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A sculpture titled "When I was Hungry and Thirsty" by Timothy. P. Schmalz in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
It was originally titled "Whatsoever You Do".
It rests at the front door of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church on Wellington Street, facing the Supreme Court of Canada building.
As per the sculptor's website, Timothy Schmalz states:
"Inspired by the Gospel of Matthew 25:40, this sculpture is a visual representation of Charity. It tells us that we need to see Christ in the poor and the hungry and that we should see our acts of kindness to them as kindness to Him."
45596 Bahamas recreates The Palatine, ex Manchester Central to St Pancras. Darley Dale Station on the preserved remains of the Midland Main Line.
Thanks to 30742 Charters and the Bahamas Locomotive Society
Fiona Donnelly, Petals Floral Design and Karen Fleming, Hayfield Manor Hotel at a Network Cork/Cork Chamber Executive Lunch, titled "WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP" focusing on Women in Leadership with one of the most powerful Irish women in business in the USA, Deirdre O Connor.
Pic Darragh Kane
Titled after the excellent Depeche Mode album, one of their best, certainly! I took inspiration from the album's artwork here: just a very minimal, high contrast shot of a rose, although the album cover had a light rose on a black background, I did it in reverse ;)
I have always loved Depeche Mode, just went to see them live earlier this year. It was an amazing experience to be sure! They are one of those bands which never make filler tracks. Especially their (late) 80s/90s work with its dark sound and themes speaks to me.
Mamiya RB 67 Pro S + Sekor 50mm f4.5 + Kodak T-MAX 100
Expiry date: 2004
Exposure index: 100
Dust cleaned in Affinity Photo 2.
Scanned on a Heidelberg/Linotype-Hell Saphir Ultra II using Vuescan.
Hi everyone ... only finding time to visit once in a while now, missing so many of you! ... This is 8 1/2x11 ... alot bigger than my normal 5x5 or smaller ... I think I need to do more of my work in a bigger format these days to save my hands, wrists & eyesight! ... Doing lots of new things ... Look me up on Face Book & I'll friend you ... I also have an Art page there " Doodle Daze Designs & Zentangles" Don't know if I can give an actual link here or not ... there you will find the link to my just published website - 2nd Story Studio Designs - Where I now have my "Coloring Page Packets" for sale , finally! ... Hope to see some familiar names & faces showing up! :)
I sat next to him in the first class of my lifelong learning course titled “Cuba at the Crossroads.” We introduced ourselves before class and exchanged a few pleasantries about our expectations for the course and how long we had been members of the LIFE Institute. The first session started off with introductions by the two instructors as well as by each of us in attendance and I found out that he is a retired educator who has recently returned to Canada from Asia. I was intrigued. At break I decided today would be my only chance to include him in my Human Family project, next time he would no longer be a stranger. I told him about my project and said I would like to include him by photographing him after class and he said “I have no problem with that.” Meet Frank.
After class Frank was approached by another student who said she and he had some mutual acquaintances. It’s a small world. I found out that Frank was heading toward the subway to go home and I was going the same way to collect my bicycle for the ride home. “Good for you” he said. “I ride my bike downtown a lot when I’m in town too.” I had decided to do the photo at the modern Rogers Communications Centre which was virtually next door. Not only was it not out of the way but I had used this location for a previous project portrait and liked the filtered natural light against the dark background on the second floor. “That works for me” said Frank who had never been in that building. He accepted my minimal cues as to posing - mostly just location in which to stand and to look directly into the lens of my camera, no “hello camera” smile necessary. He seemed comfortable enough as we both remarked on our enjoyment of the university community, surrounded by the youthful enthusiasm of the students.
Photos taken, we turned and I suggested we sit on a nearby couch and learn a bit more about each other. Frank is six months older than I at 70 and I remarked that we both seem to be doing pretty well for our age. He laughed and agreed. I quickly learned that Frank has had a remarkable and successful career, beginning as an elementary school teacher who soon developed an interest and commitment to the teaching of exceptional students. His interest and talent in working with those having special needs was noted and he soon advanced into administrative positions including vice-principal and principal and ending up as the Superintendent of Education for the huge Toronto Catholic District School Board. His commitment to students with special needs never waned. Learning of my own past career in social work, he indicated his respect for the profession and said that as Superintendent of the Board he had been in charge of a team of more than 30 social workers. In that position he held two portfolios: Superintendent of Schools (Toronto) and Superintendent of Special Programs, which placed him clearly in a position of provincial leadership in the field of programming for and teaching students with special needs. He was seconded by York University where he taught for two years during his time with the TDSB prior to retiring after a 32 year career with the Board which had been so noteworthy that a bursary was established in his name.
