MARINA, Calif. - Volunteers from POM and DLIFLC come together on Make A Difference Day to perform yard work and maintenance at the Marina home of widow Amelia Dow. Make A Difference Day is national day of community service sponsored by USA WEEKEND magazine and HandsOn Network that is held annually on the fourth Saturday in October.

 

Official Presidio of Monterey Web site

 

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PHOTO by Steven Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.

Spent Easter at my Dad's in Eastern PA, right in the heart of Amish country. I was really hoping to find the perfect shot with a buggy far enough in the distance and situated in the right orientation to be able to take a picture without offending the passengers. That didn't happen. However, as we headed out of town, I noticed an Amish carriage pulling up in line behind us at a traffic light. I figured this would be a unique shot, and also would protect the privacy of those in the buggy.

Police = the criminals.

 

Poster. Created on Adobe Illustrator.

 

good morning and good afternoon ;)

Cleveland

August 2013

Leica M7 | Summicron 50mm f2 V5 (Type 5) | Ilford Pan F+ 50 ISO at 100 in HC-110 Dil. B for 6 minutes

 

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香勝寺の桔梗

(ききょう寺)

 

Please look carefully !

Something wrong...

 

Can you understand ?

 

よくご覧になってみて下さい。

違い、分かりますか？

 

---

 

This flower is "Balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus)",

and usually it's 5 petals,

but I found 4 petals version. Amazing...

 

桔梗の花。

通常は５枚の花弁なのに、

なぜか４枚の花を見つけてしまいました。

 

Morimachi town, Shizuoka Pref, Japan

Chau Doc market, Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Rolleiflex SL66, Rollei HFT Planar 80mm 2.8, Ilford HP5. V700 negative scan.

Visible Difference

The Believe in the Cure Cycling Tour Comes to Philadelphia

 

An Inspirational Journey for an Inspirational Young Man

 

The power of one individual to make a difference cannot be measured in words, but in actions. John Ellis, a 17-year-old from Pensacola, Fla., was diagnosed with hepatitis B in 2006. Instead of being discouraged by this devastating medical diagnosis, John turned the news into an opportunity to raise awareness about hepatitis B. With a passion for cycling and a desire to help raise funds to find a cure for the disease, John contacted the Hepatitis B Foundation (www.hepb.org) with an idea to organize an East Coast cycling tour. Today, John’s idea has become a reality! The Believe in the Cure Cycling Tour, sponsored by the Hepatitis B Foundation, is a 1,100 mile journey which began on June 2 at John’s high school in Pensacola and ended in Philadelphia on June 23 – John’s 18th birthday!

 

A group of Hepatitis B Foundation researchers, staff, supporters, friends and family joined John and his riding companion and best friend, Jamaal Warren, for the last leg of their journey from Conshohocken to Kelly Drive in Philadelphia. John and Jamaal were welcomed at their Kelly Drive finish line by the Hepatitis B Foundation; Philadelphia’s Fralinger String Band Mummers; O’Liver, the Hepatitis B Foundation’s mascot; friends and family from Philadelphia and Pensacola and many more. ABC 6’s Health and Medical Reporter, Ali Gorman, served as the event emcee and Councilman Greenlee presented John with a citation from the city of Philadelphia. Dr. Timothy Block, Co-Founder of the Hepatitis B Foundation and Dr. Baruch Blumberg, Nobel laureate who discovered the hepatitis B virus also participated in the event program congratulating John for his extraordinary accomplishments.

 

About John Ellis and the Believe in the Cure Cycling Tour: John Ellis is an extraordinary young man. He was a healthy teenager, when the results of a routine blood test revealed that he had hepatitis B. This news came just two weeks before his 16th birthday and John recalls emotions of, “being incredibly scared because I didn’t know what having hepatitis B would mean for me.” His fear was further fueled by his doctor who told him that he would eventually need a liver transplant. John’s world was turned upside down. He was frightened and also confused as to how he could have contracted this potentially fatal disease; he had received the hepatitis B vaccine in middle school.

 

John turned to the Hepatitis B Foundation to learn more about his disease. The Foundation is the only national nonprofit organization solely dedicated to finding a cure and improving the quality of life for those affected with hepatitis B worldwide. Hepatitis B is the most common serious liver infection in the world. It is caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) that attacks liver cells and can lead to cirrhosis, liver failure and liver cancer. The virus is transmitted through infected blood. In the U.S., 1 out of 20 persons (or 12 million Americans) have been infected with HBV.

 

Armed with information about hepatitis B and with a conviction to improve his health, John gave up a junk food diet and began exercising. He purchased a $50 bike from a local bike store and started riding it everywhere – to school, to work and just for fun. “I knew I wanted to ride for a cause. People need to become more aware about hepatitis B and how it affects us,” said John. John has shown us courage in the truest sense of the word. He is approaching his chronic hepatitis B diagnosis with a positive attitude and embarking on this cycling tour to prove to himself that he can overcome obstacles placed in his path. Knowing that there is no cure for hepatitis B does not dampen his spirits. “If I believe in my heart that things will work out for the best, then who’s to say I’m not cured,” said John.

 

Sponsors of the Cycling Tour include NutriSystem, CP Commercial Printing, Monster Graphics, Bikes Plus (Pensacola, Fla.), Fox Rothschild LLP, High Swartz LLP, Newman’s Own Organic, Clif Bars, and Enterprise Rent-A-Car. For more on the Believe in the Cure Cycling Tour and a blog following John’s journey, visit the Hepatitis B Foundation at www.hepb.org or contact 215-489-4900.

Difference concept. buoys floating on water. Black and white

The two combatants are (1) American Goldfench (female) and (2) Yellow-rumped Warbler.

repair: it‘s all about attitude, about taking up the responsibility and starting

to change the things.

 

The photo shows Derrick de Kerckhove (CA).

