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Our everyday life is can often be described as a flow, that is constantly taking us forward. We pass by places, things and people, leaving our memories and experiences behind and we sometimes don’t have an opportunity to stand up, stop and look around or behind ourselves, to see all the way, all the traces, the inanimate witnesses, that silently remember us passing by. In this photo series I sought to slow down, disconnect myself from the motion and look back, look up and down. I moved to the sides and touched the objects, had a closer look at them, inspected the marks, textures and lines, tried to observe them back and seek for the clues for the stories they had witnessed.
Creator: Kuhn Bergander Bley
Date: 1997-1999
Current location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Description of work: Germany's Federal Ministry of the Interior is housed in a slick, U-shaped office building at the Spree-Bogen. From the river, the rounded arms of the "U" create the effect of an identical pair of parallel buildings. The facades of the rounded ends are mostly glass, with glazing elsewhere set within a veneer of light brown granite. Since both are installed flush to the facade surface, the overall effect is of a rather corporate, shiny-smooth surface enveloping the building. (Neue Architektur, Berlin, 1990-2000, p. 152.)
Style of work: Contemporary
Culture: German
Materials/Techniques: glass
Source: Copyright Gary Catchen; Photographer: Gary Catchen (2005)
Resource type: image
File format: jpeg
Image size: 2250 x 2756 pixels
Permitted uses: This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. Other uses are not permitted. For additional details see: alias.libraries.psu.edu/vius/copyright/publicrightsarch.htm
Collection: Worldwide Building and Landscape Pictures
Filename: WB2006-727 Bundesministerium des Innern.jpg
Record ID: WB2006-727
Sub collection: government office buildings
190309-N-HG258-1008 IRVING, Texas (March 9, 2019) Members of the U.S. Navy Band Country Current perform at the 35th Annual Texas Steel Guitar Jamboree in Irving Texas. The Navy Band performs all across the country providing an opportunity for communities to connect with Sailors and going where ships can’t go to forge strong and capable partnerships for a stronger America. (U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Musician Stephen Hassay/Released)
Mona Hatoum
Current Disturbance, 1996
Madera, malla metálica, bombillas, regulador de intensidad de luz computerizado, amplificador y cuatro altavoces, 279 × 551 × 504 cm, edición 1/2
Vista de la instalación: Mona Hatoum: Current Disturbance, Capp Street Project, San Francisco, 4 de septiembre – 24 de noviembre, 1996
© Mona Hatoum. Foto: Ben Blackwell, cortesía de White Cube, Londres, y Alexander and Bonin, Nueva York
Karl Blake, Joe Budenholzer, Rose McDowall, Michael Cashmore, David Tibet, Gary Ramon, Sam Mannox-Wood, Joolie Wood
Currently on display at the Fashion and Textile Museum, London. Blogged: scrapiana.com/2014/02/22/sarah-campbell-talk-2/
Vysehrad is a pretty neat place to visit in Prague, in my opinion -- especially if you want to relax away from tourists.
It has a combination of things that make it wonderful for me. Its history, its current use, its location (and views it affords), and what's left on site -- taken individually, warrant a visit in my world. Collectively? Winner.
We'll start with what Vysehrad was, which involves local beliefs and legends. The (unproven) thought is that this is the original site of Prague, founded by Duke Krok in...who knows what year? Duke Krok is a myth, though may have been real. And since he's a myth, his daughters, too, are mythical. One of them is Libuse, who has a "bath" here, and she can be found in some architecture around town. I recall seeing her on a building on Karlova.
Duke Kroc was the first duke of the Czech people. Princess Libuse, the youngest (and wisest) of his three daughters later became queen and married a ploughman named Premysl, founding the Premyslid dynasty (interesting...she's royalty, he's a commoner, yet the dynasty is named for him because he's a man...yea for sexism?). The three sisters had special powers (one a healer, one a magician, and Libuse could predict the future). She prophesied the founding of Prague in the 8th century. So believe the Czechs.
What does history tell us? Well, this fortress-castle has been here for a thousand years give or take. Precise origin dates are unknown (or I can't seem to find them). One of the buildings here -- St. Martin's Chapel -- is known to have been built sometime between 1060-1090, so we can say it's conservatively a thousand years old.
