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Finally finished the landing gear. Very happy with how it turned out... and still amazed that it DID turn out, in any kind of functional form. Now, onto the wings...
Crazy hours this week to bring things to a close. Moving trucks arrive at 8:30am tomorrow. The shower is not complete yet. We have to wait for the tempered glass to come, so one more wave in the bath. We rigged up a temporary shower curtain for the time being. Photo, Headur.
My wife and I have completed our move to Vermont, and I am now employed at the Vermont Country Store.
This is a photo of the store in Weston, Vermont.
More Vermont photos to come as we get settled in, and of course waterfalls as we visit them.
We completely gutted our bathroom and started from scratch. I love the way the Thomas Paul elephant shower curtain looks like he's drinking from the toilet... Progression pictures from start to finish.
Bok Tower Gardens (also known as Bok Mountain Lake Sanctuary and Singing Tower) is a contemplative garden, and bird sanctuary located north of Lake Wales, Florida, United States. It consists of a 250-acre (100 ha) garden, the 205-foot (62 m) tall Singing Tower with its carillon bells, Pine Ridge Trail, Pinewood Estate, and a visitor center. The tower is built upon Iron Mountain, one of the highest points of peninsular Florida, estimated to be 295 feet (90 m) above sea level. It is a National Historic Landmark that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, nationally significant for its association with Edward W. Bok and its designers.
Bok Tower Gardens is open daily and an admission fee is charged.
The gardens began in 1921 when a Dutch immigrant, Edward W. Bok, editor of the popular women's magazine Ladies Home Journal and his wife, Mary Louise Curtis Bok, who would found the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia in 1924, were spending the winter beside Florida's Lake Wales Ridge and decided to create a bird sanctuary on its highest hill, 295 feet (90 meters) above sea level.
Bok commissioned noted landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. to transform what then was an arid sandhill into "a spot of beauty second to none in the country". The first year was spent digging trenches and laying pipes for irrigation, after which soil was brought to the site by thousands of truck loads and plantings began. The Olmsted plan included the planting of 1,000 large live oaks, 10,000 azaleas, 100 sabal palms, 300 magnolias, and 500 gordonias, as well as hundreds of fruit shrubs such as blueberry and holly.
Attempts were made to introduce flamingos to the sanctuary several times, which is why early renderings of the tower show flamingos at the reflection pool rather than swans. These early efforts were unsuccessful, however, as the flamingos were not native to central Florida and could not survive the winters that were cooler than those of southern Florida, where they may be found.
Under construction for over five years, Bok Tower Gardens was dedicated by President Calvin Coolidge on February 1, 1929. Edward Bok died on January 9, 1930 and was interred at the base of the tower.
Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. designed the meandering gardens of Bok Tower Gardens to feature acres of ferns, palms, oaks, pines, and wetland plants. The plantings also include camellias, tree ferns, creeping fig, yaupon and dahoon holly, Asiatic jasmine, Justicia, crinum and spider lily, monstera, wax myrtle, date and sabal palm, papyrus, philodendron, blue plumbago, and horsetail rush. The site is a refuge for more than a hundred bird species. Wild turkey and groups of sandhill cranes are also often seen wandering the grounds.
The Singing Tower is the centerpiece of the gardens. The tower was built at the highest elevation of the site, south of a reflection pool that allows the water to reflect its full image. A 60-bell carillon (cast by Taylor set within the 205-foot (62 m) tall, Gothic Revival and Art Deco tower that was designed by architect Milton B. Medary. Construction on the tower began in 1927 and was completed for the dedication of the gardens in 1929, when it was dedicated by President Calvin Coolidge. The tower is 51 feet (16 m) square at its base, changing form at 150 feet (46 m) high to an octagon with 37 feet (11 m) sides that include sculptures designed by Lee Lawrie. The tower is surrounded by a 15-foot (4.6 m) moat that serves as a koi pond. It is built of pink Etowah marble and gray Creole marble, mined in Tate, Georgia, and coquina stone from St. Augustine, Florida.
Although the tower's interior is not open to the public, it contains the Anton Brees Carillon Library, said to be the largest carillon library in the world. It also is home to the Chao Research Center Archives, which keeps various institutional records related to Bok Tower.
Inside the bell chamber is a playing room that houses a clavier, or keyboard, that is used for playing the carillon bells. Recitals are given daily from the 60-bell carillon set.
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The French naturalist and physician Pierre Belon (1517-1565) was born in Soultière and is best known for his texts, works of a self-taught naturalist, than for his services as secret agent to cardinals du Bellay and of Tournon. He worked first as an apothecary and later as an agronomist. He studied Medicine in Wittenberg with Valerius Cordus in 1540-1541 and in Italy in 1551. At that time, helped by the political situation, he completed his studies in physic at the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des Prés, from where he graduated "cum laude" in 1560, although he was never awarded the title of doctor.
Belon owed his career mainly to his political patrons. From 1542 onwards he was in the service of the Cardinal of Tournon and took part in various diplomatic legations. Entrusted with missions to the court of Charles V and to Germany, he later followed his teacher Valerius Cordus to Rome, collecting flora also from the gardens of Venice, Padua, Milan and the lakes of Northern Italy.
Again in the service of the Cardinal de Tournon, now minister to the king, Belon frequented the court and the palace of Saint Germain en Laye, admiring the monarch’s collection, which included curious specimens from all over the then known world, such as lions, panthers, ostriches, timber from Brazil and rare plants. It was then that Belon decided to translate Dioscurides and Theophrastus, collating ancient and modern plant names in his work. In 1546, at the age of just thirty, he joined Ambassador d’Aramon’s diplomatic mission to the East, a move that was to determine the rest of his life and work.
D’Aramon left Paris secretly in December 1546, with a numerous embassy, including for the first time a team of scientists. After crossing France and Switzerland, they arrived in Venice, from where they sailed away in three galleys, in February 1547. Coasting the Adriatic, the party arrived in Ragusa, from where the ambassador took the land route to Constantinople, via the southern Balkan Peninsula. Belon and Bénigne de Villers, an apothecary from Dijon, chose the maritime route through the Ionian Sea.
At Paxi, while Belon was collecting flora, his companion was kidnapped by pirates. In the spring of 1547, Belon arrived on Crete. He stayed in the house of Callergis, who provided him with guides to Mount Ida, Rethymnon and the mountains of Sphacia. The French naturalist observed the flora and fauna of the island, was tricked by the false labyrinth, watched how labdanum was collected, wandered about, collected and tried specimens, and asked questions on everything he was looking for or came upon.