 

credit: rubra

{ 1. Title }

Brahma Sphuta Siddhanta ( Dhana-Rina-Suunyam ) [ Literal translation ]

    

{ 2. Selection }

 

Fortune-Debt-Sunya ( 0 )

 

[ (Fortune) + (Fortune) = (Fortune) ]

[ (Debt) + (Debt) = (Debt) ]

[ (Fortune) + (Debt) = (Difference) ]

[ (Fortune) + (Debt) = (Harmony) = Kha( 0 ) ]

 

[ (Debt) + Sunya( 0 ) = (Debt) ]

[ (Fortune) + Sunya( 0 ) = (Fortune) ]

[ Sunya( 0 ) + Sunya( 0 ) = Sunya( 0 ) ]

 

[ (Big Fortune) - (Small Fortune) = (Good) ]

[ (Big Debt) - (Small Debt) = (Good) ]

 

[ (Small Fortune) - (Big Fortune) = (Difference)

[ (Small Debt) - (Big Debt) = (Difference)

 

[ (Small Fortune) - (Big Fortune) ] = [ (Small Fortune) + (Big Debt) ] = [ Debt ]

[ (Small Debt) - (Big Debt) ] = [ (Small Debt) + (Big Fortune) ] = [Fortune ]

 

[ (Debt) - Sunya( 0 ) = (Debt) ]

[ (Fortune) - Sunya( 0 ) = (Fortune) ]

[ Sunya( 0 ) - Sunya( 0 ) = (Aakaasa) ]

 

[ (Debt) - (Fortune) ] = [ (Debt) + (Debt) ]

[ (Fortune) - (Debt) ] = [ (Fortune) + (Fortune) ]

 

[ (Debt) X (Fortune) = (Debt) ]

[ (Debt) X (Debt) = (Dead Fortune) ]

[ (Dead Fortune) = (Fortune in no fortune) ]

 

[ Sunya( 0 ) X (Debt) = Empty Sunya( 0 ) ]

[ Kha( 0 ) X (Fortune) = Empty Sunya( 0 ) ]

[ Kha( 0 ) X Sunya( 0 ) = Empty Sunya( 0 ) ]

 

[ (Fortune) ÷ (Fortune) = (Fortune) ]

[ (Debt) ÷ (Debt) = (Fortune) ]

[ Kha( 0 ) ÷ Kha( 0 ) = Kha( 0 ) ]

 

[ (Fortune) ÷ (Debt) = (Debt) ]

[ (Debt) ÷ (Fortune) = (Debt) ]

 

[ Kha( 0 ) ÷ (Debt) = Kha( 0 ) ]

[ Kha( 0 ) ÷ (Fortune) = Kha( 0 ) ]

[ (Debt) ÷ Kha( 0 ) = False which ]

[ (Fortune) ÷ Kha( 0 ) = False that) ]

   

{ 3. Original Text }

 

धन-ऋण-शून्यम्

Dhana-Rina-Suunyam

Fortune-Debt-Sunya ( 0 )

  

ब्रह्म१८.३०क/ धनयोस् धनम् ऋणम् ऋणयोस् धन-ऋणयोस् अन्तरम् सम-ऐक्यम् खम्

Brahma 18.30 Ka/ dhanayos dhanam rinam rinayos dhana-rinayos antaram sama-aikyam kham

 

[ Literal translation ]

 

fortune to two fortunes, debt to two debts, difference to debt and fortune, Kha ( 0 ) to same Harmony

 

[ Simple literal translation ]

 

[ (Fortune) + (Fortune) = (Fortune) ] ... [ (+2) + (+3) = (+5) ]

[ (Debt) + (Debt) = (Debt) ] ... [ (-2) + (-3) = (-5) ]

[ (Fortune) + (Debt) = (Difference) ] ... [ (-2) + (+3) = (+1) ]

[ (Fortune) + (Debt) = (Harmony) = Kha( 0 ) ] ... [ (-2) + (-2) = Kha( 0 ) ]

* (Harmony) = (Yinyang)

* Kha( 0 ) = (Nothing) = (_0) = Dead Zero = Not-being Zero

  

ब्रह्म१८.३०ग/ ऋणम् ऐक्यम् च धनम् ऋण-धन-श्ऊन्ययोस् श्ऊन्ययोस् श्ऊन्यम्

Brahma 18.30 Kha/ rinam aikyam ca dhanam rina-dhana-Suunyayos Suunyayos Suunyam

 

[ Literal translation ]

 

debt to debt and Sunya ( 0 ) -> Harmony

 

fortune to fortune and Sunya ( 0 ) -> Harmony

 

Sunya ( 0 ) to two SunyaS( 0 ) -> Harmony

 

[ Simple literal translation ]

 

[ (Debt) + Sunya( 0 ) = (Debt) ] ... [ (-2) + Sunya( 0 ) = (-2) ]

[ (Fortune) + Sunya( 0 ) = (Fortune) ] ... [ (+3) + Sunya( 0 ) = (+3) ]

[ Sunya( 0 ) + Sunya( 0 ) = Sunya( 0 ) ] ... [ { (+1) + (-1) } + {

(+1) + (-1) } = { (+2) + (-2) } ]

 

* [ Sunya( 0 ) ] = [ (Everything of) Endless Cosmos ] = Mugg = Taiji =

Sunyata = Apeiron

* [ Sunya(0_1) ] = [ (+1) + (-1) ] = Living Zero = Being Zero

  

ब्रह्म१८.३१क/ ऊनम् अधिकात् विशोध्यम् धनम् धनात् ऋणम् ऋणात् अधिकम् ऊनात्

Brahma 18. 31 Ka/ uunam adhikaat visodhyam dhanam dhanaat riNam rinaat

adhikam uunaat

ब्रह्म१८.३१ग/ व्यस्तम् तद्-अन्तरम् स्यात् ऋणम् धनम् धनम् ऋणम् भवति

Brahma 18. 31 Kha/ vyastam tad-antaram syaat rinam dhanam dhanam rinam bhavati

 

[ Literal translation ]

 

good to ( bigger one - smaller one ),

 

subtractiong fortune from fortune, subtractiong debt from debt,

 

subtractiong bigger one from smaller one,

 

be promised, so difference, perhaps,

 

exchange debt for fortune, exchange fortune for debt, be.

 

* [ be promised, so difference ] : (Fortune) + (Debt) = (Difference)

 

[ Simple literal translation ]

 

[ (Big Fortune) - (Small Fortune) = (Good) ] ... [ (+3) - (+2) = (+1) ]

[ (Big Debt) - (Small Debt) = (Good) ] ... [ (-3) - (-2) = (-1) ]

 

[ (Small Fortune) - (Big Fortune) = (Difference) ]... [ (+2) - (+3) = (-1) ]

[ (Small Debt) - (Big Debt) = (Difference) ]... [ (-2) - (-3) = (+1) ]

 

[ (Small Fortune) - (Big Fortune) ] = [ (Small Fortune) + (Big Debt) ]

= [ Debt ] ... [ - (+3) ] = [ + (-3) ]

[ (Small Debt) - (Big Debt) ] = [ (Small Debt) + (Big Fortune) ] = [

Fortune ] ... [ - (-3) ] = [ + (+3) ]

* Conclusion : [ - (+1) ] = [ + (-1) ], [ - (-1) ] = [ + (+1) ]

  

ब्रह्म१८.३२क/ श्ऊन्य-विहीनम् ऋणम् ऋणम् धनम् धनम् भवति श्ऊन्यम् आकाशम्

Brahma 18. 32 Ka/ Suunya-vihiinam rinam rinam dhanam dhanam bhavati

Suunyam aakaasam

 

[ Literal translation ]

 

Sunya ( 0 ) from debt is debtt,

 

Sunya ( 0 ) from fortune is fortune,

 

Sunya ( 0 ) from Sunya ( 0 ) is (Aakaasa).

