino. Depp appeared as Hunter S. Thompson's alter ego in Terry Gilliam's trippy adaptation of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998). The same year he teamed up again with Burton in Sleepy Hollow (Tim Burton, 1999), brilliantly portraying Ichabod Crane. With Chuck E. Weiss, Depp turned the Central Nightclub in Los Angeles, into the famous Viper Room at 8852 Sunset Blvd. The building was once owned by infamous gangster Bugsy Siegel. It's also the place where River Phoenix passed away on 31 October 1993. Depp closed down the Viper Room for two weeks after Phoenix's death and he also closed it on every 31 October until 2004. That year, he ended his ownership of the Viper room when he signed it over to Amanda Fox, the daughter of his missing partner in the club, Anthony Fox. Depp also once co-owned a restaurant/club in a former cinema in Paris called Man Ray (named after the avant-garde artist), with Sean Penn, John Malkovich and British musician Mick Hucknall.
Johnny Depp has played many different and often bigger-than-life characters in his career. He played a fact-based one, Insp. Fred Abberline in From Hell (Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes, 2001). He stole the show in the finale to Robert Rodriguez's Mariachi trilogy, Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), opposite Antonio Banderas. In that same year he starred in the marvelous family blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Gore Verbinski, 2003), playing a character that only the likes of Depp could pull off: the charming, conniving and roguish Capt. Jack Sparrow. He based Sparrow on rock legend Keith Richards and the Looney Tunes character, Pepe Le Pew. The film's enormous success included an Oscar nomination for Depp. Depp was again nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for his performance as kind-hearted Scottish novelist James Matthew Barrie, who penned the children's classic Peter Pan, in Finding Neverland (Marc Forster, 2004), with Kate Winslet. He appeared as the notorious second Earl of Rochester in the British film, The Libertine (Lawrence Dunmore, 2004) opposite John Malkovich. Depp collaborated again with Burton in a screen adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Tim Burton, 2005), and the stop-motion animation Corpse Bride (Tim Burton, 2005), in which Depp voiced the character Victor Van Dort. Later followed Sweeney Todd (Tim Burton, 2007), Alice in Wonderland (Tim Burton, 2010) and Dark Shadows (Tim Burton, 2012). Depp reprised the role of Jack Sparrow in the Pirates sequels Dead Man's Chest (Gore Verbinski, 2006), At World's End (Gore Verbinski, 2007) and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Rob Marshall, 2011), which were again major box office successes.
Off-screen, Johnny Depp has dated several female celebrities, and has been engaged to Sherilyn Fenn, Jennifer Grey, Winona Ryder and Kate Moss. He was married to Lori Anne Allison in 1983, but divorced her in 1985. Depp has two children with French singer/actress Vanessa Paradis: Lily-Rose Melody (1999) and Jack (2002). He married actress/producer Amber Heard in 2015. Heard filed for divorce from Johnny Depp in May, 2016. She was granted a temporary domestic violence restraining order against Depp in relation to a physical altercation between the couple, which resulted in Heard filing for divorce in the first place. Heard was granted $7 million as part of the former couple's divorce, which was finalised in 2017. Depp has struggled with alcoholism and addiction for much of his life. Depp has stated that he began smoking at age 12 and began using alcohol and drugs shortly thereafter. In July 2018, Depp was sued for allegedly punching a crew member twice in the ribs during a foul-mouthed tirade. Court documents stated that the actor "reeked of alcohol" and took drugs on set. According to IMDb, Johnny Depp resides in France, Los Angeles, and an island he owns in the Bahamas. He divides his time in France between Meudon, a suburb of Paris and a villa in Plan-de-la-Tour, an hour outside of St Tropez in Southern France. He also purchased Bela Lugosi's Los Angeles home. Depp is intensely protective of his private life. Inside the Actors Studio (1994) is one of the few televised interviews he's granted. Hal Erickson at AllMovie: "Despite this massive success (or maybe as a result), Depp's career suffered a downswing after a string of critical and commercial flops. Films like The Tourist (opposite Angelina Jolie), Dark Shadows (a rare misstep with Tim Burton) and The Lone Ranger failed to connect with audiences and critics alike and left many to wonder when Depp's career would recover." It did. In recent years, Depp reprised the role of the Mad Hatter in Alice Through the Looking Glass (James Bobin, 2016), reprised his role as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg, 2017), and he was seen in the blockbuster Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (David Yates, 2018), written by J. K. Rowling and starring Eddie Redmayne. Depp is set to return as Gellert Grindelwald in the third Fantastic Beasts film, which is scheduled for release in November 2020.
Sources: Hal Erickson (AllMovie), Wikipedia and IMDb.
A bit of a tablescrap built last night.
Perhaps I should make a few Bricklink and 3rd party orders and continue on a revised faction project.
Dakar support truck
Technic figure scale
Sponsored by Octan, Michelin, Benz and Lego.
features
- 4 independent multi-link suspension
- steering system
- titing cab.
- separable cabin and trailer
- working doors
- detachable auxiliary fuel tank, spare tire set and tool box.
enjoy ;-)
I ran my Leggs Sheer Energy Active Support Suntan Pantyhose, so this morning I got to put on a brand new pair of Leggs Sheer Energy Active Support Suntan Pantyhose on my freshly shaved legs 😁
Your support would be greatly appreciated!
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This Moc was created in academic way to show how complicated the process of desalination of sea water and how best to preserve our natural sources of freshwater.
This project does not follow strictly the original design but serves to draw attention to the care of the water.
Desalination, desalinization, or desalinisation refers to any of several processes that remove some amount of salt and other minerals from saline water. More generally, desalination may also refer to the removal of salts and minerals, as in soil desalination.
Salt water is desalinated to produce fresh water suitable for human consumption or irrigation. One potential byproduct of desalination is salt. Desalination is used on many seagoing ships and submarines. Most of the modern interest in desalination is focused on developing cost-effective ways of providing fresh water for human use. Along with recycled wastewater, this is one of the few rainfall-independent water sources.
Large-scale desalination typically uses large amounts of energy and specialized, expensive infrastructure, making it more expensive than fresh water from conventional sources, such as rivers or groundwater.
Desalination is particularly relevant to countries, such as Australia, which traditionally have relied on collecting rainfall behind dams to provide their drinking water supplies.
According to the International Desalination Association, in 2009, 14,451 desalination plants operated worldwide, producing 59.9e6 cubic metres (2.12×109 cu ft) per day, a year-on-year increase of 12.3%.[4] It was 68 million m3 in 2010, and expected to hit 120 million m3 by 2020; some 40 million m3 is planned for the Middle East. The world's largest desalination plant is the Jebel Ali Desalination Plant (Phase 2) in the United Arab Emirates.
Science Support Vehicle (SSV). A Ford E-Series van modified by engineers in Iceland. The SSV has six independently driven wheels powered by a "low emission" 7.3-litre turbo-diesel V8. The support vehicle has a 20-speed transmission, rides on an air suspension and has solar panels on the roof to help power the electronics which include GPS and satellite communications.
Lotus 60th Celebration