Belon left Crete for Constantinople on a Venetian felucca. While sailing by Cea, the ship was attacked by pirates, but finally, by way of southern Euboea, it reached the Bosporus coast, probably in late spring. Together with Pierre Gilles, also attaché to the French embassy, Belon explored the maze of bazaars and alleys of the Ottoman capital. He became friends with a wise Turk who knew Arabic, with the help of whom and of the Avicenna Canon, which gave the names of the medicinal flora, he compiled a glossary of plants in Turkish. With this in hand, Belon explored the bazaars, in order to get to know all the edible and medicinal plants bought and sold in Turkey.
Such products were among the most important imports in the trade with the East, which was till in the hands of Venetian middlemen. Thus, Belon’s researches were to be of great help to France, mercantile rival of Venice.
Famous among the curative products of the time was “Lemnian earth” ("terra lemnia" or terra "sigillata"), the medicinal clay of Lemnos, which all European ambassadors sought to bring to their masters as a precious gift. Belon decided to visit the place of extraction of this mineral. Carrying his letters of recommendation, he embarked on a brigantine and sailed to Lemnos. Due to windless weather, the ship was again in peril from pirates and sought refuge in a harbour of Imbros, where it stayed for two days. Finally, the party reached Lemnos by rowing. In spite of Belon’s fervent wish to see the extraction of "terra lemnia", this was not possible as is it takes place only once a year, on 6 August, the feast of the Transfiguration of the Saviour. Nonetheless, Belon explored Lemnos in depth and studied its flora and fauna. He offered medical services to local patients, was housed by the island’s authorities, and finally managed to arrive in the area of the "terra lemnia" deposits, escorted by a janissary. From Lemnos, Belon reached Thasos, in the company of two monks, after a storm blew them off course near Skyros. Finally, he managed to sail by boat in four hours from Thasos to the coast of Mount Athos. He collected plants, fished, chased insects and birds and was only disappointed when he was unable to locate traces of Xerxes’ canal.
Within two days, Belon arrived in Thessaloniki. He was the first to visit and describe the metal mines of Siderocausia in the Chalcidice. He then took the route to the Strymon river, visited Serres and Drama, and toured the ruins of Philippi. He stayed in the "imaret" in Cavala and wrote on hospitality provided in similar "vakuf" ("waqf" – religious endowment) hostelries. He also passed through the lagoon of Porto Lagos, the city of Comotini, the alum mines at Sapes, and from Heraclea, Rhaidestos (Tekirdag) and Silivri in Eastern Thrace. There, he came across four thousand Ottoman troops bound for Persia, camped next to a caravanserai and moving about in exemplary discipline and quiet.
At the beginning of August 1547, Belon returned to Constantinople. In the company of Mr de Fumel and many other French noblemen, escorted by janissaries, subalterns ("çavuş") and dragomans (interpreters), they departed on the voyage to the East, starting from Egypt. Exiting the Dardanelles, Belon becomes the first European traveller to locate the ruins of Troy. He wrote on the edible plants of Lesbos, the mastic and the kindly women of Chios. Sailing by Samos, he speaks of the Greek sailor travelling with them, who was a native of that island. On visiting Patmos, he also mentions Saint John and the "Apocalypse", as well as the islands of Leros and Pserimos, Kos and Hippocrates. The ship finally dropped anchor in Rhodes. The city of the Knights, its market and port, local products and inhabitants unfold in Belon’s notes.
The company arrived in Alexandria at the end of August. They visited Cairo, Memphis, the Giza pyramids and reached the monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai. The Egyptian part of Belon’s journey is one of the first and most insightful approaches made by a European traveller to the exotic Arab Muslim world of the East. The Nile and its canals, the markets and the fauna of Africa, the womenfolk, curiosities of dress, mummies, the pyramids, the oases and the desert of Arabia, boats on the Red Sea, minerals and wild animals find their place for the first time in a dense text with unique style.
From Egypt, the company proceeded to Palestine, where they arrived ten days later, and the Holy Land becomes Belon’s new field of research. He lists rare animals, semiprecious stones, fish, birds, the uses of water, wells, and identifies trees, shrubs and native flora. He does this according to his favourite model, that is, the contrasting of modern information with ancient testimonies, without failing to record the uses and the varieties of each species. Thus, he made the pilgrimage to the Holy Land in his own way and was moved to tears in such hallowed places as Jerusalem, Galilee, Nazareth, Bethlehem and Jericho.
After touring Palestine, the travellers headed northwards. Walking across fields of sesame and cotton, they reached Damascus within five days. Belon makes a systematic classification of every remarkable thing he sees: the walls of Damascus, Syrian medicine and justice, caravanserais and pilgrims to Mecca, rare flora of the land, cedars, local methods of cultivation, the ruins of Baalbek, Aleppo (ancient Beroea), alleyways and coins, Antioch and the remains of early Christianity, Adana and the fields where Alexander the Great fought his battles, and every curiosity he came upon in the Middle East.
In central Asia Minor, Belon makes observations on the local dietary habits, especially of the Turks, and on the textiles, without neglecting plants, therapeutic springs, horses and a local species of goat. By way of Iconium (Konya) and Aksehir (he makes mention of Ankara), Belon reached Afyonkarahisar, where he stayed the rest of the winter of 1547 and until early spring of 1548. In that city he was able to write the third part of his chronicle, which speaks of the origin of the Turks, their public and private life, the institutions and administration of the Ottoman Empire, as well as the customs and religious beliefs of the Muslims.
Belon then visited to Kütahya, and toured Bursa. When he finally arrived in Constantinople, the French ambassador d’Aramon was preparing to follow Suleiman the Magnificent on his campaign against Persia. The military expedition left Ottoman capital in May 1548. The indefatigable Belon, together with Gilles and Thevet, came along as well, but this time the French naturalist only made it to Nicomedia. He returned to Constantinople and sailed to Venice at the beginning of 1549. In 1550 he left France again on a new diplomatic mission to England.
Belon became a protegé of the Montmorency family. He divided his time between botanical explorations in the provinces of France and Italy (from where he brought cypresses, plane trees and rhododendrons to his country), and his clerical duties, becoming more and more fervently opposed to the Reformation. In the last years of his life he became embroiled in the religious wars as a fanatic supporter of the Catholics. He was murdered mysteriously in the Bois de Boulogne of Paris, on an April night of 1565, while on his way to the Château de Madrid, where he had been offered a place to stay. The perpetrator was probably a fanatical Huguenot. Belon was just 48 years old.
From 1551, Belon had dedicated himself to writing and publishing his works, starting with his essay entitled "Histoire naturelle des étranges poissons marins", with his own illustrations. In 1553, he published another work on fish, "De aquatilibus", which was followed two years later by its French version, "De la nature & diversité des poissons". Again in 1553, the chronicle of his voyage circulated, which was republished in 1554 and in a revised and expanded version in 1555, together with "Histoire de la nature des oiseaux". In that same year, Belon published two studies on two different subjects, "De arboribus coniferis" and "De admirabile operum antiquorum".