 

[ Simple literal translation ]

 

[ (Debt) - Sunya( 0 ) = (Debt) ] ... [ (-1) - { (+1) + (-1) } = (-1) ]

[ (Fortune) - Sunya( 0 ) = (Fortune) ] ... [ (+1) - { (+1) + (-1) } = (+1) ]

[ Sunya( 0 ) - Sunya( 0 ) = (Aakaasa) ] ... [ (0_?) - (0_(? - 1 )) =

Aakaasa = Sunya( 0 ) ]

* Aakaasa = Cosmos = Sunya( 0 )

  

ब्रह्म१८.३२ग/ शोध्यम् यदा धनम् ऋणात् ऋणम् धनात् वा तदा क्षेप्यम्

Brahma 18. 32 Kha/ sodhyam yadaa dhanam rinaat rinam dhanaat vaa tadaa ksepyam

 

[ Literal translation ]

 

thing revivable, when, fortune from debt, debt from fortune, only, then, thing addable.

 

[ Simple literal translation ]

 

[ (Debt) - (Fortune) ] = [ (Debt) + (Debt) ] ... [ (-2) - (+2) ] = [ (-2) + (-2) ]

[ (Fortune) - (Debt) ] = [ (Fortune) + (Fortune) ] ... [ (+2) - (-2) ] = [ (+2) + (+2) ]

  

ब्रह्म१८.३३क/ ऋणम् ऋण-धनयोस् घातस् धनम् ऋणयोस् धन-वधस् धनम् भवति

Brahma 18. 33 Ka/ rinam rina-dhanayos ghaatas dhanam rinyos dhana-vadhas dhanam bhavati

 

[ Literal translation ]

 

debt to debt and fortune, dead fortune to two debts, fortune in no fortune, be.

 

[ Simple literal translation ]

 

[ (Debt) X (Fortune) = (Debt) ] ... [ (-2) X (+3) ] = [ + { (-2) X 3 } ] = [ + (-6) ] = [ (-6) ]

[ (Debt) X (Debt) = (Dead Fortune) ] ... [ (-2) X (-3) ] = [ - { (-2) X 3 } ] = [ - (-6) ] = [ + (+6) ] = [ (+6) ]

[ (Dead Fortune) = (Fortune in no fortune) ] ... [ (-2) X (-3) ]is not [ + (+6) ] but [ - (-6) ].

 

[ Sunya( 0 ) - (-1) ] = [ { (+1) + (-1) } - (-1) ] = (+1)

[ Sunya( 0 ) + (+1) ] = [ { (+1) + (-1) } + (+1) ] = (+1)

Law of Liuhui Brahmagupta : [ N X (+1) ] = [ + ( N X N ) ], [ N X (-1) ] = [ - ( N X N ) ]

[ - ( N X N ) ] = [ ( N X N ) ] : is not negative sign but .

  

ब्रह्म१८.३३ग/ श्ऊन्य-ऋणयोस् ख-धनयोस् ख-श्ऊन्ययोस् वा वधस् श्ऊन्यम्

Brahma 18. 33 Kha/ Suunya-rinyos kha-dhanayos Kha-Suuyayos vaa vadhas Suunyam

 

[ Literal translation ]

 

to Sunya ( 0 ) and debt, to Kha ( 0 ) and fortune, to Kha ( 0 ) and Sunya ( 0 ), only empty Sunya ( 0 ).

 

[ Simple literal translation ]

 

[ Sunya( 0 ) X (Debt) = Empty Sunya( 0 ) ] ... Contradiction (Mistake of Brahmagupta)

[ Kha( 0 ) X (Fortune) = Empty Sunya( 0 ) ] ... [ Nothing X (+3) ] = [ Nothing = Kha( 0 ) = (_0) ]

[ Kha( 0 ) X Sunya( 0 ) = Empty Sunya( 0 ) ] ... [ Nothing X { (+1) + (_1) } ] ] = [ { Nothing X (+1) } + { Nothing X (-1) } ]

 

* [ { Nothing X (+1) } + { Nothing X (-1) } ] = [ { Nothing } + { Nothing } ] = [ Nothing = Kha( 0 ) = (_0) ]

* Contradiction (Mistake of Brahmagupta)

: [ Sunya(0_1) X (-3) ] = [ 1 X (-3) ] = [ - ( 1 X 3 ) ] = [ - (3) ] = [ - (+3) ] = [ + (-3) ] = [ (-3) ]

  

ब्रह्म१८.३४क/ धन-भक्तम् धनम् ऋण-हृतम् ऋणम् धनम् भवति खम् ख-भक्तम् खम्

Brahma 18. 34 Ka/ dhana-bhaktam dhanam rina-hritam rinam dhanam bhavati kham kha-bhaktam kham

 

[ Literal translation ]

 

fortune divided by fortune, throw of debt to debt, is fortune, Kha ( 0 ) divided by Kha ( 0 ) is Kha ( 0 ).

 

[ Simple literal translation ]

 

[ (Fortune) ÷ (Fortune) = (Fortune) ] ... [ (+6) ÷ (+2) ] = [ + { (+6) ÷ 2 } ] = [ + { (+3) } ] = [ + (+3) ] = [ (+3) ] = [ 3 ]

[ (Debt) ÷ (Debt) = (Fortune) ] ... [ (-6) ÷ (-2) ] = [ - { (-6) ÷ 2 } ] = [ - { (-3) } ] = [ + (+3) ] = [ (+3) ] = [ 3 ]

[ Kha( 0 ) ÷ Kha( 0 ) = Kha( 0 ) ] ... [ Nothing ÷ Nothing ] = [ Nothing = Kha( 0 ) = (_0) ]

* Law of Liuhui Brahmagupta : [ N ÷ (+N) ] = [ + ( N ÷ N ) ], [ N ÷ (-N) ] = [ - ( N ÷ N ) ]

[ - ( N ÷ N ) ] = [ ( N ÷ N ) ] : is not negative sign but .

  

ब्रह्म१८.३४ग/ भक्तम् ऋणेन धनम् ऋणम् धनेन हृतम् ऋणम् ऋणम् भवति

Brahma 18. 34 Kha/ bhaktam rinena dhanam rinam dhanena hritam rinam rinam bhavati

 

[ Literal translation ]

 

fortune divided by debt, debt divided by fortune, throwing, debt, debt, be.

