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On the 9th November 2019 a loco has seen the Bord Na Nona branding changed. No need for many rally drivers on the 3'gauge systems.
This one-week event introduced scholars (senior and phd) to the CLARIAH tools for advanced audio-visual analysis, which enable research on a growing number of collections and their contextual data. Guided by experts in data-driven research, the participants worked in small teams on specific research projects. The keynote speakers were Eric Hoyt and Dana Mustata. Project work was supported by leading digital humanities experts and media scholars, including Julia Noordegraaf, Roeland Ordelman, Lora Aroyo, Marijn Koolen, Jaap Blom, Marcel Broersma, Jasmijn van Gorp, Thomas Poell, Eva Baaren, Susan Aasman, Susan Hoogervorst, Carlos Martinez Ortiz, Norah Karrouche, Kaspar Beelen, Christian Olesen, Liliana Melgar, among others.
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Fall-line Motorsports BMW M3 Coupe driven by Lee Davis Ryan Eversley and Russell Smith at Watkins Glen for the Koni Challenge TheGlen.com 200
"During the early 1980s, New York experienced a community-driven musical renaissance. The result was an era of creativity and genre-defying performance that stands as one of the most influential in musical and cultural history. A wide range of music, from punk to pop to hip-hop to salsa to jazz, mixed in a dynamic arts scene that stretched across clubs and bars, theaters, parks, and art spaces. Together, they provided fertile ground for a musical revolution—one that continues to influence pop culture to this day. Coinciding with the 40th anniversary of MTV, New York, New Music: 1980–1986 will highlight diverse musical artists—from Run DMC to the Talking Heads, from Madonna to John Zorn—as a lens to explore the broader music and cultural scene, including the innovative media outlets, venues, record labels, fashion and visual arts centered in New York City in these years."
We decided to go for a city break rather than sun in Tenerife again this September. Other than a few days in the North East we haven’t been away since last March and wanted a change and hopefully some sun. The problem is getting flights from the north of England to the places we want to go to. We chose Valencia as we could fly from East Midlands – which was still a pain to get to as it involved the most notorious stretch of the M1 at five in the morning. In the end we had a fairly good journey, the new Ryanair business class pre-booked scheme worked quite well and bang on time as usual. It was dull when we landed with storms forecast all week, the sky was bright grey – the kiss of death to the photography I had in mind. I was full of cold and wishing I was at work. It did rain but it was overnight on our first night and didn't affect us. There has been a drought for eleven months apparently and it rained on our first day there! The forecast storms didn't materialise in Valencia but they got it elsewhere.
You May notice discrepancies in the spelling of some Spanish words or names, this is because Valencian is used on signs, in some guide books and maps. There are two languages in common use with distinct differences. There may also be genuine mistakes - it has been known!
Over the course of a Monday to Sunday week we covered 75 miles on foot and saw most of the best of Valencia – The City of Bell Towers. The Old City covers a pretty large area in a very confusing layout. There was a lot of referring to maps – even compass readings! – a first in a city for us. The problem with photography in Valencia is that most of the famous and attractive building are closely built around, some have poor quality housing built on to them. Most photographs have to be taken from an extreme angle looking up. There are no high points as it is pan flat, there are a small number of buildings where you can pay to go up on to the roof for a better view and we went up them – more than once!
The modern buildings of The City of Arts and Sciences – ( Ciutat de Las Arts I de les Ciencies ) are what the city has more recently become famous for, with tourists arriving by the coachload all day until late at night. They must be photographed millions of times a month. We went during the day and stayed till dark one evening, I gave it my best shot but a first time visit is always a compromise between ambition and realism, time dictates that we have to move on to the next destination. I travelled with a full size tripod – another first – I forgot to take it with me to TCoAaS! so It was time to wind up the ISO, again! Needless to say I never used the tripod.
On a day when rain was forecast but it stayed fine, albeit a bit dull, we went to the Bioparc north west of the city, a zoo by another name. There are many claims made for this place, were you can appear to walk alongside some very large animals, including, elephants, lions, giraffe, rhino, gorillas and many types of monkey to name a few. It is laid out in different geographical regions and there is very little between you and the animals, in some cases there is nothing, you enter the enclosure through a double door arrangement and the monkeys are around you. It gets rave reviews and we stayed for most of the day. The animals it has to be said gave the appearance of extreme boredom and frustration and I felt quite sorry for them.
