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Active Assignment Weekly: In Need of Restoration
A view inside the old Laurel Art Center on Main Street in Laurel, MD. I got up close to the plate glass window and cupped a hand around the lens to minimize reflections. Tweaked the levels in post to emphasize the shadows a touch.
Main Street is always interesting because even though some of it is always in decay, other parts are continuously being renewed. The Laurel Art Center was the best place to get art supplies for many years.
28mm SMC Takumar @ f/4
Bear is a purebred “Chow Hound”! We looked after him for just over two weeks while his owners were on holiday. He can be quite charming but is very insistent. When “sad eyes” don’t work he resorts to jumping in place. By the end of his visit Bear learned that we won’t feed him at the table but he remains hopeful nonetheless.
by Yonezo Kobayashi (active late 1800s), included in Shashin Tori Kagami (Mirror of Birds in Naturalistic Representation) – Japanese picture book published in 1880
Officers from the RMAF have formed a Su-30MKM Project Team which is based in Moscow; the team has actively participated in the integration of all the avionics systems.
According to the contracts in place the “Irkut” Corporation will deliver to the RMAF the bulk of the fighter aircraft in 2007 with the balance to be delivered in 2008.
Oleg Demchenko, the President of the Corporation, points out “The Su-30MKI and Su-30MKM projects are proof that our products meet the customer’s most demanding requirements. The Air Forces of Malaysia, India and other countries have already decided in the favor of this type aircraft.”
According to Victor Komardin, Deputy Director General of FSUE “Rosoboronexport”, “now it is mandatory to introduce new forms and methods of the mutually beneficial cooperation. Our agency currently expands the nomenclature of the Russian export while paying a special attention to the offset programs’ implementation, joint ventures’ setup and technology transfer. Accordingly, the offset clause of the Contract with Malaysia envisages the on-site setup of the Service center for the Russian-made aircraft as well as the assistance in promoting the Malaysian national space program. In autumn 2007 the first Malaysian cosmonaut is due to visit the International Space Station as a member of the 16th space crew".
A walk around Brookvale Park on Christmas Day. This was just after 12pm. Following the walk around Witton Lakes Park.
Brookvale Park is located in the Stockland Green Ward of Erdington Constituency in England. The park surrounds Brookvale Park Lake. Within the park there is a bowling green, tennis courts, a children's play area and sailing club. Many local residents and groups take an active interest in the park and the lake.
In 1826 a waterworks company formed to supply water to the inhabitants of Birmingham and on 20 July 1856 the waterworks company acquired the Brookvale site from Wyrley Birch for £3,600. The site was then known as Lower Witton Reservoir.
Birmingham Corporation brought the waterworks company in 1876.
In 1894 Erdington became an Urban District Council and nine years later the Urban District Council purchased Rookery House as council offices and the land of the site soon became Erdington's first park.
On 7 October 1909 Brookvale Park and officially opened and until 1926, Brookvale Park Lake was used as an open-air swimming pool operated by the Birmingham Baths Committee. The lakes and surrounding parkland are now maintained as a leisure amenity by Birmingham City Council.
Brookvale Park Lake
Going clockwise around the paths, it was quite bright with the sunlight from the path near George Road.
Also a lot of trees in the way on this side.
Walking on the lava flow. Much of which is obsidian.
Newberry National Volcanic Monument was designated on November 5, 1990 to protect the area around the Newberry Volcano in the United States. It was created within the boundaries of the Deschutes National Forest and is managed by the U.S. Forest Service. It includes 50,000 acres (20,000 ha) of lakes, lava flows, and spectacular geologic features in central Oregon. These photos are taken from the summit Paulina Peak 7,985 ft, (2,434 m). Just below us are East Lake and Paulina Lake and The Big Obsidian Flow, created 1,300 years ago, covers 700 acres. It is hard to fathom as you drive through the summit area that you are within a 17 square mile caldera at the summit of a 500 square mile volcano, a volcano that remains very active to this day. Newberry is both seismically and geothermally active. Geologists believe the caldera sits over a shallow magma body only 2 to 5 kilometers deep. Visitors see numerous cinder cones (over 400 throughout the area), miles of basalt flows, as well as rhyolite flows of obsidian.
So here is my Savers find Sindy, which I found has an Active Body with an extra piece in her torso to pose better. It results in cute looking stomach rolls on her so i like it haha.
The annoying thing is though, I’ve found *nothing* on how to replace her hands online and I’m kind of worried since she’s pretty much mint otherwise, and is one of the better looking vintage dolls I’ve restored.
I’ll eventually get around to photographing all of my british made dolls when I get my other Sindy from home.
Sampson has been our buddy since 2004. In the winter of 2008, he suffered a severe perineal hernia that required a $2000 surgery to repair it. At the time of the surgery, we were told that due to the severity of the hernia that it was likely to reoccur. As predicted, it has reoccurred and he desperately needs more surgery before 2012. Other than the hernia, he is a happy, healthy and active dog who should live to his mid to late teens. Therefore, I cannot in good conscience end his life prematurely. I have also contacted a Corgi rescue in hopes that he could be adopted to a family that is more financially able to care for him. However, since my husband and I can't have children, giving him up for adoption because of health issues seems as ridiculous to us as giving up our 9 year old child for adoption because we can't keep up with the medical expenses. We work in the service industry, living paycheck to paycheck and our credit is not good enough to get a care credit card that would allow us to make payments. To help us pay for Sampson's surgery, we have set up a ChipIn donation site to raise funds for Sampson's surgery. So please consider donating whatever small amount you can to help keep Sampson with the family that loves him. If you can't make a donation, please pass this info along to friends who may be able to help. Sampson, his Corgi buddies Shiloh & Rusty and his human family thank you! Click on the link below to go to Sampson's ChipIn.com page to make your donation. THANK YOU!!