In retirement Frank has been anything but retired from his profession. He continued to be involved in education as the Director of Taylor College, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and worked with Centro Scuola e Cultura Italiana to establish a year round school in Italy. He returned to Malaysia and resumed the post as Director of Taylor College. He has traveled widely and consulted on educational issues in Africa and has done a great deal of gratis (volunteer) work in foreign countries to help them with programming for students with special needs.
Frank mentioned his affiliation with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and was, in fact, on his way to an event tonight celebrating what would have been the 100th birthday of Frank Sinatra. I thanked Frank for a fascinating conversation and told him how much I appreciated his participating in my project, The Human Family, and said I would look forward to meeting him next week. He told me “I’m going to be missing next week’s class, I’m afraid, so I’ll look forward to seeing you the following week.” It turns out he is flying to London to assist an organization in hiring interviews for a project. If it’s true that keeping busy keeps you young, then Frank must be one of the youngest of all.
When I asked if he had a message to share with the project he said “There is nothing like volunteering. Much of the work I’ve done in the fifteen years since I retired has been volunteer work and it has been my experience that in volunteering one receives far more than one can give.”
Thank you Frank for the fascinating chat and for participating in The Human Family. Safe travels, and I look forward to seeing you again in two weeks.
This is my 55th submission to the Human Family group on Flickr.
You can view more street portraits and stories by visiting The Human Family.
Front/back covers of the brochure titled 冩眞報國 (photography "for the sake of the nation") published by Omiya Shashin Yohin Co., Ltd., vol.98 (1936) - vol.138 (1939)
These brochures (30 pages B5 size) were more like monthly free photo magazine. They were not for sale, and were presented free for their customers and fans. They featured not only their product selection, but many wonderful photos taken by Japanese amateur photographers (20 - 30 photos in each issue). They even had open forums in this booklet for discussing and sharing their tips and techniques for photography. Photo developing, printing at home, how and why of the various tools used for image processing, how they could help you capture better images, about cameras, lens, films, etc. --- just like we do today.
Leafing through those brochures, I have realized again some of the basics of photography. Lighting is critical for good photography, whether it be film, analog, or digital camera. Keep your eyes open to everything that is out there around you, lay your heart open as well and ask even a tree or a wall, and enjoy what you do.
The light show on the Opera House this year was titled 'songlines', put together by indigenous artists.
Note: this photo was published in a March 3, 2012 issue of Everyblock NYC zipcodes blog titled "10025."
Note: I chose this photo, among the five that I uploaded to Flickr on the evening of Mar 3,2012, as my "photo of the day." It was a pretty easy choice, when compared to the other four ... and I knew I was going to get a nice result as soon as I saw this guy resting on the fire hydrant at the edge of the shadows, reading his paper. The light and colors and angles made the whole scene look a little bit like and Edward Hopper painting... In any case, I took about a dozen different shots as the guy shifted around, assumed slightly different positions, and then eventually stood up and walked away...
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This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008 (which you can see in this Flickr set), and continued throughout 2009, 2010, and 2011 (as shown in this Flickr set, this Flickr set, and this Flickr set): a random collection of "interesting" people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. These are the people in my neighborhood, aka "peeps in the 'hood."
As I indicated when I first started this project nearly four years ago, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a zoom telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me. Sometimes I find an empty bench on a busy street corner, and just sit quietly for an hour, watching people hustling past on the other side of the street; they're almost always so busy listening to their iPod, or talking on their cellphone, or daydreaming about something, that they never look up and see me aiming my camera in their direction.
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep my camera switched on, and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject. Indeed, some of my most interesting photos have been so-called "hip shots," where I don't even bother to raise the camera up to my eye; I just keep the zoom lens set to the maximum wide-angle aperture, point in the general direction of the subject, and take several shots. As long as I can keep the shutter speed fairly high (which sometimes requires a fairly high ISO setting), I can usually get some fairly crisp shots -- even if the subject is walking in one direction, and I'm walking in the other direction, while I'm snapping the photos.
With only a few exceptions, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are plenty of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. There have been a few opportunities to take some "sympathetic" pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. This is one example, and here is another example.
The other thing I've noticed, while carrying on this project for the past four years, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, far more people who are not so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... unfortunately, there was just nothing memorable about them. They're all part of this big, crowded city; but for better or worse, there are an awful lot that you won't see in these Flickr sets of mine...
Working on a book titled THE GOLDEN HERO'S ODYSSEY!
Check out my epic album: Golden Rectangle, Golden Ratio, Golden Spiral, Phi Grid, and Fibonacci Spiral in Fine Art Photography Compositions!
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Divine Proportion on a Divine Goddess! Golden Rectangle Goddess! Fibonacci Spiral Composition for Classical Goddess and Exalted Fine Art!