 

[ (Fortune) ÷ (Debt) = (Debt) ] ... [ (+6) ÷ (-2) ] = [ - { (+6) ÷ 2 } ] = [ - { (+3) } ] = [ + (-3) ] = [ (-3) ]

[ (Debt) ÷ (Fortune) = (Debt) ] ... [ (-6) ÷ (+2) ] = [ + { (-6) ÷ 2 } ] = [ + { (-3) } ] = [ + (-3) ] = [ (-3) ]

  

ब्रह्म१८.३५क/ ख-उद्धृतम् ऋणम् धनम् वा तद्-छेदम् खम् ऋण-धन-विभक्तम् वा

Brahma 18. 35 Ka/ Kha-uddhritam rinam dhanam vaa tad-chedam kham rina-dhana-vibhaktam vaa

ब्रह्म१८.३५ग/ ऋण-धनयोस् वर्गस् स्वम् खम् खस्य पदम् कृतिस् यत् तत्

Brahma 18. 35 Kha/ rina-dhanayos vargas svam kham khasya padam kritis yat tat

 

[ Literal translation ]

 

Taking up Kha( 0 ), to debt, to fortune, or and Kha ( 0 ) to denominator, divide by debt and fortune,

 

only, to debt and fortune, division, Kha ( 0 ) to oneself, division of Kha ( 0 ), false which and that.

 

[ Simple literal translation ]

 

[ Kha( 0 ) ÷ (Debt) = Kha( 0 ) ] ... [ Nothing ÷ (Debt) = 없다 = Kha( 0 ) ]

[ Kha( 0 ) ÷ (Fortune) = Kha( 0 ) ] ... [ Nothing ÷ (Fortune) = Nothing = Kha( 0 ) ]

[ (Debt) ÷ Kha( 0 ) = False which ] = [ Kha( 0 ) ]

[ (Fortune) ÷ Kha( 0 ) = False that) ] = [ Kha( 0 ) ]

      

{ 4. Word of sanskrit in roman }

   

[ Sunya ] = [ ( Everything of ) endless Cosmos ]

 

(01)

Suunya = Sunya ( 0 ) = Mugg(BC 3898) = Taiji = Apeiron

Suunyam = Suunya + singular.objective case(m) = to suunya

Suunyayos = Suunya + anaptyxis(i) + plural(2).objective case(os) = (to) two SuuyaS

 

(02)

Kha ( 0 ) = Nothing

Kham = Kha ( 0 ) + singular.objective case(m) = to Kha ( 0 )

Khasya = Kha + singular.possessive(sya) = of Kha ( 0 )

 

(03)

dhana = Fortune, Positive number, Credit, Claim

dhanam = dhana + singular.objective case(m) = to fortune

dhanayos = dhana + anaptyxis(i) + plural(2).objective case(os) = (to) two fortunes

dhanaat = dhana + singular.ablative case(at) = from fortune

dhanena = dhana + anaptyxis(a) + instrumental(ena) = by fortune

 

(04)

rina = Debt, Negative number, Liability

rinam = rina + singular.objective case(m) = to debt

rinayos = rina + anaptyxis(i) + plural(2).objective case(os) = (to) two debts

rinaat = rina + singular.ablative case(at) = from debt

rinena = rina + anaptyxis(a) + instrumental(ena) = by debt

 

(05)

adhika = bigger one

adhikam = adhika + singular.objective case(m) = (to) bigger one

adhikaat = adhika + singular.ablative case(at) = from bigger one

 

(06)

aikya = Harmony = YinYang

aikyam = aikya + singular.objective case(m) = (to) harmony

 

(07)

antara = difference

antaram = antara + singular.objective case(m) = (to) difference

 

(08)

bhakta = division

bhaktam = bhakta + singular.objective case(m) = (to) division

 

(09)

bhavati : be (indicative, active, third person singular)

 

(10)

ca = and

 

(11)

cheda = denominator

chedam = cheda + singular.objective case(m) = (to) denominator

 

(12)

ghaatas : dead

 

(13)

hrita = throw, take away

hritam = hrita + singular.objective case(m) = (to) throw

 

(14)

kriti = false

kritis = kriti + singular.subjective case(s)

 

(15)

ksepya = be thrown, added, throw, addable

ksepyam = ksepya + singular.objective case(m) = (to) throw, adding

 

(16)

pada = division

padam = pada + singular.objective case(m) = (to) division

 

(17)

sama = same

 

(18)

sodhya = revivable, regainable

sodhyam = sodhya + singular.objective case(m) = (to) the thing revivable

 

(19)

sva = oneself

svam = sva + singular.objective case(m) = (to) oneself

 

(20)

syaat = perhaps

 

(21)

tad = and, so

 

(22)

tat = that

 

(23)

ud = up (english) / uddhritam = throw(ing) up

 

(24)

uuna = smaller one

uunam = uuna + singular.objective case(m) = (to) smaller one

uunaat = uuna + singular.ablative case(at) = from smaller one

 

(25)

vaa : and, or, so, only

 

(26)

vadhas = no, empty

 

(27)

vargas = division

 

(28)

vibhakta = division

vibhakta + singular.objective case(m) = (to) division

 

(29)

vihiina = empty, no, be subtracted

vihiinam = vihiina + singular.objective case(m) = (to) nothing, subtraction

 

(30)

visodhya = right, good

visodhyam = visidhya + singular.objective case(m) = (to) good

 

(31)

vyasta = be promised

vyastam = vyasta + singular.objective case(m) = (to) promise

 

(32)

yadaa ~ tadaa = either ~ or = when ~ then

 

(33)

yat = which, that

    

{ 5. Liuhui Brahmagupta (2010.07.19) }

 

acrylics on canvasboard

Do you imagine about rolling up in a luxurious hotel when taking a holiday, or do you take satisfaction in being able to sleep wherever you can? In a strange series of illustrations, the contrast between a seasoned traveler and a tourist are highlighted through simple figures.

These 12...

 

chooselife.me/minimalistic-illustrations-show-differences...

Jana took this photo, she couldn't leave without taking a picture. It was the first such toilet like it we encountered, at a station on the way to Ravenna, but I saw many more the rest of the trip. Luckily I never had to do #2 in a bathroom with only this option, though it would have been interesting.

repair: it‘s all about attitude, about taking up the responsibility and starting

to change the things.

 

The photo shows Derrick de Kerckhove (CA).

 

credit: rubra

I really love this picture. Between this one and the tobyMac one later on in my photostream, I can't decide which one is my favorite concert picture I've taken.

