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This image is part of my photographic series Almodis, Countess of Montferrand, which I invite you to discover in the list of my albums. By consulting the photos in chronological order, and paying attention to their titles, you can follow the story of Almodis's life as Countess of Montferrand - according to the freedom of my novelistic interpretation, the first known chatelaine of the fortress so named.
In 1085, Count Pierre de Melgueil paid homage to the Pope and began the bipolarisation of the county of Substantion, which became the county of Melgueil and Montferrand. Construction of the castle of Montferrand began at the same time. The Count did not survive the completion of the project, and probably died as early as 1086. His widow, Almodis, inherited the castle and administered the county for the rest of her life.
Many thanks to the model for the double session (and the two walks...), which were necessary to obtain the different phases of the narrative. Thanks also to Suzanne for the loan of the '1085' dress.
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Texte en français dans l'en-tête de l'album.
After consulting with the interweb bird whizzes I'm pleased to confirm a new species in the yard, the Swainson's thrush. This is a bird whose identification I have probably missed before. Almost certainly I have seen one before and called it a hermit thrush, possibly many times. This is hardly new. I used to have this problem with house and purple finches, a problem I only resolved last spring. In a more embarrassing example, as I was just reviewing the species list for this post I realized that in 2017 I misidentified a cowbird as a brewer's blackbird. So, as we add the Swainson's thrush to the list, we have to subtract the brewer's blackbird, which means we're still at sixty documented bird species in the yard, not counting flyovers.
9. bushtits
12. brown creepers
13. crows
14. stellar's jays
16. flickers
19. starlings
20. mourning doves
24. house finches
25. gold finches
26. purple finches
28. pine-siskins
31. fox-sparrows
33. song-sparrows
34. house sparrows
44. black-throated gray warblers
45. bewick's wrens
46. pacific wrens
47. cedar waxwings
49. cooper's hawks
51. lazuli buntings
52. hutton's vireos
53. warbling vireos
55. western tanagers
57. red crossbills
60. swainson's thrushes
The Engineering Building (1959–1963) was the first major building by British architects James Stirling and James Gowan. This Grade II* listed building comprises workshops and laboratories at ground level, and a tower containing offices and lecture theatres.
The building is part of the Red Trilogy by James Stirling. Beginning in the late 1950s, the architect designed three university buildings featuring distinctly red materials: red bricks and red tiles. The Red Trilogy includes the Engineering Building, University of Leicester (1959–1963), the Faculty of History, University of Cambridge (1964–1967), and the Florey Building, The Queen's College, Oxford (1966–1971). James Stirling and James Gowan worked together on the design for the Engineering Building. The Trilogy's two later buildings were designed by Stirling, without Gowan.
The Engineering Building is a large and complex structure. Stirling and Gowan were tasked to design spaces for offices, laboratories, auditorium, and workshops with heavy machinery. The design also includes a water tank on top. The workshops are located in the low-rise section of the building, in a hall with a rectangular floor plan. Connected to the workshop hall is the tower, which houses auditorium, offices, and laboratories. The water tank sits on top of the tower. The tower section is notable for its chamfered edges and its prismatic geometry. The auditorium is located at the base of the tower. The auditoriums seating arrangement is designed typically stadium-like with staggered rows of seats. The angled auditorium floor results in a pronounced wedge-shape on the building's exterior. The tower's facades are clad in glass and red tiles, the workshop hall's facade is entirely made of frosted glass.
A unique feature of the workshop hall is its roof construction. The roof's geometry is rotated by 45 degrees in respect to the floor plan's orientation. This results in a unique jagged roof line and a diamond-pattern-like perimeter. The roof appears as a series of multiple translucent prisms. The translucent effect was achieved by lining the glass panes with fibre-glass. Other parts of the glass shell are completely opaque, in contrast. Here, the glass panes were coated with a thin layer of aluminium.
Stirling and Gowan were commissioned in 1957. The design is dated to 1959. Construction lasted from 1960 to 1963. The consulting structural engineer was Frank Newby.
This picture is part of my photographic series Marguerite de la Fare, which I invite you to consult in the list of my albums. You will find the script in the album header, and by consulting the shots in their chronological order, paying attention to their titles, you can follow the story of Marguerite de la Fare's early years, according to the freedom of my novelistic interpretation.
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Cette image fait partie de ma série photographique "Marguerite de la Fare", que je vous invite à consulter dans la liste de mes albums. Vous trouverez le scénario dans l'en-tête de l'album, et en consultant les clichés dans leur ordre chronologique, en prêtant attention à leurs titres, vous pourrez suivre l'histoire des premières années de Marguerite de la Fare, selon ma libre interprétation.
Martin traveled to the Captain's house in hopes that he might have some work for him. But what kind of work will he get?
An early summer sun setting behind the Statute of Liberty sets it in semi-silhouette. I took the photo with a handheld Nikon D300 2 miles away at a 450mm equivalent zoom. The sky shades - from red, white and blue - with a bird flying by behind it, are a perfect backdrop tribute to the Fourth Of July, 2010, Independence Day holiday in America.