Pretty Greek Goddesses! Artemis, Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite! Venus, Minerva, and Ares, Demeter, and Nike!
Pretty Swimsuit Bikini Model Goddess Nikon D800 Super Sharp AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II
All of the new Gold 45 Revolver and 45SURF logos and designs are inspired by the golden number phi and divine proportion! Just as my landscapes oft employ the golden rectangle and fibonacci spiral in composition, all the bikinis, shirts, and lingerie designs are made with the golden section and gold number Phi (1.618) in mind! The golden grids, rectangles, pentagons, and spirals make a far better system for compositions than does the rule of thirds! And too, the golden mean and divine proportion are found in every model--in her pretty face and in the divine proportions of the 45surf goddess's heavenly body! I'm working on a book on all this beautitful craziness in fine art landscapes and models called The Golden Hero's Odyssey, which also ties it to my physics theory Dynamic Dimenions theory (dx4/dt=ic). :)
More of the epic Greek goddess bikini swimsuit models on instagram!
I have been traveling around in Zion, Yosemite, the Grand Canyon, and Bryce Canyon! Will share soon! :)
ALL THE BEST on your Epic Hero's Odyssey from Johnny Ranger McCoy!
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Beautiful Swimsuit Bikini Surfer Girl Athletic Model Goddess ! Sexy, hot, tall, thin, tan,toned, tan, and fit!
Working on a photography book too--Hero's Odyssey Photography! It focuses on my greatest hits while telling the tsory behind each one, thusly teaching how to shoot epic landscapes, ballerinas, and models!
All the best on your Epic Hero's Odyssey!
45SURF! Celebrating epic, heroic poetry, classic goddess beauty and the classical soul! Shakespeare, Homer's Iliad & Odyssey, and Moby Dick!
All the best on your epic hero's odyssey!
Ok, moving on....thank you for getting me to 926 in a month. Thank you, my fellow followers.
OT: Star Wars Episode 9’s trailer is here. Apparently it will be titled The Rise of Skywalker. Hope it’ll be good. Disney+ looks exciting as well, but that’s what ya get for a Netflix competition.
I believe it’s a time to focus on my undeveloped or projects left on hold, starting with a Flickr Fighter solo pilot, which I’m currently writing. There’s also Bronze Tiger and its issues that are slated to be coming out in summer. I’m doing a lot of research for it while managing the DCU group. We’re still open to looking for writers so here’s the Flickr group link and a discord one:
Flickr: www.flickr.com/groups/4564230@N20/
Discord: discord.gg/bcE36ss
And soon I’ll be reviving Sharpverse JLA, my own Elseworlds take of DC Comics. Started that around two years ago, but it has yet to fully materialise since I’m trying to figure out the characters. If there’s a chance without writer’s block, then I might be fast on track.
But then again, I still don’t even know what to do with Paradox Force unfortunately, so it’s kinda dead for now. Only time will tell if I’m picking up on that one or other dead projects, like Star Wars or a secondary sci fi story which I’ve revealed the characters but haven’t done the title yet.
Let’s not forget the continuous memes, or art, which is something I haven’t picked up for the last couple of months. I’m planning to work on a Flickr Crew 2.0, but it’ll be a mix of familiar and new faces. Old and new friends together.
So what’s next?:
Apparently I’ve finished the volume/season 2 of Paladin Ascending. It’s been a fun ride and compared to other series I’ve made, it is an unexpected hit with the success paving the road for more future stories.
The big reveal here is....that a season 3 will still happen. So I’m giving two choices for everyone to choose on whether you wanna see this next or delay either for season 4 (yes, that’ll work down the road too.)
A: 5 months after season 2 (and entirely a full year since season 1, because season 2 is 7 months after 1), where the team goes to find a red katana (big time McGuffin) that will be a main focus of the arc. Dusksmoke will get his spotlight, and there’s gonna be more on his story, as well as some sneaky assassins and plot twists. Definitely a globe trotting adventure that goes back to the roots of season 1, from Korea to Prague and etc.
B: Same timeframe as choice A, one year later. This one is a arc that focuses on Gardner’s story, he’ll be more of a main character. When his health deteriorates, North has intentions to control him....but what’s it with a warlord and a businessman? Other characters will be involved, new and old. Probably more drama and return of some fan favourites as well.
Last but not least....the contest! It’s about darn time. I won’t give away too much details even if I’m speaking through an announcement. It’ll definitely be related to PA, and I’ve made that decision to integrate my universe with a second official contest, a decision I’ve thought since last October.
That is all. Cast your votes ASAP!