Part of the fun of the legend that could support its continuing existence is its location high on a bluff directly overlooking the Vltava River. It was a perfect place to build a defensive fortress, that eventually became a royal castle. As the city grew, and Prague Castle was built, Vysehrad's importance waned.
The two castles competed (kind of) for two centuries to be the most important in Prague. The heyday for Vysehrad was in the late 11th century (when St. Martin's Chapel was built). Vratislaus II, the first king of Bohemia (until him, all were dukes or duchesses) moved his seat of power here from Prague Castle, at which point the original Vysehrad fortress received a major upgrade: a new palatial home, a church, a chapter house.
Growth continued, but only for a short time. Vratislaus's son, Duke Sobeslav (I'm not sure why he was duke, if his dad was king) moved the royal seat right on back to Prague Castle.
The death knell for Vysehrad (as a royal residence) came when Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV (yeah, the same one for whom Charles Bridge is named) renovated Prague Castle to its current dimensions. Vysehrad was abandoned. However, Charles did renew the fortifications with new gates, a royal palace (though never official seat of government), and started repairing the basilica. This was early 14th century. About a hundred years later in 1420 at the start of the Hussite War, Vysehrad was rancasked. And again, a few decades later. Finally, Vysehrad was left to ruin...
...Until the Austrians came along. Austria-Hungary gained Czech lands as a prize of the Thirty Years' War, remodeling it as a baroque fortress, to use as a training center for their troops.
The main building that dominated Vysehrad (to this day) is the Basilica of St. Peter & St. Paul. It's pretty big. Hard to miss, for sure. Like St. Martin's Chapel, it was also (originally) built in the 11th century. Unlike little St. Martin's, though, the big fella was remodeled in the late 1300s and, again, by the Austrians in 1885 & 1887. It's now a neo-Gothic church. Also dating to this baroque renovation are the Tabor and Leopold gates.
So...what do you get when come to Vysehrad now? A city park, really. It's free to come and go (though I think going inside the church may cost a little money).
The bastion walls are fantastic to take a walk around and enjoy panoramic views of every part of the city, the river, the bridges, just to reflect on the here and now, and the past. The bastions are big enough, and long enough, that you can take some time to just do that alone. There are also benches if you want to relax and enjoy the view.
Inside the fortress walls, you'll find mostly wooded land (thanks to its having been abandoned) with the aforementioned church and chapel, plus some other historic recreations, a few trails, and...well, all around, pleasant places to be. There are a handful of statues around the grounds, including Good King Wenceslaus, and Princess Libuse.
Being as that it's a church -- and a large one -- there's also a church cemetery attached directly to the side and back of it. Creatively, it's called "Vysehrad Cemetery."
As far as cemeteries go, I've been to many, and this one has some of the most interesting headstones I've seen. Not only that, as far as Czechs go, this could almost be their Pantheon. While royalty are buried elsewhere (Prague Castle, for starters), the literati all seem to be buried here -- except Kafka. He's in the New Jewish Cemetery. And, not every famous Czech is buried here, of course, but quite a few prominent ones from arts and letters are taking their dirt naps here. At the end of the day, this is a big, beautiful public park, well worth a visit, and the locals love it. This seems to be one of the places they come to celebrate New Year's Eve. I love that it's not overrun by tourists, though hope that anyone who has read this can make it there and see for yourself.
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Becoming the 28th state on December 29, 1845, Texas is ranked second in size among all the states. Austin is the Texas capital, while Houston is the state's largest city. More than 4,000 kinds of wild flowers grow in Texas. The Bluebonnet, with its blue bonnet-shaped petals, is the state's official flower. Texas' official state bird is the mockingbird.
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Current state of the North Side at NWI: (left to right and rear to front)
SE-RJI, SE-DSV, SE-DSU, SE-DJN, G-LCYD, 5N-MJA, G-LCYV, G-LCYY, G-LCYT, G-FBEG, G-FBEH, G-LCYJ.
The Roman Theatre of Mérida is a construction promoted by the consul Vipsanius Agrippa in the Roman city of Emerita Augusta, capital of Lusitania (current Mérida, Spain). It was constructed in the years 16 and 15 BC.
