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The name of this old fishing boat in Plymouth. Quite a bit of post processing needed.
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Dragon dance (simplified Chinese: 舞龙; traditional Chinese: 舞龍; pinyin: wǔ lóng) is a form of traditional dance and performance in Chinese culture. Like the lion dance, it is most often seen during festive celebrations. The dance is performed by a team of experienced dancers who manipulate a long flexible giant puppet of a dragon using poles positioned at regular intervals along the length of the dragon. The dance team simulates the imagined movements of this river spirit in a sinuous, undulating manner.
The dragon dance is often performed during Chinese New Year. Chinese dragons are a symbol of China's culture, and they are believed to bring good luck to people, therefore the longer the dragon is in the dance, the more luck it will bring to the community. The dragons are believed to possess qualities that include great power, dignity, fertility, wisdom and auspiciousness. The appearance of a dragon is both fearsome and bold but it has a benevolent disposition, and it was an emblem to represent imperial authority. The movements in a performance traditionally symbolize the power and dignity of the dragon.
Chinese New Year is the festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar. In Chinese, the festival is commonly referred to as the Spring Festival (traditional Chinese: 春節; simplified Chinese: 春节; pinyin: Chūnjié) as the spring season in the lunisolar calendar traditionally starts with lichun, the first of the twenty-four solar terms which the festival celebrates around the time of the Chinese New Year. Marking the end of winter and the beginning of the spring season, observances traditionally take place from New Year's Eve, the evening preceding the first day of the year to the Lantern Festival, held on the 15th day of the year. The first day of Chinese New Year begins on the new moon that appears between 21 January and 20 February. S20N_1334
inspired by Dignity by Yuko Takahashi (W.A. Japan) at Sculpture by the Sea; Bondi to Tamarama Beaches, Sydney, Australia.
Looking Close... on Friday: Silhouette in Black and White
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Taken at Ubud, Bali - Indonesia in Aug 2013.
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Fiery Cross and one of the "Svitzer twins" helping the vehicle carrier Dignity Ace round a bend in the Tyne.
Colour version of Dignity, a superb and popular subject.
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CHAI. Dignity Dining Set - Available at DUBAI
Dignity is more than a word. It’s a way of being. It’s found in the quiet confidence of knowing where you come from and carrying that legacy forward. Our Dignity Collection draws inspiration from mwhere home is a sacred space where respect, honor, and tradition meet. Each piece in this collection reflects that spirit, turning everyday moments into meaningful rituals.
Dining Chairs – Elegantly sculpted with woven seat details, honoring the artistry of handcrafted design.
Dining Table – A striking blend of organic curves and metalwork, grounding the space with strength and grace.
Wicker Ceiling Lamp – Handwoven and layered, casting a warm glow that evokes memories of communal gatherings.
Leaf Panels – Available in 4 color variations, symbolizing growth and renewal.
Rug – Textured and layered, inspired by African textiles, grounding the space with warmth and authenticity.
Table Decor – Thoughtfully curated bird sculptures, fruit bowls, and table mat set that tell stories of abundance and heritage.
What does dignity mean in design? It’s in the respect for natural materials, the reverence for craftsmanship, and the thoughtful balance of beauty and functionality. Dignity is felt in the textures that remind us of the earth, in the patterns that echo ancestral stories, and in the spaces where family and friends gather, just as they have for generations.
Bring this spirit into your home and let every meal, every conversation, and every shared moment be a reminder of where dignity truly lives.
Welcome Home,
CHAI
“The White Arrow”, “The Dove of the Orient”, “The Ship of Maharajahs”... these were some of the epithets which were given to the motorship Victoria of the Lloyd Triestino. At the end of the 'Twenties, the company's technical office was faced with a complex but obvious problem: the design of a new liner which would replace the two already obsolete vessels Helouan and Vienna, born before the First World War which, with the exception of those wartime years, had served with dignity on the express route between Italy and Alexandria in Egypt.
The higher speeds obtainable with the latest generation of propulsion machinery, the competition posed by the Società Italiana di Servizi Marittimi (SITMAR) of Genoa which was running its two most recent steamships, Esperia and Ausonia, on the same route, a worrying contraction in traffic and, finally, the restructuring of the Lloyd Triestino by Lloyd Sabaudo, persuaded the company to order just a single ship; the possibility of a sister ship would have to wait for more favourable economic times. Following a favourable experience with some diesel-driven combi-ships, it was decided that the new flagship should be a motor vessel: four powerful Sulzer diesels, built at the famous Fabbrica Macchine Sant'Andrea of Trieste, were connected directly to the same number of propellers with the intention of giving the ship a service speed of 20 knots.