Note: this photo was published as an illustration in an undated (Dec 2009) Squidoo blog titled "Hunter Wellies." It was also published as an illustration in an undated (Jan 2010) Squidoo blog titled Fishing Boots." It was also published as an illustration in an undated (Jan 2010) Squidoo blogtitled "Funky Welly Boots." And it was published in a Sep 10, 2011 Cool Umbrellas, Images blog, with the same caption and detailed notes that I had written here on this Flickr page.
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Months from now, if people stumble onto this set of Flickr photos, they won't know or care when the photos were actually taken. After all, rain is a fairly universal phenomenon, and it can happen in any of the four seasons of the year.
Still, it's an odd experience to be writing these notes a week after the photographs were taken -- at an altitude of 35,000 feet, on a flight to Miami that lifted off from JFK airport just as the first snow flurries hit the runway at the beginning of what promises to be the first major snowfall of the 2009 season. Twelve inches of snow are expected by the time the storm stops, which makes this collection of water-soaked individuals seem like they got stuck in the wrong place and the wrong time.
But a week ago, the temperature was about ten degrees warmer -- and what could easily have been a foot or two of snow was instead just a couple of inches of cold rain. Rain, of course, brings out the umbrellas; and on a couple of earlier occasions this year (which you can see here and here on Flickr), I began to see that -- notwithstanding the typical stories about New York fashions -- people were not restricting themselves to black raincoats and black umbrellas. My winter coat (courtesy of North Face) is black, and just about every umbrella I've ever owned has been black; my suitcases are black, my backpacks and briefcases have always been black, and even my camera bag is black. Since it's promising to be a cold winter, I just bought a new pair of gloves and a new woolen cap ... in black.
But that's apparently not true for many other New Yorkers. While you'll see a few black outfits in the photos collected here, the range of vivid colors continues to surprise me. Somehow, it's something you would expect to see at the beginning of the spring season -- signifying the rejection of the dark gloom of clouds and rain, and celebrating the imminent arrival of flowers and blossoms, of emerald-colored trees and thick green grass and the chirping of birds. But this collection of photos was taken in mid-December, only a week before the official beginning of winter. You'd think that people would be carrying black umbrellas and somber raincoats that marked the season of death and darkness, but I guess that's just not the way things are here in New York City.
On the previous occasions when I've photographed umbrellas in the rain, I've deliberately used a "pocket camera," albeit a fairly sophisticated one such as the Canon G-10. I wanted something that would be compact enough that I could stick into my jacket pocket if the rain got heavy, and I didn't want to risk damaging the electronic components a really expensive, sophisticated camera by getting it wet. The results were usually fairly good, but I always wondered if I could do a better job with one of my high-end DSLR cameras...
... so that's what I used for this collection of photos: my Nikon D700 camera, with a big, heavy 70-300mm zoom lens. I attached a lens hood to the lens, to minimize the chances of raindrops falling directly onto the lens itself; and I stood beneath the awning and overhang of various storefronts and buildings along Broadway as the rain poured down steadily all around me. Next time, I might be even more adventurous, since I've got a professional waterproof bag-thingy that should keep the camera dry even if I'm standing out in the middle of a torrential downpour. But for now, this was a good start.
Because of the rain, most of the people I photographed paid no attention to me at all; they were too busy concentrating on where they were walking, where the puddles were deepest, and whose umbrellas were about to poke them in the face. On the rare occasions when they did see a crazy guy standing under an awning, pointing a camera in their general direction, they frowned or gave me a quizzical look, and just kept going...
So that's the way it was, on this rainy Sunday afternoon. At this point, I'm going to assume that winter has officially arrived, and that the precipitation during the next few months will take the form of snow, not rain. I don't know how well it will turn out, but one of my future projects will be a series of photos during a blizzard. Stay tuned ... and in the meantime, stay dry.
History timeline
* 1893: Rudolf Diesel obtains a patent (RP 67207) titled [Theory and Construction of a Rational Heat-engine to Replace the Steam Engine and Combustion Engines Known Today] "Arbeitsverfahren und Ausführungsart für Verbrennungsmaschienen".
* 1897: On August 10 Diesel builds his first working prototype in Augsburg
* 1898 Diesel licences his engine to Branobel, Russian oil company, that is interested in the engine which can consume non-distilled oil. Branobel's engineers spent 4 years designing ship-mounted engine.
* 1899: Diesel licenses his engine to builders Krupp and Sulzer, who quickly become major manufacturers.
* 1902: until 1910 MAN produced 82 copies of the stationary diesel engine .
A diesel engine built by MAN AG in 1906
* 1903: Sormovo Shipbuilding Yard launches "Vandal" oil-tanker - first ship propelled by diesel engine.
* 1904: The French build the first diesel submarine, the Z.
* 1905: For diesel engines turbochargers and intercoolers were manufactured by Büchl (CH), as well as a scroll loader from Creux (F) company.