Belon’s travel chronicle was reprinted in 1558, 1585, and 1588. The last edition was enriched with two engravings absent from the previous editions (Mount Sinai and Lemnos-Mount Athos). It was translated into Latin, English and German during the eighteenth century, and into Bulgarian in 1953. Extracts from this work (on Lemnos and Mount Athos) have on occasion been translated into Greek, and a publication of the chapters on Crete is currently in preparation.
Belon was a man of the sixteenth century, a pragmatist, barely sensitive to the enchantments of nature. He is a fine example of a humanist traveller-researcher, devoted as he is to the quest for truth, in his case almost exclusively in relation to matters of botany or zoology. He is the first model of a truly reliable informant, and his work was the basic manual for all travellers until Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, who visited the Aegean archipelago and the East in 1700-1702, and whose work, published in 1717, became the model for the description of the Greek islands.
Belon travelled in foreign lands with the passion of the humanist naturalist. He abandoned his books in order to don the habit of the wandering researcher, with a zeal for life and scientific knowledge
Written by Ioli Vingopoulou
Fransız asıllı doğa bilimci ve doktor Pierre Belon (1517-1565) Soultière'de doğar. Adı, Du Bellay ve Tournon Kardinalleri hesabına gizli ajan olarak verdiği hizmetlerden çok kendi kendini eğitmiş bir doğa bilimci olarak kaleme aldığı kitaplar sayesinde tarihte kalır. İlk başta eczacı daha sonra ise ziraatçı olan Belon, 1540-41 yıllarında Witteberg'de Valerius Cordus yanında ve daha sonra İtalya'da (1551) tıp öğrenimi görür. Dönemin siyasal durumundan yararlanarak Abbaye de Saint-Germain-des-Près manastırında tıp öğrenimini tamamlayıp 1560 yılında üstün başarıyla mezun olur, ancak profesör doktor ünvanını hiçbir zaman elde etmez.
Kariyerini özellikle siyasi destekleyicilerine borçlu olan Belon, 1542 yılından sonra Tournon Kardinali hizmetine atanıp birçok diplomatik sefere katılır. Başta Şarlken (V. Karl) sarayı olmak üzere Almanya'da çeşitli görevlerde bulunur. Hocası Valerius Cordus'u Roma seyahatinde izler ve Venedik bahçelerinde, Padova, Milano ve kuzey İtalya göllerinde bitki incelemeleri yapar. Dönüşünde yeniden, artık kraliyet bakanı olan Kardinal de Tournon'un hizmetine girer; bu görevdeyken sık sık kral sarayı ve Saint Germain en Laye sarayında bulunup hükümdarın o devrin bilinen dünyasından derlemiş olduğu görülmeğe değer (aslanlar, panterler, zürafa kuşları, Brezilya odunu, nadir bitkiler) koleksiyonlarını hayranlıkla seyreder. İşte tam bu sırada Belon Anavarzalı Dioskorides ve Teofrastos'un eserlerini çevirerek bu metinlere bitkilerin eski ve yeni adlarını içeren bir listeyi eklemeyi kafasına koyar. Henüz 30 yaşındayken, 1546 yılında, elçi D’Aramon'un Doğu'ya yaptığı diplomatik sefere katılır; bu yolculuk tüm yaşamını ve yazarlık uğraşını belirleyecektir.
Elçi D' Aramon 1546 yılının Aralık ayında yanına güçlü bir maiyet alarak gizli bir diplomatik sefere çıkar. Bu sefere ilk kez bilimadamlarından oluşan bir ekip de katılır. Fransa ve İsviçre'yi geçip Venedik'e varırlar, buradan üç kadırgayla 1547'nin Şubat ayında denize açılırlar. Ekip, Adriyatik kıyılarını geçerek Ragusa'ya gelir; buradan elçi D' Aramon güney Balkanlar kara yoluyla İstanbul'a doğru yol alırken Belon da Dijon'lu eczacı Bénigne de Villers ile birlikte deniz yolunu seçip İyon denizini geçer ve İstanbul'a doğru yönelir. Paksos adalarında bitki araştırması yaptığı sırada oraya gelen korsanlar yol arkadaşını kaçırırlar. 1547 yılının baharında Girit'e gelir ve Kallergis tarafından misafir edilir. Kallergis ona İda dağında, Rethimno (Resmo) ve Sfakia (İsfakiye) dağlarında gezebilmesi için rehberler sağlar. Fransız doğabilimci adanın flora ve faunasını gözlemler, sözde labirentle yanılgıya düşer, laden (labdanum) toplamasını izler, gezinir, toplar, dener, aradığı her eski şey rasladığı her yeni şey hakkında sorular sorar. Belon, Girit'ten bir Venedik filikasına binip İstanbul'a doğru yol alır, gemi Kea adasından geçerken korsanlarla bir maceraları olur, nihayet güney Evia'dan (Eğriboz) geçerek İstanbul Boğazı kıyılarına gelirler, zaman tahminen bahar sonudur. İstanbul'da Belon kendisi gibi Fransa elçiliğinde ataşe olan P. Gilles ile birlikte şehrin dolambaçlı çarşı ve sokaklarını keşfe çıkar. Arapça bilen bir Türk bilge ile arkadaşlık kurup onun yardımıyla, İbn-i Sina'nın şifa bitkilerinin adlarını belirten Tıp Kanunu'ndan yararlanarak, türkçe bir dizin hazırlar ve bununla pazar yerlerini gezip Türkiye'de satılıp alınan gıda ve şifa bitkilerini öğrenmeye çalışır. Bu tür ürünlerin ithalâtı o devirde Doğu ile ticaretin en önemli öğelerinden birini oluşturmaktaydı. Ne var ki şifa otu ticaretini hâlâ Venedikli aracılar halletmekteydi. Bu yüzden Belon'un araştırmaları Venedik'in rakibi Fransa için büyük önem taşımaktaydı.