"I establish boundaries which determine both what is collected and where it is collected from. Accumulating and assembling single-coloured objects, I consider the psychological influence of colour, its effect and sensory impact upon the viewer.”

 

Chroma is the culmination of Manchester artist Liz West’s interests and ideas over a five-year period.This new body of work, site-specific to BLANKSPACE, explores the themes of colour theory, collecting and the exploration of real and illusory space.

 

West’s playful and magical works, each of which she builds by hand, consist of unexpected and carefully arranged combinations of materials. Systems of ordering, classification and coding are applied in the development and generation of West’s work. She invokes the monumental, whilst utilising commonplace objects that are found and collected from the world around her

Peace Corps Volunteers ready to make a difference

 

Thirteen new United States Peace Corps Volunteers were sworn in on Tuesday, December 18, as a final step before moving into villages for their two year assignments. The volunteers just completed an intensive 10-week Pre-Service Training Tuesday and have begun transferring to their individual villages scattered throughout Upolu and Savaii.

   

Their primary focus is to improve primary school students’ English literacy. In addition, several volunteers are going to villages that were severely affected by Cyclone Evan and will have the unique opportunity to help repair and rebuild the schools they will be working in, as well as help the affected communities in additional ways.

   

In light of recent events, the volunteers were sworn in by U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Chad Berbert in a private ceremony at the U.S. Embassy Office in Matafele. The following day the volunteers and staff from the U.S. Embassy joined hands with Samoa Victim Support Group to help clean out the SVSG office at the old police building.

   

“It was quite the task as mud had accumulated up to a foot high in some places due to Cyclone Evan,” Mr. Berbert said. “SVSG is doing great things for people in this country, including aiding people who are suffering because of Cyclone Evan. I’m very happy we could play a small part in helping to return the favor and assist them in recovering from the storm.”

   

The new Volunteers are eager to start their two year assignments, which will keep them in Samoa until December 2014.

 

samoa.usembassy.gov

IRL the differences between these two momoko dolls are very clear, but also in my picture maybe you can see how the original doll (2012, on the left) is more classy than the "Repro" one (2016, on the right). I mean, both are beautiful, but they are different.

First of all the hair: in the original doll they are much more thick with well-defined curls and the frontal part is swollen. Also the hairline, even if high, is lower than in repro and a bit straight, so that her forehead does not seem so huge. In repro hair are less voluminous and the frontal part is rather flat and tight. Also curls are not so well-defined and maybe it would be more correct to speak of frizzy hair instead of curly. The hairline is very high and curved and causes a huge forehead.

Then complexion and make-up: the original doll has a natural, healthy glow, while the repro is more transparent, a bit translucent. The blush, which has a cute color applied only on the cheeks in the original doll, in the repro doll is too much and the color is too intense and applied from the cheeks up to the eyes and encircles the side angle of the eye: this makes the repro doll really too flushed.

Lastly, eyebrows: if compared with the raven-black hair they are too light even in the original doll, but in the repro doll they are even clearer, so much so that in full-length pictures they seems to be lacking.

For me the winner is the original one, Today's 1206bk. Which one do you like best?

just for fun, I cleaned off a bit of the lane divider - a

surprisingly challenging task. I expected to do the whole pool, but

the dark color was a surprisingly hardy crust that didn't succumb to

a brush but if you rub it hard enough it will crumble.

An image of my neighbour, Katie, in her nurse's uniform. She looks so proud and she's barely changed in 40 years, which makes for a brilliant comparison!

I FOUND THE DIFFERENCE!!!

 

Tilly had an accident tonight, the peg holding her foot hook in shot out and I had to restring her leg and get the peg back in. Not fun, but in doing so I noticed that her leg had a part that none of my others have.... take a look at the pic compared to my Lami's leg

The homescreen is a microcosm of the differences between the two devices. The N86 has a more traditional phone centric approach to convergence, where as the N97 draws at least some inspiration from the laptop (and is arguably more of a generic media tool).

thursday 2nd april - friday 3rd april 2015

 

concerning the impossibly isolated

alter-universe

{r(gv)}

 

(graphic)

 

in part 11 we comprehended that inasmuch as we extend as nothing but our differential gravitation with alterity, then at the beginning of our proper time (at the moment of realization), our gravity is infinite - our red self is constituted wholly as our green-violet alterity.

 

moment of presentation - gravity 1

(2 alterity ÷ 2 self)

 

first moment of re-presentation - gravity 3

(6 alterity ÷ 2 self)

 

second moment of re-presentation - gravity 1.6666666666667

(10 alterity ÷ 6 self)

 

third moment of re-presentation - gravity 2.2

(22 alterity ÷ 10 self)

 

saturday 4th april 2015

 

let us re-emphasise that we are talking only of our understanding of things in our proper time and space, and that for our pure singleness of difference there is no time and space. (but having said that, it is only as our comprehending of our own pure singleness that things exist.)

 

let us also re-assert that although for a thingly, phenomenal self ‘in space’, time does seem to pass as accumulating moments of difference, the moments being accumulated are those already accumulated by the thingly, phenomenal others - always in part as the self already was.

 

therefore by reason of symmetry, the momentary articulation of a thing’s proper time into it’s future is thus cancelled by an equal and opposite articulation into it’s past. for the absolute symmetry of singleness, the currency is not spatio-temporality, but rather sheer difference as such.

 

let us now go on to describe the first fifteen moments of phenomenal proportionality of {r(gv)}. this will then lead us on to a consideration of the gravity of our thing {r(gv)}. (note that at moment zero - just before the infinite gravity of moment one - the value is zero. we take this to indicate the zero gravity of pure singleness).

 

(0 + 0) ÷ 1 = 0

(1 + 1) ÷ 0 = ∞

(1 + 1) ÷ 2 = 1

(3 + 3) ÷ 2 = 3

(5 + 5) ÷ 6 = 1.666666666…

(11 + 11) ÷ 10 = 2.2

(21 + 21) ÷ 22 = 1.9090909090…

(43 + 43) ÷ 42 = 2.0476190476…

(85 + 85) ÷ 86 = 1.976744186…

(171 + 171) ÷ 170 = 2.0117647058…

(341 + 341) ÷ 342 = 1.9941520467…

(683 + 683) ÷ 682 = 2.0029325513…

(1365 + 1365) ÷ 1366 = 1.9985358711…

(2731 + 2731) ÷ 2730 = 2.0007326007…

(5461 + 5461) ÷ 5462 = 1.9996338337…

 

(graphic)

  

the complete photo/video collection (1972-2016) of Stan Bonnar's artworks is accessible here :

 

www.flickr.com/photos/stan_bonnars_artworks/collections

Italien / Toskana - San Gimignano

 

Porta San Matteo

 

San Gimignano (Italian pronunciation: [san dʒimiɲˈɲaːno]) is a small walled medieval hill town in the province of Siena, Tuscany, north-central Italy. Known as the Town of Fine Towers, San Gimignano is famous for its medieval architecture, unique in the preservation of about a dozen of its tower houses, which, with its hilltop setting and encircling walls, form "an unforgettable skyline". Within the walls, the well-preserved buildings include notable examples of both Romanesque and Gothic architecture, with outstanding examples of secular buildings as well as churches. The Palazzo Comunale, the Collegiate Church and Church of Sant' Agostino contain frescos, including cycles dating from the 14th and 15th centuries. The "Historic Centre of San Gimignano" is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The town also is known for saffron, the Golden Ham, pecorino cheese and its white wine, Vernaccia di San Gimignano, produced from the ancient variety of Vernaccia grape which is grown on the sandstone hillsides of the area.