The course of The River Turia was altered after a major flood in the 50’s. The new river runs west of the city flanked by a motorway. The old river, which is massive, deep and very wide between ancient walls, I can’t imagine how it flooded, has been turned into a park that is five miles long. There is an athletics track, football pitches, cycle paths, restaurants, numerous kids parks, ponds, fountains, loads of bridges, historic and modern. At the western end closest to the sea sits The City of Arts and Sciences – in the river bed. Where it meets the sea there is Valencia’s urban Formula One racetrack finishing in the massive marina built for The Americas Cup. The race track is in use as roadways complete with fully removable street furniture, kerbs, bollards, lights, islands and crossings, everything is just sat on the surface ready to be moved.
We found the beach almost by accident, we were desperate for food after putting in a lot of miles and the afternoon was ticking by. What a beach, 100’s of metres wide and stretching as far as the eye could see with a massive promenade. The hard thing was choosing, out of the dozens of restaurants, all next door to each other, all serving traditional Paella – rabbit and chicken – as well as seafood, we don’t eat seafood and it constituted 90% of the menu in most places. Every restaurant does a fixed price dish of the day, with a few choices, three courses and a drink. Some times this was our only meal besides making the most of the continental breakfast at the hotel. We had a fair few bar stops with the local wine being cheap and pleasant it would have been a shame not to, there would have been a one woman riot – or strike!
On our final day, a Sunday, we were out of bed and down for breakfast at 7.45 as usual, the place was deserted barring a waiter. We walked out of the door at 8.30 – in to the middle of a mass road race with many thousands of runners, one of a series that take place in Valencia – apparently! We struggled to find out the distance, possibly 10km. The finish was just around the corner so off we went with the camera gear, taking photos of random runners and groups. There was a TV crew filming it and some local celebrity (I think) commentating. Next we came across some sort of wandering religious and musical event. Some sort of ritual was played out over the course of Sunday morning in various locations, it involved catholic priests and religious buildings and another film crew. The Catholic tourists and locals were filling the (many) churches for Sunday mass. Amongst all of this we had seen men walking around in Arab style dress – the ones in black looked like the ones from ISIS currently beheading people – all carrying guns. A bit disconcerting. We assumed that there had been some sort of battle enactment. We were wrong, it hadn’t happened yet. A while later, about 11.30 we could hear banging, fireworks? No it was our friends with the guns. We were caught up in total mayhem, around 60 men randomly firing muskets with some sort of blank rounds, the noise, smoke and flames from the muzzles were incredible. We were about to climb the Torres de Serranos which is where, unbeknown to us, the grand, and deafening, finale was going to be. We could feel the blast in our faces on top of the tower. Yet again there was a film camera in attendance. I couldn’t get close ups but I got a good overview and shot my first video with the 5D, my first in 5 years of owning a DLSR with the capability. I usually use my phone ( I used my phone as well). Later in the day there was a bullfight taking place, the ring was almost next to our hotel, in the end we had other things to do and gave it a miss, it was certainly a busy Sunday in the city centre, whether it’s the norm or not I don’t know.
There is a tram system in Valencia but it goes from the port area into the newer part of the city on the north side, it wouldn’t be feasible to serve the historic old city really. A quick internet search told me that there are 55,000 university students in the city, a pretty big number. I think a lot of the campus is on the north side and served by the tram although there is a massive fleet of buses as well. There is a massive, very impressive market building , with 100’s of stalls that would make a photo project on its own, beautiful on the inside and out but very difficult to get decent photos of the exterior other than detail shots owing to the closeness of other buildings and the sheer size of it. Across town, another market has been beautifully renovated and is full of bars and restaurants and a bit of a destination in its own right.
A downside was the all too typical shafting by the taxi drivers who use every trick in the book to side step the official tariffs and rob you. The taxi from the airport had a “broken” meter and on the way home we were driven 22 km instead of the nine that is the actual distance. Some of them seem to view tourists as cash cows to be robbed at all costs. I emailed the Marriot hotel as they ordered the taxi, needless to say no answer from Marriot – they’ve had their money. We didn’t get the rip off treatment in the bars etc. that we experienced in Rome, prices are very fair on most things, certainly considering the city location.
All in all we had a good trip and can highly recommend Valencia.
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Time-lapse video (sounding as if Alvin and the Chipmunks were driving the car) of us at a stop light in Yubari, Hokkaido on a snowy day.
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175cc, chain driven single overhead camshaft
MV used the name 'Disco Volante' (Flying saucer) due to the unusual shape of the petrol tank
Amazingly advanced design for 1953. Engine castings are lightweight, with metal only where it is needed.
Multiplate clutch running in oil.
Unit construction engine/gearbox (four speed, foot change). See the rocking gear lever so that you didn't scuff your designer Italian footwear!