Şifalı türler arasında tüm Avrupalı elçilerin hükümdarlarına değerli bir hediye olarak sunmak istedikleri ve bu nedenle daima önemle aradıkları bir tür de "tıyn-ı mahtûm" (Limni toprağı) ürünüydü. Belon bu toprak türünün çıkarılma eyleminde şahsen bulunmayı aklına koyar. Birkaç referans mektubu sağlayarak bir perkendeye biner ve Limnos'a (Limni) doğru yol alır. Denizin sakin oluşu yolcuları korsan saldırısına uğrama riskine sokar, bu yüzden Gökçeada'nın (İmroz) bir limanına çekilirler, orada iki gün bekledikten sonra kürek gücüyle Limnos'a varırlar. Belon'un büyük arzusuna karşın "tıyn-ı mahtûm"un çıkarılma eylemi Limnos'ta yılda sadece bir kez, 6 Ağustos Tecelli bayramında (İsa'nın metamorfozu) yapılmaktadır. Belon adada uzun uzun gezip flora ve faunayı inceler, yerli hastalara tıbbî hizmetlerde bulunur, yerel yöneticiler tarafından misafir edilir ve, nihayet, bir yeniçeri refakatinde "tıyn-ı mahtûm"un çıkarıldığı bölgeye gelmeyi başarır. Belon Limnos'tan ayrıldıktan sonra fırtınalar gemisini Skiros'a sürükler ancak daha sonra iki rahiple birlikte Thasos (Taşoz) adasına gelir. Oradan bir sandalla dört saat içinde Ayion Oros (Aynaroz) kıyılarına yanaşır. Burada bitki toplar, balık, böcek ve kuş avlar, Aynaroz dağı tepesinden Ege denizine bakar, mamafih Kserkses'ten iz bulamayınca düş kırıklığına uğrar. Buradan ayrıldıktan sonra iki gün içinde Selânik'e varır. Halkidiki'nin Siderokapsa (Seder Kapı) maden ocaklarını ziyaret edip betimleyen ilk kişidir. Daha sonra Struma nehrine doğru yönelir, Seres (Serez) ve Drama'dan geçer, antik kent Filippi'nin harabelerini gezer, Kavala'da İmarette kalıp bunun gibi vakıf misafirhanelerinin misafirperverliği hakkında yazar. Belon daha sonra Porto Lagos iç denizinden, Komotini'den (Gümülcine), Sapes'deki (Şapçı) şap madeni ocaklarından, Tekirdağ, Marmara Ereğlisi, Silivri'den geçip bunlardan seyahatnamesinde sözeder. Bu sırada İran seferine çıkan, örnek olabilecek bir düzen ve sessizlik içinde hareket eden ve bir kervansaray yakınlarında karargâh kurmuş olan 4.000 kişilik Osmanlı ordusu ile karşılaşır.
1547'nin Ağustos ayında, Belon, İstanbul'a döner ve bay De Fumel'den başka birçok Fransız soylu, yeniçeri, çavuş ve tercümandan meydana gelen kalabalık bir maiyetle Doğu gezisine çıkar. Amaçları ilk olarak Mısır'ı ziyaret etmektir. Belon Çanakkale Boğazı çıkışında Truva harabelerinin yerini tespit eden ilk Avrupalı gezgin olur. Midilli'den geçerken adanın yetiştirdiği ürünler, Sakız'dan geçerken adanın sakızı ve sevecen kadınları, Samos'ta yanlarına aldıkları adanın yerlisi yunanlı denizci, Patmos'da Yuhanna'nın Vahiy kitabı, Leros ve Pserimos adaları, Kos'ta (İstanköy) Hipokrat hakkında yazar; en sonunda Rodos'a demir atarlar. Belon'un seyahat notlarında buradaki şövalye kenti, çarşı ve liman, yerli ürünler ve adanın sakinlerinden sözedilir. Gezginler Ağustos sonunda İskenderiye'ye varırlar. Kahire ile Memfis'i ve Giza piramitlerini ziyaret edip Sina dağındaki Azize Katerina manastırına kadar gelirler. Belon'un seyahatnamesinin Mısır'la ilgili bölümünde bir Avrupalı gezgin tarafından Doğu'nun arap müslüman egzotik dünyasına karşı yöneltilen ilk ve en keskin bakışlardan birini bulmaktayız. Nil nehri ve kanallar, çarşılar, Afrika faunası, kadınlar ve kıyafet gariplikleri, mumyalar, piramitler, Arabistan çölü ve vahalar, Kızıldenizdeki kayıklar, mineraller ve vahşi hayvanlar; bunların tümü ilk kez olarak bir kitap içinde yoğun ve özel bir tarzda konum almaktadır.
Gezginler Mısır'dan Filistin'e doğru yayan olarak yola çıkarlar, on gün sonra oraya varırlar. Kutsallaşmış Yerler Belon için yeni bir araştırma alanı olur. Metninde nadir hayvan, yarı değerli taş, balık, kuş adları sayar, suyun kullanımları ve kuyular hakkında yazar, ağaçlar, fundalar ve yerel bitkilerin adlarını özdeşleştirir. Daima yaptığı gibi çağdaş bilgileri eski metinlerdeki verilerle kıyaslayıp her türün çeşitlerini ve kullanım biçimlerini de kaydeder. Belon Kutsal Yerlere kendi bildiği gibi ibadet eder; ancak tabii ki huşu içinde olan Kudüs, Celile, Nasıra, Beytüllahim ve Eriha gibi mekânlar onu heyecanlandırır.
Kutsal Yerlerde gezilerini tamamladıktan sonra kuzeye doğru yürürler. Susam ve pamuk tarlaları arasından geçip beş gün içinde Şam'a varırlar. Yazar burada da aynı düzenli biçimde Şam şehrinin surları, Suriye'de tıp, hukuk ve kervansaraylar, Mekke'ye giden hacılar, bölgenin nadir faunası, sedir ağaçları, tarım biçimleri, Baalbek harabeleri, Halep sokakları ve eski sikkeler, Antakya ve erken hristiyanlığın kalıntıları, Adana ve Büyük İskender'in muharebe yaptığı ovalar ve Orta Doğu'da görülmeğe değer tüm garip şeyleri sırayla kaydeder.
Orta Anadolu'ya vardıklarında özellikle Türklerin beslenme alışkanlıkları ve dokumacılıkları hakkında gözlemler yapar, ancak bitki araştırmasından bir an bile vazgeçmez, ayrıca kaplıcalar, atlar ve bölgedeki özel koyun cinsini (tiftik) kaydeder. Gezginler Konya ve Akşehir'den geçerek Ankara'ya oradan da Afyon Karahisar'a gelirler ve 1547 yılı kışının geri kalan kısmını 1548'in baharına dek burada geçirirler. Belon bu arada seyahatnamesinin üçüncü bölümünü yazma fırsatını bulur. Bu bölümde Türklerin kökenleri, özel ve kamu hayatları, Osmanlı İmparatorluğunun toplumsal kurumları ve yönetimi, müslümanların adetleri ve dinî inançları hakkında yazar. Yolu Kütahya'ya doğru devam eder ve Bursa'yı ziyaret eder; nihayet İstanbul'a vardığında Fransa elçisi D' Aramon'u Kanuni Sultan Süleyman'ın İran'a karşı yapacağı seferde izlemeye hazır bulur. Seferberlik 1548'in Mayıs ayında gerçekleşir ve yorulmak bilmeyen Belon yanında Gilles ve Thevet ile beraber seferberliğe katılır. Ancak bu kez Fransız doğabilimci sadece İzmit'e kadar ulaşabilir. Buradan İstanbul'a dönüp bir gemiye biner ve 1549 yılı başlarında nihayet Venedik'e ulaşır. 1550'de ise yeni bir diplomatik görevle İngiltere'ye doğru yola çıkar.