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11.11.11 Update: A big thank you to all you wonderful flickr friends! We've received several generous donations from flickr members pushing us over the 13% mark of our goal. Since I've been promoting Sampson's photos, I've found several of them used on websites & blogs. I hold a creative commons license because I'm not a professional photographer and if people like my photos and want to use them, I don't want them to be limited by an exorbitant fee. However, I have a pup in trouble and he needs your help, so, if you like my Corgi photos or save them as favorites, please donate $1; if you use any of my Corgi or animal photos on your website or blog, please donate $5 to: corgisampson.chipin.com/sampson-the-corgis-hernia-surgery...
It's a small price to pay compared to a pro's fee, and it helps a much loved dog in need. Again, we appreciate all efforts & donations, and Sampson & the Corgi Clan thank you!
In recent decades, developments in software and hardware technologies have created dramatic shifts in design, manufacturing and research. Software technologies have facilitated automated process and new solutions for complex problems. Computation has also become a platform for creativity through generative art and design. New hardware platforms and digital fabrication technologies have similarly transformed manufacturing, offering more efficient production and mass customization. Such advances have helped catalyzed the maker-movement, democratizing design and maker culture. This influx of new capabilities to design, compute and fabricate like never before, has sparked a renewed interest in material performance.
We are now witnessing significant advances in active matter, 3D/4D Printing, materials science, synthetic biology, DNA nanotechnology and soft robotics, which have led to the convergence of software, hardware and material technologies and the growing field of programmable materials.
This conference was about the emerging field of active matter and programmable materials that bridges the worlds of art, science, engineering and design, demonstrating new perspectives for computation, transformation and dynamic material applications.
If over the past few decades we have experienced a software revolution, and more recently, a hardware revolution, this conference aims to discuss the premises, challenges and innovations brought by today’s materials revolution. We can now sense, compute, and actuate with materials alone, just as we could with software and hardware platforms previously. How does this shift influence materials research, and how does it shape the future of design, arts, and industrial applications? What tools and design processes do we need to advance, augment and invent new materials today? What are the key roles that industry, government, academic and public institutions can play in catalyzing the field of programmable materials?
This two-day conference consisted of a range of talks and lively discussion from leading researchers in materials science, art & design, synthetic biology and soft-robotics along with leaders from government, public institutions and industry.
Learn more at activemattersummit.com
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Special Olympics Tasmania athletes were delighted to take part in the Active Launceston Expo on February 2009.
Athletes invited expo attendees to “come and try” sporting activitiesgiving people a first hand opportunity to see what those with intellectual disabilities regularly achieve in the sporting arena.
Hawthorn Football Club players were amongst those testing their skills under the direction of the Special Olympics athletes & volunteers.
The Big Hoot Owls in aid of Birmingham Children’s Hospital.
Owl Number 57. Active Owl
Artist: Craig Earp
Funded by: Birmingham Wellbeing Service
Location: Victoria Square
I decided to take a look into how Active D-Lighting Works by doing a little reverse engineering. I read the color curves directly out the NX2 processing engine, decoded them, and did a mathematical comparison with a baseline set of curves . . . This graph shows the deltas from the baseline represented by the dotted red line. The actual process is more complex than this simple illustration. This is just a snapshot of the extent of the Luminance (L*) transforms. To do it right you have to walk through all 1024 color curves one at a time during the demosaicing process. Discussion
Active D-Lighting tends to increase the color intensity (higher chroma) more than it reduces the intensity. These curves represent "Bias Factors" that are applied to the image when you turn on any level of Active D-Lighting. These "Bias Factors" are applied during the demosaicing process.
The High - Normal - Low settings are applied via a 3 different scale factors that are applied with the gamma curve. They are quite extreme on the shadows and fade off to almost nothing for the highlights.
An active shooter exercise was held on May 28 at the Camp Zama Community Activity Center. All buildings on the Camp Zama and Sagamihara Family Housing Area installations, gates and facilities were closed as part of the exercise. (U.S. Army photos by Yuichi Imada)
Active Assignment Weekly: April 18 - April 25: Pour Me a Drank!
(No it's not a typo...read it with a "ghetto" twang ;-)
The assignment is to take a photo of a drink. Alcoholic, non-alcoholic, hot, cold, shaken, or stirred, just make it pretty! I have had a few submissions lately that have really given me a love for this type of photography, and I hope to spread that love!
Restriction: Keep it simple, with no distracting elements that don't tie in with your drink. This means NO human element (not even a hand!)
Dare: Make it ad worthy!
WIT: This is the end of the second batch of home brew... White muslin backdrop, natural light to the right, slave front and left, second slave overhead to light the backdrop (f/2.8, 1/60 sec, ISO 100). CS4 adjustments to blur the non-ironed muslin, curves for contrast, noise reduction, sharpened, resized. DRANK THE SUBJECT.
Marichyasana A:
- foot active
- square hips
- square shoulders (if possible)
- try to get the shoulder past the knee
- binding is not important but can be helped
- straight back (can use leg)