Photo David Emery for Joe Geranio at Julio Claudian Iconographic Association
• Godel, Escher, Bach by Hofstadter
• Cryptonomicon by Stephenson
• The New Space Opera edited by Dozois and Straham
• How to Get Happily Published by Appelbaum
• The UFO Phenomenon (Mysteries of the Unknown) by Time-Life
• Cold War: An Illustrated History, 1945-1991 by Isaacs and Downing
• Orbiter by Ellis (illustrated by Foran with Stewart)
see also: blog.founddrama.net/2008/09/fresh-from-the-library/
Ribes glandulosum 'Skunk Current/Skunkberry', The leaves give off a distinct unpleasant odour when crushed, Bebo Grove, Fish Creek Provincial Park' Currant Family, Grossulariaceae, 0429June_03__2009
photo up for current magazine
cropped for the cover
Leo Fox, who founded Arbor Farms Market in 1979 poses December 16 in front of his store, 2103 W. Stadium Blvd.
Pandiarajan is an actor who had played leading roles in many humorous Tamil films and currently plays supporting and comedy roles.Personal life[edit]
Pandiarajan was born to Rathnam and Sulochana in Saidapet, Chennai. He has two sisters namely, Maheshwari & Geetha. He is married to Vasuki in 1986, daughter of Director, Producer, and Poet Avinasi Mani. He has three sons, Prithvi Rajan, Pallavarajan and Premrajan.
Entry into Film Industry[edit]
Pandiarajan wanted to act in films. But due to his height and appearance he decided to join as an assistant director. He joined Thamizisai College where he had learnt violin and got his diploma as "Isai Selvam" in 1977. After that he had joined writer Thooyavan as an office assistant. Here he met director K. Bhagyaraj and later joined him as an assistant director. He had become his associate director in Darling Darling Darling and worked till the discussion of Munthanai Mudichu. Pandiarajan told the story of the film kanniraasi to Sivaji ganesan's brother shanmugam, he listened to the story and accepted it, though financiers refused to buy, the film was successful at the box-office.[4]
His first directorial venture was Kanni Rasi in 1985 starring Prabhu and Revathi. He directed and made his debut as a hero in Aan Paavam. Till now, he had directed nine films, including Kaivantha Kalai, Doubles where he directed prabhudeva in the lead role and acted in some 90 Tamil films and one Malayalam hit Kathavasheshan, where he acted with Dilip. Recently, he is acting in a TV serial called Mama Maaple in Sun TV.[5] His English short film called Help has been nominated at the ArtDeco Film Festival 2011, at São Paulo, in Brazil. ‘Help' is Pandiarajan's first short film in English.[
current work. these are 9 inches x 12 inches and this is a stage I am at before I put in the cabins and smaller trees.....the darker blue skies are meant to look like nighttime and I plan on putting yellow windows on the cabin as if there are lights on.....we shall see if this works....
German Currents 2013
7th Annual Festival of German Film Los Angeles
presented by the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles and the American Cinematheque
with the support of Deutsche Welle, German Films, the Friends of Goethe and ELMA.
In cooperation with the Consulates General of Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Opening Night.
October 4th -7th, 2013, Egyptian Theatre Hollywood
Well, this has become a hobby that I simply can't stop. Reading is considered a hobby and it something that I most definitely enjoy!
I used to read hardback books but now I read from my Kindle and Kindle App which I love! My current reading statistics show that I am on a streak of reading for 1,169 days which will soon be 1,170 days and I'll keep going!!
Presently, I am reading Phantom Prey by Lucas Davenport and I must say that I love his books!!
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artist: Gringo Star
song: Up and Down
It's another steamy, hot day here in Chicago. I cannot wait until the fall. For one, the weather will hopefully start to get cooler. And second, I won't be pregnant anymore. 8 weeks left. I am ready to not be pregnant anymore. Sleeping is getting harder, and just doing simple things like bending over to pick up toys, or even buckle my shoes isn't as easy anymore. So just looking forward to things being "normal" again. I'm not looking forward to waking up in the middle of the night again, but I do look forward to a lot of other things.