* 1908: Prosper L'Orange develops with Deutz a precisely controlled injection pump with a needle injection nozzle.
* 1909: The prechamber with hemispherical combustion chamber is developed by Prosper L'Orange with Benz.
* 1910: The Norwegian research ship Fram is the first ship of the world with a Diesel drive, afterwards Selandia was the first trading vessel. By 1960 the Diesel drive had displaced steam turbine and coal fired steam engines.
* 1912: The Danish built first diesel ship MS Selandia. The first locomotive with a diesel engine.
* 1913: U.S. Navy submarines use NELSECO units. Rudolf Diesel died mysteriously when he crossed the English Channel on the SS Dresden.
* 1914: German U-Boats are powered by MAN diesels.
* 1919: Prosper L'Orange obtains a patent on a prechamber insert and makes a needle injection nozzle. First diesel engine from Cummins.
* 1921: Prosper L'Orange builds a continuous variable output injection pump.
* 1922: First vehicle with (pre-chamber) diesel engine is theAgricultural tractor type 6 of Mercedes-Benz agricultural tractor OE Benz Sendling.
* 1923: first truck with diesel engine made by MAN, Benz and Daimler was tested.
* 1924: The introduction on the truck market of the diesel engine by commercial truck manufacturers in the IAA. Fairbanks-Morse starts building diesel engines.
* 1927: First truck injection pump and injection nozzles of Bosch. First passenger car prototype of Stoewer.
* 1930s: Caterpillar starts building diesels for their tractors.
* 1932: Introduction of strongest Diesel truck of the world by MAN with 160 hp (120 kW).
* 1933: of first passenger cars with diesel engine (Citroën Rosalie), Citroën uses an engine of the English Diesel pioneer sir Harry Ricardo . The car does not go into production due to legal restrictions in the use of Diesel engines.
* 1934: First turbo Diesel engine for railway train by Maybach.
* 1934–35: Junkers Motorenwerke in Germany starts production of the Jumo aviation diesel engine family, the most famous of these being the Jumo 205, of which over 900 examples are produced by the outbreak of World War II.
Rudolf Diesel's 1893 patent on his engine design
* 1936: Mercedes-Benz builds the 260D diesel car. AT&SF inaugurates the diesel train Super Chief. Airship Hindenburg is powered by diesel engines. First series manufactured passenger cars with diesel engine (Mercedes-Benz 260 D, Hanomag and Saurer). Daimler Benz airship diesel engine 602LOF6 for airship the LZ129 Hindenburg.
* 1937: BMW 114 (aircraft engine)|BMW 114 experimental airplane diesel engine development.
* 1938: First turbo Diesel engine of Saurer.
* 1944: Development of Air cooling for diesel engines by Klöckner Humboldt Deutz AG (KHD) for the production stage and later also for Magirus Deutz.
* 1953: Turbo Diesel truck for Mercedes in small series.
* 1954: Turbo-Diesel truck in mass production of Volvo. First diesel engine with an overhead cam shaft of Daimler Benz.
* 1968: Peugeot introduces the 204, the first small cars with a transversally mounted diesel engine and front-wheel drive.
* 1973: DAF produces an air-cooled diesel engine.
* 1976 February: Testing of a diesel engine of Volkswagen for the passenger car Volkswagen Golf. The Common Rail injection system was developed by the ETH Zurich from 1976 to 1992.
* 1977: The production of the first passenger car turbo-Diesels (Mercedes 300 SD).
* 1983: Grasshopper Mowers introduces the first zero-turn lawn mower powered by a diesel engine.
* 1985: ATI Intercooler diesel engine from DAF. First Common Rail system with the IFA truck type W50.
* 1986: Electronic Diesel Control (EDC) of Bosch with the BMW 524tD.
* 1987: Most powerful production truck with a 460 hp (340 kW) MAN diesel engine.
* 1988: First turbochargers with direct injection in the diesel engine from Fiat.
* 1991: European emission standards euro 1 met with the truck diesel engine of Scania.
* 1993: Pump nozzle injection introduced in Volvo truck engines.
* 1994: Unit injector system by Bosch for diesel engines.
* 1997: First common rail in passenger car, Alfa Romeo 156.
* 1998: BMW makes history by winning the 24 Hour Nuerburgring race with the 320d, powered by a two-liter, four-cylinder diesel engine. The combination of high-performance with better fuel efficiency allows the team to make fewer pit stops during the long endurance race.
* 1999: euro 3 of Scania and first Common Rail truck diesel engine of Renault.
* 2004: In Western Europe, the ratio of passenger cars with diesel engine exceeds 50%. Selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system in Mercedes, Euro 4 with EGR system and particle filters of MAN. Piezoelectric injector technology by Bosch.
