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The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was used by the Royal Air Force and many other Allied countries throughout the Second World War.
The Spitfire continued to be used as a front line fighter and in secondary roles into the 1950s. It was produced in greater numbers than any other British aircraft and was the only British fighter in continuous production throughout the war.
The Spitfire was designed as a short-range, high-performance interceptor aircraft by R. J. Mitchell, chief designer at Supermarine Aviation Works (which operated as a subsidiary of Vickers-Armstrong from 1928). Mitchell continued to refine the design until his death from cancer in 1937, whereupon his colleague Joseph Smith became chief designer. Where speed was seen as essential to carrying out the mission of home defence against enemy bombers, the Spitfire's thin cross-section elliptical wing allowed it a higher top speed than several contemporary fighters, including the Hawker Hurricane.
During the Battle of Britain (July–October 1940), the Spitfire was perceived by the public as the RAF fighter, though the more numerous Hawker Hurricane shouldered a greater proportion of the burden against the Luftwaffe. The Spitfire units had a lower attrition rate and a higher victory-to-loss ratio than those flying Hurricanes.
After the Battle of Britain, the Spitfire became the backbone of RAF Fighter Command, and saw action in the European, Mediterranean, Pacific and the South-East Asian theatres. Much loved by its pilots, the Spitfire served in several roles, including interceptor, photo-reconnaissance, fighter-bomber, carrier-based fighter, and trainer. It was built in many variants, using several wing configurations.
Although the original airframe was designed to be powered by a Rolls-Royce Merlin engine producing 768 kW, it was adaptable enough to use increasingly powerful Merlin and later Rolls-Royce Griffon engines producing up to 1,520 kW.
" Em pintura pode-se experimentar tudo. Tem-se mesmo esse direito. Com a condição de nunca se recomeçar. " Picasso
Walt Disney World Resort
Disney's Contemporary Resort
Bay Lake Tower
I previously mentioned that for our New Year's trip, we stayed in the nicest hotel room either of us had ever seen. This was the view from the balcony in our room on the top floor. I think that sums it up right there.
All told, our Grand Villa at Bay Lake Tower encompassed two floors, included three bedrooms, a kitchen and living room (with two-story window looking out onto Bay Lake), multiple bathrooms, and several balconies. It also included a number of awesome friends and the most fun party I've ever attended. It was one of the few times I didn't mind just hanging out at our hotel despite knowing that the Magic Kingdom was only minutes away.
It also was tough to move from this room to a studio at Old Key West on New Year's Day. That said, we enjoy just about every Disney resort for what it is, and I still have a blast staying at the All-Star Resorts...especially thanks to those awesome $59/night off-season rates!
Every resort has its own strengths and weaknesses!
“Imitation is the sincerest flattery” - Charles Colton
Props go out to JeffB for inspring this photo with his awesome HDR of the Contemporary's Grand Canyon Concourse
museumPASSmusees 2022 - CENTRALE for contemporary art - La Vie materielle
La CENTRALE presente l'exposition La Vie materielle (09.12.2021 au 13.03.2022) un dialogue entre 12 artistes, italiennes et belges, autour du lien entre l'art et la vie.
La Vie materielle, intitulee ainsi en reference au recueil eponyme de Marguerite Duras, explore et relie cheminement artistique et experience personnelle.
Tant le livre de Duras que les oeuvres de l'exposition se definissent par un dialogue constant entre le quotidien ordinaire (dont le corps est un element crucial) et la vie interieure et intime, tiraillee entre ses aspirations profondes et la realite.
En reutilisant, hybridant, detournant ou decontextualisant des matieres organiques, des objets du quotidien, et en leur offrant une nouvelle vie qui transcende leur usage habituel, les artistes de l'exposition depassent les clivages entre les disciplines artistiques.
A travers des narrations provocantes ou interrogatives, des mises en scene d'une grande fragilite ou pleines d'energie, ces oeuvres tres diversifiees (assemblages, videos, dessins, sculptures, installations) melent le fini et l'inacheve, le vu et le ressenti.
L'exposition implique et interroge plusieurs sens, en particulier la vision et le toucher, a travers un parcours qui saisit le spectateur/ la spectatrice a l'interieur d'une sorte de toile d'araignee, emotionnelle et mentale, avec l'espoir qu'a la fin du parcours, s'ouvriront peut-etre de nouvelles perspectives sur notre maniere de percevoir et de lire notre ' vie materielle ' commune, et le lien que l'art permet de creer entre notre corps et notre vie interieure.