Daha sonra Montmorency'lerin himayesine girip bundan sonraki zamanını Fransa taşrasından İtalya'ya kadar uzanan bir alanda bitki araştırmalarına ayırır - nitekim İtalya'dan ülkesine selvi, çınar ve zakkum çeşitleri götürür. Öte yandan gittikçe Reform rejimine karşı tavır alan kilisedeki görevini de sürdürür. Ömrünün son yıllarında, süregitmekte olan dinî çarpışmalarda kendisi de fanatik bir katolik taraftarı olarak faal rol alır. Nihayet 1565 yılının Nisan ayında bir akşam Paris'te esrarengiz bir biçimde öldürülür. Boulogne ormanında bulunan Madrid sarayında kendisine sağlanan misafirhaneye giderken fanatik bir Hugueno tarafından vurulduğu sanılıyor. Henüz 48 yaşındaydı.
Belon 1551 yılından itibaren kitaplarını yazmaya ve yayınlamaya başlar. İlk başta gelen Histoire naturelles des étranges poissons marins adlı yapıtı kendi desenleriyle tamamlanmış bir çalışmadır. 1553 yılında, balıklar hakkında latincede yazılmış De aquqtilibus kitabını yayınlar. Aynı kitap iki yıl sonra De la nature & diversité des poissons başlığıyla fransızca olarak basılır. Gine 1553'te seyahatnamesini de yayınlar. Bu yapıt 1554'te ikinci baskı yapar, 1555'te ise Histoire de la nature des oiseaux çalışması ile birlikte düzeltmeler ve eklemeler yapıldıktan sonra üçüncü kez yayınlanır. Bunlardan başka 1553'de De arboribus coniferis ve De admirabile operum antiquorum başlıklı değişik konulu iki çalışmasını da yayınlar.
Seyahatnamesi 1558, 1585, 1588 yıllarında tekrar basılır, son baskı ise daha öncekilerde bulunmayan iki gravürle zenginleştirilir. Bu gravürler Sina dağı ve Limnos ile Aynaroz dağını görüntülemektedir. Eser 18. yüzyıl içinde latince, ingilizce ve almancaya, 1953'te bulgarcaya çevrilir. Limnos ve Aynaroz ile ilgili bölümler yunancada bulunmakta, ayrıca Girit ile ilgili bölümlerin yunanca olarak yayınlanması da öngörülmektedir.
Belon bir 16. yüzyıl insanı olarak doğanın cazibesine karşı hemen hemen hiç duyarlı olmayan bir pragmatisttir. Kendini tamamen gerçeğin arayışına vermiş bir hümanist gezgin-kâşif in mükemmel örneğini oluşturmaktadır. Belon için gerçek tamamen bitki ve hayvan bilimi konularıyla ilintili olup biriktirdiği özgün bilgiler ilerideki gezginler için (Joseph Pitton de Tournefort'un eseri yayınlanana dek) temel bir el kitabı oluşturur. Belon'dan sonra Joseph Pitton de Tournefort 1700-1702'de Ege adaları ve Anadolu'da seyahat etmiş ve 1717'de yayınlanan seyahatnamesi özellikle yunan adaları betimlemesinde örnek bir eser olmuştu.
Belon hümanist bir doğabilimci coşkusuyla bilginin kuramsal çerçevesini terkedip doğa yürüyüşlerini yaparken gezici bir araştırmacı kılığına bürünür ve sabit fikir derecesinde olan bilimsel düşünüş ve yaşama tarzını fanatik bir biçimde gezindirir .
Yazan: İoli Vingopoulou
All done and partially dusted. The third bookcase fell over onto Ian during the exercise, which was a little disheartening. He was unharmed though. The fallen case had pitched a copy of Angus Wilson's The Naughty Nineties all the way to the sofa, which is something, I suppose.
Completed origami model of this: www.flickr.com/photos/8303956@N08/4726479030/
Folded from 48 edge units.
The model has tetrahedral symmetry, which is why it has 2 different perspectives of the same 3-fold axis.
I completed this on the Friday of the 2010 NYC OUSA convention.
Cheatsheet here: www.flickr.com/photos/8303956@N08/5533658075/
Finished up the paintbox pillow last night! I love it! Paint by number birds and paint box. Not sure if I can part with it yet!
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One negligent SUV driver cost me 9 days without the 1990 Miata, had to miss showing in a classic car show and to drive a bread box rental.
Brookside Mansion
I am very proud to unveil my most challenging work to date, The Brookside Mansion! The mansion was originally constructed in 1889 by the industrialist John H. Bass. It now serves as the administration building for the University of Saint Francis, in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
The Sisters of Saint Francis of Perpetual Adoration acquired the building in 1944 and converted it into a university. Originally the mansion was the only building to house the university but, as the university campus grew, it served in many roles and, as mentioned, now serves as the administration building.
In 2009, the Sisters began a restoration of the building and did an breath taking job of bringing it back to its original glory while modernizing it where needed.
It is truly a spectacular architectural delight and a dream design for any LEGO designer. I was truly honoured to be chosen for such a monumental task.
Part Count: 63807
Dimensions: 51.3" x 54.2" x 31.1"
Weight: 133.75 lbs
Design Time: 2 months
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I got my final border fabric on Monday and was able to cut and sew it yesterday. I'm thrilled!
Project of Doom patterns available here: www.fandominstitches.com/2011/08/project-of-doom-archive....
I recently tore down some old pallets and reused the wood to build storage crates. This was was built to hold a 15" scroll saw.
Title: Completed Bridge.
Creator: Unknown
Date: March 12, 1915
Part Of: Hardinge Bridge Construction, India
Series: Album 11, Hardinge Bridge Construction, India
Place: Paksey, Bangladesh
Description: This photograph is from the 11th album in a set of 11 albums documenting the construction of Hardinge Bridge over the lower Ganges River at Sara, India (now Paksey, Bangladesh) on the Dhaka-Kolkata railway line. Sir Robert Gailes was the chief engineer for construction of the steel railroad bridge.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print; gelatin silver, part of 1 volume (42 gelatin silver prints); 24 x 29 cm on 30 x 41 cm mount
File: ag1991_0812x_11_34_opt.jpg
Rights: Please cite DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University when using this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee. For details see the sites.smu.edu/cul/degolyer/research/permissions/ web page. For other information, contact degolyer@smu.edu.
For more information and to view the image in high resolution, see: digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/eaa/id/2008
View the Europe, India, and Asia: Photographs, Manuscripts, and Imprints Collection
OK, not a great photo but Fillet Mignon, Grilled Squash, Grilled Zucchini, Grilled (home grown) Jalapenos, Grilled, Red/Green Bell Peppers and roasted corn...Don't get much better :)
Happy fathers day to all those out there who do the job of being a real father to their kids.