* 2006: AUDI R10 TDI wins 12 hours running in Sebring and defeats all other engine concepts. Euro 5 for all Iveco trucks.
* 2008: Subaru introduces the first horizontally-opposed diesel engine to be fitted to a passenger car. This is a Euro 5 compliant engine with an EGR system.
* 2009: Volvo claims the worlds strongest truck with their FH16 700. An inline 6 cylinder, 16 litre 700 hp (522 kW) diesel engine producing 3,150 N·m (2,320 lb·ft) of torque and fully complying with Euro 5 emission standards.
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Project titled Impossible objects refers to the complicated relationship between modernism and politics, in the context of the Polish state, newly revived after 1918. The inspiration was the design for the canopy over the entrance to Józef Piłsudski’s tomb, proposed by a prominent architect of the time, chief monument conservator of the Wawel Castle, Adolf Szyszko-Bohusz. The realized version displays forms of classical order combined with the crowning plate devoid of any historical references. It is an example of a literal, stylistic absorption of modernism in one object: rich in symbolism, albeit modest in dimensions.
The canopy illustrates the contradictions inherent in the emergence of a new national identity, torn between its desire for modernity and its rootedness in traditions and myths of the non-existent state. Where does the foundation of Polish identity lie? Perhaps this ambivalent relationship with modernism could provide us with a key to the contemporary self-identification of the Poles? The gesture of recreating a 1:1 scale replica of the pavilion evokes the complexity of the work’s contexts. Architectural frame created by the canopy over the entrance to the vault emphasizes the Marshal’s status as re-unifier the partitioned state. Replica of the canopy (289 x 534 x 403 cm) will be placed in the interior, centrally under the skylight. Jakub Woynarowski’s artistic intervention consists in the visual separation of the plate from the lower parts. In the original design, a plate inscribed Corpora dormiunt, vigilant animae seems to levitate in the air, as if defying gravity. The place where capitals of the columns should touch the surface of the plate forms a significant „gap” between the two aesthetic orders. This gesture of physical separation reinforces the impression that we are dealing with a hallucinatory, impossible object. The canopy will be complemented with large diagrams, which shall provide visual explanation of the object. On the wall to the left of the entrance, a diagram will show the origins of the individual elements of the canopy. Opposite the entrance, we will see another visualization relating to the Wawel Castle. On the right, a graphic display will recreate Szyszko-Bohusz’s design for the plaque near the entrance to the crypt. In addition, other unrealized versions of the canopy design will be displayed, in a much smaller scale, in the form of drawings and architectural models – revealing the way, which led Szyszko-Bohusz to the final version of his concept. The exhibition’s completion will be the plate superimposed over the pavilion’s door – resembling an entrance to a tomb – akin to the one leading to the actual crypt.
Note: this photo was published in a Jan 23, 2013 blog titled "Mulheres reciclam mais do que homens, diz estudo." It was also published in an Apr 11, 2013 blog titled "De-cluttering."
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After dozens of trips to Rome during a period of nearly 40 years, I have photographed just about every imaginable scene at such popular tourist spots as the Spanish Steps, Piazza del Popolo, Castel Sant'Angelo, St. Peters, and the Coliseum. But there are lots of other things to see in the Eternal City, including lots of places that I have not yet photographed.
One such spot is Campo dei Fiori, a rectangular piazza located not too far away from Piazza Navona (photos of which you can see in this Flickr set). "Campo dei Fiori" apparently means "field of flowers" in Italian, and the name was given during the Middle Ages, when today's piazza was a simple meadow.
Indeed, that simple fact illustrates one of the most amazing aspects of an ancient city like Rome: you look at what exists today as a simple plaza, surrounded by colorful but ordinary Italian buildings with cafes and coffee-shops on the ground floor ... and you just naturally assume that it's always been like this, all the way back to the day when Rome was founded. But it turns out that in ancient Rome, the area that's now Campo dei Fiori was unused space between Pompey's theater and the flood-prone Tiber River. Until the 15th century, the square remained undeveloped, though the first church in the vicinity (Santa Brigida a Campo dei Fiori, in case you're curious) was built during the pontificate of Boniface IX (1389-1404); in addition, the area was paved in 1456 by Ludovico Cardinal Trevisani, under Pope Callixtus III.
Throughout much of the Middle Ages, Campo dei Fiori was a focus for commercial and street culture. The surrounding streets are named for various trades -- e.g., Via dei Balestrari (crossbow-makers), Via dei Baullari (coffee-makers), Via dei Cappellari (hat-makers), Via dei Chiavari (key-makers), and Via dei Giubbonari (tailors). Eventually the square became a necessary corridor for important people passing between the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano and the Vatican, which brought a flourishing horse market twice a week, several inns, hotels, and shops.