Une collaboration entre le Palazzo Magnani (Reggio Emilia) et la CENTRALE for contemporary art (Bruxelles)
( 1 pass, plus de 200 musees
Visitez tous les musees belges participants pendant toute une annee. Quand vous voulez et autant de fois que vous le souhaitez, pour seulement 59 ?.
Collections permanentes
Avec votre pass musees, vous accedez librement aux collections permanentes de plus de 200 musees.
Expositions temporaires
Vous pouvez egalement visiter les expositions temporaires, gratuitement ou avec une forte reduction. Vous trouverez des details quant a cette reduction sur chaque page d'exposition.
model and photographer : me :)
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EXPLORE - August 13, 2009 #196
Thanks everyone!
Around San Francisco (Series #2)
About the Building
In 1998, the Contemporary Jewish Museum selected architect Daniel Libeskind to design its new home, which was to include an adaptive reuse of the landmark Jessie Street Power Substation, designed by Willis Polk in 1907. In his design for the Contemporary Jewish Museum, his first commissioned project in North America, Libeskind responded to the Museum's mission to be a lively center that fosters community among people of diverse backgrounds through shared experiences with the arts by focusing on the celebratory nature of the Jewish experience.
Unveiled in 2005, Daniel Libeskind's design for the new Museum combines the history of an early 20th-century San Francisco landmark building with the dynamism of contemporary architecture. The design for the new 63,000-square-foot facility marries many of the character-defining features of the original substation, including the brick southern façade, trusses, and skylights, with bold contemporary spaces. The building, with its integration of architectural styles, emanates a powerful connection between tradition and innovation and reflects the Museum's mission to celebrate Jewish culture, history, art, and ideas within the context of 21st-century perspectives.
Architect's Design Concept
The building embodies a number of symbolic references to Jewish concepts. Most notably, Libeskind was inspired by the Hebrew phrase "L'Chaim" (To Life), because of its connection to the role the substation played in restoring energy to the city after the 1906 earthquake and the Museum's mission to be a lively center for engaging audiences with Jewish culture. The architect based the extension's conceptual organizing principles on the two symbolic Hebrew letters of “chai” (life), the “chet” and the “yud.” From the outside, the extension is most remarkable for its unique shape, as well as its skin: a vibrant blue metallic steel, which changes color depending on the time of day, weather, or one's vantage point.
Featuring over 10,000-square-feet of exhibition space as well as a multipurpose room, the new facility greatly increases the Museum's space for exhibitions and innovative programs in visual, performing, and media arts. At the heart of the new facility is a large education center, which allows the Museum to provide ongoing education programs in conjunction with its exhibitions for children, youth, adults, and seniors. The new facility also includes the Museum Store and Cafe on the Square with seating on Jessie Square when the weather permits. (source: CJM website)
Sunday morning walk around Austin, TX. I focussed on the street art of the moment and architecture of the downtown area.
On the list of obscure railroad locations, Tolleston Junction has always been one of my favorites. What was once an extremely busy crossing between the Pennsylvania and Michigan Central mains has turned to a shell of it's former self. In the modern day, what is left of the PRR is now the CF&E main (which now ends here, as both ends of the line are still severed), and the east-west (track running left-right in the foreground) Michigan Central is now the CSX Porter Branch.
The CF&E's daily train to the IHB is about to hop off of their own trackage and onto the Porter Branch, and will make a left (right to this perspective) turn to head west. The new-to-them CFE 7865 in charge of the westbound run, with it's YN2 heritage clearly visible with nothing more than a yellow patch on the nose. Love these ratty things, they complement grungy spots like Gary to a T.
Maling historisch betekenis o.a. maalstroom, draaiing, het malen, vermalen, onrust, afbeelding.
Translated into English:
Grinding: to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction, to crush.
(painting, mixed media, 65x50 cm, for contact you may also mail me via www.keuchenius.exto.org.)
D. Padmakumar, Contemporary, Ahmedabad
D. Padmakumar is a contemporary choreographer, and trained martial
artist in the Kalaripayettu form. After working with several dance and
theatre groups in Kerala, D. Padmakumar came to Darpana to study
Bharata Natyam with Mrinalini and Mallika Sarabhai. He has been
a part of Darpana Performing Group since 1997. D. Padmakumar
has choreographed many works of his own, such as My World and
I in Search of I, which have been showcased internationally. He has
participated in various festivals including Dakshina Festival, USA;
International Dance Festival in Birmingham; Festivalof India in Paris,
Elephanta Festival, Kala Ghoda Festival, Malabar Festival , Konark
Festival, and the Brihadishwara Millennium Festival.