The Victoria (a name chosen after consideration had been given to Alessandrina and Cleopatra) was also one of the very first passenger ships in the World built to the new standards of Safety of Life At Sea (SOLAS 1929); in addition to a cellular double bottom which extended from the fore to the stern peak, she was divided into eleven watertight compartments with the engine room in the middle section and the forward and aft sections devoted to cargo. There was also a garage for cars accessible over a ramp connected to the quay. Despite being much smaller than the great transatlantic liners, the Victoria attracted international attention for several reasons: apart from her speed, she had a particularly graceful and streamlined appearance, her interiors were in the Modern style and the first class main lounge was fitted with air-conditioning: she was indeed the first passenger ship in the World to have this amenity thanks to a plant designed by the Carrier company of America and built in England.
For more information please visit www.italianliners.com/victoria-en
The ship was the property of Lloyd Triestino, originally founded as Österreichischer Lloyd, which is a shipping company with its head office in Trieste, Italy, and run by Evergreen Marine Corporation.
It was founded as "Österreichischer Lloyd" (or "Austrian Lloyd") in 1836 and became one of the world's biggest shipping companies by managing most oversea trade and passenger travel of Austria-Hungary until 1918. The Austrian Lloyd was running regular services from Trieste to the Near East, India, China and the Far East, Brazil, the USA and Northern Europe. It also was one of the first to use steam ships.
The company's name was changed to "Lloyd Triestino" in 1919, when Trieste became a part of Italy. At this time, the company also faced major restructuring in order to recover losses incurred during World War I. By the end of the 1930s, Lloyd Triestino, with its offshoot Marittima Italiana, was once again a major world shipping power, owning a fleet of 85 vessels with 17 services to east Africa, southern Africa, Asia, and Australia.[2] The company was once again crippled by the devastation of World War II in the 1940s. During the War, Lloyd Triestino lost 68 ships and 1,000 sailors. At the end, they were reduced to a fleet of just 5 ships and were once again faced with a massive recovery operation. By 1956, the Lloyd Triestino fleet had grown to 31 ships.
Lloyd Triestino entered into a partnership with Taiwanese shipping giant, Evergreen Marine, Corp., in 1993.[3] This successful partnership has grown over the years, and now also includes Evergreen's British based line, Hatsu Marine Ltd., which was created in 2000.
On March 1, 2006, Lloyd Triestino's name officially changed to Italia Marittima. Ship names are gradually being changed from the prefix "LT" to "Ital" to reflect this change (e.g. LT Cortesia and Ital Contessa).
For further information please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italia_Marittima and www.italianliners.com/lloyd-triestino-en
This painting was just one of many fascinating exhibits at a special exhibition titled “Lloyd. Trieste and its Ships round the World" which we visited back in April this year. For more information please visit eng.lloydtrieste.it/
Explore #49 on July 2, 2023
A small U.S. post office with an interesting backstory. Read on …
Michael Barr is the author of Hill Country Hindsights: Stories from a Simpler Time, and a columnist for Texas Escapes Online Magazine. His column "Looking Back At Hye Society" first appeared on March 14, 2016 and is reprinted here with his permission.
New members of the president's cabinet take the oath of office in surroundings that reflect the dignity and the power and of their position. Since 1960 that place, with few exceptions, has been the White House or somewhere in Washington. D. C. No wonder Lawrence O'Brien, a city boy from Boston (and future Commissioner of the National Basketball Association), looked like a Baptist at the Vatican taking his oath as Lyndon Johnson's Postmaster General on the front porch of the Hye General Store, Feed Store, and Post Office.
Hye, Texas is a tiny rural community on U. S. Highway 290 between Fredericksburg and Johnson City, about four miles from the LBJ Ranch. The highway is wedged between the store and the old gas station across the street.
The store building is an aging wooden structure of Bavarian design that sits just a little too close to the highway. Eighty years ago the store carried everything from calico to horse collars, but today it seems more like a museum than anything else.
President Johnson selected this folksy setting for the O'Brien ceremony because at heart Johnson was a sentimental man. More than any president since Washington and Jefferson of Virginia, LBJ had a rock-solid sense of place. He loved his home in the Texas Hill Country and couldn't understand why everyone didn't feel the same way.
The president's attachment to Hye went back as far as he could remember. He mailed his first letter at the post office, to his Grandmother Johnson, at age four. As a teenager in the 1920s Johnson played baseball with the local team.
"Truth is," Fredericke Deike once said, "Lyndon was a darn good first baseman. Had a lot of reach. Not many ground balls got past him that I can remember. And he could hit pretty well. After a game they all went skinny-dipping in the Pedernales.