Somewhat more dramatically, executions were held publicly in Campo dei Fiori during the Middle Ages. And in particular, the philosopher Giordana Bruno was burnt alive by the Roman Inquisition on February 17, 1600, because his ideas (which included heliocentrism) were considered dangerous, and all of his work was placed on the Index of Forbidden Books by the Holy Office. In 1887, Ettore Ferrari dedicated a monument to Signor Bruno on the exact spot of his death; you'll see that monument among the photos in this Flickr set, and Bruno stands defiantly facing the Vatican, where his statue marked his stature as a martyr to freedom of speech. (For what it's worth, the theologian and scientist Marco Antonio de Dominis was also burned at the stake in this square, in 1624.)
Life has grown somewhat more peaceful in the past century or so; since 1869, there has been a vegetable and fish market in Campo dei Fiori every morning. I am told that the inscription on the fountain in the middle of the square ("fa del ben e lassa dire") means "Do well and let them talk," and it seems to fit the mood of the place as tourists, visitors, residents, shoppers, and shop-vendors gossip and chat amongst themselves. At night, Campo dei Fiori is a popular meeting place for teenagers and young men and women, both Italian and foreign.
I must confess that I knew nothing about these details when I decided to visit the piazza; all I knew was that it had a thriving farmer's market, and that it was considered colorful and scenic. I should have come in the morning, when the shopping was at its height and there was more food in the various stalls and carts; instead, I arrived in the early afternoon, and had only an hour or two to wander around and photograph the scene, before the shop-keepers began to wrap things up, put things away, and close down for the afternoon.
As usual, I took hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of photos; and as usual, I deleted the vast majority of them. But I hope that the 50 "keepers" that survived will give you a sense of what this delightful little corner of Rome is like; perhaps you'll have a chance to visit it too.
Meanwhile, I'll look for yet another out-of-the-way corner to visit on my next trip to Rome...
Merchant Navy Class 35016 (ELDERS FYFFES) awaiting departure from Waterloo (Photo From My Collection)
Paramore brings their Self-Titled tour to Dallas, growing up a little in the process. The band brought along the fantastic Metric for the ride.
If you like these photos, please check out my review over on Antiquiet: www.antiquiet.com/shows/2013/10/live-shots-paramore-grows....
If pictures are worth a thousand words, then what are words supposed to be worth?
This is partly so i would remember it, and partly so i could get it out of my head. That seems a little contradictory, i suppose.
90/365
Today's Random Fact: i would much rather be angry than sad. That's not to say i like being angry with people. I just prefer it to that dull fucking ache that happens when they, like, crush your heart. Luckily for me, in most cases the idea that someone would do something that would make me so sad totally pisses me off. Instant sadness cure. Cue the rage. Stupid fuckers.
NOTE: In my haste to take this last night before i was too paralyzed with emotion to get out of bed, i accidentally erased all the shots on my camera. This means Friday's shot is gone. Forever. Meaning, i guess i missed another day. Wow. I'm a real winner.
Eighty-four page folio book, 18x12", titled Drawings. The book is an album of drawings by American illustrator Charles Dana Gibson (9/14/1867 - 12/23/1944), best known as the creator of the stylish Gibson Girl. The book was initially published in 1894 by R.H. Russell and Son, though this edition was released in 1898. It is bound in tan hardcover. The front features black text and a sketch of a woman holding a hat, the back features a woman wearing a crown and words written in pencil by a previous owner of the book. The binding is fraying and should be handled delicately.
Donated by Mary A. (Allie) Kubler, wife of the late Edward G.A Kubler (Cornelius Bushnell's Great grandson and active member of MHS in the 1970s)
ACC# 2021.054.025
For additional artwork at the museum see flic.kr/s/aHsm7AFocg
(Photo credit Bob Gundersen www.flickr.com/photos/bobphoto51/albums)
Rockwell Kent' s 1915 painting titled "House of Dread". On display at the Plattsburgh State Art Museum. The ghostly white house is the Kent Cottage at Brigus, Newfoundland. The grieving figures are Rockwell and his wife. She with the Munch-like orange hair, he faltering on a patch of cadmium yellow. Looming beneath and beyond the house is the vast ultramarine sea interpreted as a silent, all consuming graveyard. From Kent's journal: "Upon this bleak and lofty cliff's edge, land's end, stands a house; against it's corner and facing seaward leans a man, naked even as the land, and sea and house; his head is bowed as though in utter dejection; and from a window leans a weeping woman. It is our cliff, our sea, our house stripped bear and stark, it's loneliness intensified. It is ourselves in Newfoundland, our hidden and prevailing misery revealed".