 

Territory

 

The municipality of San Gimignano extends for 138 km² and is located on a hill in Val d'Elsa. The altitude difference is between a minimum of 64 meters a.s.l. in the plain of the river Elsa near Certaldo at a maximum of 631 meters in the area of Cornocchio.

 

History

 

In the 3rd century BC a small Etruscan village stood on the site of San Gimignano. Chroniclers Lupi, Coppi and Pecori relate that during the Catiline conspiracy against the Roman Republic in the 1st century, two patrician brothers, Muzio and Silvio, fled Rome for Valdelsa and built two castles, Mucchio and Silvia (now San Gimignano). The name of Silvia was changed to San Gimignano in 450 AD after Bishop Geminianus, the Saint of Modena, intervened to spare the castle from destruction by the followers of Attila the Hun. As a result, a church was dedicated to the saint, and in the 6th and 7th centuries a walled village grew up around it, subsequently called the "Castle of San Gimignano" or Castle of the Forest because of the extensive woodland surrounding it. From 929 the town was ruled by the bishops of Volterra.

 

In the Middle Ages and the Renaissance era, it was a stopping point for Catholic pilgrims on their way to Rome and the Vatican, as it sits on the medieval Via Francigena. The city's development was also improved by the trade of agricultural products from the fertile neighbouring hills, in particular saffron, used in both cooking and dyeing cloth and Vernaccia wine, said to inspire popes and poets.

 

In 1199, the city made itself independent of the bishops of Volterra and established a podestà, and set about enriching the commune with churches and public buildings. However, the peace of the town was disturbed for the next two centuries by conflict between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines, and family rivalries within San Gimignano. This resulted in competing families building tower houses of increasingly greater heights. Towards the end of the Medieval period, there were 72 tower houses in number, up to 70 metres (230 feet) tall. The rivalry was finally restrained when the local council ordained that no tower was to be taller than that adjacent to the Palazzo Comunale.

 

While the official patron is Saint Geminianus, the town also honours Saint Fina, known also as Seraphina and Serafina, who was born in San Gimignano 1238 and whose feast day is 12 March. The Chapel of Santa Fina in the Collegiate Church houses her shrine and frescos by Ghirlandaio. The house said to be her home still stands in the town.

 

On 8 May 1300, San Gimignano hosted Dante Alighieri in his role as ambassador of the Guelph League in Tuscany.

 

The city flourished until 1348, when it was struck by the Black Death that affected all of Europe, and about half the townsfolk died. The town submitted to the rule of Florence. Initially, some Gothic palazzi were built in the Florentine style, and many of the towers were reduced to the height of the houses. There was little subsequent development, and San Gimignano remained preserved in its medieval state until the 19th century, when its status as a touristic and artistic resort began to be recognised.

 

Description

 

The city is on the ridge of a hill with its main axis being north/south. It is encircled by three walls and has at its highest point, to the west, the ruins of a fortress dismantled in the 16th century. There are eight entrances into the city, set into the second wall, which dates from the 12th and 13th centuries. The main gates are Porta San Giovanni on the ridge extending south, Porta San Matteo to the north west and Porta S. Jacopo to the north east. The main streets are Via San Matteo and Via San Giovanni, which cross the city from north to south. At the heart of the town are four squares: the Piazza Duomo, on which stands the Collegiate Church; the Piazza della Cisterna, the Piazza Pecori and the Piazza delle Erbe. To the north of the town is another significant square, Piazza Agostino, on which stands the Church of Sant' Agostino. The locations of the Collegiate Church and Sant' Agostino's and their piazzas effectively divide the town into two regions.

 

Main sights

 

The town of San Gimignano has many examples of Romanesque and Gothic architecture. As well as churches and medieval fortifications, there are examples of Romanesque secular and domestic architecture which may be distinguished from each other by their round and pointed arches, respectively. A particular feature which is typical of the region of Siena is that the arches of openings are depressed, with doorways often having a second low arch set beneath a semi-circular or pointed arch. Both Romanesque and Gothic windows sometimes have a bifurcate form, with two openings divided by a stone mullion under a single arch.

 

Culture

 

San Gimignano is the birthplace of the poet Folgore da San Gimignano (1270–1332).

 

A fictionalised version of San Gimignano is featured in E. M. Forster's 1905 novel, Where Angels Fear to Tread as Monteriano.

 

M. C. Escher's 1923 woodcut San Gimignano depicts the celebrated towers.

 

Franco Zeffirelli used San Gimignano as a stand-in for the town of Assisi in his 1972 Saint Francis of Assisi biopic Brother Sun, Sister Moon. Most of the "Assisi" scenes were filmed here

 

Tea with Mussolini, a 1999 drama about the plight of English and American expatriate women in Italy during World War II, was filmed in part in San Gimignano. The frescoes that the women save from being destroyed during the German Army's withdrawal are inside the Duomo, the town's main church. The account of this episode is, to a large extent, fictional, because, although there are reports of intended retribution against the town, there is no evidence of a plan to destroy the churches. However, the reference to risk of cultural destruction is historic, as the Allies bombed the area for ten days.

 

In the 2005 novel The Broker by John Grisham, Joel Backman takes his second of three wives on vacation in Italy to keep her from divorcing him. They rent a 14th-century monastery near San Gimignano for a month.

 

A 15th-century version of the town is featured in the 2009 video game Assassin's Creed II.

 

(Wikpedia)

 

Piazza della Cisterna is a piazza in San Gimignano, Italy. It has a triangular shape with a slight natural slope and is connected to the nearby Piazza del Duomo by an open passage. The pavement is brick and the piazza is surrounded by houses and medieval towers. There are presently 5 towers onto the square or very near it and the bases of other five are visible on the facade of the various palaces, plus one, the Ridolfi tower, which is no longer in existence having collapsed in 1646 onto the family palace, thus making this relatively small area a concentrate of medieval architecture. In the south-west corner, the piazza meets the Arc of Becci, (l'arco dei Becci), an ancient city gate. The arc is flanked by the massive rectangular towers of Becci (torri dei Becci) on the left and Cugnanesi (torri dei Cugnanesi) on the right.