Tele forks and swing arm rear suspension. British bikes at this time were invariably still rigid or plunger rear suspension.
There were the usual period claims/ boasts by the manufacturer of 85 mph, 14hp and 100+mpg!
Truth is that the bike is capable of approx. 75mph with the rider flat on the tank, and it will easily top 100mpg even when ridden fairly hard.
Handling/roadholding and brakes could cope with twice the power quite easily!
These bikes were very expensive to buy, but compared with a BSA C11, Villiers powered machines etc. available in 1953, what a machine the MV must have been.
This bike was bought in 2002 and was cosmetically quite reasonable. Mechanically it was a huge disappointment, and struggled to make 50 mph!
The Italian 'racers' in the 1950's did not favour the MV sohc motor as oil feed onto the cam lobes was scarcely adequate. We designed a hollow camshaft with 'quill' end feed, and oil delivery holes on the cam flanks which cured this problem.
We worked on compression ratio, camshaft design, crankshaft balance factor, electronic ignition and overall gearing.
Next week , the bike is competing on its 5th 'Motogiro d'Italia' - a 1200mile, 5 day endurance event in Italy.
We use up to 8500rpm (6500 standard), and have designed the power characteristics to be flexible, reasonably tractable so that you could easily go shopping on it, but it still has an 'interesting' part of the power band in the 6500-8500rpm range.
Bike was re-painted in 2007. Damn pretty too!
On 'A' and 'B' class roads this is a superb and quick machine, particularly when remembering it is now nearly 60 years old!
Got to work with the Media Group for the Driven show in Winnipeg yesterday. As you can see, I was very lucky and got to work with a host of talented young models.
I also got a chance to test out my new portable hot shoe soft boxes, which I must admit work very, very well for a couple 50 dollar ebay items.
Strobist Info: Two speedlights 1/4 power through 20 inch softboxes camera left and front.
1964 Marcos 1800GT driven by Peter Dunn and Stuart Tizzard during the Masters Gentleman Drivers Race on Sunday at the 2012 Spa Six Hours.
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Copper alloy medallion.(obverse) Bust of Commodus, laureate, and wearing aegis, right.
(reverse) Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, each holding laurel-branch, standing in triumphal quadriga, left, driven by Roma; above, Victory flying left, holding trophy and palm.
State Roman Empire
Authority
Ruler: Marcus Aurelius Ruler: Commodus Culture/period
Roman Imperial Date 177
Production place
Minted in: Rome(Europe,Italy,Lazio,Rome (province),Rome)
Materials copper alloy
Dimensions:
Weight: 50.09 grammes
Diameter: 40 millimetres
Die-axis: 12 o'clock
Inscriptions obverse
IMP CAES L AVREL COMMODVS GERM SARM
Inscription reverse
TR POT COS
this car has done 160 k's in the year that the owner has had it. He has driven it twice in that year and he does business overseas but c'mon, i'd do that in a day!!!
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I've driven past the Brandon Estate and seen it on the TV quite a few times but this was the first time I've had a go a photographing it. Done out of boredom more than anything else!
Taken just on the turn of night and with so many different light sources that I'm never going to be completely happy with the colours.
Nikon D200 (for a change) with Sigma 10-20mm. 2 minutes, 100 ISO @ F.22
Reiter Engineering’s #25 Lamborghini Murcielago 670 R-SV, driven by Jos Menten and Frank Kechele, set the seventh fastest lap time during qualifying on the iconic British race track, putting them on the fourth row of the grid for the one-hour qualifying race. The pair managed to improve their position during this race to secure a sixthplace start on the grid for Sunday’s championship race.
A strong start by Menten improved their position by two places before the end of the first lap, which the German driver maintained before handing over to team-mate Kechele, who continued to charge around the track to cross the finish line fourth. Due to a technical infringement, the race winner was later disqualified by the FIA stewards, promoting the #25 Lamborghini Murcielago 670 R-SV to a third-place finish. The second Reiter Engineering entry, the #24 of Peter Kox and Christopher Haase secured a tenth-place start for the championship race, but was forced into retirement after suffering a puncture on lap 17.
Meanwhile, the All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport #38 Lamborghini Murcielago 670 R-SV of Dominik Schwager and Nicky Pastorelli improved their position by three places during the qualifying race to start 20th on the grid for the championship race. The pair then battled through the highly-competitive field to cross the finish line 12th. The team’s second entry, the #37 piloted by Cristoph Bouchut and Marc Basseng claimed 17th on the grid but retired due to a technical issue.