The O'Brien ceremony, on November 3, 1965, took postmaster Levi Deike by surprise. Levi had been on vacation in New Mexico. When he opened the store that morning, technicians were setting up the sound system on the creaky wooden porch.
When the president arrived he warmed himself at an old oil stove then went back to the post office to check his mail. All the mail for the LBJ Ranch came to box #276. On the way he stopped at the counter for Hill Country hors devours (aka saltine crackers and cheese).
At the ceremony Johnson outlined the enormous challenges his new postmaster general faced.
"Fifty-three years ago, I mailed my first letter from this general store," Johnson recalled. "I want Larry O'Brien to find that letter and deliver it."
"And now," Johnson continued, "Judge Homer Thornberry will administer the oath of office."
"As soon as that cattle truck goes by."
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Taken at Bali Bird Park - Indonesia..
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Went to the old wreck Dignity with a friend early Saturday morning in perfect conditions could not resist the old girl again!!!!
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I find it curious how one can find traces of dignity in forgotten things.
The door level is actually a mystery that I hurry to clarify. The picture was taken from the inner side of the house. There are some small size pillars that must have been used to support a flooring at the door level. This can be seen on the following picture:
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Candid eye contact street photography from Glasgow, Scotland. Age is no barrier to dignity, grace and pride in appearance. Enjoy full screen by pressing 'L'.
Dignity (a.k.a. Dignity of Earth & Sky) is a sculpture on a bluff overlooking the Missouri River near Chamberlain, South Dakota.
The 50-foot high stainless steel statue, by South Dakota artist laureate Dale Lamphere, depicts an Indigenous woman in Plains-style dress receiving a star quilt. According to Lamphere, the sculpture honors the culture of the Lakota and Dakota peoples who are indigenous to South Dakota.
Engineering of Rapid City, SD ensured the sculpture would endure the strong winds common in the area.
Norm and Eunabel McKie of Rapid City, South Dakota announced their gift of Dignity to the State of South Dakota in 2014, in honor of the 125th anniversary of South Dakota statehood.
The statue measures 50 feet (15.24m) high, 16 (4.88m) feet deep and 32 feet (9.75m) wide. The star quilt held by the woman has more than 100 blue diamond shapes that move in the wind "like an Aspen leaf".[6]
The statue boldly proclaims that South Dakota's Native cultures are alive, standing with dignity.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamberlain,_South_Dakota
Chamberlain is a city in Brule County, South Dakota, United States. It is located on the eastern bank of the Missouri River, at the dammed section of the Lake Francis Case, close to where it is crossed by Interstate 90.
The population of Chamberlain was 2,473 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Brule County.
Chamberlain is home to the South Dakota Hall of Fame.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dignity_(statue)
Dignity (a.k.a. Dignity of Earth & Sky) is a sculpture on a bluff overlooking the Missouri River near Chamberlain, South Dakota. The 50-foot (15.24 meter) high stainless steel statue by South Dakota artist laureate Dale Claude Lamphere depicts an Indigenous woman in Plains-style dress receiving a star quilt. According to Lamphere, the sculpture honors the culture of the Lakota and Dakota peoples who are indigenous to South Dakota. Assisting Lamphere were sculptors Tom Trople, Jim Maher, Andy Roltgen, and Grant Standard. Automotive paint expert Brook Loobey assisted with the colors for the quilt, and Albertson Engineering of Rapid City, SD ensured the sculpture would endure the strong winds common in the area.
Source:
www.travelsouthdakota.com/trip-ideas/story/dignity-earth-sky
Representing the rich Native American culture of South Dakota, the 50-foot Native American woman gracefully wears a dress patterned after a two-hide dress of the 1850s. She holds outstretched a quilt featuring 128 stainless steel blue diamond shapes designed to flutter in the wind. During the day, her star quilt – a representation of respect, honor and admiration in Native American culture – glitters in the sun with color-changing pieces that move with the wind. At night, LED lights cause the diamond shapes to glow in the night sky, casting a peaceful presence easily visible from the Interstate.
Additional Foreign Language Tags:
(United States) "الولايات المتحدة" "Vereinigte Staaten" "アメリカ" "美国" "미국" "Estados Unidos" "États-Unis"
(South Dakota) "داكوتا الجنوبية" "南达科他州" "Dakota du Sud" "दक्षिण डकोटा" "サウスダコタ" "사우스다코타" "Южная Дакота" "Dakota del Sur"
(Chamberlain) "تشامبرلين" "张伯林" "चैंबरलिन" "チェンバリン" "チェンバリン" "Чемберлен"
One of scores of street murals in San Nicolas, Aruba, where local entrepreneur Tito Bolivar had been working to revitalize the town by curating murals, opening two art galleries and promoting an annual art fair.