To understand his angst, consider this. This young and aspiring artist moved his young family from NY City to remote Brigus Newfoundland, to paint the stark landscape and hopefully establish an art school. Soon thereafter, World War I would erupt. Due to his pro-Germain and anti-war beliefs, he was looked upon by the locals as a German spy and this would lead to his deportation in 1915.
Today's airbrushed style pinup photo features Crystal in this Boeing B-29 Superfortress pinup titled 'Tail Wind'. It's hard to think of World War 2 aircraft without envisioning the classic pinup Nose Art from the time. Pilots and crew would adorn the nose, engines, and something even waist or tail of their aircraft with rather colorful artwork giving the aircraft not only a name, but a personality. Accompanying catchy slogans, ironic phrases, or names of loved ones back home the Nose Art was often completed with a pinup girl. The Nose Art pinup girl found herself in all sorts of situations, and most of the time she would be devoid of clothing or be in the process of losing said clothing due to some unfortunate event. The pinups would often be direct copies of pinup girls produced by the pinup artists of the time... George Petty, Vargas, Al Moran, Gil Elvgren, and more. In fact, there were many instances where the pinup artists would be contacted by a crew member and a special pinup sent their way with the blessing of the artist. Pinups would be painted by talented artists within the aircraft group with whatever paints were available at the base or for purchase in England; one person often doing many of the Nose Art works for many planes. The Nose Art pinup girls were given a blind eye by higher command, as it helped to boost morale among the crews whose average life expectancy during the start of the war was about 13 missions.
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Ciana Aspell, Incidium Marketing and Ellie Redmond, Movie Junction at the March Network Cork meeting titled The 'Power of Positive Thinking' with Dr. Maureen Gaffney in the Cork International Airport Hotel.
Pic Darragh Kane
Throughout the hospital complex on the southside of Ellis Island, the artist JR is exhibiting a series of work titled "Unframed - Ellis Island". This mural is a part of that exhibit. Shot on Ilford XP2 Super 400 with a Canon A1.
The Spire of Dublin, alternatively titled the Monument of Light (Irish: An Túr Solais),[2] is a large, stainless steel, pin-like monument 120 metres in height, located on the site of the former Nelson's Pillar and statue of William Blakeney on O'Connell Street in Dublin, Ireland.
Dublin (/ˈdʌblɪn/; Irish: Baile Átha Cliath,[12] pronounced [ˈbˠalʲə aːhə ˈclʲiə] or [ˌbʲlʲaː ˈclʲiə]) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. Situated on a bay on the east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster and the Eastern and Midland Region. It is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 census, it had an urban area population of 1,173,179, while the population of the traditional County Dublin as a whole was 1,347,359. The population of the Greater Dublin Area was 1,904,806.
There is archaeological debate regarding precisely where and when Dublin originated, with a settlement established by the Gaels during or before the 7th century CE, and a second, Viking, settlement, following. As the small Kingdom of Dublin, the city grew, and it became Ireland's principal settlement after the 12th century Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland.[17] The city expanded rapidly from the 17th century and was briefly the second largest city in the British Empire and the sixth largest in Western Europe after the Acts of Union in 1800. Following independence in 1922, Dublin became the capital of the Irish Free State, later renamed Ireland in 1937.
Dublin is a contemporary and historical centre for Irish education, arts and culture, administration and industry. As of 2018 the city was listed by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) as a global city, with a ranking of "Alpha minus", which places it as one of the top thirty cities in the world.
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For one reason or another, the photograph above brings to mind a documentary film by Elegance Bratton titled Pier Kids: The Life.
This documentary is "attempting to provide visibility to the plights and struggles of the LGBT youth of color who gather in these public spaces, particularly in wake of rapid gentrification and privatization of the surrounding area. " More from The Huffington Post:
According to a report released last year, 40 perfect of homeless youth are LGBT.
The attempt to force young, often homeless queer people of color out of these spaces has become an issue taken up by advocacy organizations such as FIERCE, who developed the "Save Spaces Saves Lives" campaign in an effort to preserve the Christopher Street Pier area as a public safe space for LGBT youth. Bratton's film attempts to generate a dialogue about what could be done to fix the reality that the streets are often safer spaces than homeless shelters for queer youth, and evidence problems surrounding the lack of access to healthcare for these individuals, particularly those suffering from HIV/AIDS.
"This film is about the value of public space, especially for those who, because of economic circumstances, have no choice but to be outside," Bratton, a "Pier Kid" himself, says in the above video. "Pier Kids love, learn and live on the street."
Bratton is attempting via KickStarter to raise $30,000 for completion of this documentary. Those wishing to aide him, even with as much as a $1, should visit the page and contribute. This is a film documentary deserving to seen by an audience.
Titled lifted from "Uprising" by Muse because I was listening to Muse's "The Resistance" album while editing this.
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