After pulling an all-nighter, I had to go into Manhattan for a near full day of work and meetings. Starting with Fox News Channel Strategy Room, then a client meeting at Rockefeller Center, followed by another meeting and an Indian-Pakistani desi lunch (one of the treats I alow myself in Manhattan trips) was long enough with no sleep.
Then I then had to wait for a meeting at 5 PM related to a consulting opportunity I was pursuing. By the end of that meeting, at 6 PM, the 1 liter of Pepsi, 4 cups of coffee, several bars of chocolate were all that were keeping me going physically. And, that internal, eternal but mortal flame, that has burned inside me, when, even as a child, I would not fall asleep, lest I miss something in this amazing world, this amazing life.
But, I was wiped out. I was now about 2 miles from the Southern tip of Manhattan and sunset hour would soon be there. There were no cabs around and I had time... so I walked. With those 2, my total 8 miles of walking in business attire, from meeting to meeting, meant I was completely exhausted.
But, it was worth it....
There she stood... the one I came to secretly meet that night, in public. Like a beloved I place on a pedestal and gaze at longingly all day and bathe with love in the soft glowing night...
The State Of Independence.... , but never losing touch. The Feeling Of Freedom....., but always coming home.
There she stood.... The Statute Of Liberty. Her stretched arm, looking dark from the sun behind it, never tiring from holding up the flame of freedom.
Giving hope to the many who came to the shores of this great land as refugees. Providing inspiration to achieve greatness, to those who came by choice legally, as I did 21 years ago.
Mother of the Exiles, welcoming us, and saying these words.
I decided to wait until this July 4, 2010 weekend to post this picture.
Happy Fourth Of July & Happy Independence Day.
May you and I, all of us, savor the best of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness in this great land and enable it for others around the world.
Happy Birthday, America.
© 2010 IMRAN
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PS I Know, New Jersey would like to think of it as their landmark... (yawn). Guess whom she's got her back towards... NJ! LOL
PPS ISO200, 1/500 second at f/11 with Nikon 300mm/450mm equivalent lens, handheld shot with the Nikon D300 at −1EV focused at the statute 2 Miles away.
PPPS Just 1.5MB of 13MB image captured RAW. I cropped out the port's cranes to the right, water below and sky above to retain the aspect ratio and highlight the statute & sky using Shadows/Highlights and color enhancements in Photoshop.
These three pilgrims consult the Oracle at Senso-Ji Buddhist temple, Tokyo's oldest.
A lady participating, was kind enough to explain to me, though I may have garbled some details:
To the left of the picture is what she called a stick, that is rattled after you pose a question, and this then tells you which drawer to take your answer from. The lady on the right is just getting hers.
After reading the answer, the answer is either tied to a wire frame (picture here) or burned (picture here).
Made for the Make It Interesting Challenge # 1- Astronomical Clock www.flickr.com/groups/makeitinteresting/discuss/721576231...
Sky: www.flickr.com/photos/ecatoncheires/1175548842/
Clock: www.flickr.com/photos/simpologist/16734948/
Texture: www.flickr.com/photos/skeletalmess/4298038514/
From Deviantart:
Sky: resurgere.deviantart.com/art/Package-Sky-Scape-7-57062396
Model: lisajen-stock.deviantart.com/art/Greek-Goddess-9-37251642
Texture: sheisprettystock.deviantart.com/art/Antique1-81703246
Brushes: greenaleydis-stock.deviantart.com/art/Clouds-Brushes-I-94...
KORF (Norfolk International Airport) - 24 NOV 2017
"Southwest 2613" departing RWY 5 en route to Baltimore/Washiington International Airport (KBWI).
Re-painted in the "Heart Livery" in NOV 2016 and re-entered revenue service on 04 DEC 2016.
Production Site: Renton (RNT)
Rollout: 09 OCT 2001
First flight: 19 OCT 2001
Test registration: N1786B
Delivery to Southwest Airlines: 13 NOV 2001 as N417WN
Fleet number: 417
Aircraft named "The Rollin W. King"
Configuration: Y143
Engines: 2x CFMI CFM56-7B24
Rollin W. King (born April 10, 1931) is a co-founder and former Director of Southwest Airlines.
Rollin W. King was the Founder and first President of Southwest Airlines Co.and the only Director to serve from 1968 for just under 40 years until his retirement at age 75. He served on the Executive Committee and Audit Committee during that time. After leaving the management of the airline Mr. King engaged in Executive education and consulting as the principal of Rollin King Associates from January 1, 1989 until his retirement on December 31, 1995, and subsequently he has been principally engaged in private investments.
Mr. King passed away on Thursday, 26 JUN 2014 in Dallas, TX. He was 83. The cause was complications from a stroke he had a year earlier, his son Edward King of Dallas said.