*FAIRWEATHER* CX complete bike
BLUE LUG custom
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Frame: *FAIRWEATHER* CX frame BLUE LUG CUSTOM PAINT by COOK PAINT WORKS
Stem: *SIM WORKS* caroline stem (black)
Headset: *CHRIS KING* nothreadset (rasta)
Wheels: *H PLUS SON* archtype rim × *SHIMANO* 105
Tire: *CONTINENTAL* gator skin tire
Brake & Shift lever:*SHIMANO* 105
RD: *SHIMANO* 105
Crankset: *SHIMANO* 105 crankset (black)
Chainkeeper: *PAUL* chain keeper (black)
Seatpost: *THOMSON* elite seatpost (black)
Saddle: *BROOKS* swift
Brake: *TRP* eurox
Handle: *DEDA* RHM 01 drop handle (black)
Bartape:*FIZIK* microtex bartape
Pomegranate Artpiece Puzzle
Item No. AA954
cardboard
1,000 pieces, used and complete
25 x 25 in
63.5 x 63.5 cm
2022 piece count: 60,748
puzzle: 71
TED: "It's a awtum pussle - but where did the summer go?? We shood 'ave saved this one fer later in the yeer, I ain't 'ad me summer holibobs yet! It's a nice pikchur, an' it wussn't difficut, but sum of the peeces wuz a bit chewed so we 'ad to go carful or they'd 'ave got worse. I'm gonna put the peeces in a plastic bag when I takes it apart so it lasts a bit longer."
The Peninsula Hotel
(Formerly the Gotham Hotel, the Nova Park Hotel, Hotel Maxim's de Paris)
700 Fifth Avenue at 55th Street (2 West 55th Street)
New York, NY
- The Early Years -
In 1902 a group led by Henry R. Hoyt, known as the Fifty-Fifth Street Company, determined the best use of a site immediately across the street from the St. Regis Hotel (Col. John Jacob Astor's 18-story Beaux-Arts landmark) was a family hotel - to house many of the folks whose mansions were being demolished on Fifth Avenue. The hotel - The Gotham - was designed by Hiss & Weekes. The Gotham's limestone and granite facade was purposely lined-up with the University Club's facade which opened in 1899. The building was designed in a C-shape so rooms facing south would have a protected view over the University Club.
The architect's Beaux-Arts style 55th Street entranceway was designed extravagantly. Its capped broken pediment features the sculptured figures of Roman goddesses Pomona and Diana reclining on either side of the two double story banded Doric pillars.
Pomona, the goddess of orchards, carries a cornucopia and Diana, the goddess of the hunt, carries her bow and arrows. A characterization of Beaux Arts is the naturalism of the images - Diana’s hand rests on the formal building decorations - just as a real person sitting at that location would do. Unfortunately, Diana is missing her index finger.
The hotel was completed in 1905 and was forced to declare bankruptcy in 1908 - mostly due to its lack of a liquor license. The Gotham was in violation of a restriction prohibiting liquor sales within 200 feet of a church - The Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. The developers failed to get a law passed in the New York State Legislature exempting hotels with more than 200 rooms from the restriction. Not until the 1940's did the Gotham have a cocktail lounge. The New York State Liquor Authority states the 200-foot law is still in effect, but that court challenges have allowed the foot measurement to be made from the actual point of sale and not as the crow flies.
According to the NY Times The Gotham opened with 400 sleeping rooms, both single and suites. The hotel offered its guests the “Georgian Room” for dinner and entertainment. The hotel's name was derived form the nickname of New York City; Gotham City. A banquet hall and ballroom were on the second floor, while the third floor was dedicated to private dining rooms. The NY Times states “The furnishings of the Gotham, while extremely rich, are far from garish. There is not the slightest striving after gaudy effects, the whole atmosphere being one of good taste.”
The hotel had a complicated ownership structure. It was built for about $2,000,000 by the Fifty-fifth Street Company. Upon completion the NY Times speculated the principal owners of Fifty-fifth Street Company were the heirs of the late Mark Hanna, Senator Thomas C. Platt, James J. Hill and Thomas F. Ryan. Henry R. Hoyt served as the president of the Fifty-fifth Street Corporation. The day to day operation of the hotel was conducted by the Hotel Gotham Company, for which Henry L. Goodwin served as President. In 1908 the Knickerbocker Trust Company brought a foreclosure proceeding against the Fifty-fifth Street Company for $413,746 due on a mortgage and also the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company held a mortgage on the hotel of over $1,000,000.
In August, 1908 the NY Times reported the The Gotham Hotel was sold under the foreclosure to an entity known as Hotel Holding Company, with George C Comstock, the President. Hotel Holding Company selected William R. Wood and Charles L. Wetherbee, associates in the management of the Hotel Buckingham, to take operational control of the Hotel Gotham on a 21-yhear lease effective August 1908. They in turn appointed Frederick D. Wishard, formerly manager of the Hotel Astor, as resident manager at the Gotham.
The new operators thought they could make the Gotham successful without a liquor license by focusing on service and the food. The new operators denied there would be any attempt to operate an underground tunnel from the basement of the adjacent University Club for the transfer of alcoholic beverages to Gotham Hotel guests.
In 1920 Julius and William Manger bought the hotel for $4 million. The Manger Brothers also owned several Manhattan hotels including the Netherland (demolished - now the site the Sherry-Netherland Hotel), the Endicott, the Manger (now The Michelangelo Hotel), Martha Washington (now the Hotel Thirty Thirty) and the Great Northern (now demolished - 118 West 57th St - once a home to Jack Dempsey's Restaurant). In 1932 the Gotham entered receivership and was taken over by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. The insurance company leased it to a Chicago hotel group headed by Arnold S. Kirkeby that also operated the Drake and Blackstone Hotels in Chicago. The Kirkeby group purchased the property from the insurance company in 1944 for $2,350,000. Kirkeby also owned and lived in the Beverly Hills mansion used for CBS sitcom "The Beverly Hillbillies".
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An ad from the Gotham in the 1930's: "Delightful entertaining in the quaint Alpine Grill (Switzerland on the Avenue) the new Gold Room Cocktail Lounge with Raoul Lipoff and his orchestra and the splendor of the Renaissance Room Contributes to the universal popularity of the Gotham. The spacious rooms and suites have been tastefully furnished for comfort and luxury. Up-to-the-minute service and a delicious cuisine that is without a peer in New York. The sensible rentals assure not only a pleasant but also an economical visit. Single rooms from $4.00. Max A. Haering, Resident Manager."
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- The John Warde Suicide Jump - July 26, 1938 -
Twenty six year old John William Warde leaped from a window ledge of the seventeenth floor of the Gotham Hotel crashing through the hotel's 55th Street marquis and smashing on the sidewalk. Warde became upset in a 17th-floor room when he stepped out to the ledge beginning a 14 hour drama involving up to 300 New York City police officers and 10,000 sidewalk spectators. Warde had recently been discharged from an insane asylum. The incident was made into the 1951 film Fourteen Hours, with Richard Basehart as the man on the ledge.