 

Past the access to via di Castello, which led down to the original Bishop’s castle, the northern side is characterized by the renaissance Cortesi Palace, which includes la torre del Diavolo, and extends along the north side of the square including the old houses of the Cattani family. There remains of two pre-existing towers are clearly visible onto the facade of the Cortesi Palace.

 

The west side is adorned with various towers, like the twin towers of Ardinghelli and the tower of palazzo Pellari visible over the roofs.

 

History

 

The piazza is located at the intersection of two main streets of the village of San Gimignano: la via Francigena that run north to south and la via Pisa - [[Siena]that runs east to west]. The piazza was used as a market and a stage for festivals and tournaments. Originally the area was divided in two squares by the palace and tall tower of the Ridolfi family, the Piazza dell’ Olmo in the inferior and western part and the Piazza delle Taverne in the eastern side and with the cisterna in the middle. In 1646 the tall Ridolfi tower suddenly collapsed, destroying the palace and thus the two squares were merged into one, the Piazza della Cisterna.

 

The piazza is named after the underground cistern (Cisterna) built in 1287. The cistern is capped by a travertine octagonal pedestal, which was built in 1346 under the mayor Guccio Malavolti whose coat of arms with the ladder is carved onto the stones, and is close to the center of the square.

 

(Wikipedia)

 

San Gimignano ist eine italienische Kleinstadt in der Toskana mit einem mittelalterlichen Stadtkern. San Gimignano wird auch „Mittelalterliches Manhattan“ oder die „Stadt der Türme“ genannt. Die Stadt liegt in der Provinz Siena und hat 7717 Einwohner (Stand 31. Dezember 2019). Sie gehört neben Florenz, Siena und Pisa zu den von Touristen meistbesuchten Zielen in der Toskana.

 

Allgemeines

 

Der historische Stadtkern ist seit dem Jahr 1990 Teil des Weltkulturerbes der UNESCO. San Gimignano besitzt noch einige der mittelalterlichen Geschlechtertürme, die in anderen Städten nur als Stümpfe erhalten blieben. Im Mittelalter versuchten die Patrizierfamilien, sich in der Höhe ihres Geschlechterturmes zu übertreffen, obwohl ein luxuriöses Leben darin nicht möglich war. Von den einst 72 Geschlechtertürmen existieren in San Gimignano heute noch 15. Die beiden höchsten, der Torre Grossa aus dem Jahr 1311 und der Torre della Rognosa, weisen eine Höhe von 54 bzw. 51 Metern auf. Die Zisterne auf der Piazza della Cisterna entstand 1287 und wurde 1346 durch den Podestà Guccio Malavolti erweitert.

 

Geografie

 

Die Stadt liegt ca. 40 km südwestlich der Regionalhauptstadt Florenz und ca. 28 km nordwestlich der Provinzhauptstadt Siena an der Via Francigena und im Elsatal. San Gimignano liegt in der klimatischen Einordnung italienischer Gemeinden in der Zone D, 2 085 GR/G.

 

Zu den Ortsteilen gehören Badia a Elmi (94 m, gehört teilweise zu Certaldo), Castel San Gimignano (377 m, gehört teilweise zu Colle di Val d’Elsa), Pancole (272 m), Santa Lucia (268 m) und Ulignano. Weitere wichtige Orte im Gemeindegebiet sind Montauto (277 m), Monteoliveto (275 m) Ranza und San Donato (357 m). Größter Ortsteil ist Ulignano mit ca. 690 Einwohnern.

 

Die wichtigsten Flüsse im Gemeindegebiet sind der Elsa (4 von 81 km im Gemeindegebiet) sowie die Torrenti Foci (4 von 15 km im Gemeindegebiet) und Riguardi (7 von 7 km im Gemeindegebiet).

 

Die Nachbargemeinden sind Barberino Tavarnelle (FI), Certaldo (FI), Colle di Val d’Elsa, Gambassi Terme (FI), Poggibonsi und Volterra (PI).

 

Geschichte

 

San Gimignano soll bereits um 300 bis 200 v. Chr. von den Etruskern besiedelt worden sein. Erstmals dokumentiert wurde der Ort 929. Den Namen erhielt die Stadt von dem heiligen Bischof von Modena, San Gimignano. Es heißt, er habe das Dorf vor den barbarischen Horden des Totila geschützt.

 

Diese Stadt verdankt ihre Existenz der Via Francigena (Frankenstraße). Auf diesem Hauptverkehrsweg des mittelalterlichen Italiens zogen Händler und Pilger vom Norden nach Rom. Der Ort bildete sich als Marktstätte zwischen dem frühmittelalterlichen Castello und der Pieve, dem Vorgängerbau der Collegiata. Ein erster Stadtmauerring wurde im 10. Jahrhundert angelegt. Dessen Verlauf markieren zwei noch erhaltene Stadttore, im Norden der Arco della Cancelleria und im Süden der Arco dei Becci.

 

Vom 11. Jahrhundert an dehnte sich das Stadtgebiet entlang der Frankenstraße in nördlicher und südlicher Richtung aus. An die Existenz des früheren Castello erinnern die Via di Castello, eine der ältesten Straßen, und die Kirche von San Lorenzo, die bei der Zugbrücke lag. Mindestens seit dem Jahr 929 gehörte das Kastell den Bischöfen von Volterra. Diese Bischöfe waren es auch, die die Herrschaft über die sich ausdehnende Stadt ausübten. Erst 1199 gelang es den von den Bürgern gewählten Konsuln, Verträge ohne die Zustimmung des Bischofs zu unterzeichnen. San Gimignano war nie Bischofssitz, sondern gehörte zum kirchlichen Verwaltungsbezirk (Diözese) Volterra und erlangte somit auch keine Stadtrechte. Trotzdem verlief die politische Entwicklung der Landkommune in ähnlichen Schritten wie die der großen Städte. Die Regierung der Konsuln wurde durch den Podestà (einem gewählten Administrator) abgelöst. Diesem standen ein kleiner und ein großer Rat zur Seite. Dem großen Rat gehörte eine bemerkenswert hohe Zahl von 1200 Mitgliedern an, obwohl San Gimignano nur 6000 Einwohner hatte.