Menten and Kechele are currently joint seventh in the drivers’ standings with 15 points, with Kox and Haase joint 11th with four points. Reiter Engineering is running fifth in the teams’ standings having claimed 29 points.
“This has been a very successful weekend,” said Hans Reiter, Reiter Engineering’s Team Principal. “We knew we had a strong and quick car but we were not expecting such good results so early in the season. We are very motivated and we are confident that we’ll be also at the front in Brno in two weeks.”
In a sport commonly dominated by men, Sheena Monk is the driver of the #7 Lamborghini EVO in the Super Trofeo races. Passion is the fuel that drives the dream....
And time to move on once again.
We have breakfast at half eight, this time featuring something we recognised; omette.
After packing, we send the cases onto the destination after next, as we where we were going, we would be there just one night.
We got the shuttle bus to drop us at the pier for the ferry, we were driven half over the mountain, down narrow and winding roads, some featuring deer looking for food, before arriving at the pier 5 minutes before the sailing.
It is another glorious morning, perfect with clear blue skies and no wind, so we enjoyed the breeze created by the ferry's forward motion until we arrived on the mainland where it got several degrees warmer.
A walk to the railway station where we had a 20 minute wait for the express into Hiroshima, and from there we go seats in the bullet train to Okayama. Being so hot, and wit so much travelling to do, we decide not to visit Hiroshima at all, deciding to include when we come back, as we so want to return as soon as we can.
We have no idea where in Okayama we might visit, and the thought of wandering around the city in the afternoon sun didn't thrill us, so we made the decision to travel all the way to Kurashiki to the next hotel, and look for lunch there.
Once on the local train, it seemed we were on the wrong train, being the only westerners on board, but after four stops we arrived in Kurashiki, got off and once off the platform got a taxi to take us to the hotel.
Now, earlier in the day I had said what with land in such short suply in Japan, all houses and hotels have such small rooms, therefore once we pulled up at our next one, we though it would also feature tiny rooms. Once inside, it was like a palace, with gilding everywhere, once checked in, we took the lift to the top floor, where both the single and double room were huge. Also a feature was a huge marble walk in shower which featured no less than 8 nozzle jets, which would nearly do for me later in the day.
But once settled in and cooled off, we go in search of the old town and lunch.
We were here because it was an old pottery town, and featured old merchant houses beside a canal. In fact the whole area seemed to be reclaimed land, criss-crossed with canals and drainage ditches. But the old town in Kurashiki is well worth any visitor's half day.
And best of all, we seemed to be the only westerners here, which is always a good thing, not having people complaining about the heat, or the tea, or the beer. A way down the canal, we come to a place that looks good, so we go in and find it specialises in buckwheat noodles, which is unusual even in Japan. Turns out they are well yummy, and we have a fine feast and ice cold beer and tempura, which is floating in the broth with the noodles.
After that, we walk round the old town, looking in the craft and tat shops, but all the time getting hotter and hotter, until it got to about half three, at which point we walked back to the hotel to chill out and have showers.
It was during the shower that yours truly nearly boiled himself with the shower controls, as each pair of nozzles had a controller, but each had its temperature goverened by a main controller, and the main head a controller under that. After a long and pleasant shower, I went to turn the water off, but instead turned the temperature to over 40 degrees. The door to the shower opened inward, and even with the main head pointed fully over, I could only get out the door by going back under the s[pray over boiling water.
I screamed.
I got out and was pink like a boiled lobster.
An overweight lobster, clearly, but pink.
However, my first aid knowledge meant that I realised they were just burns in the same way sun burn is, I soaked the areas in cold water soaked towels, and soon I could laugh about it.
We go down to the cellar bar for cocktails, where it was possible to smoke, which was a surprise, I had a white russian, which was very nice.
When we had drunk, it was dusk outside, so we made our way to the canal area where I took loadsa shots as the sun turned pink and then red, whilst bats wheeled above our heads catching bugs.
A short walk away was a nice Italian place where we had splendid pasta and a very nice bottle of Brunello. We wandered about after, remarking at the amount of police on duty, seeing as there was a G7 Education conference or something. As we walked past, the manager of the Italian place we had eaten was waiting, and he shouted "camera, camera", whereupon, he came back out clutching Jools' compact that she had left on the seat.
And that, my friends, is Japan in a nutshell.
Cards and beer to see out the day, as usual
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Today I got a chance to tour the shops at Little Amerricka's Whiskey River Railroad. I'll take any chance I can get to walk through a railroad shop and photograph things, so of course, I had a great time at it. The trains are a little over 5 feet tall running on 16 inch gauge track, so this photo makes the drvers look a lot larger than they are.
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