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In 1955, Evelyn Sharp bought the 400-room Gotham hotel and the 350-room Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills, Calif., and the Saranac Inn in Saranac Lake, N. Y., for $16 million from Webb & Knapp Inc., which was William Zeckendorf's organization. Mrs. Sharp's hotel empire, which she inherited from her late husband, Jesse Sharp, also included at one time the Stanhope Hotel. The Saranac Inn closed permanently in 1962, and burned to the ground in 1978.
In 1961, Mrs. Sharp sold the Gotham and Stanhope hotels in NYC and the Beverly Wilshire Hotel to Webb & Knapp Inc. for about $25 million. At the time Mrs. Sharp said it was time to get out of the hotel business and into the office building business. She negotiated keeping a rooftop penthouse home with terraces and her office which she maintained for several years at the Gotham. She eventually divested most of her real estate holdings, including the Stanhope, and devoted herself to charities in New York and Los Angeles and to her art collection.
Webb & Knapp sold the Gotham later in 1961 to a group headed by Alvin M. Greenstein, but leased it back for 21 years plus 16 renewal options. In 1964, Webb & Knapp sold its interests (the land under the Gotham Hotel) to Wellington Associates, a partnership headed by Sol Goldman (the biggest landlord in NYC) and Alex Di Lorenzo. Heirs to the Goldman and Di Lorenzo estates divided the real estate up based on coin flips. The Goldman estate retained ownership of the land under the Gotham Hotel.
- The René E. Hatt Years (Le Big Boss) -
A Zurich apartment and office developer, René E. Hatt built the 400-room Zurich Nova-Park. Opened in 1972, the hotel was the largest in Zurich. Hatt's goal was to create a meeting place for both locals and for out of towners. Some of his hotel concepts included a Playcorner, a Newscorner, Backgammon Club, a video room, a Psychology Center - a precursor to today's "life-style hotels". His guestrooms were designed with bathtubs near the bed, red carpeting and mirrors everywhere. Zurich people flocked to the hotel's health club and restaurants. The discos were kept busy day and night. Hatt and his investors, which included Arab money and German bank loans, were eager to launch an international hotel chain based on the Nova-Park Zurich's success.
In 1978 Rene Hatt had William Zeckendorf Jr show him around NYC looking at hotel sites. Sol Goldman owned the Gotham, which was operating profitably at an annual $2.2 million GOP. Hatt performed some arithmetic and offered Goldman $3.5 million per year (the lease had escalation clauses) for a 99 lease. The lease was signed in 1979 and Hatt set out to make the Gotham the best hotel in NYC. The hotel would be re-named Nova-Park Gotham; Hatt wanted it to be the fanciest in the world with six restaurants, 10 bars and a nightclub.
Hatt's initial renovation budget was set at $56 million. He raised $18 million in cash from his Arab investors and obtained a $38 million loan from Deutsche Anlagen Leasing (DAL). He shut the hotel down in January, 1981 expecting the renovation to last a little over a year. Hatt hired the architect Stephen Jacobs. Jacobs was the architect involved with the renovation of the Halloran House hotel (now the New York Marriott East Side). Structurally the hotel room count was reduced from 330 rooms to 255 larger rooms and the shops fronting Fifth Avenue were replaced with a Fifth Avenue Sidewalk Cafe. Three floors were added to the top of the hotel housing a health club, restaurant/bar, skating rink and swimming pool. Hatt wanted guestroom bathtubs placed in the bedroom and not the bathroom.
Some hoteliers were saying Hatt's tastes were abominable and some were saying he was ahead of his time. Because of constant change orders ordered by Hatt the project costs skyrocketed. DAL had increased its funding from $38 million to $55 million. By 1983 Hatt was asking for another $20 million from DAL to finish the project. DAL refused and took back control of the unfinished project when Hatt failed to make monthly payments to DAL. The majestic hotel sat as a boarded up eyesore for a couple of years as lawsuits were filed.
Once a strong industry performer Hatt saddled the Nova-Park chain with $250 million in debt and he was ousted as the company's founder. Briefly Hatt re-surfaced in 1986 as a principal of the shuttered El Morocco night club on East 54th Street.
The land owner, Sol Goldman paid DAL $35 million for their interest. Goldman put together a partnership consisting of himself, Irving Goldman, his brother; Arthur G. Cohen and William Zeckendorf Jr., Steven Goodstein, who will be in charge of further renovation, and the Southmark Corporation, which controls the Pratt hotel chain of Dallas to complete the renovation. The partnership would add another $35 million on top of the $35 million paid to DAL to complete the renovation (get the bathtubs out of the living rooms) and branding of the hotel to Maxim’s de Paris. Hirsch/Bedner was the designer for the new interiors.
The NY Times reported that Southmark Corp contributed $63 million to the group to purchase and complete the refurbishment of the hotel. Pierre Cardin would receive 1 1/2 percent of the gross as a royalty fee for the name Maxim's. The royalty fee was later reduced to being payable only after the hotel's debt service was covered.
Pratt had recently opened Maxim's de Paris in Palm Springs with his partner Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation of Youngstown, Ohio.
In August 1988, Jane Goldman, the daughter of Sol Goldman, announced the sale of the Maxim's de Paris Hotel to The Peninsula Group of Hong Kong. The price was $127 million (HK$990 million) for the remaining 90 years lease on the building, and not for the land itself, which the Goldman Family retains. The price paid per room is the highest ever at that time for a hotel property in Manhattan.
The sellers of Maxim's are a group consisting of the heirs of Sol Goldman, William Zeckendorf Jr., Arthur G. Cohen and Steven Goodstein, and the Southmark Corporation of Dallas.
HongKong and Shanghai Hotels closed The Peninsula New York in 1998 for complete $45 million internal reconstruction. The hotel reopened on November 1, 1998. In 2008 the hotel's rooftop bar, The Pen-Top, received an extensive renovation and repositioning to Salon de Ning.
- The Peninsula New York Operating Statistics -
(The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited Annual Report for 2010)
(1.00 HKD = 0.1285 USD)
2011 (six months ended June 30)
Occupancy Rate - 70%
Average Room Rate - US$ 681
RevPAR - US$ 478
2010
Occupancy Rate - 67%
Average Room Rate - US$ 715
RevPAR - US$ 478
2009
Occupancy Rate - 62%
Average Room Rate - US$ 683
RevPAR - US$ 426
2008
Occupancy Rate - 64%
Average Room Rate - US$ 814
RevPAR - US$ 520
2007
Occupancy Rate - 75%
Average Room Rate - US$ 812
RevPAR - US$ 613
In 1986 Robert Jean Berge was appointed the general manager. French-born, Mr. Berge studied at the Hotel School in Toulouse and the Cornell School of Hotel Administration. He later managed the La Mamounia in Marrakech. As of 2010 Robert Bergé is supervising the pre-opening and opening phases of the Mandarin Oriental Marrakech.