 

Die freie Kommune stritt bis ins 14. Jahrhundert mit den Bischöfen von Volterra in langjährigen Kriegen um Besitzrechte. Sie musste gegen die Nachbarorte Castelfiorentino, gegen Colle und Poggibonsi zu Felde ziehen und nahm auf der Seite des guelfischen Florenz an den großen Machtkämpfen des 13. Jahrhunderts teil. Auch innerhalb der Stadtmauern setzten sich die Kämpfe zwischen Guelfen (Welfen) und Ghibellinen (Waiblinger) fort. Es kam zu blutigen Familienfehden zwischen den Familien der Salvucci (Ghibellinen) und der Ardinghelli (Guelfen).

 

Ab Mai 1300 hielt sich Dante Alighieri in diplomatischer Mission in San Gimignano auf. Vom 15. Juni bis 15. August 1300 amtierte er als eines von sechs Mitgliedern des Priorats, des höchsten Gremiums der Stadt. Im Jahre 1319 versuchte er in seiner Funktion als führender Florentiner Politiker vergeblich, die verfeindeten Parteien zu versöhnen. Eine Kommune wie San Gimignano konnte sich im 14. Jahrhundert nicht mehr neben den Großmächten behaupten. Im Jahre 1348 wurde die Stadt neben Kriegsverlusten und Familienfehden durch die Pest stark geschwächt. Vier Jahre später, im Jahre 1352, begab sich die Stadt unter den Schutz von Florenz.

 

Die Blütezeit der Stadt dauerte 160 Jahre an, ihr Wohlstand beruhte auf Handel und dem Anbau von Safran, mit dem man Seidenstoffe färbte. Die Frankenstraße verlor im Spätmittelalter allmählich an Bedeutung, weil der Handel die bequemeren Wege durch die weitgehend trockengelegten Sümpfe der Ebenen vorzog. Die Stadt, die einst Gesetze gegen übertriebenen Luxus erlassen hatte, verarmte.

 

Hochrenaissance (ca. 1500 bis 1530) und Barock (1575 bis 1770) hinterließen in San Gimignano so gut wie keine Spuren. Die Stadt war niemals ein eigenständiges Kunstzentrum. Künstler aus Siena und Florenz malten die Fresken und Altartafeln. Die Paläste und Kirchen zeigen pisanische, sienesische, lucchesische und florentinische Stilmerkmale. In San Gimignano ist die Zeit scheinbar im Jahr 1563 stehengeblieben. Der erste der toskanischen Großherzöge, Cosimo I. de’ Medici, entschied, es dürfen „auch keine geringen Summen“ mehr in diese Stadt investiert werden. Das musste akzeptiert werden, und so ist San Gimignano geblieben, wie es damals war.

 

(Wikipedia)

In the photo: (from left) Dr. Meine van Noordwijk of the World Agroforestry Centre, Tasso Azevedo - former director of the Brazilian Forest Service, Doug Boucher of the Union of Concerned Scientists, and Heru Prasetyo, Secretary of Indonesia’s National REDD+ Task Force. The panel spoke animatedly at the 'Drivers of Deforestation: Exploring Regional Differences and New Patterns' discussion forum hosted by the World Agroforestry Centre. The forum was part of Forest Day 6, held on 2 December 2012, on the sidelines of the 18th United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP18) in Doha, Qatar. Photo: D. Ouya (World Agroforestry Centre).

 

Read stories from the event on our blogs.

The headcap of this doll is the colour her entire head was before I took care of her for making the head match the body. Her mom's really happy with it and I have to admit I'm quite proud of myself too ^.^ !

 

The first outing of the day was to the local recycling centre to drop off an old computer and CRT monitor that Sanni has had in the flat for ages. They're both heavy and difficult for her to move, so I was happy to help out.

  

I was a bit surprised at how much the recycling centres at home look like this one (upon which they must surely have been modelled) but with one significant difference. The price list!

  

Blessedly the drop off of the PC was free. I'm not quite sure where the cost threshold kicks in.

Lago di Braies/Pragser Wildsee (BZ), 1469m a.s.l.

Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy (June 3, 2007)

This photo shows the difference in the way each type of log set supports the roof. Lincoln Logs had the one piece red support (first wood and later plastic like this one) and American Logs had specifically shaped logs which have slanted ends keep the log-look going all the way to the peak.

View Against Black

 

1963 Ford Falcon Futura next to a 1964 (one is mine)

總是不同。。。

something different when U got...Money !!!

 

www.emergencyrooms.org/biennalist.html

   

Emergency Artists involved in the Penetration format at Venice Biennale 2009 :

Rosaria Iazzetta/Sebastiano Delva / Kristian von Hornselth / 2/4our / Marta Orlando / Kim Dessault / Christian Costa / Jussi Kivi / Åsmund Boye Kneverland / Valentina Maggi

 

Instead of "making worlds " topic of the Biennale we were looking at the one we have allready

and expressed on it s emergencies the same day .

 

with some of the sharper artists from emergency room .

 

We exhibited about emergencies of today

 

today before it is too late .

 

For that purpose Biennalist opened some spaces in the Biennale national pavillons .

with the invitation and welcome from their artists and curators

( artist Daniel Medina for Venezuela pavillon /curator María Luz Cárdenas / artist Jussi Kivi for the finnish pavillon / artist Jacques Charlier and curator Enrico Lunghi for the belgium boat )

  

www.emergencyrooms.org/biennalist.html

 

the format PENETRATION has been activated at the Venice Biennale since 2007

 

www.emergencyrooms.org/penetration.html

 

In 2011 The Biennale Curator Bice Curiger is testing the "PENETRATION FORMAT" at Venice Biennale and adapt the name to "parapavilion " ( or "para pavilions ")

 

( the small difference with the original format is that she want to keep the role of the inbeetween person ,not sure if artists are left alone in the negotiations , without her beeing controling

 

here the orginal format www.emergencyrooms.org/penetration.html

 

from intervieuw by Coline Milliard, ARTINFO UK Curator Bice Curiger says :

 

You've asked four artists (Monika Sosnowska, Franz West, Song Dong, and Oscar Tuazon) to create "parapavilions," which will host other artists' works. How did this idea come about?

 

In Venice, the big curated shows tend to be compilations of works displayed one after the other — particularly in the long space of the Arsenale. I was trying to find a way for artworks to be more closely intertwined, and this seems to be an interesting solution. With the "parapavilions," the questions of identity and nationality are getting a bit mixed up. Oscar Tuazon is creating a pavilion that will showcase the work of Asier Mendizabal. They are communicating a lot about it, but since Oscar is still changing the space it might be that, at some point, Asier will say, "I cannot work in the space like this." The parapavilions are about the negotiation between two artists, and that's very different from just me saying this goes here and that goes there.