Berge opened Mediterranean-style luxury restaurant called Adrienne on the second floor overlooking Fifth Avenue. On a corner of the second floor, facing 55th Street will be a bar and a more casual restaurant called Bistro d' Adrienne. ''We will serve real bistro food - rack of lamb, comfit of goose with french fries, cassoulet,'' he promises.
Jacques Chibois, chef of the Royal Gray, a highly rated restaurant in Cannes on the French Riviera (two stars in the Michelin Guide), will be the consulting chef at the new Hotel Maxim's de Paris.
In 1988, Rocco DiSpirito went to work at Adrienne in Hotel Maxim's de Paris under Jean-Michel Diot and Jacques Chibois.
In 1989, Chef Grey Kunz moved to New York to become executive chef at The Peninsula Hotel's Adrienne and the Bistro restaurants.
As of 2011 the Peninsula's executive chef is Thomas Piede. He oversees the Fives restaurant, Gotham Lounge, and the rooftop bar - Salon de Ning. Piede joined Peninsula New York as Executive Sous Chef in 2003, and previously held positions at Aureole, and Le Cirque.
In May 2007 Robert H. Rechtermann was appointed General Manager, The Peninsula New York. Previously he was Resident Manager of The Peninsula Chicago. He holds a B.S. in hotel management from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
In April, 2011 The Peninsula New York appointed Jonathan Crook as General Manager, he previously served two years as the GM of The Peninsula Manila.
The Peninsula New York appointed Sharon Telesca Feurer as Director of Marketing in September 2011. She previously was Director of Marketing for Trump SoHo New York, and prior to that, she was Vice President of Marketing for AKA Hotels.
Text compiled by Dick Johnson. Photos by Dick Johnson.
December 2011
richardlloydjohnson@hotmail.com
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Frankfurt Messeturm: completed in 1991, once the tallest building in Europe, still my absolute favorite today
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Completed in 1864, the John N.A. Griswold House, at 76 Bellevue Avenue, is a seminal work by the noted American architect Richard Morris Hunt and is considered by architectural historians to be the first example of the mature Stick Style of architecture, drawing from the vernacular styles of rural France. Hunt's first major commission in Newport, it was designed for John Noble Alsop Griswold, a China Trade merchant and financier. Hunt was the first American to study architecture at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris where he met John N.A. Griswold, and his wife Jane Emmet Griswold in 1846. The Griswold's decision to build a summer house in Newport designed by a major architect established a trend that continued throughout the 20th century.
A 2-1/2 story wood frame building is magnificently offset with asymmetrical elevations, and sheltered by a steep, complex slate roof comprised of a central mansard with multiple intersecting gables and corners. An asymmetrically placed porte cochere, projecting polygonal and rectangular bays, and a deep veranda on the west with an offset rear ell all contribute to the pictuersque silhouette.
It is also nationally significant as the home, since 1916, of the Art Association of Newport, now called the Newport Art Association, America’s oldest known surviving art association, established in 1912. Its founding took place during a transitional period in the history of American art, developing out of the art colony movement and the rise of American Impressionism at the turn of the century, and at the same time introducing innovative New York shows to a New England audience.
The museum collects, preserves, exhibits and interprets historic and contemporary visual arts of the highest quality with an emphasis on the rich artistic heritage of Newport, the state of Rhode Island and southeastern New England. Today, the museum is housed on a two-acre campus, also including the Cushing Memorial Gallery and the Gilbert S. Kahn Building. The Griswold House currently houses restored rooms, galleries, a children’s art classroom, administrative offices, a lecture hall, the Griffon Shop and the Museum Store. The surrounding park and sculpture garden is used for many outdoor programs during the summer months.
Explore: August 22, 2007
*PANASONIC* complete bike
BLUE LUG custom
SPEC
Frame: *PANASONIC* track frame
Wheels: *VELO ORANGE* raid rim (polish) × *GRAN COMPE* small track hub
Tire: *PANARACER* pasela
Crankset: *SUGINO* mighty comp crank (silver)
Brake:*DIA-COMPE*
Brake Lever: *DIA-COMPE* dc-139 brake lever (silver)
Handle: *NITTO* rb001aa BL special (silver)
Bartape: *BROOKS* leather bartape (honey)
Seatpost: *BL SELECT* aero seatpost (silver)
Saddle: *BROOKS* b17 special saddle (honey)
It's finally done.
2 days of a lot handwork and now my SD boy has his wheelchair -^^-
Final test-sitting.
Like my instructor always says ..when you think you're done you've still got another 25% more to go. But well..this is what I turned in. Relied too heavily on use of line...
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Finally finished the landing gear. Very happy with how it turned out... and still amazed that it DID turn out, in any kind of functional form. Now, onto the wings...
They're finally done! YAY!
Details
Pattern: TARDIS Socks by Keladry Bonnett (Ravelry link for the pattern - you must be logged in to view it).
Yarn: Knit Picks Palette in Delta, Black, and White.
Needles: US1.5 (2.50mm) DPNs for the cuff, texture of the doors, and foot. US2 (2.75mm) for the colorwork and heel flap.
Unintentional modification: I somehow managed to omit the row of purl stitches between the “POLICE BOX” colorwork and the windows. I really didn’t feel like redoing all that work just to include it, so the socks will have to do without it. Oh, well! It doesn’t look bad without it, in my opinion.
Intentional modifications:
* I did a regular 2x2 ribbing as opposed to the twisted rib. I didn’t like how my twisted rib was coming out.
* The colorwork is done on size US2 (2.75mm) needles just to make sure it wouldn’t be too tight. I tend to knit a little tight, so I needed a little extra wiggle room with the larger needles.
I love how they turned out!
It took me ages until I got the picture right. The bird comes back sporadically, tries to land on my window, fails and flies off again. It might be a little retarded, but it keeps doing that periodically.
Hence I kept waiting with my camera, waited for the time to be right (so the sun would be reflected by the window, that I wouldn't end up with just a silhouette of the bird), for the sun to be strong enough (so I could shoot with a fast shutter speed while the aperture was stopped down to f4 for more depth of field - which was required at that focal length, to get it nice and sharp).
Lastly I used continuous focus with my AF and a high burst shooting setting of 12fps.
I took a number of pictures over the course of 2 days, most of which were somewhat off, until I finally got the shot just right.
I then converted the RW2 file into DNG via the Adobe DNG Converter, developed the RAW file using Photoshop CS5, denoised it by using Topaz DeNoise 5 and adjusted the black and white filter until I had exactly the picture that I imagined.
Patience and planning pay off eventually, if you set your mind to it :)